So here I sit, eating vanilla wafers and wondering what to post about, wishing something dramatically exciting would happen in my life so I wouldn't have to post links to other people's dramatically exciting real-life stories. Sure, my life is exciting in a way(The boys are always getting into trouble I have to have my wisdom teeth out I'm graduating in a month etc.) but that's not the kind of real-life story people want to hear.
I guess I'll post poetry.
The rose is a royal lady
The rose is a royal lady
That loves the lordly sun;
The violet haunts the shady
Cool cloisters of the nun.
I would not wed with roses,
and nuns they never wed;
I love the country posies
Where I was born and bred!
I love the gorse and heather,
And bluebells close beside-
I'll find my cap a feather,
And kiss a Highland bride!
-Charles G. Blandon.
Yay for Scotland! Isn't that a nice poem? And here's a bit of silliness:
A hot-weather song
I feel so exceedingly lazy,
I neglect what I oughtn't to should!
My notion of work is hazy
That I couldn't to toil if I would!
I feel so exceedingly silly
That I say all I shouldn't to ought!
And my mind is as frail as a lily;
It would break with the weight of a thought!
-Don Marquis. The weather is actually quite cool just now here in NE but I expect we will have another hot summer. Here's a quote from H. L. Menken, whoever he is:
"The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence."
I'm reading through our government course now(Why did I put that off until my last year of school?) and I am rather frustrated at the court's abundance of misused power, misinterpretation and disregard of the laws created by our founding fathers. So this quote fits my attitude toward our courts nicely.
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Thursday, April 13, 2006
Highly Inflammable content: Use caution
In this post I am going to link to and quote from several articles you may disagree with. This does not mean that I want to begin a long and largely useless discussion about these issues in the comments section. Please consider this fact when commenting. Also, could someone tell me if all the links are working right for you? Thank you.
1- From the Philadelphia Inquirer: In Iraq, brave troops and a noble cause
By Maj. Kevin Kelly
Here’s what Maj. Kelly says about civil war:
“Contrary to what you may hear in the media, there is no "civil war"! I fly over every inch of this country both day and night. Is there serious political tension? Yes. Is there sporadic sectarian violence? Yes. Are there those who are willing to blow themselves and innocent Iraqis up in order to prevent a democratic Iraq from becoming a reality? Yes. Should that be the determining factor as to whether we throw up our hands and give up?.......
Since when has America been intimidated by bullies? We have a responsibility to the people of Iraq and our own greatness as Americans to finish this righteous cause. This is to say nothing of the myriad other reasons why it was a spectacularly good thing to get rid of Saddam Hussein and his rapist heirs.”
2 - The press and the war
by Emmett Tyrrell
“Perhaps the most dubious cliche in American history is the one intoned over and again after terrorists killed 3,000 Americans on Sept. 11, 2001. That was the cliche that claimed that now "America has changed forever." Well, forever lasted about two years, maybe three. Then American solidarity in the war against terror began to fissure, and, by the way, the president's favorable ratings began to sink.”
I DO NOT trust America’s mainstream media.
3 - Fire and ice: Soldier’s opinion on “Support the troops, not the war”
“A theme I've found myself turning again and again to is the "I support the troops but not the war" mentality. I'm fed up hearing it. Here's my feelings and reflections on the subject. The troops are not impressed with what we see as an elitist self-serving feel good attitude. This is a statement of pity and nothing more. It's pathetic and pandering.”
He says a lot more about this issue, and I like it. I encourage you to read all of these articles in their intireity.
1- From the Philadelphia Inquirer: In Iraq, brave troops and a noble cause
By Maj. Kevin Kelly
Here’s what Maj. Kelly says about civil war:
“Contrary to what you may hear in the media, there is no "civil war"! I fly over every inch of this country both day and night. Is there serious political tension? Yes. Is there sporadic sectarian violence? Yes. Are there those who are willing to blow themselves and innocent Iraqis up in order to prevent a democratic Iraq from becoming a reality? Yes. Should that be the determining factor as to whether we throw up our hands and give up?.......
Since when has America been intimidated by bullies? We have a responsibility to the people of Iraq and our own greatness as Americans to finish this righteous cause. This is to say nothing of the myriad other reasons why it was a spectacularly good thing to get rid of Saddam Hussein and his rapist heirs.”
2 - The press and the war
by Emmett Tyrrell
“Perhaps the most dubious cliche in American history is the one intoned over and again after terrorists killed 3,000 Americans on Sept. 11, 2001. That was the cliche that claimed that now "America has changed forever." Well, forever lasted about two years, maybe three. Then American solidarity in the war against terror began to fissure, and, by the way, the president's favorable ratings began to sink.”
I DO NOT trust America’s mainstream media.
3 - Fire and ice: Soldier’s opinion on “Support the troops, not the war”
“A theme I've found myself turning again and again to is the "I support the troops but not the war" mentality. I'm fed up hearing it. Here's my feelings and reflections on the subject. The troops are not impressed with what we see as an elitist self-serving feel good attitude. This is a statement of pity and nothing more. It's pathetic and pandering.”
He says a lot more about this issue, and I like it. I encourage you to read all of these articles in their intireity.
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
Quotes
“Anger blows out the lamp of the mind.”
“Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors.” - Louisa May Alcott
“I never use the word Nation in speaking of the United States. I always use the word Union or confederacy. We are not a nation but a union, a confederacy of equal and sovereign states.”
–Calhoun
“A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.”- Winston S. Churchill
“Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.” -Abraham Lincoln
“To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.” –George Washington
“Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors.” - Louisa May Alcott
“I never use the word Nation in speaking of the United States. I always use the word Union or confederacy. We are not a nation but a union, a confederacy of equal and sovereign states.”
–Calhoun
“A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.”- Winston S. Churchill
“Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.” -Abraham Lincoln
“To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.” –George Washington
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