I have a friend at work who I treasure. His name is Adarsh and he has an interesting view on the world. We walk for exercise almost every day and converse about everything. He recently became a citizen (his wife, too) of this country and will be able to vote in the upcoming election. He has a sharp wit and a keen sense of what is real in life. I like him.
Today he told me a story about a man that was diagnosed with a terminal illness and was told that he will only live one more month. Someone asked this man what particular days in his life he remembered as momentous or otherwise meaningful. He could only remember 3 days in 54 years: his marriage, the birth of his child and something else...I just forgot - but - hey, it was his life and not mine. Now with only one month to live he has the opportunity to live 10 lifetimes in his final days. I wonder what he will do.
04 March 2008
01 March 2008
Viruses
I tried to post something this last week, but I was busy because Ann went to Dallas for a conference and I finally caught the virus Ann had. I took Friday off since I had a 101 degree fever. That reminds me, I need to turn in my CTO at work. I think I was going to post something about an interview from Sir Charles Barkeley I read, but I couldn't put my thoughts together well. Now something else has come up. Something I feel very strongly about.
Let me give you the background.
My mom sends me emails. I love my mom and some of the things she sends are funny. This one however was a video about a serious topic. I should attach it here so you can see it for yourself.
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Here is the reply I was going to send to my mom, but decided to put it out on the blog.
well, yes I would notice that is was made by a beer company. If it was a non profit that made that commercial it would have been soooo much more meaningful. Yet again, the corporate world has insidiously positioned itself to pluck the heart strings of the America by making such a video. And then people shamelessly forwarding this around the internet like a virus only propagate the hype.
During that commercial I, probably like everyone else, started to have the hair on my arms tingling. I am honored by the sacrifices these people have made. I think of my older brother who went away for his tour and lost his home life.
But really, who doesn't think the troops are doing a good job? this crap about "support the troops" was a rallying cry so no one scrutinized what was happening over there. $12 billion in cash disappeared. KBR raping an employee, then imprisoning her, then hiding the incriminating medical evidence. (It turns out there may have been more than one such instance and these women are just now coming forward.)
Hired mercenaries are the second largest force on the ground in Iraq. And they don't have to abide by ANY laws. They claim that they are neither under Iraq NOR American rule and we are paying them 10 times what we pay our soldiers to do the same job. I would like to see a commercial like this made about the lawlessness of the mercenaries. People would be outraged
that's it. While commercials like this are nice and make you feel good, I think it makes people forget about the real travesty which is our military activity in the middle east.
Let me give you the background.
My mom sends me emails. I love my mom and some of the things she sends are funny. This one however was a video about a serious topic. I should attach it here so you can see it for yourself.
.
Here is the reply I was going to send to my mom, but decided to put it out on the blog.
well, yes I would notice that is was made by a beer company. If it was a non profit that made that commercial it would have been soooo much more meaningful. Yet again, the corporate world has insidiously positioned itself to pluck the heart strings of the America by making such a video. And then people shamelessly forwarding this around the internet like a virus only propagate the hype.
During that commercial I, probably like everyone else, started to have the hair on my arms tingling. I am honored by the sacrifices these people have made. I think of my older brother who went away for his tour and lost his home life.
But really, who doesn't think the troops are doing a good job? this crap about "support the troops" was a rallying cry so no one scrutinized what was happening over there. $12 billion in cash disappeared. KBR raping an employee, then imprisoning her, then hiding the incriminating medical evidence. (It turns out there may have been more than one such instance and these women are just now coming forward.)
Hired mercenaries are the second largest force on the ground in Iraq. And they don't have to abide by ANY laws. They claim that they are neither under Iraq NOR American rule and we are paying them 10 times what we pay our soldiers to do the same job. I would like to see a commercial like this made about the lawlessness of the mercenaries. People would be outraged
that's it. While commercials like this are nice and make you feel good, I think it makes people forget about the real travesty which is our military activity in the middle east.
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