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Jeffersons Ghost's Journal
Meditation XVII from Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions Nunc lento sonitu dicunt, morieris. Now this bell tolling softly for another, says to me, Thou must die. Perchance he for whom this bell tolls may be so ill as that he knows not it tolls for him; and perchance I may think myself so much better than I am, as that they who are about me and see my state may have caused it to toll for me All mankind is of one author and is one volume; when one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language; and every chapter must be so translated. God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice; but God's hand is in every translation, and his hand shall bind up all our scattered leaves again for that library where every book shall lie open to one another. As therefore the bell that rings a sermon calls not upon the preacher only, but upon the congregation to come, so this bell calls us all; but how much more me, who am brought so near the door by this sickness. Who bends not his ear to any bell which upon any occasion rings? but who can remove it from that bell which is passing a piece of himself out of this world? No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were. Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee. Another man may be sick too, and sick to death. This bell that tells me of his affliction digs out and applies that gold to me. By this consideration of another's dangers I take mine own into contemplation. -- John Donne 1624 Chasing Cars (Would you lie with me and just forget the world?)By Snow Patrol We'll do it all U.N. Warns of Rapid Decay of Environment By JAMES KANTER Published: October 26, 2007 PARIS, Oct. 25 — The human population is living far beyond its means and inflicting damage to the environment that could pass points of no return, according to a major report issued Thursday by the United Nations. Climate change, the rate of extinction of species, and the challenge of feeding a growing population are putting humanity at risk, the United Nations Environment Program said in its fourth Global Environmental Outlook since 1997. “The human population is now so large that the amount of resources needed to sustain it exceeds what is available at current consumption patterns,” Achim Steiner, the executive director of the Environment Program, said in a telephone interview. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/26/world/26...  Everything March 20th, 2008 25 Environmental Threats In Our Future Environmental scientists and policy makers have done some deep brainstorming sessions about our future, according to an article in New Scientist. 35 representatives from organizations involved in environmental policy, academia and scientific journalism in the UK have used what they call “horizon scanning.” They established a list of 25 future threats facing biodiversity. This list includes toxic nanomaterials and biomimetic robots that could become invasive, genetically engineered viruses. The original inspiration for the event came from the debate over genetically modified (GM) crops. “I was struck by the fact that we were doing a lot of research into the environmental effects of GM crops after policy makers had made their decisions,” William Sutherland, With many of his colleagues, Sutherland participated to several workshops to scrutinize the effects of current and future technologies on or environment. They call for research into the potential environmental impact of releasing manmade viruses. In Australia, researchers have developed a novel way of controlling the invasive red fox — a virus that infects and sterilizes it. “What happens if the virus spreads outside its target range?” asks Sutherland. “Could it sterilize other foxes? Could the virus infect different species?“ http://blogs.zdnet.com/emergingtech/?p=869  On our own Bush to Skip U.N. Talks on Global Warming By Steven Lee Meyers Published: September 24, 2007 WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 — Dozens of world leaders are to gather at the United Nations on Monday for a full agenda of talks on how to fight global warming, and President Bush is skipping all the day’s events but the dinner. His focus instead is on his own gathering of leaders in Washington later this week, a meeting with the same stated goal, a reduction in the emissions blamed for climate change, but a fundamentally different idea of how to achieve it. Mr. Bush’s aides say that the parallel meeting does not compete against the United Nations’ process — hijacking it, as his critics charge. They say that Mr. Bush hopes to persuade the nations that produce 90 percent of the world’s emissions to come to a consensus that would allow each, including the United States, to set its own policies rather than having limits imposed by binding international treaty. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/24/world/24...  We don't need Anything Cows, pigs and sheep: Environment's greatest threats? 17:09 12 December 2006 NewScientist.com news service Catherine Brahic Cows, pigs, sheep and poultry have been awarded the dubious honour of being among the world's greatest environmental threats, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The report, entitled Livestock‘s Long Shadow, says the livestock industry is degrading land, contributing to the greenhouse effect, polluting water resources, and destroying biodiversity. In summary, the sector is "one of the top two or three most significant contributors to the most serious environmental problems at every scale". The authors say the demand for meat is expected to more than double by 2050 and therefore the environmental impact of production must be halved in order to avoid worsening the harmful impacts of the industry. http://environment.newscientist.com/articl...  Or anyone Europeans angry after Bush climate speech 'charade' · US isolated as China and India refuse to back policy · President claims he can lead world on emissions Ewen MacAskill in Washington The Guardian, Saturday September 29 2007 George Bush was castigated by European diplomats and found himself isolated yesterday after a special conference on climate change ended without any progress. European ministers, diplomats and officials attending the Washington conference were scathing, particularly in private, over Mr Bush's failure once again to commit to binding action on climate change. Although the US and Britain have been at odds over the environment since the early days of the Bush administration, the gap has never been as wide as yesterday. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007...  If I lay here March 26, 2008: Canadian Fishermen to Start Killing 275,000 Harp Seal Pups on Friday In addition to being a cruel, unnecessary slaughter, the harp seal hunt is one of the most glaring displays of Canadian mismanagement of the oceans. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) has regulated the cod fishery into oblivion and is working hard to wipe out the seals now, in this cruel, wasteful massacre they call the 'seal hunt'. Last year, the sealers managed to kill over 215,000 seal pups after at least a quarter million drowned because of the historically poor formation of sea ice. Weather and these drownings prevented them from killing the rest of the 270,000 seal quota.  If I just lay here 115 Beached Whales, Dolphins Die (AP) A total of 115 whales and dolphins died after swimming onto beaches on two southern Australian islands, authorities said Tuesday as the search continued for more pods in danger. The strandings coincided with the beaching of 75 pilot whales in recent days on the coast of New Zealand.  Would you lie with me and just forget the world? Current mass-extinction event is the largest in recorded history According to a 1998 survey of 400 biologists conducted by New York's American Museum of Natural History, nearly 70 percent of biologists believe that we are currently in the early stages of a human-caused mass extinction, known as the Holocene extinction event. In that survey, the same proportion of respondents agreed with the prediction that up to 20 percent of all living species could become extinct within 30 years (by 2028). Biologist E. O. Wilson estimated in 2002 that if current rates of human destruction of the biosphere continue, one-half of all species of life on earth will be extinct in 100 years. More significantly the rate of species extinctions at present is estimated at 100 to 1000 times "background" or average extinction rates in the evolutionary time scale of planet Earth; moreover, this current rate of extinction is thus 10 to 100 times greater than any of the prior mass extinction events in the history of the Earth.   I don't quite know Not Known Why They Swam Onto Two Southern Australian Islands On King Island, marine biologists will continue Tuesday to take samples and measurements from the dead whales strewn along a remote beach and examine weather patterns in a bid to explain the tragic phenomenon, Brennan said. "Strandings are always a mystery; we'll see if we can find something that can shed some light on it," he said.  How I feel Navy to study possible link between beached whales and sonar (CNN) -- Important clues have surfaced that may help prove a suspected link between beached whales and powerful sonar equipment used by the U.S. Navy and other nations around the world. Scientists discovered the clues earlier this year in March, when seven whales were found dead on a Bahamas beach, near the time and location of a U.S. Navy sonar operation. "We did have an operational exercise going on using ships with operational sonars," said Robert Pirie, assistant secretary, U.S. Navy. "...and that was closely correlated with the ... strandings and that's the source of our concern."  These three words “ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST“ http://www.earthsendangered.com/list.asp# Are said too much Bush Appointee Fails to Designate Species “Endangered” Bald eagles, wolves, snails, butterflies and many other species native to the US have long been at risk. Many have made it on to the country's endangered species list, but not under the Bush administration over the last two years. Conservation groups claim that Bush appointees have been deliberately making it harder to designate animals and plants as endangered, and have launched a series of lawsuits. Administration officials admit that there are about 280 species waiting to be added to the list.  They're not enough George Bush's father designated 231 species as endangered or threatened in his single term. In Bill Clinton's eight years 521 species were designated as endangered. Bush has designated 59 in seven years, and none in the last two since Dirk Kempthorne became secretary of the interior, the department responsible. http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/0... /  If I lay here Nearly 14 years after Exxon was ordered to pay $5 billion dollars because of the damages done to people and their livelihood during the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the nation's top court is scheduled to hear the final appeal this week.  If I just lay here High Court Finally Hears Exxon/ Valdez Oil Spill Suit Sunday, February 24, 2008 The U.S. Supreme Court will listen to arguments this coming Wednesday from the 1994 judgment against Exxon/ Mobile that awarded residents and fishermen the huge award. The award has been reviewed three times by a district judge and twice by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, based in San Francisco. In December 2006, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its final ruling, setting the punitive damages award at $2.5 billion.  Would you lie with me and just forget the world? Most local residents have waited over fourteen years for settlements from the Exxon Valdez oil spill. In the meantime, 20% of the more than 30,000 fishermen, Native Alaskans, cannery workers and others who triumphed in the Anchorage, Alaska court that day in 1994 are now dead.  Forget what we're told Following the 1989 oil spill, more than 11 million gallons spilled. An estimated 300 bald eagles died and another 200,000 common murres perished. Scores of other whales, otters, salmon and invertebrates also died in the aftermath of the spill that hit Prince William Sound and the surrounding areas.  Before we get too old Members of IBRRC's response team spent nearly six months in Alaska helping care for oiled birds in the spill.  Show me a garden that's bursting into life Chinese drought affects millions At least 18 million people have been affected by China's worst drought in 50 years, according to the state news agency Xinhua. The south-western region of Chongqing has been worst hit, but areas of Sichuan and Liaoning are also affected. In Chongqing there has been no rain for more than 70 days, and two-thirds of the rivers have dried up, Xinhua said. Residents in some mountain villages are having to walk up to 2km (1.25 miles) to get water. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/52...  Let's waste time Wasting Time For your typical off the shelf political conservative, there are a number of issues that really get their heart rate up and make them red in the face. Some of them are obvious, abortion, the “vast left wing media conspiracy”, national defense; others are not as prominent but continue to have a vocal backing that will make your head spin if you even begin to argue to the contrary. We have such an issue in global warming. Why are members of the conservative movement so adamant that global warming does not exist? Criticisms include the costs we would incur pursuing an imaginary specter are wasteful. Such environmental causes are said to be political scare tactics to drum up support for the base during election years and the factual basis of events like global warming are proclaimed by some online experts as being non-existent.  Chasing cars U.S. stalls on banning human trafficking by defense contractors Pentagon has yet to ban forced labor By Cam Simpson WASHINGTON - Three years ago, President Bush declared that he had "zero tolerance" for trafficking in humans by the government's overseas contractors, and two years ago Congress mandated a similar policy. But notwithstanding the president's statement and the congressional edict, the Defense Department has yet to adopt a policy to bar human trafficking. A proposal prohibiting defense contractor involvement in human trafficking for forced prostitution and labor was drafted by the Pentagon last summer, but five defense lobbying groups oppose key provisions and a final policy still appears to be months away, according to those involved and Defense Department records. The lobbying groups opposing the plan say they're in favor of the idea in principle, but said they believe that implementing key portions of it overseas is unrealistic. They represent thousands of firms, including some of the industry's biggest names, such as DynCorp International and Halliburton subsidiary KBR, both of which have been linked to human trafficking-related concerns.  Around our heads John McCain's 'Global Warming' Hearings Blasted by Climatologist By Marc Morano CNSNews.com Senior Staff Writer Washington - Recent U.S. Senate hearings into global warming, chaired by Arizona Republican John McCain, were among the "most biased" that noted climatologist Patrick J. Michaels has ever seen - "much less balanced than anything I saw in the Clinton administration," he said. I need your grace AIDS death toll in Africa may reach 100 million by 2025 June 3, 2006 Associated Press AIDS could kill 31 million people in India and 18 million in China by 2025, according to projections by U.N. population researchers. By then in Africa, where AIDS likely began and where the virus has wrought the most devastation, researchers said the toll could reach 100 million. http://www.worldrevolution.org/news/articl...  Would you lie with me and just forget the world? In Kennebunkport, Me., where he was playing golf this afternoon, President Bush said it was "too bad" that the AIDS conference would not be held in Boston, adding, "They'll find other ways to get together, so it doesn't bother me."  To remind me Katrina Victims Suffer, Bush Plays Guitar While millions of Americans have lost their homes or lives in the devastation wrought by hurricane Katrina, Bush not only goes about business as usual, he plays the guitar. http://www.talkleft.com/story/2005/08/30/3...   To find my own McCain: Most absentee '08 Senator Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), missing another major vote on the Iraq war today in favor of presidential campaigning, has pulled far ahead of his 2008 rivals in at least one category: absenteeism. McCain, who missed today's vote while campaigning in South Carolina as part of another re-launch of his White House bid, has gone two straight weeks without casting a single vote on the chamber floor. He's missed 18 straight votes. Over the last month, the Senate has held 33 votes. McCain, the onetime frontrunner for the Republican nomination, has been on hand for just seven of those votes. http://blog.washingtonpost.com/capitol-bri...  If I lay here McCain says 'We’re succeeding' as bin Laden uses Iraq war to recruit Tuesday, March 25, 2008 9:29 AM by Domenico Montanaro Returning from his eighth trip to Iraq, McCain didn’t back down on his promise to see the war through despite yesterday's tragic milestone of 4,000 deaths. “We're succeeding. I don't care what anybody says. I've seen the facts on the ground," the Arizona senator insisted a day after a roadside bomb in Baghdad killed four U.S. soldiers and rockets pounded the U.S.-protected Green Zone there, and a wave of attacks left at least 61 Iraqis dead nationwide. The events transpired as bin Laden called on the people of Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Saudi Arabia to ‘help in support of their mujahedeen brothers in Iraq, which is the greatest opportunity and the biggest task.”   If I just lay here McCain: Let’s occupy Iraq for “ONE HUNDRED YEARS.” During a town hall meeting in Derry, New Hampshire, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) told a crowd of roughly two hundred people that it “would be fine with him if the U.S. military stayed in Iraq for a hundred years.”  Would you lie with me and just forget the world? October 11, 2006 Updated Iraq Survey Affirms Earlier Mortality Estimates Mortality Trends Comparable to Estimates by Those Using Other Counting Methods As many as 654,965 more Iraqis may have died since hostilities began in Iraq in March 2003 than would have been expected under pre-war conditions, according to a survey conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Al Mustansiriya University in Baghdad. The deaths from all causes—violent and non-violent—are over and above the estimated 143,000 deaths per year that occurred from all causes prior to the March 2003 invasion.  Forget what we're told New study says 151,000 Iraqi dead One of the biggest surveys so far of Iraqis who have died violently since the US-led invasion of 2003 has put the figure at about 151,000. This is about a quarter of the figure given in a disputed Lancet article, but nearly three times higher than that of the Iraq Body Count campaigning group.  Before we get too old US agent orange ruling disappoints Vietnamese Feb 23, 2008 Vietnamese victims of wartime agent orange are disappointed by a US court's dismissal of a lawsuit against chemical companies, but believe they have gathered more support for their cause. "We anticipated this because it is not easy suing big and powerful US companies on US soil and under the US court system," said Nguyen Trong Nhan, vice chairman of the Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin. Show me a garden that's bursting into life The lawsuit contended agent orange caused ailments, including birth defects and cancer.  Studies have shown the compound of dioxin, a component of "agent orange" herbicides sprayed during the war, is still present in so-called "hot spots" at levels hundreds of times higher than would be accepted elsewhere. The United States has maintained there is no scientifically proved link between the wartime spraying and the claims of dioxin poisoning by more than 3 million people in Vietnam. All that I am US soldiers in Iraq suffer horrific brain and mental injuries By Rick Kelly 20 November 2004 According to official figures, the Iraq war has so far seen 9,000 US soldiers wounded in action, in addition to the more than 1,200 troops killed. These wounded, whose numbers may well be underestimated, include those with gunshot and shrapnel wounds, lost limbs and other injuries caused by landmines and bombs. Less well known, however, is the terrible toll enacted through brain and psychological injuries, which frequently have devastating and permanent effects. The war has seen unusually high rates of traumatic brain injury (TBI). This head injury causes life-long damage in many cases. Symptoms include memory loss, difficulty with attention and reasoning, headaches, confusion, anxiety, irritability and depression.  All that I ever was Post-traumatic stress disorder The US military is experiencing a very high rate of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among troops. Many of the symptoms are similar to traumatic brain injury. Post-traumatic stress disorder sufferers can experience feelings of detachment and isolation, poor concentration and memory, depression, insomnia, flashbacks, as well as headaches, gastrointestinal complaints, and immune system problems. Like TBI, soldiers suffering from psychological disorders have high rates of alcohol/ drug abuse, and suicide. A study published by the New England Journal of Medicine in July found that up to 17 percent of the surveyed Iraq veterans suffered from PTSD, generalized anxiety, or major depression. This probably underestimated the true scale of the problem, since the soldiers in the study served in the early phase of the war, before the Iraqi resistance really intensified.  Is here in your perfect eyes, they're all I can see Army sergeant struggles with images of death Former Army sergeant, Matt La Branche, told the Los Angeles Times that the memories of his nine-month stint as a machine-gunner in Iraq left him “feeling dead inside.” He constantly struggles with the image of the Iraqi woman who died in his arms after he had shot her. The woman’s children were also wounded in the incident. “I’m taking enough drugs to sedate an elephant, and I still wake up dreaming about it,” he said.  I don't know where VA Hospitals underfunded Affected soldiers receive grossly inadequate treatment from the military establishment. Brain trauma and psychological injuries often require months of expensive and intensive rehabilitation, long-term drug therapy and psychological counseling. Facilities that were already underfunded and overstretched are now at breaking point.  Confused about how as well Army psychologists don’t know how to treat PTSD patients that deny they have problems Receiving treatment is especially difficult for sufferers of PTSD. Army psychologists are pressured to get their patients back out in the field as soon as possible, while the macho culture cultivated within the ranks leads many soldiers to deny that they have a problem. The New England Journal of Medicine study found that less than half of all soldiers affected by PTSD sought treatment, fearing stigmatization or damage to their careers.  I know that these things will never change for us at all Monday, March 24, 2008 Trial Moves Ahead in Lawsuit Against VA -- Veterans with PTSD Sought A class action lawsuit between Veterans for Common Sense and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs challenges the VA's failure to provide prompt mental health care to veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. (PTSD) Other charges include the VA’s failure to promptly and accurately process disability compensation claims for PTSD. The week of March 3, the judge held a hearing about the quality and timeliness of mental health care given to suicidal veterans. After four days of testimony, the judge ordered a full trial on all of our issues to start on April 21, 2008. This is a very quick timeline, and we hope this means that we will receive a final decision from the judge in the next few months.  If I lay here The atomic bomb named "Little Boy" was dropped on Hiroshima by the Enola Gay, a Boeing B-29 bomber, at 8:15 in the morning of August 6, 1945.  If I just lay here 6 Signs the U.S. May Be Headed for War in Iran March 11, 2008 Is the United States moving toward military action with Iran? The resignation of the top U.S. military commander for the Middle East is setting off alarms that the Bush administration is intent on using military force to stop Iran's moves toward gaining nuclear weapons. In announcing his sudden resignation today following a report on his views in Esquire, Adm. William Fallon didn't directly deny that he differs with President Bush over at least some aspects of the president's policy on Iran. For his part, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said it is "ridiculous" to think that the departure of Fallon—whose Central Command has been working on contingency plans for strikes on Iran as well as overseeing Iraq—signals that the United States is planning to go to war with Iran.  Would you lie with me and just forget the world?  Florence Nightingale Nurse / ActivistFlorence Nightingale Florence Nightingale deserves the nickname The Lady With the Lamp for her tireless and compassionate nursing of British soldiers during the Crimean War. Born to wealthy English parents in 1837, quick-wit was a hallmark of the independent child. According to Ms. Nightingale, a call from God led her become perhaps the world's best known nurse. After the outbreak of the Crimean War in 1854, she led a controversial group of nurses, serving in British military hospitals. Before her time female field nursing was virtually unknown. No shrinking violet, she became instrumental in changing terrible conditions in hospitals, earning the gratitude of not only soldiers but also the public. After the war she spread sweeping reforms in medicine to London. Works including Notes on Matters Affecting the Health, Efficiency and Hospital Administration of the British Army (1857) and Notes on Hospitals (1859) created significant changes in the treatment of patients. Controversy surrounds any writing by females in her time; however, her text set a new benchmark in both scientific and social circles. Founding Nightingale Training School for nurses, in later years, Nightingale holds the distinction of earning the Royal Red Cross of Queen Victoria in 1883, and in 1907. She also became the first woman to receive the Order of Merit.  Sound of Silence
by Simon and Garfunkel 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 records in 1957, not only performing but also writing material in something of an Everly Brothers style. Calling themselves Tom & Jerry, their first single, "Hey Schoolgirl," actually made it into the Top 50's, but a series of follow-ups went nowhere. The duo split up, although Simon continued to struggle in the music business as a songwriter and performer. By the early '60s, both Simon and Garfunkel came under the influence of some potent sounds coming out of California. After they re-teamed, pop roots of Simon expedited the synthesis into folk music. Signing with Columbia, they recorded an initially unsuccessful acoustic debut as Simon & Garfunkel in 1964, only to again separate. Simon, after moving to England to play the folk circuit, recorded an obscure solo album. The Simon & Garfunkel story might have ended there, except for a brainstorm by producer, Tom Wilson (who also produced several early Bob Dylan albums.) Wilson took the strongest track from the duo's debut track, "Sounds of Silence," and embellished it with electric guitars, bass, and drums. It hit number one on the charts in early 1966, giving Simon and Garfunkel impetus to reunite. From 1966 to 1967, they topped the charts with some of the best folk-rock of the era, including "Homeward Bound," "I Am a Rock," and "A Hazy Shade of Winter." LISTEN AS YOU READ ALONG WITH THIS CLEAN LINK TO THE MUSIC: TURN IT UP! http://www.aodultrac.com/files/Music/Simon... Hello darkness, my old friend,This explains a later reference to "cat-herd" - 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 true but in retrospect, lions are a type of cat and they hunt in herds of a sort. All I ask is whether you be cat or cougar, hunt for a cause and work for your team. Win or lose, let's give it our best and we'll earn the lion's share. I guess that's why they call that group a PRIDE.
THE RAVINGOnce a pawn was just rehearsing, while I wondered, sad and cursing About his many faint and spurious ramblings, reeking rot and bore, While I nested, needing nothing, suddenly they started fluffing-- all the news, while gently stuffing, crap out on the Senate floor. “Tis some idiot,” I uttered, puffing up on the Senate floor-- Only politics; nothing more." Quite succinctly I remember election fraud in November, And each separate lying member, passing laws, to make us poor. Sadly, I hung my head in sorrow;--while I watched the damn fools borrow from unborn kids with no tomorrow --tomorrow feeds a corporate whore-- that scares the scurrying masses, which the Founders freed before-- Shameless whores and nothing more. Then the slick slobs started flirting and hustling pages of ages uncertain Sickened me--quickened me to cast a revolting river out upon the floor; Even now, I sit debating, whether perverts deserve hating With my stomach still gyrating, I hear leaders over-compensating And child-molesters, calmly waiting; baiting kids like never before-- “Tis bad example; nothing more." Suddenly my heart grew bolder; even perverts must wait till they’re older, "Sir," say I, “or Madam, surely, you will vote for them no more The hypocrisy has me gagging, since so boldly you came bragging, And now you claim they’re only lagging, lagging in a pollster's score, But before I’m sure I heard you"—so we’ll open wide the door;-- Dimness there, and nothing more. Presently I heard a sneering, as I stood there, fools were jeering, Snorting stupid slogans, no moron ever uttered out before; But the slogans had no meaning, though their noise sent me careening, And the only thought they had was of winning their game once more! Then I heard my TV echo, they’re going to win once more-- Maybe lies, and nothing more. With remote, I start tuning; all the while my heart was swooning, When again, I found a station -- screaming death tolls, like a score. "Surely," said I, "we can save our nation, from a chimp -- on vacation: Let me see, then, what threat, once again -- that dares he now to ignore. Can CNN spin, make nausea end, with trite commercial bore? Tis “border fence” and nothing more. FOX howled out, in chimp-like stutter: “Stay the course,” without a rudder! Then came strings of stupid ravings -- on savings, for their core; As FOXes lie, troops wither and die -- so I threw a shoe but it stayed In crawled a vermin, with coat, rich like ermine; to slither 'cross my floor— Snarling, now, words grew foul; a Hannity howl for war-- Only for cash, and nothing more. A stupid FOX, so clearly lurking, turned my lips up, slightly, as smirking, In serious tones, that silly Bush core -- transformed my TV into a whore! "Though thy lies be silly and shallow," said I, "they smell like dirty socks-- Gutlessly grim, your raving is caving -- to nukes from a distant shore-- Tell me what thy silly name is at that nut-house, you lived in before!" Then FOX starts raving, “even more." Mocking me, FOX menaced insanely, while I hurled again - puking - put plainly, Though its answer whined of times before—Clinton scandal, held merit no more; And vicious visions that I was seeing, might send the wise, or even angles fleeing TV, it seemed, was turning to being; seducing my mind to explore-- A broad busty beast, sculpted in curls, wearing the dress of a whore Then FOX starts raving, “even more." Gazing at FOX, while humping her knees -- the chimp softly spoke; weaving his sleaze -- Casting kiddy-kite words into the breeze, which buffets his war, ever more. Corporate bread his words butter -- as soft chicken plumes flutter-- “Stay the course” he now mutters and, then, winks at his whore-- “AWOL may grieve me, call it “leave,” and then leave me, “don’t stall here anymore." But chimp chirps, "Nevermore." Sickened, was I, with gut now churning, over reply, with ears hotly burning, "Gutless?" ask I, "is ‘um-uh’ stutter, all you know or care to utter? Rove, your master, must fix it faster -- your mind is Ward Nine; a Katrina Disaster” “Why not take more vacations, as minds are changing, faster than sold-out TV stations? Till dawn, TV heralded half-wit's haunting, flaunting lies to sell us war As soldiers serve—forevermore. His raving, then, got me smiling, crap grew deep, but chimp kept piling, As it rose, I sought my spade, to clear the stench, his slimy words made; Though his words were slightly stinking, I began a line of thinking-- Did I smell Hell or Halliburton linking? What are we fighting for? Insanely high cost: Will Cheney’s boss Toll for many more? Or is it Death Forevermore? So I writhe enraged and cursing, until I hear TV rehearsing Eyes, once fiercely flashing, drip now, as she’s bashing the left once more Then I see why she’s truly pining: Without that oil, they’re refining -- Her high and haughty crown, will surely topple to the floor, Her velvet violent, lying, lamp will cease to light both house and store, But we’ll unplug her, nevermore! Then the chimp seemed even denser, though he had an unseen censor I heard the subtle, leftist cat-calls, swirl soft, beyond my door. "Wretch," I cried, "a devil sent thee,--lots of cash he hath lent thee Be quiet,--be quiet, you have bent me with right-wing lies that I deplore! Quaff it waif! hear their whisper, a herd of cats heads toward my door!" Quoth Raving FOX, "SHOW US MORE!" "Priestess!" said I, "thing of folly!--bragging brats - butt-out, by golly!-- Let me hear that cat-herd heave your “stay the course” ashore, Despising all the lies you’re flaunting, we ALL heard that hellish taunting-- “Has Cut and Run become a haunting? Tell me truly,” I implore-- Did I hear chimp is claiming “cut and run,” or Kerry blaming, cuts into your core?" Rove raves spin, "Forevermore." "TV," said I, "thing of selling—preaching, now, with sad eyes welling If a Gods’ in Heaven, He prays you’ll prey on the poor no more-- Take this crap on crook redeeming, you’ve even got Christians screaming When caught they act so saintly, with their Bibles by the score-- Clasping Heavenly icons, is there Justice now in store?" Quoth Raving FOX, "Nevermore." "Now I offer, words of parting, “chimp and whore," it’s finally starting-- "Get back into your set and zoo or fly to Baghdad's distant shore! Leave no dank smell, as a binder; we won’t need a foul reminder! Take the whore, if you can find her!—I need fake busts no more! Take banana, if you love it or perhaps I will shove it, right outside my door!” Quoth Raving FOX, "TELL US MORE!" But TV ravings never end, still it babbles of “tax and spend.” As we go bust, while debating, if God loves a gay or schools can pray. And his glassy eyes, though seeming dreaming, hide the mind of a bore, And FOX TV still lights his low-life, as cash flows toward his door; And my soul screams in ghostly dreams when will we vote once more? Quoth Diebold-- nevermore!  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  HOW THE GRINCH STOLE FREEDOM Every Free Down in Free-ville Liked Freedom a lot... But the Grinch, Who ruled oil, in Texas Did NOT! The Grinch hated Freedom! and the whole Constitution! Don't ask why he supports Bill of Rights Resolution. It could be that he never got screwed just quite right. It could be, while pregnant, his mom drank to get tight. But I think that the most likely reason of all May have been that his brain was two sizes too small. But, Whatever the reason, His brain or disease, He stood on the Hill, hating the Frees, Staring down from the White House, with a sour Grinchy face At the warm hearts below, of the whole human race. For he knew every Free, in that big Free-ville nation Was busy at work, to pay for vacation. "And they're driving their cars!" he sighed with a moan. "But after election, they’ll all sit at home!" Then he growled, with his grinch-fingers nervously thumping, "I MUST jack up fuel. They need a good humping!" For, tomorrow, he knew... ...in a TV debate He’d have to face issues that just wouldn’t wait! And then! Oh, the truth! Oh, the TRUTH! TRUTH! TRUTH! TRUTH! He’d never told it once, at least not since his youth! Then the Frees, young and old, would sit down for TV. And they'd listen! And they'd watch! And they'd SEE! SEE! SEE! SEE! They’d find out his sick brain, was as small as a pea Which made Grinch wish his mom, had drunk only tea! And THEN They'd do something, he hated most from afar! Every Free down in Free-ville, would head for their car, and they’d open the doors, those Frees sure were striving. Then they’d crank them all up and the Frees would start driving! They'd drive! And they'd drive! AND they'd DRIVE! DRIVE! DRIVE! DRIVE! And the more the Grinch thought of the Fast-Driving-Frees… The more he slumped into Grinch mental disease. "Why for fifty-three years I've put up with this sin! I MUST stop this Free-driving! ...But WHEN?" Then he got a symptom! An awful symptom! THE GRINCH GOT AN AWFULLY GREEDY BRAIN SYMPTOM! "I know just what to do!" That Grinch was a mess. As he decided to fool um in Christian-Cross-Dress! He made a Christian-Claus hat and coat from our Flag. Then he chuckled, while thinking of going in drag! "With this coat and this hat, I'll earn their esteem!” Is a nightmare in drag the American Dream? "All I need is minorities, in some high places..." The Grinch looked for brown or even black faces. ”Hmmm,” mulled the Grinch, “there’s that maid in my house.” But she seems too feisty and I need a mouse Did that stop the old Grinch...? No! The Grinch simply said, "If I can't find a minority, I'll make one instead!" So he called Condoleezza. She came from the south With a horn in the tooth-space, right in her mouth! He knew with that horn, he’d control what she’d say Unlike the black General, he’d made go away THEN He loaded his oil stocks In some old empty sacks And sent them to Houston With no paper tracks. As the Grinch blamed the Moslems, while making smart cracks… Oil prices rose and the economy went down. And you’d think those Frees would run him from town. National debt went way up, which the Grinch found quite funny But he tricked them again by printing more money! All the Frees seemed asleep. Quiet snow filled the air. All the Frees dreamt American Dreams without care How’d he get in the White House? Well, it wasn’t quite fair. "This is stop number one," that Grinch Cross-Dresser hissed And he snuck to their car, with a can in his fist. Then slid in the siphon, a rather tight pinch. But if gas thieves could do it, then so could the Grinch. He got gas in his mouth, for a moment or so. But he knew without gas those cars wouldn’t go! Then he went to a church, where cars parked in a row. "These Christians," he grinned, "are too dumb to know!" Then he slurped and slunk, with a smile most insane, And sucked on his siphon, like Free candy-cane! Toyotas and Dodges! Chevys and Fords! There’s been no worse crime, since Huns ran in hoards! He filled all his cans, in a manner quite stern And lit up a match but the stuff wouldn’t burn! Then called on his phone, while starting to frown In Houston, they said “it’s too watered down!” He knew low octane was real cheap to make. And kept right on trying, while screaming “Petes sake!” Then an idea arose, in his mind like a boil. "I’ll go inside NOW and steal heating oil!" The Grinch grabbed their supply, and started to shove When he heard a small sound like the coo of a dove. He turned around fast, and he saw a small Free! Little Cindy-Lee Free, who was not more than three. The Grinch had been caught by this little Free daughter Who'd got out of bed for a cup of cold water. She stared at the Grinch and said, "Christian Claus, why, "Why are you taking our heating oil? WHY?" You know, Grinch wasn’t smart but still oh-so-slick He thought up a lie, and he thought it up quick! "Why, my sweet little tot," the fake Christian lied, "This oil will only light up on one side. "So I'm recalling it back to Houston, my dear. "I'll fix it up there. Then I'll bring it back here." And his fib fooled the child. Then he patted her head And he got her a drink and he sent he to bed. And when Cindy-Lee Free went to bed with her cup, HE went to the fireplace to light their oil right up! Then the last thing he saw, way down the Free-hall Was a framed Constitution, which hung from the wall He set fire to the parchment, that nasty old liar. But while it was burning, the Grinch caught on fire! Unlike cheap gas, crap burns pretty well Maybe that con would soon sear in Grinch-Hell! Then He did the same thing Although singed to a cinder Leaving every car empty He even stole a fender! And as sleepy-head Frees, all slept in their bed He packed the High Court, without using his head It was quarter past dawn... a good time to snooze As he loaded the Court, with Nazis on booze… All unadorned crooks, no ribbons or wrappings! No tags or tinsel! No trimmings or trappings! He’d raise fuel prices, as high as Mount Crumpit, Then call his stock-broker and tell him to dump it! "He, he, he on Free-Orleans!" he was grinch-ish-ly humming. "They're finding out soon that relief is not coming!” "They're waking up now! I know how they'll be!” "Their mouths will hang open a minute or three…” "Then, the Frees down in Free-ville will all cry WE SEE!" "That's a noise," grinned the Grinch, "That I simply must hear!" So he paused. And the Grinch put a hand to his ear… Then he turned on his grinch-nuke-tronic-eavesdrop. Yeah, he’d stretch the law, when there wasn’t a cop… But he HAD to hear all of those Free-hearts go pop! And he did hear a sound rising over the snow. It started in low. Then it started to grow... The sound wasn't sad! Why, this sound sounded merry! It couldn't be so! But it WAS merry! VERY! He stared down at Free-ville! The Grinch popped his eyes! Then he shook! What he saw was a shocking surprise! Every Free down in Free-ville, the tall and the small, Was finally free-thinking… with no Rights at all! He HADN'T stopped Freedom from coming! IT CAME! All other dictators would soon learn the same! And the Grinch, with his grinch-feet ice-cold in the snow, Stood puzzling and puzzling: "How could it be so? It came without a war! It came with no pact! "It came without changing The Patriot Act!" And he puzzled three hours, `till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before! "Maybe Freedom," he thought, doesn't hang in a frame… "Maybe Freedom...perhaps...is a much bigger game!" And what happened then...? Well...in Free-ville they say That the Grinch's small brain Finally wandered away! And the minute his head didn't feel so up-tight… He hid like Bin Laden, from the bright morning light… And he lied like Saddam, right up to his trial! And he... ...HE HIMSELF...! Plead insanity, with a smile! 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.
If you'll pardon the picture-pun, here is background on where we are in the graphic study of perhaps the greatest musicians that ever lived.  The WallProduced by David Gilmour, Bob Ezrin, and Roger Waters Released November 30, 1979 Recorded in Super Bear Studios between April and November 1979 Sleeve Design by Gerald Scarfe and Roger Waters In the Flesh? The Thin Ice Another Brick in the Wall Part 1 The Happiest Days of our Lives Another Brick in the Wall Part 2 Mother Goodbye Blue Sky Empty Spaces Young Lust One of My Turns Don't Leave Me Now Another Brick in the Wall Part 3 Goodbye Cruel World Hey You Is There Anybody Out There? Nobody Home Vera Bring the Boys Back Home Comfortably Numb The Show Must Go On In The Flesh Run Like Hell Waiting for the Worms Stop The Trial Outside the Wall First Song: In the Flesh? (Waters) 3:17 http://www.democraticunderground.com/discu... Second Song: The Thin Ice (Waters) 2:28 http://www.democraticunderground.com/discu... Third Song: Another Brick in the Wall, Part 1 (Waters) 3:41 http://www.democraticunderground.com/discu... Fourth Song: The Happiest Days of our Lives (Waters) 1:20 http://www.democraticunderground.com/discu... Another Brick in the Wall Part 2 (Waters) 3:56 http://www.democraticunderground.com/discu... "okay children, everyone learn to duck and cover. Remember, your government is here to help you and never wants to scare children into funding a milatary industrial machine."    Mother(Waters) 5:32Mother do you think they'll drop the bomb?  Mother do you think they'll like this song?  Mother do you think they'll try to break my balls?  Mother should I build the wall?  Mother should I run for president?  Mother should I trust the government?  Mother will they put me in the firing line?  Mother am I really dying?  Hush now baby, baby, dont you cry.  Mother's gonna make all your nightmares come true.  Mother's gonna put all her fears into you.  Mother's gonna keep you right here under her wing.  She wont let you fly, but she might let you sing.  Mama will keep baby cozy and warm.  http://www.thewe.cc/thewei/&/&/images4/200... Ooooh baby ooooh baby oooooh baby, Of course mama'll help to build the wall. Mother do you think she's good enough -- to me?  Mother do you think she's dangerous -- to me?  Mother will she tear your little boy apart?  Mother will she break my heart?  Hush now baby, baby dont you cry.  Mama's gonna check out all your girlfriends for you.  Mama wont let anyone dirty get through.  Mama's gonna wait up until you get in.  Mama will always find out where you've been.  Mama's gonna keep baby healthy and clean.  Ooooh baby oooh baby oooh baby,  You'll always be baby to me.  Mother, did it need to be so high?  And God spake all these words, saying,
"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."  I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. "Do you want to know why I brought humanity out of bondage? It's because I detest slavery and oppression in all forms. Making others work long hours for pennies to enhance profits is bondage. I didn't drag your sorry butts out of Egypt to allow you to enslave others. If slavery was okay with Me you would still be working 24/7 under the Pharaohs whip." 1. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. "What's so tricky about this one? Are you too stupid to realize that I don't want you worshiping money, flags or each other? I existed long before you idiots stood upright and I'll be here long after you blow yourselves to smithereens, so stop recreating Me in your ridiculous image." 2. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image. "I know you just can't resist antagonizing your brothers and sisters by drawing devil horns on their idea of Divinity but that's tough luck. Your not just brats, you are bullies. First you draw naughty crap on pictures of faces of a perceived enemy and next you're putting fangs on Divinity. I never created bullies. You brats built that Tower of Babble on fear. Bullies are always afraid, deep in their hearts. It's how I haunt them." 3. Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain. "So stop feeding your own DAMN vanity as you claim it's in My name. When I say 'damn' I'm not bluffing, so watch it buster! This Commandment has little to do with cussing. It is not only vain but also profane to link My name with the hate and horror of war, jihad, crusades or anything else inherently evil." 4. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. "and remember why I brought you out of Egypt. I know some call Sunday the sabbath and others believe it falls on Saturday. Just to be safe, take both days off, with full pay. By the way, I don't mind if DeLay plays golf six days a week, if you fools are willing to pay him to do it but, like all of you, he needs to spend one day a week with his family praying and he better pray a lot." 5. Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. "I gave you not only the land but also the seas. You are My care-takers of the planet. What have you done with my creation? You are a bunch of spoiled brats and I'm not going to clean up your mess. You made the mess. Now, you can clean it up. I am your FATHER and the Earth is your MOTHER. Honor us." 6. Thou shalt not kill. "What don't you understand with this one? I made myself perfectly clear. If I meant 'murder,' I'd have carved it in stone instead of saying 'kill.' This Commandment is not open for interpretation. Earlier in the Book, I said let humanity 'have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.' Genesis does not mean you have some Divine right to wipe out a whole species. Take only what you need to survive and let the rest thrive. If I didn't want a particular species on Earth, it would not be there for you to annihilate. Now, let's deal with these absurd 'Holy Wars' once and for all. If I wanted killings during war-time to be excluded from My Commandment, I'd have carved it right into the granite slab. By the way, I noticed you fools had smashed those slabs to bits not long after Moses got down the hill and read them. You just could not wait to jump into the first over-zealous killing spree, could you?" 7. Thou shalt not commit adultery. "I'm pretty straight-forward here. If you are in a monogamous relationship stay there and work it out. A new spouse will not fix issues innate within you. If you take some responsibility for your issues and mistakes, I bet that spouse or lover will do the same. When you feel love, you hear Divinity. Why not just shut up and listen for a change." 8. Thou shalt not steal. "You idiots are certainly having trouble with this one. As the Ultimate Creator, I made you creative in My image and you have certainly exceeded My wildest expectations in creating new ways to rob each other." 9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. "You certainly got creative with this one. What is this White Lie crap I keep hearing about. If you hold public office and feel you must lie, get the hell out of office and I don't cuss. I mean 'HELL' literally. I'm watching you buster and I'm not as forgiving on Judgment Day as you will want Me to be." 10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor's. "Moses was standing on top of one of the biggest oil fields in the world when he told you this Commandment. Did you think coveting oil was okay? There is not enough stone on Earth for Me to list all the things you fools covet. Once you idiots start coveting something the next thing you do is break a Commandment to get it. Grow up you spoiled brats and stop coveting the 'END OF TIME.' I'll decide when it's time to pick up all the marbles and go home. If I wanted you morons to know when existence was going to end, I'd have carved it into stone. Doomsday prophets are a dime a dozen and I reserved a special place for these 'false prophets' in the afterlife. Now, all of you just shut up and play nice."  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.http://www.democraticunderground.com/discu... While based on a true story, the names have been changed to protect the guilty. Please don't assume it is written in a juvenile format to imply that it is childish to lash out at someone just because some birds must blame others for problems they let happen by not working hard enough.  Once upon a time in the land of Chicken-Hawk Haven an eagle was born. Not long after he learned to fly, a war with some well-trained falcons broke out on the other side of the planet. Falcons are seasoned fighting birds born into a war that constantly rages in their land but this is not a falcon story. Instead, this is a tale of the species Chicken-Hawkia, which only slightly resembles the birds of a feather cliché. Gold feathers adorn not just the wings but also the nests of one class of hawk, while the others have mostly tan or brown feathers. Of course the golden feathered Chicken-Hawks willingly welcome fine feathered eagle families into their nesting tree because hanging with eagles is sophisticated and stylish for the smaller raptors. The bird wars seem unfair in retrospect because gold-feathered hawks started the trouble and then ordered the brown hawks to try and win the battles, often with dire consequences. In fact, high-class hawks, like eagles, did not have to fight at all and believe me MANY upscale Chicken-Hawks made that very choice. Strangely, however, the Eagle DID decide protecting other birds was important enough to risk his life and proved to be a valiant, victorious fighter, until one day when his heart cried out war is wrong. Slightly forlorn, the Eagle flew home only to be greeted by chicken-like cackles and crowish caws that he had not yet done enough to serve Birdom. Undaunted, the Eagle actually agreed and promptly picked up a sign to protest war and save hawk lives. Still, those haunting cackles raised his hackles by screeching not enough Eagle! NOT ENOUGH YET! So the Eagle decided to serve Birdom again and lead his local flock in a way that was more fair than they actually deserved. He served many years in Birdington DC before once again nay saying cackles raised his hackles. NOT ENOUGH, NOT ENOUGH, they chirped. You see, some 24K nut-case cackler had somehow snatched control of Birdom and he was quite tyrannical, considering 24K was one of the most cowardly Chicken-Hawks ever. Reluctantly, the Eagle stepped forward to run against the better financed bird in Hawk-idential elections. The Eagle would have gotten that top job handed to him years ago, like Chimp-Hawk, had he simply taken all those golden feathers powerful Chicken-Hawks offered him. Ole' 24K even owned most of the bird-media, including the New York, Fly-by-nightTimes. With not only media against him but also a lot of public opinion, Eagle ended up using many personal feathers in the race. Considering 24K was an incumbent Chicken-Hawk dealing from his own stacked deck, so to speak, the Eagle flew pretty well. Still, the cheeping of Hawks split the night air with, "NOT ENOUGH, NOT ENOUGH EAGLE." After an all night feather count in a very close race, tensions at the Eagles Nest ran high. Then, the outcome was revealed. From his frustration, Eagle screamed for a recount of the almost won contest. Eagle was not used to losing because he was a winner. His call was heard throughout Birdom but down at Bird-beach where 24K's bird-brained brother ruled, the count was already cast in stone. Still, Eagle watched patiently from his perch until all manner of breaches in birdism broke out. Then, Eagle flew home because he was very tired and sick that the very Birdom many of his comrades-at-wing had died to protect was now reduced to a vulture's buffet. As Eagle flew away to a much deserved rest, he could still hear the cackles say, "NOT ENOUGH, NOT ENOUGH EAGLE" but will it ever be enough for every bird in the forest? While the Chimp-bird shows you can fool all of the birds some of the time and some birds all of the time, all Eagle proves is that some birds will screech, NOT ENOUGH anytime, no matter how much you give. |
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