http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:40:53 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:40:53 Since Cape Cod Healthcare Systems and local/ county and perhaps MA state government officials appear to have total disregard for national security and public health, it is time to reveal some serious threats to area civilians. For many, if not all of these entities, life is but a game. Nothing seems... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Jeffersons Ghost/22 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:28:45 [b]LETTERS IN SAND[/b]
One night as pen and paper, fell freely from my hand,
I wrote our troops in finger-scrawl on a darkened shore
Then I heard sea-drumming; coming low, like a marching band,
Words were washing from my soul and rhyming by the score
Then a feather flicked my face and fell to... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Jeffersons Ghost/21 Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:57:15 [div class="excerpt"][b]Meditation XVII[/b]
from Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions
Nunc lento sonitu dicunt, morieris.
[b]Now this bell tolling softly for another, says to me, Thou must die.[/b]

Perchance he for whom this bell tolls may be so ill as that he knows not it tolls for him; and perc... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Jeffersons Ghost/20 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:44:11 A book by Dr. Seuss called, [b]Horton Hears a Who[/b], offers the recurring theme of little folks having “as much right to live as bigger folks do!” With speculation running rampant that the upcoming Seuss movie - by the same title - will become a mantra for pro-life advocates, its time to mention t... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Jeffersons Ghost/19 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:24:42 [i]This was written before the last Alabama Gubernatorial Election. Does ANYONE know what became of other crooked Republicans featured in this article? If so, please report on their current status.[/i]

[b]CORRUPTION CAFÉ: a trendy place for Republican feasting,[/b]
an editorial by Patrick Lancas... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Jeffersons Ghost/17 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:56:37 [b]As the headline suggests, an odd simi-intelligent, two-legged creature has been seen roaming our planet. Upcoming paragraphs show how dangerous this animal can be, if confronted.[/b]

A long time ago - in a galaxy far, far away - a pompous planet swirled through space, shimmering white and blu... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Jeffersons Ghost/18 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:21:41 [font color="red"][h2]Florence Nightingale[/h2][/font]
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f146/faxtracks/soa-wings.jpg

[h2]Nurse / Activist[/h2]

Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale deserves the nickname [b]The Lady With the Lamp[/b] for her tireless and compassionate nursing of Briti... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Jeffersons Ghost/16 Mon, 14 May 2007 18:13:59 [font color="crimson" size=28 face="Matura MT Script Capitals"]Sound of Silence[/font]
by Simon and Garfunkel

[div class="excerpt"]The union of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel actually predates their first mid-'60s hit by almost a decade. As childhood friends in Forest Hills, NY, they began making... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Jeffersons Ghost/15 Sat, 28 Oct 2006 07:43:44 [b]This explains a later reference to "cat-herd"[/b] - When I first posted at Democratic Underground, idealism haunted my heart. After attempting numerous threads meant to unify our big-tent, someone wise with far more experience told me that "It would be easier to herd cats." I found it funny and t... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Jeffersons Ghost/14 Wed, 25 Oct 2006 15:53:20 [b]WHEN WILL OUR TROOPS GIVE US WHAT IT TAKES TO WIN THIS WAR?[/b]
(an original poem by an unknown Vietnam Veteran)

If I could give them eyes to see - past profits from a war
Perhaps Iraq could then be free - to live, just like before
Perhaps they'd see it clear as day - by seeing their own ch... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Jeffersons Ghost/13 Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:02:48 Where has Justice gone?

[b]In a treasure-trove of ideas on Justice, Plato may hold the original key to this great bank.[/b]

In Book One of the Republic by Plato, a young Sophist, Thrasymachus defines Justice as the strongest members of society imposing their will on the masses. To the Sophis... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Jeffersons Ghost/12 Wed, 04 Oct 2006 06:05:27 It was when megan monkey reprinted it because I could not start a thread at first, with only one post. I think my regular readers might enjoy this pre-Christmas OP:

With credit to a new DUer, Jeffersons Ghost. I asked for permission but haven't waited long enough to get it :P

HOW THE GRINCH ST... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Jeffersons Ghost/10 Mon, 05 Jun 2006 00:04:22 As if it is meant to be, the horrors at Haditha are finally gaining publicity, just as we arrive at my 5th humble attept to graphically bring the genius of Pink Floyd to life in modern terms.

[b]If you'll pardon the picture-pun, here is [i]back[/i]ground on where we are in the graphic study of p... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Jeffersons Ghost/11 Wed, 31 May 2006 18:19:51 [b]And God spake all these words, saying,[/b]
"Listen with your heart and stop screwing around with everything I say. There are people the world over constantly babbling to Me about one thing or another and I want you ALL to shut up and listen for a change."

http://www.sculpturegallery.com/encor... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Jeffersons Ghost/8 Sat, 15 Apr 2006 00:50:11 [h2]This is a companion piece and answer to criticisms of Sen. John Kerry on another thread. I want all critics and supporters to see this response. Thanks for ALL responses and I don't blame critics. I used to feel the very same way many of them do now.[/h2]
http://www.democraticunderground.com/di... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Jeffersons Ghost/6 Sun, 09 Apr 2006 18:38:08 Picture viewers of a sold out theater in Denver all rising to their feet for a rousing standing ovation after a documentary. Fahrenheit 911 packs that kind of punch.

Tonight, after viewing a re-run of the flick, I remembered the feeling in that Denver theater.

To say that history is a personal... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Jeffersons Ghost/7 Sun, 09 Apr 2006 01:14:32 Though the previous headline hammers the main topic, do you think this next tag is better?

$ CASHTIANITY: A ZEALOUS MILITARY INDUSTRIAL DEATH CULT :nuke:

Before charging ahead, can we look back? Can you remember when the Republican Party was an honorable adversary? Sure, she was a spoiled cryb... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Jeffersons Ghost/3 Thu, 26 Jan 2006 10:16:05