9.30.2002
Well.... I finally had a chance to at least peruse the volumes of data that was linked by Chad. I suppose it is a sign of my increasing addiction to technology, but my attention span was only just barely long enough to finish them. I guess I just don't understand the anger. Maybe my isolationist tendencies have insulated me from the anger of the outside world. I guess in the end, that that was the point.
At the time of the election, it was just one more sign to me that politics was a pointless endeavour. America had no ability to decide anything. It still doesn't. You can see that with every 50/50 election that is barely won today (RE: latest florida election scandal). The thing that I thought was ironic about the video stream was a point where one of the protest speakers got up and talked about how all the votes should be counted. I know it was before the fact, but an extensive study was underway at that point, and it ended up concluding that Bush won Florida by a larger margin than previously thought. I realize that it still was below the popular numbers, but that is the way our system of government works. Should we change the system? I think so. Will it happen? Most likely not.
I suppose I am in the decided minority here, but I think that Bush has done as good a job as could have been done in the situations he has faced. I think that the US has handled the much-derided "war on terrorism" in a good way. If anything, I think we have been a little too laid back about it. I think we should remove Hussein from power. I think that should have been done before, but we were too laid back about it then, too.
I would challenge all who complain about our nation to come up with something that we SHOULD be doing, instead, or perhaps more correctly, in addition to. Cohesive, coherent foreign policy. Achievable environmental plans. Social movement that is actually fair (I don't think that is possible, by definition, but we have been over that before). I think it is more difficult than we think.
Maybe Canada is the place to go. There are others, too. Maybe go to Saudi Arabia and see if they really are our allies. Go to Israel and see if the Palestinians are peace-loving freedom fighters or cowards who send little girls out to blow themselves up and kill other little girls. Go to Cuba or post-Soviet Russia (or better yet, post-Soviet Siberia. THAT is an eye opener) and see if Communism was really all it was cracked up to be. Maybe go to your local college and become friends with the international students. My best friends here at school are from Bangladesh. Really interesting people, they are. Maybe run for office. Maybe just sit and throw rocks in a pond and think about stuff.
with, without
and who'll deny its what the fightings all about?
At any rate, these are some thoughts of mine. I know they aren't popular, but no ones are. That is why they are personal opinion.
easy on the flames, kids.
jeff
"and I think my spaceship knows which way to go"
At the time of the election, it was just one more sign to me that politics was a pointless endeavour. America had no ability to decide anything. It still doesn't. You can see that with every 50/50 election that is barely won today (RE: latest florida election scandal). The thing that I thought was ironic about the video stream was a point where one of the protest speakers got up and talked about how all the votes should be counted. I know it was before the fact, but an extensive study was underway at that point, and it ended up concluding that Bush won Florida by a larger margin than previously thought. I realize that it still was below the popular numbers, but that is the way our system of government works. Should we change the system? I think so. Will it happen? Most likely not.
I suppose I am in the decided minority here, but I think that Bush has done as good a job as could have been done in the situations he has faced. I think that the US has handled the much-derided "war on terrorism" in a good way. If anything, I think we have been a little too laid back about it. I think we should remove Hussein from power. I think that should have been done before, but we were too laid back about it then, too.
I would challenge all who complain about our nation to come up with something that we SHOULD be doing, instead, or perhaps more correctly, in addition to. Cohesive, coherent foreign policy. Achievable environmental plans. Social movement that is actually fair (I don't think that is possible, by definition, but we have been over that before). I think it is more difficult than we think.
Maybe Canada is the place to go. There are others, too. Maybe go to Saudi Arabia and see if they really are our allies. Go to Israel and see if the Palestinians are peace-loving freedom fighters or cowards who send little girls out to blow themselves up and kill other little girls. Go to Cuba or post-Soviet Russia (or better yet, post-Soviet Siberia. THAT is an eye opener) and see if Communism was really all it was cracked up to be. Maybe go to your local college and become friends with the international students. My best friends here at school are from Bangladesh. Really interesting people, they are. Maybe run for office. Maybe just sit and throw rocks in a pond and think about stuff.
with, without
and who'll deny its what the fightings all about?
At any rate, these are some thoughts of mine. I know they aren't popular, but no ones are. That is why they are personal opinion.
easy on the flames, kids.
jeff
"and I think my spaceship knows which way to go"
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