Can you hear us yet?

[butterfly77]

I scream this everyday as I watch the bullshit I hear on the so called news.

This is from a post on daily kos

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/06/10/983847/-As-The-World-Burns-Can-You-Hear-Us-YET-

As the world burns in the fires of poverty and cash free-flows to the pockets of robber barons, our press is playing As The World Turns. Our politicians are treated as celebrities, while our corporate overlords operate in secrecy; turning dials, greasing wheels, and watching the whole. fucking. thing. burn.

Can you hear us yet?

No?

Well, here's some TOP STORIES, Personal Storyteller's style!



HERE'S a TOP story for ya:

I met a man outside the local Red Cross building last Saturday. I was there to take CPR classes. It's a compulsion of mine, ever since my sons were young, to stay CPR certified. I was standing outside the building, finishing the last sips of a soda and waiting for the class to begin.

I went in, and there, amongst a sea of second-hand clothes, was a confused-looking man of about sixty. He was disheveled and dirty and he stank but there was a defiance in his eyes that his obvious shame would not kill.

Those blazing, proud eyes were downcast as he sauntered between a rack of jeans and a rack of men's shirts. I sat on a bench in the lobby and enjoyed the air conditioning. Suddenly he came to me and stood beside me for a moment. He wanted to say something.

[obxhead]

1. K&R. I hope this makes it to the home page.

The focus does need to be on the people, not where someones penis has gotten them.

[butterfly77]

2. ...

[WiffenPoof]

3. Thanks for this...

...it means something.

[woo me with science]

4. Thanks. nt

[inna]

5. OMG, what a great post. Thank you for linking to it; everyone should read it, IMO.

Too late to rec; too bad this didn't get the attention it deserved; that happens sometimes at DU.