Democracy in Iraq … as if you hadn’t heard enough about it

Well, well, well … bet you were never expecting to hear from me again! Yes, it’s been over a week since I’ve posted. Sorry, snaars fans … but you all wouldn’t adore me half so much if I didn’t live up to my obligations such as family, work, and school, now would you? Yesterday I [...]

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They nearly lynched me.

Here’s my letter to the class. When I wrote it I knew it would cause mixed feelings but I really didn’t care. Since then we had a class discussion about it and I think we are all okay. Open Letter to CMCN 304 class If you don’t have the patience to read this entire e-mail, [...]

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Last Monday night’s communication class was very intense because of an e-mail I sent to my classmates. The class is called “group communication and problem solving”. We have a project, which is to answer the controversial question, “Is the war in Iraq justified?” The topic was chosen through a group brainstorming and elimination process. We [...]

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I ain’t nothin’ but a houn’ dog

I read a lot of political stuff in the news. I have been more or less following national and international politics for five years. I still don’t know what to make of it. Sometimes I want to give up trying to figure out what’s really going on. I want everyone to know that although I [...]

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retraction: FOX did not buy Al Jazeera

It was a satirical article. If I had seen it firsthand, it would have been obvious. But hearing about it second- or third-hand and having presented to me as factual I was almost taken in.

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Iran, N.Korea, and nukes

Today North Korea announced that it has nuclear weapons. The U.S. is pursuing diplomatic relations with North Korea, even though we know they despise us to the core. This is because we know that as long as we keep paying Kim Jong Il, he will not nuke anyone. Today the president of Iran, Mohammad Khatami, [...]

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The days when this would be really hilarious are past, but I found this recently and thought it was still good for a chuckle. 

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fun to shoot ‘em

I heard a rumor today that FOX purchased Al Jazeera. My first reaction was to laugh, but it is not a joke. That is to say, it was not told to me as a joke. Whether it is true is another matter. I don’t know what to make of it if it is true. In [...]

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Iraq election

The newspapers are reporting that the voter turnout in Iraq was expected to be around 57%. Preliminary estimates of the actual vote are around 60%, so that is a little encouraging. Although there were a few Sunni-majority areas where the turnout was virtually nil, it seems that this was less because of the death threats [...]

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elections

I am anxious about the elections in Iraq tomorrow. The whole situation is so ugly, I don’t want to think about it, but it is more and more on my mind. I know it’s going to be awful – more people will die, and voter turnout will be pitiful. Still, president bush will tout the [...]

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