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Monday
Journey to Perplexity
Journey to Perplexity:
"But God who oft descends to visit men
Unseen, and through thir habitations walks
To mark thir doings, them beholding soon,
Comes down to see thir Citie, ere the Tower
Obstruct Heav’n Towrs, and in derision sets
Upon thir Tongues a various Spirit to rase
Quite out thir Native Language, and instead
To sow a jangling noise of words unknown:
Forthwith a hideous gabble rises loud
Among the Builders; each to other calls
Not understood, till hoarse, and all in rage,
As mockt they storm; great laughter was in Heav’n
And looking down, to see the hubbub strange
And hear the din; thus was the building left
Ridiculous, and the work Confusion nam’d.
from Paradise Lost Book XII"
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"But God who oft descends to visit men
Unseen, and through thir habitations walks
To mark thir doings, them beholding soon,
Comes down to see thir Citie, ere the Tower
Obstruct Heav’n Towrs, and in derision sets
Upon thir Tongues a various Spirit to rase
Quite out thir Native Language, and instead
To sow a jangling noise of words unknown:
Forthwith a hideous gabble rises loud
Among the Builders; each to other calls
Not understood, till hoarse, and all in rage,
As mockt they storm; great laughter was in Heav’n
And looking down, to see the hubbub strange
And hear the din; thus was the building left
Ridiculous, and the work Confusion nam’d.
from Paradise Lost Book XII"
{if you have not yet discovered JOURNEY INTO PERPLEXITY i highly recommend that you visit the blog. i seldom know what to expect but i'm always pleasantly surprised. go ahead, take a look.}[ero]
Sunday
Law Library of Congress at the National Book Festival | In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of Congress
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| National Book Festival 2012, after Rafael López (Photo credit: Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com) |
"This has been a busy week for the Law Library of Congress. We have unveiled Congress.gov (our new legislative website), celebrated Constitution Day, and to round the week out, we are preparing for the National Book Festival. This will be the Law Library’s second year at the National Book Festival. "
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Classwars Blog: For Brian Wilson
Classwars Blog: For Brian Wilson
This stops a trainload of bullets,
Destined for Central American hearts.
Now there is blood on the heavy wheels,
And a man gives his legs for peace.
Oh shame for those who stand upright,
And pay for murders out of sight.
This stops a trainload of bullets,
Destined for Central American hearts.
Now there is blood on the heavy wheels,
And a man gives his legs for peace.
Oh shame for those who stand upright,
And pay for murders out of sight.
Saturday
Autumn by T. E. Hulme
Autumn
by T. E. Hulme
A touch of cold in the Autumn night
I walked abroad,
And saw the ruddy moon lean over a hedge
Like a red-faced farmer.
I did not stop to speak, but nodded;
And round about were the wistful stars
With white faces like town children. "
Friday
Jesse's Package::Wisconsin police unions stand up for Bill of Rights::Workers Independent News
Jesse's Package::Wisconsin police unions stand up for Bill of Rights::Workers Independent News: "In Wisconsin’s capitol a Bill of Rights battle is heating up. Two police union’s in Madison are condemning a so-called “crackdown” on protest at the capitol as capitol police continue to make arrests and issue citations against people who hold up signs in the capitol, unfurl banners or exercise other First Amendment rights without permits."
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Thursday
YouTube's Censorship of Anti-Islam Video Raises Numerous Questions Around Online Free Expression | Electronic Frontier Foundation
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| English: Logo of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
"1) The fact that the leading American Internet companies have set the bar for free speech lower than the First Amendment.
2) That placing private organizations in the position of arbiter leaves us with no formal remedy should we feel that a decision is unfair, and
3) There is nothing to keep the free speech practices of these companies from changing without warning, and nothing that requires consistency from them."
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Wednesday
AM 1600 WWRL - 50 Liberal Quotes Which Americans Should Remember
AM 1600 WWRL - 50 Liberal Quotes Which Americans Should Remember: "
50 LIBERAL QUOTES WHICH AMERICANS SHOULD REMEMBER
May 7, 2012
By Stephen D. Foster Jr. of Addictinginfo.org
Many Americans today tend to take the past for granted, and with that, we also tend to take the words of past leaders for granted. We forget what they told us, and as a result we lose our identity, we lose the values that make us who we are. Below is a list of quotes spoken by American leaders, heroes, journalists, and others. You’ll find common themes throughout this list. These are the messages from the American past that we should all remember if we hope to solve our own problems and bring America forward to a better future. The future that these people envisioned."
50 LIBERAL QUOTES WHICH AMERICANS SHOULD REMEMBER
May 7, 2012
By Stephen D. Foster Jr. of Addictinginfo.org
Many Americans today tend to take the past for granted, and with that, we also tend to take the words of past leaders for granted. We forget what they told us, and as a result we lose our identity, we lose the values that make us who we are. Below is a list of quotes spoken by American leaders, heroes, journalists, and others. You’ll find common themes throughout this list. These are the messages from the American past that we should all remember if we hope to solve our own problems and bring America forward to a better future. The future that these people envisioned."
Sunday
A Literal Epidemic of Crutch Words - Entertainment - The Atlantic Wire
A Literal Epidemic of Crutch Words - Entertainment - The Atlantic Wire:
"A Literal Epidemic of Crutch Words"
"A Literal Epidemic of Crutch Words"
If We Must Die- Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More
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| English: Photo of the poet, novelist and short story writer Claude McKay (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
If We Must Die
by Claude McKay
If we must die—let it not be like hogs
Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot,
While round us bark the mad and hungry dogs,
Making their mock at our accursed lot.
If we must die—oh, let us nobly die,
So that our precious blood may not be shed
In vain; then even the monsters we defy
Shall be constrained to honor us though dead!
Oh, Kinsmen! We must meet the common foe;
Though far outnumbered, let us show us brave,
And for their thousand blows deal one deathblow!
What though before us lies the open grave?
Like men we'll face the murderous, cowardly pack,
Pressed to the wall, dying, but fighting back!"
Saturday
Not in Our Son's Name
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| English: World Trade Center, New York, aerial view March 2001. Français : Le World Trade Center à New York. Vue aérienne datant de mars 2001. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Saturday, Sep 15, 2001 8:35pm
[Phyllis and Orlando Rodriguez's son Greg is one of the Trade Center victims. They have asked that people share
these letters this copy of letter sent to NY Times as widely as possible.]
these letters this copy of letter sent to NY Times as widely as possible.]
Not in Our Son's Name
Our son Greg is among the many missing from the World Trade Center attack. Since we first heard the news, we have shared moments of grief, comfort, hope, despair, fond memories with his wife, the two families, our friends and neighbors, his loving colleagues at Cantor Fitzgerald / ESpeed, and all the grieving families that daily meet at the Pierre Hotel.
We see our hurt and anger reflected among everybody we meet. We cannot pay attention to the daily flow of news about this disaster. But we read enough of the news to sense that our government is heading in the direction of violent revenge, with the prospect of sons, daughters, parents, friends in distant lands dying, suffering, and nursing further grievances against us.
It is not the way to go. It will not avenge our son's death. Not in our son's name.
It is not the way to go. It will not avenge our son's death. Not in our son's name.
Our son died a victim of an inhuman ideology. Our actions should not serve the same purpose. Let us grieve. Let us reflect and pray. Let us think about a rational response that brings real peace and justice to our world. But let us not as a nation add to the
inhumanity of our times.
inhumanity of our times.
Copy of letter to White House:
Our son is one of the victims of Tuesday's attack on the World Trade Center. We read about your response in the last few days and about the resolutions from both Houses, giving you undefined power to respond to the terror attacks.
Your response to this attack does not make us feel better about our son's death. It makes us feel worse. It makes us feel that our government is using our son's memory as a justification to cause suffering for other sons and parents in other lands.
It is not the first time that a person in your position has been given unlimited power and came to regret it. This is not the time for empty gestures to make us feel better. It is not the time to act like bullies. We urge you to think about how our governement can develop peaceful, rational solutions to terrorism, solutions that do not sink us to the inhuman level of terrorists.
Sincerely,
Phyllis and Orlando Rodriguez
Tuesday
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Monday
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, 1939
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| To reach California the Joads travel U.S. Highway 66. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
"I'll be ever'where--wherever you look. Wherever they's a fight so hungry people can eat, I'll be there. Wherever they's a cop beatin' up a guy, I'll be there. If Casy knowed, why, I'll be in the way guys yell when they're mad an'--I'll be in the way kids laugh when they're hungry an' they know supper's ready. An' when our folks eat the stuff they raise an' live in the houses they build--why, I'll be there. See?"
- Novel: The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, 1939
~~ Tom Joad
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Sunday
Misinformation, Fear, And Hate In America
misinformation, fear, And hate has taken over the
Grand Old Party.
because we did not get out the vote in 2010,
the party of Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Eisenhower,
and yes even Saint Reagan has been hijacked
by lunatics such as Rush Limbaugh, Michele Bachmann,
Paul Ryan and FOX News.
Objectivists, Fundamentalists, and the far right
have been bound together by a Corporatist financed
onslaught of Hate Rhetoric meant to delegitimize
the Labor Unions, Occupy and any form
of Progressive Dissent.
Today they aim that hate squarely at Barack Obama.
in time, they will aim the hate at their own misguided followers.
History DOES repeat itself for the careless.
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| Goebbels speaking at a political rally against the Lausanne Conference (1932) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Joseph Goebbels quote
“Whoever can conquer the street will one day conquer the state, for every form of power politics and any dictatorship-run state has its roots in the street.”
Joseph Goebbels quote
brothers, sisters get involved, get out the vote.
Misinformation, Fear, And Hate In America
http://youtu.be/6q6DNm6rrYY
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