Barry Goldwater Jr.

So I had very interesting experience today. I met Barry Goldwater Jr. He came into the office to meat the owner of the company I work for. So I did some looking into the man. He is very very good at hiding is personal opinions from public view. However, he has chosen to publicly endorse Ron Paul for president and while I have some issues with that man's stances I still like a lot of what he has to say. It is my hopes then that Mr. Goldwater is an opponent of the war in Iraq. He would seem to be having decided to support an anti-war candidate.

Unfortunately I was working when I was with him so I couldn't really bring up the topic I wanted to. There wouldn't have been time anyways as billionaire's (like the owner of my company) don't like to be kept waiting and I'm sure that Mr. Goldwater was on a fairly busy schedule as well. Otherwise I was raring to talk to him about Iraq.

I think I will now make it a goal to contact this man (he lives in a neighboring state so not too far) and see what he has to say about Iraq and about IVAW. If nothing else he would be an amazing person to have this sort of conversation with, even if he is a Republican. Searches for news related to him did show me that hardcore conservatives don't like him, which is a plus as far as I'm concerned.

All in all what I did see of him he was a nice man, very polite and not at all degrading in how he spoke or acted around me even though I am just a lowly worker bee. So for now I'll go with he's not a bad guy.

See Ya'll in the Street

So it's about 0230 and I'm sitting here behind a desk reading webcomics. Really I should be studying but I really can't at this point. The words have no meaning. I tried studying for about an hour and realized when I was done reading that I didn't remember a damn thing I had read. Anyhow, there is one hell of a range of webcomics out there. I'm prone to using thewebcomiclist.com which does a nice job of organizing comics by genre, popularity, etc. They even keep track of how often the comics have updated in the past. Not a bad site if you need to kill 8 hours in the middle of the night and your stuck behind a fucking desk in the lobby of a company you hate....

I suppose there should be some sort of point to this little article type thing here. Well... I suppose I can mention that as soon as I'm done working out a few things I will be moving the site to it's own domain. Contrary to what many of you may be thinking that won't mean less ads. Actually it will mean more ads because I'll be trying to recoup the fees I would have to pay. On a related note all profits raised through this site are donated to anti-war and other activist groups. So I'm not a total asshole.

Well I suppose I'm done for the night....

See Ya'll in the Street

Guard duty and other such nonsense....

I have currently been awake for roughly 39 hours. Not too long ago this was fairly normal for me. There was CQ and staff duty and everything else requiring that a soldier stay awake for a few days. This time I did it to myself. And boy, am I tired. I guess I just got used to tuning out the odd sorts of pains that a man gets from staying awake and not eating or drinking water for a couple of days. Mental note: Not healthy, do not repeat.

So my question is....

Why aren't soldiers routinely allowed more sleep? Surely having more effective soldiers should matter more then having a lot. Unless of course the generals cared nothing for victory...

hm....

Dole is Good for Minorities?

So apparently Lt Gov Bustamante at one point awarded Dole Food Industries as being one of the "Top 20 Companies for Minorities." With Dole's reputation isn't that kind of like saying prison is good for minorities? Sure there working and there's lots of them there but at what cost?

Late Nights and Moral Conflicts

So it's five thirty in the morning and I'm at work. No I don't start work early I'm at the end of my shift. But I digress. The company that I work for (will remain nameless) is known amongst enviormental and human rights groups for destructive behavior. Most of there actions took place in the 1890s and 1920s but the reputation still stands for a reason.

This has left me with a seriouse political quandry. I need to work to live and this is one of the better jobs I can get at the moment. But at what cost?