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If you were president, what would you tell Rice to relay to the leaders to curb the Israeli-Hezbollah fighting? Fox News is trying to answer this question. Bush has a diplomatic plan, no doubt! However, it’s always nice to know what the common people would do if they were in Bush’s shoes.
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Some people said that they would back Israel and blame any deaths caused by either side on Hezbollah. This is rather diplomatic in my opinion. After all, in a true warmongering society death counts don’t matter because death needs to happen for democracy to reign.
Personally, I feel it’s none of our business. In fact, it’s only our business right now because Israel is our ally. If this issue was happening, in say…Dafur then the president wouldn’t be paying it any mind.
These are issues, which have been going on in some form or fashion for far too long. They were never our issues unless you count the lost lives by using American purchased weapons and that are being used by Israel. They still are not our issues unless you plan to try to help every country in need regardless of what we gain from them.
The reason I refuse to support any action of the Israeli military is simple and makes a lot of sense if you think about it. The first reason is we are spread to thin. If you want to take troops out of Iraq then it might be okay, but sending off a new set of American troops to Israel is going to leave us wide open for trouble. Not enough soldiers will be on American soil allowing a homebound attack to be a real serious possibility.
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Next reason and the initial one I had for disregarding action is the mentality of the people. The Israeli’s want to fight this war and just about any other war, they wish to start, in hopes of blasting everyone out of “their” region.
I was making dinner the other night while CNN was playing in the background. I could hear a woman’s voice speaking and then the translator came on. The translator spoke of how the woman had said that she wanted desperately to get her son to safety. She wanted to ensure he could live. Unfortunately, it did not stop there. The reason she wants him to live most of all is so she can send him back, strong and healthy, to Israel. She wants her son to go and kill the people of Lebanon as well as the Palestinians.
This mentality is disgusting and needs to be stop. You want diplomacy? Stop giving them weapons and aid of any kind, and let them fight on their own. Eventually they will come to their senses or kill each other off so much so that we don’t need to hear about the ridiculousness of issues like these.
With any path you choose, you come to a point in the road where you realize some things are worth staying out of and you turn back around and go the other way. Too bad our esteemed governor Bush has not realized that yet.
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When I have time I will often check out other blogs and news that is interesting to me. Last week when I was doing this, I came across a site called Ban T-shirts. I found it through a link on a site that I visit occasionally.
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My first reaction was to ask for a link exchange, but as I continued to look at the site and the message attached, I wanted to know more about the mission and the founder who is known simply as TheDude.
I had a chance to email him a couple of questions and he was kind enough to answer them for me. You can check them out below.
Ashtyn: What made you decide to start Ban T-Shirts?
TheDude: It was kind of accidental… Well, the political angle was kind of accidental. I initially did 3 t-shirt designs, just for a bit of fun -Satan’s Little Helper, Dead Star and Can You Feel My Love? (An anti-Bush design). They all sold a few (VERY slowly), but the anti-Bush one was the best seller and the one that really caught people’s imagination. So that kind of geared me towards the political angle. I have always been left-wing and anti-conservative in my politics so the whole thing came quite naturally to me as well.
Ashtyn: Did you come up with all of the ideas for shirts yourself or have others helped or submitted ideas as well?
TheDude: About half the designs I do myself and the other half are done by another designer I work with called Ryan Red Corn. The first design of his I sold was Manifest Density (another anti-Bush t-shirt) - I was impressed with his work and it fitted in well with what I was doing. It is also refreshing and stimulating to get another person’s input and viewpoint in any project.
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Ashtyn: What is your goal for the site?
TheDude: On the one hand what I want to do with the site is provide a thought provoking product that will hopefully make one or two people question what they see and hear in the media. I’m under no illusions about how difficult it is to make an impact in the information-overloaded society we live in, but I think that original and heartfelt ideas can make an impression because people are burnt out on the falseness of so much of what they see and hear.
The news is full of half-truths and lies. We’re bombarded with advertising and it just leaves people empty. I want to try and fill that void in people’s minds. The fact that there are people at this very moment walking down the street, or in a bar, or in school wearing one of my shirts is very satisfying for me on a personal level.
These are people that came to Ban T-shirts and liked a design so much that they wanted to wear it on their chest so that other people could see it. That’s amazing and it is something I truly appreciate, and something that I would like to thank people for. T-shirts are a way to get a message to quite as lot of people - they are like political sound bites worn on the chest. I want to spark people’s imagination and make them think about issues like war, the environment, foreign policy, immigration and corporate responsibility.
Ashtyn: What happens if a Democrat wins? Do we keep selling Bush T-Shirts to relive old memories or do we turn to other Conservatives?
TheDude: I do sell quite a lot of Bush shirts, and while Bush IS a problem he is only part of it. When it comes to American politics, I tend to think like Bill Hicks did, that most politicians are just puppets who pander to the interests of big business and don’t think further ahead than the next election.
I won’t hesitate to do a t-shirt criticizing ANY president, whether they be Republican or Democrat. The focus will always be progressive and left-wing however. In fact we are tending to focus more on issue t-shirts than personality t-shirts. It’s the issues that are the most important thing, not the characters.
Ashtyn: What message, if any, would you leave for the world?
TheDude: Think about the impact on the rest of the world of everything you do, and everything you consume. Try and live according to your beliefs and don’t be scared of being different from others and of doing what you really want to do. And have a good time. Life is short!
If you’d like to show your support for true freedom and democracy by making a fashion statement then check out Ban T-shirts. They have a wide variety of sweatshop free shirts that you are sure to love if you’re visiting with an open mind.
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Those of you that read this blog know that I haven’t updated in two days. Normally I update quite frequently so the last two days has been quite a change for me.
However, I was spending quite a lot of time making the site more blog-like. The first thing I added was comments.
All of the pages have the ability to leave comments now so no more having to email me if you feel like praising me…or to tell me off. In addition to the comment area we also added the ability to print each blog and to recommend the site to a friend.
We felt it was important to allow for more interaction with our readers and we hope that you enjoy the new features. If you think that we could use something else to make our blog more effective feel free to drop me an email…or just comment to this post.
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I am a horror movie buff so when a scary movie comes out I pay attention to it. I love being scared…The feeling of adrenaline as I hold my breath, imagining if it were me, and being thankful that it’s not is exhilarating.
When the trailer came out for When a Stranger Calls I was intrigued, but I thought it looked a little too hokey for me. The trailer was good, but to me that meant that they made it look that good for a reason. I ignored it when it went to the theater, but the other day I was on Yahoo IM and some guy began telling me how great it was.
According to this guy, it was not super scary, but it was very shock scary. It was one of those movies that made you jump. Okay, he won. We decided to watch it. I wanted to find out what the hype was about, so I rented it from the local Blockbuster, curled up in Dom’s arms, and prepared myself for a jumpy flick.
About halfway through the opening scenes, I determined that the guy I talked to had no testicles. There were so many problems with this movie I don’t know where to begin. The “scary” portion of this movie makes no sense. I recommend if you want to see this movie then you stop reading because there are SPOILERS below.
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The killer in the movie targets babysitters and younger women. The house he breaks into would have cost well over a few million dollars. So, it would stand to reason that on a school night this particular house would have a babysitter, right? No…not right. What are we supposed to believe, that this random guy just happened to pick the right mansion? That is a little too much considering the house was out in the middle of nowhere.
Next problem and perhaps the biggest one was the lead character. It seemed a tad unnatural how everything scared her. I don’t know if it was overacting on her part or if she was just really in character, but things bothered her….easily. The lights would go on or off (due to automatic lighting) and she’d gasp. She took a poker into the kitchen because she heard a noise. Did I mention she shook with fear the entire way? However, the burglar alarm goes off and she tells people it’s cool and they don’t need to find out what was going on. Sure, that makes sense.
Bottom Line: Unlike what I was told, I didn’t feel any jumps and the only thing frightening was When a Stranger Calls as a whole, not the plot. I recommend if you want to see something scary that was made around the same time watch The Hills have Eyes, now that was just frightening.
Note: This is the 2006 version not the 1979 version which I’ve heard is good.
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I received the Sims 2 for a birthday present and within the next 2 weeks I had every expansion pack known to man for this game. It started out as a fun little obsession where Dom and I could do something together. It was a guilty pleasure. We had a friend who was always playing hers and telling us about it, so naturally we wanted to check it out.
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First, let me say I do like the game. I like it a lot and intend to play it again when I have the chance. We recently uninstalled the game due to numerous problems we were having with it. Of course, the main problem was the speed.
If you have never played the Sims 2 I will say that it is entertaining and a fair price. Of course, as a side note, the items they give you to build your cities are basic at best. This means that the average person (me especially) is out there downloading free add-ons for the Sims like mad.
You can get free downloads for everything Sims 2 related. Mainly houses, clothes, celebrity Sims look-a-likes, sex toys, furniture, and everything else. You just pop your downloads into a folder and use them when your game loads.
Our computers are newer, but we had issues with speed from the start. I don’t know how people with systems older than a year or two even maintain play on one of these games without spending all day waiting for the game to load.
Now if it were just basic load time we were talking about I would be more understanding. Unfortunately, it’s load time to start, load time to show your items, load time to change houses, and we’re talking minutes or longer for each load time. To load the game sometimes took 5-10 minutes.
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In the end, as much as we liked it, the games went back into the box and off the computers. We’ve promised ourselves that when we buy some Alienware systems we will bring the games out of the box and take up the Sims 2 again. Until then our systems apparently cannot handle such power, despite their high-level abilities of them in other areas.
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Dominick was watching the news last night, when a segment came on talking about Thinspiration. This apparently is a new thing sweeping the web where websites post pictures of anorexic starlets to inspire young women to become thinner. It is common to see Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, Lindsey Lohan, Nicole Ritchie, and other stick-thin starlets on these pages.
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I didn’t believe this type of site existed, so I did a quick Google. Sure enough I hit the jackpot. I am not going to offer the link because I will in no way endorse such crap. Hey…you don’t see links to the White House here either do you? However, if you Google the term, I promise, you will find the pages I did.
The pictures they had showed girls 5’7” or taller that could not have weighed over 100 pounds. The majority of these women not only look like shit (okay all of them did), but they also said that they did not have eating disorders. They were healthy and ate whatever they wanted.
I don’t know who they are kidding. I watched a special on eating disorders a few months ago. One of the women on the show drank water and ate sugarless gum (only 5 calories!) in order to maintain her figure. Oddly enough, she weighed more than these bitches.
I cannot understand how anyone thinks this kind of thin is sexy. Natural is sexy. Girls like Carmen Electra and Laetitia Casta are the right size. Women naturally have some curves. Why ruin it by trying to starve yourself and showing more bone than George does when he’s playing footsies with Condie?
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When I saw those girls I couldn’t help but want to feed them. Maybe it’s the nurturer in me. I’m not sure, but I have the need to make beef stew and grilled cheeses and stuff them down their throats. Or maybe I’ll pop over to Star Jones’ website and grab her recipes for ribs and macaroni and cheese. If that is what she was living on it’d be sure to make the thinsipirational girls gain a few pounds.
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Being a gourmet style chef (when I have time) and a believer in the Hellenic faith I can relate to where Elizabeth Taylor is coming from.
She explains in the upcoming issue of Harper’s Bazaar that she’s a hedonist. She realizes she will never be thin again because she enjoys food and pleasure far too much for that to happen.
Of course, while I can relate I’m also willing to suffer somewhat if it will get me a nice ass. What she said got me to thinking though. She explained she’d never be a size zero like so many of the Hollywood Twinkies today/ While Liz wishes she could be that size, she would not be able to get there again.
I can understand that thin is beautiful in our society, but isn’t there a line when it becomes disgusting? When you look like you jam your bony finger down your throat to toss up your popcorn (and yes, there is a “look”) that starts to become gross. When you have bones that literally protrude from your body as if they are trying to escape and find a buffet then it should be meal time.
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The name Hillary Clinton usually breeds mixed reactions, even with me. I am a huge fan of Mrs. Clinton and when it comes down to it, I think she has what it takes to survive as a female president. My main question is if the nation is willing to let a female become president. I am not sure they are ready for that. This means that we could be essentially setting ourselves up for another Conservative White House. That, I think, is the scariest notion of all. Eight years under Conservative rule was just too much.
It’s kind of disheartening. I know if Hillary had a penis she would be elected. Can she do it without the cock is what I’m wondering. She’s the right person for the job. She’s intelligent, witty, and has bigger balls than John Kerry or George Bush for that matter. This is important because when the Conservatives fight dirty the Democrats need to fight back. Kerry just rolled over like a $2 prostitute on government cheese day. Hillary has what it takes to roll with the big boys - Conservative, communist, or otherwise.
Clinton was in Ohio Monday, speaking in front of 3,000 activists. Her speech dealt with raising minimum wage, health care, and so much more. Clinton is bringing up legislation to stop Congress from giving themselves raises until minimum wage is raised. She has always been a big supporter of health care for all and now she is calling for a fairer setup for elections. Who could blame her?
She had a lot to say about the Bush Administration and the Republican Secretary of State in Ohio. Kenneth Blackwell handles the elections in Ohio currently because as Secretary of State that is his job. Coincidentally, he’s running for Governor, so he’ll be counting his own ballots. Clinton has a problem with this, as do most that realize it’s going to happen. Blackwell’s reps want to assure us all that there is no problem in this. After all, Governor Taft did the same thing, and look how he fucked up the state.
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The Senate is set to vote on allowing more funds for stem cell research. According to Karl Rove, if this happens, Bush will veto his first bill of this year. Rove claims that Bush is emphatic about the issue and he believes that it will pass. When it does pass, the empathetic Bush plans to veto it.
The logic for Bush (oxymoron?) is that we were all embryos once and we should respect all embryonic life. Well…on the flip side, shouldn’t that “set to be destroyed” embryo be used for science to help other people? If not, why do they ask us to give our organs if they are usable when we die? Why should I give up my kidneys, eyes, or heart? They are mine and you should all respect that because you have them too, failing or not.
Isn’t it the Christian way to help your fellow man? If so, why shouldn’t Bush allow stem cell research? Initial research has proven it can help his fellow man. In fact, stem cells are the first promising form of treatment for a majority of deathly illnesses. We are not allowing abortions to take stem cells, but if those lives are unlivable why not create better lives for people who could benefit from the cells?
I realize that this is just another Fundamentalist Conservative way to plow the people of the country like we’re in a prison shower, but isn’t this getting a little old? It was just in the news that mice are being born by sperm made of stem cells. Now we have all the more reason to allow this legislation to pass. After all, perhaps with stem cells they could create real men. Lord knows, we don’t need one more pussy with a prick in office.
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Suri Cruise has to be one of the worst names in History. It’s really not flattering at all no matter what it supposedly means. I wouldn’t name my child crap if it really meant angel.
I’ve heard some really bad names in my time, but I think I’d rather be named Apple. If that were the case, I could just say my parents were hippies. I wouldn’t have to claim they were ignorant or lacked the ability to fact check.
According to Tom (the supposed father), Suri means princess in Hebrew. The Jews deny this and after a little fact checking I came up with the following meanings.
Japanese = Pickpocket
Indian = Knife
French = similar to souris which means mouse
Hebrew = (According to Tom it means princess) No meaning though commonly and incorrectly used in place of Sara, which means princess.
Coincidentally, according to rumored sources, L. Ron Hubbard, the creator of Scientology, lived in Surrey when he was creating the religion. There’s some food for thought.
However, the name isn’t the creepiest thing about this child. It’s not even her parents that are weird. It’s the mystery behind them. The birth certificate for baby Cruise was not filed until a month after her birth and then it was requested by a family friend rather than one of the parents. It is unknown whether this person was at the birth or not.
Numerous questions have arisen concerning whether the baby is even Tom’s. He’s known for shooting blanks. One wife was quoted as saying that very thing and the other wife never had his children either, though she is reportedly pregnant (and denying it) right after just marrying a new man.
No one has even seen the child. After all, the official pictures, which were offered over a month after the baby had been born, did not fetch the right price so Cruise took them off the market.
I wonder if he will do the same when she is 16. He could put her virginity on eBay and see how much he could get for it. Although, at this rate, I’m guessing that wouldn’t get him enough money either. Besides no one wants to do Tom Cruise with a wig on…yuck!
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