Save Our State has pictures of the Mexican flag being raised over a U.S. Post Office during a protest in Maywood, California.

Yesterday, while others boarded up in preparation for the storm that wasn’t [thank God], I decided to store the trash cans in the garage and bring my plants in to the house… just in case.
I always protect the windchimes as well, since they were given me by my sister-in-law, and because I like ‘em. [...]

By Heidi at Euphoric Reality
Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder.
-Arnold Toynbee
Wide open and unguarded stand our gates, and through them passes a wild motley throng.
-Thomas Bailey Aldrich, “Unguarded Gates,” 1895
You cannot become thorough Americans if you think of yourselves in groups. America does not consist of groups. A man [...]

The Carnival of the Recipes is up at The Common Room!

I am NOT in the mood for this. :?

Excellent article by Lou Dolinar in the NYPost: What went right in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Well worth a read.