The Mad Scratchings Of An Electronic Pen

I took my cat to the vet this afternoon, and while I was driving I had the radio on.

Every station I listened to was reporting about Madonna's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I know that Justin Timberlake in hosting, that a bunch of people are upset because Madonna's music is more pop then rock and artist like the G. Giles Band and Steve Miller, which are rock acts, have been passed over, that the event is happening in NYC and not Cleavland.

Truthfully, I could not care less.

I get home and my dad asks me if I've heard the news. I know that there is no way my dad is talking about Madonna, so I say no.

Gov. Spitzer's name was found on a client list of a prostitution ring, so he resigned today.

<sarcastic> Yeah, Madonna beats that any day </sarcastic>

More then ever I agree with my icon.

The O.D. ran an article yesterday  with the headline, "6 U.S. soldiers killed in Afghanistan; deadliest year since 2001 invasion".
The article talks about the increase in soldiers deaths in both Afghanistan and Iraq, the rise of insurgent attacks, and the increase of troops in eastern Afghanistan.

The factions our troops are fighting would have increased in numbers over the last six years no matter what, so we went to them and there have been 101 U.S. deaths this year, or we could have stayed here, and they would have come to us and the death toll would have been so much more the a hundred.

I also thought about a comment my mother said the other day. She said when the soldiers returned from Vietnam that would be people spitting on them as they got off the buses. Is the support of troops now due to the men who were treated so badly then wishing to never have any one else experience went they went through?


Moving on: I applaud the men and women of Prague who stood in the streets and said "NO!" to those marching to remember Kristallnacht, as a wonderful victory.

The AP said that "right, left-wing groups clash", but I say that it was a group of sound minded people of faith and conviction going up against a bunch of whacked out nut jobs. I say more people should be like this, ready to stand and say, "No, you opinion doesn't count. Go away, we don't want you here." instead of the "oh don't hurt their feelings" mind set that is being pushed down our throats.

Ward Churchill: if you don't know who he is be thankful, if you do spit on him.

I know the US is all about free speech. It's also a free country, so if you hate it you can leave. Ward Churchill hates the US, so instead of staying here and forcing the rest of us to put up with him, he could just leave.
But maybe he knows that other countries don't give a rats ass like the US and will just kill him for saying things like the 9-11 victims were "little Ikemans" (yes the Nazi) and deserved what they got.


Here's a bit of the story from NPR.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4491475