<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">So you can see why this Shorty's bud - called 'Rocky' in the local patois (and elsewhere) - said, <div><br></div><div>"So also our beloved bro' wrote to you according to the wisdom given to him, speaking of this as he does in all his letters. </div><div><br></div><div>"There are some things in them hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction...</div><div><br></div><div>You therefore, since you are forewarned, beware that you are not carried away with the error of the lawless and lose your own stability."<div><br></div><div>But I like the idea of "Two, three, many Assanges..." (each an alter Chrysippus, willing to be stoic):</div><div><br></div><div>when the number reaches a thousand or so, JA can join the throng & go out the Ecuador...</div><div><br></div><div> <br><div><div>On Aug 17, 2012, at 10:00 PM, "E. Wayne Johnson" <<a href="mailto:ewj@pigsqq.org">ewj@pigsqq.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
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Satire? in all caps?<br>
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Our <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:rwhelbig@gmail.com">rwhelbig@gmail.com</a> is none other than USAF Lt. Col. Helbig (Ret.).
No joke about that.<br>
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Indeed Bro. Helbig has had time to contemplate the vanity of war and
the vanity of the military<br>
and even the vanity of the vain pursuit of vanity and the futility of
fusils.<br>
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After that statement, I did diverge into extrapolation...<br>
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I note that Saul when he was on his Obama-like mission to silence
dissenters in <br>
Syria did finally "get it" but only after rather strong direct divine
intervention. <br>
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"It is hard kicking against the pricks."<br>
(<i>You said it, buddy. They ain't nothin' but a bunch of pricks.<br>
...and even if it is hard, someone has just gotta resist.</i>)<br>
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Saul knew deep down that he was wrong. <br>
He had made big bucks in the tent bubble and he wanted more,<br>
more money more power and he was jealous of what others had. <br>
This blinded him to the truth and he thought that<br>
he was doing right but deep down inside, there was this nagging... <br>
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Saul thought that he was right to be pissed off. The arrogance of that
hippie dude.<br>
making fun of material success. (<i>Well, you can cross him off the
list. Cross him off.<br>
Ha. What a chameleon I am. A regular Lenny Epimenides. Ol' Epimenides,<br>
a Cretan but no cretin. Cretins aren't liars. They don't know the
truth.)<br>
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After his ultimately getting knocked off his high horse, Saul had some
difficulty fitting in. <br>
The hippies were afraid he was a mole, or a plant, working for<br>
the big dogs up in Jerusalem. But some saw the goodness in his heart
and took him in.<br>
Even though he was a basket case, they didn't let him down. <br>
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Well, actually they did, in an off-the-wall sort of way.<br>
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I would think that every one in London should have a whitish blond
Julian Assange wig and sunglasses and<br>
walk around outside the Ecuadorian embassy. No doubt Londoners are
pre-occupy-ed.<br>
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So why not extend a hand of fellowship to Lt. Col. Helbig?<br>
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So Rog, why not introduce yerself?<br>
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On 8/18/2012 3:39 AM, Carl G. Estabrook wrote:
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<pre wrap="">The late Alex Cockburn refused to run satirical pieces in the excellent political newsletter that he edited with Jeffrey St. Clair, CounterPunch - except on the weekend, and then clearly labeled SATIRE - because people always took them seriously...
I think Wayne sometimes indulges in satire - and it would certainly make more sense if Roger always did. --CGE
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From: E. Wayne Johnson
To: David Johnson
Cc: Peace-discuss List
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 8:12 AM
Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Fw: Gracias, Ecuador!! - PS
Roger Helbig is a retired USAF Lieutenant Colonel.
Since retiring, he has had time to stop and consider the results of his
wasted years in the military, the pointless endless wars, the killing, the suffering and
the utter futility of it all, and the crushing anguish has become almost too much
even for a war and bureaucracy hardened poge asshole.
He is now seeking comforting relationships among like-minded members of
local peace groups.
Everyone, Hugs all around for Lt. Col. Roger Helbig...
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