I am generally so poor that I don't really donate to charities. But I will be sending whatever I can to pro-Roe v. Wade PAC's.
This SCARES me.
Kaylee: So how many fell madly in love with you and wanted to take you away from all this? Inara: Just the one. I think I'm slipping.
'Serenity'
Natter 42, the Universe, and Everything
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, flaming otters, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Strix - Feb 24, 2006 12:59:27 pm PST #9357 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Burrell - Feb 24, 2006 1:00:59 pm PST #9358 of 10002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
yay msbelle for a successful day! And hey, sitting right there with y'all, and thinking of the irony that states' rights might soon be invoked to *preserve* hard won civil rights.
aurelia - Feb 24, 2006 1:02:29 pm PST #9359 of 10002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Perhaps, but a Foucaultian might argue that as long as the reactionary right control the discourse, they probably don't have to worry much about the guns being pointed in their direction.
They haven't really shown much inclination to think that long-term anyway.
aaand I've got the idealist/cynic thing going again. Damn.
Burrell - Feb 24, 2006 1:04:36 pm PST #9360 of 10002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
They haven't really shown much inclination to think that long-term anyway.
They haven't?
ETA Not a challenge, btw, just my own thoughts, but I think they have been very methodical in building up think tanks, creating grass roots support, etc. It's the Democrats that haven't kept their eyes on the prize.
Cass - Feb 24, 2006 1:07:04 pm PST #9361 of 10002
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
but lately I've been feeling more and more like Kurtz sometime before the story, gazing at the Heart of Darkness while it gazed back at him.I just went to my bookcase and had a case of Dude, Where's My Conrad?
Two Bhagavad-Gitas, no Heart of Darkness... What's up with that?
Hayden - Feb 24, 2006 1:12:10 pm PST #9362 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Mistah Conrad, he dead?
aurelia - Feb 24, 2006 1:13:11 pm PST #9363 of 10002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
They haven't?
I think they have been very methodical in building up think tanks, creating grass roots support, etc. It's the Democrats that haven't kept their eyes on the prize.
They've been steadfast in their goals, sure. Getting the power, wielding the power, abusing the power...
I'm talking about not looking at realistic long term effects of policies. Seriously long term. They look at profit now vs. breathable air/drinkable water in the future. That sort of thing. And I'm not saying Democrats don't ever do that. This administration just seems to have that approach to everything. Plus the whole 'we create our own reality' thing.
edit: There is a good reason why I never joined the debate team in high school. I'm all logical and reasoned in my head. Not sure why that doesn't seem to translate into words.
Cass - Feb 24, 2006 1:23:01 pm PST #9364 of 10002
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Mistah Conrad, he dead?Well he left Lord Jim and took the damn Heart of Darkness. I am pissed. I had a yen to reread it.
Lee - Feb 24, 2006 1:30:29 pm PST #9365 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I think I may try to leave early today. It's slow here, and I just jerked awake for the second time in about 5 minutes.
§ ita § - Feb 24, 2006 1:32:08 pm PST #9366 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I just jerked awake for the second time in about 5 minutes.
That's waking up at least one time to many.
I overheard a strange piece of conversation in the coffee room today:
It's like in the old times. You know, the old times, a long time ago when they used to have wars? It's like that.
I can't begin to guess.