tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14072474.post5476326339506598751..comments2023-11-03T06:36:27.305-04:00Comments on Phronesisaical: A Future American Mythology of Our Presenthelmuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09069600766378586919noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14072474.post-18884611062348760502007-11-10T13:07:00.000-05:002007-11-10T13:07:00.000-05:00THE PRESENT STRUGGLEWords fail in the approach,App...THE PRESENT STRUGGLE<BR/><BR/>Words fail in the approach,<BR/>Approximate<BR/>Their meaning,<BR/>But just as poachers poach<BR/>So to one´s fate<BR/>Time is careening.<BR/><BR/>All souls alive today<BR/>Are caught up in<BR/>This struggle,<BR/>Tremendous in its way<BR/>Nor in the spin<BR/>With time to haggle.<BR/><BR/>Not to the vertigo<BR/>Succumb, despite<BR/>Freefalling,<BR/>For soon the moon will show<BR/>Its glowing light,<BR/>Time never stalling.<BR/><BR/>Chill o´er the graveyard, casts<BR/>The watchful moon<BR/>Her somber<BR/>Refraction pale--so lasts<BR/>Each earthly boon<BR/>If till December.<BR/><BR/>The cycle is ordained:<BR/>Do not fear death.<BR/>Tormentors<BR/>Themselves be equal pained--<BR/>See their chill breath<BR/>Just as death enters.<BR/><BR/>Therefore take solace in<BR/>Integrity<BR/>Of spirit:<BR/>There is no harm, but sin,<BR/>That threatens thee:<BR/>Approach not near it.<BR/><BR/>All will be well. It is<BR/>Vouchsafed as true<BR/>In heaven,<BR/>Therefore heed only this:<BR/>By truth then do<BR/>Be solely driven.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14072474.post-62772777928366632962007-10-13T11:29:00.000-04:002007-10-13T11:29:00.000-04:00The Third Reich also purported lofty values, as ha...The Third Reich also purported lofty values, as have every attempt at empire.One could say we also succeeded in Chile,Vietnam and El Salvador.troutskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16020298501632120830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14072474.post-344130491902288792007-10-13T05:56:00.000-04:002007-10-13T05:56:00.000-04:00They may as well also say that the goal was to kil...They may as well also say that the goal was to kill over 100,000 Iraqi civilians. We win!helmuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09069600766378586919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14072474.post-33358103041997604352007-10-12T15:03:00.000-04:002007-10-12T15:03:00.000-04:00Have the goals of the invasion been established th...Have the goals of the invasion been established then? I missed it! I was so sure it was going to end up being the ten Boy Scout pledges (to be trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, etc), and I had money riding on it too (gambling is not irreverent or unthrifty, at least when you know you're sure to win).MThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02341704109256270557noreply@blogger.com