"Time keeps on slippin, slippin, slippin..."

The past couple of weeks have been pretty incredible. Topping it off of course is the American President's delayed speech about "the vision thing"-- his proposal for Mideast peace.

"Much ado about nothing," if you ask me. Nobody did, but I thought I'd go ahead and say something on the topic before heading home for a restful evening.

Escapist entertainment is fast becoming a necessary sedative these days. The news out of Washington can keep you up all night with a migraine.

Was it ever any different? Were the old days really better than this? OR is the best yet to come, yet to be borne of our best imagination?

"rfp"
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suffering labor to resurrect and nourish
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while we dream what is
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Now, I'm not so cynical as to think the current administration would generate hysteria and fear to create political cover for its security lapses and dictatorial agenda, but there are those who think otherwise:

Britain's Guardian agreed, declaring, "By their words and actions, George Bush and senior US administration officials may be doing more to terrify American citizens than the al-Qaida terrorists they have vowed to destroy." The editorial concluded, "Too much of what Mr Bush and his officials say … looks politically-driven, partly by a belatedly rising tide of domestic criticism, partly by a rightwing agenda. Too much of what they do lacks perspective. When fear usurps reason and becomes the ruling principle of governance, terrorism wins."