tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12229254.post116138610847066475..comments2023-10-01T11:09:42.394-04:00Comments on Blog with a View: Bloodlettingcruelanimalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08045809979308725755noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12229254.post-1161713711190981732006-10-24T14:15:00.000-04:002006-10-24T14:15:00.000-04:00I appreciate both the comments and the poem -- and...I appreciate both the comments and the poem -- and I agree completely.cruelanimalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08045809979308725755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12229254.post-1161533000217150032006-10-22T12:03:00.000-04:002006-10-22T12:03:00.000-04:00Habeas CorpusRarely is it good to mock the leader....Habeas Corpus<BR/><BR/>Rarely is it good to mock the leader.<BR/>Other nations, smelling blood,<BR/>rise against us in agreement:<BR/>one nuke is better than none<BR/>when it comes to cornering the market.<BR/><BR/>Rarely is it wise to mock the leader.<BR/>Smart bomb or dirty bomb,<BR/>if either struck the heartland,<BR/>there would be famine on the highways, <BR/>a long, desert waste of radiation.<BR/><BR/>Rarely is it safe to mock the leader.<BR/>Now that his sneer can jail you,<BR/>you can be one of the disappeared<BR/>for as long as he enjoys the torture,<BR/>until trial by a kangaroo court<BR/>sentences quartering in his corral.<BR/><BR/>[Disposable Poem October 22, 2006]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12229254.post-1161459035186501432006-10-21T15:30:00.000-04:002006-10-21T15:30:00.000-04:00I think the anonymous comment's final statement is...I think the anonymous comment's final statement is very true. The success or failure of terrorism lies in the response of the state that was attacked, and not in the amount of destruction done by the terrorist act itself. The intent of terrorism is to provoke, it's a psychological tactic. How we respond is everything.<BR/><BR/>If we don't act like the good guys then we'll never be the good guys.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17648966821591788693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12229254.post-1161437366918211532006-10-21T09:29:00.000-04:002006-10-21T09:29:00.000-04:00The complete silence of the people who inhabit thi...The complete silence of the people who inhabit this country over the signing of hr-6166 would seem to indicate that perhaps America has been dead for awhile-Bush is just taking advantage of a corpse. I wonder how our troops feel about fighting for a despot? Where are the Americans? Do we no longer have a soul or the guts to be free? We do not need to fear terrorists-we have just accomplished more than a hundred Bin Ladens ever could.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com