Other Topics Archive
Isolated Quotations
0 Comments Published by Captain Iso June 30th, 2007 in Other Topics, Isolated Quotations, Society
“All crime is a kind of disease and should be treated as such.”
–Mahatma Gandhi
The Last of the Light Brigade–by Rudyard Kipling
2 Comments Published by Captain Iso June 17th, 2007 in Other Topics, Society, Poetry
There were thirty million English who talked of England’s might,
There were twenty broken troopers who lacked a bed for the night.
They had neither food nor money, they had neither service nor trade;
They were only shiftless soldiers, the last of the Light Brigade.
They felt that life was fleeting; they knew not that art was long,
That though […]
The Charge of the Light Brigade–by Alfred Lord Tennyson
0 Comments Published by Captain Iso May 27th, 2007 in Other Topics, Society, PoetryThe Charge Of The Light Brigade
by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Memorializing Events in the Battle of Balaclava, October 25, 1854
Written 1854
Half a league half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred:
‘Forward, the Light Brigade!
Charge for the guns’ he said:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
‘Forward, the Light Brigade!’
Was there a […]
Read The Paragraph
0 Comments Published by Captain Iso May 7th, 2007 in Other Topics, Society, The Paragraph, Editorial
¶ Impeachment News Not Fit for NY Times
The Measures Taken–by Erich Fried
0 Comments Published by Captain Iso May 2nd, 2007 in Other Topics, Society, Poetry
The lazy are slaughtered
the world grows industrious
The ugly are slaughtered
the world grows beautiful
The foolish are slaughtered
the world grows wise
The sick are slaughtered
the world grows healthy
The sad are slaughtered
the world grows merry
The old are slaughtered
the world grows young
The enemies are slaughtered
the world grows friendly
The wicked are slaughtered
the world grows good
Read The Paragraph
0 Comments Published by Captain Iso April 26th, 2007 in Other Topics, Society, The Paragraph, Editorial
¶ Constitutionalist Gives Speech, Gets Airport Hassle
Read The Paragraph
0 Comments Published by Captain Iso April 26th, 2007 in Other Topics, Society, The Paragraph, Editorial
¶ Kucinich has Iraq Track Record, Exit Plan
Read The Paragraph
0 Comments Published by Captain Iso April 26th, 2007 in Other Topics, Society, The Paragraph, Editorial
¶ Questions Not Asked in Studio Not Answered on Street
¶ The Ogallala Aquifer
The Dawg Blawg: Ahlan, Ezzayak
0 Comments Published by Little Dawg April 26th, 2007 in Other Topics, Society, Poetry, Editorial, The Dawg Blawg
Brothers and sisters,
In an effort to broaden his appeal in the Middle East,
President Bush has decided to start working in music
videos. In his latest work, he co-stars with Kuwaiti
singer Shams, who is quite the little Jezebel.
Entitled Ahlan! Ezzayak, (Hi, How are you?), the video
was produced in Cairo, and is popular throughout the
Arab world.
Link to the […]