Did the poet Shelley anticipate Bush?

P. B. Shelley

Ozymandias

I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said:—Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand,
Half sunk, a shatter'd visage lies, whose frown
And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamp'd on these lifeless things,
The hand that mock'd them and the heart that fed.
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains: round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away. ---------------------------------------------------- I love this poem. I first read it in college English in 1957. It tells the story of power gone awry. It tells the story of ambition gone to madness. It tells we the people that if we don't carefully consider who we vote for, and to whom we grant great power, our freedom, and even our life may be lost in the swirling sands of time.

Pardon Libby?

The neo-nazi rag, National Review is already calling for a Presidential pardon for Scooter Libby.

http://tinyurl.com/2xsxyp

Bush has brought so much shame and disgrace on the Presidency, that one more shameful and disgraceful act won't make much difference in history's verdict.

 

Lewis "Scooter" Libby===============

=============has been found guilty.

He should be sentenced to 10 years of cleaning up dirty veterans hospitals.

Dirt to dirt.

More on Walter Reed

 

The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States is an ongoing tribute to the wisdom of our Founding Fathers.

 

The latest proof of this is in the area of freedom of the press, and the expose' of the shameful and disgraceful conditions involving the care of wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

 

I've heard it said that the one of the duties of an investigative reporter is "to comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable". The Walter Reed situation is a perfect example of this principle. The reporters that brought this horror to the attention of the American people, and forced the hand of the authorities to begin to correct the problems deserve the Pulitzer Prize.

 

These reporters also deserve the heartfelt thanks and admiration of all the American people.

 

Another thought on Walter Reed

Regarding the disgraceful care given to wounded soldiers at Walter Reed. There's a strong possibility that it's a rank and class situation. I'm willing to make a sizeable wager that it was only enlisted personnel in the dirty and substandard facility. If there had been officers treated this poorly, the stink would have hit the fan long ago.

RHIP (rank has it's privileges) One of the first things I learned as a buck private.

Support the troops============

=======as long as they are healthy and able to carry a rifle.

Once they are wounded, they become a liability and no longer worthy of "support". Events at Walter Reed seem to prove this.

Disgraceful and incompetent. That's our government.

"Wasted" lives

McCain Says He Regrets Iraq Comment

By LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press Writer

Thursday, March 1, 2007

 (03-01) 10:23 PST WASHINGTON, (AP) --

Republican presidential contender John McCain, facing criticism from Democrats, on Thursday said he regretted using the word "wasted" to describe the more than 3,100 U.S. lives lost in the Iraq war.

http://tinyurl.com/2ryco6

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What's wrong with "calling a spade a spade"?  History, in all it's ruthless truth, will judge it to be a waste of lives, ours and theirs, our fortune and our honor.

How can the wealthy and powerful, situated as they are with all the trappings of luxury and security, send the innocent to die in a vain attempt to satisfy their evil ambitions?

We the people, when will we ever learn?