To understand the gravity of the title of this blog post, one needs to briefly revisit the attacks onto the United States of America on 9.11.2001.
Two aircraft crashed into the Twin Towers in Manhattan, NY, subsequently sending the towers into collapse, causing the loss of thousands of lives and several more casualties in the wake of the clean up.
At the same time, an aircraft crashed into the Pentagon, causing massive damage to the American military headquarters.
The culprit of the attacks was quickly identified; a terrorist organization, Al-Quaida, headed up by its founder Usama bin Laden. In the wake of the attacks, the US administration vowed to chase this man down, and bring him to justice; in the words of former President Bush: “Dead or Alive”.
10 years later, thousands of lives later, an unwelcome war later, a massive recession later, we seem to have accomplished our goal. …..or have we? +Continue Reading
“Dear Congress, Last year I mismanaged my funds and this year I cannot decide on a budget. Until I have come to a unified decision that fits all of my needs and interests, I will have to shut down my checkbook and will no longer be able to pay my taxes. I’m sure you’ll understand. Thank you very much for setting an example we can all follow.”
2011 might be the year where we repeat 1995 – with a sweet little government shutdown. 800.000+ employees of the public sector, not deemed necessary, will be sent home, without pay, and asked not to show up the next day of work. Furloughed is the word of choice here, folks.
However, here’s the cute part. While a vast amount of individuals will go without, or severely delayed pay, yes, including our military forces, the U.S Congress still gets paid.
In short; while everyone else is suffering, the idiots we voted into their positions are still taking home a paycheck. They can’t get their heads together and make sense out of a simple situation. Why? Because, principles are at stake. I have hardly ever heard something as ridiculous as that. +Continue Reading
As we ring in the new year, 2011 may just be the time to start setting a few things straight. Let me start with something that Vatican, every Imam and other figures of religious importance will vehemently disagree with: Organized Religion is the root of many evils. Organized religion is overrated. Organized religion is … +Continue Reading
Who’s it gonna be? The question that plagues a lot of people, finding out who’s going to make a bid to become the next President to run the (once) strongest nation in the world. Names are being thrown around, some obvious, some a little less apparent. Obviously, the list of speculated candidates is long and colorful. And, as you imagined, on selected few I have an opinion – after the break; +Continue Reading
Since we’re slowly coming up on Christmas, I think it’s time to issue a WikiLeaks wish list. There are quite some things that Wiki Leaks should look at, attempt to obtain records, if they haven’t done so already, or release records already in their possession.In no particular order, the wish list starts after the break. +Continue Reading
Julian Assange is on the way to rewrite the books of history. Opposing to others, who’s agenda is to write the future, his product, WikiLeaks is solely focusing on events that already have taken place, exposing what has been hidden from the general public. Society is in uproar, governments are sweating and documents are being revealed that make administrations look like a childish bunch of preschoolers. What WikiLeaks does, is it all good, bad, or downright ugly? Let’s have a look… +Continue Reading
“Can’t we all just get along?!” – some guy in Austria gets a sued for jodeling and thereby offending his Muslim neighbors. Their complaint; he sounded too much like a Muezzin, condemning a rather traditional form of Austrian song. +Continue Reading
The day after an over indulgence of turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, pies, appetizers, beer, wine, and tons of other stuff we shouldn’t eat in that amount, you’d think that the eager shopper would walk it right back off on Black Friday. You’re wrong…. +Continue Reading
First off, thanks to all the soldiers, past and present, for doing what you do. Without diminishing each uniformed member’s efforts to fight for what they believe in, I’d like to put everything back in balance. The continuation of this article is not to belittle the efforts of our military personnel, but to point a critical finger at our society. Read on at our own risk.. +Continue Reading
In an ongoing global war against terror financial sustainability of stupid decision making, British politicians have found a new cure to ensure funding and prolonging of their mindless agenda. Let’s sell off British forests! Much like the rest of the western civilizations, the Brits are standing rather dumbfounded in front of the shambles of a once financially well supported nation. Supposedly, they’ve found a cure for their financial ailments; let’s examine the most forgotten one… +Continue Reading
