Bowe Bergdahl & e.e. cummings

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Tuesday June 03, 2014 · 2:33 PM PDT

2014/06/03 · 14:33

I am not a frequent diary writer but today I was thinking about all the stories about Bowe Bergdahl and how it reminded me of a great poem by e.e. cummings.

Cummings wrote this poem because of his experiences after he was drafted into the Army in 1918. He had a brief meeting with another soldier who shared Cummings disgust for violence. Olaf disappeared after a confrontation with a superior officer and the rumor was he was taken somewhere to be brutalized.

If I remember correctly, I don't have my books at work, the poem had problems with publication because of the language used and the anti-war sentiment. In fact, Arizona State University charged three of its students who distributed this poem with "conducting oneself in manner that might discredit the university." The ASU lawyer conscientiously objected to charging the students. How ironic.

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Wednesday January 12, 2011 · 8:08 PM PST

2011/01/12 · 20:08

I have been concerned over the argument over Palin's crosshairs and when a caller to the Thom Hartmann show mentioned this morning that they were symbols for the KKK, I got curious. A little googling caused me to find a few websites that explained the crosshairs were called the Celtic Cross or Odin's Cross.

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Sunday April 27, 2008 · 7:05 PM PDT

2008/04/27 · 19:05

I have been wondering about this rounding business concerning Hillary's win in Pennsylvania. There are many ways to round numbers and I am sure someone with more knowledge about this will have a better answer, but this are my thoughts. (This is my first diary so please be nice.)

Some news organizations have only 99% reported so I am using figures from the NY Times, which is one of the few sites that have 100% reported and the only one I can find that uses decimal places.

Bowe Bergdahl & e.e. cummings

Palin's crosshairs=Stormfront logo?

How important is .4% of the vote?