Archive for December, 2002

Merry Christmas (Eve)

Wednesday, December 25th, 2002

Well, the computer’s back. If you’re a Mac user in Western Washington, go to Micro Center in Lynnwood for repairs. They’re an Apple Specialist, and you can even buy iPods there.

Today, I’m going to give short commentaries on the news.

Bethlehem Christmas: The Israelis lifted the curfew on Bethlehem and allowed people to do stuff, like celebrate Christmas. Good for them. The Palestinians are gonna whine about the Israelis even being there, but it’s Israeli land anyway, antd the Palestinians need to realize that a homeland’s already been set aside for them: Jordan.

North Korea: THEY JUST BROKE AN AGREEMENT, for God’s sake! Why trust them again? No negotiations.

Frist v. Trent Lott: Trent Lott said something stupid and had to be replaced. But not with an anti-gun abortionist.

Storm Blamed for 13 Deaths Heads Northeast: How the hell do you “blame” a storm? I think it’s easy to tell whether or not a storm killed someone or not, no? “Blamed” implies we don’t know, WHEN IN FACT WE DO!

At least it isn’t, “Strom Blamed for 13 Deaths”. If he got the death sentence for that, then we’d have to get Trent Lott to give his eulogy.

Merry Christmas everyone, and have a great holiday season!

Ramblings about personality and politics

Thursday, December 12th, 2002

In my Contemporary Issues class, we’re doing Mock Congress. I’m a Republican from Utah in it, which is probably halfway between what I really am and the opposite of what I am. Sure, I seem like a Republican to most people, but that’s just because I have that kind of personality. You know how Republicans and Democrats have different personalities? I’ve noticed it. But it’s utter lunacy to base your politics on your personality, which is what the mainstream ends up doing. Nah, I’m a libertarian, and there are both “liberal personality” libertarians and “conservative personality” libertarians. In other words, many libertarians are warm and fuzzy, some are not. I don’t tend to have a warm and fuzzy personality, but I can at times.