words, words, words
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If I begin to detail myself here, will you understand?
P. I am me
Q. I don't always know exactly who that is
R. I am Quaker
S. I like words and playing with them
T. I like genmaicha tea
U. I like the word napkin more than most others
V. I spend time walking my neighborhood
W. I cook rice often
X. I sleep well most every night
Y. I eat large amounts of fruit and vegetables
Z. I munch, sleep, write, create, cook, bike, watch, walk, listen, hope, learn, drink, live, breathe, touch, know, question, taste, copy, read, stare, carry, talk, dance, finger, try.
raisin@gmail.com
albums:
Magnetic Fields: 69 Love Songs
Erasure: I Say, I Say, I Say
Depeche Mode: Black Celebration
The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds
Marvin Gaye: What's Going On?
David Bowie: Hunky Dory
George Michael: Listen without Prejudice
George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
Yo La Tengo: And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
songs:
Wild is the Wind: Nina Simone
Come Undone: Duran Duran
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini: Rachmaninov
My Funny Valentine: Chet Baker
Feeling Yourself Disintegrate: The Flaming Lips
This Must Be the Place: The Talking Heads
Hyperballad: Bjork
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Monday, March 10, 2003
If you can argue that regime change for Iraq is the only way to find peace, I would suggest another argument that might create more peace. You could say that Saddam Hussein in power is a threat to the United States. I would argue that Ariel Sharon in power is a more dangerous threat to the United States. Israel has repeatedly broken UN resolutions by continuing their settlements/occupation in the West Bank, by barricading out the Palestinians so they cannot work or find any means to support themselves. So long as this continues and the Palestinians have no recourse for their lives, some of them will continue to give up their lives in hope of terrorizing Israel so much that they stop terrorizing Palestinians. Few people sympathize with those who would blow themselves up in the middle of a crowd, but I would argue that we should at least worry about why they deem this the most important act of their life.
Again, as long as Israel acts so aggressively and illegaly against the Palestinians, they will have to accept terrorism attacking them. As long as the United States consistently supports and funds Israel in their debauchery, we will also have to accept the possibility of terrorism hitting us. It seems to make sense that if Israel changed their leadership and began to treat the Palestinians as humans, the terrorism would at least lessen (who can say whether people who have been enraged enough to kill themselves and others will ever listen to arguments for peace?)
With that argument, Ariel Sharon's leadership is much more dangerous to us than Saddam Hussein's. Although Hussein may give money to the terrorist's families, do you believe that the terrorists are doing this so their family can have money after they are dead? Which one of us has agreed to give up our lives so our families can have a lump sum of money? The people who enter our military are ready to give up their lives for much more intellectual and theoretical ideas such as valor, nationalism, and martyrhood.
Unfortunately, Israel doesn't agree with me, and they have elected more and more conservatives who will continue their current policy. The same is happening in our country. So instead of working for the difficult but peaceful ways to protect ourselves, we prefer to take the easy route of war. Will the Arabs perceive our war as further terrorism against them? Will it enflame their rage? In a way, that doesn't matter. Regardless of how the survivors react, we are still responsible for those we kill in an attempt to keep ourselves from such death.
10:02 AM
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