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I did some research this morning for I was too young to remember the details of the Kurdish massacres Saddam Hussein had ordered. I found pictures, articles, personal eyewitness accounts. There's a lot that should never be forgotten and anyone who says that Operation: Iraqi Freedom is about race or oil obviously is blind to the gruesome facts.

For those of you who are similar to me in that you do not quite recall the tragic events that took place I can sum up in a few brief explanations. Apparently the Iraqi force was incredibly decisive in an absolutely evil way. Villagers had built shelters/basements to shield from bombs. Saddam figured that if he bombed with artillery for several hours many Kurds would resort to shelters under their homes. Several bombs containing chemical agents mustard gas, nerve agents and the mother of all nerve agents VX were heavily dropped onto a population of almost 100,000. The result, bomb shelters became gas chambers. As many as 100 Kurds could be packed into one of these shelters. Children vomited violently, grown men and women bashed their heads into walls, eyes started burning and leaking grayish fluids. For those that were outside, death came quickly and painfully. Some children playing were found dead, draped over doorsteps to their own homes giving an idea that in great pain and fear, they tried to get home to their mothers and fathers but only made it to the entrance ways. Those that survived became blind for several days, some permanently. Burns covered their skins. Children are now born with severe birth defects and subject to Leukemia, Lung Cancer and esophagus cancer at VERY young ages. Miscarriages are vastly numbered. After the bombs were dropped the Iraqi military then came in and rounded up boys and men shooting them execution style and/beheading them. Women and young children were rounded up and taken to prisons where many of the children and elderly died of starvation. One woman recalls first her husband and three older sons taken away and then her three daughters and six year old son and herself being dragged to a prison. Her son became very ill with diarrhea. He died on her lap. The dead would be handed to Iraqi soldiers through a small window in one of the walls. She peeked through the window, making sure that her son would get a proper burial. Instead she saw a group of several dogs feeding on the bodies, actually seeing her son's arm and leg in one of the mouths of the dogs. She said at that moment her mind cracked. Her three daughters kept her alive and tried to bring her out of her stupor all the while still imprisoned. She is still searching for her husband and three older sons.

Iraq has always vehemently denied the exsistince of these nerve agents, especially VX, in their military. The Kurds speak the truth. I think we all need to remember these people. Since Hitler's Nazi regime there has been no larger genocide by gassing than Hussein's evil actions.

Some VERY good news and intriguing pictures of the fall of the Saddam statue in the middle of Baghdad. Also pictures of Dearborn Michigan showed former Iraqis parading in the streets with Iraqi and American flags. Eye candy my fellow Ams. This is an unforgettable moment and as real as the Berlin Wall falling. You could almost hear the relief from Iraqi citizens. Also, reports pouring in, from borders, of Iraqi soldiers asking journalists for rides into Baghdad and shredding military documents. The Regime has fallen and as word spreads across Iraq more and more Republican Guards will surrender. Very exciting and certainly a victory for opressed people worldwide!

Did Saddam really think we were going to have our asses kicked? Apparently he doesn't like to hear bad news and has on occasion 'shot the messenger' if you will. This time it looks as if he has no one left to shoot let alone hold a gun. All he can do is possibly haunt our freedom leaders and cause havoc beyond the grave.

Eat your heart out France and Germany, what do you have to say for yourselves now?

A bit of an ironic twist though, Manny just left to audition for a French Agent. I told him that he should ask the frenchman if he has turned on a TV at any point this morning. I wonder how he is celebrating?!

I'd like to see those protestors marching today... Communism is a very bad idea and obviously my dear, poor protestors, I'm sure much to your dismay - it will NEVER WIN OUT!

More to the point. American journalists and soldiers are being hugged and praised by Iraqi citizens. I think if nothing else, that speaks VOLUMES!!!
All this blogger can say is: Happy 2nd Birthday Adrian!!

One and a half days until Adrian's birthday.... yay!

Saddam is presumed dead. Another reason to celebrate. Pictures of yet another torture chamber were discovered. Not even the bloodiest, goriest of Stephen King novels could rival the images shown.

Emmanuel and I are celebrating this eve with a bottle of Chianti. I hate to admit this but it's going straight to my head. No one has informed Adrian that he isn't quite two yet, though those sneaky terrible twos are creeping, stealthily up our backs and straight up our asses. We have landed in the toddler zone. Adrian wouldn't go to bed until about 10pm thanks to the time springin forward. Also there's the whole idea of allowing him to burn up energy outside on the playground but pretty damn difficult when there's a BLIZZARD ragin...well, today wasn't quite a blizzard but we got 6"+.

Back to the war though... With Saddam (Dr. Satan as I lovingly refer to him as) presumably dead, Pres. Bush has made it ABUNDANTLY clear that he/we do not want UN interference with the New Iraq. Most Americans (most being the operative word) stand behind this decision 100%. Questions, though, are haunting Americans... Primarily: 'Now that the regime has fallen what's to become of foreign policy and what's to become of oil prices? My response to that: Oil will go down, WAY DOWN and FUCK Foreign policy...if you NOW want a piece of the pie seeing that we were right - FUCK YOU... TOO LATE!!!

My fellow Americans, we are VICTORIOUS!! Dance in the Goddamned streets!! Yum, that just rings!

students and birthdays

Its Sunday, a "No work Day" for Manny. BUT!!! Teaching has no day off I suppose and his usual will be arriving at 7pm. There is good news though, a little, probably not exactly what we'd like to hear but sometimes even the smallest gestures create a better atmosphere. A Big Whig at the factory, after two years, finally paid Manny a REALLY GOOD compliment. This is the kind of guy that has all of his fingers in every type of pie around .. He could really pave a way if he felt obliged enough to do so. What will our dear hero do with such a compliment? Well, coach with the gentleman, let him hear face to face/one on one what the world has literally been starving for. Another possible student is learning absolutely invaluable information this morning.. And THIS one has a name! If he takes to heart what Manny says then people will notice great improvement (over time) and hopefully ask where this polished voice came from. "Well, Notarbartolo, of course!" (names changed in case any established eyes get their grubby retinas on this) And the response to that will be: "Wow, Notarbartolo did you say? Yes I know of him.... I think I will give him a call..." etc.. It can only go up from there - at least in speculative terms!

Our 'North Star' will be turning two on the ninth. I can't believe two already. We are going to buy him a tricycle (among various toys and clothing). Terrorists and Anti-warer's beware! The Slide Monitor will soon be carousing around CP on his three-wheeled wonder - Don't cross his path or he's likely to run you down!

Protestor Shmotestor

So if NY'ers don't have enough to worry about there have been 7 cases of SARS in the city, 16 cases statewide. The patients are always "At home recovering" as the media reports. Ummm, ok.. SARS is apparently deadly .. How can you recover from death? Chinatown dwellers are actually starting to wear medical masks. This really sucks because that means that MOST chinese restaurants will be on edge and I LOVE THE CHINESE FOOD HERE! We have deliveries 2-3 times a week, if not more. Man, I already miss pork lo mein and fried dumplings.

I am really getting pissed off at all of these protestors. Last week they shut down 5th ave for several hours. I couldn't take Adrian to the Ferris Wheel at Toys R Us last Saturday because they were marcing in Time's Square. Those MF'ers are infringing on MY freedom to merely walk downtown with my son if I'd like! If your life is so empty that you need something to bitch about, try, if at all possible to bitch in a manner that is not completely contradictory. The muthas that are yelling about this war do not realize that the people they are yelling at are making sure that right doesn't disappear. Seriously now, that soldier is dying in the battlefield to protect a flag that you have the freedom to burn. C'mon now.... has all logical thinking completely gone astray?! We look like idiots thanks to these people! And furthermore, I totally agree with every aspect of Dennis Miller's interview last night on Leno. Michael Moore, if you were all anti establishment and think we are all idiots and you our guiding light, doesn't accepting the Oscar completely undermine your stance?? YOU are what's intolerable in this country. And furthermore, a statuette in your hand certainly doesn't make you an expert on this or ANY war ... so from all of the pro-Americans: SHUT THE FUCK UP! We are absolutely sick of your rhetoric!

I know I certainly don't have to go to my template and format my posts, that's why this "Post and Publish" epicenter of blogspot is here... but It seems to be telling me otherwise.

My husband and I have been thinking it odd that things are back to business as usual in this great country. Turn on any of the networks at any given time and you'd have no idea that we are at war. Maybe that's all in itself a form of pyschological warfare... As saying regardless of how you're afraid and stuck in hiding Saddam, we are and will always be living it up...no matter what!!

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Crim, I really dig the idea of Hanging Crim for this blog. I should've asked permission first, but I really think it relates well to current events... My own analyzation of the term.

Onwards and upwards. Here we are again. While the monitor glares at me the fans taunt in unison. 'What could she possibly gain by wasting yet another hour with us?' A BLOG of course!!

Well the heat is off again, no hot water, apparently something with the boiler, but isn't that always the excuse? Brown water filled my bathtub this morning and as the water slowly began to drain the usual sludge coated the porcelain. Ah Lovely day, eh? The reason to continue living is fast asleep in his crib, the other reason is wasting his unparalleled talent and beauty at the Met. Sitting in a dark auditorium listening to singers who simply can't hold a candle, knowing that it'll NEVER happen there. Too much political shit and the widespread fear that the fourth will rise up and become the one. You'd think that talent would speak for itself... HA!!! Not at the establishment/factory that is the Met. That type of utter disregard is enough to get even the most optimistic down. But onwards we must forge. NYC is on the verge of a mental collapse. Today a strange cardboard box was found on 74th and Amsterdam. Apparently this scary box brought the Upper West Side to its knees. Well, when it happens on the Bklyn Bridge or Midtown or even Lower Manhattan its far enough away to barely evoke a raising of my eyebrows but for this 107th and CPW resident, its a little too close to home this time. There is an underlying theme here though and it needs to be consulted. Could it be that we have conditioned ourselves in believing we no longer live in the safest country in the world? Paranoia is contagious and its feeds our needs. These war protestors are a perfect example of that. Do you really think its for activism? No, its paranoia and a way of dealing with anxiety. A person alone is an individual, in a mass that person ultimately becomes the mass. Fear spreads like wildfire and fear spurns hate. Onwards and upwards it pushes until it engulfes an entire community, then a state then a nation. Well to this blogger's eyes, its all bullshit. To the protestors...SHUT UP and look at the facts! This elite Republican Guard uses human shields! Elite my ass, elitism does not mean cowardess! And that's what they are, COWARDS!! Killing their own people for the sake of power and control... If Saddam wasn't a paranoid fuck none of this would've happened. Also we are fighting for homeland security. I don't care what anyone says, NONE of us want to see another WWII Hitler type regime win out. Saddam must be taken out! Unfortunately war is the direct resolution to this problem. But I as an American can say with head held high that I am proud to live in a nation that does not fear public scrutiny and fights for the greater good. We as Americans must stand together on this one. Its for our children's future that the way is being paved. Know that after we die maybe this unfortunate war will have created a much better environment in which to live. Yes I know it's hard to look past yourself in terms of life and death.. but consider the options and I'm sure you will come to the same conclusion.