[Peace-discuss] Will the Media Let Ron Paul Question U.S. Foreign Policy?

[Carl G. Estabrook]

i sing of Olaf glad and big

  by E. E. Cummings

  XXX

  i sing of Olaf glad and big
  whose warmest heart recoiled at war:
  a conscientious object-or

  his wellbelovéd colonel(trig
  westpointer most succinctly bred)
  took erring Olaf soon in hand;
  but--though an host of overjoyed
  noncoms(first knocking on the head
  him)do through icy waters roll
  that helplessness which others stroke
  with brushes recently employed
  anent this muddy toiletbowl,
  while kindred intellects evoke
  allegiance per blunt instruments--
  Olaf(being to all intents
  a corpse and wanting any rag
  upon what God unto him gave)
  responds,without getting annoyed
  "I will not kiss your fucking flag"

  straightway the silver bird looked grave
(departing hurriedly to shave)

  but--though all kinds of officers
  (a yearning nation's blueeyed pride)
  their passive prey did kick and curse
  until for wear their clarion
  voices and boots were much the worse,
  and egged the firstclassprivates on
  his rectum wickedly to tease
  by means of skilfully applied
  bayonets roasted hot with heat--
  Olaf(upon what were once knees)
  does almost ceaselessly repeat "there is some shit I will not eat"

  our president,being of which
  assertions duly notified	 threw the yellowsonofabitch
  into a dungeon,where he died

  Christ(of His mercy infinite)
  i pray to see;and Olaf,too

  preponderatingly because
  unless statistics lie he was
  more brave than me:more blond than you.


--CGE, for Bradley Manning
(and in memory of Perry Bullard, who
read this to us late one night many years ago)


On Dec 15, 2011, at 3:06 PM, E. Wayne Johnson wrote:

> It's about at this time that the blue-eyes-white-dragon "race card"  
> will be played
> by the evil corporate seahorses...
>
>
> On 12/16/2011 3:47 AM, Robert Naiman wrote:
>> Will the news media let Ron Paul raise serious questions about U.S.
>> foreign policy? Economist and media critic Dean Baker recently posed
>> this question in a forum at Politico. It's a crucial test case not
>> only of the prospects that the media will serve the interests of the
>> 99% rather than the 1%, but of the prospects for a foreign military
>> and economic policy that reflects the values and interests of the  
>> 99%,
>> rather than those of the 1%.
>> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/ron-paul-foreign-policy_b_1151442.html