A Blogger In The Spotlight

by Bryan

2 comments

1 Steve Bates { 03.28.06 at 11:19 am }

I cannot imagine any way Riverbend could collect the prize without endangering herself and her family. She will simply have to wait until “hearts can heal and souls can mend,” as her banner quote has it, and who knows how many years that will be.

Her latest post contains, as usual, insight into the Iraqi mind-set in these awful times. The following passage seems to indicate a ratcheting up of the level of fear and uncertainty, even as experienced as she and her family have become at coping with the war to this point:

… In many ways, this year is like 2003 prior to the war when we were stocking up on fuel, water, food and first aid supplies and medications. We’re doing it again this year but now we don’t discuss what we’re stocking up for. Bombs and B-52’s are so much easier to face than other possibilities.

Sigh. Mr. Bush has a lot to answer for, and by extension in the minds of people around the world, America has a lot to answer for. This must end, and soon, for everyone’s sake. As I worry about Riverbend’s safety, I also worry about our own nation’s integrity.

2 Bryan { 03.28.06 at 11:37 am }

The Shrubbery has ratcheted up the use of force to the point that no one thinks negotiations will work anymore. Everyone jumps right to violence as the only solution.

The people in the middle, the families with branches in both major camps, have no place of refuge, no haven to withdraw to away from the violence. They are targets of both sides.

The Supreme Court eliminated integrity when they decided to select the Shrubbery in 2000.