November 13, 2004
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SATURDAY POEM I ADMIRE
(See sidebar for others)Regret
Sitting with a blank page
And so much to say
It occurs to me
That I do not know
The Iraqi word
For “Sorry”Gill Laker, 46 yrs old, IT Database Designer and mother, Poet Against the War
And thenarrator sent along this incredible piece on regret -check it out!
Deep Thought: “They say the mountain holds many secrets, but the biggest is this: “I am a fake mountain.”
Today I am grateful for: That 70′s Show
Guess the Movie: “The white men who wore this came around the time of my grandfather’s grandfather. Eventually we drove them out. Then the Mexicans came. But they do not come here anymore. In my own time, the Texans. They have been like all the others. They take without asking. But I think you are right. I think they will keep coming. When I think of that, I look at this helmet. I don’t know if we are ready for these people. Our country is all that we have, and we will fight to keep it.” Answer: Dances with Wolves, 1990.
Winner: thenarrator.
Fallujah Situation ‘Disastrous’, Charity Says
by Kim Sengupta in Camp Dogwood, Iraq
(This pool copy dispatch was compiled under Ministry of Defense restrictions.)
Civilians trapped in Fallujah face a humanitarian disaster unless Iraqi and American authorities allow food, water and medicine into the besieged city, aid agencies warned last night. (Rest of article here.)
End of Day: 9:41 pm
+ = Transferred caterpillar chrysalides successfully to butterfly garden.
- = Don’t EVER try to cook macaroni and cheese in a child’s Easy-Bake Oven because it’s harder than cooking an entire Thanksgiving dinner and will make you have a cerebral hemorrhage.
Comments (9)
Dances with Wolves? Is that the scene I’m thinking of in the tipi with the Spanish helmet? I’m no Kevin Costner fan (outside of baseball movies) but I liked that scene. Part of the history no American student ever learns.
and a brilliant Saturday poem. And a frightening link. How sick have we become as a nation that in assaulting a city our first targets are now hospitals because we can’t handle casualty reports? Imagine what we would think if an enemy of ours did that kind of targeting.
Yup, Dances with Wolves. The quote is a scary parallel to what’s happening now in Iraq.
Costner’s recent western, Open Range, was quite good I thought. He’s an interesting filmmaker – strangely flat as an actor but has some imaginative ideas.
Sad times indeed. Nice poem. You are right, Costner is flat as an actor, almost lethargic, my favorite role for him was Eliot Ness, of course, someone else directed that.
yeah. His films would usually be much better if he wasn’t in them.
How do we solve the ‘lack of historical understanding’ thing? We’ve even elected a President who refuses to think history, knowledge (or even facts) are important. Are we just doomed to make the same student mistakes generation after generation? I know NCLB testing will only make schools less explorational.
dances with wolves was such a great movie…good poem…
That poem expresses very accurately the way I feel..I just want to apologize over and over again for what this country is doing to their people.
Re: Fallujah Situation article
I’m sure that Muslim extremists WON’T use our offensive of Fallujah, aka “The City of the Mosques,” during Ramadan, their holiest month, as a reason to incite other factions to unite against us under the banner of “Islamic preservation.” I’m sure that fanatics will SOUNDLY object to us blatantly giving them an excuse to secure the allegiance of other Muslims throughout the Middle East and abroad.
I wonder who orchestrated and implemented this “brilliant” strategy?
type_boterham passed this link along to me, perhaps it’ll help thev world understand that it’s not all of us…
http://www.sorryeverybody.com/gallery/1/
oh wowwwww I really liked the links you shared !! The I’m Sorry is superb and I will have to pass that link on for sure. Also was very interested in what I read at thenarrator’s blog and subscribed, so thanks for that as well.
the poem ~ that is perfect. I always learn and find such fascinating, inspiring pieces in your space, lionne. Thanks for that!!
Doris