Saturday, January 29, 2005
My Response to the 101st Fighting Keyboarders
My boyfriend is currently over in Iraq. With everything going on over in Iraq, I wish he was not, but my wishing does not make it so. I thought the situation over there was bad before he went. Now I know it is really bad.
For example, a rocket landed just outside from where he works. Thankfully, it did not explode. Then, I got word that the commanders are issuing weapons to folks. The enlisted will have loaded weapons. The officers will get weapons, too, though not the ammunition to go with them. What in the hell are the commanders over there thinking? Do they not have enough ammunition to go around?
The "elections" will not solve the problems in Iraq. In fact, the "elections" may make the situation worse. The "elections" are not being monitored properly. Factions in Iraq could see them as illegitimate if they do not go they way their particular faction wants them to. For instance, if the Sunnis win big, the Shiites will feel as if the election was false. If the Shiites win big, the Sunnis might feel threatened and strike back.
I just hope that everything goes smoothly over in Iraq. Since I am a realist, I think the next few days might be bad.
My boyfriend is currently over in Iraq. With everything going on over in Iraq, I wish he was not, but my wishing does not make it so. I thought the situation over there was bad before he went. Now I know it is really bad.
For example, a rocket landed just outside from where he works. Thankfully, it did not explode. Then, I got word that the commanders are issuing weapons to folks. The enlisted will have loaded weapons. The officers will get weapons, too, though not the ammunition to go with them. What in the hell are the commanders over there thinking? Do they not have enough ammunition to go around?
The "elections" will not solve the problems in Iraq. In fact, the "elections" may make the situation worse. The "elections" are not being monitored properly. Factions in Iraq could see them as illegitimate if they do not go they way their particular faction wants them to. For instance, if the Sunnis win big, the Shiites will feel as if the election was false. If the Shiites win big, the Sunnis might feel threatened and strike back.
I just hope that everything goes smoothly over in Iraq. Since I am a realist, I think the next few days might be bad.
Friday, January 21, 2005
Congratulatory letter to Senator Santorum
I had to write a congratulatory letter to Senator Rick Santorum. A word based on his last name, santorum, was voted as the "most outrageous" word of 2004. Here is my letter to him:
I had to write a congratulatory letter to Senator Rick Santorum. A word based on his last name, santorum, was voted as the "most outrageous" word of 2004. Here is my letter to him:
Dear Senator Santorum,
Congratulations on having the word "santorum" voted as the "most outrageous" word of 2004 by the American Dialect Society. Slate had this to say about the "most outrageous" word category: "The Most Outrageous category is tricky; we never agree whether it's the word itself that's outrageous (typically for having some vulgar element, as in 2003's winner, cliterati, for 'prominent feminists') or the concept (as with 2002's neuticles, 'false testicles for neutered pets'). This year the strongest contender was santorum, defined (and heavily promoted) by sex writer Dan Savage--in a campaign to besmirch the name of right-wing Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum--as 'the frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex.' We dismissed one potential problem--that newspapers wouldn't print the term if it won--on the grounds that we shouldn't censor ourselves. And indeed, in the afternoon's voting, santorum did win, but many newspapers simply skipped this category in their coverage."
Again, congratulations on having your last name become part of the English language! You must feel honoured.
Sincerely,
Who knew...
My apologies for not blogging more. The responsibilities of school, work, and life came before blogging. In school, I have had many more papers to write this term than last. Work has kept me busy. Finally, life... I had to see my boyfriend off to the sandbox (Middle East). His Uncle Samuel requested he visit immediately.
Now back to our program...
Who knew Spongebob Squarepants was gay!? Well, he is according to Dr. James Dobson. I guess if Dobson says so, it is. Dobson's specific complaint is that Spongebob Squarepants (along with other cartoon and live-action characters) appears in a video for the "We Are Family Foundation." The children's video the foundation released advocates - get ready for this, it super-shocking - tolerance! Oh, no! We must never teach our children to tolerate others because their skin colour, national origin, sex, etc.
Dobson likes to call himself a Christian. I've read the Bible (Old and New Testament). I seem to recall in the New Testament Jesus was quite tolerant of people. He gathered around him the poor, destitute, and down-trodden and preached hope, community, and love. He even advocated that Mary Magdalene, a prostitute, be shown love and compassion that people show their fellow man. That James Dobson can advocate intolerance and hate in the name of Jesus shows me that he, like so many, is simply a hypochristian.
I sincerely hope that he is publicly ridiculed for the idiot he is. I hope he meets the same fate as Reverend Jerry Fallwell did when he proudly proclaimed that Barney and the Teletubbies were gay. The harsh light of truth needs to shine on Dobson so he has to slink back into his hole of hate.
My apologies for not blogging more. The responsibilities of school, work, and life came before blogging. In school, I have had many more papers to write this term than last. Work has kept me busy. Finally, life... I had to see my boyfriend off to the sandbox (Middle East). His Uncle Samuel requested he visit immediately.
Now back to our program...
Who knew Spongebob Squarepants was gay!? Well, he is according to Dr. James Dobson. I guess if Dobson says so, it is. Dobson's specific complaint is that Spongebob Squarepants (along with other cartoon and live-action characters) appears in a video for the "We Are Family Foundation." The children's video the foundation released advocates - get ready for this, it super-shocking - tolerance! Oh, no! We must never teach our children to tolerate others because their skin colour, national origin, sex, etc.
Dobson likes to call himself a Christian. I've read the Bible (Old and New Testament). I seem to recall in the New Testament Jesus was quite tolerant of people. He gathered around him the poor, destitute, and down-trodden and preached hope, community, and love. He even advocated that Mary Magdalene, a prostitute, be shown love and compassion that people show their fellow man. That James Dobson can advocate intolerance and hate in the name of Jesus shows me that he, like so many, is simply a hypochristian.
I sincerely hope that he is publicly ridiculed for the idiot he is. I hope he meets the same fate as Reverend Jerry Fallwell did when he proudly proclaimed that Barney and the Teletubbies were gay. The harsh light of truth needs to shine on Dobson so he has to slink back into his hole of hate.
