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In a tribute to Molly Ivins, who died this week, New York Times columist Paul Krugman comments on "extraordinary prescience on the central political issue of our time," and quotes from her column:
Jan. 16, 2003: “I assume we can defeat Hussein without great cost to our side (God forgive me if that is hubris). The problem is what happens after we win. The country is 20 percent Kurd, 20 percent Sunni and 60 percent Shiite. Can you say, ‘Horrible three-way civil war?’ ”
And from Molly Ivins' last column: We are the people who run this country. We are the deciders. And every single day, every single one of us needs to step outside and take some action to help stop this war. Raise hell. Think of something to make the ridiculous look ridiculous. Make our troops know we're for them and trying to get them out of there. Hit the streets to protest Bush's proposed surge. If you can, go to the peace march in Washington on Jan. 27. We need people in the streets, banging pots and pans and demanding, "Stop it, now!" All the politicos knew from the get go that Iraq would be a disaster. A few spoke or voted against it early; most did not. When they spoke up and how they voted is looking like the benchmark in any coming elections. For people like Hillary Clinton, the political expediency of voting for the war is justly coming back to haunt them. Winter has settled in; we've hit 10 below several nights and the lake is safe to play on. These are the last photos with my old camera (Nikon 5700) which is now Melissa's new camera. My new camera is an Olympus SP510 with 7.1 megapixels and 10x optical zoom. I paid $234 for it on Amazon and it has two features I want: image stabilized zoom and low light capture since I hate using a flash. Hopefully a faster lens motor. It has a threaded barrel so I can add a wide angle lens. A camera is like a dog; it gets you out there to look at stuff. Peg and Mike were visiting from Rho Diland and they bundled up for a walk on the lake. |