For whom the bell tolls

(Taking a short leave from my usual frivolity..)

For whom the bell tolls?
Well, for one, it was my dear friend Jaybee who had this to say, in response to a well-meaning suggestion that he, being securely in the top 0.1% income bracket, should not fret so by the prospect of four more years of the Bush autocracy:

The bell that is tolling for Bush’s policies that deprive the poor, that bully the weak, that enrich the wealthy, that erode civil rights, that despoil the environment, that degrade America’s morality in the prison camps of Bush’s creation, that bell tolls for me. It darkens my life, restricts my liberty and depresses my pursuit of happiness.

I heart Jaybee.
And you, can you hear it now?

(back now to my frivolously scheduled programming..)

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  • sher

    Oh yes!!! Well, said Pim. I have been hearing that bell since it first started tolling nearly 4 years ago. And a dismal thing it is too.
    Sher

  • Jill

    Don’t be afraid to speak out sister. You have a forum; use it for good.

  • http://www.mendobistro.com Nicholas Petti

    Pim:
    Met you at Kiss last month with your friends. Found the blog via Saute Wednesday. Wonderful writing. This is a tragic day but instead of giving up or giving in we need to do even more to retain our civil liberties and preserve what’s left of America.
    My wife and I will in SF 11-14/-11/17, perhaps we can get together.
    PS I was the guy with the funny hat at the end of the counter who owns Mendo Bistro, way up in Fort Bragg