Democrats using children as decoys
The criticism of Democrats exploiting children to push SCHIP continues, as well it should. This cartoon by Mike Lester in yesterday’s Townhall.com was spot on:
The days of Democrats pulling this trick from their bag are waning. As Rush said yesterday….
They come up with a plan designed to fool people, to misrepresent something, to lie about the president and his proposal, they come up with the elaborate scheme to use a child, sort of like the Michael J. Fox thing, you’re not supposed to attack a victim. A victim can enter the political arena, but he cannot be attacked when he goes political, and I’m not putting up with this anymore, I didn’t attack the kid. I attacked the whole plan that the Democrats had to lie to the American people. And they got upset.
They used to get away with this, dragging all these injured people up on stage at their convention. John Edwards saying that Christopher Reeve would walk again, for example, if John Kerry were elected president…. [T]hey used to be able to get away with their monopoly….
Read my previous posts on this topic:
“Real SCHIP losers: Kids exploited by Democrats,” October 18
“Dem exploitation of 12-year-old draws fire,” October 10
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
Isn’t that cartoon the truth. I’m so tired of the democrat’s exploitive ways. They are cowards, using children for their gain.
Thanks for being willing to cut through all of that and for continuing to speak the truth, Jill.
I’m sorry, but how again is asking for child health care cowardly? It may be a good idea, it may be a bad idea, but it’s neither exploitive or cowardly.
This article is a few years old but still to the point.
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/extract/284/4/
Is US Health Really the Best in the World?
Barbara Starfield, MD, MPH
JAMA. 2000;284:483-485.
Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text and any section headings.
Information concerning the deficiencies of US medical care has been accumulating. The fact that more than 40 million people have no health insurance is well known. The high cost of the health care system is considered to be a deficit, but seems to be tolerated under the assumption that better health results from more expensive care, despite evidence from a few studies indicating that as many as 20% to 30% of patients receive contraindicated care.1 In addition, with the release of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report “To Err Is Human,”2 millions of Americans learned, for the first time, that an estimated 44,000 to 98,000 among them die each year as a result of medical errors.
The fact is that the US population does not have anywhere near the best health in the world. Of 13 countries in a recent comparison,3 the United States ranks an . . . [Full Text of this Article]
Author Affiliation: Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Md.
Here is link to the full text
silver.neep.wisc.edu/~lakes/iatrogenic.pdf –
As Rush said yesterday:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“As Rush said?”
Rush buys his medications behind Denny’s with a cigar box of cash.
Who the Hell knows where he got the bootleg Viagra he was busted with in Florida.
I’m glad that a flaccid “Hillbilly Herion” junkie can pay for his under-the-table medications, but not all children can. I say we help them.
Which pres candidate said this?
The first problem with our current health care system is that it’s upside down. It focuses on intervention. We wait until people are catastrophically ill, and then we spend enormous amounts of money trying to fix them. We need to be putting the money on the preventive side. Prevention is a lot less expensive than is intervention. The second thing, there has to be ownership of the individual consumer. As long as the government, the employer, as long as the doctor is in charge of your health care, and you have no idea what it costs, and you have no idea what they’re doing, and you don’t control it, we’re never going to get the system fixed. And the third thing that has to happen is that we have portable medical records. And the policies that we can put in place have to start with individuals buying in, not only on insurance, but buying in on health, their own personal, to start with.
Monday, October 22, 2007
Snubbing cancer study will only hurt women
Research showing link to abortion ignored by media
By Dennis Byrne
Chicago Tribune
During National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, it is fitting and proper that women be informed about any newly discovered dangers, even as the public groans under the weight of all the warnings surrounding the mere act of living.
For example, a well-researched Chicago Tribune story last week disclosed that women who have just a couple of alcoholic drinks daily increase their breast cancer risk by 13 percent. Coincidentally, a new study reported that abortion is an important breast cancer risk factor, yet I couldn’t find a word describing the research in mainstream media.
…according to one unchallenged compressive analysis of those studies, they show that a pregnant woman who has never had a child before and aborts in the first term increased her chance of breast cancer by 50 percent.
_____________________________________
On what basis shall we ignore studies that don’t say what we want to hear?
By comparing, analyzing and criticizing we discover the truth.
What do we discover when we simply ignore?
For the millionth time, there is no link between abortion and breast cancer.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Abortion and Breast Cancer: No Link
No Extra Breast Cancer Risk in Women Who Have Abortions
By Daniel J. DeNoon
WebMD Medical NewsReviewed by Louise Chang, MDApril 23, 2007 — There is no link between abortion and breast cancer, a 10-year study shows.
Researchers base the findings on a study in which they followed 105,716 women for 10 years. They found no link between abortion and breast cancers that occur before menopause.
Earlier large-scale studies showed no link between abortion and breast cancers that occur after
menopause.
“The globality of evidence supports no link between induced abortion and breast cancer,” Harvard researcher Karin Michels, ScD, PhD, tells WebMD.
The Michels study shows a longstanding “scientific consensus,” says Michael Thun, MD, vice president for epidemiology and surveillance research at the American Cancer Society in Atlanta. Thun was not involved in the Michels study.
“There is no evidence that having had an abortion increases the risk of breast cancer,” Thun tells WebMD. “This is a subject that has received a lot of visibility; something that has been looked at repeatedly. There is strong scientific consensus this is the case.”
Abortion and Breast Cancer Risk
At one time, researchers did suspect a link between abortion and breast cancer. Researchers who asked women about their abortion history found that women with breast cancer were more likely than healthy women to report having had abortions.
But this kind of study — called a case/control study — is not considered particularly reliable. A person with a medical condition is more likely to report an unusual or embarrassing event than is a healthy person. That’s particularly true when the event is an abortion.
“Abortion is such a personal and sensitive piece of information,” Michel says. “If just you just ask random people, you get much more underreporting then you do when you ask women with breast cancer, who are much more likely to reveal all sorts of information if you ask them.”
Three studies that looked at women’s records about abortion before breast cancer developed found no link to breast cancer. Three studies that asked postmenopausal women about their abortion history and then observed them for long periods of time also found no link to breast cancer.
In 2003, the National Cancer Institute convened an expert panel to analyze these studies. It concluded that abortion did not affect breast cancer risk. Michels was a member of that panel.
“No study should be interpreted on its own,” Michels warns.
http://www.jpands.org/vol12no3/carrol.pdf
breast cancer study
Hey Anonymous your link does not work
Isn’t that cartoon the truth. I’m so tired of the democrat’s exploitive ways. They are cowards, using children for their gain.
Call me a kook, but I still don’t understand how the anti-abortion kool-aid extends to opposing increasing health care coverage for children. It appears as though you want as many kids born as possible, but aren’t terribly concerned about what happens to them after that.
Yes Laura, many have seen those studies.
This is a new study.
New.
Not the old studies a new study.
What is so wrong with publishing a new study and letting the public see it?
I understand that you don’t like what it says.
Would you be so opposed if it said there were no link?
Or would you post it yourself?
Oh, and Anonymous FYI, the so called “link” you are talking about it a correlation study.
CORRELATION DOES NOT EQUAL CAUSATION.
Why does everyone forget this?
There is a correlation between everything if the researcher skews the results or uses a very low Type 1 or Type 2 Error.
Touche Rae!
::Tacklehug::
sorry midnite,
I tried several times to get it to work.
Maybe you can do a search on it.
Sorry
Anonymous:
I dont see the point to doing a search for it. The CDC has said itself that there is no link between breast cancer and abortion. And As I stated above, the research you’re talking about is a correlation study and that doesnt mean squat to me honestly. It’s like telling me that grass causes cancer.
CORRELATION DOES NOT EQUAL CAUSATION.
Why does everyone forget this?
Absolutely true.
There is a strong correlation between smoking and cancer.
It took many studies to find the cause.
What is wrong with publishing a new study and making the point that correlation is not causation?
Hippie
b/c Anonymous most of the general public does not understand statistics nor do they understand that corellation does not equal causation. Breast cancer is mainly genetic, that with the right environmental cues brings it out.
Here is a correlational study published in the NEJM that notes the unexpected drop in breast cancer after tons of women suddenly quit HRT when the women’s health study linked it to cancer.
The editors felt the correlation was worthy of note.
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/356/16/1670
hippie
What is wrong with publishing a new study and making the point that correlation is not causation?
The problem Anonymous is that the researcher of the company funding the research says that it is a correlation. They don’t tell the general public that a correlation does not equal causation. Do you see the problem I have with that?
Midnite –
“The CDC has said itself that there is no link between breast cancer and abortion. ”
The CDC has also said that there is enough evidence to suggest that more research is necessary to provide absolute resolve one way or the other.
BTW – HI! Haven’t seen ya in a while. How are things?
Yes Laura, many have seen those studies.
This is a new study.
New.
Not the old studies a new study.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Harvard study I cited was released THIS YEAR!
Anon –
I agree with everything you say, you know that.
However, the study you posted is not what is considered a scientific study. They do not have a test group nor a control group. The are basing their finding on medical data and reports, but do not give evidence that they obtained ALL the required documentation in order to come up with there conclusions.
That being said, there are some in WHO that have looked at the study and have said that it brings up really good points and are recommending further study on their study.
Valerie:
I am good, just working and school. Never have time to just sit and blog away like I used to. Gotta keep busy to keep my fingers from dialing sh** head’s phone number :-)
How are you doing?
Edited by Moderator Bethany at 5:59 PM
Laura –
When it comes to medical studies there is no such thing as “never”. What this means is that there is always need for further study on anything.
I can provide complete scientific studies done last year that “prove” there is no such thing as AD/HD. This was enough for some politicians to try to get AD/HD unlisted as a learning disability.
However, I have been diagnosed with AD/HD and am on very high dose of stimulents in order to control it. If AD/HD didn’t exist then I should be hyperactive and not ready to take a nap after I take my meds.
The same is true over many “proven” studies that were later disproven. A perfect is example is the “proof” given in Roe V Wade that said a fetus is just a lump of tissue and it doesn’t have a heartbeat until well after the 2nd trimester. We now know that it is not a lump of tissue, but has human form and that the heart begins to beat around 21 days gestation.
They are even finding new information every year on the common cold and the flu. This is because nothing in medicine is absolute.
Midnite:
“Gotta keep busy to keep my fingers from dialing sh** head’s phone number :-)”
Good for you! I understand needing to keep busy so you won’t do something you shouldn’t. I am the master at doing things I shouldn’t!
I’m fine – just very busy too!
;-)
Edited by Moderator Bethany at 5:58 PM
Hey, isn’t today the big “Duct Tape for Fetuses Festival” – or whatever you call it?
http://www.silentday.org/
I saw the following from the article posted by Laura.
“Abortion and Breast Cancer Risk
At one time, researchers did suspect a link between abortion and breast cancer. Researchers who asked women about their abortion history found that women with breast cancer were more likely than healthy women to report having had abortions.
But this kind of study — called a case/control study — is not considered particularly reliable. A person with a medical condition is more likely to report an unusual or embarrassing event than is a healthy person. That’s particularly true when the event is an abortion.”
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
I am not sure I understand some of this. It says researchers found that women with breast cancer reported abortions more frequently than healthy women. What percent? If the percent is higher than the known incidence of breast cancer in the general population, then there is a link. You shouldn’t need a control group of healthy women, because you have the entire US population of women to serve as your control group.
Does anyone know what study this is and what the rate of abortion is among women diagnosed with breast cancer?
If 5% of smokers get cancer but only 1% of everyone gets cancer, then numerically, there is a link, be it correlational or otherwise.
I looked at the new study and it seems confirm the fertilty rate to cancer rate correlation.
‘Ya know…
I’m sitting here in Southern California with smoke and ashfall coating every surface and the air REEKING of structure and brushfire.
I’m one of the lucky ones – so far (knocking wood)
With 500,000 evacuated between the border and Ventura county, a minimum of 1500 homes and businesses lost, and more destruction to come, I’d suggest you picked a piss-poor time to deny health insurance coverage to the children of working, middle-class Americans.
Heck, many of you are also just one fast-moving disaster and one health crisis away…
Laura, how close are you to the fire?
Carrie, I haven’t even had the news on. Is it anywhere near under control?
Laura, how close are you to the fire?
Posted by: Carrie at October 23, 2007 5:04 PM
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Not very.
I think the closest is 35 miles away.
I’m knocking wood. San Bernardino County is hardly involved – miracle – but I can’t get to work. (Actually, I was told not to come in because they’re not sure I’ll be able to get home after midnight.) I don’t want to leave my house, anyway.
Are you anywhere close?
According to the little markers on JS’s polls, there are three of four Californicators who post here.
Hi Laura,
there’s a book that is a must-read. In it she talks of lab-mice specially bred to develop cancer. The researcher failed to induce ANY type of cancer in mice IF THE MICE HAD SUFFICIENT SLEEP. As far-out as this sounds, it does have much biological backing.
The book called ‘Lights Out’ by TS Wiley is about how we can transfer such results into a human population. It would require a fundamental (and possible) shift in our lifestyle.
If you wish to read it, let me know what you think.
Laura –
I just found out that 2 of my cousins had to evacuate sometime yesterday. They live in Fallbrook I think. It is scary.
When it comes to health insurance in something like this the government does take care of everyone. That is why it was so important for Governor Arnold (I can’t spell his last name!) to declare a state of emergency. The people affected are now a part of that emergency and the feds will help. Just an FYI – the states HAVE to request federal help in these types of emergencies. if they do not then the feds CANNOT come into the state to help. This is a checks and balance thing so the federal government cannot take control of a state for any reason – Unless a state has a complete failure or loss of their political structure. The feds can only do what the states asks them to do and nothing more.
Laura, I live in MA so I am about as far away from the fires as one can get. My sister-in-law lives in Santa Monica. She just sent me an email saying that she thinks she’ll be ok. She has friends in Malibu that she is worried about.
Heather, from what I have seen on the news, it seems to be getting worse.
Carrie, Thanks for the update. I’m very sorry to hear that!
TMZ has confirmed that the home of Suzanne Somers was completely destroyed in a fast-moving fire that also engulfed several other multi-million dollar homes in Malibu.
I just checked, and I found this.
JIM LEHRER: The latest on the California fire. NewsHour correspondent Jeffrey Kaye of KCET-Los Angeles reports from the scene.
JEFFREY KAYE, Reporter, KCET: This afternoon, even as hot spots flared up, fire crews worked to dig breaks and hold the
line at the eastern edge of the Esperanza fire in Southern California’s San Jacinto Mountains.
More than 1,700 fire personnel are battling the blaze. Since early yesterday, the massive fire has scorched more than 24,000 acres outside the town of Banning in Riverside County. It’s the nation’s deadliest wildfire in five years. The flames, fueled by whipping winds, dry conditions, and high temperatures, have killed four firefighters and left a fifth critically injured.
JEANNE WADE EVANS, Forest Supervisor, San Bernardino: They were engaging in structure protection and fire-fighting activities when they were overrun by flames. The accident investigation is ongoing. Our very deepest condolences go out to the families and friends at this very tragic time.
JEFFREY KAYE: Rugged terrain and the unpredictable Santa Ana winds are making the job difficult, according to Captain
Julie Hutchinson with the Riverside County Fire Department.
JULIE HUTCHINSON, Captain, Riverside County Fire Department: The winds are blowing very hard, 25-35 miles per hour, with gusts up to 40 and 45 miles an hour. So we have a serious condition out there in a terrain-driven fire. This is wind pushing it through terrain that is perfect for this type of fire, so it’s a challenge. We can’t control the wind.
JEFFREY KAYE: Authorities say they believe the fire was deliberately set.
JOHN HAWKINS, Chief, Riverside County Fire Department: A deliberately set arson fire that leads to the death of anyone constitutes murder.
Controlling the flames
JEFFREY KAYE: California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared a state of emergency for Riverside County, and various government agencies are offering a total of $300,000 as a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the arsonist.
After the fire began, hundreds of people were ordered to evacuate from mountain communities.
CHARLES MINER: I mean, I didn’t think I’d make it out. I mean, there was flames 100 foot high blowing across the road in both directions.
LINDSEY BOUNNIE: I felt really scared, and I didn’t know what to do, so I just stayed in the truck with the animals and talked to them and everything.
JEFFREY KAYE: So far nearly a dozen homes have been destroyed.
WANDA LUCERO: It’s just been moving fast all day, and it’s just getting closer and closer to the homes.
JEFFREY KAYE: Among the firefighters, the deaths of their colleagues have reinforced the need for caution, according to Superintendent Stan Stewart of the U.S. Forest Service.
STAN STEWART, Superintendent, U.S. Forest Service: We’re probably paying more attention than normal, even though you do all the time on these type of events. You have to. You’re probably a little more cautious than you normally would be.
JEFFREY KAYE: Authorities say their main goal now is to try to keep the fire away from freeways.
Tragic.
I just found out that 2 of my cousins had to evacuate sometime yesterday. They live in Fallbrook I think. It is scary.
My sister-in-law lives in Santa Monica. She just sent me an email saying that she thinks she’ll be ok. She has friends in Malibu that she is worried about.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I have people in Rancho Bernardo, Running Springs, and Chula Vista I can’t get in touch with.
As of tonight, 960,000 people have been evacuated. Apparently it’s the largest movement of Americans since the Civil War, about three times the number uprooted by Katrina.
On the upside?
It’s SO California-
I don’t know if you saw the coverage from Qualcom Stadium today, but the major evacuation area had a live smooth jazz band, manned massage tables in the hospitality area, food areas sponsored and manned by Gladstone’s, Wolfgang Puck’s Co. and the California Pizza Kitchen. There were 17 different kinds of bottled water available. The animals were all welcome, and were being professionally groomed by volunteers. The emergency packet one family opened included sunscreen, two pairs of shades, Pantene samples, and a manicure kit along with other neccessities.
Screw Louisiana.
If you ever decide to be devastated by a natural disaster, head to California. In emergencies, we donate fashion and karma!
Laura, a smooth jazz band and professional pet grooming? That is classic California.
Laura, a smooth jazz band and professional pet grooming? That is classic California.
Posted by: Carrie at October 23, 2007 7:38 PM
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I bet our Red Cross has a feng shui consultant.
Losing your home and livlihood is bad, but negative energy is inexcusable.
Oh, the humanity!
Carrie, I just looked it up. Very true.
They have also provided plenty of baby formula and diapers for the infants.
I saw the following from the article posted by Laura.
“Abortion and Breast Cancer Risk
At one time, researchers did suspect a link between abortion and breast cancer. Researchers who asked women about their abortion history found that women with breast cancer were more likely than healthy women to report having had abortions.
But this kind of study — called a case/control study — is not considered particularly reliable. A person with a medical condition is more likely to report an unusual or embarrassing event than is a healthy person. That’s particularly true when the event is an abortion.”
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
I am not sure I understand some of this. It says researchers found that women with breast cancer reported abortions more frequently than healthy women. What percent? If the percent is higher than the known incidence of breast cancer in the general population, then there is a link. You shouldn’t need a control group of healthy women, because you have the entire US population of women to serve as your control group.
Does anyone know what study this is and what the rate of abortion is among women diagnosed with breast cancer?
If 5% of smokers get cancer but only 1% of everyone gets cancer, then numerically, there is a link, be it correlational or otherwise.
I looked at the new study and it seems confirm the fertilty rate to cancer rate correlation.
Posted by: hippie at October 23, 2007 1:05 PM
……………………………..
Huh? If I decided to make a correlation between women that have worn purple socks and get breast I most certainly can. The fact that the theoritical correlation between abortion and breast cancer completely ignores spontaneous abortion screams PL propaganda. Reported abortions are not a scientific indicator to fertility rates.
Huh? If I decided to make a correlation between women that have worn purple socks and get breast I most certainly can.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The rise in breast cancer cases since 1973 also correlates to the rise of Disco and the popularity of microwave ovens.
I say it’s the Disco.
‘Ya know…
I’m sitting here in Southern California with smoke and ashfall coating every surface and the air REEKING of structure and brushfire.
I’m one of the lucky ones – so far (knocking wood)
With 500,000 evacuated between the border and Ventura county, a minimum of 1500 homes and businesses lost, and more destruction to come, I’d suggest you picked a piss-poor time to deny health insurance coverage to the children of working, middle-class Americans.
Heck, many of you are also just one fast-moving disaster and one health crisis away…
Posted by: Laura at October 23, 2007 2:58 PM
……………………………………………………..
Good point Laura. I hope you remain out of the random path of disaster.
I just found out that 2 of my cousins had to evacuate sometime yesterday. They live in Fallbrook I think. It is scary.
My sister-in-law lives in Santa Monica. She just sent me an email saying that she thinks she’ll be ok. She has friends in Malibu that she is worried about.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I have people in Rancho Bernardo, Running Springs, and Chula Vista I can’t get in touch with.
As of tonight, 960,000 people have been evacuated. Apparently it’s the largest movement of Americans since the Civil War, about three times the number uprooted by Katrina.
On the upside?
It’s SO California-
I don’t know if you saw the coverage from Qualcom Stadium today, but the major evacuation area had a live smooth jazz band, manned massage tables in the hospitality area, food areas sponsored and manned by Gladstone’s, Wolfgang Puck’s Co. and the California Pizza Kitchen. There were 17 different kinds of bottled water available. The animals were all welcome, and were being professionally groomed by volunteers. The emergency packet one family opened included sunscreen, two pairs of shades, Pantene samples, and a manicure kit along with other neccessities.
Screw Louisiana.
If you ever decide to be devastated by a natural disaster, head to California. In emergencies, we donate fashion and karma!
Posted by: Laura at October 23, 2007 7:22 PM
………………………………………………..
Damn! I wish to donate my Yoga/personal training abilities.
Laura, my sil is a feng shui consultant. Maybe she is on emergency stand by in case she’s needed to combat a surge in negative energy.
Huh? If I decided to make a correlation between women that have worn purple socks and get breast I most certainly can.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The rise in breast cancer cases since 1973 also correlates to the rise of Disco and the popularity of microwave ovens.
I say it’s the Disco.
Posted by: Laura at October 23, 2007 8:01 PM
…………………….
Say what? My platforms and highwaisted flare legs are back baby! Stayin’ Alive…..
Too bad they don’t fit anymore. Heavy sigh.
I’m sitting here in Southern California with smoke and ashfall coating every surface and the air REEKING of structure and brushfire.
Laura, I think that the fires should burn themselves out and hopefully in the future people won’t grow so much stuff (fuel) without controls to prevent reoccurrence of fires like this big one. Been coming a long time.
Doug
Laura, I think that the fires should burn themselves out and hopefully in the future people won’t grow so much stuff (fuel) without controls to prevent reoccurrence of fires like this big one. Been coming a long time.
Doug
Posted by: Doug at October 23, 2007 9:34 PM
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Here in the San Berdoo area is about the only place where there was major uncontrolled growth – worse because we have a major die-off due to Pine Beetles.
The fires blew through the controlled areas just the same.
When the humidity drops below 8%, and the winds top 70mph, there’s really nothing you can do – especially after three years of drought.
There’s a reason the Santanas are called the “murder wind.” Mon Dieu! They even had to evacuate “Promises” – the finest celebrity drug dry-out spa!
Here – have a song from Bad Religion:
Los Angeles Is Burning Lyrics
Artist(Band):Bad Religion
Somewhere high in the desert near a curtain of blue
St. Anne’s skirts are billowing
But down here in the city of limelights
The fans of Santa Ana are withering
And you can’t deny the living is easy
If you never look behind the scenery
It’s Showtime for dry climes
And bedlam is dreaming of rain
When the hills of Los Angeles are burning
Palm trees are candles in the MURDER wind
So many lives are on the breeze
Even the stars are ill at ease
And Los Angeles is burning
This is not a test
of the emergency broadcast system
When Malibu fires and radio towers
Conspire to dance again
And I cannot believe the Media Mecca
They’re only trying to peddle reality
Catch it on Prime Time
Story at nine
The whole world is going insane
When the hills of Los Angeles are burning
Palm trees are candles in the MURDER wind
So many lives are on the breeze
Even the stars are ill at ease
And Los Angeles is Burning
A placard reads “the end of days”
Jacaranda boughs are bending in the haze
More a question than a curse
How could hell be any worse
The flames are stunning
The cameras running
So take warning!
When the hills of Los Angeles are burning
Palm trees are candles in the MURDER wind
So many lives are on the breeze
Even the stars are ill at ease
And Los Angeles is burning
Laura –
“Screw Louisiana.
If you ever decide to be devastated by a natural disaster, head to California. In emergencies, we donate fashion and karma!”
Normally I don’t like the ideology of the “California” thinking – but that is just too awesome!
“Losing your home and livlihood is bad, but negative energy is inexcusable.
Oh, the humanity!”
“I say it’s the Disco.”
I so needed to laugh! Thanks!!!!!
Sounds like a good time to take a vacation to Cal.
Do you need reservations to stay at the “Stadium”?
Or can I just show up? Should I bring my own wine?
Should I be sure to wear some flowers in my hair?
Seems like a kind of drastic way to flush out the illegal immigrants. I would have voted for the fence!
Here in the San Berdoo area is about the only place where there was major uncontrolled growth – worse because we have a major die-off due to Pine Beetles. The fires blew through the controlled areas just the same. When the humidity drops below 8%, and the winds top 70mph, there’s really nothing you can do – especially after three years of drought. There’s a reason the Santanas are called the “murder wind.” Mon Dieu! They even had to evacuate “Promises” – the finest celebrity drug dry-out spa!
Heh heh. Laura, I don’t mean to “blame” Californians, but the times I’ve been in the areas affected by the current fires, it’s always looked really dry and “tinderboxy.”
I guess it’s just gonna happen when there is so much civilization. What a bummer for so many people….
Doug