Californian Sojourn

Anger...

A simple word and even then something I don't find strong enough to describe my reaction within to this (WARNING: Do NOT click link if you have a weak stomach). This is a corresponding image to the attacks that occured today in Fallujah today. I don't post this image in disrespect nor for shock value, but for the sheer reality we face in Iraq today among those who would oppose us and Iraq's restitution. You CANNOT reason with this, you cannot negotiate with this and most of all you cannot show weakness to this. Those who cheer this are not the everyday Iraqi who welcomes our overthrow of Sadaam. These are those who think just like Osama and his lot, think just like those who crashed the planes into the WTC. America needs to realize that we cannot be soft in the face of this. This kind of abomination needs swift and harsh (just) reaction. Those who died today were not soldiers but contractors trying to restore and improve the Iraqi's way of life. This is how they were repaid. This is why the Spanish reaction to bombings in Madrid is so saddening. To back down is to give fuel to this; fuel that may engulf our very way of life.

Know that I do not believe this is representative of all Muslims or all Iraqis; that is the furthest thing from the truth. But we must not become PC with such a stark reality presented to us.

UPDATE: Assertion thinks I'm taking part in "reactionary jingoism (scroll to the post "run away"." Only problem with his assumption on my part of "a creeping suspicion that this guy would not have been so outraged if 'terrorists' had been on the recieving end of this" is that you can't find me video or pictures of American soldiers celebrating and dancing admist beating, mangling, and hanging blackened corpses of innocent workers. Needless to say I can also find a MAJOR difference between terrorists (who do such things as above) and civilian contractors who are trying to bring a better way of life to the Iraqis, especially considering what they went through prior to our liberation of their country. And "it's sort of hard to argue with that," if I may say so.

Thought Re: Condi Rice

With National Security Advisor Condi Rice about to testify before the 9/11 committe, who else believes that this is the moment Rice fully steps into the public light and shows what she is about? There has been rumblings amongst bloggers and others that Rice is poised for a bid for President come '08 against Hilary. I am firmly for such an endeavor and believe that this may be the beginning, with so much of the public eye on these hearings, for Rice to show what she is about and how capable a speaker she is. That and firmly clearing the White House of the idiocy beset upon them by Clarke's petty attempt at getting back for not being at the forefront of the War on Terror following 9/11.

People are starting to talk more and more about this and I really believe we may very well be seeing the future face of the Republican party...

Read this for a better worded view on it.

Freelance Bush Ad

This certainly makes a good case on the domestic side...

Looks Like The Fat Lady Is Gonna Be Away For A Long Time...

Just 6 minutes ago, at 6:55 am Pacific time, by humble little blog just registered its 10,000th post! Needless to say, I think that's a little bit awesome considering I NEVER would have thought those hits would come so fast or at all. It's good to know there are people looking and actually caring about what a simple guy like me has to say. Thanks to everyone who left comments and who keeps coming back more and more.

Here's to the next 10,000!

Democracy In Action

Citizen Smash is still serviving this country and the troops coming home with representative democracy in action. Frankly I am impressed on how easy it was and in reality shouldn't stop other individuals (including myself) from taking action with other issues we care about. I suppose the hardest part is the transition from thinking about it, to actually doing something about it. Either way my hat is off to Smash for bringing light to such an issue and sharing with us that, believe it or not, respresentative democracy still exists in America today.

I Think It Is Pretty Safe to Say...

You don't want to mess with this woman...

Intriquingly enough is the fact I never knew that the name to the traditional form of South Korean sword-fighting is 'Haedong Gumdo.' Learn something knew every day.

BTW...does 'Haedong Gumdo' have an English translation?

Terrorism Does Not Equal Genius

That's if you didn't already figure that out before-hand. Needless to say what a world we live in when a person will try and take your life for eating a hamburger. Even if it is a McDonald's "hamburger" you don't deserve death.

Seriously though it is incredibly heartening how far human kind has come where something like this is still plausible.

BlogAds

Anyone have familiarity with these? Are they lucrative in any possible way? Anything to let this site perhaps give me some additional income is welcomed.

Not that I am rolling in hits or anything...

A Clarke Of Many Faces

If this doesn't give you a good idea on how wish-washy Clake has been in regards to the role of this administration and 9/11, nothing will.

Frankly it's a joke that this man is still paraded in front of our faces as much as he is. Non-biased journalism would have found Clarke to be anything but credible. But I suppose the key phrase here is "non-biased." Which, in this age of media, doesn't exist like it once did.

Typepad Swallows Another...

Todd is no longer Xanga (blah!), he's Typepad!

That and he has realized he is a metrosexual.

Pray for him.