Daily Archives: March 27, 2003

The PETA-ization of Protest

I endorse and applaud Americans who want to protest the war, since even though I don’t agree with their point of view on the matter, it’s always nice to see people exercising their First Amendment rights so they don’t get flabby and weak. Having said that, walking out into the middle of a Manhattan intersection […]

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How Long How Many

Ooooh, I like the comments feature. It’s so immediate feedback-rific! From the comments in “What You Don’t Want to Hear,” this comment: “Your post begs the following questions: “If our war planners underestimated Iraqi resistance, have they also been overconfident about how easy it will be to occupy Iraq after the war? “How many American […]

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What You Don’t Want to Hear

“Overhanging all developments in the war this week is the unsettling realization that thousands of Iraqis are willing to fight vigorously. During planning for the invasion, worst-case scenarios sometimes predicated stiff resistance, but ‘no one took that very seriously,’ an officer said.” — “War Could Last Months, Officers Say,” Washington Post 3/27/2003 I’m not at […]

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That God Moment

Athena finally got around to asking about God yesterday, and it was Krissy who fielded the question. She and Athena were talking about something else entirely when Athena asked why some people went to church. Krissy told her that people go to church to pray to God. To which Athena asked, naturally, who God was. […]

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