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December 29, 2004

Quotes of the day

From Ezra:

The internet's been used to focus Americans on the tragedy at hand and channel their horror into concrete relief. I'd be stunned if online efforts alone hadn't reached into the tens, or even hundreds, of millions, far outpacing our government's pathetic response. In this day and age, our government is not worthy of its people, and I'm proud of us for that

It's pretty sad when Americans across the internet can possibly send more money than our government. Kudos to Amazon and Google and Apple.

Another quote from the day comes from the Bush Camp...who looking increasingly ridiculous when it comes to assisting victims of the earthquake/tsunami:

Earlier yesterday, White House spokesman Trent Duffy said the president was confident he could monitor events effectively without returning to Washington or making public statements in Crawford, where he spent part of the day clearing brush and bicycling. Explaining the about-face, a White House official said: "The president wanted to be fully briefed on our efforts. He didn't want to make a symbolic statement about 'We feel your pain.' "

Many Bush aides believe Clinton was too quick to head for the cameras to hold forth on tragedies with his trademark empathy. "Actions speak louder than words," a top Bush aide said, describing the president's view of his appropriate role.

Idiots. Bush wanted to stay on vacation while tens of thousands of people die and suffer...after promising less money for the victims than for his inauguration (let alone Iraq..where we are dumping in excess of $170 million per day).

Actions speak louder than words...indeed.

Posted by Carla at December 29, 2004 06:16 PM