son_of_disaster's blog

During the years of conscription in the United States wealthy families would pay poor families money to fight for their son or father. This system is know frowned upon but if the draft was to be started up again, I can assure you that it would happen.  Read More »

People can't change. They're afraid of change even though everyone admits that they aren't. Now say someone is very timid and shy and then suddenly they are this brash, outspoken person, have they changed? Sure but they haven't.  Read More »

If you've ever seen the Men in Black movies, the endings are phenomenally thought-provoking. The first one ends with zooming out of Earth and the galaxy which is in a marble being played with by a rather large alien. The second movie ends with Jay and K opening a locker that leads into another world of aliens.  Read More »

Barack Obama or as I like to call him sometimes, The Llama, received a large boost after Oprah cam out in support of Obama. Until he came into the running; Oprah was supporting Hilary Clinton. The media acted like this was a huge surprise when she first supported Hilary and then changed to Barack.  Read More »

As I watch the news and witness the childish behavior of Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton, I also see the shouts of racism from people on both sides of the coin. The irony of the Civil Rights Movement is the slavery that the Civil Rights Movement has created for itself. It used to be freedom from the oppression of slavery and now they are slaves to their own form of slavery.  Read More »

Seems everywhere you turn there is more to read about the meltdown of Britney Spears and the debacle facing her pregnant sister. At this rate Hannah Montana will be knocked up before I'm out of college. Not one for celebrity gossip because of the numbing effect on the brain, I couldn't but help ramble about these celebrites.  Read More »

"I am hatred, I am love, I am the people."

Are we in the midst of another zeitgeist? The Smashing Pumpkins recently came out with a CD titled Zeitgeist. The definition of zeitgeist according to Webster's is, the general intellectual, moral, and cultural climate of an era.  Read More »

You've heard the rallying cry around the United States, "Bring out troops home!" Mr. Bush has obliged to listen and claim that it would be time to bring them home, however rumblings from Iraq say other wise. This December the American and Iraqi governments opened talks on their relationships after the war. One part of that relationship is our military presence in Iraq.  Read More »