It is a time of freedom and fear, of Gaia and of borders, of many paths and the widening of
a universal toll road, emptying country and swelling cities, of the public bought into
privacy and the privacy of the public sold into invisible data banks and knowing
algorithms. It is the time of the warrior's peace and the miser's charity, when the
planting of a seed is an act of conscientious objection.
These are the times when maps fade and direction is lost. Forwards is backwards now, so we glance sideways at the strange lands through which we are all passing, knowing for certain only that our destination has disappeared. We are unready to meet these times, but we proceed nonetheless, adapting as we wander, reshaping the Earth with every tread. Behind us we have left the old times, the standard times, the high times. Welcome to the irregular times. Shaking with fury, Mother Davis advises,Those who were not able to listen to this morning's Diane Rehm show on NPR need to get a hold of the Real Audio Internet archive of the show, which will be available within a day or so. Among the guests was Seymour Hersch, who has undertaken investigations of the American torture of Iraqi prisoners. In the last minutes of the program, Mr. Hersch informs us that more revelations are to come, and specifically mentions videotape of American soldiers abusing Iraqi boys. I have, until now, held back from calls for impeachment, believing that impeachment is a dangerously divisive tactic. I can no longer hold back, because it has become clear that the Bush Administration is so dominated by dangerous extremists that the American democracy itself is under threat. George W. Bush is raping Iraq, and doing it in the name of American values. Impeach. Impeach. Impeach! Unable to allow torture to continue in my name, Mother Davis Return to the Irregular Times Main Page
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