Category: politics

US Secretary of State Colin Powell says Japan must consider revising its pacifist constitution if it wants a permanent UN Security Council seat.

Even with an election looming, apparently we have no intention of stopping spouting inanities.

You tell me, who are we to tell Japan to not be pacifist? What business do we have telling another world power to change its constitution to a more war-loving one or be excluded from playing policeman to the world? And anyway, doesn’t the world need some peace-loving policemen at this point?..

And in the same breath, he takes a jab against one of his own [previously-] enlisted men, presuming him guilty and a deserter before proven so. Un. believable.

Because, come on! How can I avoid the daily temptation?

“Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we,” Bush said. “They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.”

Someone pointed me to this article by Ron Paul. Curious and still a bit disbelieving, I googled. Hunh. The American Community Survey does exist, and it is scary.

Answering it, if they ask you to, is apparently compulsory. Just take a look at the list of questions in the various PDF files. Gah.

Many news bits lately had me wanting to blog them, but living out of boxes (we weren’t really able to unpack all week, due to work going on in the apartment) is no incentive to blog or do anything productive for that matter.

This article, however, is chilling. Note the part with the “no misconduct” ruling. This is New York Times, free registration required.

From an IRC channel:

“holy mother of fuck – today is the NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER!”

Stick that where it doesn’t belong, W.

While we’re saving the Iraqis from themselves by bombing, shooting, imprisoning and humiliating them, people residing in the U.S. keep slaves.

There’s just so little good news lately, you know?

Asked by Woodward how history would judge the war, Bush replied: “History. We don’t know. We’ll all be dead.“

This morning, I despair for a bright light out of the White House. Not the bright light of People I Happen To Agree With, but that of any semblance of intelligence.

On the other hand, things seem to be the Chinese sense of interesting pretty much all over. [Harper’s has an RSS feed, by the way.]

Mr. Walters is furious with Canada for exposing innocent US to DANGERS UNTOLD.

Meanwhile, we kill and maim and heighten surveillance and cheat and give to the rich and rob the earth. For goodness’ sake.