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Saturday, Sep 13, 2003
huzzah
ye olde ethyl returns from a long summer lull. we hope he is refreshed.
general election
"Michael Moore to Wesley Clark: Run!"
kick me
"The soccer movie, titled Goal!, is to be a fictional story of a Latino soccer player who rises from the slums of Los Angeles to join a small northern English club and eventually plays in the World Cup, is scheduled for release at the end of 2004. The sequel in expected in 2005 and the third film in 2006.
Bender described the project as similar to the famous Rocky series of boxing movies, "only bigger.""
wright of way
"Still, viewed against the backdrop of history, the case for a kind of manifest destiny is stronger than ever. In this version, America's mission is different from the ones libertarians and neoconservatives have in mind — passive role model or aggressive evangelizer, respectively. It is in some ways a grander mission, carrying a deep and subtle moral challenge. Indeed, the challenge is so deep, and so natural an outgrowth of history, that the idea of destiny in some nonsecular sense isn't beyond the pale. In any event, Sept. 11, 2001, illustrates the challenge in painfully vivid form."