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2007-10-05 Home Front: Culture Wars

Lileks: "'nothing changes' is a sad gust of defeat. Things change, all right."

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Posted by Mike 2007-10-05 06:30|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 "Nothing Changes"

Reoccurring waves of the plague?
High level of birth and child mortality?
Average life expectancy?
Percentage of literacy in the general population?
Hunger as a constant companion dependent upon the vagaries of climate?
What constitutes our 'definition' of poverty?
Ability to rush needed supplies and help to any remote corner of the world in the event of a natural disaster averting death tolls that hit historically hundreds of thousands?

Right. Nothing changes.

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-10-05 08:36|| 2007-10-05 08:36|| Front Page Top

#2 The human race has advanced so far, and it still has a long way to go.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2007-10-05 12:59|| 2007-10-05 12:59|| Front Page Top

#3 Not only that, Proc, but it's all Bush's fault, ya see?

*PSSST, the plague was a Halliburton inspired conspiracy set up by Karl Rove and approved by Bush to wipe out those evil ~~Muslims~~...oops, I mean Europeans..."

Posted by BA 2007-10-05 14:16|| 2007-10-05 14:16|| Front Page Top

#4 And just on cue. Timing is everything.

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-10-05 15:43|| 2007-10-05 15:43|| Front Page Top

#5 A Fable
Two vultures were sitting in a tree. Suddenly all the animals starting running from forest. One vulture mangages to ask a rabbit what is going on?
The rabbit replied, "FLEE, for lives MAN is at WAR!"
The other vulture then said, "For thousands of years man has made war and only we vultures have proffited. Come my friend a feast awaits us."
As they flew toward thebattle they were vaporized by a 20KT nuclear weapon.

MORAL: In thousands of years, things change.

Roger Price

Posted by bruce 2007-10-05 20:22|| 2007-10-05 20:22|| Front Page Top

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