War has never solved anything......

I have seen this on bumper stickers and t-shirts and it basically goes like this; "War has never solved anything except for creating the United States and for ending slavery Genocide Fascism Nazism and a few other 'unplesant' institutions and regimes." That link is to Sharon Hughes blog and quite frankly I didn't know who she was. But now that I have done a little browsing I found that she has to be a moron. But I digress. Back to war eh? Of course, whether war has any useful purposes is a topic for another more intelligent discussion. But this statement is just imbecilic. Hello? Read the news. Did war create the U.S.? Technically no but the Revolution kept it and some would argue whether that is a good thing, so that is debatable. But , slavery? This just in.... Oh and this..... Dang, I guess war didn't really solve that slavery probem did it? Genocide? Can you say Rwanda? Darfur? Genocide is alive and well. Fascism? Hmm. Well barring that GWB's administration could probably be considered fascist, what's around for fascism? Well there is the American Nazi Party. Christian Identity. How about the Ku Klux Klan? Oh well, I guess there aren't any fully fledged fascist states are there? How about Nazism? Wait, didn't we just talk about that? Sheesh. And how about that mispelling of unpleasant? Ah yes those right wing conservative nut jobs are just so well read and educated aren't they? Which regimes where unpleasant? China's? Saudi Arabia? (remember 15 of the 19 9/11 hijackers were Saudi) It would be easier to take some conservative positions seriously if stupid slogans like this weren't batted around.

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Rice: US warned Carter not to talk to Hamas

Been a while since I posted anything. I have been trying to mellow out a bit and not follow some headlines too closely. Especially since those things tend to piss me off. I couldn't resist this one.
Let's see, Jimmy Carter the President who orchestrated the Israeli Egyptian peace accord and Elder Statesman known for his honesty; or Bush Administration, engineers of the Iraq war, asleep at the wheel during 9/11 and Katrina, known worldwide for being arrogant liars. Who should be believed? I think Carter has proven that in order to establish a lasting peace in the middle east ALL parties need to come to the table. This means that we need to; *gasp* talk to the Syrians, and the Iranians, and Hamas and whoever else has a concern. Instead of branding anyone that doesn't agree a terrorist and unloading the war machine on em. Sounds a lot like Obama's proposed policies huh? The question is will he be elected in an honest election. Or has the Emperor already fixed it up? Alas, we are Rome and the barbarians are at the gate.