Well, I still don't know a whole lot, since I missed the first couple days when the story broke and have had to rely on what recent editorials and news updates have had to offer.
This is what I know: The government wants to hand control of some major US ports to an Arab firm based out of the United Arab Emirates. This has something to do with them being a good company who will watch our ports better than we are and make our country safer. A bunch of Congressfolk are upset that letting Arabs control our ports is akin to giving it straight to the terrorists and will make our country much less safer. It appears that these Arabs are a lot nicer than the terrorist Arab types, but the outcry was enough to cause a delay and an intense investigation, with the possibility of dissolving the whole thing altogether.
This is what I think: It's been known for years that we only inspect a small percentage of what comes through our ports as it is. So handing some ports over to an experienced firm who will guard it for us is probably not a bad idea. Admittedly, the Arab ties are cause for concern, but isn't that being stereotypical and intolerant? On paper, these guys look like good Arabs. While some proponents are worried that these delays will severely hurt a budding international friendship, I will consent to say, hey, it's probably a good thing. Bush wouldn't OK it if he thought it would endanger us. But what does it matter? If it's alright, then the investigations will reveal that, and we'll end up doing it anyway.
Unless, of course, you no longer have confidence that the government knows how to conduct unbiased, unpartial, legitimate investigations...
Edmond the Hun
Sunday, February 26, 2006
Thursday, February 23, 2006
In Response to My Fans...
Sanguine, I apologize for the fake cursing. If you can tell me how "d--n" is worse than your "crap" and "dang it" I promise to never write it again :)
Swedish Eskimo, have fun running away. I hope you guys enjoy yourself in the Alps. And I'm too nice to say anything mean about your lack of interest in trying to help fix this stupid, stupid world :)
Finien, I don't know enough about the selling the ports thing to officially blog about it. I've just seen or heard blurbs on the net, in the news, and on the radio. On the positive side, I've heard that the United Arab Emirates are more "good guys," as far as Muslim countries go, that they've been anti-terrorists and pro-US and stuff like that, and that this is supposed to have something to do with building our alliance with them. But it still makes no sense for us to give control of our own ports to another country -- especially a Muslim country in the middle east. If I didn't go to school, work, and do track, I would read some Internet articles, the Post-Dispatch, USA Today, Newsweek, and Time, but I don't have enough of the latter. So I have no opinion at this point. But I will try to learn about it, and maybe on Sunday I can blog intelligently about it :)
Thank you, friends, for your consistent support. It means a lot. You guys rock!
Edmond the Hun
P.S. Aeropostalegirl, where've you been?
Swedish Eskimo, have fun running away. I hope you guys enjoy yourself in the Alps. And I'm too nice to say anything mean about your lack of interest in trying to help fix this stupid, stupid world :)
Finien, I don't know enough about the selling the ports thing to officially blog about it. I've just seen or heard blurbs on the net, in the news, and on the radio. On the positive side, I've heard that the United Arab Emirates are more "good guys," as far as Muslim countries go, that they've been anti-terrorists and pro-US and stuff like that, and that this is supposed to have something to do with building our alliance with them. But it still makes no sense for us to give control of our own ports to another country -- especially a Muslim country in the middle east. If I didn't go to school, work, and do track, I would read some Internet articles, the Post-Dispatch, USA Today, Newsweek, and Time, but I don't have enough of the latter. So I have no opinion at this point. But I will try to learn about it, and maybe on Sunday I can blog intelligently about it :)
Thank you, friends, for your consistent support. It means a lot. You guys rock!
Edmond the Hun
P.S. Aeropostalegirl, where've you been?
Monday, February 20, 2006
McDonald's Faces Lawsuits...
Apparently my employer is facing potential lawsuits from several sources after its recent disclosure that its fries contain more ingredients than we once thought. Wheat and dairy products and gluten or whatever.
Come on, folks, let's not give Ronald any more trouble. He's not trying to be secretive. He disclosed that information voluntarily after the FDA made the packaged foods industry do it. The best solution is to simply stop eating their fries, since at any given moment you have about a fifty percent chance that they will have been sitting out for too long anyway.
The truth is that for every person who shuns McDonald's for its fattening substances, there are ten more who will continue eating it because it tastes good and they don't give a d--n about the ingredients. Lawsuits will change nothing.
Edmond the Hun
Come on, folks, let's not give Ronald any more trouble. He's not trying to be secretive. He disclosed that information voluntarily after the FDA made the packaged foods industry do it. The best solution is to simply stop eating their fries, since at any given moment you have about a fifty percent chance that they will have been sitting out for too long anyway.
The truth is that for every person who shuns McDonald's for its fattening substances, there are ten more who will continue eating it because it tastes good and they don't give a d--n about the ingredients. Lawsuits will change nothing.
Edmond the Hun
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Dick Cheney and the News
Monday's headlines: Cheney shoots fellow hunter in accident
Tuesday's headlines: Cheney is 'very safe' shooter, hunting comrade says
Tomorrow's headlines: Cheney issued a warning for breaking Texas hunting law
Let's see how many days in a row we can keep this trivial story in the front page!
Edmond the Hun
Tuesday's headlines: Cheney is 'very safe' shooter, hunting comrade says
Tomorrow's headlines: Cheney issued a warning for breaking Texas hunting law
Let's see how many days in a row we can keep this trivial story in the front page!
Edmond the Hun
Tuesday, February 07, 2006
TOP 5 NOTEWORTHY SUPER BOWL ADS
#5. Kurt Warner and John 3:16. It's great that the message of Christianity is being preached to this huge market. Forgive me for being cynical, but I couldn't help thinking, how many drunk viewers even cared, and how many homeless people could they have fed for those $3 million dollars? And now I'm probably a heathen for not supporting Jesus in the media.
#4. The streaking goat. Or was it a sheep? I don't remember. But animal personification always has great potential. It was funny.
#3. Wife and daughter go to visit daddy in the hospital. Assistant doctor is bothered by fly and kills it with his instrument. Just as the wife and daughter walks in, he says, "Well, that killed him." Don't judge too quickly, it said. Hilarious. Except that until I read the paper I didn't know what the company was advertizing. Looks like they just gave away $3 million to make people laugh.
#2. The cave man who couldn't use Fed-Ex and then got trampled by a huge dinosaur at the end. For some reason there's just something funny about people getting unexpectedly smashed by giant animals. And since the company was part of the dialogue, I remember what the company was!
#1. My personal favorite, the Emerald Nuts acronym of Even Machete Enthusiasts Recognize A Little Druid Networking Under the Stairs. The randomness of three guys making chopping sounds at a fern while watching a hooded robed guy talking on a cell phone with his laptop is just hilarious. It had me laughing even when the game came back on. Not that I've ever seen emerald nuts or know where to find them.
Edmond the Hun
#4. The streaking goat. Or was it a sheep? I don't remember. But animal personification always has great potential. It was funny.
#3. Wife and daughter go to visit daddy in the hospital. Assistant doctor is bothered by fly and kills it with his instrument. Just as the wife and daughter walks in, he says, "Well, that killed him." Don't judge too quickly, it said. Hilarious. Except that until I read the paper I didn't know what the company was advertizing. Looks like they just gave away $3 million to make people laugh.
#2. The cave man who couldn't use Fed-Ex and then got trampled by a huge dinosaur at the end. For some reason there's just something funny about people getting unexpectedly smashed by giant animals. And since the company was part of the dialogue, I remember what the company was!
#1. My personal favorite, the Emerald Nuts acronym of Even Machete Enthusiasts Recognize A Little Druid Networking Under the Stairs. The randomness of three guys making chopping sounds at a fern while watching a hooded robed guy talking on a cell phone with his laptop is just hilarious. It had me laughing even when the game came back on. Not that I've ever seen emerald nuts or know where to find them.
Edmond the Hun
Sunday, February 05, 2006
Seahawks 20, Steelers 13
That's my prediction. Not that I really care. Watch both teams get 20 points before the end of the first half...
Edmond the Hun
Edmond the Hun
Friday, February 03, 2006
Happy Birthday Sanguine
Congratulations on the big one-eight! Despite your love of writing, may God bless you with a long and prosperous life full of daisies and gold stars. Thanks for brightening my life.
Edmond the Hun
Edmond the Hun
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