{"id":4181,"date":"2005-10-27T12:59:39","date_gmt":"2005-10-27T16:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/10\/27\/slow-news-day-except-for-hm-a"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:54:27","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:54:27","slug":"slow-news-day-except-for-hm-and-the-gloating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/10\/27\/slow-news-day-except-for-hm-and-the-gloating\/","title":{"rendered":"slow news day (except for H.M. and the gloating)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name='a5191'><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">Now that they&#8217;ve proven their tongues and elbows are as pointy <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">as their heads, America&#8217;s neo-con intelligentsia will surely be <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">offering a mixture of threats and advice to Pres. Bush&nbsp;regarding <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">his next Supreme Court <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">nominee.<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">Since many of the neo-cons purport to be religious &#8212; and thus <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/commandments.gif\" alt=\"commandments\" \/><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">subject to&nbsp;the Most Supreme Court &#8212; I thought I would again<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">remind them that Pride,&nbsp;Anger and Envy are among the <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/story\/110\/story_11007_1.html\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">Seven<\/FONT><\/A><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><A href=\"http:\/\/deadlysins.com\/sins\/index.htm\">Deadly Sins<\/A>.&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">While I&#8217;m in preacher mode, here&#8217;s <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">Mahatma <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\"><A href=\"http:\/\/deadlysins.com\/features\/gandhi.htm\"><FONT size=\"2\">Gandhi&#8217;s list<\/FONT><\/A><FONT size=\"2\"> of <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Arial\"><FONT size=\"2\">the &#8220;traits most spiritually perilous to <\/FONT><\/FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">humanity,&#8221; which I just <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">discovered this morning:<\/FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\"><\/DIV><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><FONT face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">Wealth without Work <\/FONT><br \/>\n<LI><FONT face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">Pleasure without Conscience <\/FONT><br \/>\n<LI><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Science without Humanity<\/FONT> <\/FONT><br \/>\n<LI><FONT face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">Knowledge without Character <\/FONT><br \/>\n<LI><FONT face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">Politics without Principle <\/FONT><br \/>\n<LI><FONT face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">Commerce without Morality <\/FONT><br \/>\n<LI><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Worship without Sacrifice<\/FONT> <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/LI><\/UL><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">&#8220;hangManG&#8221;&nbsp; <EM>Back to gossip and speculation<\/EM>: Does anyone <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">think the White House accepted Harriet Mier&#8217;s&nbsp;<\/FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">withdrawal <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">today, expecting it would eclipse bad news later&nbsp;<\/FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">in the day <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">from&nbsp;Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald?&nbsp; Does <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">anyone think <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">Fitzgerald <A href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/wireStory?id=1255419\">decided<\/A> to make his annoucements <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">tomorrow, <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">once&nbsp;he saw all the Miers&#8217; coverage this morning?<\/FONT><\/DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\">&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/tinycheck.gif\" alt=\"tiny check\" \/> Meanwhile, it&#8217;s a gray chilly day in Schenectady, <\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\">my last load of laundry is in the dryer, my car is in the <\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\">shop for new tires and more maintenance, and I&#8217;m <\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\">expecting a dose of agita over all the gloating that <\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\">will be floating in the blog<EM>i<\/EM>sphere.&nbsp; Sounds like an<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/stories\/storyReader$5063 \"><FONT color=\"black\">Andrew Riutta<\/FONT><\/A> kind of afternoon:<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\">&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\">&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT size=\"2\">mudslide<BR>whatever it takes<BR>to get us where we&#8217;re goin<\/FONT><FONT size=\"2\">g <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT size=\"2\">my mistake<BR>untangling the orchard<BR>from your hair<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><A href=\"http:\/\/www.poetrylives.com\/SimplyHaiku\/SHv3n2\/pipeline\/Andrew_Riutta_intrvw.html\"><FONT color=\"red\" size=\"1\">Andrew Riutta<\/FONT><\/A><FONT size=\"1\">&nbsp; from <EM><A href=\"http:\/\/www.poetrylives.com\/SimplyHaiku\/SHv3n3\/haiku\/andrew_riutta.html\">Simply Haiku<\/A><\/EM> (Autumn 2005)<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"1\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"1\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/media-cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/kiteN.gif\" alt=\"kiteN\" \/><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<P align=\"left\"><BR>among our differences,<BR>a thousand leaves sway<BR>as one shadow<\/P><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<P align=\"left\">&nbsp;<\/P><br \/>\n<P align=\"left\">&nbsp;<\/P><br \/>\n<P align=\"left\">dead leaves&#x2014;<BR>children race one another<BR>down an endless road<\/P><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><BR>&nbsp;<\/P><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<P align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Verdana\"><FONT face=\"Arial\">a woman<BR>I pretend I don&#8217;t love<BR>sets with the sun<\/FONT><BR>&nbsp;<FONT face=\"Arial\">&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/P><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Arial\"><A href=\"http:\/\/www.poetrylives.com\/SimplyHaiku\/SHv3n2\/pipeline\/Andrew_Riutta_intrvw.html\"><FONT color=\"red\" size=\"1\">Andrew Riutta<\/FONT><\/A><FONT size=\"1\">&nbsp; from <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.worldhaikureview.org\/5-1\/whcpb\/haiku\/whcpbhaikuriutta.htm \"><FONT size=\"1\">World Haiku Review<\/FONT><\/A><FONT size=\"1\"> Peace <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT size=\"1\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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