'Imagine there's no heaven,
It's easy if you try,
No hell below us,
Above us only sky,
Imagine all the people
living for today...
Imagine there's no countries,
It isn’t hard to do,
Nothing to kill or die for,
No religion too,
Imagine all the people
living life in peace...
Imagine no possessions,
I wonder if you can,
No need for greed or hunger,
A brotherhood of man,
imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...
You may say Im a dreamer,
but I'm not the only one,
I hope some day you'll join us,
And the world will live as one. '
... yeah ... first words that came to mind when i heard about the WTC ... thought when i got to the computer about starting a thread entitled 'Imagine' with nothing in the header but the text of the song ... there was a non-denominational memorial service broadcast on friday, this was the first hymn they sang, the most fitting and the one they sang with the most heart ... lots of bandaid treat-the-symptoms temporary solutions are necessary in the near term of course, but the problems will be with us until they are addressed at their roots ... which is totally impractical, we all know the philosophy of Imagine is unworkable at this stage of the species .... but still, for some of us, for a moment while we're hearing or singing the words, it's as real as we can get
Speaking of roots - ca.news.yahoo.com
'Rodhocetus, a whale that lived 47 million years ago is depicted
based on new Eocene fossils from Pakistan. The ankle bones
indicate a close relationship of early whales to hoofed land
mammals such as hippopotami and pigs. Forefeet retain hooves
on the central digits, but hind feet with slender webbed toes
indicate that Rodhocetus was predominantly aquatic. Photo by
Reuters (Reuters)' |
