Archives for the Month of January, 2006

You are reckless and wrong and you need to reconsider your worldview

So you are anti-war. You think we invaded Iraq “illegally.” You think we’re over here slaughtering innocents and trying to extend an American empire into the heart of the Middle East. You’ve protested. You want to impeach Bush. You believe America is headed down the wrong path. And you’re completely wrong about all of it. [...]

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Don’t like Google censorship? Stop using Google.

Google has a lot of really neat, really powerful tools at its disposal. In light of the recent decision to provide filtered search results to 1 billion Chinese, some people are upset with Google. Would it be worth the tradeoff if you decided to:
Use a different search engine? Stop using Google Earth? Start a petition [...]

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Hamas - past, present and future

Hamas in the Past

Hamas in the Present

To be fair, this photo depicts Fatah members rioting.
Hamas in the Future

My advice to Hamas leadership: less dressing up of the babies. More reading variety. Reading is good for your brain. Spend money to sign every Palestinian up for a Book of the Month club.

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Steve Kubby, cancer patient and artificially created criminal

His name is Steve Kubby and he has adrenal cancer. He will die from it at some point. He believes marijuana is the only thing keeping him alive.
In prison, law enforcement has had different reactions to Steve. Some are sympathetic, others go out of their way to remind him that he no longer has any [...]

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Palestine confounds me

How do you negotiate with a nation of people who are uninterested in being reasonable?
Imagine if Mexico had an election in which the political party that won had the stated goal of destroying wiping the United States from the world map. Israel is facing that exact situation today with Palestine.
What sort of diplomacy options are [...]

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