I mean, who doesn’t hate that she-devil? I’m sorry, but honestly, I can’t stand her. I try my hardest to at least tolerate people with beliefs wildly differing from mine, but when I see a self-professed Christian insinuating that Jews are inferior, liberals are all godless heathens, and anyone who votes Democrat is a brain-dead moron who has to be spoken to slowly, I begin to forget the bit about tolerance. Hulk smash Coulter lady!!
Anyways, I know that her comments about Jews needed to be “perfected” were taken out of context and misunderstood by the general populace (read: the media), but I really can’t blame anyone for misinterpreting that. When you go out of your way to be a bitch, people are going to assume that anything that comes out of your mouth is hateful and ultra-conservative. Most of the time, that holds true. I mean, the very titles of her books make me wish I had a flamethrower handy. Or at least a heavy-duty shredder.
I’m sure I could write a lot more about Coulter (especially how much she just look scary), but I’d probably just end up spluttering and making unintelligible angry noises. Intolerant right wingers often cause that reaction. It’s more a general disliking instead of something I can adequately describe. Ah well. I figured I’d bring it up considering she’s apparently got a new book out. Yay. I’ll probably head out to the book store to get a laugh out of the misguided rabid conservatism on the back cover. Anyone who thinks all liberals are Michael Moore needs a lesson in how the world isn’t black and white.
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An American soldier, Lt. Colonel William Steele (that sounds like the name of a Tom Clancy character), is standing trial for aiding the enemy during the time that Saddam Hussein was held in a prison under his control. What exactly did Steele do that was so horrible? He provided Cuban cigars and hair dye to Saddam while he was incarcerated. Okay, so he gave mobile phones to other detainees (”He said he just wanted to order pizza!”), but I find the bits about Saddam kind of funny. I fail to see how cigars and dye can be a breach of security.
Anyways, if Steele is convicted, especially of the major charges, he could spend life in prison. It really makes you wonder, though. What kind of jail time do you risk in helping a former dictator keep up appearances?
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Hey, the asides are back. I was having some trouble with my theme (not WP 2.3 friendly), but I managed to fix it all up. I almost switched to a different theme…I may still do so. I dunno.
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Al Gore may not have won the presidency, but he did win the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007. And Bush doesn’t plan on congratulating him. I’m not really surprised, considering I’ve already heard people complaining that Gore shouldn’t have won the prize at all. Why? Because global warming is teh fakes! LAWL
Sorry. Anyways, I’m not going to turn this into a prove/disprove global warming post. I don’t ever want to take sides in that debate. Not that I’m saying being environmentally-friendly is a bad thing. It’s just that I can understand all the sides. Okay, not the “global warming isn’t happening because God wouldn’t want us to die!” side (ignorance is bliss when death and destruction isn’t imminent, or even semi-imminent), but I can see how people might think it’s completely natural, completely human-caused, or a mix. I don’t really care. It’s happening and that’s all that really matters. Bickering about who caused it is pretty pointless. …All right, maybe I have taken a side. But I don’t want to get into specifics.
Anyways, so why did Gore get a peace prize? For making everyone more aware of global warming and the problem it poses (most Nobel Peace Prize winners do stuff like that). Environmental change is happening, whether you want it to or not. But there are many ways to lessen our negative impact on the world around us. There’s nothing wrong with letting people know about that.
I really wish he’d run for president again. I think he’d have a really good chance now that people are starting to care more about the environment and because anyone would do better than Bush. Okay, almost anyone. There are a few candidates I trust less than Bush…
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The Grand Final of the World Cyber Games was in Seattle over the weekend, and the big question on everyone’s mind was: is this really a sport?
Okay, so maybe that’s just what’s on the mind of the dude who wrote the editorial in my college newspaper slamming it for causing obesity. Yes, video games cause obesity. It’s certainly not the fault of the people who play video games all day without getting up for some physical activity. I mean, it’s just not possible to enjoy gaming and exercising at the same time. There’s only room in life for one!
Anyways, I’m dead serious about the video game tournament. There were 700 people from 74 countries attending just to get their frag on in games ranging from Counter-Strike to Need for Speed: Carbon and everything in between. There were even referees to make sure players weren’t cheating or taking advantage of glitches in the games. There were something on the order of 12 events and cash prizes for top places. Pretty insane, if you ask me. But if I was a top-notch gamer, I would totally do something like that.
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