Tuesday, September 13, 2005

Why I haven't been posting

Hi. Many of you have inquired as to why I haven't posted for many months. The answer is that I have been, and still am, in significant pain in my right shoulder and arm such that using a mouse consistently has been hard. Of course, I've also been out of town something like 5 out of the last 7 weeks. So I'm back and I'm a little better. I have lots to say of course--my God, there's so much going on.

A couple of thoughts on the biggest events of the day:

1) While it can't act quickly enough to save lives or provide humanitarian aid to its own citizens, the Bush administration seems plenty efficient when it comes to making sure that there are companies at the ready to financially profit off of this disaster and can quickly cut through red tape when it's necessary as long as the "red tape" happens to be environmental or labor standards.

2) As my husband put it, the best we can hope for with soon-to-be Chief Justice Roberts is that he is more of an east coast establishment type than he is a far right idealogue. Either way, he'll be a solid corporatist with all of its attendant problems for the environment and consumers, but if he's east coast establishment there's at least some chance that he's got a (secret) social libertarian streak or some consistent form of fiscal conservatism.