Archive for October, 2011
Kart Driver
Monday, October 31st, 2011
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Shark Pool
Thursday, October 27th, 2011Journalism at its finest
Thursday, October 27th, 2011A national guard soldier from my city was killed in Afghanistan by an IED. I didn’t know the guy and I don’t really know most of my neighbors all that well, but his parents live a few houses down the block from me on the corner.
The police have been camped at the intersection for the past several days because the news media will not leave them alone. Sure, there was the standard feeding frenzy of reporters the day that they found out, but they seem to have failed to grasp the family’s message of “we’re in mourning and we don’t want to talk, please leave us alone”.
I understand the importance of the press, but there’s a point where trying to get the latest scoop can go too far. Intruding on the privacy of a grieving family to get a scoop falls under that purview in my book.
Current Events
Wednesday, October 26th, 2011Sniper, Stop Sniping!
Monday, October 24th, 2011My Personal Politics
Thursday, October 20th, 2011This may shock some readers I debate with, but I have more in common with them than they may realize.
I consider myself a moderate. By that I mean that I find that whenever debate about politics happens, I frequently find my views tend toward the middle of the road. And while I do favor many policies that appear to be of a progressive viewpoint, I usually do not favor them for the same reason that folks of a liberal bent do.
OWS
Thursday, October 20th, 2011My impression of the current news cycle.
1) Some Progressives: “We’re gonna hold public demonstrations about some grievances we have.”
Some Conservatives: “Hey! That’s only cool when we do it!”
2) Some Conservatives: “We’re gonna pick out the craziest members of that crowd and attempt to pretend they represent the views and attitudes of the whole group.”
Some Progressives: “Hey! That’s only cool when we do it!”
