Requiem for 8-29 August 28, 2008
Posted by The Typist in Toulouse Street.Tags: convention center, Eliza Gilkyson, Federal Flood, floodwall, hurricane, Katrina, levee, New Orleans, Requiem, Superdome, survivors
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The survivors request anger in lieu of tears
You wish is my command, Sir.
At the place where we met – -which, as you know, considers itself to be a progressive site — I and others am currently dealing with a fuckmook who is about to soil himself over the possibility that the city’s impending destruction might somehow interfere with the upcoming Republican convention.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=3456394&mesg_id=3456373
Feel free to join in. It’s hours of family fun!
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That was beautiful, as is your writing. A lovely tribute to the anniversary.
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