of midnight con{or perhaps, de}struction. [what's that?]

A couple nights ago, I was up at 230 because I couldn't sleep. It happens. What kept me up for a while was odd. The sound of construction. Now, mind you that's a normal sound for me to hear, but at 2:30? I didn't think much of it at the time, but now that I think about it, I don't think it happened. It couldn't have. It would be impossible. I think I'm going crazy. Honestly.

Speaking of midnight destruction, the poor living in the equivilent of projects outside of Paris have decided to start a few destruction projects of their own. I don't know. I mean, I think that the reasoning behind it was poor. They say that the kids we're not wearing helmets and crashed into a police car. (Take that with a grain of salt, mind you. They aren't going to tell you anything else.) So, the two kids, died, unfortunately, and sparked off a few nights of rioting in response. They say the kids are angry. I think they've a reason to be. But I think that, perhaps, they should let it be known they are rioting because their situation sucks and they want change. Perhaps. I don't know. I'm not there, and I think I don't really understand, but I wish to. I think there cause is noble, even if their means to accomplishing their cause may be less noble.

Bodysnatchers

So, I suppose I've gotten away from the mission statement of this little place, partially because of my inability to really track current events like I used to, but...

I am disheartened in the way the world is right now. I mean, it seems that a new country does something to limit the freedom of their people each day. It started a while ago with Burma, but now Pakistan's leader has called for emergency rule instead of holding elections that he was reportedly going to lose. People weren't happy, and where people aren't happy, they protest, and ya know, I don't think I need to explain what happens to protesters. In Russia, too, they arrested Kasparov (SP?) for organizing protests against Putin, which um, shouldn't be illegal. But it is, so...

What's worse is that no one seems to care. Bush isn't delivering ultimatums to Burma's leader like he did to Saddam. He's called for Pakistani elections, but meh, he's not doing anything harsher than that. None of the news agencyies are keen on reporting on it. Americans probably aren't keen to hear it, either, though. Too worried about black friday and skyrocketing oil prices and losing their houses.

This is depressing. Maybe this is why I stopped.

Presidential candidates don't look too different. Nothing new. Nothing groundbreaking. Nothing to change the way things are going. Bleh.

"This is so liberating"

Don't understand. It was a guitar case and winter jackets. He was a guy in need. What's more important to keep out? Why are we all still clinging onto this?

Fake crocadiles in Hong Cong lead to tears

Say it scream it. Inform all. I do not control my fate anymore. Stuck in with a bunch of papers, a smashed snapple bottle, empty soul. I don't got any options. I don't feel alive. I'm sure this isn't being alive.

What's going on here? How is anyone sane? Why do we do this to each other?
What's going on here? Is anyone sincere?

They cannot lock me up. I am eternally free!!

A silent phone call. A black piece of glass. Empty tin cans. Uncomfortable tales of mislead adventures. Silence. Silence.

This is my night in a nutshell. This is my past in a nutshell. All I have accomplished rests on my stupidity. My life in the hands of a chemist. I can do it. I can try. I will be Michael. I will be guy. I will fall down. No one will be there to pick me up, I fear. Too worried over other things. Trivial things. Like a number. Or what we consume. Think you're not guilty?

To torture, or not to torture...

So, apparently the new attorney general is having troubles being confirmed because he refuses to answer weather or not he is for or against the torturing of "detainees" that don't technically exist in our legal system. They are not tried. We wont even acknowledge that they exist. They are simply erased. Sent to room 101. Deleted from newspeak. Just gone.

So, is it correct to do such things? Are we going to be terrorists too? Are we going to be the ruthless enemy everyone hates? Well, I guess we already are hated, but... Here's the thing. I tend to think, more so then ever, that we are chasing phantoms. We are chasing invisible leads. Meanwhile, we are just creating more problems because we continue to give other people reason to hate us. I don't think that torture is correct. Not only is it bad to itself, I think it can lend itself to worse things in the future.