Wednesday, December 10, 2003
Hi, I'm David Key, and you're not.
- First off, let me take this opportunity to pimp Final Fantasy X-2, the first ever direct sequel to a Final Fantasy game. Now, Final Fantasy X had a fairly serious tone running through it. For the sequel, Squaresoft went way into left field and turned its main characters into some strange version of the Charlie's Angels. Can't complain, as the game is extremely fun. I've been playing it every chance I get since I bought it. Go Gullwings!
Okay, I've been hampering to hit some more politics, so here we go...
- Al Gore endorsing Democratic nominee candidate Howard Dean. People, Al Gore is a fucking joke. The man is nothing but a politician, throwing his beliefs away in order to win higher offices. He isn't loyal to the people who vote for him. He's loyal to his party, and he can't even do THAT properly when you consider that Gore didn't even bother to let his former running mate Sen. Lieberman know about this ahead of time. How do you do that to someone who backed you the way Lieberman did? What a scumbag.
- As for Howard Dean....he's a raving lunatic. His whole appeal is that he has always been against the war. If he wins, he plans on withdrawing our troops from Iraq immediately, which communicates just how little Dean understands this war. While I have my criticisms on how we're handling Iraq (One valid point brought up by Newt Gingrich is that if a foreigner was making weekly addresses to the nation on our policies, would we see that foreigner as a liberator or a occupier?), pulling out of Iraq entirely without finishing the job is unbelieveably stupid. If we do that, whatever government we leave in place will immediately be taken out by the forces of the former regime, and we'll be right back where we started. Look, if you want a plan on what we should do, take a look at this:
Hunt out any remaining Hussein-loyal forces and eliminate them.
Gather up a group of Iraqis and help them build a new government.
Remove our troops from Iraq, but station a small garrison under the provisional command of the new Iraqi government until they are strong enough to stand on their own.
As for the detractors of the war....have any of them come up with an alternative proposal for Iraq?
- Oh, wait, Hilary F'N Clinton has this gem:
(paraphrased) Create an international organization dedicated to helping out in Iraq. This will allow other countries to have cover when they decide to come in.
Huh? What the hell? Never mind that we already have two such organizations in the U.N. and N.A.T.O. Why would countries need cover to come into Iraq? So it won't look like they'll be helping us? You'd think they'd be chomping at the bit to get in on the action so that they can have a voice in what goes on down there. But if they don't want to help us, then they don't have to.
Look, it's obvious that Hilary's trying to play both sides. That's what she does. But you'd think we would know better than to let a Clinton get involved in the war on terror. It's been glossed over by the media, but Bill Clinton had THREE chances to nab Osama bin Laden before September 11th. In 1996, the government of Sudan offered to deliever the terrorist into our custody. No charge. We wouldn't even have to lift a finger.
Know what Clinton's response to this magnificent offer to bring to justice a known terrorist?
"Nope, that's all right. We don't want him."
And yet they have the balls to accuse BUSH of knowingly refusing to do anything about terrorist actions?
Bush has no public speaking skills, this is true. But at least I know that Bush will get something done. Whether you agree with him or not, you at least got to admire the fact that he's willing to do something politically risky for what he believes to be in our best interests. And war is one of the most politically risky moves a leader can make.
George Bush isn't perfect. But he'll do.
- First off, let me take this opportunity to pimp Final Fantasy X-2, the first ever direct sequel to a Final Fantasy game. Now, Final Fantasy X had a fairly serious tone running through it. For the sequel, Squaresoft went way into left field and turned its main characters into some strange version of the Charlie's Angels. Can't complain, as the game is extremely fun. I've been playing it every chance I get since I bought it. Go Gullwings!
Okay, I've been hampering to hit some more politics, so here we go...
- Al Gore endorsing Democratic nominee candidate Howard Dean. People, Al Gore is a fucking joke. The man is nothing but a politician, throwing his beliefs away in order to win higher offices. He isn't loyal to the people who vote for him. He's loyal to his party, and he can't even do THAT properly when you consider that Gore didn't even bother to let his former running mate Sen. Lieberman know about this ahead of time. How do you do that to someone who backed you the way Lieberman did? What a scumbag.
- As for Howard Dean....he's a raving lunatic. His whole appeal is that he has always been against the war. If he wins, he plans on withdrawing our troops from Iraq immediately, which communicates just how little Dean understands this war. While I have my criticisms on how we're handling Iraq (One valid point brought up by Newt Gingrich is that if a foreigner was making weekly addresses to the nation on our policies, would we see that foreigner as a liberator or a occupier?), pulling out of Iraq entirely without finishing the job is unbelieveably stupid. If we do that, whatever government we leave in place will immediately be taken out by the forces of the former regime, and we'll be right back where we started. Look, if you want a plan on what we should do, take a look at this:
Hunt out any remaining Hussein-loyal forces and eliminate them.
Gather up a group of Iraqis and help them build a new government.
Remove our troops from Iraq, but station a small garrison under the provisional command of the new Iraqi government until they are strong enough to stand on their own.
As for the detractors of the war....have any of them come up with an alternative proposal for Iraq?
- Oh, wait, Hilary F'N Clinton has this gem:
(paraphrased) Create an international organization dedicated to helping out in Iraq. This will allow other countries to have cover when they decide to come in.
Huh? What the hell? Never mind that we already have two such organizations in the U.N. and N.A.T.O. Why would countries need cover to come into Iraq? So it won't look like they'll be helping us? You'd think they'd be chomping at the bit to get in on the action so that they can have a voice in what goes on down there. But if they don't want to help us, then they don't have to.
Look, it's obvious that Hilary's trying to play both sides. That's what she does. But you'd think we would know better than to let a Clinton get involved in the war on terror. It's been glossed over by the media, but Bill Clinton had THREE chances to nab Osama bin Laden before September 11th. In 1996, the government of Sudan offered to deliever the terrorist into our custody. No charge. We wouldn't even have to lift a finger.
Know what Clinton's response to this magnificent offer to bring to justice a known terrorist?
"Nope, that's all right. We don't want him."
And yet they have the balls to accuse BUSH of knowingly refusing to do anything about terrorist actions?
Bush has no public speaking skills, this is true. But at least I know that Bush will get something done. Whether you agree with him or not, you at least got to admire the fact that he's willing to do something politically risky for what he believes to be in our best interests. And war is one of the most politically risky moves a leader can make.
George Bush isn't perfect. But he'll do.
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