We're doing it for the children

If I hear that phrase one more time I'm gonna scream! Why is it that everything we do as a nation, every thing anyone in government ever does, and anything anyone running for office ever campaigns on has to do with "doing it for the children...thanks, but my kid doesn't need the load! Avoid wars, avoiding hate, taking constructive action NOW, and just like in real life, living within your means, does more for the children than any hair brained long termed scheme any politician could ever come up with. Ask a banker if it's a good idea to feed your McDonalds habit by using your credit card? As your investment if it's a good idea to borrow money to invest in endless ponzi schemes? It's like people suggesting that we build this great roof to shelter the children, and then realizing down the road that the roof has no foundation and isn't worth the time and effort spent in building it. I think that whenever these bastards say that "doing it for the children" line, they know its a lie from the gitgo! Bastards, bastards all!

Is Bio Terror already happening???

This have been on my mind for quite some time, and with the bombings in Spain, London, Iraq, Bali, it just won't go away. I've done a little research at Earthtrends and done the math. I'll use the recent London bombings, since the numbers are fresh.
As of 2004 there were 55,000 reported cases of hiv/aids in the UK. With 700 wounded to varying degrees, 55 innocents dead, and the 4 bombers, it just seems reasonable that someone(s) injured in those bombings was infected with hiv/aids. In the rush to escape the carnage and help the wounded, is it safe to assume that some others were hit by infected blood and body pieces? If you have an open wound and get hit by flying blood from a person who is hiv positive, in that wound (not as far fetched as you would think in a bomb blast) wouldn't it be likely that you would become infected? Here's my point. Are the wounded being tested for exposure? Among the dead and wounded does the government know who was hiv positive or who had aids? Were the bombers (or any bombers for that matter) hiv positive? My thought goes on about this...use your own imagination to reach the chilling conclusion I have reached. I just don't want to put that thought down in writing for fear of being visited by the Federales...but it's something we have to think about and acknowledge and plan for. It sure is quiet out there about a scenario like this, so it really makes me wonder. If you think bombs are scary, bio terror is REALLY scary...and it might already be happening!

Iraqis less than Londoners...apparently.

Almost 50 Iraqis died over the weekend in a series of bombings. Not on the front pages of the London Times, or the NY Times, or on flashy graphics on FAUX News, no media princes or princesses, no eye witness interviews, or any real 24/7 coverage??? Why is that??? Do 50 Iraqis not "equal" 50 Londoners?? Granted there were people of many nationalities and races on those trains and the bus. But, are there not 50 grieveing families in Iraq today mourning their dead? This IS the problem!!! When "we" start seeing victims of war or senseless attacks as equals, "we" will see progress and cohesion in combating the issues and ending the violence!

I hate those yellow ribbon bumper stickers too!

Finally the backlash is happening
For a while now, I've been hoping, no praying, that at some point, sanity will set in a those magnetic ribbon things that seem afixed to every gas guzzling SUV and "manly" pick-up truck will experience their version of the rapture and just go away. I've seen a few posts on the subject, the latest at Blondesense where the comments are quite good. I started to run amok with a comment and a few suggestions on new slogans, so I decided that maybe I should just post some of my ideas for new ones here. Here they are, please add to the list.
How about "I support Jenna and Barbara enlisting"
How about "If you support the troops, sign up or shut up"
HOw about "I support giving France a public apology because they told us so!"
How about "I support all the Rock and Roll fucks who did the G8 ego concerts going to work in Africa for a few months"
How about "I support people with gas guzzlers who think they're really doing shit by putting little ribbons on the ass end of their gas guzzlers"
How about "I support teaching Bush how to ride a bicycle"
How about "I support bringing the troops home..., from Cuba, the Phillipines, Japan, Germany, Korea, Kosovo, Afganistan, Iraq, and the other 120+ countries we have troops in!"
How about "I support shooting every car with a magnetic ribbon attached to it!"
How about "I support the fact that people with little magnetic ribbons on their cars don't have a clue about supporting the troops!"
How about "I support pornographers at RNCC dinners!"
How about "I support VA benefits, why doesn't Bush?"
This is too easy....

The legitimacy of the Iraqi election is now in question like it wasn't already

OK, I still don't get it, you elect a group and then that group assigns other non elected members to the group???

This article makes me question the legitimacy of the much touted elections? Check it out, you decide...Iraqi Leaders put un-elected Sunnis on constitutional panel

Same shit, different century

I found this piece over at Blondsense this morning. Who knew, one of the most american of american writers was anti war!!

The Flag Is Not Polluted
by Mark Twain [1901]

I am not finding fault with this use of our flag; for in order not to seem eccentric I have swung around, now, and joined the nation in the conviction that nothing can sully a flag. I was not properly reared, and had the illusion that a flag was a thing which must be sacredly guarded against shameful uses and unclean contacts, lest it suffer pollution; and so when it was sent out to the Philippines to float over a wanton war and a robbing expedition I supposed it was polluted, and in an ignorant moment I said so. But I stand corrected. I concede and acknowledge that it was only the government that sent it on such an errand that was polluted. Let us compromise on that. I am glad to have it that way. For our flag could not well stand pollution, never having been used to it, but it is different with the administration.

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Arrested Development

Support the Troops?? What about the children??

This a link to a NY Times article by Arlie Hothschild regarding children incarcerated in prisons guarded by our "Supported Troops". Sick! So we have 18 year old soldiers guarding 8 year old kids undercircumstances that will certainly scar both of them for life. And the world looks on and does nothing. Maybe it's time for the world to step up and say enough. Get your asses out of Iraq or we will move against you. And it won't be in Iraq. We will freeze your assets. We will impose sanctions. We will shut down your bases on our territories. We will do that which you can not defend yourselves against until you stop this maddness. We will cease shipping goods to Wal Mart, K Mart, Target, and all the other partners in this crime. And let your "president" know, that he is not welcome in our countries and if he insists on coming he will be dealt with as the war criminal he is! Oh, and consider yourselves shut out of the oil buying market until you get the Iraqi oil industry back on its feet so it can provide the basis for an economy in that country that can support the reconstruction necessary to make it the livable nation it was before you occupied it! Have a Nice Day!