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Hanging in the Balance

More than any time since the War Against Saddam Hussein began, March 19-20, 2003, our future hangs in the balance this weekend, January 30-31.

No, I don't mean the Iraqis' future. I mean our future.

If we do not succesfully plant the seeds of democratic government in the Middle East — beginning with Iraq, and expanding thence over the years & decades & generations — our children and grandchildren will be condemned to live in a world where freedom of religion and conscience — where the rule of law and respect for individual dignity — won't even be memories because they will have been obliterated.

The United Nations, when it's not busy engaging in greedy and lustful corruption, is impotent. The European Union is figuring out the longest, most complicated, and excruciating way to commit self-castration. Nobody else is even in sight.

The power of the United States of America — military, financial, diplomatic, and cultural — to project its force around the world, to remove despotic regimes and enforce the beginnings of freedom amongst peoples who have never known it, or have no living memory of it, is what stands between us and the Dark Ages of the Future.

That, and the courage of Iraqi citizens — those who stand for office, and those who vote. Please keep them, and our soldiers in Iraq, in your prayers these days.

I, for one, am confident that they will acquit themselves well.

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Fri. 01/28/05 06:19:51 PM
Categorized as International & Most Notable.


   
   

"I Heard a Music Sweet To-day"

Random Poetry List VI

I heard a music sweet to-day,
A simple olden tune,
And thought of yellow leaves of May
And bursting buds of June,
Of dewdrops sparkling on a spray
Until the thirst of noon.

A golden primrose in the rain
Out of the green did grow —
Ah! sweet of life in Winter's wane
When airs of April blow! —
Then drifted with the changing strain
Into a dream of snow.

Thomas MacDonagh (Irish, 1875-1916)

Originally e-mailed on Sunday, January 28, 2001@ 9:20 AM.

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Fri. 01/28/05 05:58:19 PM
Categorized as Literary & Random Poetry List.


   
   

"I Think Over Again My Small Adventures"

Random Poetry List V

I think over again my small adventures,
My fears,
Those small ones that seemed so big,
For all the vital things
I had to get and to reach;
And yet there is only one great thing,
The only thing,
To live to see the great day that dawns
And the light that fills the world.

Anonymous (Inuit, 19th century)

Originally e-mailed on Thursday, January 28, 1999 @ 11:08 PM.

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Fri. 01/28/05 05:46:58 PM
Categorized as Literary & Random Poetry List.


   
   

Here and There Around the Blogosphere

Thanks to Winfield Myers and Amanda Witt for mention of The Blog from the Core.

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Fri. 01/28/05 08:07:44 AM
Categorized as Blogosphere Stuff.


   
   

Dead Man Gets Green Card

A Michelle Malkin exclusive.

Why some of us are bound to get slaughtered again.

.... The story exposes how our behemoth, $34 billion Department of Homeland Security sent a green card approval notice on Jan. 15, 2005 to Mr. Eugueni Kniazev (pronounced Yev-GEN-nee Kuh-NEH-zev), who was murdered at the World Trade Center on that unforgettable day the towers collapsed.
That's right. The feds sent a green card approval notice less than two weeks ago to a known, deceased Sept. 11 victim....

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Fri. 01/28/05 07:43:51 AM
Categorized as Political.


   
   

The Conservative Philosopher

A new group weblog.

Vide.

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Fri. 01/28/05 07:19:19 AM
Categorized as Blogosphere Stuff.


   
   

"A Homogeneous Diversity"

Chuck Chalberg discusses correspondence from two... Catholic?... universities, over at Democracy Project:

.... Funny, isn’t it? In the name of diversity we’re well on our way to winding up with colleges and universities that are all essentially the same. Maybe we’re already perilously close to being there. We’re certainly a whole lot closer than any one (especially college administrators) would care to admit....

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Fri. 01/28/05 07:06:52 AM
Categorized as Religious.


   
   

Social Security Choice

A brand, spanking new weblog from The Club for Growth.

Vide.

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Fri. 01/28/05 06:50:44 AM
Categorized as Blogosphere Stuff.


   

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