This could be exciting. We had good reasons to impose pacifism on Japan after WWII. Between 1894 and 1945, they had fought two aggressive wars with China, including a successful invasion of Manchuria, a war with Russia, conducted later action against Russia during WWI (from which Russia had to pull out early, due to certain troubles at home) in Siberia under the guise of the war effort, they withdrew from the League of Nations, and finally attacked us at Pearl Harbor. I'd say those are pretty good reasons to tell someone to put down the guns, yeah.
I expect our turn is coming, too.
In other news, try the swordfish.
The latest from President Neveradullmoment of Turkmenistan
And like rats fleeing a sinking ship, the American media confesses to spit-polishing GeeDubya's Folly, just in time for the election.
Kurt Vonnegut knows what's what.
Oh, now I get it: the subtle difference between charisma and animal magnetism, explained.
Friday, August 13, 2004
Thursday, August 12, 2004
Message from the Mad One
Blogs: the ultimate in fatuous self-indulgence, or the new journalism? I struggled with this for a long time. Ok, honestly, I still do.
If you're reading this, then you've probably been getting heavily-link-laden emails from me for a while (some longer than others). I started sending news links out around January of 2002, when I saw that the U.S. press was not reporting on what I thought was important. At that time, it was the Enron collapse, and the willfully-blind eye the Bush administration was turning toward 9-11. I just wanted to shine a little unwelcome-but-necesssary light on some stories that our news sources didn't want us looking at. So, if you're one of those people -the ones no longer getting my big fat emails- thanks. Thanks for reading along, and not telling me to shut up or lay off or whatever (even if your silence was because you stopped opening my emails). And if you're still with me, thanks even more.
As for my opening comment: No, I do not think that I am a journalist because I keep a blog. I have tons of respect for good journalism, but I am a mere messenger. They report, I deliver. Stay tuned. Coming soon: drugs!
If you're reading this, then you've probably been getting heavily-link-laden emails from me for a while (some longer than others). I started sending news links out around January of 2002, when I saw that the U.S. press was not reporting on what I thought was important. At that time, it was the Enron collapse, and the willfully-blind eye the Bush administration was turning toward 9-11. I just wanted to shine a little unwelcome-but-necesssary light on some stories that our news sources didn't want us looking at. So, if you're one of those people -the ones no longer getting my big fat emails- thanks. Thanks for reading along, and not telling me to shut up or lay off or whatever (even if your silence was because you stopped opening my emails). And if you're still with me, thanks even more.
As for my opening comment: No, I do not think that I am a journalist because I keep a blog. I have tons of respect for good journalism, but I am a mere messenger. They report, I deliver. Stay tuned. Coming soon: drugs!
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