On the Louisianna Lament bandwagon like everybody else

Have you heard my band Louisianna Lament?

This article was posted by someone on Mel's friends page a few days ago:
http://www.livejournal.com/users/ropedancer/189586.html?#cutid1

I post it now because as I was driving home from the bank today, one of the story's authors, Lorri Beth Slonsky, was on National Public Radio relating the story again. You think it's stomach-churning reading it, just try hearing the emotion in the woman's voice as she states it as one who was there.

You can rant and rail against Bush and FEMA and the governor of Louisianna all you want to. However, this and other stories I'm hearing fill me with the conviction that there are plenty of local police and national guard commanding officers who need to be prosecuted in the wake of this. Everything from Assault, to Depraved Indifference, to Crimes Against Humanity, I'm sure there are cases that could be made in every instance. But they never will be because no one will ever admit to having done any of the things this account and others like it describe. And even if enough evidence can be brought against someone it will be a hard fight given the chaos of the whole situation and how eyewitness accounts are bound to vary widely.

I hate saying things like this. I have the highest respect for law enforcement personnel and anyone who puts on a uniform in the name of our country. But evil things happened there. And good people feeling overwhelmed and afraid of a situation beyond their control, in weakness, turned to evil. Crimes and sins were committed in the hurricane zone by people both in uniforms and out. And I have a terrible feeling that almost every one of them is going to get away with it.

Mememe. A me meme! A meme about me!

You've heard of "interests", right? Those things on peoples' LJ user info pages that make us want to friend other people only then we never discuss them? Well someone finally made a meme about them. I am tickled pink.

Look at your LJ "interests" list. If you have fewer than 50 interests, pick every fifth one. If you have between fifty and seventy-five interests, pick every seventh one. If you have over seventy-five interests, pick every tenth one. If you have fewer than ten, pick all of 'em. List them on your LJ, and tell everyone exactly what it is about these things that interests you so much.

( You better read this 'cause it took me a while. )

Wow..

Watching the final battle scene in Army of Darkness on mute while playing Cradle of Filth over it really adds a whole new dimension to it o_O