tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post114727136251774283..comments2023-08-10T05:24:20.775-04:00Comments on Razing the Bar: Seeds of PeaceAndy Whitmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04010130934552315074noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post-1147309643631766222006-05-10T21:07:00.000-04:002006-05-10T21:07:00.000-04:00The Road of Good Intentions -- by John Gorka (o...The Road of Good Intentions -- by John Gorka (off of his upcoming release)<BR/><BR/><BR/>there's addition and subtraction<BR/>but division over all<BR/>hope once in fluid motion<BR/>is slowed behind a crawl<BR/><BR/>oh, the images are strong, and<BR/>the words are pretty good<BR/>but there's more fiction out of washington<BR/>than out of hollywood<BR/><BR/>on the road of good intentions<BR/>all gets justified to hell<BR/>the price revealed in stories<BR/>too short, too sad, to tell<BR/><BR/>is this permanent improvement<BR/>through abbreviated lives<BR/>or another tragic venture<BR/>shocking when the bill arrives<BR/><BR/>by the rubble where the house was<BR/>there are markers in the dirt<BR/>children with no need of freedom<BR/>they can no longer be hurt<BR/><BR/>on the road of good intentions<BR/>all gets justified to hell<BR/>the price revealed in stories<BR/>too short, too sad, to tell<BR/><BR/>and the soldiers and their families<BR/>with life and limb they pay<BR/>while the ones who sent them marching<BR/>get to dance the night away<BR/><BR/>i always come back to the soldiers<BR/>with their courage and ideals<BR/>i've seen them smoking in the airports<BR/>there's no telling how it feels<BR/><BR/>on the road of good intentions<BR/>all gets justified to hell<BR/>the price revealed in stories<BR/>too short, too sad, to telljackscrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16163915446151636189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post-1147307887415779112006-05-10T20:38:00.000-04:002006-05-10T20:38:00.000-04:00I agree with Andy, and also wish topoint out that ...I agree with Andy, and also wish to<BR/>point out that the "Religious Right" has been plainly duped. <BR/><BR/>It's amazing what a few promises will do. Just because a guy says he's against killing babies doesn't make he or his cadre of "neocons" fit to guard the borders, run the economy, and stave off the inevitable (he's hastening it, but he don't know it -- obviously going the the wrong Bible classes) in the ME.<BR/><BR/>Viewing things purely from the practical side, I would like to point out that our preemptive strike has so far cost us approx. four times the money it would take to seal US north and south borders and pay N.Guard to patrol them for the next ten years. Or five years, if we want to spend the savings on a LOT more smart bombs (I recommend it - but smart bombs cost more than soldiers, evidently).<BR/><BR/>‘Course maybe in the end it’ll be worth it. Maybe they'll stick some factories in Iraq that will sell things to Wal-Mort at “always low prices.... Always." That'll be worth it.<BR/><BR/>Personally, I don't think we have the time. Gonna be a tough little go before the even tougher 7 years.jackscrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16163915446151636189noreply@blogger.com