Information Overload

Lately, I've been so immersed in the information overload coming from the world that I can't even organize my thoughts into blogs anymore. I have so much to get off my chest, but I don't even know where to start. I've spent more of my time lately becoming a vegetable in front of the TV set. I still catch up on news every day by reading CNN.com during my lunch break at work, and every day at lunch I get motivated to write about something or other later. Then I get home, exhausted as hell and completely brain-fried from all the chaos at work, and I can't even motivate to check e-mails anymore. Motivation has always been something I've struggled with in my life. I don't even know what to strive for in life anymore. I'm just kinda coasting. That being said, I don't have much to complain about regarding my life. I've got a roof over my head, my bills are getting paid, I've got a fabulous girlfriend, and I have my health (for the most part).

I've heard it said that "satisfied needs do not motivate." I think that about hits it right on the head. When everything's okay, it's easy to fall into a lull of comfort.

But enough about my life -- nobody wants to read that crap anyway. Allow me to make some brief comments about the world since I've last checked in here.

Joe Biden. Yeah, that dipshit Obama picked the king dipshit Democrat to be his running mate, Joseph Biden. He couldn't have chosen more perfectly to round out that fucked up ticket. Speaking of motivation, I can honestly say that the Obama/Biden ticket HAS truly motivated me to get to the voting booth in November and vote for the other party's ticket. At least there's some common sense over there. I have no clue where vascillating Obama is coming from, or where he think's he's going. I keep hearing him talk about change, but haven't heard much of a plan. Hope is not a plan.

Pervez Musharraf. Mr. Mush has finally decided to step down as Pakistan's president. It's about damn time. I've never liked or trusted that guy, and even though he's often portrayed as America's best ally in the war on terror, I feel that he's been everything BUT helpful in that struggle. He's been more than happy, however, to accept all of the billions of dollars in aid from the U.S. to help in that big struggle. Too bad there's nothing to show for it. I'm heartened to have heard that the U.S. has recently been conducting some raids and/or airstrikes on Taliban and/or Al Qaeda positions inside Pakistan's border. Sure, the Paks are pissed off about it, and claim we're "violating their sovereignty". I say, "fuck 'em" -- they'd better get used to it, because that's the only way we're gonna kick any ass in this war. We can't fight this war with one hand tied behind our backs all the time. Sooner or later, we're gonna have to wipe out all the assholes in Pakistan, since that's where all of our troubles are coming from. I don't recall seeing so much concern for the U.S.A.'s "sovereignty" when we were attacked on 9/11 by Islamic assholes from the Middle East. They had no trouble violating OUR sovereignty. Fuck 'em. Bomb the fuckers to dust. They'd have no trouble doing that here if given the opportunity. Just ask 'em.

Hillary Clinton. Yep, she lost the nomination. Who the fuck cares? She and Bill will now have time to work on their marital issues. Or not....

Sarah Palin. I LIKE THIS GIRL. She's got my vote.

John McCain. Johnny Mac's okay in my book. I'll have no trouble making him Commander-in-Chief. At least he's got a clue as to what that entails.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Iran. Yeah, I'm sure Iran means no harm whatsoever with their nuclear toys. Maybe all of you liberal peacemongers can convince me that Iran is a friendly and benevolent nation with nothing but the best of intentions for the world. Maybe all of you liberal peacemongers need to be the first to die within the blast radius of Iran's harmless nuclear toys. We should be so lucky. When Iran's president hints that Israel should be "wiped off the map," I don't think he meant taking an eraser to the world map hanging in his office, people. He was talking about nuclear annihilation. Wake up, dipshits.

Russia. So the Russkies got cocky in Georgia and reclaimed some lost turf. This is a dangerous situation that could get worse before it gets better. I hope cooler heads prevail in Russia here -- they're still a superpower in my eyes, since they still have the military infrastructure left over from the Soviet Union and the cold war era. That's a lot of muscle and hardware to be discounting. I understand our nation's stance on supporting Georgia's democratic goals, but I hope we don't do that at the expense of instigating another war -- this one, we aren't ready for. It would be a big and ugly one, making Iraq and Afghanistan look like cakewalks (which they're clearly NOT). I distrust Putin and his new croney, and I just don't understand what they're so afraid of from the U.S.A. We clearly don't want conflict with them, but they seem to be unable to grasp that. Some habits die hard, I guess. I suspect we're in for a new cold war going forward. Let's just hope it stays cold....

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch. Why is it that these pathetic organizations spend so much time denouncing the U.S.A., and never seem to harp on the atrocities being committed by Al Qaeda, the Taliban, and all their ilk? Heaven forbid they say anything bad about terrorists. They instead pick on the one nation that gives more aid to the world than any other. Yep, we're horrible people here. We pour water on someone's face to get some intel, but the enemy is busy torturing and beheading our soldiers, not to mention countless innocent civilians. It's amazing how neither of these supposed "do-gooder" organizations ever denounces those human rights violations. This is why I despise these organizations and give them no credit at all. I don't want these assholes looking out for MY human rights. Apparently, terrorists deserve more consideration and compassion than you or I do.

The Taliban. So it appears that Afghanistan is pissed off about recent coalition airstrikes having killed "scores" of civilians when trying to rout militants who have taken up hiding amongst these supposed "civilians". I wish I could say I felt bad, but frankly I don't. Insurgents wouldn't be able to move and sneak about so freely unless they had the help and blessing of the people around them. The people of Afghanistan have to choose a side. If they choose whichever side happens to be winning, or whichever side happens to be nearby, then they're not choosing at all. I know it's easy for me to say that from my cozy armchair -- I'm not the one who's got an AK-47 to my head. But I suspect these supposed "civilians" have more sympathy for their Muslim brethren than they do for American soldiers. And frankly, I find it astonishing that nobody is appalled by the fact that these insurgent assholes keeping employing this chicken-shit "human shield" tactic. They all talk so bravely about how unstoppable they are, and how Americans are cowards, but then they launch attacks from behind women and children. We can employ unreasonable tactics, too, like bombing the fuck out of you from thousands of feet in the air. Upset about that? Well, then come out and engage our troops like soldiers instead of panzies. Put up or shut up. If you want a fight, our soldiers would be happy to oblige. Come on out and fight. Won't do that? Then we'll bring death from above -- the fate you so readily deserve. Kill 'em all and let God sort 'em out.

The Republican National Convention in St. Paul, MN. Okay, so I read that to prepare for the RNC, the local government had to spend $50 million to beef up security and police presence around the convention. Why was this massive sum necessary? Because they knew that there would be a slew of supposed war protesters and peacemongers there. Wait a minute, these are people who oppose war and conflict, right? Then why is it that these assholes trashed the city of St. Paul with violence and fought like crazy with police? I thought these were peacemongers. I saw a picture of a bunch of these nimrods throwing up peace signs with their hands, while in the background their peers are destroying everything around them and lighting everything ablaze. I'm not seeing the logic here. Why don't all of these idiots direct their ire where it belongs? Direct it to our enemies abroad. Wanna vent? Join the military and pick up a rifle. Then you can get into the fray like REAL men and women, and do some good for the country while you're at it. I guess it makes more sense to shame your country by denouncing it and destroying it here at home. Too bad we can't just deport such assholes. Go ahead and burn our sacred flag. There's freedom of speech, and then there's abuse of it. There's a difference. It is unclear to me how a supposed peacemonger is illustrating his/her point when he/she is throwing a park bench through a storefront and lighting parked cars on fire, while throwing rocks and molatov cocktails at officers who are only trying to serve and protect. Seems to me like war protesters only protest conflict that they didn't get to participate in or instigate. Besides that, they seem to be perfectly amenable to inciting violence, conflict, and abuse of human rights. Keep throwing up your peace signs, but I know the truth: the "V" you're making with your fingers apparently stands for "violence". Hypocrits, one and all. You're all a sad lot, war protesters. So thanks to degenerates like that, our government had to waste $50 million on extra security and police. That money could have been used to fund our severely underfunded education system, or it could have been used for countless other good causes. Instead, anarchist peacemongers (yeah, I know that sounds stupid, but they are what they are) had to force the government to put that money into keeping them at bay. Pathetic. I flip off war protesters whenever I get the chance. There's a finger gesture that they should understand -- it's fairly universal in our culture.

Somalia. What a mess THAT place is. I hope our Navy vessels patrolling the waters off the coast manage to blast the shit out of all the little panzy pirates who keep wreaking havoc over there. I don't see a good solution for this region, let alone the continent upon which it sits. We've got our hands busy elsewhere in the region, and I hope we don't have to send troops back to that hell-hole again. At least not until we've cleaned up some other messes first.

Okay, so I think I've about petered out for this rant. And I know it was less than stellar in delivery, but please remember that I'm tired and unmotivated. It's a miracle I even got this much done. Maybe I'll be more inspired on the other side of the election. We'll just have to see.