Trying to
change the discussion, to force him to agree
to admit that
torture, any torture, was justified
that the ends
justify the means, any means;
That
sometimes our enemies lose their humanity
that our laws
could be broken, for any reason
to save
lives, that a just law could be ignored
Happily, he
did not take the bait
of the
Senator’s question, the hook,
the times
they are a changing, now;
He did not
agree that torture was ever just
Our enemies,
ourselves ever changed,
when hate
calls us, and we answer in-kind
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The Question – v3
(editing original again)
edited
January 20, 2015
Always
Torture – v3
(editing
original again)
edited
January 20, 2015
The
Hills of Zion – v3
(editing
version 1 again)
edited January 20, 2015
Is He Joshua – v3
(edited version 1 again)
edited
January 20, 2015
Lofty
Words – v3
(editing
original again)
edited January 20, 2015
understanding a moment –
v3
(editing version 1 again)
edited
January 20, 2015
Words
in Quotes – v3
(editing
version 1 again)
edited
January 20, 2015
Words
that Bind – v3
(editing
version 1 again)
edited
January 20, 2015
Words
chosen for a nation – v3
(editing
version 1 again)
&
January 21, 2013
The Question – v2
January
21, 2013
Always
Torture – v2
January
21, 2013
The
Hills of Zion – v2
January 21, 2013
Is He Joshua – v2
January
21, 2013
Lofty
Words – v2
January 21, 2013
understanding a moment – v2
January
21, 2013
Words
in Quotes – v2
January
21, 2013
Words
that Bind – v2
January
21, 2013
Words
chosen for a nation – v2
Martin
Luther King, Jr. Day
and
his final speech before his assassination
and
Inauguration of the President
Barack
Hussein Obama
Invocation
by
Myrlie Evers-Williams
Inaugural
Address
&
several
poems written in 2009
on
the juxtaposition of the
80th
birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
and
the inauguration of Barack Obama
as
President of the United States of America
January 17, 2009
understanding a moment
January
17, 2009
Words
in Quotes
January
17, 2009
Words
chosen for a nation
January
17, 2009
Words
that Bind
and
the Presidential Oath, from the
US
Constitution, Article I, Section 1, Clause 8,
repeated
verbatim by the presidents. The only language in quotes
in
the Constitution, unlike the general principles elsewhere.
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully
execute the office of President of the United States,
and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and
defend
the Constitution of the United States."
January
18, 2009
Lofty
Words
January 18, 2009
Is He Joshua
January
18, 2009
The
Hills of Zion
January
18, 2009
Always
Torture
January 18, 2009
The Question
&
the
message, “It’s not just a dream but a reality”
on
the sign in front of church,
the
story of Moses and Joshua,
Deuteronomy
34:1-12
Joshua
1:1-9
along
with
Micah
4:1-4
Matthew
5:43-48
the
sermon, “Love Your Who???”,
by
Reverend Huntley Halvorson,
Suncook
United Methodist Church, Suncook, NH,
and
the hypothetical put to Eric Holder, nominee for Attorney General,
by
Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) on the use of waterboarding,
January
15, 2009, during his Senate Confirmation Hearings,
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