Month: November 2005

ecclesiastes revisited

The angel of Mercy came to Donkeytale in a dream. “Arise, knave,” she commanded as an unearthly music flowed from her radiant hair. “No longer can our Father bear the din of noise  which has befouled the...

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The Swamp Angel and White Phosphorus.

I’m not sure how many people know what a special place the “Swamp Angel” occupies in American history. In the summer of 1863 General Quincy Gilmore, after two frustrating years found his joint army/navy force still blocked by...

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Iraq War Grief Daily Witness (photo) Day 183

this diary is dedicated to all who suffer because of war and other disasters cross-posted at DailyKos, Booman Tribune, European Tribune, and My Left Wing. 3 images and poem below the fold Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan (R)...

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Bad Marine Behavior or Training for Torture?

When I read articles like this I get soul-sick. I truly do not understand the male psyche in so many ways, but I do understand that if these type of torture initiation programs continue to exist we will always have abusive men...

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