A National Near-Death Experience
Patt Morrison writes in the LA Times (that’s Los Angeles, y’all):
“One year from this very moment, someone other than George Bush will be sliding behind that antique desk in the Oval Office. In embassies and outposts that fly the Stars and Stripes, photographs of a face other than Bush’s will be going up on the walls.
“At long, long last. It is seven years since Bush plopped down behind that desk, seven years when hope and honor and good faith and goodwill died a little for me, for many other heartsick Americans who love this country, and for millions around the world who looked up to this country.
“I say ‘died,’ and I mean that. The psychiatrist Elisabeth Kubler-Ross laid out the basic stages of grief and coming to terms with loss. And Kubler-Ross’ five stages track almost perfectly the arc of how we’ve grappled and grieved over the sickening power crusade of the Bush administration against the nation for these last seven years. … ”
The rest is here.
January 25th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
On behalf of my grassroots campaign to all newspapers off and online around the world, thanks for supporting the PERIODS that make LA Los Angeles. I’ve written countless emails reminding said papers that even first year journalists should know the difference between LA and L . A .
Since ink/kerning/etc is now no longer a print issue with the advent of computers - I say reinstate the frelling PERIODS.
I hate seeing a banner reading: LA Church in trouble (for example) and then opening the bloody article just to find out they’re talking about Los Angeles.
Won’t y’all join me?!?! Sorry Bear, it’s not got a lot to do with Bush, as I consider him yesterdays news. :)
January 25th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
I know what you mean. I was once talking to a telephone support person who, when she attempted to verify my address, said “… And you are still living in New Orleans, Los Angeles?”
Not a joke. Truth.