http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Deonils3351/The Right to Read and the Right to Write right.hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Deonils3351/143320HAIKU: War clouds, poison clouds; Babies born, bombs smile, guns pause - The Soul's Spring has come. (c)Punster Deo, June 9, 2004. *************************$$$$$$************************** "Budmannomore" sent me these apposite quotes last month: GOD AND GOVERNMENT "Whether this new government...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Deonils3351/134625Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be. Let it be the pioneer on the plain Seeking a home where he himself is free. (America never was America to me.) Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed-- Let it be that great strong land of love Where never kings connive nor...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Deonils3351/134377http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Deonils3351/134274telfish dogstar sarphin doldine telwhal narstar sardock haddine dogwhal narfish doldock hadphin dogdock hadfish dolwhal narphin hadwhal nardock teldock hadstar sarwhal nardine dogphin dolfish sarfish dogdine dolstar telphin sarstar teldine sardine dolphin haddock narwhal dogfish telstarhttp://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Deonils3351/134109"Let America Be America Again" by Langston Hughes the Great Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be. Let it be the pioneer on the plain Seeking a home where he himself is free. (America never was America to me.) Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed-- Let it be...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Deonils3351/133661What can purge my heart OF the song And the sadness? What can purge my heart BUT the song Of the sadness? Of the song? Do not speak of sorrow With dust in her hair, Or bits of dust in eyes A chance wind blows there. The sorrow that I speak of Is dusted with despair. Voice of muted trumpet, Cold...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Deonils3351/133355Writing is a haven A mode of self-instruction I brandish my pen No weapon of mass destruction Do not, therefore, silence me When I express my life's instruction I do not revile the presidency When it digresses from our Constitutionhttp://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Deonils3351/133110John Locke talked about rights we humans enjoy as creations of a Providential being. These rights precede civil government and are "inalienable." Thomas Hobbes focussed on power. He saw power as absolute and humans engaged in endless battles for domination. Locke would have countered that...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Deonils3351/132547The stones and stumps of the desert cry within They are my sisters, brothers, kith and kin "Lifeless," some say - yet warm with age, forgiveness Deserving so much the presence of gods and Truths But their gods died trying to stop Columbus Who took their gold and maize with our compass The tree...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Deonils3351/132410Will the President consider abolishing War after he wins the 2004 Elections? If he does, he may empower the UN with an international ARMY under African Command. Based on human behavior - including that of bloggers - we will need an army to deter the incorrigible or neurotically bored ones. Africa...