Okay, JUsers... does this sound like anyone we know? I challenge you to name this writer: U.S. "War on Terrorism" and "Spread of Democracy" Bound to Go Bust, 31 May 2006 The U.S.-touted "war on terrorism" and "spread of democracy" is censured worldwide and is on the verge of total bankruptcy due to its reactionary and aggressive nature. Citing the results of a recent opinion poll on Bush conducted in the U.S. and a series of other information, the article says: The Bush bellicose f...

North Korea now has its own category within the Politics Category? Wow, congrats, Kim Jong-il! You have moved in to the big leagues, along with "The Environment" and "The War on Terror". Let me be among the first to post within this category, if I may be so bold: Rogue nations are ones who threaten the world's peace. For a nation to be declared rogue, it must ignore international directives, restrict human rights, sponsor terrorism, and seek to proliferate weapons of mass destructi...

Apparently anyone who has "road rage", a "short fuse", or has children is just simply suffering from "Intermittent Explosive Disorder" ("IED"). Fantastic, another way to absolve myself from all the things I do that might be perceived as wrong. From the Independent On Line : Chicago - If you've witnessed someone become enraged beyond what seems called for, or have gotten unnecessarily angry oneself, you are not alone, researchers said on Monday. Sixteen million American adults...

Apparently the Democrats are pandering to the Hispanic community for votes in new ways: telling them it's their right as "people in our country" to vote, regardless of their legal citizenship status. From Sign On San Diego : If an election can turn on a sentence, this could be the one: "You don't need papers for voting." On Thursday night, Francine Busby, the Democratic candidate for the 50th Congressional District, was speaking before a largely Latino crowd in Escondido when she...

Talk about truth in politics. For those of you out there who may think that "BIG OIL" is responsible for the price run-ups of the past several months/years, and who cry and moan and complain about it on and on... ...well just remember a little something from Assemblyman Ray Haynes of California : Do you want to reduce the price of gasoline by almost 60 cents a gallon immediately? Get the real price gougers. They take nearly 60 cents of every $3.00 gallon of gas. They should pay the...

Some good news from the northern front of the War on Terror: Canadians were about to experience their own 9/11, or more appropriately their own Oklahoma City; if it hadn't been for the police rounding these fellow Canadians up on Friday afternoon... From today's Toronto's Globe and Mail: Brampton, Ont. -- Members of an alleged homegrown terror cell appeared in a Brampton courtroom Saturday to face charges they plotted to attack Canadian targets in Southern Ontario. In a series of...

From the EcoEnquirer.com : (EXCLUSIVE - Washington, D.C.) Photographic evidence leaked to ecoEnquirer shows what are claimed to be Texas Air National Guard jets flying in formation in and around the eyewall of Hurricane Katrina twenty-four hours before it devastated New Orleans. The photograph was e-mailed to us by a National Security Agency employee who provided the information on condition of anonymity. The employee's e-mail contained a claim that one of the nation's spy satell...

From the EcoEnquirer.com : (EXCLUSIVE - Washington, D.C.) Photographic evidence leaked to ecoEnquirer shows what are claimed to be Texas Air National Guard jets flying in formation in and around the eyewall of Hurricane Katrina twenty-four hours before it devastated New Orleans. The photograph was e-mailed to us by a National Security Agency employee who provided the information on condition of anonymity. The employee's e-mail contained a claim that one of the nation's spy satell...

The best way to erase gender in IR theory is for more women to step up to the plate. How can females be heard over the din of male theorists? Tickner describes her frustration with "traditional notions of national security... becoming dysfunctional" (Kaufman 739). She goes on to express her opinion that this dysfunctionality comes from "unequal gender relations. The relationship between protectors and protected depends on gender inequalities; a militarized version of security p...

Q: How are Americans "constructed"? Who is responsible for this construction project? Just as beauty is in the eye of the beholder, the construction of Americans also depends on who is doing the viewing. Americans are not so much constructed as cobbled together. We have come from many nations. My own ancestors came from Sweden and Prussia in the early 20th century. They came seeking economic and political independence. They farmed the plains of Minnesota for a few generations, ...

It's a small world after all. I'm clear in Maryland, and guess who I find? A friend of mine that I work with said to me yesterday, "So you're from Arizona, huh? There's a couple in my neighborhood that's from Arizona. Their names are James and Jan _____." Turns out Jan is my ex-girlfriend from college, the girl I probably would have married had I gone another way. I've never met her husband, but apparently they have been married about as long as my wife and I have, they have multi...

INTRODUCTION The foundations for international relations theory were laid in the 5th century BC; trying to keep up with the changing political landscape since then has been difficult. Philosophers have tried to impose order onto the ever-changing world; those theorists had been traditionally grouped into two schools: "realist" and "liberal". However, recent international developments have strained classical definition. In light of new incidents, scholars have redefined or deconstructe...

Dear Juliet, Mike, and email screeners: I love Dayside. I really enjoy the program, I watch it every day from work while I eat lunch. Normally I have no problem with your show, but today I have a problem. I feel a rant coming on... I have got to complain about the blinkard fool who you had on this afternoon. First of all, I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. While I do not live in Utah, I am from Arizona. But I lived two years in Utah, and my wife was ...

INTRODUCTION Cooperation between states is not only practical but also necessary for mutual ensured survival. Complaints are laid against multinational and nongovernmental organizations, that they maintain the status quo and are hesitant to go in, guns blazing, to affect change within a rogue nation. However, without the levels of social and international understanding and cooperation that exist today, the world would be full of nations ruthlessly attacking one another, waiting for anoth...

A friend of mine reports for the Onion's AV Club. A fellow reporter of his wrote an interesting article. Apparently last Thursday, the IMDB listing for the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince gave directing credits to Terry Gilliam . Gilliam, who is mostly known for breathatking visuals and stunningly over-the-top goofiness (anyone remember "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" or the doomed Don Quixote picture?), would be a welcome change from the directing of the Harry Potter f...