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...Ibis, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting In an undisclosed location on our nation's eastern shore. And the Poonsters have the seeming of an opium addict's dreaming, For the lamplight o'er them streaming throws his shadow on their floor; And their souls from out that shadow that lies floating on their floor Shall be lifted--nevermore...
...stick in people's craw, and politicians always use it to their advantage: Marx's statement "religion is the opiate of the masses." Of course, he did not mean this is a negative way. Hell, Marx benefited from a variety of opiates all of his life, including lots of opium. Americans do not want to have their religion challenge by the state, but Marx had no such thoughts or intentions. And the media propagates this fear. You ask any journalist to recite a quote from Marx, and that is what they will say. The truth is, that is the only...
Displays at the museum begin with the Opium Wars of the 19th century and extend to the bloody confrontations with Colombian cocaine cartels in our day. Elizabeth and 15 of her classmates from Arlington's Washington-Lee High School followed this narrative arc with the help of Fred Smith, who, like most of the museum's docents, is a retired DEA special agent...
...Healthy Opium for the Masses...
Karl Marx said religion was "the opium of the people," but the real opium is ignorance. By trying to choke the spread of the Internet in China [WORLD, Feb. 28], the Communist Party is stopping the spread of knowledge. Despite their attempts, communist leaders will find that China's Iron Curtain will eventually break down under the forces of freedom. TURHAN SARWAR, AGE 15 Kenner...