Feeling terrible

My throat hurts. Surely this cannot be the fault of the asparagus. But I was fine yesterday before I ate the green stuff. I liked it too. I feel betrayed.

This morning's breakfast will consist of an instant coffee and a slab of bread covered in chocolate and hazelnut spread. In deference to health and goodness, the bread will be wholemeal.

Nike, Asimov, and Abraham Lincoln

Following on from nyarbaggytep's post today re the Kyoto agreement, the following regards the power of corporations in the States. This is not about knocking the US or its people. This article is out of date, but the last part is painfully appropriate now, and is one of Lincoln's most famous quotes on his fears for the future of his country.

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