Echo

This guy, not Walter Whitman but rather the guy behind the hyperlink, makes the same connection that I made earlier this month but he might take that connection more seriously than me:

In a recent story in The Nation, Chris Hayes used 2,200-plus words to argue why progressives should back Sen. Barack Obama. I’ll use only seven: Obama’s favorite TV show is “The Wire.” It’s certainly true, as Hayes noted, that Obama, like every presidential candidate, won’t be saying one word about the prison-industrial complex or the disastrous consequences of the “war on drugs.” But it’s heartening to think that at least he’s tuning in to one of the few public forums that fiercely drags such issues into our consciousness. [Emphasis mine]

Came across Rilo Kiley singing A Better Son/Daughter today and it was really good. It started off by making me sad and then it picked me up half way through with a few choice/interesting lyrics and the drums.

Also came across a Walt Whitman poem called "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry." Certain sections reminded me of the subway rides across the bridge. Other sections made me feel like an asshole. What happened to those slurping ramen bowls and watching saturday morning cartoon days?

It avails not, time nor place - distance avails not,
I am with you, you men and women of a generation, or ever so many generations
hence,
Just as you feel when you look on the river and sky, so I felt,
Just as any of you is one of a living crowd, I was one of a crowd,
Just as you are refreshed by the gladness of the river and the bright flow,
I was refreshed,
Just as you stand and lean on the rail, yet hurry with the swift current,
I stood yet was hurried,
Just as you look on the numberless masts of ships and the thick-stemmed pipes
of steamboats, I looked.