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cry me to the moon
the boy who cried wolf
he wore a sheepish grin
had trouble with the truth
now he takes his fizz with gin
blind ambition
the truth may set me free
but not how jesus intended
too many words spoken
and meaning is upended
my knee jerk reaction
the damage may be done
too late for a retraction
past time to get some sun
common ground
"A great untold story of our time is the staggering privatization and abuse of dozens of resources that we collectively own. The plunder is widespread,affecting public lands, the broadcast airwaves, the Internet, the public domain of knowledge and creativity, publicly funded medicines, and even our genes. As companies quietly seize our common wealth, however, our government often fails to protect us, sometimes actually giving away our common assets."
com con
as the worldcom turns: A blog about WorldCom
girls with curls
somehow missed the rondelles. kind of a cuddlier new-wavy sleater-kinney.
far far away
my favorite music file sharing agent, audio galaxy, has succumbed to rectitude no doubt under threat of lawsuit.
dhailiwood
"Well, having met the new face of global news, it seems to me that, in TV at least, the first path is the more likely. I tried so hard to like Daljit Dhaliwal, the British presenter who has just signed a mega-contract with CNN, because, apart from anything, I really don't want to be enemy number one with the net nerds for whom she is the sexiest thing since Rosie Millard. But, boy, was she uptight. When I arrived at the station's London HQ, a press officer confided to me that she was worried the interview room was on the chilly side. Actually, the temperature was fine until Dhaliwal walked in and started treating even the most innocuous questions as personal insults."
a real kick in the pants
if only we could
rewind the clock
for with each tick
it only mocks
like drops
upon the windowpane
it rolls on down
unless in spain
but lets be plain
you cant decamp
there is a flame
but no magic lamp
or faeries wand
to fend off decay
just anarrowed sign
that reads "one way"
vietnumb
"A team of scientists is providing new evidence confirming the devastating legacy of America's chemical weapons program in Vietnam -- a legacy which officials in Washington continue to question."
woodenward
"Maybe it was inevitable that time, fame, and money would tame the aggressive reporter who broke Watergate--transforming him into a stenographer of the Washington establishment who breaks only the news the reigning powers want broken. And, to be sure, there is some value to Woodward's current role. But that doesn't mean that we shouldn't call Bob Woodward's reportage what it really is. "When [the public] hear[s] ... Bob Woodward say, 'Well, according to informed sources,' what should they know about those informed sources--not the identity, but the quality of the information, the agenda or lack of agenda of the leaker?" Russert asked Woodward on Sunday. "Well, only when the opposition has a story is it called a leak," Woodward responded. "When we have a story, it's called aggressive and thorough journalism." That may have been the case thirty years ago. But with Woodward these days, it's definitely a leak."