Denmark Vesey

Friday, June 12, 2009

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery;
None but ourselves can free our minds.
Have no fear for atomic energy,
'Cause none of them can stop the time.
How long shall they kill our prophets,
While we stand aside and look? Ooh!
Some say it's just a part of it:
We've got to fulfil de book.

- Robert Nestor

6 comments:

Anonymous said...: Don't start a war you can't win.; Jun 12, 2009, 8:46:00 PM
Denmark Vesey said...: Don't win a war you can't stop.; Jun 12, 2009, 8:48:00 PM
CNu said...: It's coming.

So many possible vectors along which that sun will be coming back down to earth once again.

Every time you think about the "special relationship" with the chosen, remember, their whole and entire status within the "special relationship" is derived from whatever deal they struck around bringing that pernicious technology to fruition.

Bankers?

Nah..., bankers get put up against the wall and shot just like any other muhphuggah.

Nuclear scientists and engineers, not so much...., just look at my man A.Q. Khan in Pakistan.; Jun 12, 2009, 8:56:00 PM
Hot Damn! said...: The Chinese would have dropped three bombs on em.
Gotta get one in for Nanking!

"bankers get put up against the wall and shot just like any other muhphuggah. "

No sir! They get bailouts...; Jun 12, 2009, 9:22:00 PM
Anonymous said...: Who will launch the next nuclear weapon? Israel? Pakistan? India? North Korea? USA?; Jun 14, 2009, 5:12:00 PM
Anonymous said...: @ DV Nice...lyrics from one of my all time favorite songs...; Jun 14, 2009, 5:26:00 PM

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