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| Tuesday, May 20, 2008 |
| Blood still cries from the ground |
Victor Jara's murderer has been convicted, though not with his compatriots.
And in the world, a heart of darkness, a fire zone
Where poets speak their heart, then bleed for it
Jara sang, his song a weapon in the hands of love
You know his blood still cries from the ground
It runs like a river, runs to the sea
It runs like a river to the sea
- U2, One Tree Hill
Labels: news, poetry |
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| Saturday, January 05, 2008 |
| Cattle farts = Global warming |
Some headlines, you just can't make up.
It's so awesome, I have to pee.Labels: cows, joke, news, science |
| posted by Steve @ 1:58 AM |
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| Wednesday, October 24, 2007 |
| California Is on Fire |
I was reading the excellent New York Times' article on the blazes near San Diego. I admit I haven't kept on this like I should; shamefully, it took until Suns GM Steve Kerr had to evacuate his home that I started really reading.
A lot of it's pretty sobering: news of Mexican firefighters coming over to help out but scrambling back home when the fire crossed the border; half a million people evacuated and thousands more ordered to. If the winds here in Tucson are anything like those in San Diego (and they are; they're coming off a system near the Rockies, apparently), they're some of the strongest I've ever experienced.
Of course, that's not good for firefighters.
But I'm actually really happy with what I read, in a way. There's also a lot of good signs, not least of which is that Bush didn't take his time sending aid. There could be more firefighters, but the system in place to make all this work seems to be functioning:
“These are big fires, tragic, and the impact of these things will last a long time,” said Jodi Traversaro, spokeswoman for the state’s Office of Emergency Services. “I think Katrina taught us a whole lot.” Of course, California has a certain amount of experience with these kinds of blazes; a architect friend of mine lost his family's home while he was in Japan teaching (where I met him). But I do recognize that Nature's pretty formidable compared to even several thousand brave people with the equipment and will to make it stop. I know I wouldn't be especially happy in these shoes:
“We tried to get back in there at about 5 a.m. but we couldn’t get through,” John Miller, a United States Forest Service spokesman, said, referring to two fires in the town of Lake Arrowhead, in the San Bernardino National Forest, where at least 100 homes and 5,000 acres have been destroyed. “It was a wall of fire.” So I tip my hat to those that are helping make emergency response something that I can ignore for a few days. I have a little more faith in my country -- though it may be small comfort to those who lost a home.Labels: fire, news |
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