This may be the straw

With business in a slump, gas prices out the wazoo, and a war draining coffers this hurricane may be the straw that breaks the camel's back. It will push gas prices higher, making it harder to keep business working, causing the loss of work, which spirals into the loss of sales and on and on. This is that recession cascading into depression that the economists don't want to talk about. A president who has given all the breaks to big business to the destruction of the country (Coolidge) has happened before. The robber baron's first raids on "capitalism" was the cost of the first depression (1800's) and Ken Lay and his brothers have joined into those ranks. I fear the influx of unemployed and homeless from the gulf could trigger a bigger economic rebound in the rest of the country than anyone has foreseen. The gulf fall could be the dust bowl of this depression. I hope I am wrong. I don't think I am. If I am, "Hi! How ya doin'?" if I'm not, "Need some soup?"

Before

There is pain all about,
There has been before,
Ignorance is reigning,
There has been before,
Hate is being bought and sold,
Like sould, it brings in its slice of gold,
Children are left out in the cold,
They have been before,
Lies and truth are being called twins,
Charity is nearly at its end,
Grab his hand, or lose a friend,
He been gone before.
There is no truth,
Beyond your heart.
Everything else is lies or art,
Feed your sould, salve your heart,
That is after, that is before.

(no subject)

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