I'm certain there's evidence to the contrary, at least in terms of humans' propensity to turn to violence, but I love this quotation by J. Bronowski from the BBC series "The Ascent of Man" (1972):
"Of course it's tempting to close one's eyes to history and instead to speculate about the roots of war [as though it has its cause] in some animal instinct--as if,...
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The political weather, that is.
Coinciding with Obama's and Cheney's dueling speeches, Noam Chomsky reminds us that torture is really nothing new in American history or practice:
http://www.guernicamag.com/blog/1046/noam_chomsky_why_we_cant_see_t/
Coinciding with Obama's and Cheney's dueling speeches, Noam Chomsky reminds us that torture is really nothing new in American history or practice:
http://www.guernicamag.com/blog/1046/noam_chomsky_why_we_cant_see_t/
givememedicine:
We need Noam Chomsky to realize this? =]
merlowe:
Ahhh so very very true..dear friend!! political weather makes me giggle..
A.N. Wilson, against the i-Pod (and other such devices):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1181418/As-Walkman-returns-30-years-wed-happier-wed-heard-GADGET-THAT-HELPED-BREAK-BRITAIN.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1181418/As-Walkman-returns-30-years-wed-happier-wed-heard-GADGET-THAT-HELPED-BREAK-BRITAIN.html
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merlowe:
Well a friend in need is a friend indeed!!
merlowe:
OH MY you must mean these cute wittle guys I had to give you this video ..cause they are little PIMP's in this remake!! But I am sure you were thinking about this little ditty!!
That got me dancin...Spanx!!
That got me dancin...Spanx!!
I haven't accepted Jesus Christ as my personal savior, but I have accepted Him as yours.
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merlowe:
WOW so stoked you notice that Butters is my HERO!! No one else has ever commented on that ...and really that is probably the most sincere part about my profile AND how excited am I NO I have not heard of who you are referring to ..so I researched and this is all I could find..is this it? cause if it is I kinda like it..groooovy funky!!
My reference is from a movie!!
My reference is from a movie!!
merlowe:
EEEGADS I just realized you are not a blogger..HOW lucky was I to get one almost fresh off the press!!!! So I just thought I would take advantage again in filling some space!!!!
Why is it that when we break things off with our significant other, we want to swear off love and sex forever?
Meanwhile, when one hears a Magnetic Fields song playing on a dog food commercial, one senses the apocalypse is near...
Meanwhile, when one hears a Magnetic Fields song playing on a dog food commercial, one senses the apocalypse is near...
laceyk:
I love Magnetic Fields!
Though the album "I" is not recommend post break up.
Though the album "I" is not recommend post break up.
laceyk:
Hi!
I got them and love them!
send me your email addy on pm and I will send some super special pics!
Thank you so much!
I got them and love them!
send me your email addy on pm and I will send some super special pics!
Thank you so much!
"The reason why excrements are elevated into a work of art, used to fill the Void of the Thing, is not simply to demonstrate that 'anything goes,' that the object is ultimately irrelevent, since ANY object can be elevated into and occupy the Place of the Thing; this recourse to excrement, rather, bears witness to a desperate strategy to ascertain that the Sacred Place is...
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roethke:
Pride in fine lineaments precedes a fall
gnerval:
*sigh*