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This morning, while I was languising in my bedchamber, I watched part of Queen Elizabeth I starring Helen Mirren. First off, I love Helen Mirren. Second, I love Queen Elizabeth I. How sad for a monarchy to have a women ruler before a democracy ever did. Granted, the United States wasn't formed by then. Even so, they still had Margaret Thatcher!

But I digress. Anyway, there is no doubt Elizabeth I led an extraordinary life. However,if there is any truth to Wikipedia's entry on her story, there was quite a lot of poetic license taken with QEI's tale in the HBO movie.

However, there were some good lines in the movie. One of my favorites, "...Women have forgotten more cruelty than men can remember!" Sadly, it's true.

An another, which is slightly paraphrased, I think, "Such is the great weakness of clear-thinking people. They always assume others think like they do."

This is generally the weakness of all people.
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[livejournal.com profile] vernard linked to this astute analysis of the geopolitical and economic importance of New Orleans. This will help address why New Orleans must exist.

Now, I will agree that the blame for the problems responding to Katrina are not entirely his fault, but the choices of his administration do have their impact. The whole Katrina experience indicates how seasoned we are(as a nation) at disaster preparedness. What was Bush doing hiring inexperienced people for FEMA posts? I mean, Bush is incompetent. Why isn't he surrounding himself with people who are more experienced? Thanks to [livejournal.com profile] syreene for the link.

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