For this week's link, I would like to direct your attention to a poem by Rudyard Kipling, written in 1919. It may seem like long ago, but this poem sounds as if it could have been written yesterday. Enjoy.
The Gods of the Copybook Headings - Rudyard Kipling
Also, just a quick note on the tone being given by the Obama administration, and the short-sightedness of Americans. If we look back just two weeks ago, Obama was running around talking about "the worst economy since the great depression", and yet is now talking like we are on our way back to boom times. He was also talking about the "long, hard fight for Afghanistan", yet now is holding his tongue on the whole thing. So, as Americans hear this shift in talking points from doom and gloom to happy go lucky, how do they react? Well, most everyone is buying every word. Please, let's not forget our past. Let's all hold onto what we learn each day as a guide post to the future. If we can't remember two weeks ago, how can we ever learn from past mistakes and move forward? As American citizens, we should all hold together and demand accountability for what is said by the President, not submit to every turn of the hat.
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