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As stated in my words posted with the photos - In the past decade: 2 million children have been killed in conflict situations I would grow old, die and turn to dust before I could even list them all to say nothing of posting their photographs. The photographs are not a political statement. The are r...

"In the past decade: 2 million children have been killed in conflict situations Over 1 million have been made orphans Over 6 million have been seriously injured or permanently disabled Over 10 million have been left with grave psychological trauma At the present time: There are over 20 million ...

About the signs, hope this helps clear things up.





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TheBlackHand posted: <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">I'm not intending to lessen anyone's greif over this incident. Nor am I trying to patronize the previous post. Rather, I'm just asking for you to put yourself in the place of the soldiers who pulled the triggers. I would b...

alaskandevil posted <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Watching the news I saw the "sign" , It was written in arabic (gasp!).</font> And which Arabic was that? Was it even Arabic? How do you know? Do you know the difference between Standard Arabic and Hawrami? Or Najd...

EXACTAMUUDO!!!

Well said Mr. Heinlein.

Good post Jools.

You may know that I am a list-a-holic. That said, I of course have a list of words and phrases that make me cringe. Most are oxymorons, govspeak, bizspeak, legalese, militaryspeak or mediaspeak. One of the phrases on my list is: collateral damage. Kids with out arms, legs or heads is "damage&qu...

Please note this date - Thursday, April 03, 2003 - We started using cluster bombs on or about 04-01-03. How many have we dropped in the intervening 5 days? We have lost 2 of our own and several of our guys do not have a foot. They stepped on the damn things. Kids on the other hand, not knowing the d...

Joolz, I think it is a beautiful poem. It hit me in the gut too.

Anyone who thinks that all art should be happy and sweet is missing the point.

Art is life, given physicality.


FEAR NO ART

Love ya!

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Drinking Alone with the Moon From a pot of wine among the flowers I drank alone.There was no one with me -- Till raising my cup, I ask the bright moon To bring me my shadow and make us three. Alas, the moon was unable to drink And my shadow tagged me vacantly; But still for a while I had these frien...

Ithaka As you set out for Ithaka hope your road is a long one, full of adventure, full of discovery. Laistrygonians, Cyclops, angry Poseidon-don't be afraid of them: you'll never find the things like that on your way as long as you keep thoughts raised high, as long as a rare excitement stirs your s...

~ ~ ANYTHING GOES AT JO-JO'S ~ ~ http://mudwoman.topcities.com/FF/image6431.jpg Cool man! There has been an abundance of poetry posted on Fantastic. Most as part of a well reasoned response to a specific topic. It occurred to me that we all might have a favorite poem(s) or one we have written that d...

Morning coffee. We are (at least trying to be?) a civilized country. That was the plan when The Constitution was drafted. A concept that has been reinforced over the last 2 1/4 centuries by everything from The Federalist papers to The Supreme Court and MOST importantly by we citizens exercising and ...