The Puggers Made Me Do It

This is one of the most disgusting things I've heard lately...

Woman Dies in L.A. Emergency Room Waiting Area

And if the article isn't enough to piss you off, try checking out the audio of the TWO 9-1-1 calls made by her boyfriend and by another person in the ER waiting area:

1st Call

2nd Call (This one gets really interesting around the 1:00 mark)


As if I wasn't worried enough about having to be seen in an ER....

This is what happens when I stay up late to do work and then cannot/do not want to go to bed yet...
( Safe Haven of Sleepless... )

Tonsils deserve nothing less than a severe spanking.

GQ is closed this week

Internet connection is down. no clue what the problem is nor do i have the energy to figure it out

If you all need anything just call.

So I know this post is a bit delayed, but I wanted to process before screaming about the State of the Union speech. Being the nerd that I am, I actually took notes so I'd remember points that really chapped my hide. Funny thing is, not a lot made me curse at the television. I suppose it's because most of the speech was a repeat of what we've all heard before- the same old lies that have ceased to cause an immediate "F*** you, Bush!" reaction.

Anywho... ( Some general observations and some points from the speech... )

Nuke-you-lure, al-qaeda, the "author of freedom"... blah blah blah

Since when does the Bush administration care about genocide? When did America become the land of "freedom and moderation"???

Bah, king george. You looked scared. And you know what? You damn well should be.

I don't know how I missed this before, but this is just disgusting. We can "find" weapons of mass destruction in Iraq to justify a war but we can't find our own citizens on our own turf in a 10 square block radius? Beyond despicable.

The Yahoo! Story

The BBC Story

I've been waiting with baited breath for someone to post these to youtube. I am so in love with Bill Clinton it isn't even funny.

(Keith Olbermann isn't bad, either. lol)

I've been learning a lot lately... One thing I've been considering quite a bit is pacifism...

As most of you know, I have considered myself a pacifist for over 13 years now. And I frequently get into debates with people over it. "What? You wouldn't defend yourself? You think war is ALWAYS wrong?" And my common answer is that violence is not necessary if we are paying attention to the warning signs that it is coming and do something before it happens. Which is usually true.

The problem is that we live in a society where we tell people not to physically hurt themselves or others, then turn around and bomb the crap out of some Iraqi village, obliterating families and children. How can people believe that violence isn't an answer when our society so clearly condones it (as long as it's the "good guys" doing the killing, that is)?

I bring this up because I have felt severely violent on and off recently. And I have felt weak for feeling that way, even though I have not followed through on any of the impulses which have taken over my brain like a crazy virus. But I finally reminded myself of this:

Pacifism does not mean that we never have the urge to be violent. It does not mean that we shirk the responsibility of dealing with our problems by saying "Hey, it's cool, man, peace and love" and just let it all go.  Pacifism means recognizing that we humans are animals with instinctual natures. It means acknowledging those times that we want to strike out in rage- and then not following through. It means that each time we feel rage we step back and look at a new way to deal with that impulse.

I'm learning a lot about my beliefs... and that isn't something I would have learned if I hadn't felt the way I have in the past few days. So hooray to the universe for pulling a trick out of the crazy hat that is my life right now!

Can someone just say "impeachment" already and get it over with? This is getting ridiculous....

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