Thursday, December 01, 2005
Waiting in the Light
This is the blog of a man being held by the insurgents in Iraq. I wish it wasn't so...my heart goes out to someone I don't know. My heart goes out. I must be one crazy motherfucker...I was against this war before it even began. Now people are beginning to see what I saw since day one and I can’t every get my mind around the idea…I’m just different I guess and will I always do and believe in what’s contrary to other’s beliefs? I'm so desensitized to my distrust in Bush and Company by now, that even though I read the paper and listen to the news on a daily basis…I can’t come to grips with the fact he’s dropping in popularity over the war. I didn’t think anything could move the Republican bases’ loyalty. Maybe news of the public’s newfound distrust in Bush is just so anticlimactic because it’s nearly a year too late. I’ve learned through classical conditioning to accept that Evolution is only a theory and creation is a more suited curriculum in school; I’ve learned that if you pound your chest hard enough and repeated lies enough, the public will believe you…But the one thing that tears my heart every time I read about it/hear about it…is the fact innocent wonderful beautiful people are dying violently…war is one thing I can never grow desensitized to.
This is the blog of a man being held by the insurgents in Iraq. I wish it wasn't so...my heart goes out to someone I don't know. My heart goes out. I must be one crazy motherfucker...I was against this war before it even began. Now people are beginning to see what I saw since day one and I can’t every get my mind around the idea…I’m just different I guess and will I always do and believe in what’s contrary to other’s beliefs? I'm so desensitized to my distrust in Bush and Company by now, that even though I read the paper and listen to the news on a daily basis…I can’t come to grips with the fact he’s dropping in popularity over the war. I didn’t think anything could move the Republican bases’ loyalty. Maybe news of the public’s newfound distrust in Bush is just so anticlimactic because it’s nearly a year too late. I’ve learned through classical conditioning to accept that Evolution is only a theory and creation is a more suited curriculum in school; I’ve learned that if you pound your chest hard enough and repeated lies enough, the public will believe you…But the one thing that tears my heart every time I read about it/hear about it…is the fact innocent wonderful beautiful people are dying violently…war is one thing I can never grow desensitized to.
# posted by Nick D @ 10:32 PM 
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I hear you brother. There's around 11,000 troops based out of Colorado that are there right now.
When this whole thing started, I was just starting my degree program. In my Technical Communications class, we were asked to write a piece from the perspective of Donald Rumsfeld or some other senior level advisor to the president (lowercase intentional).
The piece was written in February or March 2003, before we went to war. (Oh man, this is uncovering some pent up emotion.) Let's just say I'd be happy to post the piece sometime, although it's just my goofy perspective.
The serious nature of this issue fills me with a number of feelings ranging from anger to shame to empathy. Thanks for calling attention to this one.
I don't have a lousy "support the troops" bumper sticker, but I did participate in some small ways in a toy drive at work. The toys were for the husbands and wives of local soldiers, so their kids could have a slightly better holiday. As you know, the families are hit with financial hardship.
I'm going to give your OK Soda survey a shot. I won't amaze you in any way with my reply, but I'm happy to try helping you out.
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When this whole thing started, I was just starting my degree program. In my Technical Communications class, we were asked to write a piece from the perspective of Donald Rumsfeld or some other senior level advisor to the president (lowercase intentional).
The piece was written in February or March 2003, before we went to war. (Oh man, this is uncovering some pent up emotion.) Let's just say I'd be happy to post the piece sometime, although it's just my goofy perspective.
The serious nature of this issue fills me with a number of feelings ranging from anger to shame to empathy. Thanks for calling attention to this one.
I don't have a lousy "support the troops" bumper sticker, but I did participate in some small ways in a toy drive at work. The toys were for the husbands and wives of local soldiers, so their kids could have a slightly better holiday. As you know, the families are hit with financial hardship.
I'm going to give your OK Soda survey a shot. I won't amaze you in any way with my reply, but I'm happy to try helping you out.
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