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Banned in China

Published on October 17, 2007 in Censorship, China, Communism, Critical Thinking, Current Events, History and News. 0 Comments

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Apparently the benevolent government of the People’s Republic of have the best interests of their citizens in mind when banning such things as websites and blogs. We really would not want to corrupt the minds of the Chinese with something as dangerous as though, free will, critical thinking or opinion.

Or maybe it is the capitalism that we must protect them from. Money is evil and it will corrupt their minds as well.

Whatever the case, I can’t consider the Chinese to be part of my Audience because the Great FireWall of has stopped my blog’s electrons cold in their path to the workers Communist Paradise.

America the Warmonger?

Published on September 20, 2007 in Arab, China, Communism, Conspiracy Theories, Critical Thinking, Current Events, History, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Moonbats, Saudi Arabia, Stupidity and Terrorism. 1 Comment

Seems like someone is always trying to convince me that the United States is the cause of every single or conflict throughout . More specifically, that President Bush is the man personally responsible for everything even remotely related to . Of course even attempting to refute any such claim results in a slew of insults and claims of Jingoism.

I’m no historian, however, it seems obvious (to me at least) that predates the existence of the President Bush and even the United States. The first instance of I know of is the Border between Umma and Lagash in 2500 BC which was a few thousand years before American Revolutionary War from 1775-1783. This does not stop people from making such unqualified statements as “America is the most violent country in ” or “No nation has ever invaded as many countries or killed as many people as the U.S.” and no one can ever provide any evidence of this.

Every American has the right and (in my opinion) responsibility to stand up for what they believe in. It is possible and even very effective to disagree with American foreign policy without lies and misrepresentation.

After several weeks and dozens of hours of research I have found that this is going to consume much more time than I anticipated. Therefore, this is and will remain for sometime, a work in progress. I’ve decided to go ahead and publish it while I’m working on it as the majority of what I have left is either aesthetic or just filling in the blanks. I’ve been as impartial and thorough as possible, if you find any errors or omissions of fact, leave a comment (with sources or references if possible) and I will research & correct it. Casualty counts are often disputed, approximated and/or unknown. The most reliable statistics are listed where available. Ongoing conflicts will most likely end up in higher casualty counts, those posted are current as of October 2007.

Prehistory—1000BC

  • ca. 2500—2450 BC Border wars between Umma and Lagash
  • ca. 2330 conquest of Sumer by Lugalzagesi
  • 2300 BC conquests of Sargon of Akkad
  • ca. 1720 BC Kassite attacks on Babylon
  • 1650—1600 BC conquests of Hattusili I and Mursili I
  • 1600 BC Hyksos conquest of Egypt
  • 1600 BC Xia-Shang in
  • 1430—1350 BC Kaska invasions of Hatti
  • 1100 BC Sea Peoples harrying the Mediterranean; Dorian invasion
  • 1046 BC Shang—Zhou in

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