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• 07:16 bit.ly/mppzu Free Speech Zone. I like it. #tcot #
• 08:53 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. #
• 08:53 Matthew 26:26. Have a good Maunday Thursday. #
• 09:42 The mourning doves have little clusters of smaller feathers sticking out from under them when I walk by. I think the eggs have hatched. #
• 18:46 One of the dove eggs has definitely hatched. I think the other hasn't yet. #
• 19:33 Pity dis foo. bit.ly/FpXvU #

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political foo: The return of corporatism

Obama and the Reawakening of Corporatism

This part:

It’s why some banks were pressured to accept bailout money they didn’t need and have been pressured not to return it to get out from under federal micromanagement.

Outlines what was the most upsetting part to me about the AIG debacle. It's all very well to say, "Well, they took government funds, so the government has a right to intervene!" Banks were given bailout funds (under Paulson/Bush) whether the bank wanted them or not, and even now, when some are trying to pay it back and get out of the stimulus business, Geithner/Obama won't let them.

Whether or not it started with good intentions, now it's about control.

National Poetry Month: Still more Kipling

The Glory of the Garden

Our England is a garden that is full of stately views,
Of borders, beds and shrubberies and lawns and avenues,
With statues on the terraces and peacocks strutting by;
But the Glory of the Garden lies in more than meets the eye.

For where the old thick laurels grow, along the thin red wall,
You will find the tool- and potting-sheds which are the heart of all ;
The cold-frames and the hot-houses, the dungpits and the tanks:
The rollers, carts and drain-pipes, with the barrows and the planks.

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If I had planned this out instead of just selecting one that caught my fancy at the time, I would have posted this one earlier, and Cold Iron today.

political foo: American do for themselves

Instead of waiting on the government.

Sometimes, it's just that easy. Surprisingly so.

political foo: Target of (PETA) opportunity

Whatever you think of Joe Biden, selling him a dog shouldn't turn out to be a traumatic experience in your life.