Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Zeitgeist

Some things that the editorial staff of The Telegram have on their minds of late:

Government transparency.

The corrosion of legislative process.

Ethnic demagoguery.

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  1. Though not a student of Sorel's philosophies , this passage denotes for me a parallelism with that of the psyche of the average Newfoundlander with regards Danny Williams ,the Demigod . "

    "Sorel argued, the revolutionary myth may, like religion, continue to thrive in "the profounder regions of our mental life," in those realms unreachable by mere reason and argument, where even a hundred proofs of failure are insufficient to wean us from those primordial illusions that we so badly wish to be true".~~Georges Sorel~~

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  2. Though not a student of Polly's ramblings, this passage denotes for me a parallelism with the Wonderful Grand Band's epic tome UIC.

    Jaymie Snider stated, "... as you're lighting up the fireplace with your Bachelor of Arts."

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  3. I thought I detected that distinctive odour of burning sheepskin in the air ...

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