this diary is dedicated to all who suffer because of war and other disasters
we honor courage in all its forms
we love and support our troops, just as we love and support the Iraqi people - without exception, or precondition, or judgement.
cross-posted at DailyKos, Booman Tribune, European Tribune, My Left Wing, and TexasKos.
image and poem below the fold
Kim Krauss jumps off the ground as she holds up a sign in support of the Marines being held in the brig at Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base during a protest outside the base's main gate Saturday, June 24, 2006, in Oceanside, Calif. Friends and family are rallying around the seven Marines and a Navy medic charged with killing an Iraqi civilian, setting up Web sites to raise money and draw attention to what they claim is an unfair prosecution.
(AP Photo/Denis Poroy)
A man and his wife grieve outside a hospital morgue after their policeman son was killed by suspected insurgents in Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad, June 25, 2006.
REUTERS/Helmiy al-Azawi (IRAQ)
Wesley and Margaret Tucker, parents of U.S. Army Private First Class Thomas Lowell Tucker who was killed in Iraq, attend a candlelight vigil in honor of their son in Madras, Oregon, June 23, 2006.
REUTERS/Richard Clement (UNITED STATES)
Excerpt from "pleiades choreographic"
by Meredith Stricker
The theme is forgiveness, the theme is justice
(deferred, delayed, obtained). The theme is rejoicing
alternating with suffering (watercourse, torrent)
Harrowing the fields. Beauty (bound to a thing, entangled)
Making compassion possible
The lyre, lyric (our thirst--ζιφοσ). To frighten away
(chase, reject). A thicket of reeds (δονακευς)
Kindling a fire
What moves through the human body
Before and after the discovery of electricity.
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witness every day
While speaking at the YearlyKos 2006 Convention in Los Vegas, former Virginia Governor Mark Warner said (and I paraphrase from memory): "George Bush, incompetent idiot, blah blah blah, went to war in Iraq when the real threat is in Iran." (my emphasis)
There was a brief pause after his statement, and I regret that I wasn't brave or quick-witted enough to yell "Bullshit!" into the silence. But the moment passed, Warner picked up his next thread in perfect cadence, and I bit into my box lunch apple.
So now what?
I'm gonna let him know that I think his statement is bullshit, and why. I'm starting here. If anyone knows of other ways, please put them in this thread.
Thanks.