Getting Upbeat On Armageddon, The Israeli-Lebanon Conflict, Iraq...
"It's the end of the world as we know it... and I feel fine." -- REM Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, August 6, 2006
Monday, July 31, 2006
Don't Think Dubya Has Tried These Ideological Jackboots On For Size?
"Fascism, the more it considers and observes the future and the development of humanity, quite apart from political considerations of the moment, believes neither in the possibility nor the utility of perpetual peace." -- Benito Mussolini, The Political and Social Doctrine of Fascism Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, July 29, 2006
With A Wary Eye Toward Evidence Of So Many Contemporary Serial Killings
"Once they start to murder, the act becomes habitual. As it becomes habitual, it becomes easier." -- J. Reid Meloy, forensic psychologist, "On Serial Killers", Time, 9 September 1985 Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, July 27, 2006
Some Sound Advice During An Election Year...
"If you agree with me on nine out of twelve issues, vote for me. If you agree with me on twelve out of twelve issues, see a psychiatrist." -- Edward I. Koch, campaigning for Mayor of New York, 1989 Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, July 20, 2006
The United States Has Been A Close Supporter Of Israel From The Outset...
"On May 14 I was informed that the Provisional Government of Israel was planning to proclaim a Jewish state at midnight that day, Palestine time, which was when the British mandate came to an end…. I decided to move at once and give American recognition to the new nation. I instructed a member of my... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, July 16, 2006
Our Fascination With The Soldier's Story
"War has always interested me; not war in the sense of maneuvers devised by great generals... but the reality of war, the actual killing. I was more interested to know in what way and under what influence of what feelings one soldier kills another than to know how the armies were arranged at... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, July 7, 2006
New York Post Headline Says It All About Enron's Kenneth Lay!!
"Check The Casket!" -- New York Post headline announcing death of Enron founder, Kenneth Lay, July 5, 2006 Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, July 3, 2006
She's Our Secretary Of State?
"This is the only legitimately elected government in the Middle East with a possible exception of Lebanon, which was a peculiar election." -- Condoleezza Rice, speaking with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov about Iraq, somehow forgetting Israel and the Palestinian elections Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, June 30, 2006
A Comment On Bush's Incessant Groping (Overreaching) For Power
"There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of law and in the name of justice." -- Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu, 1742 Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, June 23, 2006
Warrantless Wiretapping, Finance Monitoring: The Technological Police State
"A functioning police state needs no police." -- Willaim Burroughs, The Naked Lunch Sign in to see full entry.