Desolation Row

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Praise be to Nero's Neptune
The Titanic sails at dawn
And everybody's shouting
"Which Side Are You On?"

--Bob Dylan, "Desolation Row"

"Once upon a time, Americans pledged each other their lives, their fortunes and their honor. Then those who hate government came to govern. During the tragedy in New Orleans they stood by while poor people died, behaving like the fortunate folks in first class on the Titanic who rested on the oars of their half-empty lifeboats -- safely distancing themselves from the shouts and screams of steerage passengers until the waters quieted...Them that has can get out. Them that don't must sink or float."

Nick Coleman, "The New American Experiment: No Heart," Star Tribune. http://www.startribune.com/stories/357/5604602.html

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