Author: alternateorg

As Neil Gaiman (or was it Terry Pratchett?) has said in the past: “‘Good’ and ‘Evil’ are just names for sides.”

Something perhaps to keep in mind.

Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ was released 10 years ago today. Holy fucking christ.

My short Nirvana history:

1. I hear ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ for the first time on MTV.
2. It takes me a while to get into Nirvana, as my Metallica-loving stage has just kicked in and has yet to grow into the festering hate I would harbor in later years.
3. Eventually In Utero is released, forcing me to reconsider my lukewarm attachment to said band. I look into the albums prior to Nevermind and am pleasantly surprised to find music that I enjoy.
4. I see Nirvana in concert at the San Diego Sports Arena on Decemeber 29, 1993, coincidentally one year to the day before I would move away from my hometown, my life ripped to shreds.
5. Cobain dies, I am really not that affected although a future girlfriend at the time is terribly unhappy as she is a huge Nirvana fan, and Kurt’s body is found on her birthday
6. Unplugged is released posthumously, and keeps me warm during the cold Colorado nights. Almost.

Right now, 6,300 Americans are presumed dead, a fact barely acknowledged by the protesters in Boston and many others swept up in the anti-war reaction. A foreign state that treats women like slaves is harboring and sponsoring a known terrorist with global connections. The world has a strong, reasonable suspicion that a network of genuinely savage fighters is being sheltered by the mountains of Afghanistan — men who have publically and clearly stated their intentions to kill Americans and Jews, regardless of age, gender or military affiliation.

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…staging street protests and petitions that seem to lend sympathy and comfort to those who destroyed the World Trade Center can only sabotage the Left’s ability to reach into the mainstream of American opinion — and create real change.

I’m with him, I think. Decide for yourself.
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And read this one, too.

This is kind of interesting. Multiple people claim to see some sort of ghost of the twin towers at night. The quote that struck me as odd, however:

The towers “were the most beautiful thing you could see from here,” said Carlos Torres, 28, a lifelong resident of the Lower East Side.

Torres said he also saw the faint image of the towers one recent night when his boss pointed it out to him. “Scared? Why?” Torres asked. “It’s a thing of God.”

Not to be harsh or anything, but I just didn’t think that Lower-East siders were the type to believe in God. Just a thought.

Sounds to me like a country with nothing to hide.

Recently here at work, someone sent around a picture of American and United Airlines airplanes announcing new, non-stop flights to Afghanistan. The planes pictured were, in fact, B-52 bombers, and they were carpet bombing the ground beneath them. It raised a giggle, of which I quickly became ashamed, but raised some very real concerns as well.

I feel uneasy at even the suggestion that we begin carpet bombing Afghanistan. In times like this, it’s important that we look at all the ramifications of any action we might take. Carpet bombing anyone right now is a bad idea. Especially with all the hardwood floors currently being used in new home construction, particularly here in Denver. These kind of things go in and out of style all the time, and then where will we be? Out of badly needed carpet, that’s where.

As well, I have to ask how much good carpet bombing would really do. How much could that hurt? At best your going to have some really angry rug-burned Afghans with freshly carpeted homes, planning revenge. And that’s if we use a short berber. Don’t even get me started on shag…

I seriously can’t help it but… Listening to The Smiths gives the irrestistable urge to go and aggresively read Oscar Wilde. Don’t ask me why.

My previous post titled “Must see.” had problems for some people loading the images. Anyway, this link is a consolidation of those pictures and more.

It’s funny, but it’s not. All at the same time.