(Untitled)- September 30, 2004 The other thing that strikes me as absolutely insane about Bush is that we were, until quite recently, a bastion of hope and democracy in the world - despite all our faults. Now the rest of the world is looking at us as imperialists, with some scary military might. Unfortunately, we have a brutality entirely beyond any previous empire, since our conquests are almost ephemeral, having nothing to do with defending our borders or promoting an ideology of any kind, even an ideology of creating more.http://radio.weblogs.com/0107406/2004/09/29.html#a440 (Untitled)- September 29, 2004 It just dawned on me, the absolutely brilliant tautology of Republican claims that Al Quaeda wants Kerry to win. If there is, as Cheney intones, likelihood of some big attack if Kerry wins, and there is another terrorist attack of any kind during his administration (which could, of course, include bombings in Iraq), they can say - see, we told you so. If there aren't any terrorist attacks during his administration, they could say, see, the terrorists really wanted Kerry to win. These are crazy.http://radio.weblogs.com/0107406/2004/09/28.html#a439 (Untitled)- September 28, 2004 The darkness is such a separator for men and women in this world. I was drawn into the darkening woods tonight, feeling enveloped, feeling safe in the embrace. It's a fusion, for me, of energies - not so much femine, not so much masculine, but a perfection, especially in a healthy, balanced forest, which is why "the" embrace, rather than "her." Tracy decided not to go out walking this morning because it's getting dark now early. Running hard and taking a break, especially early on in getting...http://radio.weblogs.com/0107406/2004/09/27.html#a438 (Untitled)- September 26, 2004 Alright, I've finally loaded images without crashing my computer - which I think resulted before from my failure to edit any of the huge files I was trying to upload. These are the shots I was trying to put up to demonstrate how lobelia thrives most when presented with the challenge of reaching for light, given the same growing circumstances otherwise. Full sun, kills: You can see the three "control" plants side by side, with the one in the center having to grow to get sun, the one on the.http://radio.weblogs.com/0107406/2004/09/25.html#a437 (Untitled)- September 26, 2004 One of the things that gives me a slight glimmer of hope in Iraq are the men and women on the ground, if only we listened to them more, and they heard less from our civilian leadership. They are the ones who most want to end the conflict, have the greatest immediate stake in ending the conflict, and the ones, at this point, with the only potential to do so. I doubt many folks on the ground would have recommended, as the White House and Pentagon did, assaulting Falluja. Nor would military brass,.http://radio.weblogs.com/0107406/2004/09/25.html#a436 |