As the world shakes its head at George W. Bush for not doing enough in time for New Orleaneans, massive airlifts and financial aid are being sent to the "world superpower". I saw a picture in the Straits Times of a group of 6 or 7 ladies crying in New Orleans, facing the camera, arms outstretched, and if the caption had been "Women in agony in Rwanda" or something, it would've been a cliched shot of "violent" Africa. But this is happening in America's (back)yard.
Bush's cosmetic linguistics aren't working at the moment, as a lot of folks are mad at Bush (not least the Mayor of New Orleans). After all that talk about WMDs in Iraq. Talking of which -
I'm really proud of this one, my pal Carolyn Quek and I did this as part of an audio project in Feb 2004. *Warning* ignore the first 30 seconds of tone (the peeeeeet), you might want to skip past it. The tone was there for a sound level check.
Where the Weapons of Mass Destruction Really Went
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