Social Commentary Items
A drunken Patriots’ Super Bowl reveler plowed his SUV into a Boston crowd and killed James Grabowski, 21. James was a champion New England wrestler. His father Daniel serves as the Captain of the Mass. State Police Dept. Jason Stackiewicz, 21 is in critical condition. The drunken driver was Stanley Filoma of Charlestown, MA. His license was reinstated a month before the tragedy in spite of a terrible previous driving record. Just six months ago, the Mass. Legislature allowed the sale of liquor on Sundays. All our government really cares about is raising revenue. Our government does not care about the people. If our government really cared about people, we would have prohibition, no smoking at all, no overt homosexuality, no street walkers, no illegal drug sales, safe streets, no entertainment industry penetrating our schools and no porn at all in the media…..’Extreme’ skier Dan Witkowski survived four days on a Seattle mountain. His Polish grit allowed him to keep moving…..
Politics
President Kwasniewski met with President Bush in Washington late in January. He was accompanied by Defense Minister Jerzy Szmajdzinski. This was a third visit to Washington. Kwasniewski wants Poland to receive some contracts for the rebuilding of Iraq. He also asked for a more liberal visa policy.
The Society
Look for Poles to migrate to the UK and to Ireland in the 21st century…..Lithuania is having trouble privatizing. The Russians want to buy their assets but the Liths refuse to sell to Russians….
The Culture
Polish pop composer Czeslaw Niemen passed away at the age of 66. This great artist received little publicity in the West…..