Bob Morris @ Dec 28th 2006 15:15 - Category: Unfiled ;
Rainbow in Kihei today.
We return today to the traffic-clogged dystopia that is Los Angeles, and will put the house on the market next month, then move to Connecticut.
Maui, as always, was amazing. We will be back.
Bob Morris @ Dec 28th 2006 09:35 - Category: Unfiled ;
People forget that both sides are bad in the Somali war, and the other side (supported by US/Saudi Arabia (and I am sure Israel is not far behind) is a bunch of criminal warlords. My feelings toward the Somali civil war is similar to the feelings of Henry Kissinger toward the Iran-Iraq war: I want both sides to lose.
Now that Ethiopia has taken Mogadishu, they will have to run it, won’t they? Just because the Islamists have disappeared doesn’t mean they won’t be back. That’s the mistake the US made in Baghdad at the start of the war. The US rolled in, there was no opposition, so they thought the war was over and they’d won, but that’s hardly how things worked out… “When the enemy attacks, retreat” is a basic tenet of guerrilla warfare.
Why did this invasion have to happen?
Experts had feared the conflict could engulf the already volatile Horn of Africa. A recent U.N. report said 10 countries have been illegally supplying arms and equipment to both sides of the conflict and using Somalia as a proxy battlefield.
What’s this war a proxy for? Meanwhile, innocent civilians lose their homes and get killed in the crossfire.
Bob Morris @ Dec 28th 2006 00:15 - Category: Uncategorized Tags: Maui;
The Hana Highway is 52 miles of twisty road, often with many one lane bridges. The scenery is spectacular.
Keanae. A sign warns not to get near breaking waves because you could get swept away.
Hamoa Alua island. Trees on top.
Bob Morris @ Dec 28th 2006 00:08 - Category: Uncategorized Tags: Maui;
A little roadside stand in Kipahulu sells fruit and smoothies. There’s no electricity here, so the refrigerator runs by propane and the coffee maker by solar. The blender for smoothies is bicycle-powered. The woman working behind the counter recently escaped from Los Angeles with no regrets.
When the earthquake hit recently, Kipahulu was completely cut off because a bridge was damaged. FEMA helicoptered in copious amounts of canned food, but locals here didn’t really need it. They do just fine from hunting, fishing, and gathering fruit, and can teach us all something about self-reliance.
Here’s the new temporary bridge.
The damaged bridge is in back of this new temporary bridge and crosses a steep, deep chasm.
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