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The Honduran coup is a scandal of unmitigated hypocrisy. Obama can end the coup with simple legal action, such as closing all access to money and ordering the closing of the U.S. military base in that country. But this takes clarity and true love of Freedom and Justice. We as a people are not there [...]
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What security does the U.S. gain by killing thousand of civilians in Afghanistan? Our corrupt government is creating many desperates seeking vengeance by suicide terror for the U.S. killing of their families. To pretend that we are spending billions and slaughtering thousands only to stop the Taliban from oppressing the Afghan people is outrageous bullshit. [...]
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“In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that he did not also limit his stupidity.” Konrad Adenauer
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XIII
Some for the Glories of This World; and some ~
Sigh for the Prophet’s Paradise to come ~
Ah, take the Cash, and let the Credit go ~
Nor heed the rumble of a distant Drum!
XVI
The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon~
Turns Ashes–or it prospers; and anon~
Like Snow upon the Desert’s dusty Face~
Lighting a little hour or [...]
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The Justice Department said in legal filings that it will no longer use the term “enemy combatants” to justify holding prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. Enough sophistry! It’s time to indict, try, or release all prisoners. We have a legal system allegedly designed to provide a modicum of human justice. Let us be the country of [...]
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Before the phantom of False morning died ~
Methought a Voice within the Tavern cried ~
“When all the Temple is prepared within ~
Why nods the drowsy Worshipper outside?”
(From The Rubaiyyat)
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Wake! For the Sun, who scatter’d into flight ~
The Stars before him from the Field of Night ~
Drives Night along with them from Heav’n, and strikes ~
The Sultan’s Turret with a Shaft of Light.
(From The Rubaiyyat)
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When I want to understand what is happening today or try to decide what will happen tomorrow, I look back. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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