Mumblings
Incoherent babble that doesn't deserve a forum but gets one anyways in this networked age.
Iraq; America FP
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As any forward thinking American should, I consult the CIA world factbook before reading any more headlines on the nation which we are bombing.
"Formerly part of the Ottoman Empire, Iraq was occupied by Britain during the course of World War I; in 1920, it was declared a League of Nations mandate under UK administration. In stages over the next dozen years, Iraq attained its independence as a kingdom in 1932. A "republic" was proclaimed in 1958, but in actuality a series of military strongmen have ruled the country since then, the latest being SADDAM Husayn. Territorial disputes with Iran led to an inconclusive and costly eight-year war (1980-88). In August 1990, Iraq seized Kuwait, but was expelled by US-led, UN coalition forces during the Gulf War of January-February 1991. Following Kuwait's liberation, the UN Security Council (UNSC) required Iraq to scrap all weapons of mass destruction and long-range missiles and to allow UN verification inspections. Continued Iraqi noncompliance with UNSC resolutions over a period of 12 years resulted in the US-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003 and the ouster of the SADDAM Husayn regime. Coalition forces remain in Iraq, helping to restore degraded infrastructure and facilitating the establishment of a freely elected government. The Coalition plans to return sovereignty to the Iraqi people by July 2004."
Links of Interest:
Year Zero: A facinating collection of articles on the evolution of our culture in the wake of 911.
The single greatest event of my life: A protester's run-in with the W.
"Formerly part of the Ottoman Empire, Iraq was occupied by Britain during the course of World War I; in 1920, it was declared a League of Nations mandate under UK administration. In stages over the next dozen years, Iraq attained its independence as a kingdom in 1932. A "republic" was proclaimed in 1958, but in actuality a series of military strongmen have ruled the country since then, the latest being SADDAM Husayn. Territorial disputes with Iran led to an inconclusive and costly eight-year war (1980-88). In August 1990, Iraq seized Kuwait, but was expelled by US-led, UN coalition forces during the Gulf War of January-February 1991. Following Kuwait's liberation, the UN Security Council (UNSC) required Iraq to scrap all weapons of mass destruction and long-range missiles and to allow UN verification inspections. Continued Iraqi noncompliance with UNSC resolutions over a period of 12 years resulted in the US-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003 and the ouster of the SADDAM Husayn regime. Coalition forces remain in Iraq, helping to restore degraded infrastructure and facilitating the establishment of a freely elected government. The Coalition plans to return sovereignty to the Iraqi people by July 2004."
Links of Interest:
Year Zero: A facinating collection of articles on the evolution of our culture in the wake of 911.
The single greatest event of my life: A protester's run-in with the W.
A Series of connections
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Blogdex, an MIT web crawling engine, tracks the spread of information across the web and posts it on thier website. It is a good place to go to see what important informaiton is flowing through the wires."Blogdex uses the links made by webloggers as a proxy to the things they are talking about. Webloggers typically contextualize their writing with hypertext links which act as markers for the subjects they are discussing. These markers are like tags placed on wild animals, allowing Blogdex to track a piece of conversation as it moves from weblog to weblog." The Wisdom of Blogs.
Government Information Awareness
The premise of GIA is that individual citizens have the right to know details about government, while government has the power to know details about citizens. Our goal is develop a technology which empowers citizens to form a sort of intelligence agency; gathering, sorting, and acting on information they gather about the government. Only by employing such technologies can we hope to have a government "by the people, and for the people."
Michael Moore Gets a Blog!
Globe of Blogs is a huge site with links to lots of blogs based on search topics. I hope to be in here one fine day!
Government Information Awareness
The premise of GIA is that individual citizens have the right to know details about government, while government has the power to know details about citizens. Our goal is develop a technology which empowers citizens to form a sort of intelligence agency; gathering, sorting, and acting on information they gather about the government. Only by employing such technologies can we hope to have a government "by the people, and for the people."
Michael Moore Gets a Blog!
Globe of Blogs is a huge site with links to lots of blogs based on search topics. I hope to be in here one fine day!
The first post
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Well, I just stumbled on this bloggin site today and thought I should see if it is any better than LJ or if it at least has a better interface than Xanga. So far I am impressed at the speed of the loading and the interface has been very simple so far. I will continue to fiddle about for a few days and see if I should move my base of operations out here. I do like the frontside web adress!
Other Places to find me
Published 09 July 2004.
I don't just blog. I also flickr and facebook. Listen to what I'm listening to. If you're feeling generous, buy me something. If you are into internet stalking, check out some entries from my past on my old blog. Oh and if you are in love with table-created websites, forget blogger, check out myspace.
About:
The author lives in Portland, OR and is attending college in his birthcity at the University of Chicago. He is currently reading: Us and Them; The Tipping Point To uncover more, click.
