January 2008
3 posts
There was controversy a while back in my home state regarding First Lt. Ehren Watada, who publicly refused orders of deployment to Iraq under the premise of the war’s illegality. I don’t know this guy from Adam, but I feel like I must address this issue because the war in Iraq is something that my family, friends, and I are constantly debating about. I have a lot of family members and...
Overheard: Random Conversations on the Red Line
Chick #1: I think it's, like, really important that we, like, pick the right president this time.
Chick #2: I agree. That's, like, so important. So, who are you, like, voting for?
Chick #1: I'm not sure. I mean, like, I totally don't know. Like, it bothers me that that guy...um...Barack? He's got these, like, really huge ears, and like, really dark lips. He reminds me of, like, Mickey Mouse.
Chick #2: I know, right? Totally. And that Huckefin guy? Doesn't he, like, look like Pettigrew the rat from "Harry Potter'?
Chick #1: Omigosh, that's like, so true. I think I'll go for Hillary Clinton. I totally think she rocks! So brave. I mean, she's so, like, old and isn't it brave she's totally not using Botox to fix her wrinkles?
Chick #2: Oh, totally. I think I'll vote for her, too.
I think I'm speechless.
“If there is a mile-high mountain of granite, and once every ten thousand years a...”
– C.S. Lewis, “Til We Have Faces: A Myth Retold.”