September 28th, 2005

“The danger sign in America is not a hot national debate over the war in Iraq and its course, but precisely the absence of such a debate - which, as former Senator Gary Hart has pointed out, is largely due to a lack of courage on the part of the Democrats.” James Wolcott  

The Bush administration not only refused to heed Army Corps of Engineers warnings about the danger of cutting funding to the New Orleans levees; they fired Army Corps of Engineers head (and former Republican Congressman) Mike Parker mere days after Parker himself testified to Congress about those dangers. Daily Kos  

Buddhism seems like a personal journey; one where there are people to help you along but none to whom you can relinquish the responsibility for success or failure. Odd Thoughts  

For Thine is the irreducible complexity,
And the wiggly parts of bacterial bottoms,
And the inapplicable theorems,
Now and forever. The Panda’s Thumb