Hello again, during this off season.

Plenty to write about, for much has changed. I'd like to bring up a topic that I've been covering in my separate pseudo-publication, "Political dialogues", which is a tiny newspaper I've printed off a couple times as a more editorial piece. (By the way, that's the point of this blog, hence the term "rant".)
How could you have guessed, Lebanon!

Can there be a number placed on the number of lives one life is worth? The president's life, in any country, is worth more than the life of one of his or her guards, that's why the secret service and the Swiss guards exist. The life of a mother is worth less, in her eyes, than the life of her children. On the Titanic, women and children were worth more than the lives of men, so at the end they were the ones put onto the lifeboats. In a darker example, those same two groups were worth less than strong healthy men in Nazi death camps. And what about war? Whose life is worth more then-the soldiers or the civilians/possible terrorists? Israel seems to have decided that the death of civilians is a minor issue, compared to the greater good of attacking Hezbollah. The move that provoked this most recent spate of bloodletting was the capture of 2 soldiers held hostage. So two Israeli soldiers are worth more than peace itself. Now, I realize that there has been little peace in the mideast, but there was a vestige of it emerging. Hamas' political wing was growing more powerful, leading to the wild chance that they might act through peace, not war. Regardless of personal opinion on the matter, the war in Iraq has taken out a violent man determined to attack other countries or those outsiders in his own. So there was a moment, not so very long ago, perhaps a few weeks, when the middle east could've had the slightest opening at tranquility. Lebanon's infrastructure was returning with greater splendor than before. Now the only way out is on Greek cruise ships. Maybe Israel needed to prove its strength in a dangerous corner of the Earth, but really, did it have to buy that at such a devastating price?


Lobolius

July Blog #1

Happy "Belated" Birthday to you
Happy "Belated" Birthday to you
Happy "Belated" Birthday dear America
Happy "Belated" Birthday to YOUUUUUUUUUUU!

No, I did not actually sing that outloud, I am in a library and need to type fast and keep quiet because the only computer I have been able to snag after a half hour is a fifteen minute Expresso. Lots of folks have come here today, hoping to beat the heat in the air conditioned hall of knowledge, but for budgetary reasons the air seems to be off.

Hmmm. What to discuss now that I have reached my dear little Blog?

Somehow the fact that the CIA has shut down the main anti-Bin Laden campaign flew under my radar for a few days, I would have thought that would rank high on the media's attack list, but the move was timed well. Somebody had to come up with the excuses to send an anti-missle top of the line warship to Japan. I mean, who would ever suspect that sort of bizzare, random move, especially after NORTH KOREA now has the nukes. I can't say much for the military's accuracy in these matters.

Three Countries on an Axis of Evil.

One is test launching nukes, not very sucessfully, but still doing it.
Another is developing them.
The third wasn't even going to bother.

So which do our esteemed leaders choose to invade? Country #3. Why, my dear Lobolians, do you ask? Well, lets see here, the others actually had something to take us out with. Iraq was relatively harmless, so the military chose to take the easy one first. Now three years later, we see the price before our eyes.

Everyone be glad Korea's missle was a dud this round. One day one of those fireworks may go off.

Roman Wolf