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04.02.03
THE SKY IS FALLING!

All my pre (and post) pubescent fears about Armageddon are here. Global unrest, catastrophic disasters, freakish untreatable killer viruses, terrorist threats, unexplainable weather phenomenon. Except for the one where animals talk, all bases are covered. The end is surely near so I suppose that second sleeve of Thin Mints won't matter now.

For the anxiety prone hypochondriacs of the world, let me assure you, these are trying times. (Not to mention fattening ones.)


Are you ready? 

Here's where I state my position on what's happening in Iraq. All the cool online journalers are doing it.

And here it is. My very own position. Right now. Coming to you live from Gainesville, Florida. And the position is . . . 

I don't feel neutral about what's happening in Iraq. 

How about that? I am actually able to commit to saying that I don't feel neutral! In fact, I'll go so far as saying I'm extremely conflicted about the situation between our government and the Middle East! 

Are you not proud to know me?

It just kills me that I don't yet know what is right and what is wrong with regards to this military action. The more I read the more ambivalent my position becomes. It's very isolating--everyone I speak to is either FREE IRAQ!!! or NO WAR!!! in all capital letters, loud voices and many exclamation points. The only thing that is becoming clear to me is how much we don't know about what's happening, and won't know until this is all over. At best, all I can do is piece together what I can; slowly, methodically and with great care.

I have largely ignored US mainstream media with the exception of NPR, the Wall Street Journal and The Atlantic Monthly, favoring instead foreign press and web blogs of independent journalists and plain old citizens, both here and around the world. So far, this method has provided me with what I perceive to be balanced coverage, but everyone has an agenda. I have not found one source that is not propagandizing in some form another, and that's okay. I can work with that. It's my moral responsibility as a citizen of the United States of America in the 21st century to keep informed. And if that means spending hours each week wading through the personal biases of hundreds and getting to the facts, so be it. Compared to what our troops and Iraqi troops are doing right this very minute, it's the least I can do.

Pass the Girl Scout cookies, it's going to be a bumpy ride.

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