"Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country. In either event, it is unpatriotic not to tell the truth, whether about the president or anyone else"

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable. Nothing but the truth shall be spoken about him or anyone else. But it is more important to tell the truth, pleasant or unpleasant, about (the president) than about anyone else"

"The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life"

these quotes, found here, and here, were spoken by Theodore Roosevelt a long long time ago. now, if you live on this planet then you have probably seen more pictures and stories about baghdad in the last week than anyone should ever have to see. this blog's only purpose is to say "FUCK YOU" to the people who say Senator Tom Daschle, from south dakota (D), was being unpatriotic in his criticisms of the president and its policies. i realize that he has since signed the bill or whatever it is they do in the senate that supports the war. the point is that how can it be unpatriotic to say the war is retarded just because it has already begun. i am sick of hearing the excuse: "its too late now, lets support the troops". i have friends in iraq right now. people saying the war is bullshit supports the troops more than not in my opinion. if it is a war we shouldnt be in, then how could we support the troops more than getting them the fuck out of iraq and the middle east altogether. morons. at any rate, this entry was spurred by a debate i saw on new hampshire public television this morning around 2. way to go NH.

before i get into bitching about the war, i would like to first add the disclaimer that i watch a variety of news networks but i post the stuff i see on the daily show because it is funny. so i am not one of those idiots who believes everything they see on a comedy news show, but it makes for better reading i think. anyway, last night i saw that Halliburton would be the company hired to save the iraqi peoples precious oil fields that they light on fire and deal with all of that mess. until the year 2000, i believe, a certain member of our government was CEO of that company. vice president DICK CHENEY. how come no one is making a big deal about this. isnt it fairly obvious that there is a conflict of interest? does the whitewater scandal ring any bells? our country is going to hell in a handbasket. might i add, that if we do not find any weapons of mass destruction in iraq, i will make it my personal mission in life to see that our government is prosecuted as war criminals for invading, and killing the people of iraq.

i saw an ad this evening for a Gameboy Advance SP. nintendo needs to give it a rest. ive had enough, and frankly i think i speak for many people when i say, you can change the name and the color as much as you want, but it is still a gameboy. cool it nintendo.

i interviewed for 4 more positions today. this company clearly had their shit together moreso than WR Grace but it is located in Marlborough, MA which is not all that close. i have one more interview set up for this week. with similar salaries (mid to upper teens) i dont really have any idea what i want to do. i thought crossed my mind today while coming up with a preliminary pro's and con's list. i do not really know what i want to do with my life. not like a ton of other people know exactly either, but that fails to comfort me much.

i have discovered that i am the only one on the planet that has seen the movie "a civil action". i asked about 10 people about it and most had never even heard about it. here is the plot line: john travolta is a boston lawyer named something like schlickman, he is approached by a client who claims to have been poisoned by illegal dumping. schlickman and his firm go on to investigate this company and find that they are indeed very guilty of dumping toxins into the boston area water supply. he runs out of money, and turns it over to the EPA who then sue the piss out of the company and all is right with the world. i bring this up because it is evidently based on a true story, and i have just been offerred a position in said company (WR Grace). here are some nice links illustrating the shortcomings of my possible future employer: chemical companies are run by scumbags, and go bankrupt because people sue them.

"i wish it would rain bullets down on ja rule" -joe