Still, official logic had the last word: Duly returned to its previous state, the clock is once again dysfunctional, its hands frozen at 10 51.
It would be unjust to bemoan poetry's absence; Chowder, working his way through the 504-page official Logic manual in hopes that people will "hear my music and smoke illicit substances and drink mojitos and chew Ecstasy, if that's what they do, and dance," has moved on.
"From the perspective of language and official logic, we are an opposition journal, but we ourselves do not identify as such," Escobar said on Tuesday.
But now questions are being raised in the American Congress and even by Colombian officials about the logic of relying on private companies for operations that are not open to public scrutiny.
In a statement just hours before a Wednesday deadline set by British authorities, BAE Systems of Britain and European Aeronautic Defense and Space, or EADS — the parent of Airbus — said that despite having presented a merger plan based on "sound industrial logic," officials from the three governments could not agree on ownership and industrial structure.
American officials say their logic is simple and compelling: the valley consumed resources disproportionate with its importance; those forces could be deployed in other areas; and there are not enough troops to win decisively in the Pech Valley in any case.
This is the logic officials trusted with protecting our lives are using?
Another Afghan official said the logic of the region dictated the need for unseemly alliances.
He continued, "Such a correspondent is no longer a journalist but, rather, a state official following the logic of service and subordination".
An administration official acknowledged the logic of that, even as he said that a $550 billion package was not yet agreed on.
