New Job! (and yes, I still watch the news)

Yeah, there have been several world events that I thought about posting about: warrant-less wiretapping, Arial Sharon, Hamas, Alito, the fall of Tom Delay, Iranian nuclear program, ExxonMobil’s insane profits, UPN/WB merger, Brokeback Mountain, etc I haven’t been able to because my current job will ending in March, and I’ve been looking for a job. As a result, starting next Monday, I will be a mentor/semi-counselor for adolescents with behavior, emotional, and mental problems. I’ll be doing this in addition to the current coding job, and when that jobs ends, I’ll probably find some inconsequential retail job. Here I am, getting another wonderful grad-school application booster and a great opportunity for real-world experience, woohoo.

However, to compensate for my lack of (blogging) attention to world events, and in the interest of my two cents, here you go:

Did anyone learn anything from the Alito hearings besides Mrs. Alito's tearducts work? I want my tax money back.

The Palestinians feel that Israel took their land, and the Palestinians want that land back. Hamas basically purports that they will do anything to get said land back. Thus, the Palestinians voted for Hamas to get their land back. It’s very “A plus B equals C”, and this is one damn scary reality we’re left with.

Brokeback Mountain is a study in the human condition—a variation on the “two-starcrossed lovers,” with a protagonist clutching the emotional reticence that society taught him. This movie would work if it was about a man and woman, and that’s the best reason to see it—in the end, it’s a good movie about people.

The NSA may wiretap someone’s phone, and either get a warrant beforehand, or 72 hours after the phone in tapped. I don’t understand how getting a 3 day retroactive warrant can hinder the NSA from getting the intelligence as soon as they feel they need it. I never want to see this country attacked again, but I also want to make sure someone keeps an eye on the people who keep an eye on us, i want my civil liberties intact, and prevent the downward spirial towards Big Brother. I love this country, and I want to make sure it doesn't lose sight of its ideals. Get a freaking warrant people, it doesn't take much, you know where the office is, you can send the Undersecretary of Paperclips if you want.

If you’ll excuse me, the President’s State of the Union is over, and while I had no interest in sitting through the hour-long speech out of fear of the possible coma it would induce (because no one can deliver an invigorating State of the Union, admit it), I care enough to get a recap of the speech. So, let’s see what you said W.