Bombs, Assasinations, and Earthquakes

We've become accustomed to the daily string of bombs and assasinations in the ever-so undeveloping political situation in Beirut since 2005. Western aid along with Arab state donation of tents sent during the july 2006 war now have an alternative use, besides being utilized for camping grounds in the downtown opposition sit-in. Many villagers in the south, near the epicenter of the quake, have opted to sleep it out in the ' infamous tents' that have become a staple in the ongoing political saga of Lebanon. I wonder if those who have been staging the anti-government tent protests in downtown beirut would give our folks in the south some pointers on how to make it through the cold nights. Maybe this way their effortless two-year sit in would actually serve a purpose in the end; a good start in their plee for so called power sharing in a government they consider illegitimate.