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WAR
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October 20, 2007
I read an email just now describing what the average American soldier is like. It reminded me so very much of my friend who is at this moment in Iraq . How can you be so proud of someone, and so horribly scared for them, for all the same reasons?
I had to write this afterwards:
I support the troops.I support the American troopsAnd the Iraqi troopsAnd the European troopsAnd the Afghani troopsI support all the troops in the world
I do not support their Commanders in Chief
The people who are fighting this warDid not start this warTHESE warsWars are started by people who dream of warAs if it were some great and glorious contestAt the end of which one man…Excuse me…one country… Stands victorious, and some angel nearbyHands him a great golden trophySo all the world knowsHe is great
People who have such dreamsShould be put down in a deep holeAll of themTogetherTo fight out their dreams themselves
And they should neverBe let out again
And when the last m...More >>
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the Fall of Civilization
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October 17, 2007
If our civilization fell, it would likely do so in such a way that no one would notice. People would keep watching their TVs. Politicians would keep vying for office, and those in office would keep rolling the pork barrels around and shouting for importance. Preachers would keep warning their parishioners about hell, not knowing they were in it. Husbands would still mow their lawns on the weekends and turn the sprinklers on at night during the drought season. Mothers would still pack lunches for their kids, who would still go to school to learn about our world, our government, our history, our language, and the people in other "uncivilized" societies way out in the rainforests and plains. The writers and poets would prophesize with their pens, unaware that their chance has already been lost. All but a few. A few of us will know. A few will see it come. Perhaps one or two will even seen the moment it happens, when the tower crumbles to the ground. But most likely it won't be l...More >>
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