[Diogenesis]

BUMP for GOTTA SEE THIS-WarEndur.Freedom 12/15/03 -Tikrit, Iraq -Saddam's Farm, Kitchen, Bedroom, and Rat-hole

Ozymandius by Percy Bysshe Shelley

"I met a traveller from an antique land,
Who said--"Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desart . . . . Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal, these words appear:
My name is Ozymandius, King of Kings,
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away."

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[TomGuy]

John Webster

Vanitas Vanitatum

ALL the flowers of the spring
Meet to perfume our burying;
These have but their growing prime,
And man does flourish but his time:
Survey our progress from our birth—
We are set, we grow, we turn to earth.
Courts adieu, and all delights,
All bewitching appetites!
Sweetest breath and clearest eye
Like perfumes go out and die;
And consequently this is done
As shadows wait upon the sun.
Vain the ambition of kings
Who seek by trophies and dead things
To leave a living name behind,
And weave but nets to catch the wind.

[Attillathehon]

BTTT

[EggsAckley]

Wow! Powerful!!

[TruthNtegrity]

Your threads have done a spectacular job of documenting Saddam's capture, the place where he was captured and the faces of our heroes.

Thank you.

[Grampa Dave]

Great Job as usual.

Looks like Old $oddomite could have used some help from Martha Stewart to fix up his quarters!

[Darksheare]

Thnaks again Dioge!

[onyx]

Thanks for the ping, GD. Good work D. Howlin, have you seen this? Bookmarked.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Thank you, Diogenesis, for your uniquely wonderful work and this record of Saddam's capture. 

 

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Saddam Hussein, further demoralizing the art world.

Mona Lisa, creative work credited to the Creator by His creation, Leonardo DaVinci.

[hoosiermama]

Hi Deo, Just got on line thanks for the pictures. DId you see the AP article that had this in it?

When the deposed Iraqi leader was pulled by U.S. troops from a dank hole adjacent to the farmhouse Saturday, he told them in English: "My name is Saddam Hussein. I am the president of Iraq and I want to negotiate."

A U.S. Special Forces soldier replied: "Regards from President Bush."

Couldn't help but chuckle to myself. "REGARDS FROM PRESIDENT BUSH! LOL

[Lockbar]

Oh my God! The French love Saddam so much they even gave him the "Mona Lisa"! Those ba$tards!

[Radix]

Diogenesis, thanks again for your posting here. I love the poem, and your enire post makes me feel as if I were a bottle of Ginger Ale.

[Rightly Biased]

Wow
BTTT for Freedom and Justice
Thanks Dio!!!

[Victoria Delsoul]

Wow, outstanding photos. Thank you kindly.