Presbyopic Myopia

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50354272011-08-01T01:37:24.901-05:00Presbyopic MyopiaMiddle Aged Myopic Visionary email: talkback@presbyopicmyopia.tkMarcosnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1161100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035427.post-1127267471884771002005-09-20T20:40:00.000-05:002006-11-15T11:05:53.455-06:00

Rita Will Be the ProofHurricane Rita has just left the Florida keys, and is drawing a bead on the Texas Gulf Coast. She may or may not actually make landfall in Texas, but wherever she hits is going to take a hard blow. The forecasters expect her to be a Category 4 by the time she comes ashore. Katrina was reported to be a Category 4 at the time she came in.Our government's response to this

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"It Is the Biggest Joke-Free Zone in Literature"What is the speaker referrring to? The Quran. Who is the speaker? Roger Scruton. He's a British Conservative with some interesting opinions. Generally, I'm no conservative, but this guy has some fascinating opinions. Mr. Scruton is "a writer and philosopher who lives in rural England." Here's a link to an article he wrote in 2002 called "

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ShameThe world watches as the United States of America reveals itself for what it is...a failed state. Yes, we call places like Haiti and Liberia failed states. But, we have arrived at that point ourselves through our own neglect. That's all you can call it - neglect. We've neglected our ports, highways, waterways, pipelines, etc. We have sold it all for a military that itself goes around

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The Opposite of Everything Is True, Part 2It just gets stranger and stranger. I highly recommend watching a BBC documentary called The Power of Nightmares. Sadly, much of what it says agrees with my previous idea that everything this regime in Washington does is cynically based on a lie, and they know it is. You can download the three istallments of the documentary here. I've watched all

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The Opposite of Everything Is TrueA few years ago I read a book about denial by William H. Crisman. It's the kind of denial involved with substance abuse and its effects on people. The title of the book was The Opposite of Everything Is True. The premise is that if an alcoholic's lips are moving, he's lying. Likewise, many of the people living with an alcoholic lie all the time without really

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Idolatry?Most religions have something to say about idolatry - and it's not something good. Generally, they condemn the worship of something that's not deity. The Abrahamic religions take a particularly strong position against idolatry. Perhaps, that's because monotheism's primary (some might say only) belief is that there is one God. One God and only one God. God has no equal, plain and

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The Pope As Eva PeronIn the musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Evita, the character Che plays a central role. He is the one that adds some balance to the mass misery that the people of Argentina throw themselves into after her death. Che's character is there to point out all the things she did that weren't so wonderful. I'd like to take that role on here with regard to Pope John Paul II.John Paul

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If You Are Killed, It's Your Own Fault Al-Qaeda in Iraq has issued a statement warning Iraqis not to vote in the elections on January 30, 3005. They plan to attack the polling places, and will kill people who are there. Okay, that's a fair warning. But, to pass the responsibility for killing those people to themselves is just too much. How can you claim that by voting a person is responsible

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Stay Back 200 Feet It's quite common here in Texas to see trucks on the highways that haul gravel in large loads with little pebbles falling off of the truck and bouncing on the pavement. If you get close to the truck those pebbles can bounce up and crack your windshield. This can happen if you're in the same lane behind the truck, or in a lane next to it. If you get anywhere near the truck,

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One-Sided Controversy How can you have a one-sided controversy? Well, you can't actually. By definition a controversy has at least two sides, often more. What I'm referring to here is an effort by two of our major media sources trying to cut one of the sides out of the debate. Here's what I mean. CBS and NBC don't want to run the United Church of Christ (UCC) TV spot because it's "too

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"So sind die Amerikaner", Dimawis Stimme klingt kühl, "sie wollen immer alles kaufen." I've been reading an article on Der Spiegel online about a recently released Guantanamo prisoner named Wissam al-Dimawi. He says he was tortured in Afghanistan by questioners who jammed a stick up his ass. He was taken to Guantanamo and was not allowed a toothbrush, because he could hurt someone with it. He

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Submission Many websites about Islam say that the meaning of the word is submission. That is submission to the will of God. Not a bad idea at all, as long as God's will is benevolent. I don't care for this translation though. I would prefer surrender. Surrender includes the notion of giving up the struggle. Submission just means you'll give in...for now. There will come a day when you

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Not Otherwise Specified If you've ever looked in the DSM IV (the diagnostic manual for psychologists and psychiatrists) you'll notice a category of diagnosis at the end of each section. For example, at the end of all the different kinds of depression and very specific symptoms that are present in each one, there is always a category called NOS. That means the problem meets some of the criteria

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It Takes a Villain For as long as I've been alive our country has had an archvillain. From the time I was born until about 1989, it was the Soviet Union. The Cold War ended (cold only because if it had been hot we wouldn't still be here), and from appearances, we won. I'm taking our victory on faith, because I'm not sure the final chapter has been written. Anyway, what were we to do with all

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The Dangers of Insulation Back in the '60s and '70s there was a revolutionary group in the U.S. called the Weather Underground. They had the idea that the revolution is imminent, and that with just a little help from them it would start and succeed. The group consisted in hardly more than 25 or so people, if that many. The problem was that they utterly believed that the masses were about to

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A New God Well, not really new, but very different! There's a very interesting interview on Beliefnet with Neale Donald Walsch. He predicts a sea change in the world's spirituality which will result in such a distinct concept of God from the present one that we will thinks it's brand new. What he describes is a Process Theology deity without calling it that. He strikes a positive chord

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Monotheism The three great religions that are centered in what we call the Middle East have at least one thing in common. They all posit One God. Since they are all related geographically and historically, one might expect them to see one another in a favorable light. But, that is hardly the case, at least in the case of people in the streets. Why is it that these three great religions has

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Carole Keeton McKlellan Rylander Strayhorn Doesn't Either The Comptroller of Texas had concluded that the Unitarian Universalist Church is not a religious organization. She says that's because there is "no single belief system." The UU Church doesn't require members to adhere to some pre-fabricated creed. Her belief system doesn't require a single marriage, now does it?

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The Revolution Will Not Be Televised II There are references to a statement made by Jesus in the Gospel of Luke and the Gospel of Thomas. They are very similar. They say that the Kingdom of God is within you, and that it's not here nor there, but spread out among us and we can't see it. If I were to translate that into contemporary language with a nice aphorism it would be, "The Revolution

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They Wore Hoods There are two sets of photos from Iraq in which men are wearing hoods on their heads that are troubling. The famous photos of the prisoners at Abu Ghraib is one of them. They were paraded around in front of women naked except for the hood. To be on display before women in that way is very shameful to a Muslim. But, that's of course not all. They were forced to simulate or

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Jesus Seminar Last night and today the minister at my church, Davidson Loehr, presented a seminar on Jesus. He is one of the fellows (members) of the Jesus Seminar. That's a group of Biblical scholars and theologians that are working on investigating the historical Jesus. They have produced some books about the authentic sayings of Jesus, and the authentic acts of Jesus. Their picture of

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Jesus and 9-11 In the Gospels Jesus tell his followers to resolve any disputes with their brothers before going to the temple. In fact, he says that if there is some dispute with your brother you should leave the temple, right things with your brother, and then return. How would that apply to us after 9-11? According to Jesus, we should have approached Al-Qaida and tried to set things right

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Neoliberal Mercenaries There have always been mercenaries in war. Soldier of Fortune magazine has been popular for real mercenaries and wanna be's for a long time. Even the notion of a professional army like most countries have is a kind of mercenary operation. When you have individuals from West Virginia (Jessica Lynch and Sabrina Harmon) joining up just so they can pay for college, I

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Universalism II The foundational idea behind Universalism is that everyone will be saved. By saved, I think it means that everyone will be reconciled with God. Said another way, God's love is too strong to reject anyone - that means anyone. No one gets rejected and sent to hell. In set theory that means the universal set of all of life. Nice how it's named universal set, huh? Well, all

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Christianity for the 21st Century There's a lot of discussion about where Christianity is headed in this new century. Bishop Spong says it has to change or die. That's probably a little overstated, because the more traditional kind of Christianity is booming in other parts of the world. Pentecostals, evangelicals, and fundamentalists are making inroads all over Latin America, Africa, and Asia

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Universalist Theology It's been some 43 years since the Unitarians and the Universalists merged. From my knowledge of the new UU church, it seems to me that Unitarianism has continued to develop theologically. But, Universalism seems to have stopped back with the merger. Now, I could be wrong, but that's how it looks to me. At the time of the merger Universalism was considered by many

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Their Prayers Were Answered It was great to hear that Thomas Hamill had gotten free from is captors today in Iraq. His story really touched me in a way that some of the other hostage stories haven't. He was an unemployed man trying to find a way to support his family, so he took a job as a driver in Iraq for Kellogg Brown & Root. I guess I can identify with him a little easier than I could

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Photos of the Iraqi Prisoners There are several things that are troubling about the famous photos. They are photos of Iraqis being humiliated just because they are prisoners. They are photos of prison guards doing the humiliating. They are photos of American and British soldiers doing the humiliating. They are photos of people humiliating people. It's pretty clear to me that I, as just

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It's a NOVEL Not History I just left the beginning of the Deborah Norville show on MSNBC. Tonight's topic is The DaVinci Code. She has two authors on tonight. They have both written follow-on books about The DaVinci Code. It looked like she had one that was a "defender of the faith," and one that was a "defender of the code." The faith defender was carrying on about how the book is an

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Does It Have to Be So...? Whenever I begin to read about theology, I find myself frustrated after just a few paragraphs. What is it that requires theologians to write is such difficult language? Is the nature of God so difficult that it can't be expressed in everyday language? Now, honestly, I doubt that. I believe it is possible to translate the high-falutin language of philosophy and

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Is the Threat of Punishment Necessary? There is a view of humankind that says if left alone people will just kill, rape and pillage. Therefore, we must have laws which if broken will result in punishment. Is that what it takes? I'm not sure about the answer to that. For example, it's pretty clear that the threat of capital punishment doesn't keep people from committing murder. As a matter

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Not Fit to Receive Communion Cardinal Francis Arinze declared from the Vatican today that "pro-abortion politicians" should be denied communion because they are "not fit" to receive it. What does this kind of statement have to do with what Jesus taught? Almost nothing. Jesus was one who embraced the outcasts of society and welcomed them at his table. It leads me to believe that he would have

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Beware The Religious It's come to my mind lately that those who openly proclaim their Christianity seem to be asking for some kind of exemption. For example, when confronted with her lying in order to get more in unemployment benefits, one woman said that she wouldn't have done that because she's a Christian. Then, there's the President who is only too glad to let you know that he is deeply

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Life After Death, Does It Matter? There's been a lot of discussion on the UUCF list about life after death and resurrection. Some take it figuratively, some spiritually, etc. Those of us alive in the 21st century find it most difficult to believe in either life after death or resurrection. I'm pretty agnostic about it myself, because I agree with the Buddha that it doesn't really matter.

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The Life of Pi Just finished reading The Life of Pi. I highly recommend it. It's about an boy from India who is a survivor of a shipwreck in the Pacific Ocean. His father owned and operated a zoo in India, and was immigrating to Canada, because he didn't agree with the politics of Indira Gandhi when she was in power. He has arranged to sell most all of the zoo animals to zoos in Canada and

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The Need for a Scapegoat I have been reading on the web several articles by and about Rene Girard. He's the founder (if that's the word) of the theory of mimetic rivalry. He says all myths involve a mob ganging up on one standout and killing him because their own violence and rivalry have become a threat to the peaceful functioning of society. The release in the mob murder of a victim is a

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Spiritual But Not Religious It's pretty common nowadays to hear people describe themselves as "spiritual but not religious." I would argue that it is inconsistent with human nature to be unreligious. When a person acts in any realm of his life, he is being religious. How's that again? Yes, when a person acts, he is being religious. Any action implies intention, and intention is based on

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The Revolution Will Not Be Televised No it sure won't. The revolution never is. It wouldn't be a revolution if it was. The very nature of television mitigates against any revolution. In fact, once television touches anything, it changes the character of that which it touches. Much like the story of Midas, sadly everything he touched turned to gold, even his daughter. TV touches any subject

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Regime Change, Again? Now it's North Korea's turn to get the shit kicked out of them. Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld is advocating regime change in Pyongyang. But, what's gonna happen to all that neat Stalinist art?

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It's Time to Show Us No WMD? Where are they? If our spy satellites are so good that we can read a license plate on a car from space, why can't we find the chemicals? Could it be that...it was an untruth? Surely, a good Christian man like the President wouldn't violate the Ten Commandments, but it's getting late and we haven't found them.

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Again So Soon? It wasn't enough to kick the shit out of Baghdad, now President Bush wants to do the same to Syria. Hey, they're not even on the Axis of Evil list. Well, maybe they are now.

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Sure, He Was a Dictator, But He Was Our Dictator! Pravda takes offense to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's inclusion of Hitler in the same group with Lenin and Stalin. Uh...I don't see much difference.

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Plastic Surgery for That?!! The Saudi newspaper al-Watan has reported that the guy in the video walking around Baghdad as Saddam Hussein was actually a double named Ahmed Hadushi. They report that he has undergone plastic surgery "many times to look more like Hussein." I must compliment the plastic surgeons on their job, because he does look like Saddam. Maybe we could get them to work on

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Is This Really News? US forces say they have discovered some possible chemical weapons at a site in Iraq. Hell, all they did was look under someone's kitchen sink. There's enough chemicals under mine to kill an invading army, why not over there too?

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Straighten Up Syria, Shape Up Iran Secretary of State, Colin Powell, has written an article that was published today on the abc.es website. In it he warns Syria and Iran to stop supporting terrorism. He also charges Iran with trying to develop weapons of mass destruction. This sure is sounding familiar! Hey, Colin, we're not even in Baghdad yet! So many evil doers, so little time!

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Al Haig In Charge? Last night Larry King had former (and I mean former) Secretary of State and everything else Al Haig on his show. What a fuck up! They bring old Al out of mothballs. There he was on the screen, old skin with a fake suntan, all wrinkled. He went on and on about the former Soviet Union, and how they are still a Superpower. This guy's still fighting the Cold War! He said

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Now It's the Japanese! An explosion went off today in Japan by an American Marine base. There were no casualties. Hey, I thought they were with us on this!

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In The Red Zone The Red Zone is a football term for when one team gets inside the other team's 20 yard line, and is about to score. They're saying we're in the Red Zone in Iraq. Allegedly the Iraqi military has drawn a circle around Baghdad, and when our forces get inside it, they're going to unleash chemical or biological weapons. Funny thing though, the Iraqis never said that, it was our

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Syria, You'd Better Keep Your Distance! Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, has told the Syrian government that they'd better quit supplying the Iraqis. He made a similar warning to the Iranians. I think he'd better put the war he's in behind him, before he starts rattling his saber again, for God's sake! I know one of our policies is to be able to fight two wars simultaneously, but, uh...

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My Missile Is Bigger Than Yours Pakistan test fired a nuclear capable missile in response to India having done the same. Sounds a lot like a pissin' contest.

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It's Body Count Time Again Allied forces say they have killed 500 Iraqi's in the last two days. Where is General Westmoreland? Is he cooking the books again?

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We Cannot Be Defeated The Defense Minister for Iraq Sultan Hashim Ahmed told a news conference that "no force in the world" would conquer Iraq. Now, keep in mind he's saying this while the fucking Götterdämerung is crashing down on his head.

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The Hard Rain's Afallin' It looks like the shock and awe have begun. But, I wonder for whose benefit? Surely, the Iraqis weren't going to put up too much of a fight after 12 years of sanctions and all. It must be for the benefit of the defense contractors, and the re-building contractors (Haliburton). Allahu Akhbar! Allahu Akhbar! Allahu Akhbar!

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They're Calling Bush a Donkey! Reports are that Arabs are calling George W a donkey. Hey, lighten up! Quit insulting the donkeys!

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The Sabers Are Out! Reports are that the saber rattling has ended, and the sabers are out of the scabbard. Oh A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall! Peace out.

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We Have Anonymous Support, I'll Have You Know! Colin Powell has declared that the US has the support of 45 countries in its war with Iraq. Fifteen of those do not want to be identified. What the hell's up with that? It's like saying, "I'm there for you, just don't ask me to help." With that kind of support, who needs adversaries?

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Someone's Been Peeking A report in Le Figaro says that in the last few days a spy system was discovered at the site of the European Council. It says five or six countries (France and Germany among them) have had their phones tapped. The report blames the US. Let's round up the usual suspects, uh oh, we don't have the Soviet Union anymore. I guess that just leaves US.

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Will It Ever Be Good Enough for You? Now the Bush Administration says that war is inevitable, even if Saddam and his sons leave Iraq. Aha! I think we're showing our real cards.

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Now We're Talkin' Saddam says he's ready for victory! His son calls George W a "subnormal". He says it would be better if George left power and took his family with him. Saddam says the mothers of American soldiers will be crying blood instead of tears. Now, we're getting good! There's nothing quite like Arab threats. Bring on the Bleeding Mother of All Battles!

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The War Premium Wall Street has to get in on the act. They are rattling their sabers by running up stock prices in the excitement of going to war. This kind of surge has a name, it's called a War Premium. A few years ago we had the Peace Dividend. Now it's the War Premium. When to we get the War Stock Split? That's the one I'm looking for.

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The One Last Chance Didn't Work...As If They Thought It Would! This weekend's summit in the Azores was strictly theater for the benefit of Blair and Aznar, because they are in trouble politically at home. They knew all along that they were going to attack this week. It looks like the sabers will soon stop rattling, 'cause they'll be out of the scabbard!

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In a Single Stroke North Korea has complained about the US having deployed an aircraft carrier in waters near the Korean peninsula. They are talking tough...of course, that's what they always do. Here's a quote, "The US should not boast its military muscle. The DPRK (North Korea) has self-defensive national defence capacity powerful enough to beat back any formidable enemy at a single stroke.

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Could This Be The Start of Something Big? Remember from history how WWI started with the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo? Well, the prime minister of Serbia, Zoran Djindjic, has been assassinated in Belgrade. This may be the start of WWIII. Don't ask me how that would happen.

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Princess Diana Against War in Iraq A group of psychics have made contact with Princess Diana "on the other side." They say she is enjoying herself and is spending time with Mother Teresa. She told them she had intentions to marry Dodi al Fayed. But most interesting fact is that she stays up on current events, and that she is against the war with Iraq. OK, but why didn't they contact Jesus

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Dangerous for Europe Tony Blair says it would be very dangerous for Europe if the Russians and the French don't go along with the UN Security Council resolution propose by the US. Is that a threat? Hmm...

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Some Viagra Might Help It looks like a re-run of Gulf War I, except this time they're surrendering a little prematurely. They aren't even "keeping it up" long enough to let the war get started. Not enough foreplay?

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Another North Korean Ejaculation North Korea has conducted another missle test. Experts speculate that it's North Korea's way of demanding direct dialog with the US that doesn't involve a bunch of other countries. I guess direct dialog with the US puts you on a higher status. North Korea is # 1 on the list of saber rattlers! Shh...don't tell them their penis, er...missle was really to short

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Border Incursion UN observers reported that people they suspect were US soldiers in civvies were in the Demilitarized Zone between Kuwait and Iraq. US troops are prohibited from entering the area which was set up after Gulf War I. The observers reported that seven gaps were later found in the electric fence where the plainclothes soldiers had been. We're goin' to War!

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A Stupidity Saddam Hussein said that if the US attacks Iraq it would be committing a stupidity. He says the Iraqis will fight just like they in '91. How can you rattle your saber while threatening to surrender in mass? Oh well, he gets credit for trying.

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Our Poodle's Been Acting Up Leftists in the United Kingdom have long accused Tony Blair of being Bush's poodle, because he so slavishly does what he's told. Well, back in the 80's the UK supported building a chemical plant for Saddam in Iraq. They knew he was gassing thousands of Iranians at the time they built the plant, and they also knew he would use the plant to produce more chemical

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Weak In The Knees? Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, has announced that the US is studying pulling troops back from the Demilitarized Zone in Korea. Would that mean that we're backing down? Hmm...I think that might set a bad precedent. Like the US prefers peace to war. Is Rumsfeld gonna start wearing maxipads now?

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The Axis of Obstinance France, Russia, and Germany have re-affirmed their commitment to disarming Iraq thru peaceful means. They say they will not support a second resolution in the UN Security Council allowing military force. What's W going to call them? The Axis of Old Europe?

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Victorious? Yeah, Just Like Last Time. Saddam Hussein announced in a message to the Iraqi people that they will come out victorious against any aggression. Well, he is still in power, and George Bush Sr. isn't.

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Where's a Cop When You Need One? Where is that NYPD officer, Justin Volpe, when we need him? He's the one convicted of ramming a wooden stick up Abner Louima's ass. Now that we've caught Khalid Sheikh Mohammed the Al Qaeda mastermind, maybe we could use Officer Volpe's services. The latest says that Mohammed is being held by US forces at Bagram AFB in Afghanistan. It shouldn't take long to

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Nuclear Disaster Threatened! North Korea is threatening again. This time they say that if the US invades them, North Korea will respond with nukes. OK, OK, you get to be at the top of the list! North Korea is #1 in saber rattling! Are you happy now?

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He Said What? Well, We'll Just See About That! According to a British newspaper, the United States has been tapping phones and intercepting email from the non-permanent members of the UN Security Council. It seems we are doing this to help us get their votes on the war with Iraq. What the fuck are these heavy-handed monkeys in the Bush Administration thinking? Don't they think this will just

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North Korea Ready for Nukes North Korea announced today that it is ready for nuclear war which could break out at "any moment." That's true, but the nukes would all be ours! They would have to develop a nuclear bomb before they could use one. You can't just go out and buy one of those on the street. Hey, Kim Jong Il, wake up and smell the radiation!

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Rattling Your Saber Can Be Problematic As the US tries to drum up support, one of its closest allies is complaining about too much penis...er...saber waving by our Secretary of Defense. Spain's Prime Minister Aznar "was showing signs of nervousness. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal he suggested that the US would be better able to win over opinion if it were to deploy Powell more and

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We Are Not Joking North Korea remains defiant in its stand off with the US. They denied they are using brinkmanship to blackmail money out of the US. The North Koreans say that the more we threaten and pressure the more drastic will be their measures to cope. I guess that means they'll start eating dirt instead of grass now.

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We Will Disarm (Castrate) Saddam Right Now! President Bush in an interview with USA Today says that Saddam has no intention of disarming himself, so we will do it for him. Would anyone have intentions of self-castration? I don't think so.

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We Will Crush the American Invaders with Our Song The North Korean Communist Party in it's own official newspaper has called on its citizens to take courage during the tensions with the US by singing loudly its song "Long Life to the Military Authority." The song will strike "mortal terror" into anyone who invades the country.

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We Can't Let Turkey Get All the Money! Bulgaria has offered to allow US troops to use bases in it's territory for an attack on Iraq. They don't want to be left off of the gravy train. Everybody's looking for a handout!

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I Was Born Here, and Here I Will Die In an interview with Dan Rather, Saddam Hussein says no to offers of exile. He would prefer to die in Iraq that to be disgraced in exile. Sounds like he's got the Masada complex.

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My Saber Is Bigger Than Your Saber! Saddam Hussein unsheaths his saber while denying that he has any prohibited missles. "They have been destroyed," he says. But, that saber sure looks erect, if you know what I mean!

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Well, OK, Then. Let's Just Get It On! Undersecretary of State John Bolton says that war with Iraq is inevitable, and that the decision has been made. Now, it's just a matter of the UN Security Council going along (to prove its relevance) or not. At least the honesty is refreshing!

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Saddam vs. George, the Debate Saddam Hussein has challenged W to a debate about the impending war. He made the challenge in an interview with Dan Rather. Imagine the two of them at podiums with headphones for the translation: Saddam: The great Iraqi people will destroy your cowardly soldiers. W: Yeah, just like the first time, huh? Your great army couldn't surrender fast enough! Some army

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North Korea Ejaculates for Colin Powell North Korea fired an earth-to-air missle that landed in the ocean between Korea and Japan. South Korea was inaugurating a new president and Colin Powell was in Seoul for the event. The North was just trying to impress Colin. Move them to the top of the list!

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North Korea Ejaculates for Colin Powell North Korea fired an earth-to-air missel that landed in the ocean between North Korea and Japan. South Korea figured that the North had done it because Colin Powell was in Seoul to attend ceremonies for the new South Korean president's inauguration. We think it was a little premature (the ejaculation we mean).

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Relevance Is in the Eye of the Beholder President Bush says that the time has come for the UN to demonstrate that it remains relevant. He has certainly assured his own relevance by posting 200K troops on Iraq's border! His saber is rattling, he just can't get it out of his pants...er...uh...scabbard!

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But, Didn't We Know That Already? They say US intelligence is just a bunch of shit (like countless incidents have already proven). US intelligence provided to the UN weapons inspectors is 'Garbage' to use the word in the CBS report. Although, the CBS reporter acknowledges that a "cruder word" was used.

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Locked and Loaded Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld says, "We're just waiting for the order from Bush." Oh, a hard rain is gonna fall.

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Who's In Charge Here? Ariana Huffington is no screaming liberal, but look at what she says about our leaders. Maybe if Kim Jong Il in North Korea was sitting on an ocean of oil, we'd be equally concerned about (pick one: democracy, weapons of mass destruction, human rights) in Korea as we are about Iraq.

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So Many Choices, Such Little Brain Power! This is what rattling our saber will get us. Let's hope for something better.

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They're at It Again! A North Korean Mig has violated South Korean airspace. The South Koreans are calling it a "provocation." They escorted the Mig out of their airspace with 6 fighters of their own. The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence!

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Algerian Journalist Infiltrates Al-Qaeda An Algerian journalist infiltrated Islamic fundamentalists in Paris. He could speak the language, he knew the religion, and he understood the anger. That's why we say it would be so hard for one of our spies to do it. Shit, a white upper-middle class kid from Marin County, California did it! And he personally met Osama bin Laden! Really, how hard can

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Protesters Will Not Determine American Security What's wrong W? Is the great unwashed just too untrustworthy to be allowed to make decisions? Is your Imperial Intelligence so much better at deciding our future than our idealistic childish dreams? Isn't that what democracy is? Don't we get to decide our own course? I guess we don't, when we are in such capable hands. The hands that have

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Top Five Saber Rattlers as of Posting Time 1. North Korea (now they're threatening to withdraw from the 1953 armistice agreement!) 2. US (accepting for the Bush administration, George W. Bush) 3. UK (we're still not really a part of Europe, but we would like a second resolution) 4. Israel (we're passing out the gas masks except to the Palestinians) 5. India & Pakistan (tie, they haven't said

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No Dong I am not making this up! The North Korean single stage rocket is called the No Dong. Don't they test market this stuff? I mean you gotta have a focus group before you pick a name.

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North Korea: We Will Win a Nuclear War Top Five Saber Rattlers as of Posting Time 1. North Korea (we may be reduced to eating grass, but we got the BOMB!) 2. Israel (we got the BOMB, and we got real food) 3. US (we can't just sit around and wait for a bunch of pussies in Europe to get their nerve up!) 4. UK (uh...we're not really part of Europe) 5. India & Pakistan (tie, they must have

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