February 26
by Amy
When will spring arrive? I can’t wait, that’s why.
I’ve lived here all my life and I still can’t get use to the cold. I wouldn’t mind taking a road trip to California. Wish I knew someone out there.
Of course, there’s too much work to be done and I can’t find a legitimate reason to go out there. The bitter biting wind gets to me. If I didn’t know any better, I’d say that the weather works for the government. Under the circumstances, it wouldn’t surprise me.
As Coleman told me yesterday, the big focus for many groups will be on the ever-changing draft laws. You could hear the collective gasp across America last week, as millions of American parents discovered how their children will become property of the US military.
It’s going to be a bitch for anyone to get a deferment. Anyone in his first year of college is screwed. Anyone not studying dentistry or medicine is screwed. All holes are screwed - shut.
There’s a part of me that says that people only rise up when they feel the effect of a disastrous policy. But that’s not true. We’ve proven that time and again, in Hattiesburg and St. Augustine. We are a compassionate people. We don’t like to see our neighbors suffering.
No one wants to see young people die. War is not a victimless crime.
