war-drums

Just imagine: Luntz instilling fear and paranoia through ceaseless corporate-funded ads about an imminent oil shortage or creating a whisper campaign about the “threat” of Iranians infiltrating our government … and Gaffney beats the war-drums for a tactical neutron bomb strike against Iran.

Think Progress » Wall St Consultant Frank Luntz Pens Memo On How To Channel Economic Anxiety Into Protecting Wall St Abuses 2010

Only the tribesmen increased their clamor, war-drums booming and voices raised in savage folk songs.

THE GOD OF HIS FATHERS 2010

You'll hear the conches to-night, and the war-drums, and all merry hell break loose.

THE JOKERS OF NEW GIBBON 2010

Once, in that day, he heard again the wonderful sound, seemingly more distant, but rising imperiously above the nearer war-drums in the bush.

THE RED ONE 2010

From the opposing camp came the booming of war-drums and the voices of the priests stirring the people to anger.

THE GOD OF HIS FATHERS 2010

From across the river persisted a bedlam of conches; while from everywhere, drifting for miles along the quiet air, came the deep, booming reverberations of the great war-drums — huge tree trunks, hollowed by fire and carved with tools of stone and shell.

THE JOKERS OF NEW GIBBON 2010

Next morning, with the bush alive with signal-smoke, a bedlam of conches and booming war-drums, Grief tells the others to stay close and wait for McTavish who Grief will send up on the Wanda with a bunch of Malaita bushmen.

“Have you lived? What have you got to show for it?” 2008

Newspaper editorials are getting testy; civil libertarians well, Alan Borovoy, anyway are fussing aloud; and well-connected, articulate conservatives are banging the war-drums ever louder.

Archive 2008-04-01 2008

Politicians are already coming out of the woodwork, drumming their war-drums and rallying the armies for a fight.

Think Progress » Samuel Alito’s America 2005

With his beloved Watch crumbling around him and war-drums sounding, he must unravel every clue, outwit every assassin and brave any darkness to find the solution.

Tuesday business yendi 2005