The actual last day of summer
Some of us seem to be fighting off a summer cold, its final bequeathment. Nothing like a bit of sushi to celebrate the last lovely evening.
Nearing the end of Eliot's Felix Holt. Another fine bit of character revelation:"A doomed animal, with every issue earthed up except that where its enemy stands, must, if it has teeth and fierceness, try its one chance without delay. And a man may reach a point in his life in which his impulses are not distinguished from those of a hunted brute by any capability of scruples. Our selfishness is so robust and many-clutching, that, well-encouraged, it easily devours all sustenance away from our poor little scruples." I'd say this reminds me of the likes of Dick Cheney, but he hasn't evinced possession of scruples in a long time, if ever.
Nearing the end of Eliot's Felix Holt. Another fine bit of character revelation:"A doomed animal, with every issue earthed up except that where its enemy stands, must, if it has teeth and fierceness, try its one chance without delay. And a man may reach a point in his life in which his impulses are not distinguished from those of a hunted brute by any capability of scruples. Our selfishness is so robust and many-clutching, that, well-encouraged, it easily devours all sustenance away from our poor little scruples." I'd say this reminds me of the likes of Dick Cheney, but he hasn't evinced possession of scruples in a long time, if ever.
posted by isabelita at 11:12 AM
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I've noticed that several of Dick Cheney's old acquaintances say that he seems a changed man. Perhaps at one time he had a scruple or two, but they have long since been devoured by his brutish and pitiless heartlessness.
We would be having a sunny morning here, if there weren't a heavy fog that extends all the way to the ground.
I've read a lot about Cheney, and I don't see him ever being anything but a rightwing opportunist. I don't care what his friends say. Now he's a dememnted old guy augmenting his retirement and satisfying his jones for power.
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