I think when you are done publishing all there is to publish and say, you should assemble and layout it all and put it out on the circuit as a downloadable PDF (Adobe Acrobat) file.
Many more people should read this.
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To her credit (and she doesn’t deserve much), Gov. Blanco is trying to do just that—get pols and deep pockets to spend some time doing some actual work gutting and rehabbing houses. It couldn’t hurt, but it appears there is considerable resistance to the idea. Why am I not surprised?
Apparently, Howard Dean and some of the Dems recently spent some time doing just that. And they have reaped a whirlwind of condemnation for it. A political ploy, adversaries say.
Well, you know what? Screw the adversaries. Until they get their hands mucked up, they can shut their ignorant yaps.
They’d be shocked to learn that in the afflicted areas, no one likes politicians of any stripe. No one cares whether you’re a democrat or a republican when you roll up your sleeves and help. What matters is whether you’re there to help or get in the way. Sweat matters. Hot air doesn’t gut a house.
Posted by Kate on 07/15/06 at 10:54 PM
I was thinking of doing that, Volkher. I don’t know if I have the tools to do it, though. At the least, I’ll put up a section with consecutive links or something.
Posted by Kate on 07/15/06 at 10:58 PM
Kate, I have the tools to do it.
Do feel free to send me the raw text and images that you want included. I can put together a draft pdf for you and the lad to check, edit, amend and then I can finalise and return it to you for “signoff”. It would be an absolute pleasure (and honuor) to do this.
And as everyone has said, the lad’s voice needs to be out there.
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Just wanted to say you are giving me (and I suspect many others are the same) lots of food for thought. I have been so busy reading I have forgotten to leave a comment, if only to say thanks for sharing. Am passing his thoughts on to some others as well.
He is an amazing young man and his thought processes are so much more mature (they have been anyway, but this experience has made him even more so) than most 17 year olds.
Even though I knew some of this, reading it like this is just blowing me away...........disgusting. We need to get this out there, just imagine if the politicians who spend all their time and energy (and our money) shooting off their mouth over nothing, put that energy to use and each volunteered a week or two there--things would start to shape up. And, there might be some meaningful dialogue taking place for a change when they went back to their comfortable little ivory towers.