Author: jae

wish i could say this was good reading. it is, however, REQUIRED reading.
http://www.tmtmetropolis.ru/stories/2003/03/21/120.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/14/opinion/14MORR.html
thanks to _hellion for the linkage.

good god. CNN needs better CSS.

long day. pilot light went out on furnace; lit it. no ‘splosions or terrorist attacks. i need to get to bed soon so ican be up and do whatever my grandfather wants me to get done. he’s so freaking active (he’s 83 this year), and always has some god damn project he wants to work on. but i wanna keep him a little rested and well watered. gonna do some dishes and watch CNN for a little bit and then go to bed. unfortunately i crashed out for about 5-6 hours tonight after we got home, which i shouldn’t have done, but i couldn’t stay awake any longer. thought i was gonna fall asleep at the wheel on the way to the hospital, which would have been bad for a number of reasons.

might jump on YM just for a little teeny tiny bit, if Star’s still up, even though i really don’t feel like doing anything other than going back to bed.

i can’t WAIT until they cast big-name actors to portray the POWs in a touching, heart-wrenching story of love, tragedy, and courage under fire.

…and gritty! man, we LOVE grit, don’t we? especially when combined with flashy editing! it just makes, like, war and death and stuff seem SO REAL!

Basra citizens rise up.

popular uprisings, if they are successful, are ALWAYS good. they may be terrible and bloody as all hell, but the ends justifies the means. LET THE HEADS ROLL!

how in the fuck could Iraq have forgotten that they have aeroplanes? not a single sortie flown YET – and they still have over 300 warbirds!

FUCK Clear Channel Communications. this is the LAST straw.

being an Ohian and the grandson of the only Air Force pilot to fly in all four Market Garden missions, i do love warplanes, even though i hate what they actually have to do in the real world. the A-10 rocks. that is all i have to say about that.

ugh. sooo so hongreh. no food in haus. no gas in car. no license or money in wallet. down to one Slim-Fast™.

i could make something, but i’m such a terrible cook. i mean i have BURNT tossed salads.

okay that was a lie. but i HAVE burnt peanut butter and jelly sammiches before.

wow, i didn’t get up until almost 3pm today (over an hour ago)!

time to change the battery on my watch!

i’m about to fucking sob and i think i’m going to vomit.

why can’t these so-called “leaders” just take each other on one-on-one, without getting all their friends to do their fighting for them? god damn them.

i would hope against hope that nobody dies today, but i know that would be futile at best. there is no hope for anything of the sort, not even remotely. i can only hope that casualties will be minimal, especially for the civilians. and that no other countries suddenly join in the fray (Iran, Turkey, Russia, etc.).

dear god in hell, help us all now in these dark hours, or else fucking kill us you bastard and get it over with.

i just sent an e-mail to one of my oldest friends that rivals anything i’ve posted here lately in terms of sheer, unbridled nastiness. he was trying to “persuade” me that Michael Moore is ignorant. ha!

stupid conservative fucks. they oughta know better by now.

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it starts at the mall. It ends at home.

fuck the U.N., here’s my idea of a New World Order:

what i REALLY want to see is a set of switches in the offices of the leaders of every country on earth. each switch corresponds to the government of every OTHER nation on earth. when some leader is pissed off at another leader, they throw the switch. nothing happens until 2/3 of the switches are thrown – and at that point, that nation’s government is literally switched off… everything from power to communication; anything that could be used to bring down that leader’s regime is enacted… and even martial law is implemented. at that point, free elections would be held and a panel appointed by a group of people selected by the general public [of that nation] to draft a completely new charter and/or constitution, then their leaders are elected in another election. just a thought, and very rough at that.

our government’s arrogance has cost us lives by getting us into a war that we didn’t need to get into in the first place. now it is costing more lives by believing its own bullshit and misunderestimating the enemy.

meanwhile…

fuck.

jesus christ.

they DO have prisoners.

looks like they massacred most of them.

swear to god i am < this > close to joining the Army myself.

NOW YO’ MESSIN’ WITH-A…

boy, this shit is going to get REAL interesting when it is all over. fortunately, thanks to my latest time-travelling invention, i have recorded the bits that i can remember.

the setting: the White House, just after Gulf War II: Operation Free Iraq, or Dirt Cheap Anyway
the scene: a press conference
the characters: Press (a reporter); GWB (a “president”); DR (a Secretary of Defense)

Press: so, uh… where did those “Weapons of Mass Destruction” turn up?
GWB: what?
P: WMDs. Weapons of Mass Destruction, sir?
GWB: uh. oh those!

(pause)

P: yeah. er…?
GWB: i’m sorry?
P: the WMDs, sir?
GWB: WMD stands for “Weapons of Mass Destruction.”
P: yes… uh, sir. that’s what I just said.

(another pause)

GWB: did you have a question?
P: yes. where did they end up finding them hidden at?
GWB: that’s a good question. I’m glad you asked that.

(long pause)

P: sir?
GWB: yes?
P: I asked about the WMDs.
GWB: what was the question, again?
P (getting irritated): ahem. so where did you end up finding the WMDs stashed at?
GWB: oh, those. yes. those were destroyed.
P: …destroyed, sir?
GWB: destroyed.
P: …by whom?
GWB: those were destroyed. there’s nothing left of them. Freedom has prevailed, and liberty has been justly dispensed.
P: ah, yes, but uh… what exactly happened to them? exactly?
GWB: they were destroyed.
P: at what point were they destroyed?
GWB: the point is that Freedom has been dealt. Justice… has been swift. let’s just say that those Weapons of Mass Destruction won’t be bothering anyone anymore.
P: uh. yeah.
GWB: that’s correct.
P: I see.
GWB: yes.
P: okay.
GWB: Liberty has once again–
P: sir?
GWB: I’m sorry? what?
P: there never were any WMDs, were there? Saddam actually DID destroy them, didn’t he?
GWB (to an aid): have this dangerous subversive placed under arrest. Anti-American disinformation propaganda will not be tolerified!
P: then where are the– (muffled; unintelligible garble)
GWB: we have shown the world that our Resolve cannot be tested lightly. our Freedom has Libertificated the Coalition Shock and Awe resolve and our Justice Coalition will resolve the Liberty of the Evil Axes! (foaming at the mouth; remainder of message just as unintelligible as the rest)
DR: incoming ICBMs! a HUNDRED AND DAMN TWELVE of ’em, each from a different fucking country! and ten of ’em are goddamn NUKE-U-LAR! CHRIST! why didn’t somebody tell me there WERE so many countries!

(static, white noise.)

THE END

one last link before i go and kick my own ass.

okay, make that TWO.

Matthew Sweet- “Holy War” (from Girlfriend LP, 1991)

I’ve spent twenty years learning to live
In a world that takes back all that it gives
But I do not want a war

‘Cause I’m not in for killing another man
Defending my holy land
As if there’s a god who would understand

Feeding the promised land
With your blood by my own hand
At Allah’s own command
At Allah’s own command

I’ve spent twenty years learning to live
In a world that takes back all that it gives
But I do not want a war

I don’t know what’s going on
In the scenes behind
I worry about it some of the time
And I hope there’s not a war

‘Cause I’m not in for killing another man
Defending my holy land
As if there’s a god who would understand

And I would walk across highways
To find my fate
If that might settle your crude debate
But I do not want a war

‘Cause I’m not in for killing another man
Defending my holy land
As if there’s a god who would understand

Feeding the promised land
With your blood by my own hand
At allah’s own command
At allah’s own command

I came up from the desert and here I will die
Tooth for tooth and an eye for an eye
Though I didn’t want a war

I went in for killing another man
Defending my holy land
As if there’s a god who would understand
As if there’s a god who would understand
I went in for killing another man
Defending my holy land
As if there’s a god who would understand
As if there’s a god who would understand
Oh yeah…

Matthew Sweet- “I’ve Been Waiting” [chorus] (from GirlfriendLP)

I didn’t think I’d find you
Perfect in so many ways
But I’ve been waiting [waiting] And I want to [have you] I’ve been waiting [waiting] And I want to

this is the last thing i’m gonna say about the things i’m gonna say about war. this is my caveat to you all.

i am an asshole when it comes to politics. i do not hold back. i am extremely passionate about my convictions, because i am thinking about things that matter greatly and affect the lives of millions, if not billions, of lives. trillions, if you count other forms of life (which i do; human life is no more important than the lives of gnats).

it is my duty as a dissident to speak harshly and even to lose friends if that’s how things must be. the World is much bigger than jeremy, and jeremy doesn’t worry about making friends or keeping the ones that he’s got. all i’ve got to do is to scream the Truth in the ears of those who might listen, and scream even louder into the ears of those who would not.

i do not hate anybody, except thugs and bullies and people who genuinely deserve to be put down by whatever means necessary.

thus, i do advocate killing evil men like Saddam, when all else fails, and as a last resort. i do NOT advocate killing people who are not actively evil. under any circumstances.

there IS Absolute Truth in the Universe, but as humans, we have consciousness, or awareness, and that makes us, by definition, subjective. we do not see Reality as it truly is, we only experience perception. no living thing that experiences awareness, or consciousness, can experience or perceive absolute, non-subjective Reality. that leaves us with the heavy burden of interpreting what we perceive for ourselves, and arguing about it. i am no more right than anybody else, and yet am convinced otherwise.

and to set the record straight one last time, i am a giant hypocrite as well.

finally, i do advocate Dropping The BOMB and mass human extinction. let the cockroaches and Keith Richards start over without us; let them take our place. and may they succeed where we have failed.