New article up at Starlight News: The Albatross

[Nancy Waterman]

http://starlightnews.com

Like the albatross that hung heavily around the neck of the Ancient Mariner, the second Gulf War, borne in deceit and managed with criminal stupidity, hangs mercilessly around the neck of the Bush administration. In Coleridge’s famous poem, the albatross appears as a divine messenger, sent to a ship of suffering sailors in the ruthless, icy-winded North, to bring them back to their true path on a warm and friendly sea. In a moment of thoughtlessness and hubris, however, the Ancient Mariner shoots and kills the albatross, bringing instead a long nightmare of death and destruction to the hapless ship.

In the aftermath of 9/11, the goodness of the world rose up, like the heavenly-sent albatross in the poem, to bring its blessing to America during her darkest hour, offering a window of opportunity for healing and for the furtherance of worldwide unity and justice, as well as a possibility for a united stand against the viciousness of terrorism. But George Bush shattered that window with his invasion of Iraq just as surely as the Ancient Mariner shot the albatross with his crossbow, and now he, like the Mariner, carries the choking weight of his misdeeds amidst the death and destruction of what he has wrought.

[Me.]

1. The Albatross Reference Is

BRILLIANT!

[Nancy Waterman]

2. Thanks!

:>)

[loudsue]

3. Hi Nancy! I can't get the article on your web site....

The last article up (at least on my computer) is the Spider Web. When I went to the "blog", there was comment on The Albatross, but I couldn't find the article!

HELP!!!


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[Trillo]

4. Worked fine for me.

Maybe your cache is stuffed. :silly:

[Me.]

5. Try This

http://www.astroworld.us/archives/000520.html#000520

[Nancy Waterman]

6. Try pushing the reload button

Sometimes it comes up as it was the last time you were there unless you reload.

[loudsue]

7. I got it! Thanks guys!

:hug: Another blockbuster article, Nancy! The Albatross is certainly an appropriate metaphor.

I continue to feel such incredible sadness for all of our troops stationed in Iraq, and for all of the Iraqi families who have lost family members and have been torn apart by george bush and the republican war machine's agenda.

This is truly a shame upon America, and I can't wait until we pull out of there altogether.

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