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The Status Quo
One of my students here in Korea, a 50-something executive at a Samsung affiliate, recently articulated something that has been in my mind for a long while. We were discussing a shooting incident in the U.S. that I had read about on the internet. I don’t recall if it was a school shooting or one [...]
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Schoolyard Fights and Newspaper Ads Trump Iraq War
It’s amazing what Americans will get riled up over and what they won’t. It took four years before a massive demonstration could be organized in the capitol to protest the Iraq war, but it didn’t take much at all to get 10,000 people together to protest the Jena 6 situation. The teenagers, who have come [...]
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Finally Some Americans Show Signs of a Pulse
It took long enough, but thousands of real patriots took to the streets of the United States capitol in order to let our government know that enough is enough. If I were back in Atlanta rather than halfway around the world, I would definitely have made the trek north to participate. I feel bummed that [...]
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The Exhausted Military
The next time you hear one of the brainless, conservative zombies who live off of Fox News accuse someone opposed to the war of not supporting the troops, do us all a favor and give the idiot a good crack across the jaw. No matter how many times the Decider puts on a chipper show [...]
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Now is the Winter of Our Discontent
There are times in history to which we of the present can look and clearly see a turning point, a major event or series of events that alter the course of the world for the worse. If only someone had done this, or if more people had done that, it could have been avoided. Through [...]
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How Not To Fight Piracy
In my most recent post on piracy, I talked about some of the reasons people pirate and, as an example of the draconian measures corporations implement in response, talked about Vista’s DRM features as related in a document by Peter Gutmann. In Gutmann’s opinion, Vista is suicide for Microsoft. I didn’t quite see it that [...]
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The Fall of the United States of America
The United States of America was founded upon the premise than human beings have certain inalienable rights that cannot be denied. Throughout history, individuals and collaborative groups in positions of power have asserted their authority over their fellow man. While some were noble and good, too many were tyrannical and dictatorial. In the past, perhaps [...]
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The State of the Union
On Tuesday, Jan 23, at 9pm EST, the Decider will deliver his State of the Union address to Congress and the American people. I’ve read different pieces speculating on the topics our Great Leader will cover in his annual speech. But we all know that the State of the Union is usually just a bunch [...]
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Help Stop Escalation in Iraq
The Decider’s decision to increase troop levels in Iraq is a terrible mistake. He has ignored everyone that has told him so, going so far as to replace top Generals Abizaid and Casey, both of whom think increasing troop levels is a mistake. The Iraq Study Group, commissioned to help find a new strategy in [...]
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The Democrats Won, But The Idiots Fight On
I’ve posted a lot on this blog about Conservative Idiots, from politicians to radio hosts and news anchors, to wingnut religious leaders. No matter how idiotic they are, or how much they do to advance the cause of idiocy, their authority at the Idiot Pulpit derives from the legions of morons who agree with what [...]