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US Marine photo from Iraq
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A big welcome back to
Salam Pax, from Where is Raed?. Salam is an Iraqi blogger who reached international
acclaim during the war on Iraq (see our
"Iraqi War Blogs" edition).
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Week of May 11, 2003
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Iraq
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05/09/03: The various bodies that have been
installed here don’t seem to have much coordination between them. We all need to feel that big sure and confident strides forward are being taken; it is not like this at all. And how about stopping empty pointless gestures and focusing on things that are real problems? Can anyone tell me what the return of children to schools really means? Other than it makes nice 6 o’clock news footage.
Schools have been looted; there are schools that have cluster bombs thrown in them when fedayeen were still there, no one bothered to clean that mess up before issuing the call on [Information Radio] that all students should go back to schools. How about clearing the mess created by the sudden disappearing of the ration distribution centers? How about getting the Hospitals back in shape? How about making it safe to walk in the street?
I mean there are a million more pressing issues for these committees meeting daily than getting children back to unsafe schools.
Yes yes I know. Patience. God needed seven days to finish his work and all that.
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Washington
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Aha. So today was the day. No more panty lines,
said I. I snapped the smallest two-pack of g-string underwear I could find off the rack at Target with unperturbable determination.
"I figure you might as well have a small piece of fabric in your butt, instead of a giant clump," my helpful shopping friend said.
"Or just half your underwear, which is worse," I reasoned. Good. I pitched the tiny two-pack into the cart and they floated to the bottom in a sinister fashion.
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Philippines
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”You can see our controversial phallic
symbols.” She sweeps her hand in a grand gesture of presenting MY photographs.
I tried to keep my mouth from turning extremely upward. Good, my babies are being promoted the way freaks are advertised in circus!
I swear, I was really tempted to say to her that, “Really? They’re mine eh.” Kaya lang, I thought it would be fun to see other people’s reaction, while we remain incognito.
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Texas
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bullshit boy
As I got older I learned
that if I spoke with an authoritative tone of voice, used big words, and chose my audience with care I could look like a smart motherfucker
most of the time. This really hasn't changed all that much over the years. It became a game my friend Steve and I would play as we drove
around the city. He called bullshit on me very early on in our friendship, but was so entertained with my complex and lengthy explanations
on subjects I had no business expounding on that it became a way for us to pass the time.
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I never knew if I was making sense. I don't know what part of my ass I pulled these tidbits of information from, I just said what sounded right in my mind. When it came out it sounded right to my ear. This activity gave me lots of practice for when I was to eventually become a web designer. Anyone that claims to be an expert on user interface or user experience is full of shit. No, wait, they are motherfucking liars full of so much shit its coming out their ears and staining the shoulders of their button down retro shirts.
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United States
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TURDS
I told the boys
that if they so much as SPOKE A WORD while they were eating, I would kill them both. I said that if they did ANYTHING other than sit quietly and eat at the table, I would beat them both to death. I thundered and roared. I scared the shit out of them, which is good, because I meant every word that I said. I don't like scraping milk-wet Cheerios off the floor, the chair, the TABLE and Jack on a Sunday morning. I was pissed.
They finished breakfast and are watching cartoons now, very quietly. I hope that they don't make me kill them, because I'll have to EXPLAIN why I did it to officers of the law. I am certain they will be sympathetic if they have children of their own, but it'll be a terrible hassle and a lot of lengthy paperwork to complete. I don't want to do that.
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Blogging News
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05/15/03 New York Times
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05/02/03 BBC News
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04/29/03 Washington Post
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04/26/03 seattlepi.com
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04/23/03 CNET News
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04/09/03 Washington Post
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03/25/03 journalism.co.uk
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03/10/03 CNN.com
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03/09/03 The Mercury News
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03/03/03 ComputerWorld
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AllPosters.com
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