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News Flash: Christopher Hitchens Seeks Catholic Confessional
I was surprised to read Christopher Hitchens today, riding high on his moral horse as to the political, cultural and economic predations of Maximum Leader Robert Mugabe in his current Country of Residence, Zimbabwe. What people like Hitchens never seem to understand, is that morality is never just for other people, or leaders, or religious types. ...
Posted to Fighting Words by MichaelBernard1 on June 10, 2008
Apotheocracy & Israel
As Hitchens implies that the death of Israel will come at the hands of the thanatocracies of the Middle East, another transcendental geo-strategic trend is convenientally masked by the Western powers. How does a tiny nation of 6 million, 4 million who are Jews, in a sea of 150 million Arabs, get 10s of billions from America annually, billions ...
Posted to Fighting Words by Usama2 on May 13, 2008
The American Soul: A Killer
After marvelling at No Country for Old Men, I read a review in Entertainment Weekly which shared my admiration. That movie and this quote from DH Lawrence seemed to encapsulate AN essence of America: The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. There is more to it, but at this point in time, it suffices.
Posted to Fighting Words by Usama2 on February 9, 2008