9.24 // The Afghanistan War: Thoughts, and will it be “won”?

The war in Afghanistan: a big, broad topic that can’t be covered in one forum post. Over the past few years, particularly in conjunction with the Iraq War, the United States’ presence in Afghanistan has become more and more controversial. The root of this seems to be, primarily, confusion: many people tend to inextricably link [...]

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9.18 // Thoughts on the proposed community center/mosque

Before I get into the issue – which really shouldn’t be an issue at all – I’d like to share this image and caption, found on Boston.com’s fantastic photography blog, The Big Picture. Photo #38: Open doors, open minds: Emiratis and expats share an Iftar and talk about Islam and about the things that make [...]

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3.23 // And the health care begins!

So after all the controversy over this health care reform/overhaul/selling our souls to the devil/whatever you call it, it’s been passed. Or some skeletal structure of the original bill has. But hey, it’s a start. And for those of you who cry “Socialism!” – what’s so bad about that? Libraries, schools, roads, MediCare and Medicaid [...]

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6.22 // An interesting point…

From NYT: “Mr. Qashqavi drew comparisons with American election results. ‘No one encouraged the American people to stage a riot’ because they disagreed with the re-election of George W. Bush in 2004, he said.” True, so true. This goes to further my point that our current culture is a degenerately complacent one. (Although on this particular [...]

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6.22 // On cultural revolution and the wars (and thermite)

[Started this post about a month ago and never got around to finishing it off, so with all my free time I've finally done it. Social activism stuff after the thermite. Oh, I'm not sure, but some stuff may be outdated by now... I don't know. Let me know.] Such a good day. School – [...]

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Billy Joel // We Didn’t Start The Fire

Amazing song. It makes you think (or it does me, anyway) – it’s so true. People always talk about how terrible the world is and how we’re all screwed; blame flies, fingers are pointed, but really, it’s always been this way and always will be. That’s not saying we should be apathetic – just the [...]

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Country Joe McDonald at Woodstock

The famous “FUCK” cheer and “I Feel Like I’m Fixin’ To Die”: That’s the mentality we need, not one of “Oh, there’s a war still going on? Our soldiers are still over there? Hmm. Oh, shh, the game’s back on.” ~ r

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6.14 // and how do YOU feel?

I’m hoping today will be my RECOVERY DAY! (It’s supposed to be really nice out, plus there are like 5 grad parties today…) Throat still kills, but no fever  Oh, ok, and what about the Iranian election? Seems pretty fishy, doesn’t it? I mean, Ahmadinejad was behind in the polls, then suddenly he comes out [...]

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6.11 // oh society…

Haha, this is like my 5th post today. I guess that’s what happens when you’re home sick on a rainy day and don’t feel like moving too much. ANYway… I stumbled upon this gem of a wonderfully well-written, thoughtful, logical argument helpfully tagged both “IRAQ” and “BULLS***”: “SHUT UP OBAMA… DID YOU TALK TO IRAQ [...]

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6.9 // what he said

From NYT [here - about Stephen Colbert going overseas] “There was a general feeling among soldiers there, the board member said, that Americans had largely tuned the war out, that the economy had vacuumed up all the attention even though there are around 135,000 troops still here and still doing dangerous work… Soldiers here are all [...]

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