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In reply to the discussion: Austerity policies and the danger of fascism [View all]bemildred
(90,061 posts)49. Nice plug for Shelley there, BTW.
I still have the copy of that poem I made in HS during my romantic phase.
Here's one for you:
This Poem
is for the quite, uncelebrated
things of the world --
the road to no familiar place,
love's skill on a troubled night,
the unpublished poem and the lost song,
the way of the wild drake,
and night's festival of sound;
for body's silent defeat of disease,
and mysteries that hold their secrets.
For multitudes of creatures and created
things clothed in the graceful sanctity
of their rightful natures.
-- Joseph Harris
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Over and over again. So much for any correlation between money and brains. K&R n/t
Egalitarian Thug
May 2012
#5
Thank you for the update on the SA country that have escaped the IMF, World Bank and disaster
jwirr
May 2012
#14
I did not remember that part. I to am sorry that Chevez has cancer. I heard that he has set up
jwirr
May 2012
#16
I am one of the people who benefit from Citgo and the energy assistance from Chavez. We could
jwirr
May 2012
#19
It's already happening in some ways. Such as the takeover of cities (like detroit) because of
HiPointDem
May 2012
#20
I think of it more as things falling apart, with the clampdown as a consequence.
bemildred
May 2012
#21
I read plenty of history. A human being lives about 70-some years. Most powerful rich people
HiPointDem
May 2012
#33
I'm talking long view (history, eh?) , he wants to restrict it to short-view only.
bemildred
May 2012
#39
I'm not offended, he's right as far as that goes, but it's not what we were talking about.
bemildred
May 2012
#44
the fact that ordinary people think things aren't being governed well doesn't have much relevance
HiPointDem
May 2012
#23
"austerity" is disaster capitalism to allow extremists etc. into power.
Fire Walk With Me
May 2012
#28
yes, i agree that a lot of things that are supposedly just the twists & turns of history are
HiPointDem
May 2012
#29