Well, we can't say we didn't know it was coming. They kept telling us, and kept telling us.

We prepared. We sent tons of men and women who were barely in their twenties thousands of miles from home and backed them up with bombs and planes and guns and some of the most kick-ass technology in the world.

I personally prepared by attending a few protests, writing letters to people who can decide such things, and by praying. Despite all that, however, I knew that it wouldn't make one shit bit of difference to our currently selected president, so I made more practical preparations as well.

No, I didn't buy duct tape. Since many television networks (including Mtv!) said that we would be subjected to wall-to-wall war coverage, I began to be more liberal with the record button on my TiVo.

My theory at the time was that I wouldn't want to watch the war coverage, so I should record hours of the Travel Channel (corporate motto: VEGAS! VEGAS! VEGAS!) and HGTV (Homosexuals and Gays TeleVision). So I did. Three hours of my precious sixty hours of recording time is dedicated to The World's Most Amazing Bathrooms! Yeah. Fun.

And then this coverage started. With the exception of the biased news networks (Fox News, I'm looking at you...) we've had increased coverage, but not exactly non-stop. Turns out that advertising dollars are more important than jingoism. Who knew?

Also, I'm finding that I'm watching the coverage. It's amazing to me that they can get live video from a battlefield. Seriously cool. And scary.

And it turns out that much to everyone's suprise, this is a real war! The Iraqis are fighting back! Taking prisoners! Shooting people execution style! Who KNEW?!

We totally aren't just kicking ass and taking names, you know? I think the shock and awe portion of this war has been that the enemy was going to FIGHT US! [i]Quelle suprise![/i]

I've made my position known about this topic, so I'll shut up now, but please, pray for everyone over there and pray for a swift end to this horrible mess we've gotten ourselves into.

Amen, babe. Amen.

i dont know what you thought you would get done by protesting and writing letters.
c'mon, if the whole nation was against this war, im sure that wouldn't affect anything whast-so-ever. im just sitting back, watching T.V. and praying that not too many lives are lost and familes hurt. me and a teacher were talking to a marine that comes to our class everyday about what the dixie chicks said about bush. we were surprised to find that the marine didn't care. my teacher asked him, "doesn't that upset you?" and he says, "it doesn't bother me one bit, she has the right to say what she wants, cause the nation i stand and fight for fought for her right to be able to."
i think if people are ashamed like that, they should just leave the frikin country. i hope they know, they dont have a career anymore here in the U.S. the radio station here refuses to play their music.
i personally am very proud of my country. i dont think we should let people/countries walk all over us and if people are willing going over there to fight for it, then that is their decision and you should be proud as well. its not like they joined the military or army or navy to have a good time, or to get a good work out. it is a pretty stupid war but none of this would have happened if 9/11 didn't happen, if the palestinians would just leave the frikin isrealis alone and if sadam hussein would stop making weapons of mass destruction and that poison stuff that his 'little men' keep putting in the airports and other various areas. i dont think by any means that george bush is at fault for any of this. this war just sort of dropped on his lap when he came into presidency. we should really blame clinton. now theres a fuck-up and a half. im not getting into that, but yeah

Sincerely,
Mike-d

p.s. Lea says hi, she told me to go to your site.

Hey Tim,

I was just cruisin through the site because of the link in your siggy. Anywho, as many of the queens know, I was a protesting fool before this all started. I marched to the capitol and did some silent sit-in's. Liek you siad, I didn't expect to accomplish much. I was given some false hope when it kept getting pushed back because of disapproval but alas, here we are in the midst of it. Instead of goign to protests against a war that is already in full swing, I've redirected my energy to helping those in harm's way. I have so many friends over seas so now I spend my weekends writing and gathering care packages for them. It's just so sad. I was extatic yesterday when the news reported that they think (I guess they are capable of that) that this is the end of combat. Gosh I hope so. This has been a message from your local granola eating hippy...Back to your regularly scheduled program.