Tagged!: Memeing when I should be sleeping

[new_iconoclast]

Tagged by g33kgoddess:

The rules:

1. Pick up the nearest book (at least 123 pages).
2. Turn to page 123.
3. Find the 5th sentence
4. Post the 5th sentence on your blog.
5. Tag 5 people.

Not long after that, Secretary of War Cameron inserted in his annual report a flat statement that the government had the right to turn slaves into soldiers and would

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[fishsupreme]

Out of curiosity, I grabbed the nearest book (Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, turned to page 123, and...

...it's an illustration plate of the Roman Forum. No sentences. :)

[mighty_sam]

"The subordination of the best scientific evidence to ideologically driven beliefs is yet another strategy for controlling policy by distorting and suppressing the best available information."

Al Gore, The Assault On Reason (The Penguin Press, New York: 2007)

This was part of a larger criticism of the Bush administration and their supporters for their positions on scientific subjects such as evolution/creationism and stem cell research. But there seems to be a bit of the pot calling the kettle black here, too. Just as not every conservative eschews science, nor does every liberal buy in to the environmental policies championed by Gore and his cronies.

[new_iconoclast]

Irony oozing from every page. I may yet have to read that book, if I find it on a $2 clearance table somewhere.

[mighty_sam]

There's a reason it's on the nightstand: it's a sleep-inducer.

[christys]

Your first few minutes in a new place can be disorienting, so try to be on the lookout for opportunist pickpockets, and keep a close rein on your children.

The Rough Guide to Travel with Babies and Young Children c2008

Actually, page 123 was a picture for a new chapter, so I had to use 124.

[dulcevox]

I would repost this, but the nearest book is on my computer and I don't know how to randomly "pick up" one of those... Other than that, there is one on my nightstand and 55 in my purse. And the two that I'm reading, I believe you've already read. So due to complications beyond my control, I'm going to skip this meme. ;)