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Wednesday, December 29, 2004
Donate to Doctors Without Borders
We've been talking about how best to donate to relief efforts after the tsunami. As I write this, the Doctors Without Borders web site is redirecting to a search page, but you can still reach the donation page directly.

Other choices for helping out are detailed here.
First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people. --Leo Rosten
Friday, December 3, 2004
The Scoop On Kerik
Light at the End of the Tunnel:
"Kerik enters the DHS job with impeccable credentials and important real world experience. He is well known for his excellent stewardship of the NYPD during and after the 9/11 attacks. But it seems that his life experiences have culminated to make him uniquely qualified to hold this position. After serving in the US Army, Kerik got a job supervising security for the construction of a US military installation in Saudi Arabia. In 1984 he had returned to the States, and took a position as Corrections Officer in Passaic, NY where he was quickly promoted to Warden. In 1986 he took a 50% pay cut to fulfill his life’s ambition of becoming a NY Police Officer where he soon began to work undercover on narcotics investigations. By 1991, Kerik’s successes had garnered the attention of Mayor Giuliani who appointed him the NY Commissioner of Corrections. In August of 2000 after vastly improving conditions at Riker’s Island Correctional Facility, Kerik was named Chief of the NYPD where he served with the distinction. Following the invasion of Iraq, President Bush tapped him to go to Baghdad to design and implement the training program for the Iraqi Police. "
Only sick music makes money today. --Friedrich Nietzsche
Thursday, November 11, 2004
Veteran's Day
It's Veteran's Day. Allow me to point you to a moving tribute to America's fighting men and women: http://www.clermontyellowribbon.com/untilthenflash.htm
Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid. --Publilius Syrus


