Do you work for the government? Ever worked for an agency with the name _____ _____ Services ? First: I'm sorry. I know you never expected things to work out that way ("Okay, Billy: now it's your turn to tell everyone what you want to be when you grow up." "Yes, Mrs. Hoover. I want to be a Services Coordinator!") Second: Let's say you'r
Are we born human or do we learn our humanity by living? Art Woo looks for signs everywhere in Gish Jen’s short story, “Birthmates.” Art Woo has no solid instincts. He reads as much as he can into the glass of the world, hoping to identify himself in the reflection; but he misinterprets every clue, every significance. Jen delivers the details of the story through
My main problem with the Republican position is this: Saddam violating U.N. resolutions does not justify the destruction we've dealt an entire nation. Imagine holding the guns, or dropping the bombs. Imagine your son dragged into the street at 2am. You can call this a "bleeding heart" argument, but you have to at least recognize the possibility that this war has taken "justification" too far. I appreciate your arguments. They are rational explanations beyond what's generally offered by
Culture: what about it? "The quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc." suggests Random House, Webster as a definition. Feels like a stone strapped to your bits and pieces, does it not? The word sounds like "vulture", makes you glance worriedly over your
G.O.P. Government of the People, yes. The people have chosen, and even if we choose to view the results of the recent election as close, we have an undisputedly elected President. This one was no nail-biter, either, as much as I may have destroyed my own nails in my anxiety. As the Ohio tally margin gradually shrank, and then grew, and finally stablized,
I do not understand why everytime there is a talk about the "war on terror", a Bush supporter has to refer to Kerry as some weak, bleeding heart? Democrats around the country are mortified that we have to vote for Kerry, because he happens to be relatively conservative. He talks continuously about finding and killing terrorists, and he seems reluctant to back the rights of homosexuals to marry. Some liberal. I just do not understand. If an
Actually, wars usually begin as being widely popular. Most wartime presidents enjoy huge approval ratings...as long as the war ends in a timely fashion. The political problem with a war like Vietnam, or the war in Iraq, is that a war like these do not ever really end. That also tends to be the economic problem, as well. But come on. The equation just doesn't work: War in Iraq = War on Terror. They have very little to do with each other. If you w
Our train car stumbled through an awkward bend, jerking me from my feverish, travel-bowel dreamings. While I drowsed, John scribbled gadget sketches into a soggy journal and munched old roasted chestnuts from a paper cone. Now the Spanish morning poured through the window curtains, so we checked our watches, both of us, and made ourselves ready for Bilbao.
Our train car stumbled through an awkward bend, jerking me from my feverish, travel-bowel dreamings. While I drowsed, John scribbled gadget sketches into a soggy journal and munched old roasted chestnuts from a paper cone. Now the Spanish morning poured through the window curtains, so we checked our watches, both of us, and made ourselves ready for Bilbao.
....by the way, here's an overview of what to expect here, and, as a rule ("Actually, it's more of a guideline than a rule...."--Can you identify the quote?) what to expect on http://free.hostdepartment.com/T/TaBooTenente : --regular blastings of the media and its pop darlings where- and whenever media rears its unwanted face; --specific, unbridled critiques of movies, books, television programs, and, occasionally upon request, web si
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