Lake Musings

"Iraqis are sick of foreign people coming in their country and trying to destabilize their country, and we will help them rid Iraq of these killers."

-George W. Bush on Al Arabiya TV

In Praise of Feeling Bad About Yourself

The buzzard never says it is to blame.
The panther wouldn't know what scruples mean.
When the piranha strikes it feels no shame.
If snakes had hands they'd claim their hands were clean...
On this third planet of the sun.
Among the signs of bestiality.
A clear conscience is Number One.

Wislawa Szymborska, 1996 Nobel Laureate in Literature