I thought I’d listen to NPR on my way in to work today so I’d get caught up on the 
current events 
scare quotes 
). I couldn’t remember the location of the station, so I was scanning up the dial and ran across a station playing rap - I liked the beat so I listened to that instead on the way to work.
I did manage to do a little reading this evening though, here are some links:
California Representative Henry Waxman has posted a letter to the President. (Thanks Jim)
I think all Americans should read this article. This article from Salon pointed me to it. Are we still a country that values dialogue and the dissenting point of view?
Popularity: 4% [?]
bitweever adds this Comment:
Alex-
I read your blog for the tech commentary and photography, but I have to disagree on your war stance, if I’m interpreting it correctly.
It seems to me that the “peace protesters” are only interested in sticking their heads in the sand, and pretending the plight of the average Iraqi doesn’t exist. The average Iraqi wants Saddam out, calls him a ‘butcher’, and welcomes the American troops, as you can read here, here, or hear here.
All I’ve seen from the war protesters is the naieve view that war in itself is the problem. Let me make a note of this: I don’t like war, I don’t think anyone does. Sometimes, however, it is a necessity to overturn wrong.
If someone was willing to explain how to remove the liar and murderer who is the leader of Iraq without war, I’d be willing to listen. However, cheap, trite slogans such as ‘no war for oil’, or ‘it’s all about oil’, or ‘Bush is Hitler’ aren’t going to do it for me.
March 25th, 2003 at 9:57 am
Alex adds this Comment:
Dangit, I just wrote a lengthy reply to this and hit Cmd-Q when I tried to hit Cmd-A to copy and paste the text into a file in case it didn’t post correctly or something. I will type it up again later when I have a chance…
March 25th, 2003 at 10:26 am