I just received this message, and it intrigued me enough to take a look at the URL. I am amazed that such a thing exists! Take a look for yourself. Now if only we can figure out if it is real or not… 🙂

Very strange!
-nic

—— Forwarded message ——
From: KEMPcool
Subject: Scary Technology Alert!
Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 13:57:51 -0500
To: nic@***

Hello-
My dad suggested that I send this to you. It’s quite frightening.
http://www.dancedanceresurrection.i12.com/

I was reading a story about a recent Kerry stump speech, and it referred to this as Kerry’s Langston Hughes line “I’m running for President because, abroad as well as at home, it’s time to let America be America again. By doing so, we can restore our place in the world and make America safer.”

The story then included a link to Hughes’ poem:
http://www.poets.org/poems/poems.cfm?prmID=1473

I nominate Jesse Jackson to read this poem from the podium at the Democratic convention this summer, do I have a second to that nomination?

I just read this wonderful piece in today’s Times by Nick Hornby (High Fidelity, About a Boy, etc.) and really enjoyed it. It didn’t even bother me too much that the restaraunt I was in was playing an all 80’s set of music at the time:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/21/opinion/21HORN.html

I have always liked Mr. Idle’s witty songs, and this one is a gem! A warning, you may not want to play this at work, or around young children.

From “The Stranger” we have Neal telling us who should shut up, and why. A great read:
http://www.thestranger.com/2004-05-13/feature5.html

The Army Times thinks its time for a change:

“This was not just a failure of leadership at the local command level. This was a failure that ran straight to the top. Accountability here is essential — even if that means relieving top leaders from duty in a time of war.”
http://www.armytimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-2903288.php

Just one reason the uniformed services are a little peeved? The Pentagon is trying to preserve the administration’s charade by giving only one medal for both Afghanistan and Iraq. Seems they’re not two wars, but one big “Global War on Terrorism” (GWOT for short):
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16071-2004May10.html

A bill ordering the Department of Defense to create separate campaign medals for Iraq and Afghanistan is slated to pass the Senate on Tuesday.

Finally, a cheery product endorsement from Ronald Reagon:
http://www.whitehouse.org/kids/reagan-chesterfield.asp

1. You hear a lot about the gay agenda (or the Homosexual Agenda as right

wing conservatives refer to it) in political talk. If you ever
wondered what the hell they were talking about read on:

6:30 am Gym
8:00 am Breakfast (egg whites & mimosas)
9:00 am Hair Appointment
10:00 am Shopping
12:00 pm Brunch
2:00 pm

1. Assume complete control of the Canadian and American federal,  state/provincial and local governments, as well as all other  forms of world government;
2. Destroy all healthy marriages;
3. Replace all school counselors K-12 with agents from Colombian  and Jamaican drug cartels;
4. Bulldoze all houses of worship;
5. Secure control of the Internet and all mass media;
6. Round up all right-wingers, register them, brand them, and forbid them from having sex, getting married or adopting children

2:30 pm Facial, manicure, & pedicure
4:00 pm Cocktails
6:00 pm Light dinner
8:00 pm Theatre
10:30 pm Dancing and cocktails