A year ago I took a tour of the Portland area in West Louisville. The tour guide pointed out how many of the older houses had flat roof areas and how there was access to these areas via a door or windows. They were built this way because there was no air conditioning at that time so during hot summer nights, families would sleep on their roofs to escape the summer heat.
Of course this practice is not unique to the Portland area but something people do in all parts of the world. But sleeping this way is so much more dangerous when your country is occupied by foreign troops. Which brings us to Bush's War on Iraq.
Unlike the U.S., many people in Iraq do not have air conditioning. And because of the war, the people of Baghdad have less electricity than they did during Saddam's reign - Yes, Bush lied about this at his press conference the other day. It is common for them to go many hours each day without electricity. Recent daily temperatures have been between 110 and 120 degrees.
As a consequence many Iraqis are sleeping on the roofs of their houses. Unfortunately, someone forgot to tell the U.S. occupiers, who grew up with air conditioning, about this practice. So, the other night U.S. pilots notice a lot of Iraqis laying on rooftops. What could this be? Obviously, they are "terrorists"! U.S. jets to the rescue. The pilots fire their guns at the people sleeping on their roofs killing 11 and wounding dozens of others.
Here is the link: http://americablog.blogspot.com/2006/07/bush-brags-on-tv-today-about-great.html