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Tuesday, November 16, 2004

Fuck Your Rules

What is this that I'm hearing once again? Yet another soldier is coming under fire for doing what? Shooting a wounded Iraqi solider!?!?!

Now that is some bullshit. But guess what...you probably think I'm referring to the soldier that was on some bullshit. But my friend. You are wrong. Though I am not for this war, it's beginning to grow on me a bit. I'm past the angry stage. I'm past the tired of hearing it all stage. Now I'm slipping into a "love the one you're with" stage. Who knows how long it will last, but I'm going to continue to roll with it for the time being.

Anywho, back on track. Let me understand things correctly. Soldier had a shoot out with some Iraqis that were in a Mosque. A Mosque. correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that like some holy ground for the Muslims. During bombing raids we do our best to avoid such structures and these insurgent fools use that as some base of resistance.

So now we have these Iraqis in the building. And they are shooting at our soldiers. With real bullets from real guns mind you. Meaning, someone could die. After all, 34 soldiers died during this seige on Fallujah and it didn't happen by spontaneous combustion. These boys were killed, with the same types of weapons that these Mosque hidden Iraqis were using against the soldiers that were outside.

Naturally our boys are going to shoot back. And shoot back they did. And boy oh boy did they do some damage to the Iraqis. Damn near killed them all. And this wasn't just for fun. These guys were fighting for their lives. The blood must have been flowing 60 miles per hour through their bodies.

So they rush the building and start doing a search. A camera crew follows in. A soldier sees some Iraqis lying on the floor near the wall, and he suspects that the Iraqi was faking death, so he shoots the body making sure it was dead.

Now he might get into trouble. Again, let me say....THAT IS SOME BULLSHIT.

Do I really need to do a recap here? That Iraqi was trying to kill our boys. With real weapons loaded with real bullets. Last I checked, these fuckers weren't the kind to respect our wounded. From the reports I get, they kidnap innocent people and cut their heads off.

So you know what? Fuck the Rules. Fuck them All. For those that make such stupid rules, you should be the first to go out in the front lines of war and tell me about some rules. Yeah, we'll seen then what kind of rules you're going to make up.

Is it only because the news got it on film? Is this just another publicity stunt? Granted, there was some wrong doing on the soldier's parts when they abused those soldiers in the jails a few months back. But can I really blame them? Can you? Odds are just like me, you've never been in war. Who's to say you wouldn't do the same under similar situations?

Last I heard, both George Bush and John Kerry agreed on one thing during their campaign. They were going to hunt and kill those terrorists where ever they are.

Did we so quickly forget that?

Thursday, November 11, 2004

Television's Tool for the 21st Century

Read a portion of this article taken from Yahoo.

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Wed Nov 10, 4:38 PM ET

By DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writer

NEW YORK - It shocked many pundits when ABC's new series "Desperate Housewives" and "Lost" became the breakout hits of the new television season. But not the folks at Initiative, a top New York media agency, who say they've developed a new tool to help predict which shows will succeed or flop.

The research device combs the Internet to pick up buzz about TV programs being developed. They hope to sell its findings to networks, advertisers and ad agencies.

The device, called PropheSEE, measures which shows are being talked about most on the Internet. Unlike other systems that do the same thing, it also gauges whether the talk is positive or negative.

The Initiative device also doesn't take into account people who are not active on the Internet, he said.

Initiative, which developed PropheSEE with the research firms Trendum and TVtracker.com, said there's a value in collecting the opinions of people who aren't aware they're being surveyed. Initiative is a firm that advises advertisers on where they should target their commercials.

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Being the genius that I am, I hacked into Initiative's website, searched all their files and found out how the system actually works. It took me a moment to find them as I had to sift through countless nude celebrity photos and random payroll information.

At last, I found the program. Of course I know that you're dying to find out how they do it. So I personally will reveal to the world how this new innovative software program works.

To find out exactly how the genius of Initiative's new product, PropheSEE, works, please click here.