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POPSFreedom Rider: Obama's Iraq "Fairy Tale"
The latest case of buyer’s remorse concerns Obama’s statements about his plan to visit Iraq in the near future. “I’ve always said that the pace of withdrawal would be dictated by the safety and security of our troops and the need to maintain stability. That assessment has not changed. And when I go to Iraq and have a chance to talk to some of the commanders on the ground, I’m sure I’ll have more information and will continue to refine my policies.” It may be helpful to take a trip down memory lane and fully dissect the fairy tale of the anti-war candidate. In 2004 Senate candidate Barack Obama did not brag about being against the occupation of Iraq e was far more circumspect, criticizing president Bush only for badly managing a war of aggression, and emphasizing that he was not that much different. "There's not that much difference between my position and George Bush's position at this stage. The difference, in my mind, is who's in a position to execute."
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POPSJesse Helms is Dead Mike Signorile definitely speaks for many LGBT people and our friends in his July 4th blog posting. Although, as I said in a piece I clipped yesterday, I do not take joy in the death of another human being. But in the case of Helms, it is hard to find even a core of sympathy or remorse at his passing. In his professional lifetime, he sent many innocent and good people to their deaths due to his hatemongering and homophobia. If he could not cry for us, how can we cry for him?
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POPSHonor Killing - Religion at Work We always hear of cultural preservation. Maybe we ought to hear more of cultural castigation. Aspects of some cultures are so primitive, so mired in backwards, ignorant superstition that they deserve to be derided and scorned by all peoples of more enlightened cultures. This story sickens me on many levels.
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POPSOX: 'Sexually Perverse' Vampire Murder "According to the judge, Parashumti decided to prove she had no affection for the girl and the pair hatched a plan to kill her. All three had been drinking whisky when Parashumti crept up behind Mitchell and started hitting her on the head with a concrete paving slab, the court was told. As the teenager tried to escape, she was bludgeoned further and Stasinowsky strangled her with a dog chain belt. Mitchell took at least 45 minutes to die, the court was told. The killers then kissed over Mitchell's dead body before filming the scene on a mobile phone, laughing and mocking the girl's accent. The pair dumped the body in a wheelie bin in a back garden shed, where police found it several days later after being alerted by Mitchell's parents. The court was told that a psychologist who assessed Parashumti found she had a severe personality disorder, was obsessed with vampires and was sexually aroused by torture and violence." ...Guardian
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POPSClinton Campaign on Obama's lead I see the comment by Wolfson as foreshadowing of a Clinton power play if she can manage to pull a respectable showing on Tuesday. Buyers remorse? That is strange indeed. Sounds to me like a case they might want to make at the Convention if the delegate count is tight.
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POPSEnnui from 'To the Reader' by Charles Baudelaire
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POPSThe Humor of the Inhumane I'm not one to make fun of the dead... But Saddam was asking for it all those years of killing people willy-nilly, without remorse. And to think that we still gave him a trial like none of his own people ever had?!
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POPSNebraska State Senator Sues God The suit also says God has caused "calamitous catastrophes resulting in the wide-spread death, destruction and terrorization of millions upon millions of the Earth’s inhabitants including innocent babes, infants, children, the aged and infirm without mercy or distinction." Chambers also says God "has manifested neither compassion nor remorse, proclaiming that defendant will laugh" when calamity comes.
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POPSBuyer's Remorse -Halo 2 for Vista Read the full thing! Almost any self-respecting gamer should agree with this. some of my friends didn't even realize Halo 2 for PC even came out... And support them if you will!
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POPSFBI: Blackwater Guilty of Murdering 14 Iraqis--
Would like to hear talk radio spin this, and paint the FBI as "liberal". You will not hear any words of remorse or repentance from neo-Christian "conservatives" (who dismiss the Bible's open condemnation about those who "shed innocent blood"). Yet note that the rogue Blackwater mercenaries (terrorists) may be difficult to prosecute, perhaps due to "jurisdiction". But they could be tried by Iraqi government (you know, this "democracy" puppet gov't), and may in fact have an extradition agreement with the U.S. to do so. One more important thing--Blackwater LIED (just like the neocon Bush administration does) and here is the FBI's findings to prove it: Investigators found no evidence to support assertions by Blackwater employees that they were fired upon by Iraqi civilians. That finding sharply contradicts initial assertions by Blackwater officials, who said that company employees fired in self-defense and that three company vehicles were damaged by gunfire.
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POPSSurviving the affair: to tell or not to tell This article discusses the pros and cons of telling your spouse that you have had an affair. It is not always the best choice to tell them if you are doing it just to satisfy your feelings of guilt.
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POPSThe TAO of war Therefore when the battle is joined, The underdog will win. Whenever you advise a ruler in the way of the Divine, Counsel him not to use force to conquer the universe. For this would only cause resistance. Thorn bushes spring up wherever the army has passed. Lean years follow in the wake of a great war, for no thing is so costly. Just do what needs to be done. Never take advantage of power, for that is a public display of weakness and cowardess. Achieve results, But never glory in them. Achieve results, But never boast. Achieve results, But never be proud. Achieve results, Because this is the natural way. Achieve results, But not through violence. Force is followed by loss of strength. This is not the way of the Divine. That which goes against the Divine comes to an early end. The good general knows how not to fight. The supreme general never finds war necessary. The wise soldier who safely returns home simply tills his garden, honors his wife, and listens
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