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The Grumpy Moderate

Not Left-Wing. Not Right-Wing. Grumpy.

Too Discouraged to Blog

Monday, September 05, 2005
The Grump is basically an optimistic person. But this week, with the New Orleans hurricane and its aftermath, the Grump has found himself too sad and too discouraged to blog. A horrible natural disaster, and our response is to set upon ourselves with vitriol and disgust. No one comes out of this looking good. No one.