Title courtesy of a comment in Finding Neverland. Go watch it. 'Nuff said.
In the same humorous but thoughtful vein of Bush or Chimp, an artist created a work which caused his entire 60 piece exhibit to be closed down by a manager too afraid of freedom of expression. Censorship and all its evils are on the comeback. Soon you'll be able to sit in a living room full of legal assault rifles but will have to stash your copy of Huck Finn under the floorboards.
More troop abuse, including a soldier who lost part of his arm being billed for $6,000. Maybe, just maybe, you might consider what he's given up for his country and not quibble over whether he got a canteen back to Supply. Another six reservists are being court-martialed for using abandoned equipment. God forbid we punish resourcefulness when the guys don't have enough working equipment as it is. And now they are calling up 70-year old retirees. At least this officer is okay with putting the uniform back on. And another article on stop-loss and those it affects.
More bad morale news and signs of frustration. To make matters worse, one soldier tells of talking with Rumsfeld about the same armor shortage in September of 2003. Way to deal with that issue. Even McCain now has grown a pair and has expressed his lack of confidence in Rumsfeld. Um, you're about a month and a half too late pal. (Bonus: the transcript of Rumsfeld's town hall meeting and more proof that he doesn't understand what our soldier's are saying, and doesn't care to find out.)
An article on how to best measure our combat deaths in relation to past conflicts. Plus one on the impact of those losses at home. Plus one article about a soldier who chose to honor his marriage at the cost of his own body. I wish that one had turned out better.
Social issues that have been laying by the wayside. Apparently, according to the artists that make music, they aren't being affected much by illicit song downloads (survey and results). Plus, in a form of damage control, Michael Powell is trying to stop enforcement complaints of those stations brave (or stupid) enough to air Saving Private Ryan on Veteran's Day. Which would probably undermine the whole Bush Blackshirt Brigade who make up 99.8% of all indecency complaints in this country. Hey, don't trust me, read the article. And while you are at it, let's try to stop these morons from enforcing their narrow-minded value system on us. I'm not sure how, but I'm open to suggestion.
That's it for today. I'm not going to comment ad nauseum on Bush's corrupt cabinet shuffle or the lack of background checks because they aren't working in my best interests anyway. I will try to focus on other issues and maybe reinject some fun back into these posts - if the government would stop screwing up long enough for me to do so.
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