Main Entry: 1hum·ble
Pronunciation: ‘h&m-b&l also chiefly Southern ‘&m-
Function: adjective
Inflected Form(s): hum·bler /-b(&-)l&r/; hum·blest /-b(&-)l&st/
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin humilis low, humble, from humus earth; akin to Greek chthOn earth, chamai on the ground
1 : not proud or haughty : not arrogant or assertive
2 : reflecting, expressing, or offered in a spirit of deference or submission (a humble apology)
3 : a : ranking low in a hierarchy or scale : INSIGNIFICANT, UNPRETENTIOUS b : not costly or luxurious (a humble contraption)

I was watching the Blackwater congressional hearing this morning on C-Span. Erik Prince, the founder of Blackwater was being questioned. And I was very alarmed at the cockiness of the guy. And then I walked down to the pool to go swimming. When I walk, I pray. This is my time to be thankful. For my family, for my boyfriend, for my little furry pal, for the gift of life, for another day, for being fortunate enough to be able to have a roof over my head, food to eat, medications for what ails me…..the list goes on and on and on. There’s never ever a lack of things to be thankful for. And I always ask for the gift of humility. That’s what’s lacking in this administration. That’s what was lacking in Erik Prince today. These people don’t have an ounce of humility in them. They’re lacking alot of things……but humility is right up there at the top. The cockiness and arrogance is beyond belief. Even when they are wrong, and they know they are wrong….there’s no humility.

In this case, they murder people, and then think $5,000. is going to make it all go away. (and I guess it’s worked so far) $5,000.00. Can you imagine??? And then their concern is, if they pay the $5,000, how many Iraqis will get killed just so their families can get the $5,000. Can you imagine??? No talk of there being a major fuck up and what they need to do to atleast TRY to insure it doesn’t happen again. No regrets. No pain in the fact that they’ve killed innocent people. No sympathy for the families of the innocent people they’ve killed. Just talk of paying (as little as possible) to shut people up and move on. Total lack of humility. And is it any wonder that the Prince “buys” his way out of any fuck ups? I don’t think so.

And now we’re to believe that the State Department is going to investigate and provide better oversight of the mercenaries we employ. Rigggghhhhtttt. Since 2001, when it made less than $1 million in federal contracts, Blackwater has received more than $1 billion in such contracts - including at least one with the State Department for hundreds of millions of dollars that was awarded without open, competitive bidding. They have been awarded a $92 million dollar contract since the latest murders in Iraq.

Here’s a little background on Erik Prince and how Blackwater came to be.

Excuse me for being late to the table. I just today looked into Prince’s background. There will be no oversight. There will be no consequences for this guy or his employees. This administration will make sure of it. More congressional oversight hearings that will go nowhere…….