Commentary for August 9th, 2003.
No porn for you! It was some interesting reading today in the Chicago Tribune. The article was talking about how John Ashcroft has made it his personal goal to track down and arrest pornographers. Well, I see two problems with this.
1)If it is non-child porn performed by consenting adults, who cares?
2)Aren’t there about a million other things the government should worry about first?
Things like the anthrax mailer, or terrorists entering our borders undetected?
I really don’t care what kind of pornography you like, as long as it does not harm children or animals. People like some sick things, but we rarely act on our darkest fantasies. Isn’t it healthier that the people who want to view disturbing (but fake) pornography watch it rather than actually act upon their desires? I think it is a terrible waste of resources when the individuals who killed more than 3000 people like you and me are still free! I wound rather not have to worry about death in the mail or buildings collapsing than worry about if some ADULT wants to watch simulated rape between PAID CONSENTING ADULTS.I still remember when Ashcroft spent thousand of taxpayer dollars to cover some exposed classical (nude) statues. Think of the thousands used for than could have been used to feed needy school children and not covering a representation of a beautiful thing, the human body.
Well, enough of that. Hope this rant made you think.
Lies, Damn Lies, and George W.
Looking at the various news sites on the internet, and the daily newspaper, it is becoming pretty self evident that the Teflon administration may have gotten a stain. The oft touted ‘weapons of mass destruction’ in Iraq are nothing more than a marketing ploy.
To be honest, I thought it was all a big lie from the beginning. The very fuzzy satellite photos, obviously hand draw and doctored photos of unmanned aerial vehicles and weapons trucks didn’t convince me and they didn’t convince the UN. Working in the aerospace industry, I know how hard it is to create an unmanned vehicle that can travel any appreciable distance, no less half a world away. It was less than a year go that the United States could build a vehicle capable of this! How do they expect the Iraqis, who must be at least 30-50 years behind us, aerospace technologically speaking, be able to construct something that could come close to harming the United States. It was a farce then, it is a farce now. The satellite photos shown to us could of been anything. They looked like a worn down truck depot to me. At least with the Cuban missile crisis, it LOOKED LIKE they were building missile emplacements.
Now, to the meat of the problem: They can’t find A SINGLE WEAPON DESCRIBED TO BE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO THE UNITED STATES!
No one, single gram of anthrax, not a single vial of smallpox, not an ounce of Sarin. Nothing, nada, ZERO. What does this mean? For a country that was supposedly overflowing with these weapons, and just rearing to attack the U.S. it seems a little odd we have found nothing. There are 2 possibilities:
1) We have not found the small quantities they still have, and intelligence was wrong in assessing the capabilities of Iraq or…
2) There never were any of these ‘weapons of mass destruction’ still in Iraq. This indicates either a severe failure of American intelligence, or LIES were told to us by the administration.
If we were lied to, that means we attacked a sovereign nation, without provocation, and killed thousands of people with no justification. It is an impeachable offense, and can be tried under international law. It makes the U.S. no better than Germany in 1938 or Japan in 1941.
It only adds to my disgust of this administration if it true. I hope it is not, but it doesn’t look good now.
Posted by admin on June 9, 2003 in General Comments, Political
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