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Little Zeynep and her friends

2006-07-25T16:52:00.000-06:00

This may sound like an odd entry for yet another Israeli / Lebanon post, but it comes from a CNN story where a little girl named Zeynep was interviewed. (I remembered her name quite easily since my research advisor has the same name.) She said that she "felt happy" when she heard that an Israeli soldier got killed because they were on the land where she should be. She attended Hezoballah run

At it AGAIN

2006-07-17T09:19:00.000-06:00

Wow, so I can't believe I haven't blogged about this Israel and Hezzbolah thing yet, but here goes: First off, I can't believe they're at it again.Second off, I wonder why the US always has to break up these fights. What about the EU? I know the UN wasn't going to help Lebanon when their government asked for help for a cease - fire. Third off, If the US gets involved, where are we going to get

Quest for Creation

2006-04-27T16:34:00.000-06:00

The US is doing badly in science according to an early 2006 Time magazine report. Ask a certain CSU professor, and he apparently launches into a 30 minute tirade about the US educational system. Campus musings aside, today in the New York Times, there was this article that explained the need for the US to get a larger particle accelorator to excel in the world of Physics. We are competing against

oops... our bad

2006-04-20T21:39:00.000-06:00

Right, so in the Washington Post there was this article about how President Hu Jintao was intentionally and unintentionally undignified in the US. Stuff included being pulled back up the wrong stair case he tried to use by the President or Vice Presidet, having a luncheon versus a usual formal dinner. The snapping point came when an activist was screaming at him from outside the White House gates

3 years

2006-03-20T21:10:00.000-07:00

Ok, so I HAD to blog on this because ya know, it's been 3 years since the Iraq invasion. What do I think of all this? It's just one big 'oops.' We thought we liberated them be removing Saddam Hussein, but they remembered their ethnic conflicts and are almost at a civil war. They had a fair quality of life, and now some people don't have basic ammenities or stable jobs. Is this freedom? Is freedom

Laying down the smack in Iraq

2006-02-28T12:16:00.000-07:00

For all of you rolling your eyes, I appologize for the really cheesy title. But that is all I can think of.So, since last week, Iraq has been diescending into a civil - war like state after the bombing of the Shite mosque. Just in Forbes news as updated today, 56 people were killed in multiple attacks. Bush said that the Iraqis must choose between chaos and unity. Yeah... Like they get to choose

Alito

2006-01-19T10:53:00.000-07:00

So, we go from Mier to Alito. The guy is definitely NOT straight - up about anything. He was just spinning his wheels the 3 days he was being grilled by the Senate. One thing that I had to really ponder was my own views on abortion seeng as that was a clincher thing in the hearings. I was praying about it like, "God, I know this is a big issue, but there are so many about our own liberties and

Mier, Mier pants on fire

2005-10-11T14:48:00.000-06:00

I can't believe I have not blogged on Mier yet. Alas, biochemistry tests come first, ranting - a clos second! (Sorry, ranting buddy, I like Biochemstry - we don't even have to try 'synthesizing our way out of a paper bag...') Anyway, Mier... There's a saying, "Open your mouth, insert your foot - well, Bush's foot may well be down past his laryinx - maybe down to the bronhial tree. Either way,

Sheehan Arrested! Oh my!

2005-09-27T18:12:00.000-06:00

I thought, what would my blog be without a Sheehan case reference. So she got arrested yesterday during a war protest. I think she was the only one, but maybe there were a few others. Some of my friends think it was great hauling her off, others I'm not sure. What do I think? Well, I understand the civil disobedience bit seeing as I watched my friends engage in it a few years ago. I'm

Hot water

2005-09-23T16:52:00.000-06:00

Right... So, there's massive news (ok, sort of massive news) that Hurricanes Katrina and Rita had a global warming factor because hurricanes of that nature usually occur in warmer water, and it was noted that the waters in the Gulf of Mexico were warmer than usual. I sent an e - mail to my sort of favorite ranting buddy and... YAY! he wrote back! Ok, here it is: It is very difficult to prove a

aaaaAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUGGGGH!!!!!!!!!!!!

2005-09-10T18:58:00.000-06:00

The title reflects what was going through my mind as I read the headline for this story about Bush - Friendly companies getting reconstruction contracts after Hurricane Katrina WHAT THE HEY MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why can't he give the New Orleans citizens jobs re - building their old city? Why is Bush - well, why does selfishness still exist even in the midst of a time when we should put

Superhuman for Elect X Yes O No

2005-09-09T15:07:00.000-06:00

So, today, there was an article on Chirac's hopsitalization at The Guardian A picture from another news source showed a picture of him with the right side of his face clearly drooped. The article cited above stated that he had vision impaired in one eye and he walked with difficulty. I'm assuming he also limps or is very weakened on his right side. The crazy thing is that the people he's around

Race, SES, madness and Katrina

2005-09-02T17:49:00.000-06:00

I wrote this e - mail to 2 HDFS professors. Hi guys! I was mulling over some thoughts in the last fewdays about race, SES, and how that all fit into the anarchy around HurricanKatrina especially in New Orleans. I thought you two would be interestedespecially since you are both in the FAIR project.I was able to put together these ideas coherantly during a conversation withmy mom in which I

Pat Robertson is a Goober

2005-08-23T17:21:00.000-06:00

So, today I was reading about how Pat Robertson said that we should kill Venezuela's president because he's a dictator and a "Threat to America." Right. It's guys like HIM that make me glad I'm Christian already because if I wasn't, I would be like, "HECK NO! IF HE'S Christian, I don't want to join his crew!"I have issues. With the Christian Right. Because a lot of the time they are wrong. Wrong

zapping stuff etc...

2005-08-22T12:09:00.000-06:00

aaahh!! I keep forgetting my other blog is here!!! So... zapping stuffSo apparently the military has come up with these new zapping weapons they plan on using in Iraq and elsewhere. It's in alternet as well. Anyway, I think it's kinda strange. It will cut down on deaths, but thermal burns could be a problem. Also Alternet's article talked about possible eye damage or injury if the target hit

Musgrave and Allard Revisited

2005-07-22T15:30:00.000-06:00

Today Stregnth Through Peace delegates went to Allard and Musgrave's offices in Loveland. It was the same building where we crashed their party in the spring of 2003. Those of us that went were: Roger, Clara, Joe, Holly, and me. Roger did most of the talking. We handed each office a letter our lead guy Kevin wrote and attached our Not in Our Name statement, the Downing Street Memo and a short

Letter to Bush

2005-07-22T10:25:00.000-06:00

What follows is a letter to Bush that I'll probably send. This is the 1st draft July 23, 2005To President Bush:Today is the 3rd anaversary of the Downing Street Memo. It has come to our atention in May but has been highlighted by the Conyers hearing which was earlier this month. I am writing to you as a constituent and a fellow Christian and am asking you to consider what your concience would do

MY LONG LOST BLOGGY!!!

2005-07-22T09:53:00.000-06:00

hee hee!!! So, I was going to edit my OTHER blog: http://spiritualequilibrium.blogspot.com, when I entered the wrong username. But I still got through. And found THIS blog! The shock called for me going "eeeeeeek!" at my desk. It's rather ironic that this anti - war blog was here and I'm now involved in all this stuff again.So, where have I been these past 2 years? Well, I'm still at CSU. Still

This is a Catching Up on Events blog since I haven't been able post for a while.

2003-03-29T19:21:00.000-07:00

Sooooooooooooooooooooooooo.... to start out with the HUGE ACTION:Tuesday March 25, 2003 there was a Civil Disobednace act in Ft. Collins (where I'm from.) There were two groups - the actual people that were willing to get arrested and the supporters. At 7:30 I went to the CSU Oval to meet the other supporters. We met outside the Administration Building and listened to a proffessor speak for a

Late evening March 23, 2003

2003-03-23T21:32:00.000-07:00

This evening I was feeling depressed about the war thing. I heard the stories about the captured marines and the casualties and I realized that this war was suddenly becomming real. I was not imagining things. I was depressed because the war started against the rest of the world's wishes, and moreover my cousin would be a Marine in May and I realized that he may have to face that. So I went to

Still fasting

2003-03-23T20:48:00.000-07:00

March 23, 2003Yesterday was a really cool but kind of draining day. I was still fasting (Only have two more days counting today...) At 11:45 a few of the other fasting crew members and I walked up to College and Mullberry for the weekly 12:00 rally there. Most times we just cheer when the cars go by, and chant the uaual anti - war chants. Yesterday was a bit different. This time several people

No Justice, No food

2003-03-22T20:23:00.000-07:00

March 21, 2003: Fasting - Day 2I didn't write on the first day because that was my 'lay around the dorm doing homework' day. Today I spent my time outside of class on the CSU plaza with a bunch of other peace lovin' students. We're doing a juice fast which means we only drink lots and lots of water and 4 - 5 8 ounce cups of juice. We're doing it in compassion with the people of Iraq who will and

PNAC rant

2003-03-22T02:41:00.000-07:00

PNAC reading: If I seem obsessive about this PNAC stuff, I am because I can't believe that America would be this selfish. I'm only on the second page of that 'condensed version' of it, and already I'm starting to get unnerved. It mentions America's status of having no competition and the aims to keep it that way. It also keeps mentioning military might and shaping the world for it's own interests

2003-03-19T11:10:00.000-07:00

March 19, 2003 First of all, why am I against war???? Well, I was never too fond of the pre - emptive strike idea for mainly one reason. This reason was that it could give other countries permission to strike eachother unprovoked ie. India strikes Pakistan because the government THINKS Pakistan has more nukes. That would set the stage for world unrest. As the months went by with the struggle