cost of war

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
April 16, 1953

a republican said that! a republican! amazing. i just can't imagine bush even thinking that. or even making the first step toward connecting the concepts.

but really, i pilfered the quote from costofwar.com.

today is my and jack's one year anniversary. he says 'hello' to julie and shannon and 'can't wait to meet you' to bern, greg, and michelle. supposedly we're going someplace fancy for dinner tonight. hurrah.

what else is new? not a lot. i had my first meeting of the year wtih my advisor, so i feel really behind in work. and i keep having "what do i want to do with my life" crises. as i told jules in an email last week, i think my vocation may be to teach anti-war songs to the animals of the forest. in a totally non-'freaky montana anti-government nutbar' sort of way.

in the meantime, i'm content to read articles about fancy beer and stress out about 16th century property rights.

love you all,
a.ho