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About Me :
I'm a grownup nerd living in the Boston burbs. I write computer programs for a living and plays for fun.
I'm married to a wonderful woman, and we share a nice little house with our daughter and our cats.
I'm a humanist, a technologist, an artist, and an idealist. I believe in reason, freedom, love, equality,
and democracy. (Did I mention that I'm
an idealist? I did, OK.)
I'm also a pragmatist and an empiricist. I reject ideology and dogma, especially when they conflict with
practical facts (i.e., pretty much always). I particularly hate willful ignorance, which tends to go hand-in-hand
with ideology and dogma.
Like the alignment of the planets, this blog gets updated as I have the time, inspiration, and inclination to do so.
Like the alignment of the planets, this blog gets updated as I have the time, inspiration, and inclination to do so.
Friday, July 18, 2003
Isn't this a Great War?
I'll be honest with you, I was against this war in March. I thought Bush War II was part of W's agenda from the very beginning. I thought the war had nothing to do with Iraq and everything to do with getting little George Jr. re-elected, on an imagined swell of patriotism after an easy military victory. I thought our Fratboy-in-Chief figured the U.S. could sashay into Baghdad, topple Saddam, and leave by fall. I figured, on the other hand, that the U.S. would have an easy victory followed by a hard occupation. But I was so wrong! And I am so sorry. I just want to take this opportunity right now to personally apologize for being a traitor! That's right, I must hate America! I hate it! And I'm sorry. When I saw little George in his little flight suit, I was filled with pride for America and I was ashamed that I loved Saddam so much. See, when I didn't believe George about the immiment threat that Iraq posed to America, it was because I was blinded by my liberal hatred of everything America stands for, and I was blinded by my love for Saddam. So what if Bush lies? So what if the WMD's are never found? So what if Saddam is never found? Oh, and where's OSAMA? It's all just liberal ranting anyway. I must support the President 100% because anything less is TREASON. I know that now, and I'm sorry. I didn't really think that the United States was about to get bogged down in a ten-year occupation which is going to end up costing us about two thousand American service members' lives, God only knows how many Iraqis, and half a trillion dollars of our tax money. That was just liberal bullshit that I was willing to swallow because deep down, I was a filthy traitor, a dirty hater of America, and I can add, and believe me, I'm really, really, really sorry for it. Thank God that Ann Coulter has the courage to set me straight. Now I see the error of my ways. I'll watch Fox News from now on; they'll tell me what to think, and then I'll be a happy Patriotic American again. Because we all know that the meaning of "Patriotism" is to shut the hell up and do what we're told! So... Yeah. This is a great war after all.
I'll be honest with you, I was against this war in March. I thought Bush War II was part of W's agenda from the very beginning. I thought the war had nothing to do with Iraq and everything to do with getting little George Jr. re-elected, on an imagined swell of patriotism after an easy military victory. I thought our Fratboy-in-Chief figured the U.S. could sashay into Baghdad, topple Saddam, and leave by fall. I figured, on the other hand, that the U.S. would have an easy victory followed by a hard occupation. But I was so wrong! And I am so sorry. I just want to take this opportunity right now to personally apologize for being a traitor! That's right, I must hate America! I hate it! And I'm sorry. When I saw little George in his little flight suit, I was filled with pride for America and I was ashamed that I loved Saddam so much. See, when I didn't believe George about the immiment threat that Iraq posed to America, it was because I was blinded by my liberal hatred of everything America stands for, and I was blinded by my love for Saddam. So what if Bush lies? So what if the WMD's are never found? So what if Saddam is never found? Oh, and where's OSAMA? It's all just liberal ranting anyway. I must support the President 100% because anything less is TREASON. I know that now, and I'm sorry. I didn't really think that the United States was about to get bogged down in a ten-year occupation which is going to end up costing us about two thousand American service members' lives, God only knows how many Iraqis, and half a trillion dollars of our tax money. That was just liberal bullshit that I was willing to swallow because deep down, I was a filthy traitor, a dirty hater of America, and I can add, and believe me, I'm really, really, really sorry for it. Thank God that Ann Coulter has the courage to set me straight. Now I see the error of my ways. I'll watch Fox News from now on; they'll tell me what to think, and then I'll be a happy Patriotic American again. Because we all know that the meaning of "Patriotism" is to shut the hell up and do what we're told! So... Yeah. This is a great war after all.