Losty,
Patty puts on a really good show. The music is lively and her commentary, which is always topical, is fantastic. Go if she hasn't played already.
I'm reeling from the Ivins piece, particularly:
It cuts taxes for the richest Americans during a national crisis, cuts domestic spending that people's lives depend on, and completely ignores the cost of both war and reconstruction. Under this budget, almost all discretionary domestic programs, as well as Medicare and Medicaid, are subject to cuts or restraints.
Student loans, child-care, food stamps, school lunches, job training, veterans programs, and cash assistance for the elderly and disabled poor are all being cut.
and
Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, on the first day of the war, ordered the service chiefs to provide examples in which President Bush could cite national security to exempt the military from environmental laws.
Very very upsetting on many fronts. |
