I know, it is thoroughly obnoxious to cut and paste. As my own punishment, I'm banishing myself from posting for two weeks (yeah, yeah, no big loss). But this is so much what I'm thinking that I can't stop myself, and I won't need to post, 'cause this says it all.



US Senator Robert Byrd - Senate Floor Speech

We Stand Passively Mute
Wednesday 12 February 2003

"To contemplate war is to think about the most horrible of human experiences. On this February day, as this nation stands at the brink of battle, every American on some level must be
contemplating the horrors of war.

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Lengthy cut-and-paste non-music article deleted. Now, TIA, maybe you can learn how to do clickable links in your two-week self-exile. Maybe you could even read the FAQ and learn our policy on cut-and-paste non-music posts.
Click and pick from 289 sites that offer the text of this speech. There's no reason for us to carry the entire text, too.
-Joe Offer, disgusted-