I was playing around on this site for kids called Time Warp Trio and decided to create a poem. My theme was "The Future," and I came up with this diddy (I'm taking suggestions if you have an idea of a title):
Between today and
beyond time
you travel
my mind
Strange that
we are where we are
but if our day is here
I can love you
this time around.
Sunday, February 26, 2006
Cyber Magnetic Poetry
Tuesday, February 07, 2006
How can they sleep at night...
...knowing they put not just one person or one family, but thousands of people, out on the streets?
AP reported today that FEMA evicted 4,500 people from government-paid hotel rooms in New Orleans, citing that those people, representing less than a quarter of the total people who were given extensions up until as late as March 1, were given "every possible opportunity to request an extension."
The spokesman said people either ran or did not answer their doors when approached by FEMA representatives. Were forms and other information left under the doors of people who did not answer? Were they available in the hotel lobbies, under a clearly marked sign that read "FEMA Housing Extension Applications"? Did FEMA air commericals and radio advertisements?
And the bigger issue is, what is a March 1 extension when you've got nothing but the clothes on your back? While people should make every effort they can to help themselves, it's all for naught if demand exceeds supply.
I just don't see how putting people out, with no other option or resource, is going to help in the short- or long-term. It's also quite arrogant of a bunch of people living comfortably to decide that six months is enough time for people with nothing to reconstruct their lives.
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