BROAD THE BERTHHeavenly Lord, there is far moreTo ...

2007-12-03T12:00:00.000-05:00

BROAD THE BERTH

Heavenly Lord, there is far more
To life that this surviving,
Struggle to flee from being poor
While men are busy wiving;

So even too, the need to feel
Involved so to become
Enraged about injustice--peal
The bells or keep they mum.

It rather is about some kind
Of curious work of mind,
Wherein the meaning so we find
In life, with truth entwined.

It is a grand adventure more
Than striving to possess
The purchased Wal-mart goods; by war
Competitors to press.

The bases have been built, so we
Have not much further need
For war, if oil most gingerly
Flow forward to our greed.

The oil beneath the ground is worth
So much (of our demand no death),
While cost of war, as it occur´th
A fraction: broad remains that berth.

Here here! Good post, Tom. There are many examples...

2007-11-27T17:50:00.000-05:00

Here here! Good post, Tom. There are many examples from the Bush administration of selective memory, or spinning the present. For example, check out this video of Dick Cheney in 1994, speaking rather lucidly about why NOT invading Baghdad in the first gulf war was the correct decision by the senior president Bush. In it, he describes quite accurately the "quagmire" (his word) we find ourselves in.

I am amazed at the lack of outrage.

-Tom

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BROAD THE BERTHHeavenly Lord, there is far moreTo ...

Here here! Good post, Tom. There are many examples...