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Issue # 21


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Mike's Pith & Wind - Scrambled thinking
I went for an amble down to the local Safeway this morning. (Well, I call it an amble. Some female detractors think that a measured mince is closer to describing my amble). Anyhow, my mission was prompted by my making of an enormous pot of soup the other day – I am the soup king of Camberwell afterall – and I’d run out of those handy plastic food containers to preserve it in the fridge. I’ve already given a large container to the long-suffering next-door neighbours, and I’m giving some to Bill, but I’m still condemning myself to a solid week or so of soup, and more soup on the menu.
Maybe I should send some over to New Orleans. Actually, that was one of the issues that was swimming around my brain as I ambled mincingly: where is the leadership in this crisis? Where is the modern equivalent of Douglas MacArthur to stand up and take control? With nothing more than plaintive rhetoric from Bush, what is plainly needed is a retired general, or admiral, or anybody with a forceful personality from the armed services.
My vote goes to Colin Powell. It seems the poor blacks (pick the tautology) are copping the brunt of the disaster, and he might get their attention at least. (Incidentally, I’ve always found it curious that the accepted American pronounciation of Powell’s first name is ‘colon’. I bet he was the butt of many childish jokes when he was younger, this being another of them).
On my way to the supermarket I have to cross two intersections controlled by traffic lights. I don’t know if

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Scrambled thinking - (cont.)
this is the situation Australia wide, and I’m pretty sure it’s not a worldwide phenomenon, but if you’re even a split-second late pressing the button to activate the pedestrian signals, you have to wait a complete cycle before you can cross.
This is insane and encourages flouting of the traffic read more

 
       
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