tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post8112598838971331960..comments2024-03-28T12:50:25.792-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: THANK YOU ALL FOR THE COMMENTSRobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-28983801528073025452013-08-29T06:53:16.990-04:002013-08-29T06:53:16.990-04:00And I thought all the smart guys in Washington wer...And I thought all the smart guys in Washington were freaking out over the deficit and that there was no money to spend.Jerry Fresiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01427077490696059928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-76213849043446521762013-08-28T17:50:11.604-04:002013-08-28T17:50:11.604-04:00P.S. I found Prof Juan Cole's comments about S...P.S. I found Prof Juan Cole's comments about Syria broadcast in Canada (there's a news blackout in the U.S.) below herein quite to the point:<br /><br />http://www.juancole.com/Rayestihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03269561495771323020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-69002189612937313312013-08-28T17:09:51.026-04:002013-08-28T17:09:51.026-04:00It's tough when one is getting played by the S...It's tough when one is getting played by the Saudis, Israel and Wall Street. American foreign policy is rarely attuned to the interests of folks down on the ground. Our interests run to dictators and corporate interests. <br /> So we're ready to bomb the hell out of the Syrians. Which Syrians? The drone-mystique is our 21st century foreign policy. Our bombs leave countries worse off.<br /> Let the Saudis, Israel, Iraq and Iran sort out the Syrian mess. Fat chance! We'll never learn the lessons of recent history. Rayestihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03269561495771323020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-89512404120005521202013-08-28T15:22:33.011-04:002013-08-28T15:22:33.011-04:00Robert Burns:
Man was made to mourn: A Dirge[1]
...Robert Burns:<br /><br />Man was made to mourn: A Dirge[1]<br /><br /> Many and sharp the num'rous ills<br /> Inwoven with our frame!<br /> More pointed still we make ourselves<br /> Regret, remorse, and shame!<br /> And man, whose heav'n-erected face<br /> The smiles of love adorn, -<br /> Man's inhumanity to man<br /> Makes countless thousands mourn!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10439229866909328279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-78549509336884716612013-08-28T13:11:55.209-04:002013-08-28T13:11:55.209-04:00. . . whether of indeed here sardonic or socratic .... . . whether of indeed here sardonic or socratic ignorance, just what part of ODED is not only not to be understood, but, [alike solzhenitsyn], not even to be read . . .<br /><br /><br />http://members.tripod.com/alabasters_archive/zionist_plan.htmlcanonfodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07120697210766918137noreply@blogger.com