tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51628842011-07-27T04:04:47.214-07:00Stuff I think everyone should know about.Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16754371104651263967noreply@blogger.comBlogger291100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162884.post-1152824192824528112006-07-13T13:46:00.001-07:002006-07-13T13:56:32.836-07:00

Yep. Violence in the corner of the world known as the Middle East. Ho hum, we're used to it. Nobody in my sphere of existence seems to be talking about it. We're all busy with our own lives, trying to build the most exciting flashes of light and the most stimulating button-pushing all wrapped up into one DVD-ROM that the kids'll love. (I test video games these days)Meanwhile, it's a hot

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More bad news from Iraq, though hardly surprising. Some Iraq media outlets have been the target of an "information operations" campaign by the Pentagon. Translation: We've been spreading propaganda.I love the euphemisms people are coming up with these days. "Information operations" sounds like some term for covert computer hacking, or something. Jeez, if you're gonna propagandize, just come

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Remember when the whole talk of WMD and Saddam and invading Iraq started? Remember how sudden it all was? Axis of Evil, WMDs, Senate Vote, UN speech, etc... were we already on a schedule? Read on if you wanna get angry...http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-warvote28nov28,1,6278101,full.story?ctrack=1&cset=true Timing Entwined War Vote, Election By

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Great column today, this time by Georgie Anne Geyer:EVEN WITH HISTORY'S LESSONS, WE REPEAT OUR WAR BEHAVIORBy Georgie Anne GeyerFri Nov 25, 8:12 PM ET WASHINGTON -- Since the beginning of the "lightning" strikes on Iraq three years ago this coming March, a constant undertone of criticism has compared this generation's war to the 1960s generation's Vietnam War.Many, particularly supporters of the

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This one is from Sunday's LA Times. It thoroughly details the story of the intelligence source 'Curveball' and how his lies ended up in the collective consciousness of the American people.http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-curveball20nov20,0,1753730.story?page=1&coll=la-home-headlinesHow U.S. Fell Under the Spell of 'Curveball' By Bob Drogin and John Goetz

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This news isn't really significant. But it serves as an amazing metaphor... for a president whose exit strategy leads him to doors already closed... and locked.BEIJING (Reuters) - Irked by a reporter who told him he seemed to be "off his game" at a Beijing public appearance, President George W. Bush sought to make a hasty exit from a news conference but was thwarted by locked doors.At the end of

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Yeah, man. Way to grow some stones. I have no idea what y'all talked about in closed session, but you made headlines with what you did. Thanks. Some people know the pre-war intelligence was twisted, but not everyone believes it. This will force it a little more into our collective consciousness. Too bad you're like, three years late... Senate Emerges From Closed Session on IraqBy LIZ SIDOTI,

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So, can somebody tell me why this won't be evidence of something really fishy with the Bush government, Iraq government, and CIA? Chalabi expected to meet US officials in Washington Sun Oct 23, 3:39 PM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ahmad Chalabi, the Iraqi leader accused of giving the Bush administration flawed information about Saddam Hussein's weapons program, will visit Washington

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The news is bad today out of Iraq... Looks like, a mere 12 days before election day, the government has changed the rules (from Yahoo! News):Election rules hold that the constitution will be defeated if two-thirds of voters in any three of Iraq's 18 provinces vote against it — even if it wins majority approval nationwide. Sunni Arabs have a sufficient majority in four provinces. But on Sunday,

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Lousy news from Iraq.Iraq Lawmakers Won't Meet on ConstitutionRecent violence in Iraq seems to have caused constitutional talks to cease.See, this is what sucks about electing hard-line religious people into office. Eventually, they'll disagree with the non-believers who are their peers, and refuse to compromise. Which is entirely against the spirit of the constitution they're trying to write.

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We are raiding another town in Iraq today, this time Haditha, a hot-spot 125 miles west of Baghdad. Introducing... "Operation: New Market"!!! (no, really, what idiot thinks up these operation names?) AP/Yahoo! / BBC News / Fox News Other news:We spend a lot of money on reconstruction in Iraq. (duh)We'll be there for at least five more years.Will the heroes of the frontlines wait that long?They

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To whoever has been reading this here blog, or checking, or even caring: sorry for leaving you alone. I've had some trouble thinking of what to write.To whoever noticed that "virulence" is a pretty lousy title for a blog, I apologize, I was looking for the word "vitriolic" and somehow mistook it for this word which has more to do with diseases and bugs than my own unfocused anger. I feel

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November 3rd. 2004. Bush has been re-elected. The Republican party still controls congress. Fuck.

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(I'm still on the road. This time in Minnesota. The nearest library [i.e. free internet access] is seven miles away in this cozy town called Sandstone. I've already been on the computer for a half hour checking two weeks worth of email, and I don't think I have much time left. Like my last entry, I have to write stream-of-consciousness-style. I won't get too crazy this time) I've been looking

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(on my way to the library this morning, I saw a small flock of birds flying toward me from the mountains. suddenly the formation split into two and diverged. after a while the wing on my left changed direction and flew to catch up with the right wing. I couldn't have asked for a better metaphor to describe American politics today. thank you, native birds of Minden, NV) Before the Iraq war

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I dropped the ball. I had set up my blog account, had worked up a good head of steam, and was fully comitted to writing pertinent and insightful postings on the sorry state of world affairs. I thought I had it all planned out. Then I stopped writing. Why? Dunno. Maybe I just had to work some things out. At some point, I realized I couldn't write about politics without letting my emotions

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A few months ago this blog was entitled "Universal Compromise". I named it as such because I wanted to address what I at the time saw as America's Big Problem: polarization. I saw that the American people were slowly splitting into two groups -- those who supported the President and thos Ever since those grand days of national unity in the days following the WTC collapse (I'm sick of calling

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Okay, first things first: Are you registered to vote? Yes? Good for you! You'd better vote in November. No? Register NOW. Turn off your computer. Go to your nearest post office. Look for a voter registration form and fill it out. (California residents can register online) There's more you can do. You can get involved in voter registration personally. Without becoming a full-fledged

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Wow. Last week was a rough one for the Bush administration. Allegations of negligence in national security. Accusations that Bush's personal hatred for Saddam Hussein got in the way of sound foreign policy planning. All of this from former-counter-terrorism-expert-turned-author Richard Clarke. (Actually, most of this is old news. The administration's negligence of 9/11 was briefly described

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On just what I'm trying to do here A couple of weeks ago I saw a relatively new film on DVD called "The Waking Life". It was damn good. You should rent it tomorrow and watch it. One scene in particular rings true with me: Four men are walking down the street having a talk about revolution (or something, I can't remember exactly). It sounded a lot like the rants I've been posting here, just

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On drinking home alone amidst looming infrastructure collapse Hi, reader. I've just cracked open beer #6. Which means my inhibitions are completely eroded, and I can talk openly and candidly in this open-source forum. Note the title of this entry. Not the "drinking" part, but the "looming infrastructure collapse" part. Golly, what could've motivated me to write such an alarmist title?

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On writer's block I announced this blog to the world (or to my family, at least) three weeks ago. Following this announcement was the thrill that I wasn't just writing things for myself anymore -- people (family) were actually reading my stuff, and liking it! Following this thrill was the dread of having to actually write meaningful, valuable postings from now on. It's been about three weeks

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On the random shit on my desktop I am an official "info junkie". I am addicted to news coverage, the internet, encyclopedias, and all things info-related. Every now and then, I come across a news report which suggests that this is the cause of some nation-wide epidemic, of millions of Americans who spend too much time online or watching TV. Great. At least I'm not alone. Every day when I go

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On unconscious bias I try to keep my writings objective. I try to write everything as a statement of fact, rather than let my own opinions flavor my arguments. In my quest for reducing polarization, I try to write things that are non-partisan, unbiased, and fair to everyone. That being said, I really hate George W. Bush. Why? Because I do not see the logic of his ways. I don't believe his

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On how I waste my Tuesday Mornings Due to my offline life as a musician, I stay out real late most evenings and end up waking up sometime around noon. One would think that, upon waking and realizing how much of the day has passed while I lay sleeping, I would be aroused by a sense of urgency, determined to be productive and get stuff done before the sun set. Nope. I usually go straight to the

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On the recent criticisms of George W. Bush So everyone knows by now that former Whitehouse Treasury secretary Paul O'Neill said some pretty nasty things about Mr. Bush on 60 Minutes last night. I had read the news reports for a couple of days, and was really looking forward to Mr. O'Neill telling it like it was. Gotta say, I was really disappointed by the interview. Leslie Stahl sucks. IMHO,

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On 2003 and 2004 Farewell, 2003. It's been swell. Ya know, nothing really happened last year. It was pretty boring and predictable. Don'tcha think? (this is sarcasm. it's been called to my attention that sarcasm is hard to convey in written form. let me put it this way -- if you thought 2003 was boring and predictable, there's something very wrong with you) In 2003, the US went to war in

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I had this great idea, about nine months ago, that I would start writing a political weblog, in which I'd write groundbreaking critiques of politicians of any stripe, and over time, through the inherent truth in my words and power of my writing, I would cause some positive social change that would get my name in the history books. Instead, I decided to go insane, and went to Kaiser Permanente

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