Unrelated Topics (Or Are They?)
While I don't have the time to put together well written passages about politics and basesball, I do still have things to share. Share them I shall.
- Google is going to take over the world - Various tech bloggers have been going back and forth lately about what Google has planned for the future. I think they are 100% right in this post. I'm both excited and scared at the same time.
- A Visualization Of Iraq War Losses - You may have seen this already but it is important enough to bring up again. Not much to say about this one - the image speaks for itself.
- An Accurate Debate On The War In Iraq - "Be quiet, okay? Everything's fine. You're wrong."
- KFC Bags have a message on one of the handles that states "open here".
Spinning lately:
- Criteria - En Garde - Been listening to this one over and over and it rocks the shit out of me every time.
- Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News - "Float On" is the best song you will hear all year. I wish I started listening to this band 5 years ago.
I'm extremely excited to see Death Cab For Cutie and Ben Kweller at Lupos on Friday. I am ashamed that I saw The Darkness last weekend. I am indifferent about seeing the Red Sox play on Saturday (Sorry Bil, it's gonna be cold).
April 8th, 2004 at 3:39 pm
I’d love to check out the DCFC show, but even if I were in Providence I’m afraid of that many emos in one place.
Are you saying you’re going to the game on Saturday?! You better get a lot more excited, that’s a Pedro game.
And as for the counterpoint to those against the war, I offer Deputy Sec. of Defense Paul Wolfowitz’s pre-war assurances (again via Calpundit):
In his testimony, Mr. Wolfowitz ticked off several reasons why he believed a much smaller coalition peacekeeping force than General Shinseki envisioned would be sufficient to police and rebuild postwar Iraq. He said there was no history of ethnic strife in Iraq, as there was in Bosnia or Kosovo. He said Iraqi civilians would welcome an American-led liberation force that “stayed as long as necessary but left as soon as possible,” but would oppose a long-term occupation force. And he said that nations that oppose war with Iraq would likely sign up to help rebuild it. “I would expect that even countries like France will have a strong interest in assisting Iraq in reconstruction,” Mr. Wolfowitz said. He added that many Iraqi expatriates would likely return home to help.
….Enlisting countries to help to pay for this war and its aftermath would take more time, he said. “I expect we will get a lot of mitigation, but it will be easier after the fact than before the fact,” Mr. Wolfowitz said. Mr. Wolfowitz spent much of the hearing knocking down published estimates of the costs of war and rebuilding, saying the upper range of $95 billion was too high….Moreover, he said such estimates, and speculation that postwar reconstruction costs could climb even higher, ignored the fact that Iraq is a wealthy country, with annual oil exports worth $15 billion to $20 billion. “To assume we’re going to pay for it all is just wrong,” he said.