m2h blogs by Marcia Hansen

via Marianne Williamson’s blog: Reckoning in New Orleans. This post was also published in Detroit News.
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Just do it. Go read the following post at dooce.com: We don’t have beef.
Choking Warning: put your beverage down before you start reading.

Last night I was talking with someone who said it was the local NO government’s fault and not the federal government’s fault for the delay. I disagreed with her, but here is a post (via Bitch PhD) at Kos that details that the governor of LA asked for aid prior to the [...]

When I watched Bush’s visit, I thought to myself, look at all that posturing–all those high-level officials telling the president all that they are doing and trying to do. They are not going to communicate the whole truth to him–they want to look good and save their own jobs. When you’re in a [...]

Unbelievable:
Halliburton hired for storm cleanup. The rich get richer and the poorer get poorer. When does it end? I don’t care that there was a competitive bidding process for KBR (a Halliburton subsidiary) to get the contract. It still makes me angry.
If you come across any other stories such as this [...]

So many people are suffering. It’s sickening. I wonder, too, is there anyone in charge? I also can understand the looting. It’s painful to watch from a distance. It’s It’s unreal. But it’s real. I can’t imagine what these people are feeling; it’s heart-breaking for me and I’m just [...]

In my break from reading stuff for class tomorrow, I found so much good stuff on the web tonight:
What Small Colleges Really Want Good reading about grad school and specialized language, personality, voice, and academic cover letters. This might be a good read for some in my professional writing class.
via Anbruch comes this [...]

Halley has a good post on military recruiting commericals. Read it. She makes a good distinction between advertorials and editorials.
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28th Annual Heritage Festival & Craft Show
Saturday & Sunday, September 17 & 18, 2005
10 am – 5 pm, Nifong Park, Hwy 63 S & AC exit west
Columbia Festival of the Arts
Saturday & Sunday, September 24-25
Courthouse Square and surrounding streets
downtown Columbia.
University Concert Series
Kavafian-Schub-Shifrin Trio Sunday, October 16, 2005, 7 p.m.
Catlin Tully, Thursday, October 20, [...]

From academic coach comes the story of Badger, an ABD grad student faced with extreme debt and a dying husband. Please make a donation.
Academic coach has set up a Fund For Mr. Badger’s Cancer Treatment
Badger, An awesome ABD who posts pseudonymously as Badger has only a short time left with her husband. Mr. [...]