Iraq War

Today, more than one million Americans have been evacuated from their homes and more than 1,500 homes have already been destroyed by wildfires in California. According to Ron Lane, San Diego County emergency services director, initial damage estimates total more than $1 billion. The entire country is standing behind the citizens of California who have been affected by this tragedy and the firefighters who are rising to the challenge of helping to save lives and property during this historic natural disaster.  Read More »

Two days ago Charles Gibson(ABC World News Now) announced "One item from Baghdad today. The news is... that there is no news. The police told us that, to their knowledge, there were no major acts of violence. Attacks are down now in Baghdad and today no bombings or roadside explosions were reported." Wow!!! Is America winning in Iraq or what??  Read More »

I read more than most people might think I have the time for.  I read all kinds of stuff, from the "Get Fuzzy" collection my wife and son got me for Christmas to Al Franken to "Generations" (a book that I am still working on, but proposes to use a form of sociology to predict the future, generally speaking, of The United States), but mostly I read any number of books abou  Read More »

I had a very, very profound experience at lunch today, and oddly enough it happened at a chinese buffet called "China Buffet".  Since I know you're probably wondering, "How the hell does anyone have a profound experience at a chinese buffet?," I'll enlighten you.  Read More »

We heard disaster creeping
When the newborn baby cried.
And the way your generation fled
From pain and genocide.
We heard it in the weeping
Of women with sons and lovers lost.
We heard it in the way they said,
"In life and war there comes a cost"

In the stress of growing poverty,  Read More »

All right, back to the volatile mixture of wit and truth so toxic it may cause scarring of the brain. Today's topic: The fantastic amount of drugs that the House of Representatives seems to be on. This will lead to some jumping around of news stories, so bear with me.  Read More »

My "plan" for Iraq

By Ryan Pierce

  Whatever you're opinion on Iraq, its very important that we all get involved. So what I've done is come up with a plan or an idea about what we should do.

To Make it Short:

Get OUT!  Read More »

The Iraq war has never been relatable to me. I've never been able to put it into prespective. It's not like previous wars that America has fought because Americans still go on with their day to day life. The only real effect it had on me was when I moved to France. I always made sure to not be too outwardly American.  Read More »