http://kmareka.com/2006/08/27/in-pursuit-of-the-beast/ Progressive Views from a Nurse and a Social Worker Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:59:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://kmareka.com/2006/08/27/in-pursuit-of-the-beast/#comment-819 Wed, 30 Aug 2006 20:36:25 +0000 http://kmareka.com/index.php/?p=481#comment-819 Always glad to see a Pogo reference.

]]> http://kmareka.com/2006/08/27/in-pursuit-of-the-beast/#comment-818 Tue, 29 Aug 2006 22:47:15 +0000 http://kmareka.com/index.php/?p=481#comment-818 [...] Kmareka’s David Jaffe never ceases to amaze. In an August 27th posting he opines: As the War on Terror nears its fifth anniversary, the casualties mount—none greater perhaps than truth, justice, and decency. Stunned and deeply hurt by a vicious attack on September 11, 2001, America has responded to such with all the grace and good sense of the wounded Ahab in Moby Dick. Helmed by foolhardy and arrogant men, this nation pursues vengeance on the white whale of terrorism with single-minded fervor, seemingly unconcerned about the damage done to innocent others or to its own soul. Undeterred by the costs and unwilling to admit failure or even error, the Pequod that America has become presses tragically on. The whale must be vanquished. The terrorists must be eliminated. [...]

]]> http://kmareka.com/2006/08/27/in-pursuit-of-the-beast/#comment-817 Tue, 29 Aug 2006 21:10:56 +0000 http://kmareka.com/index.php/?p=481#comment-817 well written, tightly written, and right on. I particularly like its pairing with the coffin at the analyst cartoon the next day. KJ

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