Dennis Kucinich said, if he is elected as the President of the United States, he will replace the Department of Defense with a new body, the Department of Peace.
I’ve seen newspeak a lot these days but Department of Peace is giving me the real scare. In George Orwell’s 1984, there was a ministry called the Ministry of Peace.
Category: Politics & government
A huge development in Malaysian political arena. Quoting New Straits Times:
“Leaders of MCA and Gerakan – the two largest Chinese-based parties in Barisan Nasional – tonight announced the possibility of both parties merging to strengthen the Barisan Nasional.”
A quote from New York Times, via AAIO:
The city’s [New York’s] crime index, a figure adjusted for population, is on par with much smaller cities, like Ann Arbor, Mich., and ranks 194th out of 200 cities with more than 100,000 residents, making it one of the safest.
I think there’s something wrong with the statistics. But if the stats is okay, it sure does make Ann Arbor sounds safer…
Saddam has been captured alive, but still no WMD. I don’t like Saddam Hussein but the capturing of Saddam is secondary to finding the WMD. With no WMD, the war is still a lie.
Half way across the globe, Keiko, the famous killer whale has passed away due to pneumonia. I wish there will be no more Keiko in the future. All lives deserve a life out of cage, or aquarium.
On more deserving news, the recent European Constitution Summit in Brussels and the Kyoto Protocol related meeting in Milan failed to reach any accord.
And God damn it. The expected is now inevitable – it’s snowing. I find the urge to hibernate increased ten folds. Sigh…
And ehem.
Ajax lost to Club Brugge in Belgium. It hurts to admit that Ajax didn’t qualify even for the UEFA Cup competition but nothing could be said or done now. Frustration could be seen in various Ajax forums. Even Escude couldn’t seem to cope with the fact that Ajax finished at the bottom below Celta and Club Brugge. Yet, among all the gloomy posts in the forum, one post by Vak425 says:
You are letting your heart rule your head on this one Jakobg – a team that loses 4 out of the 6 games plus doesnt manage a point in the last 3 games doesnt deserve to go through to the next round. Also remember the trouble we had getting past a small Austrian side in the preliminary round.
If we are looking for result that dumped us on our backsides, look no further than that Brugge win in Milan.
What was missing out there tonight was a leader and some experience of how to deal with the situation.
This team has not been firing on all cylinders this season – cannot understand why as it has such wonderful skillfull players throughout the team.
So the Class of 2003/04 was not up to the challenge – role on 2004/05 and Hup Ajax we love you.
What’s done is done and looking at the bright side, Ajax at least could concentrate on stretching their lead over PSV, Feyenoord and a whole lot of other Dutch clubs in the Eredivisie. Sigh…
At least there’s still the Rose Bowl for the Wolverines.
p/s – The Green Party almost won the mayor post in San Francisco.