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. If anyone ever thought that the Bush Administration were serious about dealing with the growing problem of torture by Americans in Iraq, that impression was destroyed this morning when America found out that Vice President Dick Cheney is demanding that Americans leave Rumsfeld alone and "get off his case". Apparently, Dick Cheney thinks that Donald Rumsfeld is the real victim here. Poor Donald Rumsfeld. Dick Cheney implies that we ought to just forget about the torture that's being done in our name, but torture is not just some adolescent prank that is to be brushed off with a simple, "get off my case". We've had enough of Bush and Cheney coddling torturers. We need a President and a Vice President who take these matters seriously. And as for Donald Rumsfeld? We'll get off Rumsfeld's case when he gets off ours. Go home, Mr. Rumsfeld, and take your bloody hands with you. Return to the Irregular Times Main Page
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