here's what i've got so far. i'm sure tomorrow i'll wake up and feel the same. unfortunately.

PRACTICE FOR 'MY TURN'

where am i goin to go on this. should i be aggressive, or passive?
i guess that would heavily depend on the time of day, and what drug.

ok, here we go:

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I have been sitting here watching cable news channels, and the 60 minutes story is on fire. Maybe not here in America, but you can bet your life that the images of American torture in Saddam's old torture prison, Abu Ghraib, have made us lose whatever respect we had about this war from almost every corner of the globe.

I'm sorry, but that's just not something I can be proud of.

Yes, the few who are guilty of smiling in these torture sessions, standing proud over their victims, should not reflect the rest of America. We all know that. The problem is, will the rest of the world. Our credibility was already treading on thin ice. We hardly need to dig ourselves deeper in this mess.

Supporting the troops is still the #1 priority that this country should be having right now. We are at war. Or so we're told. Usually, a war has a goal. One that usually is not won by reduction, but rather elimination of the threat. And in all previous cases, that threat was not something we have created. This time, however, we have a whole new game unfolding. It's detailed in a document called the PNAC: Project for the New American Century. Google that and be prepared to have your jaws drop.

But our troops are dying at an unacceptable rate, and for what? We were first told about weapons of mass destruction. You remember those don't you? If FOX had its way, you wouldn't. Then we were told that they had nukes. Well, we all know what happened there. From that point on, things started to get a bit ugly, and some really far-fetched ideas were borne, and we now were in this liberation mode. Providing freedom to a people that have been so oppresed by, oops, someone we helped. And not just someone, the very same people who are in power now. Oh the irony.

The families of many of the troops have taken collections, and done other benefits to raise money to buy the simple things, like armour for our men & women over there. This is just outrageous. This is like saying to your employer, I'm going to pay YOU this year. We need to furnish our troops with the necessities of battleground war. The very fact that we're in this "guerilla" war, makes it all the more unlikely that our troops have the experience our enemies have.

The president was indeed right when he stated (for once) that this was a war that would last a long time. He's confident of his next term. Too confident. The electronic voting & internet voting, should be closely scrutinized, like California. Voting is the very heart of our democracy. And it's up to the American people (still) to control how we play in this sandbox we call Earth.

how can you bomb a civilization that has been around since the beginning of time? the military industrial complex was first examined, and warned about, back in the 50's. the very fact that abuse has taken place, much less the TYPE of abuse it was, makes it clear. there is the same criminal element in the military as there is in the general population. the military is not some 'select' group of the human race. it's a collection of the same elements, both good and bad, that make up the majority of the fighting force.

that the criminal and military element bode well with the mentality of doing harm to someone else, should be further testament to the philosophy of using the military in strict defensive operations. period.

when you fight a war, you don't fight with the objective to 'reduce', you fight to eliminate. that's what a war is all about.

so when we hear about the war on crime, or the war on drugs, it's a war that can't be won by 'eliminating' yet can be by 'reducing'? certainly the war on 'terrorism' is in the same boat.

george bush is quote somewhere in which he told his audience that he was told by God to invade iraq.

well, huney... God _told _me what He really said was "how DARE you do this in My Name"

i wonder.... what do those fathers & mothers, who were screaming about janet jacket's breast being exposed on superbowl, which they most likely never saw in real time, but rather through the ad nauseum coverage it got, what do they say to their children about the other commercials during the game that warned viewers about seeking medical attention if an erection lasted longer than four hours.