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    <title>lectrobyte's Journal - Democratic Underground</title>
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	<title>
	reminds me of this poem by W. A. Merwin
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	<description>
	with the night falling we are saying thank you<br />
we are stopping on the bridge to bow from the railings<br />
we are running out of the glass rooms<br />
with our mouths full of food to look at the sky<br />
and say thank you<br />
we are standing by the water looking out<br />
in different directions<br />
<br />
back from a series o...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/lectrobyte/15
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	<pubDate>
	Thu, 29 Nov 2007 23:36:48
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	Yeah, but I think Mr. Vonnegut had more joy in one day than Cheney
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	will know in his entire lifetime.  You can see it in their faces:<br />
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http://homepage.mac.com/dmhart/iblog/C1192696909/E727803457/Media/kurt_narrowweb__300x403,0.jpg<br />
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http://tvnewslies.org/assets/images/dick_cheney.jpg...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/lectrobyte/14
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	<pubDate>
	Thu, 12 Apr 2007 23:02:00
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	<title>
	If my thought-dreams could be seen, they'd probably put my head in a guillotine.
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	<description>
	<br />
Hey NSA, have some Dylan to chew on.  That'd be Bob, not Thomas.<br />
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Darkness at the break of noon<br />
Shadows even the silver spoon<br />
The handmade blade, the child's balloon<br />
Eclipses both the sun and moon<br />
To understand you know too soon<br />
There is no sense in trying.<br />
<br />
Pointed threats, they bluff ...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/lectrobyte/12
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	<pubDate>
	Wed, 07 Mar 2007 13:43:21
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	The formula for human well-being used to be simple: Make money, get happy.
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	<description>
	<br />
So why is the old axiom suddenly turning on us?<br />
<br />
http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2007/03/reversal_of_fortune.html<br />
<br />
An excerpt:<br />
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In some ways, the invention of the idea of economic growth was almost as significant as the invention of fossil-fuel power. But it took a little longer to t...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/lectrobyte/11
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	<pubDate>
	Wed, 07 Mar 2007 10:58:55
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	The Superbowl turned your son gay?    Don't let him watch Top Gun then!
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	<description>
	Sid: You want subversion on a massive level. You know what one of the greatest fucking scripts ever written in the history of Hollywood is? Top Gun.<br />
<br />
Duane: Oh, come on.<br />
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Sid: Top Gun is fucking great. What is Top Gun? You think it's a story about a bunch of fighter pilots.<br />
<br />
Duane: It's about ...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/lectrobyte/13
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	<pubDate>
	Wed, 07 Mar 2007 09:15:53
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	<title>
	They Live!
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	Outside the limit of our sight, feeding off us, perched on top of us, from birth to death, are our owners! Our owners! They have us. They control us! They are our masters! Wake up! They're all about you! All around you! <br />
<br />
What's wrong with having it good for a change? Now they're gonna let us have...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/lectrobyte/10
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	<pubDate>
	Tue, 06 Mar 2007 11:02:42
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	<title>
	My 2007 peak oil to do list
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	<description>
	<br />
Interesting little article.  http://www.energybulletin.net/24399.html<br />
<br />
...
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	<link>
	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/lectrobyte/9
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	<pubDate>
	Thu, 25 Jan 2007 22:50:17
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	<title>
	They Live
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	<description>
	<br />
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What's wrong with having it good for a change? Now they're gonna let us have it good if we just help 'em. They're gonna leave us alone, let us make some money. You can have a little taste of that good life too. Now I know you want it, hell everybody does. <br />
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<br />
Outside the limit of our sight, fe...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/lectrobyte/8
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	<pubDate>
	Fri, 01 Sep 2006 10:27:33
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	<title>
	I heard this on the radio last week, and nearly drove off the road
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	<description>
	I’ll see you next fall<br />
at another gun show<br />
I’ll call the day before, like usual<br />
<br />
but I wanted so much more<br />
I got exodus damage bleed,<br />
could not commit, some things I’ll never be<br />
<br />
so now we’re talking about this<br />
I’m starting to lose my confidence<br />
no one ever says a word about<br />
so much that ...
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	<link>
	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/lectrobyte/7
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	<pubDate>
	Tue, 29 Aug 2006 20:59:47
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	<title>
	William S. Burroughs never wrote truer words than these:
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	<description>
	<br />
If you're doing business with a religious son-of-a-bitch, get it in writing. His word isn't worth shit. Not with the good lord telling him how to fuck you on the deal....
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	<link>
	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/lectrobyte/6
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	<pubDate>
	Mon, 28 Aug 2006 10:48:09
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	<title>
	I never understood why folks get so nuts about sports.
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	<description>
	<br />
Chomsky, on the other hand, seems to have something figured out:<br />
<br />
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4483023443488282779&amp;q=chomsky...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/lectrobyte/5
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	<pubDate>
	Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:17:44
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	Who killed the electric car?   I've heard a little about this movie,
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	<description>
	and trying to answer some questions about Prius's, I ran across this page:<br />
<br />
http://www.darelldd.com/ev/index.htm<br />
<br />
Click on the EV1 section, interesting reading on his experiences with the GM EV1 he had leased.   Too bad GM decided to kill them off, they gave up just a little too soon....
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	<link>
	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/lectrobyte/4
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	<pubDate>
	Tue, 11 Jul 2006 22:33:38
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	<title>
	Exactly, and as Frank Zappa would say:
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	<description>
	<br />
The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see a b...
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	<link>
	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/lectrobyte/3
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	<pubDate>
	Sat, 01 Jul 2006 00:29:44
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	<title>
	Before the lights go out.  I've been feeling that feeling a while now, and
	</title>
	<description>
	really wish something or someone could convince me that things are heading otherwise.  By way of a postscript to your excellent essay, a quote from Hunter S. Thompson:<br />
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The American nation is in the worst condition I can remember in my lifetime, and our prospects for the i...
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	<link>
	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/lectrobyte/2
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	<pubDate>
	Tue, 27 Jun 2006 09:25:55
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	<title>
	What would it take to get the majority to the barriers?  Who knows.
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	<description>
	<br />
We are living in an artificially induced state of consciousness that resembles sleep.<br />
<br />
The poor and the underclass are growing.<br />
<br />
Racial justice and human rights are nonexistent.<br />
<br />
They have created a repressive society and we are their unwitting accomplices... their intention to rule rests wi...
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	<link>
	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/lectrobyte/1
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	<pubDate>
	Fri, 09 Jun 2006 14:03:12
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