tags: last days of the republic
2000
December
- 2000 Dec 14
- The Fall of the Republic: A Requiem for American Democracy (fragment)
Do you believe the ghosts of your slaves have forgiven you?
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Though you had unshackled chains after much blood had been shed, still there is a mountain to climb
2001
September
- 2001 Sep 30
- Last Days
More sophistry and philosophy. I guess I really am depressed. ECT, here I come.
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October
- 2001 Oct 14
- Follow that Link
It’s war, and I’m not entirely sure “normalcy” is what we should be seeking. For those who really believe in Freedom, it’s time to get moving.
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2002
October
- 2002 Oct 18
- The Fall of the Republic - Continued
The Advent of the Empire. “A little rebellion now is a good thing” — Thomas Jefferson
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2003
February
- 2003 Feb 7
- The Last Days of the Republic
Et tu, Brute? Et tu?
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March
- 2003 Mar 8
- Yikes!
The last days of the Republic. Bread and circuses. Instead of gladiators going at it, we have common folk humiliating each other and selling each other out.
· Read more… - 2003 Mar 19
- The Ministry of Peace
George Orwell would recognize this situation in an instant.
· Read more… - 2003 Mar 22
- A Memory of the First Episode
My memories seem to be indexed by pop songs.
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July
- 2003 Jul 4
- The Deep End (Year 227 of the Republic)
And not even anything to dream about.
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2006
May
- 2006 May 15
- in the beginning, in the middle, and in the end was the word
Ursula K. Le Guin, in her fantasy world of Earthsea, comes up with a brilliant system of magic, one predicated on, essentially, words.
· Read more… - 2006 May 24
- normalcy (whatever that means)
Despite my rhetoric of never wanting to fit in, of always wanting to be strikingly unique, of striving to stand out, to make my own unique mark on the world, I am burdened by evolutionary baggage. Like it or not, human beings long to belong. To be one of the tribe.
· Read more… - 2006 May 27
- radiohead saved my life
I am currently watching Showtime where they have Radiohead in concert (2004), and I am amazed at how the first few chords and guitar strums of their songs can evoke such vivid memories and even bring a smile to my face.
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September
- 2006 Sep 11
- it’s time to move on
It’s natural to look back, I suppose. We are the stories that we tell, after all. But the beatification and fetishization of this particular day by the media—blogs included—is kind of disgusting.
· Read more… - 2006 Sep 29
- fascism declared in america
So what has really twisted my mind is the fact that habeas corpus has been suspended and the Authorities can basically disappear people, just like in corrupt developing countries. I really didn’t think I would see the Republic of the United States of America fall within my lifetime, but I guess I was just in denial.
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November
- 2006 Nov 7
- new
Excuse me sir
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I’m lost
I’m looking for a place
where I can get lost
I’m looking for a home
For my malfunctioning being
I’m looking for the mechanical music museum
2007
April
- 2007 Apr 14
- slide
It comes to nothing
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in the first few trickling seconds of this new day
(cuz don’t you know that time is a river, you go with the flow)
2008
January
- 2008 Jan 1
- beginnings
If there are no endings, can there be beginnings?
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November
- 2008 Nov 12
- milestones
What are the little worries of our lives, against the backdrop of tumultuous history?
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2011
October
- 2011 Oct 4
- The Fall of the Republic
The Republic is falling. Long live the republic!
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Slow fall, was it only ten, maybe twenty years ago
the Dream long ago killed, sterilized, repackaged
and rebranded
absolute free, no money down
with the adjustable rate and the balloon payments
camoflauged under the fine print
2015
May
- 2015 May 1
- Freddie Gray's death was a homicide
Si vis pacem, opera para iustitia.
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December
- 2015 Dec 3
- Miscellany
It's been almost three years since Sandy Hook and here we are at square one again after 14 people have been murdered and 21 people wounded in San Bernardino.
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2016
January
- 2016 Jan 6
- Election Season
The major problem—one of the major problems, for there are several—one of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of who manages to get people to let them do it to them.
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