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02 Oct 03 - 06:05 PM (#1028302) Subject: BS: The Burning Of The Reichstag From: GUEST The Burning of the Reichstag In open mouthed horror We watched as the plane Thudded into the side of the building Flames pouring out the windows In a shower of death, glass, and steel Raining ash on the frozen masses below As dying screams plummeted to the earth. Then the other tower was struck Erupting in a ball of Hell Hungry fire consuming Flesh and blood Steel and concrete And the souls of those who waited In the floors above Staring out the shattered windows Pleading for help that could not arrive Before taking their leap of faith Into the streets below Uniformed men and women rushing in Fighting the sea of panic Swirling from the buildings And the towers collapse In a cloud of dust and smoke and ash Burying those inside A tomb of rubble In less than an hour Coyote Asserted himself as a leader In less than an hour a nation was changed Forever. |
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02 Oct 03 - 07:00 PM (#1028328) Subject: RE: BS: The Burning Of The Reichstag From: Gareth Interestingly - Lubbers - The Scape Goat, desapite being condemned to death was kept in Prison till 1944 - Then executed Presumably before he could be liberated, and talk. Gareth |
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02 Oct 03 - 09:24 PM (#1028441) Subject: RE: BS: The Burning Of The Reichstag From: M.Ted I thought you meant the Reichtag- |
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03 Oct 03 - 12:14 AM (#1028525) Subject: RE: BS: The Burning Of The Reichstag From: Amergin well i wrote this one this morning...nice that no one has commented on it... |
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03 Oct 03 - 12:50 AM (#1028536) Subject: RE: BS: The Burning Of The Reichstag From: Little Hawk Well, I'll say this. Like the blowing up of the Maine in 1898 (possibly an accident, due to a slow fire in the coal bunkers), nothing could have proven more fortuitous for an irresponsible American administration bent on committing aggression in distant places upon spurious excuses, and expanding their imperial holdings. Whether they actually planned it...or merely let it go forward...remains to be seen, but they certainly found it advantageous in a number of respects, both foreign and domestic (invasion abroad, abrogation of civil liberties and muzzling of political opposition at home). The former owners of the twin towers may have found it advantageous too, since the buildings were in the red (so I've heard), and changed hands shortly before they were destroyed. This in no way implies a lack of compassion on my part for those who lost their lives there...quite the contrary. Does it look suspicious? Yes, very. Was it another Reichstag fire? We may never know. - LH |
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03 Oct 03 - 01:19 AM (#1028553) Subject: RE: BS: The Burning Of The Reichstag From: mack/misophist Personally, I prefer verse. The event still looms too large for a less than magnificent poem. Now that I think of it, I don't believe it's right to put Coyote in there. He's tricksy and amoral but not vicious. Bush is tricksy, immoral, and vicious. |
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03 Oct 03 - 09:55 AM (#1028806) Subject: RE: BS: The Burning Of The Reichstag From: Amos Nathan: This thing has some power to it, because of the title more than anything. A |
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03 Oct 03 - 10:55 AM (#1028858) Subject: RE: BS: The Burning Of The Reichstag From: GUEST,amergin one of the reasons i chose coyote (besides the obvious tricksters he is)...is because where I'm from coyotes are known for their cowardice as well...unless they're travelling in packs. i just want to apologise for my actions the last couple of days as well....it was uncalled for. |
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03 Oct 03 - 12:00 PM (#1028911) Subject: RE: BS: The Burning Of The Reichstag From: M.Ted Big problem that every one has when writing about this event is that it is so full of extremes that the mind is quickly overloaded--there is too much to describe--there are no words than can adequately convey it--and one is shocked into numbness by the enormity-- So when there are no words and no emotions sufficient to portray the event, the artist is in kind of a bind-- |
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03 Oct 03 - 12:03 PM (#1028914) Subject: RE: BS: The Burning Of The Reichstag From: Amos Thanks, NAthan. A |
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04 Oct 03 - 04:25 PM (#1029665) Subject: RE: BS: The Burning Of The Reichstag From: GUEST,Wolfgang Gareth, you must have mixed up two very different men: Ruud Lubbers: Dutch prime minister long after the war and later UN high commissioner for refugees. Marianus van der Lubbe: the man who was accused (and according to more recent research actually responsible) for burning the Reichstag. Wolfgang |