Gary Kings Polliblog http://polliblog.metabang.com/ Views on Lisp and other stuff Fri, 21 Jul 2006 22:23:14 -0400 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss gwking@metabang.com gwking@metabang.com en-us Terribly Sad http://polliblog.metabang.com/publisha/terribly.html Fri, 21 Jul 2006 22:21:42 -0400 http://polliblog.metabang.com/publisha/terribly.html I support the existence of the Country of Israel. I also support the formation of the Country of Palestine. I do not support the horrible war that Israel is visiting on Lebanon and Gaza. I do not support the attacks of Palestinians and others on Israel (though I find it easier to understand the attacks of the weak on the powerful -- what else are they supposed to do...) I do not support the acquiescence and complicity of my government in the slaughter. Terror is terror whether it is carried out by nation-states or small groups. It is never justified.

This is just more horror visited on the world. Nothing good will come of it in the short or long run. It emboldens the stupid and the rash. It supports only the convictions of the worst. We will not have peace through the killing of children. We will not have peace through war.

I'm sorry.

]]> Garbage in, Garbage out http://polliblog.metabang.com/publisha/garbagei.html Wed, 12 Jul 2006 22:22:53 -0400 http://polliblog.metabang.com/publisha/garbagei.html The National Asset Database

[It] so flawed, the inspector general found, that as of January, Indiana, with 8,591 potential terrorist targets, had 50 percent more listed sites than New York (5,687) and more than twice as many as California (3,212), ranking the state the most target-rich place in the nation.

This would be funny if it was.

]]> American Naivete http://polliblog.metabang.com/publisha/american.html Wed, 12 Jul 2006 22:21:57 -0400 http://polliblog.metabang.com/publisha/american.html From Riverbend's Baghdad Burning via the NYT:

We've been hearing whisperings about rapes in American-controlled prisons and during sieges of towns like Haditha and Samarra for the last three years. The naiveté of Americans who can't believe their 'heroes' are committing such atrocities is ridiculous. Who ever heard of an occupying army committing rape??? You raped the country, why not the people?

It's not naivete, it's forced denial.

]]> Wonderful Greenwald essay http://polliblog.metabang.com/publisha/wonderfu.html Thu, 11 May 2006 11:17:37 -0400 http://polliblog.metabang.com/publisha/wonderfu.html At http://glenngreenwald.blogspot.com/2006/05/still-searching-for-excuses-for-bushs.html.

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