The Passage of our Editor's Father

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The Passage of our Senior Editor's Father: Though not a true dictionary entry, we thought we should make note of the passage of our Senior Editor's father.  George James passed away on Sunday December 19, 2010 (though the COD says Monday December 20, 2010) and he was just 76 years young.  Though an autopsy would have been requested by our editor, the rest of his family passed on it without asking his opinion (!). 

At the time, GJ had been suffering from two pneumonias (Serratia and Pseudomonas) as well as the now dreaded MRSA!  Although Dad seemed to have responded successfully to treatments with massive doses of Vancomycin and 5 days treatment with Tobramycin.  He was eventually discharged from his 4th hospital stay and housed in a very good medical facility.  Unfortunately, the MRSA must have entered his bloodstream on or about the 19th as our editor found GJ foaming badly at the mouth - which appears to have meant that his organs were shutting down. 

His father responded positively to a request for an ambulance (which he never does!) and the ambulance came and took him away on a portable ventilator.  GJ was placed on a CPAP Ventilator once in the trauma room and remained so in the ICU.  No amount of 'pressors' could have preserved him as he appeared to be in complete shutdown - though our editor hoped desperately and tearfully otherwise.  He probably had no conscious mind nor spirit during this time and passed on probably that day.  Which is why an autopsy may have been helpful (or not).  Perhaps it could have positively identified MRSA in the bloodstream at that time - or not...

Looking back over the previous events, two of GJ's doctors at two of his previous hospital stays had predicted his death within a short while - possibly months.  Which came true just before this Christmas...

FOM: Medical Odyssey/Hospital Nomad


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Hospital Nomad / Medical Odyssey

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Hospital Nomad / Medical Odyssey:  It is hoped that this posting/definition will give you some insight as to where we have been just over the past 2 months. Our Senior Editor's 70+ years young father took very sick in early September and had to be whisked away to an emergency room.  He was having severe nausea and chronic vomiting (guess who got to clean the bucket?...) for a period of over 24+ hours.  Having suffered this way, he finally asked for medical care - and got it that day. 

Our Senior Editor and his father found out that he had a partial bowel obstruction - along with several other chronic medical conditions.  A naso-gastric tube was installed & removed about 1500 ml. of dark bile over a period of 30+ hours - thus avoiding surgery.  The recovery in the hospital took about 6 days.  Plus, we also found that Dad had lost his core/trunk strength (he had displayed some kyphosis earlier in April), leg strength, became dysphagic and was declared NPO.  Dad has basically been a bed-bound invalid, unable to swallow, since this time.  We will refer to this hospital as HSJ.

A swallow evaluation/study was done on Dad in their fluoroscopy dept. which determined that he aspirated when swallowing.  Even worse, he displayed no symptoms (asymptomatic).  Thus, he might have been dysphagic for a long time without even knowing it.  He has the possibility of contracting aspiration pneumonia if he attempts to swallow anything - which could even be lethal.

Thus was the beginning of Dad's medical odyssey.  Our Senior Editor and his brother being so concerned (this is their last living parent) that our Editor slept over many, many nights in more than one hospital with his father.  Thus giving rise to the term Hospital Nomad.  In the periods between hospitalization, Dad has spent three separate occasions in Medical Skilled Care Rehabilitation Centers as required by Medicare.  The long and short of it is that our Senior Editor has spent 63 of the last 65 days or so in the hospitals and Rehab Centers with his sick, invalid father during this medical odyssey.  His father is currently staying at his fourth hospital in this time.

A special warning to all who may have a similar situation existing or arising with a loved one.  If you see your elders in decline you may wish to visit their primary care physician with them and discuss the option of in-home rehabilitation before you reach this state of affairs.  One of the undiscussed (?) issues with Rehabilitation Centers and similar communities is the potential for infection by communicable organisms/pathogens/microbes shared by that community.  Each time Dad was sent to one of these centers he developed pneumonia or MRSA. 

Early in November/late October, he developed pneumonia due to a species of Serratia.  Fortunately our senior editor was present when he began to sink and kept requesting an ambulance.  When Dad stopped talking, they finally called for Rapid Response.  When in hospital, you can usually request Rapid Response by dialling 141.  See your hospital staff for instructions before you panic and need this service - it can be a life saver. 

As it turned out, Dad 'coded' in the emergency room at a different, nearby hospital ('HSM').  There appeared to be only respiratory arrest - no cardiac arrest - but stopped breathing all the same.  Dad was then intubated, heavily sedated and put on a ventilator.  The ER team at HSM basically saved his life - for which our Editor nominated them for a recognition award.  The Rapid Response team remained in the ER room during the entire revival.  It was quite a moving experience.  But, our Senior Editor's father looked like one of those horrible rubber dummies in a horror movie and our Editor was about to freak out. 

He was eventually transferred to Intensive Care where he remained on the ventilator for about a day.  He coded again the next day and had to be placed on a ventilator again.  The IC team was excellent and they were also nominated for a recognition award.  Dad was eventually transferred to the hospital - for 13 days. 

He qualified for a specialty rehabilitation hospital where he may receive constant hospital care along with therapy for as long as they feel fit.  He is visited almost daily by the doctor, an RN and other professional staff.  Unfortunately, he acquired MRSA in his sputum and lungs at the start of this go-round.   Which is quite fearsome, as MRSA can then enter the bloodstream in this fashion.  But the antibiotics appear to have it under control.  Hopefully, Dad is coming to the end of his medical odyssey in a positive way and may be released to sub-acute care.  And our Senior Editor is hoping that he does not have to be a Hospital Nomad much longer - again in a positive way. 

Revised/Updated: 11/23/2010




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Lunar Reduction or Lunduction

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Lunar Reduction or Lunduction: Is the unfortunate conflation of lunar and reduction.  That's it, the Moon seems to be shrinking in size.  ABC News reported that it appears to have shrunk by the length of 2 football fields (American).  That's right - the moon appears to be shrinking. 


FOM: NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Reveals 'Incredible Shrinking Moon'.

Amusing Observation?  - Yesterday we posted about Secure Redaction.


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MLKvBeck828

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Updated: Friday, August 20, 2010*

MLKvBeck828:  When we left Twitter (yes, yes, we did! - we deactivated our account which makes it even more difficult to rejoin!), the one "trending topic" that we contributed to might have been the DC Rally planned by Glenn Beck (and his one follower?) for August 28, 2010 (Which is a Saturday, by the way...).  The hashtag for the topic/event became the now-infamous #MLKvBeck828 topic. 

It was unfortunate that this date was chosen by Mr. Beck and his one lone supporter (?) for the date of his rally as it coincides with the date of the late, great Martin Luther King Jr.'s March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.  (Yes, even though this is a link to the Wikipedia page we urge you to visit it for its great External Links to the YouTube National Archives records of the march itself.)  Many tweeters - including ourselves, who view Mr. King as a prophet - saw this coincidence as an affront to the great man himself (Mr. King ~ not Mr. Beck) - perhaps even a racist affront. 

Apropos to the times, we tweeted some suggestions for preparing for The Rally, as well as making preparations for the G20 Protests which were happening in Toronto at the time.  Because some of our tweeps (Twitter friends) might still be planning to protest or counter-protest the 8/28 "event", we think some of the same preparations and precautions may be in order.  We will present some of those below.  Why?  Well, for one thing, the event does coincide with the day of the March on Washington of '63 - we expect many Americans to be insulted and will show up to express their outrage perhaps.  And by the way, there are still 40 unsold tickets to the Beck event!  HAH!

You may need some of the following items if you are a protestor or counter-protestor:

1) Handcuff Key  Please note: We do not approve, authorize nor endorse the use of these devices if you are under formal arrest by the police.  Once arrested YOU ARE OUT OF THE GAME.  However, the possession of the key does not imply resistance of arrest.  You should make it clear that it is for your own personal protection.  USE THE KEY ONLY IF YOU OR OTHERS ARE IN CLEAR OR IMMINENT PHYSICAL DANGER.  Fair use of the key is constituted if you are taken against your will by unauthorized persons or personnel. 

2) Nylon Tie Cutter   Once again Please note: We do not approve, authorize nor endorse the use of these devices if you are under formal arrest by the police. Once arrested YOU ARE OUT OF THE GAME. However, the possession of the cutter does not imply resistance of arrest. You should make it clear that it is for your own personal protection. USE THE CUTTER ONLY IF YOU OR OTHERS ARE IN CLEAR OR IMMINENT PHYSICAL DANGER. Fair use of the cutter is constituted if you are taken against your will by unauthorized persons or personnel.

Remember: Resisting arrest is a crime.

3) Spyderco Knife  Once again Please note: We do not approve, authorize nor endorse the use of these devices if you are under formal arrest by the police. Once arrested YOU ARE OUT OF THE GAME. However, the possession of the knife does not imply resistance of arrest. You should make it clear that it is for your own personal protection. USE THE KNIFE ONLY IF YOU OR OTHERS ARE IN CLEAR OR IMMINENT PHYSICAL DANGER. Fair use of the KNIFE is constituted if you are taken against your will by unauthorized persons or personnel.

IF ARRESTED YOU MUST BE FAIR TO THE POLICE AND AUTHORITIES BY ALERTING THEM TO THE PRESENCE OF A KNIFE OR OTHER POTENTIAL/ WEAPONS ON YOUR PERSON.  IT IS YOUR DUTY TO DO SO.  If you do not commit to this clause, you may be sanctioned by your internet community.

One other potential use for the Spyderco knife is that they have been reported for the use of cutting through seat belts.  This tool is also a potential life saver for persons trapped in a vehicle in a dangerous and life threatening situation. 

4) Copy of the United States Constitution.  Oh, we don't know, we just think it might be handy to have ~ or provide you with something to read if you should be in jail...

5) Gas Mask This should be obvious.  You will need it if the authorities decide they need to toss those canisters!  It will be worth having one just to see Mssrs. Beck and Palin having to don theirs - if they have one....It should be comical if Sarah and Glenn have to fight over who gets to wear the gas mask!  That should really give Becky something to cry about!  Also, an old remedy for tear gas is to urinate (we know, gross) on a handkerchief or other piece of cloth or linen.  This should then be placed against the mouth and nasal openings to prevent the effects of the tear gas.

Speaking of which, the Sarah Palin DIY mask might make a great fashion statement at the Rally!  Go team!

6) The Family Jewels You should consider having a cup just in case something should strike you in the groin - by accident or not.  You too ladies!

7) Body Armor Might come in really handy should things get really ugly...Serio, babe.

8) Head and Facial Protection If you decide to wear a Redskins helmet, just tell everybody without one that you're a really big fan!  But, seriously, you shold consider wearing a helmet.

9) Tear Gas or Mace: Might be illegal to have this on your person.  Not Recommended!  But, if you are in a jam, and without police protection, these could be lifesavers!

10) Life Jacket  Might come in handy if somebody decides to try and drown you in the reflecting pool...

11) Baton For police personnel only, but like (9), might come in handy in a pinch...  NOT TO BE USED AS AN OFFENSIVE WEAPON.  INFORM THE POLICE IF YOU HAVE ONE ON YOUR PERSON AND YOU ARE ARRESTED!

12) Portable Police Radio Might come in handy if you have to alert them to a dangerous situation!  Might also come in handy if you need to stay in contact with your group!  Of course, you should not forget your cell phone this day!

13) Identification: You might not want to forget it this day!  Think about Arizona...

14) NO FIREARMS!  None at all!  Do not carry at the Rally!  Forbidden!

15) Safety glasses or goggles Might be a good idea, too.

16) If we left anything out, you might want to consider the writings of Saul Alinsky or George Hayduke...or Hunter S. Thompson...

That all said, we hope you found the links informative or at least entertaining.

While we are still on the subject of Glenn Beck, you should catch the BookTV program about Common Nonsense: Glenn Beck and the Triumph of Ignorance by Alexander Zaitchik.  We found Mr. Zaitchik to be humorously petulant - even prickly - while discussing his book.  But, who can blame him?  He said that he had spent about a year wallowing in the "works" of Mr. Beck.  We got the sense from him that he considers Mr. Beck to be a truly alarming and dangerous individual.  Which causes us to warn you even further to carry some protective gear (mentioned above) should you be daring enough (or foolhardy enough?) to visit the Rally on 8/28/2010.   The Q&A session with Mr. Zaitchik was very good - those are usually a crashing bore if you catch the wrong BookTV program - if you know what we mean...  If we recall correctly, one of Mr. Zaitchik's main arguments is that Mr. Beck does not need Fox News for the increase and spread of his empire.  Despite all the vaunted advertising losses and evacuations from his program, he still has a $30 Million/year or so empire.  Apparently, Mr. Zaitchik does not see this stopping anytime soon.  You can find out more about Mr. Zaitchik at his website.  You might be able to find more at AlterNet.org.  (You might also want to see Mr. Zaitchik's commentary against Twitter).  Despite Mr. Zaitchik's attitude about Twitter and his apparent discomfort on BookTV, we think he is an important and rational voice and you might do well to heed him and his thoughts.

Oh! And there's more Beck news, see the Mother Jones Front Cover story in the July+August 2010 issue "The Golden Fleece - They Trusted Glenn Beck to Protect Their Nest Eggs.  He's Laughing All The Way ToThe Bank" (page 24).

If we left anything out, please comment!  Or please use the quick links below for a quick comment!  Thank you.

FOM: *ABC News's Take on "The Rally"

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Snorting McChrystal?

Snorting McChrystal (or) Snorting Rolling Stones?





Updated: Saturday, August 21, 2010*



OK, the whole media world is talking about the sucker coup of Wikileaks (Bravo for them!) and their revelatory Afghan War Diaries leak/s.






The leak took place on or about July 25, 2010. And blame or responsibility has already been assigned to some, sorry to say, low-level US military personnel. A-Hem! Excuse us! Did everybody miss something here? Including The Daily Show and The Colbert Report?






What are we talking about? Hellooooo.... Didn't the US/ISAF General in Charge of the Afghanistan Operations/War just get sent down the tubes about one month ago? Speaking of tubes, is everybody in the media snorting "McChrystal" or some other finely powdered crystalline Class I narcotic? (Sorry, we apologize for the drug/humor reference/s, we know it is in poor taste).






Why did everybody else miss this? Does the world have ADHD? Is Mr. Derp now running Fox News?






Not to mention, therefore, isn't this all a result of that sh*tty tirade reported by Rolling Stone just this summer/spring? You be the judge.






What else is funky about this relationship? We're not saying the general had anything to do with the leaks, but the events are pretty closely related in time. A little too close.






And, when some top guy goes down for something - they sometimes like to leave behind a little 'Position Paper' on where their major activities stood prior to their departure? Is this all starting to sound familiar? Helloooo...






Does anybody remember Abu Ghraib and what happened to all the low-level torture clowns involved there - and then the commanding officer. You do remember the sequence of events in that scandal, right? Ahhh, we detect the odor of the same order of sequence here...






Not to mention, we did have a look at the reports that appear on the Wikileaks website. No, we haven't had time to read all of them. We're still sorting through the Pentagon Papers for G*d's Sakes! But, it is starting to look like the Pakistan-Taliban-US$ connection might be a little overblown. Only 4 known reports appear in the journal concerning finance from Pakistan or anywhere. As far as "hits" (assassinations) go, those were probably in all likelihood funded by the Taliban (with money from Pakistan or from poppy money - its hard to say for sure...). There were something like 48 reports on hits.






We have distilled some of the more "important" categories of reports from the Diaries and listed them below. Approach with caution. We did this in case Wikileaks runs out of funds (again) or gets mysteriously shut down and disappears... Meanwhile, our list, enjoy...










Oh, and something else, nothing shows you are winning the war like the number of enemy surrenders. Ahem, we have FOUR of them. Oh, and reported Food Distributions and Counter-Terrorism attack numbers were also weak; 4 and 1. ONE counter-terrorism attack? That "War on Terror" is going really swell isn't it Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney?



(Oh, don't get us wrong - we love our troops and support those that do honorable service and some not so much, too).

Number of Assassinations reported in Wikileaks Afghan War Diaries: 48



http://wardiary.wikileaks.org/afg/sort/category/assassination_0.html







Number of Attacks reported in Wikileaks Afghan War Diaries: 2283


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Number of Ambushes reported in Wikileaks Afghan War Diaries: 538


http://wardiary.wikileaks.org/afg/sort/category/ambush_0.html







Number of Counterterrorism Reports in Wikileaks Afghan War Diaries: 1


http://wardiary.wikileaks.org/afg/sort/category/counter_terrorism_0.html







Number of Drug Operations Reports in Wikileaks Afghan War Diaries: 8


http://wardiary.wikileaks.org/afg/sort/category/drug_operation_0.html







Number of (Enemy) Finance Reports in Wikileaks Afghan War Diaries: 4


http://wardiary.wikileaks.org/afg/sort/category/finance_0.html







Number of Food Distributions Reports in Wikileaks Afghan War Diaries: 4


http://wardiary.wikileaks.org/afg/sort/category/food_distribution_0.html







Number of IED Ambush Reports in Wikileaks Afghan War Diaries: 350


http://wardiary.wikileaks.org/afg/sort/category/ied_ambush_0.html







Number of IED Explosions Reports in Wikileaks Afghan War Diaries: 7202


http://wardiary.wikileaks.org/afg/sort/category/ied_explosion_0.html







Number of IED Found/Cleared Reports in Wikileaks Afghan War Diaries: 8581


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Number of Mines Found/Cleared Reports in Wikileaks Afghan War Diaries: 396


http://wardiary.wikileaks.org/afg/sort/category/mine_found_cleared_0.html







Number of Mine Strikes Reports in Wikileaks Afghan War Diaries: 321


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Number of Murder Reports in Wikileaks Afghan War Diaries: 100


http://wardiary.wikileaks.org/afg/sort/category/murder_0.html







Number of Willing Recruitments detained Reports in Wikileaks Afghan War Diaries: 1


http://wardiary.wikileaks.org/afg/sort/category/recruitment_willing__0.html







Number of Poisonings Reports (attempted) in Wikileaks Afghan War Diaries: 1


http://wardiary.wikileaks.org/afg/sort/category/poisoning_0.html







Number of Enemy Sabotage Reports in Wikileaks Afghan War Diaries: 6


http://wardiary.wikileaks.org/afg/sort/category/sabotage_0.html







Number of Enemy/Unknown Surrenders Reports in Wikileaks Afghan War Diaries: 4


http://wardiary.wikileaks.org/afg/sort/category/surrendering_0.html





Please note: This posting appears simultaneously on our sister publication The American Political Handbook

*FOM: False Charges Made Against Mr. Assange?



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Memristor or MooreMemory

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Memristor or MooreMemory: Once theoretical device/s (as recently as 2 years ago...) capable of larger and faster feats of computer memory storage and other applications:  Suggested second name based on Moore's Law (or supposed violation of the same...).

FOM: Hewlett Packard Outlines Computer Memory of the Future - BBC NEWS and Memristor



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Gendercide

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Gendercide: Not a new term nor a humorous one.  A disturbing and horrifying term used to describe the murder and deaths of millions of children - all because they are the wrong gender...

FOM: Gendercide Watch  and You MUST read the horrifying and disturbing accounts of the same in the March 4 issue of The Economist and The Worldwide War on Baby Girls - The Economist



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Mojobama?

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Mojobama?



The unfortunate conflation of Mojo and Obama. Did one of these GOpr*cks say our Main Man lost his Mojo? Oh no they dinna! Once you go Barack, you never go back! The last man to admit losing his Mojo wasn’t even American and fictional – too boot (pun intended) – Austin Powers. Did Tiger admit losing his Mojo? Uh-Uh. Don’t think so…

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Best Meg Episode Ever!

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Best Meg Episode Ever!: OK, OK, we're a bit concerned on this one - and the term is an obvious reference to the Simpson's Comic Book Store Character Guy ("Jeff Albertson") - apologies for the cross-cultural reference. Which is another cross-cultural reference as Peter decides to join the visiting Rodeo (complete with human hog-tieing and branding!...ugh...), Meg falls in love with her convict pen-pal and eventually becomes a con/ex-con herself with violently hilarious consequences. Once released from prison (complete with 'tats'), Meg automatically makes everyone in the Griffin household her "b*tch". To which Stewie meekly responds in the affirmative. At various points in this over-the-top nauseating narrative, Meg proceeds to assault (off-camera) her own father in the shower with a loofah, assalts her mother's senses by keeping a 'poop bucket' in her bedroom ...("this way I don't have to get up and go to the bathroom all the time"...) and assaults her bete noir Connie d'Amico and her entire clique with a homemade weapon - a sack of (full) soda pop cans and then delivers the coup d'grace to Connie - a bite-the-tongue-off-kiss ala Midnight Express. Well, being fans of Bronson, we could see the sack-full-of-cans-cum-homemade-weapon assault coming - ("may I have two rolls of quarters please?"). And then the gun violence kicks in... At the climax, Brian turns Meg with his delightfully sweet and sappy article which he wrote for Teen People(?). How do they morph comedy into such horrific violence and still manage to stay on the air? Oh, that's right...Fox...

Not to be missed: The Nascar In China in joke...excellent poor taste.


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Updated/Revised: Friday, February 12, 2010





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ReMate

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ReMate: Like the term 'regifting', except swans used to keep their mates for life. Or so it was thought... So this adulterous swan has invented the term ReMate: To take on a new mate - especially when observers were shocked and horrified by the development.


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FOM: Experts stunned by swan 'divorce'









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Karmor or Crymor

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Karmor or Crymor: Suggested conflation/name for a new type of super-protective armor based on that of the deep-sea snail Crysomallon squamiferum from the Kairei Indian hydrothermal vent field.


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FOM: Unusual Snail Shell Could Be a Model for Better Armor #Science Daily












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Lundal or Lundane

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Lundal or Lundane: The unfortunate conflation of London (city) and banal or mundane. Suggested nickname for London: Not the City of Love, Romance... Great city, if you're a bibliophile...

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FOM: Love in London is as rare as finding aliens #REUTERS

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Hope! - Das Obama Musical

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Hope! - Das Obama Musical: These good folks in Frankfurt have turned our president's life into a musical.

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FOM: Curtain Up for Obama Musical







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MegaDisaster and Obama’s Heroes

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MegaDisaster and Obama’s Heroes: We think the Haiti 2010 Earthquake qualifies as what one could call a MegaDisaster. And the USA is right there with them. Fortunately, this is not turning into the debacle like the one we had with Katrina. Yes, its just taken literally two days for aid from the US - and all corners of the world - to land in Haiti.





The last three sentences of this paragraph have changed since we last posted. We did not want to appear ghoulish, but we thought the destruction of Haiti would reach a level of 200,000 fatalities, comparable to the 2004 Tsuanmi. Though this disaster does not (so far...we hope and pray...) present the loss of life as seen in the 2004 Tsunami. The loss of life is striking when you consider that it might be the equivalent of your hometown; like Grand Rapids, Des Moines, Boise, Yonkers, Modesto, Irvine, Fremont and on...passing in one day. Or 6.7 million US citizens passed in one day. Now that should give you some perspective on the current disaster...





Worse and sorry to say, this is only the first disaster of the decade. Is the next one happening now in Caracas? Having just been struck (close by) by a magnitude 5.7 earthquake. Or the magnitude 4.0 earthquake that struck Oklahoma about 9:18 AM today. Oklahoma?? Brings one closer to Haiti's woes, doesn't it?





Again, US Aid and others are mobilizing aid to Haiti. Which reminds us, our hero, Barack Obama, really did deserve that Nobel Peace Prize - didn't he? He wasted very little time in the Haitian call for aid. Shame, shame... Yes, the people mobilizing the aid effort and the people transporting the aid and themselves to Haiti are now heroes. You might disagree (like Rush...but, Rush has done some good things...), but some of them are Obama's Heroes. But, apparently, there were warnings...





And there should be wasting no time in getting aid and resources to a country like Haiti (or any other in desperate circumstances...). For god's sake, some of the poor folks have to live on dirt. They actually make cookies out of mostly dirt (which are bought and sold, for God's sake...) and they call them bon bon terre. They might throw in a little sugar, flour and some stuff that is actually edible. Haiti was a horrible economic and ecological disaster before the quake.





So why should you contribute and make that donation? Selfishness. That's right - selfishness. Because if you don't, they will have to leave their homes in Haiti and move in right next door to you. That's right. And, the image of one dead child should move anyone to tears.





And if the dead are left unburied, they will have to leave. Before the disease sets in. Diseases like typhus and cholera and God help them.


FOM:
Haiti quake toll 'may be 200,000'

U.S. providing relief to Haiti

US Stands with Haiti (COUNTDOWN MSNBC)

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2009/10/instant-peace-prize-or-10-day-prize.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mega_Disasters
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Haiti_earthquake
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_tsunami
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katrina_Hurricane
http://worldfocus.org/blog/2009/02/19/dirt-poor-haitians-eat-cookies-made-of-mud/4120/
http://worldfocus.org/blog/2010/01/14/us-prepares-to-launch-100-million-aid-effort-to-haiti/9242/
http://worldfocus.org/
Looting in Haiti
Scientists warned Haiti officials of quake in '08
Burying Haiti’s Dead
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Revised/Updated: Monday, January 18, 2010





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