Not your happy, info filled blog today- maybe later. Been busy day here at work. A tornado watch until 1pm ET makes this day a little more interesting. These same storms wreaked havoc in the Dallas, Texas area.
In football, my Tarheels lost to hated Miami over the weekend. My Steelers won. Thanks for a controversial call going OUR way for a change.
Just a quick work rant. I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer, and I'm not better than anyone, I'm more imperfect than anyone I work with. However some of the people I work with are so incredibly stupid, naive it's more pathetic than it usually is in any workplace. Though many of you know what I do and where I work, I have never officially stated what I do or WHERE or whom I work. Some of these people don't read simple instructions that even I can comprehend. And when someone not as smart as these people, people who've been doing this job a hell of a lot longer than I have, when they can't see how utterly stupid their actions are and how already answered their questions already are, then perhaps it's time for me personally to make another change. I must be the faulty cog in the wheel of this organization. After all, this organization has always existed FINE and will exist and operate FINE long after I'm gone.
Ok, enough of the work rant. I really really miss the old me. Where is the life that I recognize?
(insert the Geico commercial with the drill sergeant calling the psych patient a "jackwagon" and suggesting a visit to "namby pamby" land).
WIkileaks released another 40 MILLION (OK, not that much, but a lot) documents concerning the wars overseas in Afghanistan and Iraq. While the numbers and specifics not released or downplayed by the US during these wars is indicative of any nation in any war historically, I wonder what makes the US government any more evil NOW than it (or any nation conducting war in the past) it was in previous wars? The media coverage between all wars pre WW2 and post WW2 is amazing and a stark contrast. Personally, I don't think these contrasts or differences make those who consider or call the US evil or bad for conducting these wars and less patriotic. The very serious "game" of war is conducted like any other game; as in NOT revealing your strategy or your casualty numbers for either side or anything negative. When someone or someone like WIkileaks release this information, it cannot be helped that the information hinders one of the players in some way. You don't reveal everything and every result from playing the game. This whole 'wikileaks' situation reminds me of someone tattle telling in class. If you like that type of thing, then it's OK I suppose. Historically, every great general or those who are/were "good" at their job repeats the fact that wars should never be fought and they should be avoided at any and all costs. I agree with this thinking. I also believe that if you conduct war, there needs to be quick, strong, decisive actions to minimize unnecessary death/injury. To me, just ONE death during a "war" is one too many and that's the precise reason why war shouldn't be conducted in my opinion. But it is also my opinion that if war is to be conducted or fault, while regrettable, civilian casualty is an unfortunate byproduct of war and military "actions". So arguing about whether one or ten or ten thousand people die or have died is kind of inane. One death, whether civillian, military or otherwise is obscene.
What say you?
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