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Reading this sad and chilling account of life in Iraq: "The procrustean application of spurious information gathered by intelligence officers who cannot speak Arabic and are not familiar with Iraqi, Arab or Muslim culture is creating enemies instead of eliminating them." sums it up. They are fucked over there. f.u.c.k.e.d. There is so much misinformation and mistrust and religious fevor all mixed into one big powerder keg thats inside yet another larger powder keg thats inside yet an even larger powder keg ad infinitum where an inner powder keg explodes and by effect cause the outer powder keg to explode causing its outer powder keg.... The problem, first off, is that you had Saddam ruling with an iron fist, but there were not explosions daily, there were not massacres that anyone could see- comparatively speaking, *right now* it seems that life was better under Saddam. Which is insane! The hope is that things will get better after a time of chaos after his removal. The problem is that you've got rival factions fighting for power and both of them blame the americans and "the jews" for every explosion they inflict on one another. The faction with the greatest number of people (the Shi'ite) (as does the Sunnis, the minority) wants to setup a theocracy. Now all you non-muslims think about this, and think about why *I* detest all mixture of church and state-- I'm afraid of the implications it will have down the road and want to protect from it occurring. Because while Christianity is the religion that currently flirts with mixing with state, imagine if it was a religion you *don't* agree with and that you are generally afraid of? Not to say I'm afraid of Islam, I'm just suggesting a hypothetical religion. Or say it was Islam??

Enough about that.. I guess... I mean... isn't that the problem? We can all just think for a few minutes about Iraq and then move on instead of thinking of real solutions? I dunno. One thing for sure is that I agree with the author of this article-- we need our troops to speak arabic and we need to earn the Iraqis trust if we are going to do *any* good over there.

Now theres a few themes that have run through my blog as of late-- Iraq, Bush, Walmart sucking, RIAA bullshit, etc.. so I'm trying to touch on all of them here and introduce another angle that I have to admit, I haven't really paid enough attention to. See if you can figure out that angle at leave me a comment at the end. Thats right, the words WHAT YOU SAY are actually a link for COMMENTS. WHICH YOU CAN FEEL FREE TO USE AT ANY TIME!! I want to be like INDI and have like, 6 or 7 comments per article. Not like.. well, Wetard who never updates :( So.. heres the rest of the story:

Now we've dissed Walmart in the past, so now its time to focus on another, similar, company.. *for doing the opposite*! CostCo is being criticized for treating its employees TOO WELL! Yeah thats right, some investment companies are saying but we won't name any names.. *COUGH*deutschebank*COUGH*... now Costco may be guilty of some of Walmart's other despicable acts, but its nice to see someone being SO GOOD that they are somehow criticized for it :)

For those of you who dislike the RIAA how about this one-- it seems like Congress is on their side and really appreciates all those civil suits they are filing so much that they want to make it so the Government can do the same thing, FOR THEM. Lets send them a special message in November, shall we?

Speaking of congress.. this whole Richard Clarke is important. I mean *really* important as this article points out:

It threatens the fundamental platform of the Bush-Cheney re-election campaign: that you are safer with them than you are with the Democrats.

Indeed... and it doesn't make me feel better to know that many of Clarke's allegations have been proven truthful by the White House's own admissions! If you read that article and pay close attention to the facts that are not in dispute, you will quickly begin to feel less safe under this administration.

Whats about the alternative? Kerry's in the news in the latest issue of Time being criticized by a Vatican Official, with an interesting review of how is Catholicism versus his political ideals place him, and how he compares to that other Catholic JFK from Boston.

Now for some fun stuff-- first off check out this amazing weblog about a newborn-- the key here is that they've got TELEMETRY! And cute pictures. That or witty commentary, not sure which. heh.

Also, check out this coool idea: community audiobooking. Heh. Basically everyone reads a chapter and then compiles it into an audio book for you to download and listen to on your ipod while your on the subway or something. Coolness.

Next up, a note about picking your nose and eating it. Apparently it gives your immune system a boost?! Atleast according to a lung specialist in Innsbrook. I'm not entirely sure where Innsbrook is (probably England), but I'm sure that I picked my nose when I was little and I'm sure that I ate it, and I'm also sure that I got sick. Probably from eating it. The idea now makes me gag, but back then it was addicting. So addicting that when I visited the local weeping icon at a greek orthodox church in elementary school and had the opportunity to cross myself with oil from a candle that had mixed with the "miracle tears", I asked god to help me with that addiction. Well, it worked!

And finally, 100 movies that deserve more love-- an interesting list that I plan to try out with my local blockbuster. Or my local KAZAA. OOOHHHH IN YOUR FACE CONGRESS! heh.

Current Mood: The weeked is moving too quickly

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