My comment to the NYT

In response to this article: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/15/us/politics/obama-israel-policies-may-cost-democrats-votes.html

Let's have the 1.7% of the U.S. population that is Jewish carry the tab for our military interventions in the Middle-East, then. In the words of the epic Battlestar Galactica, what the frak do I, a standard non-religious American, care about the security of some country across the planet? Why should my tax dollars go to violently stirring up the big bucket of religious sh*t that is the Middle-East? As George Washington warned us about foreign countries, like Israel, in his farewell address:

\"Excessive partiality for one foreign nation and excessive dislike of another cause those whom they actuate to see danger only on one side, and serve to veil and even second the arts of influence on the other. Real patriots who may resist the intrigues of the favorite are liable to become suspected and odious, while its tools and dupes usurp the applause and confidence of the people, to surrender their interests.\"

We should stop letting dual-citizenship Jews dictate our foreign policy. If they want to wage war in the Middle-East, let them vote for war in their own, exclusive country. Leave the rest of us to rebuild our nation.

Sigh, Why do i even check?

I spent all day today having fun with an old friend. But for some reason I decided to come home and look up an ex girlfriend. And then I find out she's together with someone again =( I wonder how I will take it. Moreover, she's with one of my old apt mates (or in relational terms he is my college friend's highschool friend. lol) I think I should be fine. I have lots to look forward to. Or I may just kill myself. Wouldn't be the first time I've thought of it. Will this be the straw that breaks the camel's back? Probably not. Keep drinking, Alvin. Keep smoking.

Tiger Moms

Right now, I'm watching this Netflix video called Wild China about Chinese wildlife. The video showed these herons feeding their kids. The first scene was a mother feeding her young by mouth. I've seen that before, pretty normal. The second scene was a heron giving her young solid food. The narrator goes, "These chicks have just had an eel delivered by their mum (british mom)... quite a challenge for little beaks." Damn... There are tiger moms even in the Chinese bird population.