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"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."

...............................................................Thomas Jefferson


Thursday, May 8, 2008

Make the World Go Away

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Sometimes you just need to step back a bit and take a deep breath.

On this day when neighbor shoots neighbor in Beirut in a fresh eruption of uncivil war. When Myanmar generals first let their people die instead of letting in humanitarian assistance. When the Very Important Pundits play politics as though it's their personal set o'Legos. When yet another one of the family values, holier than thou, judgmentalist crowd shows he doesn't practice what he preaches [go ahead, pick. Vito? McCain? Hagee?...can't decide? Wait a day, they'll give us a fresh set of equally hypocritical choices. I'm thinkin' it'll be Santorum....]

When the din seems to just keep getting louder and shriller... then's when a little timeout from the same ol' same ol' reminds us that life doesn't have to be all conflict and combat and vitriole and hyperbole and hypocrisy.

Marking the passing today of an American Country music legend--Eddy Arnold.

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