I was sifting through the hundred or so cron messages, spam, etc. that I get everyday only to find an article about the federal government wanting to use the military for law enforcement, which is CLEARLY against our founding principles. Our founding fathers are rolling over in their graves. This news coupled with the recent talks of internment camps for Arab Americans really gets my blood boiling. Not only have they taken away my fair use, they track me via face scanning software, and now they want to pull me over with F18’s. Like the title suggests – a move to another country sounds more and more appealing.

I was reading an article on CNN.com that has the following quote regarding the disposal of Saddam Hussein “How we do it, when we do it, I don’t know and I’m not even sure the president knows.” WHY DOSN’T THE PRESIDENT KNOW??!?. My only POSSIBLE answers are a.) plausible deniability and b.) this is a smokescreen and there’s no possible way he doesn’t know. I now feel obligated to post this link compliments of Camworld.

I admit it, I’m not a registered voter. There … I said it. Am I a total bastard for not registering, am I a horrible citizen, or are there underlying factors? Read on …

The real reason I haven’t bothered to register is two fold. The first reason is I really don’t have any complaints about local/state government – they tend to run themselves. The second is the elections in which I do care about (ie. Senate, President, etc.) are full of “no win” situations.

The last Presidential election was a perfect example – on one hand you have Al Gore. Mr. Gore may be an intelligent man, but the problem (as I saw it) was that he was weak and not capable of being able to play hardball on capital hill. On the other hand you have George W. Bush. Where do I start? First off he referred to Africa as a nation, second off (one word) Enron, and finally he shoots himself in the foot.

With the above candidates who the hell was I supposed to vote for? Well good ol’ Ralph Nadar has come up with a plan. The plan is basically to give the option of a binding “None of the Above” line on all ballots for state elections. Basically this means that you could vote “NOTA” and if that line recieved the “victory” those candidates would be taken off the ballot, a new election would be held, and the old candidates would not be allowed to run again.

BRILLIANT! I’d vote NOTA in just about every election, unless I felt passionately about someone (McCain are you listening?).

I knew it, I just knew it. A recent CNN.com story tells how the Russian government is saying the helicoptor described in the story was downed by “terrorists” in Chechnya. Read on …

Now we all know about Chenya and the past clashes with Russia. Many would call people fighting to have their own separate state “Freedom Fighters” or at worst “Rebels”, however, with the now over extended term “terrorist” (thanks to much Washington rhetoric) the Russians claim they are “terrorists.”

For a long time now I have thought that the Palenstinians were most definately the aggressors and your typical “terrorist”, however, I now can see that they are fighting for a cause – while I in NO WAY agree with their means – I do see a clear cause (if you don’t know why they are pissed off about Israel you need to go back to history 101). I know this point is not viewed by many, but I’d like to pose a question for you people out there who are totally against me: Were our founding fathers terrorists?

By today’s standards: yes. Here are the similarities between the Palestinians, Chechans, and ourselves …

• All oppressed by governments where their views are not represented (Israel, Russia, and England)
• All resorted to violence as a means to bring notice to their cause.

I’m sure the term “terrorist” wasn’t around for the Boston Tea Party, but if a bunch of Palestinians went out and sank a ship the term would most certainly be applied today …

I’m just warning people they should watch out, we are just now entering what I see to be the most oppresive time in history. Besides life wouldn’t be very interesting without upheaval, unrest, revolution, and evolution.