I dreamed of Crusades, voyages of discovery that nobody had heard of, republics without histories, religious wars stamped out, revolutions in morals, movements of races and continents..
I dreamed of Crusades, voyages of discovery that nobody had heard of, republics without histories, religious wars stamped out, revolutions in morals, movements of races and continents...
The poster on which the image appears is part of "Over the Top: American Posters From World War I," a collection of artworks made from 1917 through 1919 by famous illustrators of the time — like John Scott Williams, who created "For Victory" — to support the sale of war bonds and war stamps to American citizens.
The New Yorker, August 5, 1944 P. 11 A little girl in Manhasset lost some War Stamps on her way home from school and her mother phoned the local police station, on the chance that they might have been found and turned in.
(It's odd how those who dismiss the peace movement as utopian, don't hesitate to proffer the most absurdly dreamy reasons for going to war: to stamp out terrorism, install democracy, eliminate fascism, and most entertainingly, to "rid the world of evil-doers").
Among the book's disclosures is that an American military officer pretended to be an agent for Iraqi intelligence, selling Baghdad fake war plans stamped "Polo Step," which was actually the name of General Franks's secret war-planning team.
The words "a nuclear war" are stamped on the forehead, serving as a verbal and visual pun.
She didn't stand up against George Bush or Dick Cheney when they were publicly spewing about truly important issues like going to war and stamping their approval on torture and spying on us and acting like they were supreme patriots for doing so.
US to issue Star Wars stamps [The Register].
Star Wars Stamps Invade the British Postal Service.
