"Those who crusade, not for God in themselves, but against
the devil in others, never succeed in making the world better,
but leave it either as it was, or sometimes perceptibly worse
than what it was, before the crusade began. By thinking
primarily of evil we tend, however excellent our intentions,
to create occasions for evil to manifest itself."
-- Aldous Huxley
"The only war that matters is the war against the imagination.
All others are subsumed by it."
-- Diane DiPrima, "Rant", from Pieces of a Song.
"It is difficult
to get the news from poems
yet men die miserably every day
for lack
of what is found there"
-- William Carlos Williams, "Asphodel, That Greeny Flower"
Two people were listening…. :-(
Point taken. I’ve restored the blog’s public settings from their private ones: an about-face for the festive season. I hope Egypt’s Moubarak has an about-face and lets Viva Palestina in. The Gaza Freedom Marchers are also carrying aid. Instead, one of their preconditions is that they ask the zionist entity for permission to enter. Shame, Moubarak, Shame!
Well, he’s an asshole for sure, but, and I don’t know if you’ve noticed, this administration does things a LOT more secretive and suave about this sort of thing than the last one. There isn’t a country of interest where Obama doesn’t have it all in place. He’s NOT behind the curve on any of it. If it’s any “help”, I’m sure Moubarak can’t even begin to pay what he’d have to pay if he just let them go to it.
… this administration IS a LOT more secretive and suave… that is….
Sheesh.