People over-analyze what isn't there because in their mind its already preconceived.. therefore it exists even if in reality it doesn't. Sadly, instinctively people try to go with intuition, sense and their "gut" feeling when it would be the equivalent of a caged animal placed in the wild that when hungry would rather sit there and starve in complacency than hunt and survive.
After serving 6 years for my country I did not re-enlist last January. I have seen atrocities that you could never fathom. However, your viewpoints are skewed...and much like Germany needed occupancy after WW2, so does the Middle East.
You uneducated illiterate baffoon - I'm challenging you on your premise that because Obama was elected America has transformed over night. I'm challenging you on your complete and utter disregard for the english language. Name a war in the history of the world that did not induce crimes...the very idea of war is criminal...are you serious? You are so naive and misinformed it saddens me. America is still a great nation, and the last time I checked was a great nation for the last eight years and years before that. I know it is hard for you to comprehend on your couch over in Denmark the effects of 9/11, however, he did what he had to do...using him as a scapegoat is severely uneducated and resembles a crippling intellect. Do you really believe that it was only Bush and his administration that created war and the after effects? Sir, I live in America, and after 9/11 everybody in America was thirsty for blood...it didn't matter who it was. We needed closure and redemption - he did the best he could given the circumstances. Do I agree with his policies and ideology not completely. Do I support any former president of mine - absolutely.
You are absolutely right on my charm. I voted for Bush twice. And if he were allowed to run again, a third. He has given the men and women that serve America...my country - not yours...exemplary benefits to obtain college degrees, housing, jobs, etc. Barak Obama is already cutting back these very benefits...just like Clinton did after the Gulf War, might I add. You see, I served my country...I was in Iraq and I was also stationed in Afghanistan...unfortunately, I see the world for what is really is. I won't deny how fun it is to celebrate new endeavors and hope for change...I just don't think Barack Obama is the man that will lead America to that destination. His policies are far left and heavily rooted in socialism. That, is dangerous especially given the delicate tenderness needed within these times. Radical change is like a shifting pendulum that sways wildly and is ultimately uneasily controlled. The precedent has already been set...government bail outs and loans to industry. Not a very promising ideology.
That is rather insinuating and insulting. Generalized statements like that are irrational and show the true character of the "idiot." You make it oh so difficult to be civilized. Perhaps if you weren't on the other side of the world things would be different.As for what I can comprehend, I am sure my education and depth of literature far exceeds yours given the illuminating example of your post. You are an ignorant fool and have no right to life - what a decadent waste of matter.
Perhaps it is safer to remain in the herd...as for you, it is apparently obvious to me why you remain there. Name one example as to how my viewpoints are unsubstantiated. And as for subjective opinion...is that not what you support. It is obvious you are loyal to Barack Obama...I'm just saying rather than have somebody else change the world - why don't you? As a cow chewing cud in the field you will forever remain...keep chewing the cud. Oh, by the way...pickup Nietzsche at the bookstore because the views I twaddled with are his. Furthermore, I really don't care if they are long standing members. I just don't respect idiocy and illegible english. If you can't communicate and speak properly...do you really think anyone will take you seriously?
Are you serious? How is the above jargon intelligible at all? As for your banter and overinflated vernacular about American politics, that is a lost cause. It is apparently obvious to anybody with a marginal volume of intellect that you have a manic personality and are in dire need of psychiatric help...a.k.a. medication. Your viewpoints are invalid and skewed not to mention illegible. I don't see the relevance in preaching non-sensical, overstimulated, emotionally elevated hoopla. And I see that you responded to every other dissenting comments but mine...you are a coward. You feel like your ready to debate the "right" side, well bring it on. I accept the challenge...Dude!
Ah...yes Eliot...sadly he just missed my cut...however, Grizabella owes her fame to T. S. And I do enjoy Rhapsody on a Windy Night very much.
Rhapsody on a Windy Night
Twelve o'clock. Along the reaches of the street Held in a lunar synthesis, Whispering lunar incantations Dissolve the floors of memory And all its clear relations, Its divisions and precisions, Every street lamp that I pass Beats like a fatalistic drum, And through the spaces of the dark Midnight shakes the memory As a madman shakes a dead geranium.
Half-past one, The street lamp sputtered, The street lamp muttered, The street lamp said, "Regard that woman Who hesitates towards you in the light of the door Which opens on her like a grin. You see the border of her dress Is torn and stained with sand, And you see the corner of her eye Twists like a crooked pin."
The memory throws up high and dry A crowd of twisted things; A twisted branch upon the beach Eaten smooth, and polished As if the world gave up The secret of its skeleton, Stiff and white. A broken spring in a factory yard, Rust that clings to the form that the strength has left Hard and curled and ready to snap.
Half-past two, The street lamp said, "Remark the cat which flattens itself in the gutter, Slips out its tongue And devours a morsel of rancid butter." So the hand of a child, automatic, Slipped out and pocketed a toy that was running along the quay. I could see nothing behind that child's eye. I have seen eyes in the street Trying to peer through lighted shutters, And a crab one afternoon in a pool, An old crab with barnacles on his back, Gripped the end of a stick which I held him.
Half-past three, The lamp sputtered, The lamp muttered in the dark.
The lamp hummed: "Regard the moon, La lune ne garde aucune rancune, She winks a feeble eye, She smiles into corners. She smoothes the hair of the grass. The moon has lost her memory. A washed-out smallpox cracks her face, Her hand twists a paper rose, That smells of dust and old Cologne, She is alone With all the old nocturnal smells That cross and cross across her brain." The reminiscence comes Of sunless dry geraniums And dust in crevices, Smells of chestnuts in the streets, And female smells in shuttered rooms, And cigarettes in corridors And cocktail smells in bars."
The lamp said, "Four o'clock, Here is the number on the door. Memory! You have the key, The little lamp spreads a ring on the stair, Mount. The bed is open; the tooth-brush hangs on the wall, Put your shoes at the door, sleep, prepare for life."
Thank you for your understanding. As far as the effects of 9/11, Katrina, and Guantanomo...they have not reached me directly. I can render a list of human prejudices and moral atrocities that would expunge time itself. My only premise is that this man will not change the morality of our culture. It seems as if cause and effect are misplaced in today's society. Change in the world cannot precede change within ourselves. It is so very frustrating to see people cling to "supposed" icons with their opulent words and charismatic confidence, as if they were winged seraphs and we could reach out and grasp their wings as they ascend...lifting us out of our own spiritual depression. My words to you are very straightforward...cling to the doves within your own heart and ascend to the unmatched heights of your own dreams not the illusions of another's. Only then can the world truly change.
First of all, as I sit here laughing at your ignorance, allow me to mock you. The term waffle is defined as a thin, crisp pancake. Also, the news is a source of entertainment, not many intellectual people take it as "truth." As far as the prison camps in Guantanamo Bay, these are attempts to quell the public into believing change is established. Unfortunately, immediate change does not lead to encompassing and lasting change. Guantanamo has been in the works for nearly 14 months...do you really believe that he woke up today and *poof* resolution absolved. How naive and ignorant are you...perhaps you should stay away from the television and read a book. I recommend the Death of Socrates...since clearly you have no understanding of Asclepius or the context to the sarcasm I was exhibiting in the thread noted above. And as stated before, justice and injustice are a matter of perspective not a credence of dogma as you propose.
Actually, no, crucifixion is not required. I can understand the excitement and allure to his candidacy and presidency, however, I believe the statement(s) given to begin this thread are skewed, ad hominum and impulsive. His first day starts today...let's see what happens. The world has not changed in the demeanor to which you proclaim it will in the history of mankind...perspectives, strategies, and structures change...human morality and its non-existence in reality does not. We create freedom to judge and find guilt...think about it.
These responses are rather humorous. I did not in any way explain that these are the 5 best poets, or, for that matter, my favorite poets. I was only interested in the response between the 5 that I gave...lol.
To clear the air...
My top 10:
1. Shakespeare
2. Dante Alighieri
3. John Milton
4. W. B. Yeats
5. Robert Frost
6. Edgar Allen Poe
7. Walt Whitman
8. Christopher Marlowe
9. Goethe
10. Hart Crane
I am interested to know your top 10's as well, seeing that poetry is quite the identifier...so, I will compose a new thread.
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RE: What is you most favorite book & why?
Fiction - Gravity's Rainbow - Thomas Pynchon.Foreign Fiction - The Master and Margarita - Evengy Bulgakov
Poetry - Derek Walcott ( at the moment)
Epic Poetry - Faust - Goethe