Colby Buzzell, a military blogger who published the book My War: Killing Time in Iraq, which started as a blog, has been recalled to the Army to go back to Iraq, according to his blog. Colby has been in the Individual Ready Reserves since leaving active duty several years ago. Here is what he said in his book about if he was ever called recalled:
If I ever get a phone call saying, “Hello, Mr. Buzzell, this is the United States Army calling to congratulate you on being called back to active duty!” I swear to God I’ll say, “Dude, I’m way too stoned right now to be talking to you, hold on. Here, talk to my live-in boyfriend Stevie, and tell him exactly what you just told me, but make it quick, because me and him are about to make love to each other, now that these Ectsasy pills that we swallowed are kicking in.”
For Kathy: Here’s the video we discussed in class. For all those who have been text-message break-upped, I now feel your pain. But… new social medias help make break-ups easier with text messages, but if you can see your significant other in person, the power of interpersonal communication can still override the detachment of technology, and you can save your relationship.
UPDATE: Democrats reach a deal and seat the Michigan and Florida delegates with half a vote each. More interesting than the decision was the mini-fight that occurred after the decision was announced. From the New York Times story:
The deep wounds among Democratic partisans — and the unification challenges awaiting the party — were laid bare when the committee voted on Saturday evening. Supporters of Mrs. Clinton jeered the decision, loudly booing and hissing the members of the group as their faces were shown on a large screen in the room.
One woman, wearing a blue “Team Hillary” shirt, shoved a man in a suit and tie wearing a small Obama button on his lapel. Another woman in a white Clinton shirt hung her head in her hands.
Democrats today are protesting themselves as committees from Florida and Michigan debate on what should be done about how to award delegates to both Senators Clinton and Obama. While both candidates agree both states’ delegates should be seated, Clinton thinks that all the delegates should count, thus resulting in a large delegate gain for her. Obama, on the other hand, wants only half the delegates to be seated. The protests bring up questions about how unified the Democratic party really will be once Clinton or Obama has been named president.
The New York Times today said that the Clinton campaign realizes the race is over, no matter how Florida and Michigan decide to seat their delegates. The article specifically mentions that she will end it with a speech:
Mrs. Clinton has kept her counsel about what she might do to draw her campaign to a close and when she might do it. Her associates said the most likely outcome is that she will end her bid with a speech, probably back home in New York, in which she would endorse Mr. Obama. Mrs. Clinton herself suggested on Friday that the contest will end sometime next week.
Once she has dropped out of the race for president, there is speculation she will start the race for vice-president. She must work to heal the Democratic party and help it prepare for a tough and possibly dirty fight this November against John McCain and the Republicans.
A long, long time ago, blogs were born as a way for people to create online diaries and provide intricate details into who they were dating or what they had for lunch that day. Now, blogs are ubiquitous and are written about every topic under the sun. And like all young children that reach adolescence, they become a little bit ornery and rebellious. Parents establish guidelines to keep their teenagers in check and out of trouble. Nobody wants to hear about the police picking up their child, or lawyers calling bloggers to say “You’ve been served” with a libel lawsuit. And so, that’s why there needs to be a code of ethics established in the blogosphere.
My dad once told me how important it was for his generation to see humans walk on the moon. He believed that that single event would change the world forever, and humans would stop stupid things like war and poverty from continuing to happen because it wasn’t Americans on the moon, but citizens on Earth. That helped make the world just a little bit smaller.
The Senate is voting on the 21st century GI Bill today and will aid in deciding the fate of increased educational benefits for thousands of veterans. Last week, the House approved the Sen. Jim Webb’s (D-VA) bill that the Associated Press said would: Read the rest of this entry »
We could soon be approaching a world where the mighty power of the copyright rules all. Instead of death plus 75 years for copyrights, it could be for infinity. Creativity would be completely stifled if no one could use others’ materials. The first major casualty of this type of world would be the public library. How can a person check out a book that isn’t allowed to be viewed without purchasing first? Your local Blockbuster movie store will have movies, games and now…books to rent.
“Lending libraries in particular are in jeopardy if publishers take the same hard line that the music and movie companies have taken, because in a pay-per-view copyright regime, lending becomes impossible.” (Gilmor, 219)Read the rest of this entry »
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