It is a time of freedom and fear, of Gaia and of borders, of many paths and the widening of
a universal toll road, emptying country and swelling cities, of the public bought into
privacy and the privacy of the public sold into invisible data banks and knowing
algorithms. It is the time of the warrior's peace and the miser's charity, when the
planting of a seed is an act of conscientious objection.
These are the times when maps fade and direction is lost. Forwards is backwards now, so we glance sideways at the strange lands through which we are all passing, knowing for certain only that our destination has disappeared. We are unready to meet these times, but we proceed nonetheless, adapting as we wander, reshaping the Earth with every tread. Behind us we have left the old times, the standard times, the high times. Welcome to the irregular times. The latest from the Zogby America Poll, a nationally representative sample of likely voters taken August 16-19: "Do you think President Bush deserves to be reelected or do you think it is time for someone new?" Deserves Re-Election: 45% Someone New: 48% Back in June, the same question led to a result of 49% "Deserves Re-Election" and 38% "Someone New." "If the election for President were held today and the candidates were Republican George W. Bush and a Democrat, for whom would you vote?" George W. Bush: 43% Democrat: 42% Not sure: 13% In June, Bush held a 7% advantage over "Democrat." Given that the margin of error on this poll is plus or minus 3.2 percentage points, we can interpret the current results as in a statistical dead heat. Yes, Bush is really unbeatable. Right. Return to the Irregular Times Main Page
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