Beware of Dog (Terrorists and Activists): YAWN

WARNING: The following blog may contain vague metaphors

I hate to compare activists and terrorists to dogs but all this barking better die down quickly or I'm calling the pound. Terrorists have caused a lot of pain and suffering in our country and there should be some sort of activism taken up in opposition to them. But some of the activism, in particular the mosque burning threats (highlighted by stiggs) and the Quran burning threats (highlighted by tauntingtuna), are just down right ridiculous. I suppose Terry Jones, the Quran burning pyro, thinks it's only fair that the ridiculous ideologies of the terrorists ought to be met with ridiculous activities here in the States but how does he not recognize this logic as max-ridiculousness? As I watch the coverage of the cancelled Quran burning event and the coverage of all the unrest in the Middle East, I can not help but feel overwhelmingly tired of it all.

I recall, some time during the last year or so of Clinton's presidency, President Clinton sat down with the leader of the Palestinians and the leader of Israel and, though both turned down all proposed solutions of dividing the Gaza strip, the meeting was considered a victory because both leaders resolved to stay open about meetings in the future. THE SAME EXACT "victory" was declared just a few days ago when Secretary of the State Hillary Clinton sat down with the current leaders of Palestine and Israel; We won't sign anything yet but hey, have your people call our people. In the meantime we're going to keep the television volume up so we can't hear the sounds of our people dying.

I think what's being largely left out of the news is how, quite possibly, many Middle Easterners feel as exhausted I do. A SNL-esque Palestinian show that satirizes their leaders is the number one show within the community; Iraq has a rapidly growing underground music scene that is continually being hunted down by the government; many Israelis are demanding for the return of the Axis of Evil comedy tour (consisting of comedians of Middle Eastern background). The people want progress, and probably are progressing, but all we see in the news are the same recycled images of crap blowing up and leaders shaking hands to no avail.

Media can not take all the blame for this but c'mon, throw us a bone every now and then. If all dogs see are images of fear and unrest then of course they're going to bark and whine. Give the dogs some security and, eventually, the whiny undisciplined runts will pipe down and leave and then finally we can all get some freakin' SLEEP.