<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673</id><updated>2011-09-05T12:11:42.782-04:00</updated><title type='text'>An Apathetic Blogger</title><subtitle type='html'>Well, here we are.  Without hope, feeling like we've been punched in the guts.  Oh, there are people out there who are still positive.  Me?  I'm just blogging over here in my handbasket.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>52</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110798103546020979</id><published>2005-02-09T15:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-02-09T15:32:03.506-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Someone else is funny</title><summary type='text'>My vacation went a little longer for my online activities than it did in my real life (stupid job!  I quit you!) but hopefully I'll be back in the swing of things soon.  In the meantime, everyone's been looking into the Bush budget and realizing that he's basically only twenty years off 1984 so it's still a viable project to initiate.  I would be clever, but my good friend Richard Jeter (whose </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110798103546020979/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110798103546020979' title='16 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110798103546020979'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110798103546020979'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2005/02/someone-else-is-funny.html' title='Someone else is funny'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>16</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110599959427104845</id><published>2005-01-17T16:52:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-01-17T17:06:34.270-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Dropping the Gay Bomb</title><summary type='text'>You can all thank the darling Bex for letting me in on this delicious tidbit of insanity.Apparently there were several proposed non-harmful chemical weapons proposed by the US Air Force from 1994 on which would make the enemy uncomfortable and identifiable but not do any real harm.Among them were chemical weapons that attract swarms of enraged wasps or angry rats to troop positions, a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110599959427104845/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110599959427104845' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110599959427104845'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110599959427104845'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2005/01/dropping-gay-bomb.html' title='Dropping the Gay Bomb'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110565488996027811</id><published>2005-01-13T16:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-01-13T17:21:29.960-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Fake News?  You decide...</title><summary type='text'>Because this and this are making me bonkers.BUMFUCK, USA -- January 2007Today the Supreme Court is hearing a case on the state of Alabama's right to teach children that masturbation can be fatal and should be avoided at all costs.The landmark case is just one in a series of educational reforms attempted by various school districts within the Southern United States in the past few years, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110565488996027811/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110565488996027811' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110565488996027811'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110565488996027811'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2005/01/fake-news-you-decide.html' title='Fake News?  You decide...'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110564947558642070</id><published>2005-01-13T15:13:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-01-13T15:51:15.586-05:00</updated><title type='text'>To the Prince:  Tell them to lighten up</title><summary type='text'>I say, good for him.  Prince Harry went to a costume party dressed as a Nazi, and damned if that wouldn't have been funny to see.I'm sorry, I know the Holocaust was bad.  We all know the Holocaust was fucking bad.  Harry's not argueing that.  Him wearing that costume wasn't argueing with that.  But honestly people -- if Mel Brooks can flaunt around dancing Nazis in musical theater and get the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110564947558642070/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110564947558642070' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110564947558642070'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110564947558642070'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2005/01/to-prince-tell-them-to-lighten-up.html' title='To the Prince:  Tell them to lighten up'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110547688551834542</id><published>2005-01-11T13:23:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-01-11T15:54:45.516-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Feminism in unexpected places</title><summary type='text'>I've read through the Salon.com article on the Brad Pitt/Jennifer Aniston break-up, and it has some damn good points.  Mainly, that not only is the media insane, but that people in general don't make any damn sense.We all know that 2004 was the year of the Celebrity Pregnancy.  If you weren't pregnant, you'd at least better be talking about it.  I'm gonna go ahead and blame Reese Witherspoon.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110547688551834542/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110547688551834542' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110547688551834542'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110547688551834542'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2005/01/feminism-in-unexpected-places.html' title='Feminism in unexpected places'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110538452955674335</id><published>2005-01-10T14:13:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-01-10T14:15:29.556-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Information for the masses</title><summary type='text'>Here's a straight-forward explanation of why the dollar dropping is a bad thing.Because some people think they shouldn't care.  Because they're arrogant American facists.Does this mean that investing in the yuan is a damn good idea?  I think so.  Not exactly an insider tip, but if anyone wants to do some short-term investing I'd say China is the place to do it.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110538452955674335/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110538452955674335' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110538452955674335'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110538452955674335'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2005/01/information-for-masses.html' title='Information for the masses'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110503340907400550</id><published>2005-01-06T13:33:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-01-06T12:43:29.073-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Oliver Stone is a tupping arse</title><summary type='text'>*facepalm*Why, why is it that when famous people talk about the problems in this country, they do it in a petulant, idotic way?Your film didn't flop because of rampant moral fundamentalism -- it flopped because it was the most boring piece of crap I've seen since I got drunk and lost the remote, forcing me to watch CSPAN until my roommate came home and changed the channel manually.  Seriously</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110503340907400550/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110503340907400550' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110503340907400550'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110503340907400550'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2005/01/oliver-stone-is-tupping-arse.html' title='Oliver Stone is a tupping arse'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110503226815641930</id><published>2005-01-06T11:56:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-01-06T12:25:14.453-05:00</updated><title type='text'>No offense, but wtf?</title><summary type='text'>It seems like someone's finally focused in on the legal inconsistencies of Apple's lock-in technology between iTunes and iPod. I made the mistake of actually reading some of the Average Joe's thought on this at Slashdot.org, and man.  There are some idiots out there.  The most prevalent reaction has been "If you don't like it, don't use iTunes."  These are obvious people who don't understand </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110503226815641930/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110503226815641930' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110503226815641930'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110503226815641930'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2005/01/no-offense-but-wtf.html' title='No offense, but wtf?'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110502851028899065</id><published>2005-01-06T10:33:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-01-06T11:26:46.800-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear Logic, please come back.  Signed, America</title><summary type='text'>It looks like we're trying to replace Ashcroft with his little Mexican Mini-Me.So lemme get this straight.  We're in a war with insurgents in Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as a war on an intangible state of emotion.  You keep screaming that we're at war, that's why you need money and troops and the Patriot Act, because we're at war.  But the enemies you capture while fighting this war are not </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110502851028899065/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110502851028899065' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110502851028899065'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110502851028899065'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2005/01/dear-logic-please-come-back-signed.html' title='Dear Logic, please come back.  Signed, America'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110502518651444890</id><published>2005-01-06T10:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-01-06T10:26:26.513-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Shine on, you crazy diamond</title><summary type='text'>Going against his society's extreme distaste in speaking about HIV/AIDS in any type of personal manner, Nelson Mandela announced that his son had died of AIDS.  He was willing to stand up against apartheid, and he's willing to stand up against the way everyone seems to be ignoring the AIDS epidemic in his country and in Africa in general.  Where is America's badass?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110502518651444890/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110502518651444890' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110502518651444890'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110502518651444890'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2005/01/shine-on-you-crazy-diamond.html' title='Shine on, you crazy diamond'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110502389258937004</id><published>2005-01-06T09:51:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-01-06T10:04:52.590-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Rise, you dirty liberals!</title><summary type='text'>Internal memos reveal:  Army reserves are a broken wreck.So, like, if people wanted to stage a coup and get the entire country back from the bumpkins, they wouldn't have enough riot police to stop us.  The old battle cry of the oppressors, Call in the National Guard!, is no longer all that scary.  Because three untrained guys from Dallas just aren't that intimidating.I think we should </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110502389258937004/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110502389258937004' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110502389258937004'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110502389258937004'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2005/01/rise-you-dirty-liberals.html' title='Rise, you dirty liberals!'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110501989346766034</id><published>2005-01-06T08:57:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-01-06T08:58:13.466-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hehe haw he haw</title><summary type='text'>Sometimes you can find a truly brilliant political cartoon in the strangest of places.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110501989346766034/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110501989346766034' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110501989346766034'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110501989346766034'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2005/01/hehe-haw-he-haw.html' title='Hehe haw he haw'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110496303768513858</id><published>2005-01-05T17:06:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-01-05T17:10:37.686-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Email exchange </title><summary type='text'>An email forward from my mom, in all its grammatical glory:This is one of the better e-mails I have received in a long time!  I hope this makes its way around the USA several times over!!!!! Let us keep this going and going til the whole U. S. reads this: So Be It!  THE LAW IS THE LAW So if the US government determines that it is against the law for the words "under God" to be on our money,</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110496303768513858/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110496303768513858' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110496303768513858'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110496303768513858'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2005/01/email-exchange.html' title='Email exchange '/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110496160669805373</id><published>2005-01-05T16:38:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-01-06T09:07:16.633-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Wasn't this on MadTV last night?</title><summary type='text'>You know, the episode with Andrea Martin where she calls everyone into her office and fires them?  And by the end of it she's insane and power-crazed?Yeah, you remember.  So why is the Sheriff's office in Clayton Co., Georgia re-enacting the skit?  But with snipers, and more stupid?Did he really think he could get away with firing all the white people in his office?  In Georgia?  Dude, this </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110496160669805373/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110496160669805373' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110496160669805373'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110496160669805373'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2005/01/wasnt-this-on-madtv-last-night.html' title='Wasn&apos;t this on MadTV last night?'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110496045112714941</id><published>2005-01-05T16:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-01-05T16:27:31.126-05:00</updated><title type='text'>World devastation turned pissing contest</title><summary type='text'>It's not what you say, but who you beat when you say it:The fresh outpouring of generosity appeared at times to be almost like a bidding war and raised questions about whether rich nations were using tragedy to jockey for influence on the world stage and with hardest-hit Indonesia, which has a wealth of natural resources. Louis Michel, the European Commissioner for development and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110496045112714941/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110496045112714941' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110496045112714941'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110496045112714941'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2005/01/world-devastation-turned-pissing.html' title='World devastation turned pissing contest'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110444303553216180</id><published>2004-12-30T15:57:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-12-30T16:43:55.533-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Why all tourists think New Yorkers are rude</title><summary type='text'>This will not be one of those articles with lots of links, where I analyze facts and make snarky comments.  I will just rant, and make snarky comments.My roommate R. and I decided to go into the city last night to use our various giftcards for the fulfillment of dietary requirements.  Mainly, handfuls of crab drowned in butter and Long Island Iced Tea.  So we headed to Red Lobster, forgetting </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110444303553216180/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110444303553216180' title='37 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110444303553216180'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110444303553216180'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2004/12/why-all-tourists-think-new-yorkers-are.html' title='Why all tourists think New Yorkers are rude'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>37</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110441688617727154</id><published>2004-12-30T09:27:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-12-30T09:28:06.176-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Best quote EVER</title><summary type='text'>Yet critics noted that U.S. aid so far was about the equivalent of what the United States spent in seven hours for its military intervention in Iraq. "We spend $35 million before breakfast every day in Iraq," said Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, ranking Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Committee. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110441688617727154/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110441688617727154' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110441688617727154'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110441688617727154'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2004/12/best-quote-ever.html' title='Best quote EVER'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110432338406901069</id><published>2004-12-29T06:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-12-29T12:07:44.436-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A case of Justice, or God is, indeed, paying attention</title><summary type='text'>So I have this friend, and he has this friend.  We shall call this fofa "Adam."  Adam lives in the middle of nowhere in Mississippi.  He is married, and they just had a daughter.  A year ago, they were both music education teachers.  Yes, music education teachers in Mississippi.  You can only imagine what a thankless, shitastic job that would be.  Only, they couldn't.See, he and his wife "</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110432338406901069/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110432338406901069' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110432338406901069'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110432338406901069'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2004/12/case-of-justice-or-god-is-indeed.html' title='A case of Justice, &lt;i&gt;or&lt;/i&gt; God is, indeed, paying attention'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110431915924783455</id><published>2004-12-29T05:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-12-29T06:19:19.246-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I live in a country of bastards</title><summary type='text'>Everyone's been posting about the whole Tsunami thing.  Which is good, there are now an awful lot of links that can help people give money to countries who most desperatly need it right now.  As of this morning, the death toll has reached 60,000.  And you know what?  That's probably going to double over the next month as people die of fucking dysentery.  The follow-up of health issues is a huge </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110431915924783455/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110431915924783455' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110431915924783455'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110431915924783455'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2004/12/i-live-in-country-of-bastards.html' title='I live in a country of bastards'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110381176346509872</id><published>2004-12-23T09:06:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-12-23T09:22:43.466-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Salvation Army lives up to its name</title><summary type='text'>It's not new news, exactly -- the Salvation Army has been getting bashed for purposely not hiring homosexuals, which is why I don't throw change at those asshole Santas -- but they're trying new and improved ways of being a real Army for the Salvation of Jesus Christ.  *tries not to gag*The ACLU sues the SA and the State of New York for demanding that all their employees be evangelical </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110381176346509872/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110381176346509872' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110381176346509872'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110381176346509872'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2004/12/salvation-army-lives-up-to-its-name.html' title='The Salvation Army lives up to its name'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110364394043132922</id><published>2004-12-21T10:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-12-21T10:45:40.433-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Comfort, or 'splodey heart -- you decide</title><summary type='text'>Apparently they're discovering that pretty much any type of anti-inflammatory / pain killer will make your heart go boom.Yeah, you know what?  Don't take it every day for thirty years.  You shouldn't take any medication that much.  That doesn't mean that all this shit should be pulled off the market.  Because you know what?  I'd rather have a risk of heart attack in twenty years than to hobble </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110364394043132922/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110364394043132922' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110364394043132922'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110364394043132922'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2004/12/comfort-or-splodey-heart-you-decide.html' title='Comfort, or &apos;splodey heart -- you decide'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110364312328609318</id><published>2004-12-21T09:50:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-12-21T10:32:03.286-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Support our troops -- the gov'ment sure ain't</title><summary type='text'>Amid a flurry of reports from differing sources, there's a whole lot of conjecture on whether or not people from the first Gulf War in 1990 were more likely to have lung problems because of the fires and Scud missle emissions and such.  In wading through the reports, this is what I can figure out:(A) "We knew that breathing in oil well fire smoke is bad for you. We don't need the Institute of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110364312328609318/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110364312328609318' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110364312328609318'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110364312328609318'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2004/12/support-our-troops-govment-sure-aint.html' title='Support our troops -- the gov&apos;ment sure ain&apos;t'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110355763329596346</id><published>2004-12-20T10:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-12-20T10:47:13.296-05:00</updated><title type='text'>American Media?  I thought we'd changed the name to "Bullshit"</title><summary type='text'>As I'm sure you've all heard, Bush was named Time's Person of the Year.  Congratulations, Bush, you've changed the face of the world forever.  And, I mean, Time Magazine is good at recognizing people who change the face of the world.  They recognized Adolf Hitler in 1938, Joseph Stalin in 1939 and 1942 (because, like Bush, once was just not enough!), and Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979.So you</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110355763329596346/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110355763329596346' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110355763329596346'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110355763329596346'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2004/12/american-media-i-thought-wed-changed.html' title='American Media?  I thought we&apos;d changed the name to &quot;Bullshit&quot;'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110320836123103054</id><published>2004-12-16T09:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-12-16T09:48:25.793-05:00</updated><title type='text'>In which I avoid the news</title><summary type='text'>The stupidity of the world kinda sucked my soul out for a couple of days, so please forgive me.  The only thing that brought me back from the brink (and oh, I was there... poised on the edge, ready to start the emo gills) was poor, sick little John Stewart's squeaky voice going over the Horseshit Medals of Failure.  "Paul Bremer?  This guy can do it all!  Just about the only thing Bremer can't do</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110320836123103054/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110320836123103054' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110320836123103054'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110320836123103054'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2004/12/in-which-i-avoid-news.html' title='In which I avoid the news'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110304687792577559</id><published>2004-12-14T13:48:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-12-14T12:54:37.926-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Because moral dilemmas are fun!</title><summary type='text'>I was just speaking to a friend of my boss, and only after getting off the phone with "Al" did I realize that it was none other than Senator Alfonso D'Amato.I now have his home phone number sitting on my desk.Why do people do this to me?Repeat to yourself:  I will not post this on the internet, I will not post this on the internet...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110304687792577559/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110304687792577559' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110304687792577559'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110304687792577559'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2004/12/because-moral-dilemmas-are-fun.html' title='Because moral dilemmas are fun!'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110303711364489265</id><published>2004-12-14T09:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-12-14T10:16:41.280-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The spa, she is repressing me</title><summary type='text'>I made the mistake of once buying a friend of mine a massage session for his birthday.  A good idea in faith, since he has a lot of back problems and I had the money at the time.  I picked a place in Hoboken that was on the main strip, so it should be easily found and readily accessable.  Well, the gift backfired when the place was, in fact, impossible to find.  He ended coming back home with my </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110303711364489265/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110303711364489265' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110303711364489265'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110303711364489265'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2004/12/spa-she-is-repressing-me.html' title='The spa, she is repressing me'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110252409805616953</id><published>2004-12-08T11:39:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-12-08T11:41:38.056-05:00</updated><title type='text'>the good mood is gone</title><summary type='text'>I was sitting here writing silly things about the Queen Mum and such, feeling kinda good.  And then, as I do every day, I went to check the Iraq Blog I mentioned in the previous articles.  And I came across this entry:Posted by Yasmin Baghdad, 8 December Over the last three weeks, I noticed an increase in the number of patients in the infants' care unit. Most of the cases admitted to the unit</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110252409805616953/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110252409805616953' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110252409805616953'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110252409805616953'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2004/12/good-mood-is-gone.html' title='the good mood is gone'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110252344067230040</id><published>2004-12-08T11:22:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-12-08T11:30:40.673-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Blair:  "Wot, are you blokes pissed?"</title><summary type='text'>Several upstanding members of the British community demanded that Tony Blair produce an accurate count of injured and dead among Iraqi civilians.  Blair's response?  Nigga, please!See, here's what's fun to dream about.  Blair's re-election is coming up in May, right?  So Blair is a complete ass about not counting civilians, and sometime around March the Queen goes on television and says "We </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110252344067230040/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110252344067230040' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110252344067230040'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110252344067230040'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2004/12/blair-wot-are-you-blokes-pissed.html' title='Blair:  &quot;Wot, are you blokes pissed?&quot;'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110244942409117055</id><published>2004-12-07T14:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-12-07T14:57:04.090-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Bush is tho thmart</title><summary type='text'>"Free people will never choose their own enslavement."Except for, you know, Ohio.  They love being unemployed and starving.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110244942409117055/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110244942409117055' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110244942409117055'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110244942409117055'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2004/12/bush-is-tho-thmart.html' title='Bush is tho thmart'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110244724998558731</id><published>2004-12-07T13:59:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-12-07T14:20:49.986-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Way to go!  But, um, not in that article</title><summary type='text'>I found this quote at the bottom of an article about Qualls' lawsuit against Stop-Loss.In San Diego on Monday, Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Pablo Paredes, 23, refused to board his ship Monday as sailors and Marines deployed for the Persian Gulf. "I don't want to be a part of a ship that's taking 3,000 Marines over there, knowing a hundred or more of them won't come back," he said. "I can't </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110244724998558731/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110244724998558731' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110244724998558731'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110244724998558731'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2004/12/way-to-go-but-um-not-in-that-article.html' title='Way to go!  But, um, not in that article'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110243411346710612</id><published>2004-12-07T10:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-12-07T10:42:37.636-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Are we scared enough yet?  How 'bout now?  </title><summary type='text'>There's this website.  The website belongs to al-Qaeda.  On the website, al-Qaeda's all We blew shit up!  Neener!  And now everyone's freaking out.Now, see, this is what I don't get.  It's a website, right?  Which means it logs the IP address of anyone who posts to it, right?  So what's the big deal?  I used to receive really creepy notes from an ex on my personal blog, and by the end of the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110243411346710612/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110243411346710612' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110243411346710612'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110243411346710612'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2004/12/are-we-scared-enough-yet-how-bout-now.html' title='Are we scared enough yet?  How &apos;bout now?  '/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110235479997096144</id><published>2004-12-06T13:38:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-12-06T12:39:59.970-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A little help...</title><summary type='text'>Can someone please explain what this is actually saying?  I will give you a cookie if you do.  A delicious cookie.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110235479997096144/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110235479997096144' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110235479997096144'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110235479997096144'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2004/12/little-help.html' title='A little help...'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110235472518947689</id><published>2004-12-06T11:49:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-12-06T12:38:45.190-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Stop-loss is finally challenged</title><summary type='text'>Although there have been two or three individual suits brought up against the government regarding the Stop-Loss Policy, there have never been any group challenges and never in Washington's Federal courts.  Well, thanks to 8 brave souls (and one super brave one who actually put his real name on the lawsuit) that's no longer the case. New York Times, subscription required, but it's the best </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110235472518947689/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110235472518947689' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110235472518947689'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110235472518947689'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2004/12/stop-loss-is-finally-challenged.html' title='Stop-loss is finally challenged'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110211270817459657</id><published>2004-12-03T17:22:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-12-03T17:25:08.176-05:00</updated><title type='text'>An amazing bit of hope</title><summary type='text'>Perdue University reverses severe spinal cord injury in dogs.What a fabulous breakthrough.  I seriously think more study needs to be done (they had no normal control group, only data from previous dogs treated for spinal injuries, because they -- understandably -- didn't want to have to tell the placebo owners that their precious dogs weren't receiving the treatment.  And they only treated 19 </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110211270817459657/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110211270817459657' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110211270817459657'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110211270817459657'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2004/12/amazing-bit-of-hope.html' title='An amazing bit of hope'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110210973387563335</id><published>2004-12-03T17:19:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-12-03T17:26:03.436-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Please forgive me</title><summary type='text'>Okay, so there's this entry.  This entry has been written three times.  The first time blogger ate it, the second time I accidentally hit "paste" instead of "copy" and erased the whole thing.  Ever the stubborn girl, I tried a third time, and my entire computer froze and shut itself down.  So I will not re-write it.  I will give you an overview, with no links so you'll have to just trust me.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110210973387563335/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110210973387563335' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110210973387563335'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110210973387563335'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2004/12/please-forgive-me.html' title='Please forgive me'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110210864088862313</id><published>2004-12-03T16:59:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-12-03T17:26:33.476-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Do sports make everyone illogical?</title><summary type='text'>I'll be the first to admit: living in New York City, you can kinda get swept up in baseball.  I mean, not that I really paid much attention, but I was sorta kinda rootin' for the Yanks to beat the Sox again.  I like sports -- I'm much more of a college football fan, but I'll take anything I can get free tickets for.But you know what I hate?  I hate the fans.  Especially the Yankees fans.  Don't</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110210864088862313/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110210864088862313' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110210864088862313'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110210864088862313'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2004/12/do-sports-make-everyone-illogical.html' title='Do sports make everyone illogical?'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110202418406780428</id><published>2004-12-02T19:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-12-02T16:55:01.736-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The land of snow comes up with an idea</title><summary type='text'>Some asshole from Minnesota thinks Kofi should resign from the UN because of the fuckups in the oil-for-food program.Yeah, cause when it comes to Iraq, the US has a whole lotta room to talk about fucking shit up.While, yes, this issue is a huge one because it meant that billions of dollars of funding for civilian foodstuffs just never got there and people were poor and all, I really don't </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110202418406780428/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110202418406780428' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110202418406780428'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110202418406780428'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2004/12/land-of-snow-comes-up-with-idea.html' title='The land of snow comes up with an idea'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110201639244602436</id><published>2004-12-02T17:38:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-12-02T14:39:52.446-05:00</updated><title type='text'>So if he kisses me, I get preggers, right?</title><summary type='text'>The Government Reform and Oversight Committee reports that most government-funded abstinence-only programs teach material which is scientifically inaccurate and purposely misleading.Surprise!  What, you thought that this was gonna work out, that everything would be okay, that they would teach seomthing intellegent and worthwhile?  Come on, we've got a crusade to run here!  We can't be worrying </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110201639244602436/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110201639244602436' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110201639244602436'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110201639244602436'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2004/12/so-if-he-kisses-me-i-get-preggers.html' title='So if he kisses me, I get preggers, right?'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110201513683620480</id><published>2004-12-02T13:18:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-12-02T14:18:56.836-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Just another reason Guiliani ain't no damn hero</title><summary type='text'>As a side note, I wrote two really great entries yesterday, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, about two different articles, and Blogger ate them both.  So I will have to remind myself to always copy the body before hitting hte publish button, since it hates me.  So you missed out.  Neener.Oooh, here's some fun:  the NYC foster care system uses its children for dangerous experiments!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110201513683620480/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110201513683620480' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110201513683620480'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110201513683620480'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2004/12/just-another-reason-guiliani-aint-no.html' title='Just another reason Guiliani ain&apos;t no damn hero'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110191767506812896</id><published>2004-12-01T10:46:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-12-01T11:14:35.066-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Is Canada right; are we war criminals?</title><summary type='text'>Ah, the Washington Post.  They're really the best at ferreting out top secret documents and unreleased reports.  I (heart) them.  Subscription required, but it's worth it and it's free.An article was released this morning (which still isn't on Google News, surprisingly) describing a memo sent by evaluator Col. Stuart A. Herrington, who has impeccable credentials, to the Generals overseeing the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110191767506812896/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110191767506812896' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110191767506812896'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110191767506812896'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2004/12/is-canada-right-are-we-war-criminals.html' title='Is Canada right; are we war criminals?'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110184683382557384</id><published>2004-11-30T16:33:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-11-30T15:33:53.833-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Entitled:  What the fuck is wrong with America??? or Go Amtrak!</title><summary type='text'>In which airlines start groping women.Read the last paragraph, because that about sums up my feelings on this whole thing.Let's discuss:  the TSA decided that, because it was suspected that the Chechen bomber who downed two planes (which were extremely small, carrying under 80 people each) was a woman, the United States is now patting down women flyers "at random" to check for explosives.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110184683382557384/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110184683382557384' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110184683382557384'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110184683382557384'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2004/11/entitled-what-fuck-is-wrong-with.html' title='Entitled:  What the fuck is wrong with America??? &lt;i&gt;or&lt;/i&gt; Go Amtrak!'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110184674462462073</id><published>2004-11-29T16:28:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-11-30T15:32:24.646-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Sickening, but unsurprising</title><summary type='text'>Copy of the Washington Times article about how Alabama voted to be racist pigs.  They've been saying that the real reason they didn't want to change it was because they were afraid some "rogue federal judge" would force them to raise taxes to pay for education.  (A) That's not such a bad idea, you ignorant bastards, and (B) You're the 8th highest state for receiving more federal funding than you </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110184674462462073/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110184674462462073' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110184674462462073'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110184674462462073'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2004/11/sickening-but-unsurprising.html' title='Sickening, but unsurprising'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110184649565758828</id><published>2004-11-28T16:27:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-11-30T15:28:15.656-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I hate Thanksgiving, so...</title><summary type='text'>Let's check out some news!  The Supreme Court says "Lalala, I can't hear you, no one's talking to me, lalalalala...."  Best quote ever by the opposing legal council (supporting gay marraige ruling):  "Deeply felt interest in the outcome of a case does not constitute an actual injury," she said.    I love it.  "Um, we know you care and all, but this is totally not the place for that shit.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110184649565758828/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110184649565758828' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110184649565758828'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110184649565758828'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2004/11/i-hate-thanksgiving-so.html' title='I hate Thanksgiving, so...'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110184634996221273</id><published>2004-11-22T16:25:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-11-30T15:25:49.963-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Constitution says this is our militia</title><summary type='text'>Assault rifles are for DEER... for DEER, I asked Ted Nougent and he said they were for DEER!!!  I hate stupid people.  I hate it even more when we give them guns.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110184634996221273/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110184634996221273' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110184634996221273'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110184634996221273'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2004/11/constitution-says-this-is-our-militia.html' title='The Constitution says this is our militia'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110184626042314980</id><published>2004-11-17T16:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-11-30T15:24:20.433-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Is it just me...</title><summary type='text'>...or does she look like she's gonna whip around and bite him in the face?Tha's a scary bitch, paw-paw.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110184626042314980/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110184626042314980' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110184626042314980'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110184626042314980'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2004/11/is-it-just-me.html' title='Is it just me...'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110184620320610250</id><published>2004-11-16T16:22:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-11-30T15:23:23.206-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Morality in America:  Examples in mainstream media</title><summary type='text'>Mary Ann is a Sunday School teacher.Who wears that outfits.  Um.  Shoot me in the face.  But if you do, make sure not to give me the gun and then have everyone leave the room.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110184620320610250/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110184620320610250' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110184620320610250'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110184620320610250'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2004/11/morality-in-america-examples-in.html' title='Morality in America:  Examples in mainstream media'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110184603550122710</id><published>2004-11-16T16:19:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-11-30T15:22:16.180-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Who do you blame?</title><summary type='text'>I wanted to bring up this article about the Marine who went into a Mosque and shot a wounded combatant.At first I was outraged. I was sitting here thinking, "Jesus, who would go in and just shoot a wounded man in the head? Is this what we've become? They should courtmarshall that guy and ship him to prison." But then I finished reading the article. And I found this line:NBC reported that the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110184603550122710/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110184603550122710' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110184603550122710'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110184603550122710'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2004/11/who-do-you-blame.html' title='Who do you blame?'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110184585652314739</id><published>2004-11-10T16:17:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-11-30T15:17:55.666-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Bible Verse of the Day</title><summary type='text'>In honor of the Holy Warriors now slaughtering everyone in Fallujah, as well as the people who are still trying to condemn over 500 detainees in Guantanemo Bay.He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. That is the patience and the faith of the saints.Revelations 13:10(Also, fuck the south.)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110184585652314739/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110184585652314739' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110184585652314739'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110184585652314739'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2004/11/bible-verse-of-day.html' title='Bible Verse of the Day'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110184568128845518</id><published>2004-11-05T16:13:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-11-30T15:15:04.636-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Someone says it better than me</title><summary type='text'>I think this post is brilliant.That's all for today.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110184568128845518/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110184568128845518' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110184568128845518'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110184568128845518'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2004/11/someone-says-it-better-than-me.html' title='Someone says it better than me'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110184557421600442</id><published>2004-11-04T16:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-11-30T15:12:54.216-05:00</updated><title type='text'>In which I'm a... bad American?</title><summary type='text'>Okay, I've gotten into some pretty intense discussions with people on this whole "stick with it!  make people understand!" thing.  So, yeah, here's my take on it.Everyone on both sides pretty much agrees that the rural Christian evangelical vote is what tipped it for Bush.  According to all the exit polls, people disagreed with the war, with the economy, with the free reign of corporations, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110184557421600442/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110184557421600442' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110184557421600442'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110184557421600442'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2004/11/in-which-im-bad-american.html' title='In which I&apos;m a... bad American?'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110184544422901374</id><published>2004-11-04T16:08:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-11-30T15:10:44.230-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I don't think all Republicans are Nazis...</title><summary type='text'>...but I think  people like this further the stereotype.  Because apparently, being a Democrat in the Bush administration means you should have to become the Leia to their Jaba.  It frightens me that this guy thinks I should suck his dick because Bush won.I need to stop reading.  I had nightmares last night of being drafted -- well, really of just being thrown in jail because I refused to go.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110184544422901374/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110184544422901374' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110184544422901374'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110184544422901374'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2004/11/i-dont-think-all-republicans-are-nazis.html' title='I don&apos;t think all Republicans are Nazis...'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396673.post-110184523752740049</id><published>2004-11-03T16:04:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-11-30T15:07:17.526-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Post-Election Apathy</title><summary type='text'>A lot of people are writing about how upset they are about the elections. I honestly can't say I'm surprised.  I've seen the face of the average American, and it's pitted with self-absorbed intolerance and willing to do anything to keep change from occuring.  Even here in New York, the excuse I've heard most often for young Americans who voted for Bush was "I'd rather have the evil I know than </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/110184523752740049/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9396673&amp;postID=110184523752740049' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110184523752740049'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9396673/posts/default/110184523752740049'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apatheticblogger.blogspot.com/2004/11/post-election-apathy.html' title='Post-Election Apathy'/><author><name>disillusioned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269181679030142178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.pyrrhicawakening.com/clans/gangrel/test.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
