The Game’s afoot…
You know, the more I work (more on that when I have good news to share) the more I find myself feeling stagnant during my free time. For some reason playing the same old computer games and watching the same old tv shows doesn’t satisfy (even if they are among the best) as much as honest intellectual endeavours. Now, as it turns out I’ve had this blog-thing all this while… and that seems like a pretty good way to involve myself a bit. So I’m going to get back to more regular posting… for what it’s worth. Just a few quick hits for tonight:
- Are these the dumbest people on earth?
The intensified discussions are being prompted by several deputies of Cabinet members and reflect a growing belief that the continued use of the detention facility is tainting the image of the United States, and as a result hampering America’s campaign against terrorism, the officials said.
This is a realization? Where have these “leaders” been for the last five years? Every single conflagration of Muslim anger (or political anger in general) directed towards the United States has carried mention of Guantanamo Bay. It is beyond comprehension that this is news… which begs the question? Does the Bush administration not care, or are they all in some sort of prolonged spell of hysterical blindness?
- The Palestineans are fighting and killing each other.
Part of me (the less enlightened part I must admit) is tempted to say “good riddance.” Then I pause and remember that the silent majority in Gaza and the West Bank want nothing more than peace… they just don’t know how to get it. This is not a fault of the people, it’s the fault of their leaders, who day after day display a paucity of integrity and honour. Let me ask you this: The rising trend of Islamic extremism is a completely ground-up phenomenon. Why then do we keep on trying top-down solutions? People turn to violence and anger out of desperation and hopelessness, so we try to tinker around with their political structure? If someone is so hungry that they are angry, it seems to me that feeding them is a better way to calm them than telling them how to vote. I’m just saying…
- Stephen Harper is a dick and he leads an incompetent band of fools.
Kind of speaks for itself…