Don't Beat Around the Bush!

Picture source: Cinematic Wallpaper

A blast yesterday killed twenty-eight people in Iraq. Routine reports of this kind of death since the beginning of this unjustified war, reminded me of the following dialog from Star Wars Episode III - Revenge of the Sith.

Anakin Skywalker: Sometimes I wonder what's happening to the Jedi Order. I think this war is destroying the principles of the Republic.

Padmé Amidala: Have you ever considered that we may be on the wrong side?

Anakin Skywalker: What do you mean?

Padmé Amidala: What if the democracy we thought we were serving no longer exists, and the Republic has become the very evil we've been fighting to destroy?

Anakin Skywalker: I don't believe that, and you're sounding like a Separatist.

Padmé Amidala: What this war represents is a failure to listen. Now you're closer to the Chancellor than anyone, please, ask him to stop the fighting and let the diplomacy resume.

Anakin Skywalker: Don't ask me to do that.

Of course, I am not supporting terrorists in Iraq or any kind of terrorism.  Answer to the question "who is a terrorist?" is merely a point of view.  How do we define the word "terrorist"?  If a person who caused more than million deaths for no good reason is not a terrorist, who is?  Mr. Bush's record is on par with that of Pol Pot.  It is about time for the US to unequivocally (and officially) admit to the world, "(we) our ex-president made a terrible mistake in Iraq and caused grief to millions here in this country and abroad", and hand over President George W. Bush to the International Court of Justice for his war crimes.  On a second thought, may be not.  After all, George Washington's cherry tree story is a myth.  We don't take morals from urban legends.  Do we? 

Amnesiac Aggressor

Of all the people in this world, W is upset about Russia's attack on a sovereign nation! Are we forgetting something Mr. Bush? He said that:

...the violence is unacceptable and Russia's response is disproportionate.

Disproportionate? "Disproportionate" as opposed to what? His unwarranted and pre-emptive strike on a country the size of California?

George Bush is Funny

And Frank Caliendo is hilarious!



I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully - George W. Bush

Happy President's Day!

Ignorance is Bliss!

Good Rule of Thumb

A letter to the Editor of Austin American Statesman on June 19, 2007.

Many years ago a physician, in discussing treatment options for a family member, told me that the first rule of practicing medicine was: "First, do no harm." This is probably a good rule of thumb for almost anyone, including the leader of the free world.

I believe that one of the main reasons that most Americans do not support the Bush administration's invasion and occupation of Iraq is that the harm that has been done to that country and its people and to our military are impossible to ignore while it becomes more obvious with each new development that all of this damage has been caused without a coherent mission.

Looking at the bright side, the world is very lucky that George W. Bush is not a physician.

The Good News - You Are Not Paranoiac!

Every time his supporters feared that he hit the rock bottom, he proved them wrong!

Petitio Principii

An interesting letter to the editor of Austin American Statesman on May 25, 2007.

I recently received U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul's robot-call survey. I answered truthfully. The survey wanted to gauge which issue I thought was more important: securing the border against immigrants or dealing with Iraq. I answered Iraq.

The survey then asked "Do you agree that we must stop Iraq from being a failed state and we must support President Bush's actions?" This is a sneaky technique known as "begging the question." Of course, no one wants Iraq to be a failed state, so most people will answer yes.

One of my favorite sayings is: "Anyone can lie with statistics; 83 percent of all people know that." By begging the question, McCaul seeks skewed opinion poll results that inaccurately trivialize the number of people opposed to the war in Iraq.

MADtv - iRack (including blooper in the end)

My buddy Raama forwarded me this hilarious Video.

Punxsutawney Phil

It is Groundhog day today. According to Wikipedia, "Groundhog Day is a traditional festival celebrated in the United States and Canada on February 2. It is a cross-quarter day, midway between the Winter Solstice and the Vernal Equinox. In traditional weather lore, if a groundhog emerges from its burrow on this day and fails to see its shadow because the weather is cloudy, winter will soon end. If the groundhog sees its shadow because the weather is bright and clear, it will be frightened and run back into its hole, and the winter will continue for six more weeks."

I loved the following Air America Radio's comment on State of the Union address of George Bush around Groundhog day last year:

It is an ironic juxtaposition of events: one involves a meaningless ritual in which we look to a creature of little intelligence for prognostication while the other involves a groundhog.

Roman Candle

Believe in miracles! I came across this unbelievable* news article.

A skydiving instructor in New Zealand escaped death by landing in a blackberry bush after his parachute failed during a 15,000-foot free-fall last week, according to reports.

Michael Holmes, 25, of Britain spun out of control when his main parachute apparently became tangled. “When the second parachute didn’t open, I realized it was all over,” he told The Times of London from his hospital bed. “I was going to die. You don’t have much time to say goodbye.”

“The next thing I saw were friends, firemen, ambulances and police dogs,” he added. Holmes survived the fall by landing in shrubbery less than 300 feet from a parking lot near Lake Taupo, the largest lake in New Zealand, suffering a punctured lung and a broken ankle.
Holmes, who was wearing a helmet-mounted video camera, was taping a group of 10 people from Taupo Tandem Skydiving when the mishap occurred, according to The Age, an Australian news Web site. The entire plunge, including the landing, was captured on videotape.

John Siddles, a witness, told London’s Daily Telegraph: “One of the skydivers coming down was going round and round, and he looked like he was all tangled up or something.”

The Daily Telegraph quoted the manager of the skydiving center, Hamish Funnell, as saying that Holmes was in good spirits at the hospital, “cracking jokes and hassling the nurses.” Police and the New Zealand Parachute Industry Association are investigating the incident.

* It is unbelievable because the word bush (Bush) was associated with something with a happy ending! What were you thinking?