New Quaker Notebook

I hate it when that happens. I get to sulking when someone else writes something I wish I'd written myself. Like this urgent, sardonic gem by Blair Bobier writing in yesterday's Common Dreams News Center:

The War on Errorism

The Errorists have struck again. This time it was New Orleans; next time it could be your city.

Make no mistake about it: these insidious Errorists are deadly and determined to destroy the American way of life. They are the greatest threat to our nation's survival.

Do not give the Errorists aid and comfort. Do not buy their lies and excuses. By no means should you vote for them.

George Bush is an Errorist. Dick Cheney and Karl Rove are, too.

International Terrorists have been blamed for the destruction of the World Trade Center where two thousand people died. But it was the Errorists who ignored the warnings of the impending attack, who failed to protect thousands of people in the Twin Towers and who let Osama Bin Laden slip away despite launching two wars and spending billions of dollars in pursuit of the "mastermind" of 9-11.

Ten times as many people perished in New Orleans than in New York because of Errorism.

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