http://www.dddnews.com/story/1119138.html">Daily Dunklin Democrat: Story : Column by Gene Lyons: "An equal-opportunity disaster
Gene Lyons
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
You know things are upside-down when President Malaprop makes sense about race. A reporter asked Bush about talk that 'there was a racial component' to who got no immediate help in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. 'My attitude is this,' the president said. 'The storm didn't discriminate, and neither will the recovery effort. When those Coast Guard choppers, many of whom were first on the scene, were pulling people off roofs, they didn't check the color of a person's skin. They wanted to save lives.'
Were the words scripted? Probably. To the limited extent he's capable of empathy, however, Bush is no bigot.
I'm less sure about Queen Mother Barbara Bush, whose stunningly callous remarks about how well things were working out for the thousands of 'underprivileged' hurricane victims in the Houston Astrodome--delivered with a condescending chuckle--will not soon be forgotten. No homes, no jobs, no schools, family members missing and feared dead, and the president's mother begrudges refugees a free meal and a folding cot in a baseball stadium. Incredible."

What do you guys think of this dilemma?

Dear Abby: 7 months ago I met a girl at a party who had an obvious attraction to me. At the time that we met, I wasn’t really interested in starting a dating relationship with her, but one thing lead to another and 3 weeks after meeting her, we were going out.

Throughout the relationship I would argue with my girlfriend and we would get mad at each other at times, but all in all I enjoyed her company and never had any serious thoughts of leaving her. While this is so, my girlfriend felt otherwise, and just recently broke up with me because, as she states, “does not feel the same way that I do about her.” While we had our share of issues, this breakup was a complete and total shock to me.

My now “ex girlfriend” wants to be just friends, but I still want to date her and give our relationship and differences a time to mature even though she says there is no possibility of ever getting back together. I am now stuck with the decision of whether or not I should continue a friendship with her, stick it out to see if she’ll change her mind, or part separate ways all together. What should I do?

Signed,

Heart Broken and Confused, Phoenix, AZ