History ceases to note any location
in the geopolitical climate when the
prevalent powers withdraw their
endeavours from them.

i am reconsidering a statement i made earlier indicating what American author would go in the Ark with me...numerous people came to mind....Vonnegut, Kerouac, Henry Miller, Wright, Ferlinghetti...i had said Robert Anton Wilson, but for some reason feel that his work would have less meaning if i were in an end-of-time situation...how 'bout the bible? God is an American 'aint he? Oh...that's just Dubya...we better kick our heavenly father out soon...before he runs amok again...the funny thing about this is that as i was typing, 'your own personal Jesus' as covered by Johnny Cash was playing on the stereo...irony