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Posted at 11:30pm on Sep. 2, 2006 A Technopeasant's Despair

By LaFemme

Since the change over to this new format, I have been completely lost. Without the "my comments" section, I can no longer track the blogs I've read and posted to, or keep in contact with the posters who respond to my comments. I suppose I could keep a notepad by my keyboard, but that just seems silly in this techno-enlightened age.
I did try the help desk, and I did get something in response called a support ticket -- supposedly this was to help me track the progress of my request for help...kind of like tracking a package, I guess. Anyway, it doesn't work. When I check the checker, this is what I get.

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Posted at 8:47pm on Apr. 4, 2006 Somalia's starving, again...

By LaFemme

or should I say "still" starving?

Nevertheless, the UN is going to formally announce a request for 300+million in aid, else the world is looking at up to 10,000 deaths a month from starvation in that failed state.  (Can we even call it a country any longer?) 30,000 are on the move looking for water.  2 million out of the 9 million are already on food aid.

These stats are from a UN official quoted today by Reuters via the NYT.  The official, Balsev-Olesen, says that the world has forgotten about Somalia, since the US and that UN moved out in 1995.

If you want an inside view of what's going on in Somalia today, google "Kevin Sites Somalia."  Check out his Yahoo HotZone posting, which also include video.

Now, all that to say this, or ask this:  Do we care?  Do we really and truly care?  Don't give me liberal blather about how that all of humanity is of great value and all should be considered equal.  Equality has costs.  So be honest.  Are these people worth fixing?  Are they even worth saving?  And if we don't act, is this inaction a sort of genocide by default?

I suppose another legit question we must consider is, is there really anything we can do?

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Posted at 1:00am on Mar. 25, 2006 We need a two-state solution.

By LaFemme

Has it come to that? Red State, Blue State, two new states?

Maybe so.  I'm awfully tired of liberals.  I hear they feel the same way about me.  Perhaps we should talk.  Maybe a round-table discussion?

Nah, that went horrible wrong from one country.

I think we should just divorce.  Split the proceeds, go our separate(ist?) ways.

Later,

Lafe

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