this diary is dedicated to all who suffer because of war
we love and support our troops, just as we love and support the Iraqi people - without exception, or precondition, or judgment
we have no sympathy for the devil.
we acknowledge the power to act that is in us
image and poem below the fold
(RubDMC's daily intro)
Humbly filling in during Jerry's absence...
Newly elected Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, holds up the gavel surrounded by children and grandchildren of members of Congress in the U.S. Capitol in Washington Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)
A girl stands outside a tent at a camp for Shi'ite displaced families in Diwaniya, about 180 km (112 miles) south of Baghdad January 3, 2007. Photo taken January 3, 2007. (REUTERS/Imad Al-khozai)
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by Emily Dickinson
"Hope" is the thing with feathers—
That perches in the soul—
And sings the tune without the words—
And never stops—at all—
And sweetest—in the Gale—is heard—
And sore must be the storm—
That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm—
I've heard it in the chillest land—
And on the strangest Sea—
Yet, never, in Extremity,
It asked a crumb—of Me.