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May 20, 2005
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes
A quote from Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson as reported in the Washington Post:
"Except for the crime issue, everything is just going outstanding right now."
As a resident of Prince George's county in Maryland, I would like to commend our executive for telling it like it is. Things are terrific. Okay, sure, we have seen a spike in the murder rate (59 percent over last year) that puts us on a pace to surpass the 1992 record of 151 killings in the county. And yes, rapes, robberies and car-jackings are also up sharply. In fact, nearly twice as many businesses in the county have been broken into this year as were broken into last year at this time. But like our executive, I think the real culprit is the news media. They focus on the murders and the rapes and the robberies and they forget about all the good things. For example, raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens. Also, bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens. And don't forget silver white winters that melt into spring ...
(It helps if you imagine the previous lines being sung by a group of children on a mountainside in Austria wearing clothes their governess (played by the delightful Julie Andrews) made from some old drapes.)
Posted by teb at May 20, 2005 11:16 AM