The Victors: Project OSPREY
Wednesday, 9 January
(№ 2) Michigan 62-47 Nebraska
16-0, Big Ten 3-0
A night of contrasts: The valiant Wolverines had their worst shooting night of the year, making only thirty-nine per cent of their attempted field goals, & equaled the best season start in program history, matching the 1985-'86 valiant Wolverines' 16-0 start. Let us hope the 2012-'13 valiant Wolverines got their bad shooting night out of the way before sterner tests against (№ 15) Ohio State & (№ 8) Minnesota next week. 16-0! Sixteen victories & zero defeats! All congratulations to the valiant Wolverines & all the best as they vie to set a new school record, 17-0.
Go Blue!
The Rebel Black Dot Song of the Day
Elvis Costello & The Attractions, "Night Rally" from This Year's Model (T.L.A.M.)
Commentary: "Night Rally" struck me as an odd song to have stuck in my head upon waking, but this oddness did not preclude the occurrence. So, there you go, "Night Rally," the R.B.D.S.O.T.D.
"You think they're so dumb,
You think they're so funny,
Wait until they got you runnin' to their
Night rally, night rally, night rally…"
There is no evidence that Edmund Burke (1729-1797) ever said or wrote the words, "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing," though they are often attributed to him. This misattribution does not lessen the veracity of the sentiment expressed. I am not alone in fearing that the widespread misuse of the words "Nazi" & "Fascist" to describe anyone whose ideas disagree with one's own ideals is robbing the words of their true meanings. We forget, we blind ourselves to the evils of Nazism & Fascism at our inestimable peril. Make them objects of fun, yes, to mock & demoralize them; do not dismiss them as mere objects of fun, lest you realize to hate the danger they yet pose. Look to the success of the People's Association—Golden Dawn in Greece. A few bad years are all that are required for the old evil to begin gathering its strength anew. Vigilance, dear readers; I implore you, be ever so vigilant.
2 comments:
reminds me of the episode of Band of Brothers "Why We Fight". The war was all but over, the US marines had a lot of free time, weapons, and booze on their hands. They no longer understood why they were in Europe. And then they found the Nazi concentration camps...
Very interesting, old friend, & a poignant reminder that in this world there is no victory over evil, there is only the relentless struggle against evil. We cannot win, but as long as we continue to fight we cannot lose.
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