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...think that's something, think about this," David went on. "The federal budget is a trillion dollars. The day Christ was born, if you had a trillion dollars and you spent a million dollars a day, that money would run out about the second week in November 2704. I got the figure written down somewhere...
When the White House fosters the violation of our laws, when a TV minister makes a mockery of the teachings of Christ, I do not see how our President can then refer to the Soviet Union as a godless nation. What corner of hell is being reserved...
...rainbow, rainbow, rainbow!/ And I let the fish go." John Ciardi celebrates "The Lung Fish," a survivor intact from prehistoric epochs: "If no/ creature is immortal, some/ are more stubborn than others." And Robert Lowell hopes that "when shallow waters peter out," he will be able to "catch Christ with a greased worm" and save his soul. The Fisherman notes, "Lowell was a Christian, and he was probably right to resort to the metaphor of fishing for his purpose. Christianity is an aquarium . . . in the fourth century, the cross was not the prevailing symbol for the Man-Fisher; the fish...
They go by names like Soldiers of Christ, Nation Watchers and the People's Movement Against Communism. Some of their members are menacing-looking young men and women with headbands and bolo knives stuck in their belts or automatic weapons slung over their shoulders. The more bizarre groups are called Tadtad, or Chop, because they ritually slash their bodies during initiation. They believe in potions and amulets that they say make them invisible to their enemies...
...Christ," I said. "You know the press, Mike--always doom-and-gloom. The way I look at it, the fast food industry's alive and well. Some people just have to complain...