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10/25/2007: "Fiery apocalypse forces transcendental introspection"

In nearby Escondido, Susan Healey returned after two days with friends to a house unscathed except for heavy soot in the swimming pool.

"I don't think after something like this you're ever not different," the middle-school teacher said. "I had two days to think about, what are the most important things in my house? And they all fit in my car. I realize now how much junk I have."

[ This is why national socialism emphasizes struggle. It's not the stuff you own, but the state of your soul and what you accomplish in life that's real. Most of what we do in our society is push paper around and buy stuff. ]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/24/AR2007102400226_2.html