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ON BEING A BRAINY BLONDE BUT KNOWING WHEN TO DUCK:

by vertigoblonde from ny ny

Last Post 13 days, 4 hours Ago


It is unfathomable to me that the Chinese government lacked the heavy equipment needed to save the lives of thousands--some of whose faint, final cries for help could be heard beneath the rubble that became their tombs--their families waiting in vain frustration for help to arrive.
Where was the "heavy equipment" needed to save those who could have been rescued? 
I believe the answer lies in the hypocrisy of the Chinese leaders--who, in their greed..chose capitalism before humanitarianism.It is safe to say that with all of the new "commercial" development of cities such as Shanghai and Bejing-with their 5 star hotels and designer boutiques--that the heavy equipment needed for the victims of the earthquake was not available because of Chinese capitalistic endeavors.
The Chinese people have paid a heavy price for their leaders short sited narcissism.
Those of you who plan on attending the Olympics in Bejiing this summer think about the real price that your ticket cost so that you could sit and watch what is simply a giant sports competition.......Everyone who purchases a ticket should donate the equal amount they paid for their tickets toward a charity that will help these victims. And those of you who pay thousands for designer bags, suits and dresses should do the same.
Their is no amount of money that can surmount the toll paid by the victims of the Chinese earthquake.......
It is a much higher than the price paid by a  tourist for their overweight luggage filled with capitalist booty and souvenirs.
The only souvenirs thousands of  Chinese people are taking with them are the bodies of their dead loved ones.
Think about that every time you want to spend a dime for an Olympic souvenir....
Gail Simon Chafik

N.Y N.Y 

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I have been fortunate enough to have grown up with a broad spectrum of cultures and theologies-(my birth father a Cathlolic, my first step-father an Israeli Jew and my second step-father an Egyptian Muslim), which I believe gave me the opportunity at a very young age to have a deep understanding of what fuels the deep rooted passions of conflicting ideologies, and at once,realizing that ALL religions and theologies are based on one central theme in variation. Blood IS one color---no matter the color of the skin, the religious belief, nor the country of origin. We ALL bleed. But people are more concerned with the color of money, who has the better car, clothes, jewelry, home and hold no value on what is TRULY valuable. PEACE, LOVE and the FREEDOMS that many of us take for granted. On 9/11, all of the victims, no matter what their religion, financial status or culture--ALL died in a horrific manner. From the busboys at Windows on the World, to the millionaire Kantor Fitzgerald brokers, to the poor delivery guy from the deli delivering breakfast, the Bravest, the Finest, Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Agnostic, Atheist, Black, White, Yellow, mixed----ALL perished. Does anyone think it mattered about their status in any manner? Have people become soooo afraid and are they in sooo much denial about the effect that 9/11 truly had on their psyches that they forget that we were ALL attacked on that day and that ALL of our lives and way of life would forever be changed. Those who choose to use their democratic right to protest against our involvement in Iraq and who are making a mockery of our Military and their daily sacrifice for ALL of us---so that we may go to Starbucks, to the Mall, to a baseball game, to a movie, to be with your lover, your wife, your husband, your children, your family, to sleep a little more soundly at night-are an insult to their sacrifice---ALL because THEY can not do all of those things that we take for granted every day because they are sacrificing their lives for us and those daily pleasures to contain the cancer of terror that threatens to take those pleasures and freedoms from us. I pray that it will not be too late before all of us wake up and realize that this is NOT the sixties and that we are NOT dealing with the Vietnamese who designs on the world at large were less grandiose than those of the Fundamentalist Terrorists--who-unlike Hilter, who wanted to irradicate just the Jewish people--want to see the end of Western Civilization as we know it. The war in Iraq is about OIL some say? Well I would like to hear this ignorance being spewed when Fundamentalist Terrorists take control of these OIL reserves and these FEAR FACTOR cowards won't be able to function because of it. When you now look up LIBERAL in the dictionary it should say "see; TRAITOR

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