Category: current events

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Ok, that’s enough. I’ve had

Osama is Evil

Osama is Evil – if you need any more proof, just look who he’s hanging out with (look at poster, over his right shoulder). Other Links (via caterina) Yahoo Pic Yahoo Pic 2 MetaFilter Discussion Wired Story An excellent history of Bert and Osama And the source!! The maker of the poster must have used […]

Is al Qaeda sending coded messages?

“Is al Qaeda sending coded messages to followers via video statements?” That’s the question of the day at CNN.com. You’d have to be an idiot to think the messages are in code. They’re right out there in the open. They’re asking anyone who believes in their cause to go out and find a Yankee to […]

It’s nice to know that

It’s nice to know that in a world where this can happen, this is also going on. It’s been in my head for a while, banging around wanting to get out, that the world, and this country especially, is very large. There’s room here for pretty much anybody who thinks anything. And that’s great. I […]

So, we’re bombing Afgahnistan.

Free Will

I was asked a question yesterday that I’ve heard echoed around the web by columnists, bloggers, heads of states, normal people interviewed on TV, people on TV, etc. Why did God let this happen? or, Why do bad things happen to good people?. It’s not an easy question to answer, but I think I finally […]

During the past couple weeks

During the past couple weeks, during the pain, grief, hope and heroism, I’ve been recalling something that happened to me during high school. Desert Storm started when I was a Sophomore. I remember sitting in Madame Nelson’s French class discussing how cool it was going to be. We were going to bomb the living hell […]

The kids in our neighborhood

The kids in our neighborhood have shown an amazing grasp of the American/Capitalist dream since 9/11. They’ve posted patriotic drawings all over the neighborhood, on mailboxes, stop sign posts, everywhere. Now, if this were the extent of it, I’d leave out the capitalist part. But, our little entrepreneurs have also taken to the streets with […]

“You must be the change