Prophetic 23:5 Meme
Rules:
1. Go into your archive.
2. Find your 23rd post (or closest to).
3. Find the fifth sentence (or closest to).
4. Post the text of the sentence in your blog along with these instructions.
This was it:
2004-04-05
8:31:26 pm
(from my poem “Ladyslippers”)
Along the sodden bank I walk along
As I hum attuned to brook’s sad song.

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What’s really interesting about this is that my views haven’t really changed very much in the last 15 years. At that time, they were considered centrist. That the whole country has slid into the fascist/totalitaritan zone doesn’t automatically made me a socialist. I’m a democratic capitalist who understands that the human corruption and greed are [...]

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I can relate.
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According to cnn.com
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Think Progress » Right-Wing Myths About Katrina, Debunked
Worth a look.
(thanks Etherealgirl)

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