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Now that they’ve proven their tongues and elbows are as pointy

as their heads, America’s neo-con intelligentsia will surely be

offering a mixture of threats and advice to Pres. Bush regarding

his next Supreme Court nominee.

 

Since many of the neo-cons purport to be religious — and thus

subject to the Most Supreme Court — I thought I would again

remind them that Pride, Anger and Envy are among the Seven

Deadly Sins.  

 

While I’m in preacher mode, here’s Mahatma Gandhi’s list of

the “traits most spiritually perilous to humanity,” which I just

discovered this morning:

• Wealth without Work
  
• Pleasure without Conscience
  
• Science without Humanity
  
• Knowledge without Character
  
• Politics without Principle
  
• Commerce without Morality
  
• Worship without Sacrifice

“hangManG”  Back to gossip and speculation: Does anyone

think the White House accepted Harriet Mier’s withdrawal

today, expecting it would eclipse bad news later in the day

from Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald?  Does anyone think

Fitzgerald decided to make his annoucements tomorrow,

once he saw all the Miers’ coverage this morning?

 

Meanwhile, it’s a gray chilly day in Schenectady,

my last load of laundry is in the dryer, my car is in the

shop for new tires and more maintenance, and I’m

expecting a dose of agita over all the gloating that

will be floating in the blogisphere.  Sounds like an

Andrew Riutta kind of afternoon:

 

 

mudslide
whatever it takes
to get us where we’re going

 

 

 

 

 

 

my mistake
untangling the orchard
from your hair

 

 

 

Andrew Riutta  from Simply Haiku (Autumn 2005)

 

 

among our differences,
a thousand leaves sway
as one shadow

 

 

dead leaves—
children race one another
down an endless road

 

 

 

 

a woman
I pretend I don’t love
sets with the sun
   

Andrew Riutta  from World Haiku Review Peace