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May Day was born in the struggle for the implementation of an eight hour work day. That's funny, because I don't remember the last job in which I only worked eight hours a day. Standard white-collar salary job is nine hours. Considering my last place of employment enjoyed scheduling noon-time "working lunch" meetings, I stand by that statement. But I digress. Recently a lot of anti-Bush Hollywood types ("We're against war but in order to keep our popularity from suffering we'll still say that we support the troops!") have claimed that they we're being "censored" because they came out publicly with unpopular opinions, and their livelihood was affected when the people they insulted stopped purchasing their products. The verb "Dixie Chicked" was born at this time. These celebrities are crying to everyone who will listen that reduced album sales and and poor ratings in their made-for-TV movies is a violation of their 1st Amendment Rights of free speech.
You can see in this photo how they express their outrage at their perceived oppression by taking off their clothes and...ummm...well, I'm not sure what their point is. One would think that if they were truly being oppressed and their freedom of speech denied that we'd actually hear about them a lot less than we do. To be honest, though I was aware of their existence, I never heard much about them until they started being silenced. Now I can't turn around without hearing them claim they aren't allowed to speak their minds. In fact, I'd say that I would never have known their politics unless they had forbidden to express them. Being silenced by the government is probably the best thing that could have happened for their political careers. Oh, wait, they aren't politicians, they're musicians, and their careers are suffering because they decided to be politicians. Ok, maybe it was a bad move. So, we have Sarandans and Robbinses and others getting Dixie Chicked, and they're are all crying about how wrong it is that people decide to like them less, and that album sales and box office receipts should never have any connection to their public soap box spew. They claim they should be allowed to piss off any and all of the people who spend money on them without facing the repercussions of their actions. However, it isn't allowed to work both ways. As soon as someone else organizes to speak out in favor of their beliefs, in the following example that of a website, Hollywood forgets all about the 1st Amendment Rights they claim to embrace. The website Boycott Hollywood is being lawyered out of existence by the William Morris Agency, which represents most big-money actors in Hollywood. Because some readers of that website allegedly emailed the agency with threatening emails, William Morris unleashed their lawyers on the ISP hosting the website, which immediately caved. In case the website is gone before you have a chance to read what is probably their final update, here's what they said:
In summary, celebs are whining that their 1st Amendment rights are being suppressed, which they aren't. Those who would speak out against the celebs are being silenced. I've always known that the law favors those who can afford the most lawyers, it's just rare that it is illustrated to brightly.
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Awhile back when SARS was the new buzzword, we discussed on the forum whether the entire thing was being over hyped, like the shark attacks were the summer before 9/11. It was questioned whether it was more fatal than the annual influenza epidemic, and it was decided that SARS was about 300% more likely to kill you than the flu...at the time it had an approximate 3% morality rate. New news today:
Just to get a little perspective, 10% of the population of China is about 110 million. The Gulf War II may end up being overshadowed by SARS in the history of the world.
The RIAA today sent messages to users of a couple P2P applications. All the news stories I'm reading about this are using the term "hacked" when describing what the RIAA did. Last July I wrote about a new bill being debated in Congress which would legally allow the RIAA to hack into systems....the post is here. Today's article makes a few interesting points:
Wont pursue legal action, right. They'd never go after individual users.
Yep. And this could have repercussions.
I have a very hard time believing this. 1 in 4 Americans? Aren't a big chunk of Americans 60+ year old baby boomers? Is P2P popular among retirees? Though a poll of "people you know" isn't statistically viable, only about one person I know in 20 use P2P. I can see that ratio being valid on college campuses, but not outside of them.
Wonderful, more internet congestion. I wonder how this little tactic will be viewed in light of existing and emerging anti-spam laws?
I don't eat a lot of fruit, but a couple weeks ago in the grocery store I was mysteriously drawn to the fruit area. I had a craving for some peaches and plums, and picked up a few of each. By the time I got home the mood had passed, and they rotted in the fruit drawer. Today the wife and I were at the grocery store picking up a few perishables. Bread, tomatoes, etc. Watermelons are now in season, and they had some scrumptious looking watermelon quarters on display. Me:
Damn. That watermelon looks good.
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Maybe Israel really should just cease to exist. The only reason it exists in the first place is because the United Nations is a puppet of the United States, which in turn is a puppet of the Zionists. I think the argument that really swayed my opinion of this issue was
I especially like the part about how it was a beachfront restaurant. Nothing says "we were wronged" like taking out a bunch of random people eating lunch. How could I have been so blind. Those poor, poor Palestinians.
Hey, anybody know what's being televised this Friday night? I don't care because I just picked up tickets for X-Men 2.
Today on the forum a regular pointed us at the Computer Gigalo. He's a serviceman in an undisclosed country somewhere in the neighborhood of Iraq, and is in the Army...but we wont hold that against him. He just probably had a poor upbringing, and was never instilled with character nor strong moral fiber. Don't blame him...blame The System. Go visit him and say hi. I have to stop writing now before I italicize again. Oh, and the Feedback thread is a rare one that you'll have to register to see. Crap, I did it again.
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American Greeting is suing Penny Arcade, and Penny Arcade sniped back at them (read it before it gets cease and desisted). And Apple just launched an online music download site...each song $.99. $10 to $13 for an album still seems a little pricey to me, though. But the best thing I read today was this open letter to Jacques Chirac over at L.T. Smash:
So there you go.
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Since this webpage is pretty much my new full time job, I decided to not worry about it on the weekends. Considering this week's down time, however, I decided to make a post today to make up for the lost days. But as a new rule, no more weekend updates. ++++ "Fred on Everything" is one of the oldest links in the left column. Written by Fred Reed, it is a weekly rant about, well, everything Fred deems fit to rant about. Sorry about that preposition-closing sentence...if I'm writing about Fred Reed, I need to watch the grammar. He notices things like that. Today I got an email notification of a new article, so I grabbed a frosty beverage and sat down to read it. Fred tongue-in-cheek apologetically explains why he supports the French. He goes on to explain why Americans are pretty much not worthy to look down on the French. He gives examples I don't think I agree with showing why our military history isn't as grand as we believe, and goes on to share anecdotes about how friendly they were when he visited Paris.
I don't need to reprint most of what he said; to make my point, and to understand his, you really need to go there and just read the entire thing. I wrote Fred once before asking a few details of his becoming an expatriate in Mexico and received a polite response, so I know he at least sometimes answers reader mail. As such, I just sent the following:
So, no real news, here. I'll be
sure to repost a reply, if any, in the Feedback thread.
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What to do, what to do. The United States is establishing a new foreign policy based on preemptiveness against crazed wacko dictators who want to dabble in the trade of weapons of mass destruction. Actually, I'm tired of hearing that phrase. For now on when I mean ""nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons," I'll say "Fluffy Cuddly Kitten Bomb." Or, "FCK Bomb," for short. As in, "We're about to get FCK'd." As evil wack dictators go, Saddam was average. His main political tactic when a policy was questioned was typically death, if the dissenter was lucky. If he was unlucky he might get to watch his family tortured, raped, mutilated, and finally, mercifully killed. But at least he kept the power on and water running, and allowed a bought and paid for global news network to report from Baghdad. On the scale from 'Benevolent' to 'Absofuckinglutely Crazy,' Saddam was only about 70% toward the deep end. Kim Jong-il, on the other hand, anchors the radical side and is the standard to which all crazies strive. He's the epitome of batshit in the belfry nuts. For example.
So, we've established that he has the "Mad Dictator" thing happening. But, joy, he just announced what we've all known and he's denied, he has nukes. That's more than Baghdad ever admitted, and we went after them. In "North Korea II," I'll delve into NK's military potential.
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So Bush is getting all kinds of flack for wanting to cut taxes. The opposite flack his father got when he said "No new taxes" and then made new taxes. Opponents say that tax cuts will hurt the country and economy, specifically one of the bigger problems of unemployment. I started writing this post with the intention of being cocky and challenging the world to tell me what was wrong with tax cuts, but in doing some research I may have answered my own question, to a degree. I still like the tax cuts, but like most of the tax cut opponents I have a problem with the frivolity of spending. The conservatives on the hill don't seem to be fiscally conservative.
In summary, I support income tax cuts on principal, but I strongly believe they need to be balanced with cuts to stupid projects. But I'll take the tax cuts for now. Oh, and France still sucks.
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Tina Fey from SNL. Head writer, actually. Heh, I said "head."
My wife thinks I'm crazy for finding her attractive, but I think she has that sexy-thinky thing going on. Speaking of which, here's the list of famous women I'm allowed bed if I ever get the chance....without incurring the penalties of cheating while married. 1. Salma Hayak. A last minute ruling on twins counting as two people (stupid rule) meant I had to drop a couple off. Like Halle Berry and Reese Witherspoon. Here's my wife's list.
She's such a whore. Oh, and the French are still assholes.
I've been trying to make this post all day but stuff kept coming up. ++++ After 9/11 I made a series of posts here about American military heroes in the past. From Smedley Butler to Audey Murphy to Chesty Puller, all were absolutely inspiring in their actions in the face of death. Here's one a little more recent.
30 to 50 bad guys. I may be wrong, but I don't think 95% of the soldiers in World War II had that kind of number of confirmed kills. Salute.
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Last night the little women and I are preparing dinner. We decided to have an omelet night, and she started cutting the omelet fixins while I peeled and grated the taters for hash browns. Woman:
(Head in the refrigerator) Where's the onion that was in here? I just let it go at that point.
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For quite a while and often currently I've been a supporter for American military intervention in the middle east. I've done my part for the cause by cheerleading Gulf II from my little corner of the internet, and possibly even persuaded a person or two that I was right. I've ridiculed and mocked peace activists for their views, and shoved the uncovered horrors in Iraq in their faces to shame them and point out their lack of sense and logical argument. I've argued that the American military was so advanced that the ability to minimize civilian casualties was one of the traits that separated us from the enemy, who often used civilians as human shields and coerced human bombs. I do feel that those who actively opposed the overthrow of the Iraqi regime should be ashamed of themselves. To stand by and do nothing while millions are oppressed and tortured is as bad as doing the oppression yourself. However. Supporting violence against your fellow man, no matter how noble the cause, has its price, too. Those who fight the battles and those who support them surely pay the ferry-man, in the only coin he takes; a little piece of your soul.
Bless the free Republic of Iraq, but never forget those who paid the price for that freedom.
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Activities in Iraq wind down, and things to talk about become fewer and farther between. Before the Linkdump begins, I would like to say though that we need to get the utilities on pretty quickly over there. It doesn't help that power and water stations were looted, but I do feel that they're our responsibility until they become self sufficient again. Getting the power and water back on will do tons for the mood in Baghdad. Let us begin: The Greatest Jeneration. I'm liking that page. Funny title. ++++ The Ornery American, Orson Scott Card's page. I'm presently undecided on what I think about it. ++++ France and Belgium pay the price for backing Saddam.
There's more. Go read it. Or not. Whatever. ++++ Go here and register your blog....after you link Damn the Man, of course. DTMan.com is currently ranked 1616....not even on the rank scale yet. I may suck, but at least I don't have horrible bandwidth charges. ++++ The majority of Americans oppose tax cuts?
Half say taxes are too high, but some of those people think their taxes shouldn't be lowered....implying that they aren't currently too high.... It makes my head hurt. We should just follow the trend some surly governors are doing....cut taxes, but add a voluntary "tax me more" line on tax forms if you think you should be paying more. ++++ American companies pay paltry fines for trading with the enemy.
This angers me. This is one of the reasons we may be going to war with Syria... it really angers me to see a light slap on the wrist for these companies. Spread the word; give them bad publicity. ++++ Here's a grass roots campaign to revoke his Oscar for he piece of fiction called "Bowling for Columbine." Arguments, emails, addresses, phone numbers, and sample letters provided. I don't care when someone with opposite views from me says something....but when it's fiction they need to be called to the carpet for it. ++++ Still no justification for the war.
Maybe soon we'll find some evidence that doesn't make America look like horrible Imperialists. ++++ And finally, the next bit speaks for itself.
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Over at One Hand Clapping I was directed to a really amazing....ly stupid op-ed piece from a writer from the tennessean.com, the major newspaper in Nashville. You can read OHC's assessment of it, which I happen to agree with, so I won't repeat what he already said. Just to give you an idea, the author, Tim Chavez, says, amongst other things:
To be fair, I didn't think what he had to say was that stupid, but I was in a caustic mood this weekend, and I let him have both barrels:
"Ha!" I thought to myself. "Owned!" Then I got a response this morning...the first time this has happened. Usually I'm putting the emailic smackdown on people in the national news, and I never get a response. Here's his:
Damn it! He didn't lose his cool. Gordon = owned.
I know what you're thinking...and yes, I used the word "acerbic." His final response:
Nothing takes the wind out of your sails like someone who can take criticism. There's a lesson there.
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VEILED4ALLAH! Yes. "Veiled for Allah," but in d3wd-speak. Actually a somewhat interesting page....the author describes it as "The occasional thoughts of a Muslim woman. Islam, current events, my life, and whatever else interests me." I find it sadly intriguing to find a blog written by a Muslim person that isn't ranting and/or raving. Good read if you want to learn about how the side of Islam culture we never hear about thinks. ++++ Here's an entry from Sgt. Stryker the other day....an email from a Marine at the front. To summarize....they are in daily combat, they are getting shot at all the time, he's had to kill a bunch of bad guys, they could die at any moment, and they're having a great time. Only a Marine could have a great time while being shot at, FYI. ++++ Take One. The rumor is that this guy is blogging from Tehran. I have no evidence to confirm nor discredit his claim, but here he is. ++++ "U.S.S.Clueless." This is a commentary page that has an excellent chance of making the permanent links in the left column. Mostly because I agree with their views. ++++ Russian President Putin thinks the United States failed to meet its objectives in Iraq.
Hey Vlad....puff, puff, give, buddy. Don't bogart the doobage. ++++ Well, that's one way to do it.
Aren't the people who typically protest U.S. sanctions against Cuba the same people who typically protest the death penalty? Just curious. ++++ And finally, it looks like CNN may have been aiding Saddam's regime for years, in order to keep their Baghdad Office open. Good commentary has already been written here.
What happens when the newscasters become the news? That's it for today's edition of Linkdump.
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I finally found the English language version of al-Jazeera dot com (under maintenance at the time of this writing...probably hacked again). I read through a few of their "objective and balanced global news coverage and analysis" stories and picked out a few to discuss. This story highlights the story of the statue that was briefly adorned with the American flag before it was toppled. The bent of the story is, basically, everything the western media says is a lie.
In the first place, hospitals "don't stop counting." Additionally, the Red Cross described dozens of bodies? Wow, that many? And I wonder if this includes the women and children forced into car bombs at gunpoint at the risk of their families' lives...by the Iraqi regime. Nah, couldn't be. The only women and children killed in this war are those who are purposely targeted by Americans while trying to eat fried chicken and pumpkin pie in the parks that are really far away from any military targets for no other reason than our racist wish to cause an Iraqi genocide on purpose.
I have to call SHENANIGANS on this one. Reference, please. In the context in which it was said, if it was said at all.
No mention that the U.N. sanctions were the U.N.'s idea in order to keep the war from flaming back up. No mention that more than enough money was made by the "food for oil" program that was funneled straight to Saddam and his "Palace for Every Day of the Year" program. No mention that now that the U.S. is in charge in spite of the U.N.'s resistance that the country will be better off than it has been for, well, EVER.
Oh, wow....we left Afghanistan? I thought we were still having some pretty big battles with the anti-Democracy folks. But al-Jazeera said we walked away, and they claim to objective and unbiased. Oh wait...they never claimed not to be stupid. ++ This next article claims that all evidence of weapons of mass destruction found in Iraq will have been planted there by America.
The U.N. inspectors were there for years and found nothing. American troops have been there for three weeks and every other day are finding some banned thing or another. We probably smuggled all those kids in from outside the country and planted them in that children's prison, too. And Jessica Lynch shot herself as well as broke both her legs and one arm so we could "prove" Iraq breaks Geneva Convention rules. The proof is that she wasn't able to break her own second arm with the first one already broken (I just made that up...watch for it soon in this propaganda rag)
Even if that's really a rule, and I doubt it, I say to hell with it. If the Arabs have a problem with non-lethal methods of riot control, well, they're just as crazy as everyone says they are. They need to make up their minds as to whether or not they want us killing citizens over there. That's about all the "objective and balanced global news coverage and analysis" I can take for now. Be sure to peruse their "news" stories and see for yourself why the United States is the most evil place in the universe. Oh, and you may need to hit refresh a few times to get their hyperlinks to work, because apparently Allah smiles on crappy HTML and web servers. No America THAT'S A BAD AMERICA.
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Yesterday,
Gordon posted a picture of an American soldier hanging the U.S. flag
on the head of a Saddam Hussein statue. In the forums, while discussing
the issue, I explained that the soldier’s commanding officer
ordered him take it down almost immediately. The commanding officer
is obviously following orders that we present ourselves as a
liberating army, not a conquering army. Gordon stated that not
displaying the U.S. flag on land we spilled blood is almost a crime.
I agreed, however I see the point of making sure the people of Iraq
and the entire Arab world fully understand our motives. I believe if
the U.S. shows itself as a world power that is not intent on global
conquest, but global freedom, it will start to change minds. A flag
flying over a U.S. embassy in Baghdad would mean a lot more in
future Arab-U.S. relations than any flag over a liberating tank now. The Arab
world isn’t exactly a haven of free speech and ideas. Many
dictators and corrupt governments have kept their power by keeping
their people uneducated and misinformed. People of the Middle East
are taught to hate outsiders and their lives are heavily dictated by
religious beliefs. Examples of
the misinformation were recently very available to the whole world.
We all saw the Iraqi Information Minister broadcasting such enormous
lies that most Americans thought of him as a comedy skit and wanted
to see him on Saturday Night Live. Well, it turns out that many in
the Arab world believed his lies. We’ve also seen a strongly
biased Al-Jazeera, the Arab world’s main source of news,
broadcasting images of dead American soldiers and P.O.W.s.
Al-Jazeera heavily slanted their war reporting as anti-American and
downplayed our advances. Following yesterday’s historic events in Baghdad, images that could not be “spun” or hidden, people are changing. They are starting to question their sources of information and even their governments. Some quotes:
After
the last scraps of Saddam’s regime are mopped up, the U.S. should
concentrate on helping a new Iraqi government start up and then get
the hell out of dodge. Showing that we truly were there to liberate,
will send yet another blade into beliefs and misinformation about
our intentions. Thus changing more minds. Hopefully, enough minds
will change so that other dictators fall without our help. A
couple of quick notes: -Screw
the BBC and their slanted anti-war coverage. Not showing the
liberation of the Iraqi people in favor of earthquake coverage ranks
up there with the Iraqi Information Minister’s version of events.
It’s a disgusting way to try and save face in light of your
accusations being false. -On
a related note, where are all the anti-war people? Iraqi-Americans
in Dearborn, MI had a large parade yesterday to celebrate Baghdad
falling, but not one anti-war person showed up to protest the war. I
wonder why… -Don’t
you want to smack this
idiot? On a final note, my prayers go out to the families of these people. I hope they return home safely.
What I find even cooler is that the guy is only a 2nd generation American.
I swear I can't make this stuff up. Today for lunch I had a bologna sandwich. The brand of bologna we buy is packaged in a self-sealing container. My wife, however, always wraps the self-sealing bologna container in yet another zip-lock baggie....a practice that has always bugged me. It just adds another layer of complexity in an already complex world. Anyway, she gets home from work a few minutes ago: Woman:
What did you have for lunch today? I'm not sure who won.
Time to clean out the bookmark list again. Getting unwieldy.
I remember in the Marines you always wanted to be in the field with Staff Sergeant Johns. He grew up in the swamps of Florida, and was the guy who knew how to make a feast from the critters you found in the woods. I imagine these guys had their equivalent of SSgt Johns. The turtle soup in France after two weeks straight of MRE's was excellent. +++++++++++++
Heh. I wonder how much complaining there will be. "It's not fair because we want that money too even though we opposed the war and did nothing to aid it." The same argument is used for these countries who want a piece of the rebuilding pie. The U.N. and various Saddam-supporting countries want in now, even though they did nothing and incurred no expense to stop the regime. They must be wanting compensation for the Iraqi contracts they lost when going behind the U.N.'s back. +++++++++ Here's a funny little thing I was directed to. Funniest if you're actually an ex Marine. ++++++++ New links in the left column. Right We Are - Apparently written by a couple of conservative-leaning chicks. Good page. And they linked us back! The Bitch Girls - Same as above, but a little harder to pin down due to the greater number of authors. Still worth reading, from what I saw...will stay linked as long as it remains so.
The first archive page was getting a little long, so I added a new archives page and did some reshuffling to even things out. In doing so I found a post I made years ago about a guy in Europe who wrote an entire webpage based on the arguments/battles between him and his girlfriend. Sometimes I think I have him beat, so I'm going to start doing the same here, when it is warranted. The other day while packing boxes for our upcoming move, my wife drew a smiley face on the top of my bare foot with a permanent marker. Eyes toward my toes, smiling mouth toward my ankle. She thought it was pretty funny. Now when I'm sitting there taking a #2, I stare at the floor between my legs, and my eyes are irresistibly drawn to the face on my foot staring back at me. It's very disconcerting.
If you've watched the news at all in the last 12 hours you've seen the "dramatic" footage of an al-Jazeera cameraman filming war stuff and getting taken out. Facts nobody denies:
What the U.S. claims:
What Al-Jazeera claims (and I got this from both analysts last night and an interview this morning by a representative of al-Jazeera):
Actually, that last one kind of departs from "fact" to my personal opinion. Here's my personal thoughts:
I really want to believe that a major Arab-based media outlet can be unbiased, but when they still run stories about how America is trying to exterminate Iraqis, it makes me think it may be impossible....at least in today's world. There's only one major reason the Islamic world hates the west: people tell them to. As always, correct me if I'm wrong.
Let's hope we got him. Somehow, it feels right this time. Is it possible the world is a little less evil, tonight, and it's palpable? Maybe I'm just feeling a great disturbance in the Force. The real reason I'm posting tonight is because of an article I saw on Sgt. Stryker, who saw it on "This is London." I'm even going to quote the same bit he did, because I find it quite poignant.
Someday, this war's going to end. Feedback thread already in progress.
I was recently in on a press conference with Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf, Iraq's Information Minister.
*Landshark*
I realize the guy is only doing his job, but he has two problems. Firstly, the people he is trying to convince are the ones who aren't receiving television signals right now and only see American armor rumbling through their neighborhoods. And secondly, those who are seeing his statements are already seeing (and often protesting) the same occupation images. He needs to give himself up, quickly. The National Minister of Silly will soon end up the Minister of Deader than Dogshit, otherwise. And he's kind of funny, in a goofy sort of way.
Maybe they should have allowed inspectors more time.
Since this is considered "Human Rights" abuse, should they get the esteemed gentleman from Libya to sit in on this one? If the United Nations were actually effective, nothing like this would happen, ever. As it is, the UN is just sitting back with their list saying, "Well, looks like we don't need to send as much food aid from America to Africa this month." The United Nations: When you Absolutely, Positively Need to Delay Action as Long as Possible.
More bits and bobs (instead of boobs) today.
I really can't blame the guy for "crying like a baby." A Marine Gunny can do that to most people. Another interesting thing mentioned in that article is that typically, these Fedayeen assholes have tattoos. In the first Gulf War when Iraqi troops hadn't yet met US Marines, they were fed the line that for every tattoo an American Marine had, he had killed one member of his own family. I don't remember the Marines doing a lot to discourage that rumor. ++++++++++ Is "because they're assholes" a good enough reason to take over a country?
The story goes on quoting all kinds of people from around the Arab world with less grasp on world events than your average six year old girl in Iowa. They all admit the the USA will win, but all of them want lots of dead US soldiers. Everyone wants to go to Baghdad. Real men want to go to Tehran and Damascus. ++++++ Here's an interesting story linking Saudi money...yet again...to a terrorist act, this time in the Army asshole who rolled the grenade into his unit's command tent.
Indirect connection, yes. Why couldn't Gandhi have been a little more land-hungry? At least when he professed peace he didn't do it by killing as many people as he could. +++++++ And, last but not least, let's cast some dispersions on our own government. I can't really think of any commentary for this except "bad."
The privacy of millions and millions of people will be invaded in order to track a relatively small handful or terrorist assholes. Generally, I'm against it. +++++ Know what? I've changed my mind. I hope we topple the Saudi monarchy, next.
Been wringing out the internet like a wet rag trying to find something going on today that hasn't already been covered eight ways from Sunday on other websites, but it seems like after Iraq's "Get ready for something unconventional tonight" statement, everyone is holding their breath. As such, two things... Here's a pic I liked:
And here's a woman I've been having recurring dreams about:
That's "Donna" from "That 70's Show." I never have recurring dreams about women, and I've never really gone in for redheads. Weird. I kept the images small since they're borderline NWS. They're clickable, though...
For the last three days I've been book marking things that I wanted to discuss or post in the forum or something, but I never got around to it. So, here's their own post so I can clean out my bookmark list. Right after 9/11 there was an incident in which a German destroyer came alongside the USS Winston Churchill upon which the German sailors held up a sign proclaiming, "We stand by you." I guess my point is that while the German government is full of shit, the regular Germans are 'ok.'
Feel free to remind me of any French shows of solidarity I may have forgotten. ++++ Know what you don't want to do? Have a bunch of Marines holding a grudge against you.
It happens every time, and yet I never understand it. What level of subhuman do you have to reach to desecrate the dead like that? If I saw a buddy treated like that, it would probably add a little more resolve in my will to kill bad guys. I wonder if that was the desired effect. +++ In case you ever wondered, here's the Code of Conduct American fighters are expected to adhere to.
++++++ Hey look, more bullshit from the French.
I'd been against the idea of digging up the cemeteries in France, but if this kind of thing keeps happening I can't see how we'd have a choice. "Enlightened," indeed. ++ Here's a good "what if" scenario that I thought was a good read. Too long to post and impossible to paraphrase. +++ Awhile ago in the forums I expressed a fear that Saddam would adopt a scorched earth policy if it looked like his defeat was imminent. Coalition forces are now in Baghdad. I can't find the link right now, but word has it Al Jazeera reporters were told to get out by the regime. Our forces are reporting (as of right now) that resistance is light...they aren't meeting the forces they expected. Is this what would happen in Saddam set a timer on a nuke? +++ I embedded a secret code in this post. Five points to anyone who figures in out.
"The Americans definitely aren't anywhere near Baghdad." - Iraqi government officials. Meanwhile, we just took Saddam International a few miles from downtown. From
the Quran:
What that means is that people who follow the Prophet (pbuh) are supposed to not believe rumors. They're supposed to verify on their own before they act on bad information. Which, apparently, very few of them are doing, like good Muslims are supposed to. They get stuck on "Kill the Zionists," I guess. Question: why does the entire Arab world get into such an uproar over a plot of land the size of New Jersey? +++++ PFC Lynch: Hard core. As the story is coming out, it seems that when her vehicle was ambushed, she fought until she ran out of ammo. Word is she took out at least two bad guys....imagine the shame an Islamic male died feeling when he was out-fought by a little American girl. Lynch was fighting to the death. Good show. I'll be honest...being that they were Army, I had envisioned a fast surrender. I gladly stand corrected, and impressed, if what I've heard is true.
A nineteen year old girl from West Virginia named Jessica. God I'm glad to be an American.
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Gordon has been doing a lot of
posting on the war lately, so I thought I’d give him a break and
write a post of my own on this conflict.
Let’s start off with something a little
different and put the anti-war protestors in the spotlight, shall
we? Let’s allow the protestors to speak their
minds and intelligently explain why they’re against the war: (For the two links below, just select the video
format and speed you’d like to view) For full information on the videos, please
visit http://www.brain-terminal.com. Now let’s move on to the most publicly
recognized peace protestors, Hollywood celebrities. We’ve all seen
and heard certain celebrities speaking out against the war and
President Bush, so let’s examine these celebrities’
qualifications to discuss international affairs: Barbra
Streisand : Completed high school Career:
Singing and acting Maybe
her porn video makes her an international expert? Alec
Baldwin: Dropped out of George Washington U. after scandal. Career:
Acting Wait a minute. Weren’t Alec and Barbra going
to leave the country if Bush won the election? How can two people
with this much integrity possibly be wrong? Cher:
Dropped out of school in 9th grade. Career:
Singing and acting Jessica
Lange: Dropped out college mid-freshman year. Career:
Acting Sean
Penn: Completed High school. Career:
Acting Susan
Sarandon: Degree in Drama from Catholic University of America in Washington,
D.C. Career:
Acting Susan has an anti-war commercial out asking,
“What did Iraq do to us?” Hey Susan, I’ll answer that question
for you as soon as you tell me what Germany did to us. Apparently,
in Susan’s mind we were wrong to save Europe and liberate the Jews
because Germany didn’t do anything thing to us just like Iraq
hasn’t. George
Clooney: Dropped out of the University of Kentucky. Career:
Acting Michael
Moore: Dropped out after his first year at the University of
Michigan. Career:
Movie Director Michael Moore just won the Oscar for Best
Documentary for Bowling For Columbine. One little problem, it
doesn’t qualify in the official Oscar rules as a documentary. It
just so happens that Mr. Moore likes to lie
and edit video/speech to fit his needs. Janeane
Garofelo: Dropped out of College. Career:
Stand up comedienne I’ll cut Janeane some slack if she apologizes
to Bush after the war is over and we find out that horrible things
have been occurring to the Iraqi people and Saddam has weapons of
mass destruction as she promised during an interview with Bill
McNeil. Jennifer
Anniston: Completed High School. Career:
Acting I’m
not sure why Jennifer is on this list, but I’ll bet if she truly
is anti-war then she’s probably got a problem with her husband
Brad Pitt coming out in favor of the conflict. To
see the full list of celebrities and their international diplomacy
qualifications versus our political leaders’ qualifications in a
fantastic article, please go here. One
question I haven’t heard a single anti-war celebrity or current
peace protestor answer is where they were when Clinton was bombing
people in the Middle East/Africa and invading Bosnia… Ok,
I’m doing a lot of mocking here, but let me get serious for this
last part. It
absolutely amazes me that some of the anti-war people are as
ignorant as they are and judging by the last guy in the Protesting
the Protestors II video I linked to above (San Francisco), some of
the anti-war people are amazed by it too. Please understand, just
because someone is anti-war does not mean I think they’re an
idiot. Its when you ignore the facts, call Bush “Hitler”, act
like the U.S. is a bully, etc. that makes me believe you’re an
idiot. Has
it ever occurred to you morons that the reason you have the right to
say what you want without being tortured or killed is because you
are an American. The last time I checked, this country and your
freedom was built on the bodies of U.S. soldiers. Do you believe
that life is like this around the world? Do you think the Iraqi
people are better off without our help? Do you idiots actually
believe that a man who has used weapons of mass destruction in the
recent past, who has invaded neighboring countries TWICE, and told
the U.N. inspectors to go screw themselves, will peacefully disarm
and put himself at the mercy of the people he’s been oppressing
and killing for years? So
maybe you need a wake up call? The audio clip below is a call made
to a talk radio show in Chicago. This woman called after the hosts
read an email written by an anti-war listener wishing that their
son, who is currently flying an F-18 in Iraq, would die. By
the way, the caller is an Iraqi and that makes her opinion 100% more
informed than your emotional, and frankly uninformed, judgment on
the war.
Spent the weekend in Sioux City visiting friends, and took a road trip 70 miles farther north to see Sioux Falls. Biggest city in South Dakota, you know.
That's me sitting there. I have a jacket on; I'm not actually quite that round.
Anyway, I thought I'd make a light post and take a little break from the political vitriol I've been spewing. More spewing tomorrow. "Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time . . . I am haunted by waters."
Columbia University professor Nicholas De Genova.
A few days ago I suggested that if you were protesting the war,
that you were essentially providing support to Saddam. Let me
qualify that a bit. Protesting government actions is what
America is all about. There's really not many more poignant
ways to celebrate freedom than by dissenting against the country
providing it. Here's my clarification: if in protesting
you deny someone else their freedom, block off a city intersection
and disrupt commerce, or abuse your position of authority to suggest
to impressionable teens that the death of American soldiers is the
best thing that can happen, then as far as I'm concerned you're a traitor.
Here's the Columbia University faculty directory if you want mailing addresses or something.
I found a good op-ed
piece by National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice on the state
or the coalition. Here's a bit I liked.
A bit about Condi from an email that made the rounds and the forums:
As one person in that thread pondered, "Is it just me, or does anyone else find Condoleezza Rice's brain sexually exciting?"
She's no Salma Hayak, but then Salma is no Condi Rice.
Protesters. Even in World War II, which everyone these days considers to be "The Last Good War," some were opposed to American involvement. Europe was in flames, England was months away from being overrun in spite of America's shoring them up with supplies through the Lend-Lease Act, and still there were those who felt one American casualty was too many, no matter what the cost to the world of our neutrality. There has been much speculation about what would have happened if the G.I.'s hadn't gone to Europe, almost all of it concluding it would all be Germany. Before you think I'm about to compare Hitler's 1940-1941 European tour with Saddam and Iraq, stop. I'm about to discuss the dangers of sitting back and doing nothing because "It isn't our problem." Contrary to what many may think, I think war sucks. I also think chemotherapy sucks, but I'm not saying it isn't sometimes necessary. Many protesters bandied the phrase, "Bush's Rush to War." Rush? What constitutes a rush? Saddam ignored U.N. resolutions for 12 years. Then there was almost a year of public discussion before any Iraqi liberation began. A "rush" would have been "We took out Baghdad last night" instead of, "Saddam has just 6 more months to be forthcoming." As our troops are uncovering chemical weapons plants, it's obvious Saddam never was as innocent as anti-Bushies claimed. Protesters were wrong, but there's not a lot of people talking about that. I've heard President Bush called a dictator, recently. He's been compared to Hitler quite a bit. I find it hard to address this at all, it is so asinine. America's military budget is bigger than the next six largest countries' budgets combined. If we wanted to take over a pissant desert country, we could do it at any time, for any reason we wanted to. And we are. But are we keeping it and setting up regional governors, ala Rome? No. We provide a stable platform for economic growth and the blossoming of a population having human rights for the first time. When America rebuilds a government, you get places like Japan and Germany. When those who oppose us rebuild a government, you get places like Congo and Chad. Not exactly hot tourist destinations, unless you're into cannibalism. I've heard dissenters claim, "not one innocent Iraqi life is worth a war." They show pictures of women and children in hospitals. Pictures generated by the Iraqi propaganda machine, with no evidence of when or from where the pictures came. Of course, more innocent women and children have been killed by the government during Saddam's reign that will ever match any collateral damage we will inflict. Why is this ignored? Yesterday Iraqi soldiers in Basra fired rockets into a crowded marketplace to make it look like American soldiers did it. I'm sure the protesters will ignore this. And P.O.W.'s. Unlike the dirt bags in Guantanamo Bay, uniformed Iraqi soldiers who are captured/surrender are afforded every right under the Geneva Convention. They are searched and deloused and bundled off to a different patch of sand from whence they came and are given the best food and medical treatment they've probably seen in years. Despite footage of the soldiers initially being captured, American media has not shown images of these prisoners or otherwise exploited them. Unlike poor, innocent Iraq. I will not post the link, but I saw images of some of our dead POW's with their pants down, with mutilated genitalia. Put that on your anti-Iraqi liberation signs. Today there's concerns that Iraqis may have acquired American uniforms and are using them to make us look brutal. In World War II, the "last good war" I mentioned earlier, the Germans tried this during the Battle of the Bulge. English speaking German troops in captured Jeeps tooled around behind our lines and wreaked quite a bit of havoc before we rounded them up. In that "good war," they were all shot as spies. Iraqis who fake surrender and fight in American uniforms deserve no less. I think a lot of this comes down to what a lot of people call "American arrogance." We think that our way is the Right way, and we're too eager to whip our liberty on others whether they want it or not. I can see the point. People say this is a bad thing, though. They think these ancient cultures are somehow just as valid as an American way of life, for what reason I don't know. I suppose in some century in the past it was fine to order the rape of a woman in an opposing tribe. Or force women to keep themselves hidden as second class citizens. Or kill everyone and their families who might not like your style of government. But not this century, and not this country. This post is a lot longer than I planned.
I'm sure that by now everyone in America who has come within 10 feet of a television or an internet connection within the last few days has heard of the blog, "Where is Raed?" probably written by an actual Iraqi citizen in Baghdad. I mean no disrespect by using the term, "probably." I personally believe he's there, but due to the fact he is an outlaw in his country, his identity must remain anonymous. He has some interesting things to say. He says, "I am opposed to war, but not to regime change" (paraphrased). Interesting. The fact that he gets a little condescending when talking about Americans leaves a bit of a bad taste in my mouth, but I still respect what he's doing. What he never addresses is that revolution comes from within, by definition. If they'd washed their own dirty laundry, we wouldn't have to do it for them. I tried emailing him for some comments, but his inbox was full. What I've not heard anything about on mass media has been blogs written by folks who either support the war, or are reporting directly from it as a participant. Here's a few that I was directed to by a forum regular: Lieutenant Smash. As much as I can make out, he's a soldier currently in the war. These people can't give their names/units/locations, obviously, but if he's not actually in the thick of it, he has a hell of an imagination. Here's his post from March 20th:
Another good one is "Kim du Toit" I haven't figured out who he's supposed to be yet, but on his page he has an interesting series of articles called "From the Sandbox" authored by someone calling himself "Capt. Steve." As far as I can tell, Captain Steve is either a pilot or crewmember of a plane currently on duty in Iraq. Excellent reading. Here's a good aside in one of the postings:
And, there's The Primary Main Objective, a name that's kind of funny in itself. As far as I can tell, it's written by someone a little lower in the ranks. Just a hunch. The March 22nd entry:
Be sure to look at the "No Shit Sherlock" entry from March 16th. These pages have more links to more kindred spirits; be sure to explore. Talk about what an evil war mongering baby killer I am, or post more links.
Everyone sing with me: War! (Whoa-oo-whoa-oo-whoa-oowhoa...) What is it good for? Ending the regimes of evil dictators in backwards third world countries that still have the ability to reach out anywhere in the world with terrorists and kill civilians. Good god, y'all.
Maybe those aren't the exact words, but close enough for me. It may be a little cliché now, but I'm going to jump on the running board of the "slam the celebrities" bandwagon and poke some fun at some "No war for oil" peeps. It may not be how the protesters see themselves, but it seems to me if you're speaking out against Bush, you're speaking out for Saddam. You're helping him out. Ask Jane Fonda what she thinks about it. So here we go...photoshop your favorite anti-war celeb in this Saddam photo op. Here's some source material.
And here's my first contribution.
Saddam's agreed to allow weapons inspectors in, in order to keep his ass from getting kicked. Here's a challenge: pretend for a moment that I've got a ten by ten foot room in which I'm producing sarin gas, one gallon at a time. It is definitely within the Lincoln, NE city limits. Assemble a team and find it. Time is a factor, because I'm getting close to producing a long range delivery system. The next challenge will be to find a warehouse somewhere in a desert country twice the size of Idaho. I'll even make it easy for you.....I'll have 25 large factories, but I won't tell you where they are, and most will be underground. Now go find them! You may try to stop me by imposing massive economic sanctions. That will, you say, keep me from being able to purchase anything that might be used to rearm or research. So I'll just develop a "very active" black market with neighboring countries. At that time you'll catch me about every 10th time I try to buy parts for a nuclear reactor capable of producing enriched uranium. But I'm not a madman, you'll say. I'd never use weapons of mass destruction against civilians, because it would always have a calling card with my home address on it. But hey....there won't be a thing to stop me from developing the weapon, and handing it off to some well funded terrorist asshole. Anonymously. My hands will be clean. So welcome, inspectors, welcome! Iraq is about the safest place in the world to be right now. Nobody will be setting off bombs here, not with the U.N. in charge. Have fun in the desert. I just need a little more time to finish my little project.
The world is claiming that the United States is acting unilaterally, in our own interests, and decrying our takeover of Iraq before it's even happened. They need a mushroom cloud before they can decide action is justified. But even if the ultimate goal of the outlaw states isn't to build
a nuke, in spite of the destruction of infidels being built right
into the national constitutions, consider this: Somewhere in Iran, a little girl is about to leave her house, and
she puts on her burqua. Deep inside her is the knowledge that
the men in her country don't want to see her.
No, not all civilizations are, in fact, equal. And yes, this American isn't afraid to apply a fix. Peace in the name of a steady flow of oil is not peace at all. It's tolerance of evil. No moral person with strength of character can ignore it. Disagree all you want, but you'll still be wrong. Evil is evil, whether it's the support of terror, or looking the other way and ignoring it.
So, more often than not lately my posts, nay, my infrequent posts have not been dedicated to Damning the Man. Most of the front page updates have been various travelogues of my adventures. Does this mean I've lost the will to Damn the Man? No. It means that sometimes I get weary of railing against stupidity, and my brain takes a break. It's easier to talk about things and events than it is to think about ideas and motives. Until I get a refreshed brain, most the the raging against the machine will be done in the forums. ++++++++++ Been to the Music Page lately? Updates galore....if by "galore" you mean about once a month for the last few months. +++++++++++++++ Hey, are we hitting Iraq in 4 days, or what? I halfway expect W to get on TV at 8pm Eastern Time and proclaim that bombers left the Midwest 8 hours prior, and are about to hit Baghdad. Nice way to commemorate 9/11.......take out an Arab capital. +++++++++ Hey kids: THIS is an idiot:
How much of a closet homosexual do you have to be to get so uptight about tiny little vegan Moby? Marshal should just admit to loving the dick. He'd feel better, and the secret would stop eating him up inside. When asked about M&M at the MTV VMA's, Moby answered, "the truth is that i honestly, in all sincerity, thought that the whole eminem thing was done in some semblance of humor until eminem called me a pussy (that was off camera) and then threatened to beat me up. ah well." So, in summary, Eminem, King of Morons, has some serious sexuality issues. ++++++++++++++ So let me get this straight: police departments around the country and the world are putting up automatic speeder-catching cameras, and then they whine about people countering their new technology? Are they daft? It's like they're going out on the river to fish, and crying about not being able to catch every last fish. I've said it before, I'll say it again: if ticketing speeders was really done to promote safety and not fill government coffers, then the penalty wouldn't be cash. It would be Saturday traffic school. ++++++++++++ http://www.wtam.com/local_news.html
"His girlfriend is incensed, saying the ruling is also a sentence on her, since it also takes from her the option of having a child." Now there's a smart gal. +++++++++++++++++++++ Well, that's enough spew for now. As usual I'll promise to try and update more often. And I'll mean it.
My last couple weeks in western Nebraska. In pictures. There is more military history to western NE than just missile silos. Dotted amongst the plains are also numerous "ant hills," which used to be bunkers to store ammo. They look like ant hills. Word has it that these days farmers dry grain in them. Here's one of those landmark sign thingies:
Here's a jackrabbit that was playing in the parking lot where I was working. There was two others, but they wouldn't hold still for the picture.
The aforementioned missile silo. I watched this one everyday on the way to and from work. I sped past the Air Force security patrol SUV that drives between them at least once a week, and rumor has it that if you linger near the silos, they show up with the black helicopter.
Jackasses!
This is, supposedly, the "best steakhouse in town." It is where I ate the bull balls. Rumor has it the cook, Dude, will walk out if you order a hamburger..."This is a steak house, damn gum it." I found their steaks to be merely adequate...but then I've traveled enough to know the difference:
This is a view from what I consider to be the best steakhouse in town, which was actually in the middle of nowhere 15 miles west of town. It is called "Buffalo Point." It is adjacent to the main east-west railroad lines. Nonstop trains. American commerce. I liked the landscape.
This is either a deer farm of an elk farm. Probably elk. They had that pivot sprinkler on, and the herd has prancing through the spray with their heads in the air:
This is what I consider to be the dividing line between eastern and western Nebraska. It is a corny arch that actually straddles I-80, commemorating the settlers who passed through this area going west.
Thus ends the chapter of my life called "The High Plains." I was sick of it, but now that I've been away for a month and settled into the new house I actually miss it and am looking forward to business taking me back there for a few days. Of course, I'll take the camera.
They got AntiMTV.com. Like Napster and internet radio before it, AntiMTV has gone the way of the Dodo (that can't afford a team of lawyers). I first discovered AntiMTV about 3 years ago. I was living in South Dakota and had very little access to music programming outside of the local radio stations (we play both kinds of music....country and western), and the extremely dumbed down MTV. It was then I started exploring alternatives to the sucky corporate music by way of net radio, and AntiMTV. com. I can't even begin to guess how many cd's I've purchased because of a band I discovered on AntiMTV. "Static X" comes to mind, specifically with the "Wisconsin Death Trip" album. I was perusing the video library there and decidedly to give the video "Push It" a listen. I loved it. Bought the CD within a week. Recently in the Music Forum I was suggesting "Inkubus Sukkubus." Discovered them on AntiMTV. A couple years ago, when the RIAA was cracking down on websites that hosted music (PinkFloydRadio.com getting shut down pissed me off), I emailed the man behind AntiMTV.com. I asked him if he ever got any flack from the record companies about his hosting of videos for download. He responded that they actually supplied him with the videos, and considered it free advertising. Hey, that actually makes sense. But last night, doing my weekly new music search, I found this on AntiMTV.com:
So there it is. Yet another way for people who don't fit the RIAA's targeted demographic, teenagers with rich parents, to find music shut down. More money the companies compromising the RIAA will never receive, because I don't know about the bands. More money the bands will never receive because it is illegal to advertise them. If Congress can keep themselves from passing more anti-consumer laws, maybe the RIAA will lawsuit themselves out of existence, and be replaced by an actual viable business model that is good for everyone, and not just the brain dead. Baby Jesus cries when a good website gets shut down by The Man.
I have the denouement to the High Plains Chronicles almost ready, but something came to my attention today. The actual price to buy a law was revealed, which gives us a goal: Let's Buy our Right to Keep our Privacy Fund! In the never-ending battle to rid
the internet of pirates (users), the RIAA has bought the help of a
Representative from California, HOWARD L. BERMAN (D-CA)! He
"formally proposed legislation that would
give the (entertainment) industry unprecedented new authority to
secretly hack into consumers' computers or knock them off-line
entirely if they are caught downloading copyrighted material."
(MSNBC.com) The article goes on to state that "Records show Berman received at least $186,891 from the entertainment industry during the 2001-02 election cycle, including $31,000 from The Walt Disney Co. and $28,050 from AOL-Time Warner Inc." Putting together the facts, it
seems we (internet So what do you say, people? How can we keep Big Entertainment from poking around our networks? Bake sales? Pledge Drives? Donating lots of semen? If any of you can figure out a way, lets get a
account started and buy our way to better government. Just like everyone else does. We now join a feedback thread already in progress.
So.....don't you love sentences that start with the word "so?" So I was driving from work last Friday. Don't really need to follow my landmarks anymore, but I was at the grain elevator near the train tracks where I have to turn right. I'm coming out of the s-curve and up to the train tracks when I hit my brakes and yelled with a laugh, "My sweet Jesus God in Heaven!" For there, ahead of me in the road, were cows.
I had a weekend bag packed in the passenger seat as I was headed for the interstate and east....so I scrambled for the digital camera. I was amazed I was able to find it as fast as I did, and started snapping through the windshield. I had my radio loud, so I killed it as to not spook the cows.....
I pulled off the road a bit to give them a wide berth. My camera is a cheapie, and one of the characteristics is that when you snap the picture, there's an approximate 1.5 second delay while it captures the image. Meaning, the picture you end up with is what you clicked at two seconds ago. And I'm laughing at how weird this all seemed...
By the next picture the cowboy on the right was at bearing 3-2-5 and he waved at me, but I was polite and waved back instead of taking a picture. Stupid me...should have gotten the picture.
So, that's my first cattle drive. And I even had the presence of mind to call, "Moo cow! Moo Cow!" in my head, City Slickers-style.
On a completely unrelated note, here's a picture of my Second Auxiliary Cat on top of the bathroom door.
He's full grown but somewhat diminutive. I believe he weighs between seven and eight pounds, which is but a fraction of my Large Main Cat who weighs in at over 16 muscular pounds. Have a nice day. All these pictures of cows has made me hungry. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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