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Days go by and still I think of you.... ]]> ~obsidianwraith http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/593382/ http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/593382/ Fri, 04 Apr 2003 15:34:02 PST ~obsidianwraith http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/574740/ http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/574740/ Fri, 28 Mar 2003 13:59:36 PST
By Victor Forsythe, dedicated to the "Love it or Leave it"
crowd

PeaceNik: Why did you say we are we invading Iraq?


WarMonger: We are invading Iraq because it is in violation
of security
council resolution 1441. A country cannot be allowed to
violate security
council resolutions.

PN: But I thought many of our allies, including Israel, were
inviolation
of more security council resolutions than Iraq.

WM: It's not just about UN resolutions. The main point is
that Iraq
could have weapons of mass destruction, and the first sign
of a smoking
gun could well be a mushroom cloud over NY.

PN: Mushroom cloud? But I thought the weapons inspectors
said Iraq had
no nuclear weapons.

WM: Yes, but biological and chemical weapons are the issue.

PN: But I thought Iraq did not have any long range missiles
for
attacking us or our allies with such weapons.

WM: The risk is not Iraq directly attacking us, but rather
terrorists
networks that Iraq could sell the weapons to.

PN: But coundn't virtually any country sell chemical or
biological
materials? We sold quite a bit to Iraq in the eighties
ourselves, didn't
we?

WM: That's ancient history. Look, Saddam Hussein is an evil
man that has
an undeniable track record of repressing his own people
since the early
eighties. He gasses his enemies. Everyone agrees that he is
a
power-hungry lunatic murderer.

PN: We sold chemical and biological materials to a
power-hungry lunatic
murderer?

WM: The issue is not what we sold, but rather what Saddam
did. He is the
one that launched a pre-emptive first strike on Kuwait.

PN: A pre-emptive first strike does sound bad. But didn't
our ambassador
to Iraq, April Gillespie, know about and green-light the
invasion of
Kuwait?

WM: Let's deal with the present, shall we? As of today, Iraq
could sell
its biological and chemical weapons to Al Quaida. Osama
BinLaden himself
released an audio tape calling on Iraqis to suicide-attack
us, proving a
partnership between the two.

PN: Osama Bin Laden? Wasn't the point of invading
Afghanistan to kill
him?

WM: Actually, it's not 100% certain that it's really Osama
Bin Laden on
the tapes. But the lesson from the tape is the same: there
could easily
be a partnership between al-Qaida and Saddam Hussein unless
we act.

PN: Is this the same audio tape where Osama Bin Laden labels
Saddam a
secular infidel?

WM: You're missing the point by just focusing on the tape.
Powell
presented a strong case against Iraq.

PN: He did?

WM: Yes, he showed satellite pictures of an Al Quaeda poison
factory in
Iraq.

PN: But didn't that turn out to be a harmless shack in the
part of Iraq
controlled by the Kurdish opposition?

WM: And a British intelligence report...

PN: Didn't that turn out to be copied from an out-of-date
graduate
student paper?

WM: And reports of mobile weapons labs...

PN: Weren't those just artistic renderings?

WM: And reports of Iraquis scuttling and hiding evidence
from
inspectors...

PN: Wasn't that evidence contradicted by the chief weapons
inspector,
Hans Blix?

WM: Yes, but there is plently of other hard evidence that
cannot be
revealed because it would compromise our security.

PN: So there is no publicly available evidence of weapons of
mass
dectruction in Iraq?

WM: The inspectors are not detectives, it's not their JOB to
find
evidence. You're missing the point.

PN: So what is the point?

WM: The main point is that we are invading Iraq because
resolution 1441
threatened "severe consequences." If we do not act, the
security council
will become an irrelevant debating society.

PN: So the main point is to uphold the rulings of the
security council?

WM: Absolutely...unless it rules against us.

PN: And what if it does rule against us?

WM: In that case, we must lead a coalition of the willing to
invade Iraq.

PN: Coalition of the willing? Who's that?

WM: Britain, Turkey, Bulgaria, Spain, and Italy, for
starters.

PN: I thought Turkey refused to help us unless we gave them
tens of
billions of dollars.

WM: Nevertheless, they may now be willing.

PN: I thought public opinion in all those countries was
against war.

WM: Current public opinion is irrelevant. The majority
expresses its
will by electing leaders to make decisions.

PN: So it's the decisions of leaders elected by the majority
t... ]]> ~obsidianwraith http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/549726/ http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/549726/ Mon, 17 Mar 2003 18:45:02 PST ~obsidianwraith http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/535499/ http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/535499/ Mon, 10 Mar 2003 13:15:42 PST ~obsidianwraith http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/518544/ http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/518544/ Fri, 28 Feb 2003 12:43:29 PST ~obsidianwraith http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/496437/ http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/496437/ Sat, 15 Feb 2003 23:15:05 PST
I refuse to follow a man who is willing to end the lives of both me and my loved ones to settle a personal vendetta. A man who believes that simply remembering your loved ones fondly and letting go is the pussy's way out.

And to those who believe that one should either "love America or leave it," you should all be deported on sight. ]]> ~obsidianwraith http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/486557/ http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/486557/ Mon, 10 Feb 2003 00:42:21 PST ~obsidianwraith http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/444228/ http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/444228/ Wed, 15 Jan 2003 22:21:31 PST ~obsidianwraith http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/440842/ http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/440842/ Tue, 14 Jan 2003 01:26:36 PST ~obsidianwraith http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/435331/ http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/435331/ Fri, 10 Jan 2003 19:04:39 PST ~obsidianwraith http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/425482/ http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/425482/ Sat, 04 Jan 2003 22:46:00 PST ~obsidianwraith http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/403041/ http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/403041/ Sun, 22 Dec 2002 01:26:22 PST ~obsidianwraith http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/388621/ http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/388621/ Thu, 12 Dec 2002 14:15:29 PST ~obsidianwraith http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/365370/ http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/365370/ Thu, 28 Nov 2002 01:02:04 PST
How is it that any of us deal with it? I feel like blowing every cent I have, leaving college and just traveling. The feeling of being someplace new, somewhere I've never been before, exhilirates me, and makes me feel alive, it makes the future go away.

I have to do something. The hope that's sustaining me fades fast, and the hopelessness will be too great to bear. ]]> ~obsidianwraith http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/338900/ http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/338900/ Sun, 10 Nov 2002 01:36:20 PST
I want to travel north where to the land is not yet polluted by civilization and camp out where it's cold and refreshing, touched by winter's heart. I want to stare up into the night sky and see the Northern Lights illuminate the vast darkness.

I want to go to an island on the Pacific where the beaches are still white and feel the sand sift between toes. I want to swim in the pure blue divide and watch as fish of all colors swarm all around me. I want to feel the sun's warm glow stream down upon my body and feel at peace with the world.

I want to go back to Vietnam. I want to rediscover my heritage, to know the land of my birth when I'm now old enough to appreciate it, before time steals it away from me.

I don't want these things. I need these things. I will do these things. ]]> ~obsidianwraith http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/322562/ http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/322562/ Tue, 29 Oct 2002 00:42:19 PST
My family went back to visit again last summer and I opted instead to stay behind in America. When they came back, they told me that Vietnam had changed, that it was no longer the place we once knew. The land is now more industrialized and polluted. The beauty that I felt but never truly realized was fading away. It fills me with a sadness and deep regret now that it is too late for me to go back and see it as it was, unspoiled by the passage of time. The moments that I passed by are forever lost to me. ]]> ~obsidianwraith http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/313476/ http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/313476/ Tue, 22 Oct 2002 01:12:49 PDT ~obsidianwraith http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/289586/ http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/289586/ Tue, 01 Oct 2002 19:38:55 PDT ~obsidianwraith http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/273761/ http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/273761/ Tue, 17 Sep 2002 16:50:00 PDT ~obsidianwraith http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/263062/ http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/263062/ Sat, 07 Sep 2002 22:33:31 PDT
I still hate the world. ]]> ~obsidianwraith http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/261675/ http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/261675/ Fri, 06 Sep 2002 17:58:34 PDT ~obsidianwraith http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/247145/ http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/247145/ Mon, 26 Aug 2002 01:06:09 PDT
Current Credit Count: 65
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Junior Status Achieved

Must Choose Major NOW.

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Senior Status Achieved

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Graduation.
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Who wants to be one of those saps living in the safety of the future, in the safety of the moment after the moment in which they felt something powerful? Living in the next moment, in which they feel nothing. Crawling down the hands of the clock, away from the people who did unspeakable things to them. Believing the lie that time will heal all wounds-which is just a nice way of saying that time deadens us.

Great story by the way, it inspired the movie Memento which is one my favorites of all time. ]]> ~obsidianwraith http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/232209/ http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/232209/ Thu, 15 Aug 2002 03:22:25 PDT ~obsidianwraith http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/218192/ http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/218192/ Sun, 04 Aug 2002 12:55:24 PDT ~obsidianwraith http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/194575/ http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/194575/ Sun, 14 Jul 2002 23:55:24 PDT ]]> ~obsidianwraith http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/193199/ http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/193199/ Sat, 13 Jul 2002 17:47:35 PDT ~obsidianwraith http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/189940/ http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/189940/ Wed, 10 Jul 2002 17:43:26 PDT ]]> ~obsidianwraith http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/181539/ http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/181539/ Tue, 02 Jul 2002 19:32:03 PDT
Am I being childish? I don't think so. I refuse to act under the pretext of being an adult if it means calmly and unquestioningly accepting whatever shit comes my way.

-----

I was not the answer so forget you ever thought it was me.

I thought I lost you somewhere, but you were never really there.

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Took me 2 hours to cycle through all the new photos with occasional stops to make comments.

It really boggles my mind how many comments some Deviants have made over the course of their Deviant Careers. Olya has made some 12,000+ comments. I've made 350 of today. It's insane! I wish I had ethernet back, it would make things a lot easier.... ]]> ~obsidianwraith http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/169910/ http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/169910/ Fri, 21 Jun 2002 14:10:26 PDT

]]> ~obsidianwraith http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/167698/ http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/167698/ Wed, 19 Jun 2002 17:07:55 PDT This one too ]]> ~obsidianwraith http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/164661/ http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/164661/ Mon, 17 Jun 2002 01:06:41 PDT ~obsidianwraith http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/163440/ http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/163440/ Sat, 15 Jun 2002 22:01:23 PDT ~obsidianwraith http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/159467/ http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/159467/ Tue, 11 Jun 2002 14:45:16 PDT ~obsidianwraith http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/152322/ http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/152322/ Tue, 04 Jun 2002 15:03:38 PDT ~obsidianwraith http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/150012/ http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/150012/ Sun, 02 Jun 2002 03:15:47 PDT ~obsidianwraith http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/146878/ http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/146878/ Wed, 29 May 2002 20:35:51 PDT ~obsidianwraith http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/145838/ http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/145838/ Tue, 28 May 2002 16:04:46 PDT ~obsidianwraith http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/138582/ http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/138582/ Mon, 20 May 2002 15:46:03 PDT ~obsidianwraith http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/125252/ http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/125252/ Sat, 04 May 2002 01:47:09 PDT
It is because of pictures such as his that allow us to see the beauty in this world. I would love to travel and see it all for myself, but being financially incapable, I thank Tarsh and every other photographer on this site for allowing me to see what I would not otherwise see. ]]> ~obsidianwraith http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/123505/ http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/123505/ Wed, 01 May 2002 22:52:53 PDT ~obsidianwraith http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/118453/ http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/118453/ Thu, 25 Apr 2002 18:57:25 PDT ~obsidianwraith http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/117873/ http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/117873/ Thu, 25 Apr 2002 01:42:33 PDT ~obsidianwraith http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/116955/ http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/116955/ Wed, 24 Apr 2002 02:25:30 PDT ~obsidianwraith http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/107193/ http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/107193/ Thu, 11 Apr 2002 19:59:32 PDT
Speaker for the Dead ]]> ~obsidianwraith http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/106616/ http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/106616/ Thu, 11 Apr 2002 01:24:45 PDT own life, Ender. The best you can do is choose to
be controlled by good people, by people who love
you."

Valentine Wiggin, Ender's Game ]]> ~obsidianwraith http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/103841/ http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/103841/ Sun, 07 Apr 2002 14:20:18 PDT ~obsidianwraith http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/102484/ http://obsidianwraith.deviantart.com/journal/102484/ Fri, 05 Apr 2002 15:43:52 PST ~obsidianwraith