It is a time of fear in the face of freedom, a time for the widening of previous roads and the opening of new paths, a time of an emptying country and swelling cities, yet a time when these paths are mined by knowing algorithms of the all-seeing eye. 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.

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What is the Sound of Fred Thompson Flagging?

Filed under Election 2008, Politics, Republicans by Jim at 8:22 am

“Can I have a round of applause?”

- Fred Thompson, during a campaign speech in Iowa.

Poor li’l fella. Once he has to speak for himself, he just doesn’t do so hot. Let’s all give him the sound of a hearty clap. The one-handed kind.


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  1. Just so long as he doesn’t get the STD kind!

    Comment by Tom — 10/4/2007 @ 12:17 pm

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