A Sad Vacation
This weekend is filled with sorrow for me as:
- It’s Earth Day. And still we have a political party that wants dissolve the EPA. Why is the EPA even necessary? Protecting our Earth, our home, our mother and father, should be our premise, not our afterthought. I solute the people of Bolivia for legislating the rights of the natural world.
- It is the anniversary of the accidental death, or possible assassination, of Corporal Pat Tillman. Cpl. Tillman, an Afghan militiaman, another American private were on a hillside when they began receive friendly fire from one of their own unit’s humvee’s 100 yards below. The Afghan militiaman took eight bullets. Cpl. Tillman threw a smoke grenade to try to identify himself. The humvee took a better position, 40 yards from Cpl. Tillman, and soldiers dismounted to get a better shot. The Corporal stood and vocally identified himself and was shot three times in the head. Before starting his tour in Afghanistan, Tillman’s family had contacted American academic Noam Chomsky on Pat’s behalf to arrange a speaking tour after his discharge to express his belief in the illegality of the Iraq war.
- Feminist blue grass legend Hazel Dickens has died. Few voices could effect me like hers. This is truly a sad day.
I’m also sad to admit that most this info is reposted from my favorite blog Dangerous Minds.
AND Steve’s sister forgot her inhaler. What the fuck?
