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...But of these sophisms and elenchs of merchandise I skill not...
Milton, Areopagitica

Except he had found the
standing sea-rock that even this last
Temptation breaks on; quieter than death but lovelier; peace
that quiets the desire even of praising it.

Jeffers, Meditation On Saviors


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14.2.04

It's still percolating, but I'm thinking this Iraq business is not so much like Viet Nam, in the way it's dividing people and being used to hide deeper more sinister intrigue, but it's like the Cuyahoga River.
Viet Nam was an action, whatever else it was, and people debated it as an action. A river bursting into flame is not a thing you approve or disapprove of, it's the outbreak of the symptoms of a disease. Iraq is on fire now.
There's a Kucinich plug in there somewhere too, but I'm just making notes at the moment.

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