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One Race Ends, Another One Starts
Nov. 2nd, 2004 01:32 pmSo the war went ahead, the death toll rose, the American economy bled, and Bush became embroiled in the swamps of Iraq that threaten his future. He fits the saying "like the naughty she-goat who used her hoof to dig up a knife from under the earth".
- Osama Bin Laden
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mr_tom)
It doesn't matter who wins this election: the troops aren't going to miraculously pull out of Iraq, or be suddenly showered with gifts and flowers by the Iraqis; the corporations won't change their minds and negate their extensive contracts to bleed the Iraqi soil dry; Americans won't wake up tomorrow if Kerry is elected with a sudden desire to stop using their SUVs, and no polititian has global warming, Africa, 3rd world debt, or how to stop the free from getting fatter in their agenda.
The only joy from seeing Kerry win is the banishment of the evangelicals. Then again, four years go by so fast and we could all be watching Cheney being elected president in 2008.
Some part of me wants Bush to win tomorrow. Ever since he came into power, he has thrown the corruption of the American government into relief. We no longer hear about cheap women from Arkansas seducing the president but real plans to change the geo-political forces of the world and secure for America a better economical future. It makes a lot of sense for the American government (whoever is in there) to take over the oil fields. They aren't thinking about being polite or fair; they want the "glory" of the American dream to last longer, hopefully until there is hardly any more petrol on this planet and a new solution has come up for our energy demands. America is like a cunning predator, securing its food and environment, protecting its cubs. The disgusting thing, in my view, is the Christian rhetoric and hypocrisy that covers it. The Romans never hid their true intentions. Bush reminds me of that allegory, of the good king who died so his advisors found a man who looked like him to take his place. The problem was that the king's twin was a fool and, through his actions, he began to show the real corruption of the court.
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I've started writing my novel last night. I put on some Kronos Quartet (The Early Recordings), sat in the bedroom while Kevin silently navigated the net, and let all those built-up ideas pour out. I had an idea for this novel a few months ago, and I had already prepared an outline and some character sketches. The story, though, immediatly changed as I began to write. It was as if something else lay dormant and wished to make itself known. I'm cool with that; I'm ok with following my imagination.
E.M. Forster or Henry James, I don't know which, said that writing a novel is like approaching a mountain: you know you have to go over it, but you don't know which path you will have to take. You work your way to it, you suffer climbing it, then you have your reward once you get to the other side. In my opinion, the mountain itself must be the reward, not the finishing line. You climb the mountain and try to enjoy the view. Maybe you even get to see a mountain lion. So I'm not being hard on myself or creating unnecessary pressures. I'm going to enjoy this:
- Osama Bin Laden
Full transcript here. (Thanks
mr_tom)It doesn't matter who wins this election: the troops aren't going to miraculously pull out of Iraq, or be suddenly showered with gifts and flowers by the Iraqis; the corporations won't change their minds and negate their extensive contracts to bleed the Iraqi soil dry; Americans won't wake up tomorrow if Kerry is elected with a sudden desire to stop using their SUVs, and no polititian has global warming, Africa, 3rd world debt, or how to stop the free from getting fatter in their agenda.
The only joy from seeing Kerry win is the banishment of the evangelicals. Then again, four years go by so fast and we could all be watching Cheney being elected president in 2008.
Some part of me wants Bush to win tomorrow. Ever since he came into power, he has thrown the corruption of the American government into relief. We no longer hear about cheap women from Arkansas seducing the president but real plans to change the geo-political forces of the world and secure for America a better economical future. It makes a lot of sense for the American government (whoever is in there) to take over the oil fields. They aren't thinking about being polite or fair; they want the "glory" of the American dream to last longer, hopefully until there is hardly any more petrol on this planet and a new solution has come up for our energy demands. America is like a cunning predator, securing its food and environment, protecting its cubs. The disgusting thing, in my view, is the Christian rhetoric and hypocrisy that covers it. The Romans never hid their true intentions. Bush reminds me of that allegory, of the good king who died so his advisors found a man who looked like him to take his place. The problem was that the king's twin was a fool and, through his actions, he began to show the real corruption of the court.
I've started writing my novel last night. I put on some Kronos Quartet (The Early Recordings), sat in the bedroom while Kevin silently navigated the net, and let all those built-up ideas pour out. I had an idea for this novel a few months ago, and I had already prepared an outline and some character sketches. The story, though, immediatly changed as I began to write. It was as if something else lay dormant and wished to make itself known. I'm cool with that; I'm ok with following my imagination.
E.M. Forster or Henry James, I don't know which, said that writing a novel is like approaching a mountain: you know you have to go over it, but you don't know which path you will have to take. You work your way to it, you suffer climbing it, then you have your reward once you get to the other side. In my opinion, the mountain itself must be the reward, not the finishing line. You climb the mountain and try to enjoy the view. Maybe you even get to see a mountain lion. So I'm not being hard on myself or creating unnecessary pressures. I'm going to enjoy this:
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