Bob’s Blog

Today was essentially the last day of classes. Starting Monday, I student teach for 9 days, then have an entire week off (BGHS spring break), and then there is that last week, which will consist of mostly finishing up any remaining projects.

I hate Methods. But, the worst is essentially over at this point. I about flipped out on one of my prof’s this morning for nearly not allowing me to teach though. How’s about you pull that stick out of your ass, and not be absolutely ridiculous on your assignments, eh?

I can’t wait to do her evaluation, I can tell you that much.

I’ve been really busy lately. More so than usual (I know, kind of hard to believe, right?) UAO work, school work, homework, and sometimes in between all of that I hang out with my friends.

I haven’t gotten much sleep lately. I’m dead tired, but I just can’t sleep. I’m not sure what’s going on. I just hope my friend Insomnia is not paying me another return.

After drinking nothing but Pepsi products for 4 years here on my campus, I can now officially say I hate Pepsi. I can’t ever drink this stuff anymore.

There needs to be a Coke Revolution here in BG.

These cartoons always make laugh when I’m down. If you’ve never heard, it’s called Perry Bible Fellowship, and they’re hilarious. Check them out. Here’s a sample (just click, they were too big on here):

I was finally able to catch this movie the other night. And, plainly
speaking, if I could give it three thumbs up, I would. Great dialogue,
good acting, a lot of style, and a very relevant film. Natalie Portman
did a really nice job, I thought. And, looked hot, as always – even
with the bald head.

It, at times, hits pretty close to home in regards to war, religion, and the issue with homosexuality in our country (and
today's world, for that matter). The attacks it brings on our current
state of thinking, and the right wing are actually quite refreshing.
Definitely check out the movie if you can, it's well worth it.

One of the greatest moments of my life occured the other night. I was dressed up as a gorilla (wait, it gets even better) and a buddy of mine in a chicken suit. We decided to get on the elevator. The elevator stops on the next floor, and a woman enters. The look on her face was absolutely priceless. She didn’t know what to do. So, naturally, we waved to her. She exited the elevator rather quickly, needless to say.

I was reading USA Today this morning, and there was this op-ed piece that really just set me off. In the op-ed, there were mostly letters regarding pre-emptive strikes and whether or not people think it’s ok or not.

One of the letters decided to attack liberals. In typical ignorant fashion, this guy claimed that liberals/anti-war protestors hate freedom. Now, you’re probably scratching your head at this. It’s a rather silly logic. How do liberals hate freedom, you ask? Well, liberals apparently don’t protest dictators (i.e. Saddam Hussein) and are content with the fact that mass torture and genocide take place, therefore, they are anti-USA, and therefore hate freedom.

No, I’m not making this up. Pick up todays USA Today (if you can find one at this point) And this is the type of thinking that is currently taking place inside this country.

Watch an episode of Hannity and Colmes if you want more of it. Or read Anne Coulter’s nicely titled book, “How To Talk To a Liberal”.

But, maybe this guy is right. Maybe liberals do hate freedom and are happy with the fact that mass killing and injustice exist in this world. It isn’t like liberals have any organizations that hault human rights abuses, or have any other programs to help stop things such as global poverty. And it isn’t like liberalism has done much for our country aside from granting women the right to vote, civil rights, better and safer food, unions, cleaner and safer factories, Social Security, and ending that whole slavery thing.

Who needs liberals, right? Clearly, they hate freedom.

So much for my stress free week.

If there is one thing school shouldn’t do, it’s turn you off from education and what you want to do with your life. Especially in college.

I have a bit of a slow week this week. Few cancelled classes, no major assignments due this week either. I’m happy and stress free and I should be able to get a head start on some assignments that are due in the next few weeks. I had an incredibly lazy weekend, for the most part.

If you’re reading this, and you’re in BG, come out to see Chef Kevin Roberts tomorrow night at 7 in the BTSU multipurpose room. He’ll be cooking all sorts of awesome stuff, and you’ll be able to make some of your own stuff as well. It’ll be fun, I promise!

I need to see V For Vendetta. I only keep hearing more and more amazing things about it.

It’s the 3rd Anniversary of the War in Iraq.

I initially supported the war. I was on the fence on it up until Colin Powell made his presentation. I bought it. Afterall, the man had a lot of integrity at the time. One of the few public government officials I actually did respect. If he says they have WMD’s – then they must have them.

I regret supporting it.

The WMD issue turned out to be false. And Powell was then outed later on, and was basically forced to present that whole thing to the UN. He then admitted the evidence was shakey, at best.

So, it’s been 3 years since the invasion. The reasoning for this war has jumped from WMD’s and immediate threats, to him being a bad guy, and then now it’s for freedom and democracy. Nobody, not even the people running the show, seems to know why we’re there. I find it incredibly hard to justify a war when not even the people carrying it out seem to know why we’re there.

There seems to be no exit strategy. We’re told to “stay the course”, but the Iraqi and American casualities are continuing to pile up. Iraq, is apparently, on the brink of civil war. The insurgency and guerilla warfare was hugely underestimated, the trial of Saddam has largely been a joke, there are still mass water and electricity issues in the country, there are reports of mass corruption by Haliburton and other large corporations, our relations with Europe and the rest of the world have been incredibly strained, and most people in this country are tired of Bush and how things are being handled.

So what do we have to show for this? Not much.

Let’s not kid ourselves here though – Saddam Hussein is a terrible human being that should’ve been taken out of power (under other ways) and there have been some good things taking place inside that country. Schools and hospitals are being built, and Iraqis seemed to be genuinely grateful that we were able to boot out Saddam at the start. And, generally, trying to rebuild a country does take time. But it’s been 3 years. We are not only dealing with guerillas from within Iraq, but also outside fighters from Iran, Syria, and Al Qaeda.m And going into this was completely unjustified, in my opinion.

I don’t like war. War is an awful thing and is such a huge waste of life, energy, and money. Most are carried out because of greed and corruption. I can think of very few justified wars in modern history.

This is not one of them.

It’s time to start bringing our men and women home, and start fixing some of the problems here at home first. We can start with the Bush Administration.

Albums that I’ve currently been listening to a lot and you should buy/and or listen to:

HIM – Dark Light
Glassjaw – Worship and Tribute
Metallica – …And Justice For All, Ride The Lightning
Limblifter – I/O
Matthew Good – Rooms
Weezer – Maladroit, Make Believe
Dragonforce – Inhuman Rampage
311 – 311
Zebrahead – Waste Of Mind