Status Quo

I can't believe how slow they were today at my sandwich shop. It took forever. I go to lunch around 11:30 just to avoid the lines, but today it was nuts. The weather is great though. Still, it's kind of a blue day for me. I'm working and finishing up a project, but I'm just not really "there", if you know what I mean.

My feelings on marriage are all over the place, so it's probably best I not write about that. I'm not sure I could form a coherent thought on it today. I'm very very happy for all of those in Mass. who can get married. You are my inspiration and you will make change! Well, ok, I did form a coherent thought after all. :)

There are two new photos out of prisoner abuse at Abu Gharib Prison in Iraq. I added them to my photo gallery. Some of you have told me that I'm "anti-American" for posting such "propaganda". Posting those photos made me ill. Any civilized person would have stopped this abuse. It's a matter of decency. I post the photos because I believe that we, as a nation, must admit to this atrocity and make amends to these deeds. And I'm not talking about the people who did this. They will probably be made scapegoats and will pay dearly. What I would like to see happen is for the high-level people who knew of this and approved of this pay as well. I don't believe for one minute that these soldiers did this entirely on their own.

So, for those who still feel I'm "anti-American", would you please explain to me what purpose it would serve to make someone strip out of their clothes, and force them to crawl on their hands and knees through broken glass, while our soldiers gathered around them, laughed at them in their pain, and took photos to further humiliate them? I just don't get it. The broken glass incident was one of the photos that was not released to the public.

So, I post the photos out of a sense of fairness. If you do choose to view the photos, just be warned that they are graphic in nature. Enough of that... too depressing.

I have a pet peeve about some news sites on the internet. More and more, they require a "subscription". They aren't asking for money. They just want to know who is coming to their website. The information they ask for is a bit strange also. They ask for your zip code and age. If you don't put the information in, they won't let you in. I guess they are doing some kind of demographic study based on age group.

At any rate, it's a pain in the ass because I would direct people to their site when they have an interesting story, but I hate to link to them because most people don't like supplying any information on line, and will simply stop reading. The Washington Times and The New York Times are infamous for this.