It shouldn't be too much of a surprise that the Internet has evolved into a force strong enough to reflect the greatest hopes and fears of those who use it. After all, it was designed to withstand nuclear war, not just the puny huffs and puffs of politicians and religious fanatics.
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that man from La Mancha
after all, the huffs and puffs,
the drinks and long conversations,
i guess i need rest
and as i lay in bed with you
with windows open
i think i still like to hear again
the song of the man from
La Mancha
i am sleepy please hum it for me.
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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There is fear of religious mad men
There’s fear of religious mad men
who crash planes into places,
where innocent people live and work
without any apparent reason.
There’s fear of religious mad men
to be able to find,
acquire, or make
nuclear materials
and the ingredients
of the bomb
and to have the blue prints
to build that device
and to use it without any regret
on their fellow man.
There’s fear of religious mad men
to try and change the world
to the backward society
that they want it to be,
but I fear leaders without
any integrity
and with a lack of character
more than all these things,
since they force people
to live empty lives.
poem by Gert Strydom
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Well, It's Nuclear...
well, it's nuclear rain,
voices without names,
faces etched in pain,
lives given in vain,
it's nuclear rain.
well, it's nuclear night.
cant tell wrong from right,
hope is out of sight,
men stand alone and fight.
it's nuclear night.
well, it's nuclear stillness.
past the point of forgiveness..
the dying cry out to witness.
the ego driven illness.
it's nuclear stillness.
well, it's nuclear devastation.
the home divided by the nation.
the individual sold to exploitation.
to bondage and incarceration.
it's nuclear devastation.
well, it's nuclear hell.
the spirit put on sale.
the body just a shell.
the truth it cannot tell.
it's nuclear hell.
well, it's nuclear death,
fear steals the very breath.
everything taken nothing left.
child of Cain, child of Seth,
it's nuclear death.
well, it's the nuclear dawn,
all that ever was is gone.
the weak devoured by the strong,
god left to walk alone...
it's nuclear dawn!
poem by Eric Cockrell
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I Shouldn't … but, I do.
I like the way you look at me,
Every time you look at me...
I shouldn't
But I do
I shouldn't
But I do.
I like the way you talk to me,
When you say the things you shouldn't be...
I shouldn't
But I do
I shouldn't
But I do.
I liked the feeling of your company,
When you'd carve out some time for me...
I shouldn't
But I do
I shouldn't
But I do.
I like the sound of your voice,
Pulling at me, like I have no choice,
I shouldn't
But I do
I shouldn't
But I do.
Thoughts of you are frequent for me,
Though, I try not to think of you.
I shouldn't
But I do
I shouldn't
But I do.
I can't help that I feel this way,
Believe me, it's much to my dismay,
There wasn't
But,
NOW
There is a
YOU...
If you only knew,
How much I try,
How often I fail..
When I try
To try
Not to think of
YOU.
poem by Rabia Minhas
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What is the only provocation that could bring about the use of nuclear weapons? Nuclear weapons. What is the priority target for nuclear weapons? Nuclear weapons. What is the only established defense against nuclear weapons? Nuclear weapons. How do we prevent the use of nuclear weapons? By threatening the use of nuclear weapons. And we can't get rid of nuclear weapons, because of nuclear weapons. The intransigence, it seems, is a function of the weapons themselves.
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The Internet makes it possible for people like me to live the way I do now. Without it, I'd have to be in New York or some other city. I think the Internet is the greatest invention in history after antibiotics.
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Strange Feelings..!
Glowing that natural Thermo nuclear reactor,
Feeding all, giving light and energy,
Globe that revolving with rotation,
Having that invisible veil of Gases
And that blue water
covering all that is
deeper
useful ocean where life originated,
Who told that fishes, snakes, plants and turtles,
Come out to breath fresh air! who designed lungs and legs?
Or roots and shoots with seeds and fruit?
Wonder is that how that man evolved,
After only end of tragic period
end of Tyrenic rule of dinosaurs!
How this strong brain in tiny weak body survived,
When that useless and ruthless spices erased!
How strange that this Homo sapiens survived and managed,
managed all dangers and problems he faced ?
Mostly that he learnt that only fittest can survive!
His fights and strains when failed
He might have wept and called
oh! the Greatest of Demon,
Don't you have mercy on my me
Short he made Greatest Of Demon,
G.O.D.
Oh! GOD aren't you are kind enough?
Man tried to please that who haunted him the most!
Then started rituals and and hymns to please it!
Then came people who wanted probe deep,
Called people to think and raise above sheep
They are the early philosophers,
And mathematicians,
Logical thinking was their capital,
They were able to see most of the things as they are,
Still that imperfections in logic,
Evolved another species, started thinking in different direction,
They didn't stay till they Got answers to selfsatisfaction,
Then also some jumped
and asked ' what is self, what is satisfaction?
They dived deep to see what is self,
What is the root of own existence?
What is they way for complete satisfaction,
Some are not satisfied with description,
They went in their own path,
Finally found nothing as there was nothing to explain,
As their was nothing that words can explain,
No one was there to reach
Nothing was there to see or perceive,
Only that was that screen on which everything dance,
It is that God they wanted,
And people can see in them what they wanted,
And that is that,
They had the kind, loving heart,
And they were strangle soft, yet strong,
They said they saw that truth,
And Truth is beyond all words,
It is beyond all worlds,
Yet it is with in us and that's the truth,
thinner than vacuum, solid than the blackhole,
And it is that which can create all,
Sustain all or destroy all,
And you are a dust of that,
And that solid truth is collection of all,
Universal set of universal truth,
It is beauty, Truth, and mighty of all, and your consciousness is not apart,
But truly a part not apart of it,
And that unmoved ocean which moves all
It is moving galaxies and stars at its will,
And you too are moved by it!
But it can be moved by a kind loving heart,
Because tears of such heart,
Becomes tears of its own heart!
poem by Ramdas Bhandarkar
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Counter Quebec Referendum Aug 18th,2012
COUNTER QUEBEC REFERENDUM AUG 18TH 2012
BY
JAMES BREDIN
The Quebec referendum is really our opportunity too,
Our chance to show them that our democracy can break through,
To counter the Quebec separatist movement; we need to change,
Binding referendums and mandatory votes should not be strange.
But how do we get our Ottawa politicians to pay attention?
Get the lead out and counteract all this apprehension,
Ottawa should come around and down to earth to help us all,
Our referendums in Quebec might get the separatists to forestall.
Why should I be the one to come up with some counteraction?
Unknown Internet poet showing his dissatisfaction,
Because this may not be a repeat of what happened before,
When the separatists didn't quite make it out the door.
We need frequent binding referendums and much much more,
We need death with dignity, though the religious types abhor,
We need elected senators and set-date elections every four years,
These constitutional changes could lessen apprehension fears.
I feel I should apologize for disturbing their peace of mind,
But a strong separatist movement can put us in a bind,
If we can get them to help us; interfere with Ottawa isolation,
Change the Constitution for us all and a great sensation.
AUG 18TH,2012
poem by James Bredin
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Religious conflict can be the bloodiest and cruelest conflicts that turn people into fanatics.
quote by William J. Brennan
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Legalization Of Assisted Suicide Mar 22nd 2011
Legalization of euthanasia and assisted suicide
By
jamesbredin.com
A slow painful death is the worst thing that can happen to you,
No way to escape as you wait in the agonizing queue,
Oregon, Washington and Switzerland have Death Dignity laws,
Canadian politicians see this as too many flaws.
Our appointed Supreme Court decided it can't happen here,
Therefore our obedient subservient politicians have no fears,
The subject cannot even be discussed in Parliament now,
As if this holy subject was a forbidden sacred cow,
Religious diehards want the issue to die or just go away,
We have to wait to die, they say because then, that's judgement day,
When your sins are counted and you go to heaven or he
poem by James Bredin
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The Day You Die
The most important day in your life is the day you die,
And your time of death could be scheduled but can’t and you don’t know why,
Somehow or other they can’t get around to changing the death rules,
About assisted suicide and euthanasia for us fools.
European countries and Oregon can do it but not us,
Our politicians have the attitude that it was ever thus,
Our politicians go to Ottawa and there they hide out,
But then they do nothing and act as if they know what it’s about.
Maybe our politicians believe that they will never die,
We will never know because they will never tell us why,
No binding referendums like the Swiss constitutional tools,
No death with dignity because it’s against religious rules.
Jan 18th,2011
poem by James Bredin
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A Highly Evolved Being
A highly evolved being
would not kill,
A highly evolved being,
would meditate and be still.
A highly evolved being
is “positively aware”
of everything including
birds in the air.
A highly evolved being
enjoys everything
and needs nothing.
They do not need see evil to be
“Postively Aware”.
For a highly evolved being
only shares,
and really cares
For all are ALL ONE,
from the same source,
For life becomes a meditation
and everything is a part of the whole,
everything works together
helping each other grow.
Grow and become the best
that they can be,
To be an effect on the future
and make it filled with merriness and glee.
poem by Christina Sunrise
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Stop Being So Dramatic
You tell me what you think and mean.
But why you don't,
Let it go!
When we're walking in the streets,
There's always a scene.
And under spotlight...
You begin your show.
Let it go.
Your past and those bitter things.
Let it go.
Why can't,
You let it go.
Does your happiness mean anything?
Then you've got to let stuff go!
Let it go.
Stop being so dramatic.
Let it go.
Stop being,
Those worst of fanatics.
Let it go.
Stop being so dramatic.
Let it go.
Stop being,
The worst of fanatics.
You spend your days fantasizing from your window.
Locked up tight without a social life.
And you tell 'me' I'm growing old.
But I'm not sitting with my eyes half closed.
Or watching my life pass by...
From a window.
Let it go.
Your past and those bitter things.
Let it go.
Why can't,
You let it go.
Let it go.
Stop being so dramatic.
Let it go.
Stop being,
The worst of fanatics.
Let it go.
Stop being so dramatic.
Let it go.
Stop being,
The worst of fanatics.
You tell me what you think and mean.
But why you don't,
Let it go!
Stop being so dramatic.
Let it go.
Stop being,
The worst of fanatics.
Let it go.
Stop being so dramatic.
Let it go.
Stop being,
The worst of fanatics.
You let life flow to pass you from your window!
Framed-in-pain...
Let it go!
Stop being so dramatic.
Let it go!
Stop being so dramatic.
Let it go!
Stop being so dramatic.
You need a hit to spark that light inside!
Let it go.
Stop being so dramatic.
Let it go!
Stop being,
The worst of fanatics.
You let life flow to pass you from your window!
Stop being so dramatic.
Stop being so dramatic.
Stop being so dramatic.
Stop being,
The worst of fanatics.
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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That's because international Islamic religious fanatics have the same goal as the Axis fascists - the destruction of our way of life.
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The Welsh Dragon
Beware the Welsh dragon,
He huffs and he puffs,
And he scares all the children at night.
For the tales of his antics
They trip off the tongue,
Of the elders who have to be right.
He rattles and roars, and wants to come in,
And sit by the fire with your Ma.
He shrieks and he squeals, makes a terrible din,
‘Til you shake in your slippers with fright.
But then comes the morning so sunny and gay,
And the terrors have passed with the light.
And whatever will happen today or the next,
The elders have always it right.
They say come on Joey, or Megan or Ruth,
He only comes out when it's dark.
So as long as you're snug
In your beds fast asleep,
The dragon can't hurt you- that's truth.
poem by Rosi Caswell
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Canadians Need Direct Democracy
Canadians need direct democracy where the few do vote,
I realize that this idea is particularly remote,
We could force our politicians to change laws and pay heed,
With binding referendums where Canadians are all agreed.
But our established elites want nothing rearranged or changed,
That means that binding referendums will be looked on as strange,
Plus no set-date or mid term elections allowed in this land,
With participatory democracy and propositions banned.
Establishment types hate plebiscites because it might interfere,
Where they occupy the private-club high ground and are sincere,
Among civil servants, appointees, politicians and judges,
Information on the Internet might not get many nudges.
Dec 29th,2010
poem by James Bredin
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In fact, the U.S. military has bent over backwards to respect the religious beliefs of some very dangerous fanatics who want to kill us.
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Macabre Dance
It’s goodbye to the house on the hill
overlooking the bay
and nothing will ever again be ok
and the businessman, the learned professor,
the doctor, the dentist, the artisan
and even the artist must die
as now matters are settled with a blade,
an axe, a sub-machinegun and torching
by masses of barbaric uneducated people,
who wants more of every thing
and takes it by force
and it’s goodbye to the farmer
who cultivates the land,
goodbye to the holy man
who teaches people of God,
the tradesman, the shop owner,
the policeman, soldier and guard
as now matters are settled
with airliners, nuclear, bio or chemical bombs
by religious fanatics
who wants to rather kill than convert
and demons are walking among men
as if they are some of them
and mankind is going awry
with some believing that they are gods
and are waiting on a greater god
to land in a UFO
and know about occultist things
and some are living for the power of money,
to buy and to sell
and are sending their neighbours,
brothers and sisters
and all of mankind to hell
and still the words written
by John, Luke and Mark are true
that the Creator will come
to save, to judge and to destroy
and wants to rescue everyone
and the wild animals, the fishes
and birds know that the end is near
before a cloud appears in the sky
in the form of the hand of a man.
poem by Gert Strydom
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The one thing we know about torture is that it was never designed in the first place to get at the actual truth of anything; it was designed in the darkest days of human history to produce false confessions in order to annihilate political and religious dissidents. And that is how it always works: it gets confessions regardless of their accuracy.
quote by Andrew Sullivan
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Linux evolved in a completely different way. From nearly the beginning, it was rather casually hacked on by huge numbers of volunteers coordinating only through the Internet.
quote by Eric S. Raymond
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