Is it inappropriate to quote The Tragically Hip at this point?

Hurricane Risk to New Orleans -- September 2002

The point-to-ponder I've read, though laced with right-versus-left cynicism, is putting this event in context to the lead-up to the iraq war. There are claims that the war took crucial funding and national guard troops from where they could have helped in New Orleans. Moreover, the motivation for the war was preventing the destruction of a major US city. Well, there may still be hope, but the city appears to be "uninhabitable for weeks or months." That seems just shy of a destroyed major city to me.

In any case, what I don't think has quite sunk in, for me, at least, is the magnitude of this disaster. . The label 'America's Tsunami' may have seemed a callous and pretentious label at first, but it seems to be becoming more apt by the hour. It's difficult to comprehend how thoroughly the city has been destroyed; what kind of area we are looking at. " [W]ater now covers 80 percent of the city with broken gas lines feeding raging fires. In some locations the water is now at a depth of 20 feet." " no sewage, no drinking water, contamination, threat of rapid increase in mosquitoes, roads are impassible, downed power lines everywhere, trees, debris from houses in the roads, no way to go shopping, no gas.."

For fuck's sake, The water has also released fire ants and thousands of snakes, many being venomous, from their normal habitats.."

Blood still boiling for revenge! Now I must defeat a new rival!

Hooray for student loans!

Unfortunately that $9k they wiped out before they unwiped out now because I'm going back.

The price of gas keeps on rising
Nothing comes for free
-- bloc party

millions SERVED

Blood boiling for revenge!

ok, slight alteration to that plan, 7 pm at my apartment tonight , not anytime at my parents house.

and if anyone wants to help me move at anytime tomorrow, that would be awesome. thanks guys! sorry about the mix up!

ok, so here's the helping mary move plan tonight, for the fabulous people who said they would help out:

7 - my apartment (103, 10840 81 Ave)
7:30 - my parents place for the rest of my stuff (10 Marlboro road)

thank you guys so much!

Another interesting article from the CJSR wire. Though not all that surprising if it pans out to be true, and it looks like it could.

Bush's Obscene Tirades Rattle White House Aides

So we have a couple new senators, one is a lawyer and the other is one of PMPM's advisers. But nevermind all that talk of political patronage or promises of addressing a 'democratic deficit'... the one guy is #3 for all-time Canadian political scandals in the CBC archives. Beat that Michaëlle Jean.