http://lloyd.quadoshock.com the political arm of the free radical ;-) Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:05:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hey Quad... is there a way to see the Dashboard a different way, or are we stuck with this very blue look? ::chuckle::. It'd be better for me if it were all white or something. I just can't find the writing spirit on this layout. It's way too cold. Not ... http://lloyd.quadoshock.com/2007/02/20/tfr-metacommentary/ http://www.alicejamesbooks.org/here_bullet.html Here, Bullet by Brian Turner If reason cannot move Americans' minds, then poetry has to. http://lloyd.quadoshock.com/2007/01/15/poetry-as-witness-pace-milosz/ http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2007/01/16/antiwar/ "A real antiwar movement would end our Iraq disaster." Gary Kamiya is lucid, as always. His characterization of the Democrats' response to Bush's surge expresses just why I am not a Democrat (nor a Republican, for that matter). http://lloyd.quadoshock.com/2007/01/15/wheres-the-outrage/ http://www.wordyard.com/2007/01/11/cambodia-option/ Bush exercises the Cambodia option in Iraq Scott Rosenberg has chills go up and down his spine, witnessing America's Indochina history seemingly repeat itself in Mesopotamia. http://lloyd.quadoshock.com/2007/01/12/scott-gets-deja-vu/ http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/11/opinion/20070111_BUSHSPEECH_GRAPHIC.html Bush's Iraq Plan Between the Lines Extraordinary analysis (in both content and form) by Anthony Cordesman at the NY Times. This is absolutely required reading for today, as it promotes critical thinking of the highest order—the consequences are immediate, dire, and deep. http://lloyd.quadoshock.com/2007/01/12/cordesmans-critique/ http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200701u/troop-surge The Atlantic Any comment on contemporary politics and culture by James Fallows is always notable. As usual, he's convincing; and I have no doubt his analysis will be spot-on again. http://lloyd.quadoshock.com/2007/01/08/another-wrong-thing/ http://nymag.com/news/imperialcity/26014/index.html New York Magazine A brief, but lucidly argued article on "how the middle class is getting screwed." And meanwhile, the working class reels in desperation, barely able to stay afloat. http://lloyd.quadoshock.com/2007/01/07/american-roulette/ http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/01/08/fascism/ Salon.com An interview with Chris Hedges, mapping almost perfectly to what I've been feeling/suspecting all this time, about the Christianist right wing in the country. http://lloyd.quadoshock.com/2007/01/07/the-chris-hedges-saloncom-interview/ First of all, I need to thank Quad for giving me this space on his server, and using his amazing design/layout, which I feel can be truly productive for me. Thank you, Quad! And please forgive me for being so impatient. ;p But I think you understand why. For anyone who has ... http://lloyd.quadoshock.com/2007/01/07/gratitude-fear-hope/ You do want to change the world, right? (Or at the very least, the United States of America, by perhaps being its President one day.) I always thought that a valuable, valiant sentiment. An honorable one, particularly in this day and age of political apathy and the disingenuousness of the ... http://lloyd.quadoshock.com/2007/01/01/hello-world/