Poem for the Dead

The following is a famous WWI poem I have recycled for the tragedy that is Iraq.

In Flanders Fields
By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)
Canadian Army

IN FLANDERS FIELDS the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

"Ye Shall know the truth-------------------

------------and the truth shall set ye free

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Carter: Bush Administration "worst ever"

http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/news_theswamp/2007/05/carter_bush_adm.html

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The time has come for the "Bushwhackers" to whack the Bush. Better late than never. However, it should have been sooner, and maybe there wouldn't be so many bodies.

The shame and the stain will linger for generations.

"The evil that men do__________________"

Stranded Whales

 

I've been thinking about the plight of the poor whales stranded in the shipping channel. The experts are trying to lure them back toward the ocean with "whale talk", but it seems to drive them in the opposite of the desired direction.

Maybe they are going at this all wrong. Instead leading them with sounds, perhaps they need to be upstream from the whales and drive them with sounds.

To this end I suggest they broadcast old Bush speeches into the water. If this doesn't run them back to the ocean, then it's hopeless.

"DEFENSE" CONTRACTORS, PATRIOTS ALL

Coast Guard Seeks Deepwater Refund Problematic Patrol Boats to Be Scrapped

By Renae Merle

Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, May 18, 2007; Page D03

The Coast Guard said yesterday that it will seek damages from Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman for eight failed patrol boats that have come to exemplify the problems with its $24 billion modernization effort.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/17/AR2007051702282.html

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In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

President of the United States   1953-1961

Impeach Gonzales

From the Constitution of the United States: 

Article 2, Section 4

The President, Vice President and all Civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.

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The AG won't leave on his own? The Constitution show the way to remove this cancer from the body politic.

GOOD RIDDANCE TO BAD RUBBISH!!!

Today's news: "Wolfowitz bows to pressure and quits World Bank"

Here is an evil man for whom hanging would be too good. Maybe drawn and quartered would be better,

He is one of the gang of neo-cons in the DOD that started planning the invasion of Iraq 2 years before Bush was elected. He and his cohorts invented all sorts of rationalizations to justify the invasion such as WMD, bad Saddam, democracy for the Iraqis, yada-yada-yada. The plain truth is that they wanted a base for military operations in the middle east, and control over a large oil reserve. It was so easy for Cheney and this gang to bring Bush into their evil plans. All they had to do was wait for terrorists that they knew were in the country to attack, and give them the excuse they needed to start the war. He and his cohorts have the deaths of tens of thousands on their consciences.

The sins of these "fathers" will be visited upon the children, even unto the fourth generation.

 

Falwell and Radicalism

 

A radical Christian is as big a danger to world order as a radical Islamist.

They both have a world domination agenda. They both hate Democracy.

They both hate the Constitution and the guarantees of freedom contained therein.

The world needs people of love and tolerance, not preachers of hate.

 

Never confuse dissent with disloyalty.

Edward R. Morrow