I've probably posted this before. If so I'm posting it again. This song is only for those who have ever been in love.
Beeswing -- Richard Thompson
I was nineteen when I came to town
They called in the Summer of Love
They were burning babies, burning flags
The Hawks against the Doves
I took a job in the Steamie
Down on Cauldrum Street
I fell in love with a laundry girl
Was working next to me
( Lyrics Below The Cut )
If I could just taste
All of her wildness now
If I could hold her in my arms today
Then I wouldn't want her any other way
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I'm getting emails about posts and replies from two days ago. And people worry about CO2. I guess it all boils down to what you think the biggest threats to peace and human life are.
Wow. The only way to effectively bring about a revolution for the betterment of mankind is to reach the individual. The message is simple: You are freedom. You are peace. You are love. You are truth. You mustn’t wait for anyone else. You mustn’t be afraid. You mustn’t worry that mass murderers are continually lauded as bringers of peace. It will continue. But we needn’t continue along with it. They’ve set the table, but what they’re serving is rancid leftovers. Walk away. It will feel better when you do it in your own way, not the way some charismatic leader tells you to. If you are willing, you are The Prince of Peace. ~ B.R. MerrickJust wow.
Two weeks before going to Oslo to accept the Nobel Peace Prize, Obama sells his new Vietnam-lite to the world out of a US military academy. George Orwell, we salute you. War is indeed peace. ~ Pepe Escobar Here are a couple of sources I've found. I'm surprised I've even got sync The real choice Obama faced was not how many troops to send. We do not have enough troops to commit a militarily meaningful number. The real choice was to get out now or get out later. His duty as chief executive, the state of America’s treasury (empty), concern for the well-being of our troops and their families, and the hopelessness of the situation all dictated he get out now. By punting the decision, he showed America and the world what he is made of. Dec. 1, 2009, was the date the Obama presidency failed. ~ William S. Lind ...mainly because I don't think I'm qualified to discuss it, not with any credibility anyway, but this is just way too much to not at least mention. From The Sunday TimesLet the spin begin... Let's bring the boys home now( You go, girl... ) There is clearly no greater obstacle to a truly empirical approach to spiritual experience than our current beliefs about God. ~ Sam Harris. The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason p. 214 The National parties and their presidential candidates, with the Eastern Establishment assiduously fostering the process behind the scenes, moved closer together and nearly met in the center with almost identical candidates and platforms, although the process was concealed as much as possible, by the revival of obsolescent or meaningless war cries and slogans (often going back to the Civil War). … The argument that the two parties should represent opposed ideals and policies, one, perhaps, of the Right and the other of the Left, is a foolish idea acceptable only to the doctrinaire and academic thinkers. Instead, the two parties should be almost identical, so that the American people can “throw the rascals out” at any election without leading to any profound or extreme shifts in policy. … Either party in office becomes in time corrupt, tired, unenterprising, and vigorless. Then it should be possible to replace it, every four years if necessary, by the other party, which will be none of these things but will still pursue, with new vigor, approximately the same basic policies. - Carroll Quigley, Tragedy and Hope: A History of the World in Our Time (New York: Macmillan, 1966), pp. 1247-1248. If you consider yourself to be a libertarian--either left or right flavor--or a progressive, or if you just have an interest is politics or foreign policy, I highly recommend this series of essays by Arthur Silber. If, on the other hand, you are are a staunch backer of the GOP or a "serious" Democrat I can only say, move along, nothing to see here. Hat tip to So many meetings of the war council! So much intense deliberation over so many months! So many knowledgeable experts training their finely honed minds on the problem of Afghanistan and Pakistan! So many challenges to conventional wisdom and the policies inherited from the reviled Bush administration! So much independence of thought, sober reflection, and careful calibration of the array of competing objectives and concerns! My main computer died a few days ago. I don't have the money or the time to build another right now so I'm working off my trusty laptop. One of the biggest nuisances was not having my bookmarks and cached logins. |
