I wrote the preceding posts before reading any of the news today. The Katrina news is so awful, and then on top of it is the news about Rehnquist. I can hardly keep up, and it's so weird to be so far away from everything that's happening.
And if I felt a little guilty before, I feel very guilty now... Remember this post from 2003?
"Great. Just great. When I moved to France a few years ago they impeached the President. Then when I moved from California I was hardly gone more than 2 months when they recalled the governor (and installed Arnold Schwarzenegger?!?!? Oy gevalt...).It just goes to show that if you turn your back on democracy, all hell breaks loose..."
I've been out of the country for less than a week. I really didn't think things would get this bad this soon!
But in all seriousness, I do care about what's going on and feel bad being so detatched. Now that I have more Internet connectivity and more routine I will read the news more regularly, and I'm sure I'll have more things to say about everything soon. But for now, I think I'll just join everyone else in general concern.
(Meanwhile, the big news in Germany is the upcoming election. Apparently tonight there's going to be a big debate with the leading candidates that many of my German friends will be off watching.)