The Explanation
(for those who require one)

And, of course, that is what all of this is -- all of this: the one song, ever changing, ever reincarnated, that speaks somehow from and to and for that which is ineffable within us and without us, that is both prayer and deliverance, folly and wisdom, that inspires us to dance or smile or simply to go on, senselessly, incomprehensibly, beatifically, in the face of mortality and the truth that our lives are more ill-writ, ill-rhymed and fleeting than any song, except perhaps those songs -- that song, endlesly reincarnated -- born of that truth, be it the moon and June of that truth, or the wordless blue moan, or the rotgut or the elegant poetry of it. That nameless black-hulled ship of Ulysses, that long black train, that Terraplane, that mystery train, that Rocket '88', that Buick 6 -- same journey, same miracle, same end and endlessness."
-- Nick Tosches, Where Dead Voices Gather

Adventures in The Cold War #2

Today's Adventure

Original Caption:

Organization Calls for Repudiation of McCarthy.

Washington -- The 'Americans for Democratic Action' Organization held its closing session of a three-day meeting. Chairman James E. Doyle called on President Eisenhower to "repudiate" Senator Joseph McCarthy and "Reject his methods as political weapons". The group elected its new co-chairman, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. (1953)
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3 comments:

Loyolalaw98 said...

His son James E. Doyle, jr., is the current Governor of Wisconsin.

October 27, 2010 12:48 PM
Joe Thompson said...

"The Age of Jackson" is a good book, beautifully written.

October 27, 2010 10:41 PM
John said...

Didn't he mean "refudiate"?

October 28, 2010 12:52 PM

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