Oh the joy of procrastination! I am supposed to be writing a paper right now. Anyways, read A Timbered Choir by Wendell Berry.

"Year by year man's liberties are trampled under foot at the bidding of corporations and trusts, rights are invaded and law perverted. In all ages wherever a tyrant has shown himself, he has always found some willing judge to clothe that tyranny in the robes of legality, and modern capitalism has proven no exception to the rule."

"Repression or oppression never yet succeeded in crushing the truth or redressing a wrong..."

-Samuel Gompers, "Letter on Labor in Industrial Society." Forum, September 1894

Husker Du why do I feel so blue?

Walking around with your head in the clouds
Makes no sense at all
Sell yourself short, but you're walking so tall
Makes no sense at all
Is it important? You're yelling so loud
Makes no sense at all
Walking around with your head in the clouds
Makes no sense at all
Makes no difference at all

I don't know why you want to tell me
When I'm right or when you're wrong
It's the same thing, in your mind, the only time
I'm right is when I play along

You concern yourself with evidence
It's evident to me
Well you say you've got the tiger by the tail
But I don't see these things that way

Change?

"Honor bound to protect freedom" is what read on the sign outside of Guantanamo Bay. I am relieved to hear that president-elect, Barack Obama, will close the prison camp, allowing all prisoners to go on trial before an American Civil Court. I really hope things change...

He is not our savior, but I really do hope things change.

went to The Fest 7 - awesome
saw Coalesce - awesome
now really into Bridge and Tunnel - double awesome

"You are a Christian only so long as you constantly pose critical questions to the society you live in ... so long as you stay unsatisfied with the status quo and keep saying that a new world is yet to come."

- Henri Nouwen

this is an interesting quote, but i am still trying to decide how i feel about it. Apart of me says yes this is right, the other half says there is some key parts.