The Choice Brand of John Constantine

Cool, huh?

Who here can spell "double standard?"

So, there havent been any elections in Iraq to form a new political system, or to elect a new head political leader. Which means that Hussein is still the president. The United States military summarily kidnapped the man from his country on false pretenses nearly a year ago, and has been holding him since.

This is wrong on the basic level, no matter what Hussein may or may not have done in his own country, while he was in power.

Imagine the shoe on the other foot. Imagine if the Chinese, just for example, came in and kidnapped Bush, on false pretenses. Imagine they held him for a year, accusing him of murdering innocent members of his own country (while the Chinese military proceeded to Shock and Awe American civilians, ahem, INSURGENTS, to death indiscriminantly) and then decided to have him tried by an emerging government on bullshit charges.

1.) If somebody tried to kidnap Bush, theyd be called terrorists.
2.) If anybody invaded OUR holy land, thatd make them terrorists.
3.) If anybody killed American citizens, thatd make them terrorists.

So what makes the Bush administration not terrorists?

Disclaimer: Well, not really a disclaimer. Am I pro-Saddam or anti-freedom or whatever? Seems to me like things have been rougher over there since we kidnapped Hussein. How many American soldiers died in Iraq before we captured Saddam, and compare that to the number after. Saddam didnt take my land, or kill any of my ancestors, so I dont really care what all he did over there. Give me Homeland Security first dammit, then worry about making up weapons to go to an unprofitable war over.

Now, Im putting forth the opinion that if the America/Iraq scenario since 9/11 had happened vice-a-versa, that the Iraqi's actions would be considered morally wrong, a crime against humanity, a hatred for freedom, and legally bankrupt.

Yet we lead the Coalition of the Willing, and we must Stay The Course.

I must say, that if I lived in a country of another type of government, that I would most certainly NOT want democracy to come knocking at my door. I really dont see how democracy = peace and freedom. (I mentioned this on a message board, which is linked to in the sidebar there, and got the following response from a friend of mine:)





















Hilarious. And makes a strange kind of sense.

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^{your worldview depends on your viewpoint}

Gravitas.

And balls. And he's not afraid to use them. Im referring of course to the late night hit, The Colbert Report.

If you like The Daily Show, youll love Colbert's show. If you dont like Jon Stewart, you still love The Colbert Report. Watch it, now.

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can i make this an 11th commandment?

Blah.

Its just one of those cool, murky, overcast days, the kinds that herald the coming of cooler seasons. Seems like this area is one of the last that Cold Mr. Winter reaches, but when he gets here, he brings the pain.

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im just a squirrel trying to get a nut

As if the money didnt blaspheme enough:

CNN has been talking all day about how the White House has people scouting North Carolina for the perfect eight-foot-tall fir for its Christmas tree this year. What the hell ever happened to "seperation of church and state?" Oh, wait, yea, it never existed in the first place. Everybody who lives in this country must be Evangelical Christian, right? *rolling eyes*

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a foundation built upon sand

Overheard at the elevator today:

"If we dont get the rest of those damn democrats out of office..."

Wait, what? There are still democrats still in office? Republicans have been working hard to control the House and the Senate, and Bush is at the forefront of that. Did they mean the mayor or something? And what if there still are democrats in office OH MY GOD WATCH OUT! Those hippies want things like abortion rights, welfare, and immigration laws! God forbid the people run the country instead of big businesses!

And anyway, everyone who hasnt already jumped off the Bush bandwagon is terminally stupid. After his "Mission Accomplished" stunt placed against the background of today, nearly two thousand deaths in Iraq, his unwilling stubborness to fold to the wishes of the people concerning Iraq(strange how that works on the second term only, huh?, and appointing all his friends to office, I figured everybody had realized by now that Bush is a crackpot as a president. But apparently there are still some blinders-wearing Bush supporters out there.

So what will you do after Delay gets his ass handed to him by the Court? Karl Rove? Approval ratings dropping below the 30s? Making it harder for citizens to file bankruptcy, meantime passing laws that companies can plunder pensions? Dont forget Republicans, it isnt Democrats thatre trying to ruin your party, its George W. Bush. If people vote for another Republican within the next eight years, I will be Extrememly surprised.

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^{yes, with a capital E}

And where Im working now

Its hard to tell from just this small blurry picture of the elevator lobby ceiling, but I have really moved up in the workplace Im in now. Ive moved from a crappy warehouse and flinging boxes about to working in the two main high-rises and adding new IT skills to my already formidible repertoire.

Hopefully I can keep moving up, and keep on learning.

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dont stop till you get enough