I’m about to post a bunch of interviews and articles about our mistreated soldiers — both here at home (as Iraq war veterans start to come home) and our troops that are still over in Iraq.
I hope that you guys understand that I’m just trying to raise awareness about how badly are boys and girls are being mistreated by our own government. Some of this stuff is really shocking and painful to read, so don’t read it if you’ve got to go be upbeat somewhere anytime soon, ok?
No seriously. Read it when you can be alone for a minute, because you’re not going to be in a very good mood afterwards. And for a minute, life seems kinda pointless and stuff.
I’m not expressing myself very well right now, most likely, but I did want to preface this next round of articles with a few words:
I’m torn about what to do at this point about Iraq. I realize that “now we’re committed” and all that and that “now we just can’t pull out and leave the Iraqis hanging” and all that, but if these stories from the troops — from our own side are true, I wonder if it wouldn’t be better to just pull out than to let any more of our troops die for nothing. Or rather, than to let more of them die so that the few entities that are profiting from this war can continue to do so.
I just don’t know guys, so I won’t pretend to have any answers. But I did think it was important to bring you this next round of information — for your own edification. You can draw your own conclusions. Maybe you can help me figure it out.
thanks!
Category Archives: Personal
One Of Those “Slinging Hash” Kinda Mornings
I just have to catch up on my article blogging today or I’m going to drive myself crazy. The other night, during a conversation with a friend, I kept referring to articles I thought I had blogged that I, in fact, had not blogged yet — although I’ve had them all prepped and ready to go for, in some cases, weeks on end.
So bear with me if some of this morning’s posts are kind of rough — I have to clean house for my own sanity at this point. (Yes, I do realize that’s already a lost cause 🙂
On the Agenda…
Okay, theoretically I should be offline doing homework today, before I teach in the afternoon, but by day’s end I reckon I’ll finally get to uploading the rest of those Foo clips and last night’s Daily Show with….(drumroll please) Henry Kissinger!
I was just telling a friend of mine last night how it was the Daily Show’s clip of Henry Kissinger fronting the 911 investigation that started it all. (Meaning what made me want to start my Daily Show archive.
I think it’s absolutely in-credible that Kissinger was on the Daily Show last night.
He’s got a book out he’s promoting, and I guess he figured if the Daily Show was good enough for Madeline Albright‘s book tour, it was good enough for him!
The Daily Show is really growing up 🙂 (and I can remember when it was just a young tike…)
Lots Going Up Tonight
Okay I’ve got another 10+ foo movies and interviews, 2+ new music tunes, and a few more news clips and things all ready to go, but I just gotta finish my homework first!
Tomorrow I’ve got school all day and plans for the evening, so I’ll make sure to stay up late if I have to and get it all up tonight.
Back soon!
lisa
Foo Camp Movies and Interviews On The Way
So I just got back from O’Reilly’s Foo Camp yesterday and will be posting a bunch o’ stuff early in the AM.
The first movie is titled “
Concentrated Foo” — and encapsulates the spirit of the conference in many ways. The film is unedited and shot entirely in sequence.
Foo Attendees: This film must not be confused with the footage of the “Wandercam” — a handheld that was roaming around the conference on its own from 9am on Saturday morning on. I myself have not looked at this footage yet, though I have digitized it.
That’s tomorrow’s little task 🙂
More on the Wandercam soon…
I’ve also created an
A-Z page for both my little foo movies and the interviews themselves within the movies, so we can keep track of them all. I’d hate for any of it to be “lost” because I had forgotten to link to it. So I’m linking to it from there first, and then if I have time I’ll link to stuff from here too.
Yeah all the above stuff I mention will be linked to in the am. Plus three movies from the “making of the RetarDEAD theme” video I shot in Seattle last weekend.
But now I gotta catch some zzzz. Lotsa great stuff I tell ya. I just can’t believe how great some of it came out.
But I’m a sentimental fool…
Back soon,
lisa
The Results Are In – We Lose, But The Fight Has Just Begun
Well guys, we tried hard, but we were outnumbered by the sheep.
However, it’s not over. If I understand correctly from the little birdies I know, the next step is Recalling Arnold. People will start collecting signatures soon so keep an eye out.
This isn’t over yet. We won’t just hand our state’s future over without a fight.
It may seem a little silly to go around and around like this, but they started it.
In the mean time, try to keep your spirits up. At least Prop 54 didn’t pass!
I’ve got to go to a meeting this morning at my local elementary school, where I’ll be starting soon as an SF School Volunteer (more on this later). Then I’ll be back to upload some more new music to help get our minds off of this negative stuff.
Peace,
lisa
Won’t Be Around Much The Next Few Days
Hi guys. I’m off to Seattle for a few days to record the theme song for the sequel to Monsturd, The “RetarDEAD.” So I probably won’t be posting as much ’till I get back on Monday night.
FYI, I have already loaded up a bunch of new Daily Show clips that I’ll try to get around to posting individually on the blog should I get a hold of a good connection up there. (The “new” clips are dated from 9-17-03 on.)
You can always peruse my archive for yourself to see what I’ve got going in there. Often, I upload stuff that I don’t get around to blogging for days, so feel free to poke around and link to whatever you like.
Anyway, have a great weekend!
Lots O’ Daily Show Clips Going Up This Afternoon…
Drat!
I couldn’t get anything up this morning before I had to go teach my class.
But I wanted to let you know that I’ve got 8+ Daily Show clips going up today tomorrow.
Back soon!
lisa
Help Me Fix My Comments
Hey I’ve got some kind of weird bug going on when users get an error message before the comments sends anyway. Has anyone else seen this problem? Wanna shoot me an email and help me fix it? (Please 🙂
Okay I missed that the Daily Show had an incredible set of recall clips tuesday night — so i’ll be getting those up now.
Then there’s the rest of the week of the Daily Show, the rest of the Dick Cheney clips (yes! there’s more!) — Jesse Jackson’s speech from the protest Tuesday — and whatever else I’ve still got in the kitty from last week…
Had to take a break and go to school…
So I am in graduate school, and I finally had to do some reading and homework this week.
I’ve also upgraded my Movable Type so my RSS feeds should be in better shape.
Try to send a few comments, if you don’t mind, so I can check out the new install.
Check back tonight when things should be back to normal…
Thanks!