With 95+ people dead in a series of bombings across Baghdad, the Iraqi government is facing one of its largest tests since American forces scaled down troops and missions in key regions and cities over two months ago.
In all honesty, I believe this sort of attack will be the mainstay of Iraqi life for the foreseeable future. This is what the George W. Bush "democracy" model looks like in Iraq. It is based on intimidation, carnage, mayhem and death.
What do the days, weeks and months ahead hold for the innocent people of Iraq?
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Saturday, August 08, 2009
Friday, August 07, 2009
Emotional Poverty
I was thinking today about life. It is funny how things sneak into your consciousness. It can happen when you see something, smell something, dream something, anything really.
I had a personal epiphany, of sorts, today. It is really possible to have material wealth and suffer from what I call emotional poverty. What is true for me is one simple fact: I got so busy living that I forget to get a life. That may sound like an oxymoron, but they are two vastly different things.
There is a gaping hole in my life. I am essentially alone in personal matters. I attempt to fill the void in my soul with materialistic things and fantasies, but it does little good. I live in denial every single day while pretending as if my life is wonderful and couldn't be any better. In fact, my life is quite pathetic and bizarre. I judge myself much too harshly in areas where I should loosen up, which in turn may lead to personal happiness.
I'm not sure what people see when they look at me. Perhaps, they know I am compensating for something, or perhaps they have no clue. Sometimes I feel so naked to the world; it is like I am trapped in a glass cage from which I cannot escape and everyone is laughing and pointing at me. When in reality, they probably don't notice me at all.
I am a narcissist, I admit it freely. I think of myself much too highly on the outside, while I cower on the inside. I am much too critical of those in my world. Unfortunately, that world is shrinking and growing dimmer. It's like a madness that drains the spirit of feeling while begging to experience a slight, caring touch. The harder I try to make the world like me, the more it eludes me.
I'm babbling on and on. I am hysterical, even. But I am calm on the outside. One day, just maybe, my outside persona will project my internal nature. It is the cruel duality of my existence.
I had a personal epiphany, of sorts, today. It is really possible to have material wealth and suffer from what I call emotional poverty. What is true for me is one simple fact: I got so busy living that I forget to get a life. That may sound like an oxymoron, but they are two vastly different things.
There is a gaping hole in my life. I am essentially alone in personal matters. I attempt to fill the void in my soul with materialistic things and fantasies, but it does little good. I live in denial every single day while pretending as if my life is wonderful and couldn't be any better. In fact, my life is quite pathetic and bizarre. I judge myself much too harshly in areas where I should loosen up, which in turn may lead to personal happiness.
I'm not sure what people see when they look at me. Perhaps, they know I am compensating for something, or perhaps they have no clue. Sometimes I feel so naked to the world; it is like I am trapped in a glass cage from which I cannot escape and everyone is laughing and pointing at me. When in reality, they probably don't notice me at all.
I am a narcissist, I admit it freely. I think of myself much too highly on the outside, while I cower on the inside. I am much too critical of those in my world. Unfortunately, that world is shrinking and growing dimmer. It's like a madness that drains the spirit of feeling while begging to experience a slight, caring touch. The harder I try to make the world like me, the more it eludes me.
I'm babbling on and on. I am hysterical, even. But I am calm on the outside. One day, just maybe, my outside persona will project my internal nature. It is the cruel duality of my existence.
Thursday, August 06, 2009
Sonia Sotomayor confirmed by Senate to U.S. Supreme Court
Sonia Sotomayor will become the 111th justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, after being confirmed by the United States Senate earlier today. She will be the third woman to sit on the court, and the its first Hispanic.
The final vote by the Senate was 68-31.
The final vote by the Senate was 68-31.
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Bill Clinton & North Korea
President Bill Clinton took it upon himself to secure the release of two American journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who had both been found guilty of spying and sentenced to 12 years of hard labor in North Korea.
The mission of President Clinton was successful, as North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il, granted the two journalists a pardon on humanitarian grounds.
This goes to prove that if you work with your enemies, rather than sit across the world and threaten them, you will get much more productive dialogue. This is the direction the United States was heading at the end of the Clinton administration in 2001. Unfortunately, these promising results were destroyed by the George W. Bush administration.
Did Bill Clinton make a promise to Kim? The White House adamantly says, "No!" I believe, however, that a degree of concession had to come from the Obama administration in order to release these two individuals. It wasn't done on purely humanitarian grounds.
The mission of President Clinton was successful, as North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il, granted the two journalists a pardon on humanitarian grounds.
This goes to prove that if you work with your enemies, rather than sit across the world and threaten them, you will get much more productive dialogue. This is the direction the United States was heading at the end of the Clinton administration in 2001. Unfortunately, these promising results were destroyed by the George W. Bush administration.
Did Bill Clinton make a promise to Kim? The White House adamantly says, "No!" I believe, however, that a degree of concession had to come from the Obama administration in order to release these two individuals. It wasn't done on purely humanitarian grounds.
Sunday, August 02, 2009
Jon & Kate Plus Hate
Anyone who watches this abortion of a show should have their head examined. I tried watching it before they went all destructive. I found the wife to be smothering, demanding and degrading, and the husband to be a jellyfish of compliance and cowardice. It wasn't worth the five minutes I gave it.
I certainly wouldn't watch it now! I don't know why TLC keeps this show going. Oh I do, it's called money!
I certainly wouldn't watch it now! I don't know why TLC keeps this show going. Oh I do, it's called money!
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