Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Adolescence
A friend told me the other day that I make decisions very quickly and never revisit them. Another friend said that I suffer from insecurities arising out of repeated failures to complete big projects. But what about the little projects I fail to complete? Still, there's hope: my dad says I look good with short hair.
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Hope
Maybe if I read more Thoreau, write the Paris story, finish the first fifty pages of the business book, string Rachel's beads and ride my bike more often things will get better.
I had a thought yesterday: my dissertation.
I had a thought yesterday: my dissertation.
Friday, November 11, 2005
Thursday, November 03, 2005
Wednesday, November 02, 2005
Gallic Truths
Myth: Parisians are fashionable.
Truth: Parisians don't wear shorts and t-shirts.
Myth: Les trottoirs sont crottoirs.
Truth: Les crottes sont dans les egouts et les caniveaux.
Myth: Everyone smokes.
Truth: Guillaume does not, but many do.
Myth: The French are mean and snooty.
Truth: The French are short and have big noses.
Truth: Parisians don't wear shorts and t-shirts.
Myth: Les trottoirs sont crottoirs.
Truth: Les crottes sont dans les egouts et les caniveaux.
Myth: Everyone smokes.
Truth: Guillaume does not, but many do.
Myth: The French are mean and snooty.
Truth: The French are short and have big noses.
Torture and Killing in Afghanistan
I talked to an MP who said that he was in charge of holding detainees and that the CIA would just come and take the detainees away. They would be like, “How many detainees do you have?” and he knew he has seventeen detainees but the OGA would be like, “No, you have sixteen,” so he’d be like “All right. I have sixteen.” And who knows where that detainee went.
-Account of Officer C, 82nd Airborne Division
Human Rights Watch
"Leadership Failure: Firsthand Accounts of Torture of Iraqi Detainees by the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division"
http://hrw.org/reports/2005/us0905/4.htm#_Toc115161403
Note: The soldiers with whom Human Rights Watch spoke had served as guards in Afghanistan and had observed interrogations at FOB Tiger in Iraq, and said that civilian interrogators at those locations had also used coercive methods against prisoners. These interrogators were always referred to by the U.S. military abbreviation OGA, which stands for “Other Government Agencies.” It was assumed that such persons were with the CIA, but because OGA also includes other civilian agencies, the soldiers with whom Human Rights Watch spoke said they could not be sure.
-Account of Officer C, 82nd Airborne Division
Human Rights Watch
"Leadership Failure: Firsthand Accounts of Torture of Iraqi Detainees by the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division"
http://hrw.org/reports/2005/us0905/4.htm#_Toc115161403
Note: The soldiers with whom Human Rights Watch spoke had served as guards in Afghanistan and had observed interrogations at FOB Tiger in Iraq, and said that civilian interrogators at those locations had also used coercive methods against prisoners. These interrogators were always referred to by the U.S. military abbreviation OGA, which stands for “Other Government Agencies.” It was assumed that such persons were with the CIA, but because OGA also includes other civilian agencies, the soldiers with whom Human Rights Watch spoke said they could not be sure.
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
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