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Paul Lambert cannot be bothered with the pundits who already have Norwich relegated before they have even kicked off their battle to stay in the Barclays Premier League.
The Canaries headed out to Germany for a training camp and a couple of low-key friendlies on the back of a 7-0 thrashing of local Ridgeons Football League side Gorleston Town at Emerald Park. When they return, games against Crystal Palace, Southend and Coventry await ahead of Carrow Road dates with Spanish side Real Zaragoza and then Italians Parma on August 6.
Norwich are sure to face a severe test of their top-flight credentials once the real action gets under way at Wigan a week later, Lambert will pay no attention to those who already have his squad back down in the npower Championship. He told BBC Radio Norfolk: "I don't really bother. That's me being truthful, as long as the lads, the club, the fans are right, that's all I need on my side."
He added: "I think the players know how big a task it is and how big the league is, and we will do everything we can to stay in it."
Norwich have done plenty of business already, brining in half a dozen new faces, but most like Wales forward Steve Morison, wingers Anthony Pilkington, Elliott Bennett and combative midfielder Bradley Johnson all untested in the Premier League.
Lambert, though, is not concerned by an apparent lack of top-flight experience, relying instead for hunger to drive his young squad to safety.
The Scot's 25-man Premier League squad list is almost complete, but while the Norwich boss would welcome another addition ahead of the August 31 transfer deadline, probably in defence, Lambert stressed: "I won't just buy someone for the sake of bringing them in.
"I am delighted with the squad that's here at the minute, if you can improve you try and do it. I've got six in, which is roughly the number I said we'd need, there might be room for manoeuvre somewhere along the line, but I am delighted with the group."
Lambert - who maintained ties with Germany from his time at Borussia Dortmund, where he won the 1997 Champions League - feels the trip away can help the squad bond.
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With folks going gaga over "The Town," Ben Affleck was recently offered the chance to direct "The Gangster Squad," about a notorious lawman who patrolled L.A. in the '40s. But he turned it down and now it's been offered to Darren Aronofsky.
Well, the chances of Aronofsky taking it on seem low as he appears to be moving toward a reunion with his "Fountain" star Hugh Jackman on the set of "Wolverine 2."
So who will finally take the reigns on "Gangster Squad," the adaptation by former South Central cop Will Beal's of his own novel, about Sgt. John O' Mara's battle with gangster Mickey Cohen? Greg Berlanti, Martin Campbell, Scott Cooper, Paul Greengrass and Francis Lawrence are the level three short list, according to Latino Review. Let's break down the candidates:
- Greg Berlanti: He wrote "Green Lantern," but that hardly qualifies him. His only directorial film credits are "The Broken Hearts Club," and "Life as We Know It," neither of which scream "noir crime drama."
- Martin Campbell: Working with Berlanti on "GL," he also directed James Bond in "Casino Royale," which, but for a 20-minute honey in the second act, was a great movie. Maybe.
- Scott Cooper: Came out of nowhere to direct Jeff Bridges to his first Oscar in "Crazy Heart." He's a super nice guy, and he's made a nice start for himself, not sure he could handle something this big.
- Paul Greengrass: The best name of the bunch, the man who helmed the last two "Bourne" films and "United 93." His last film, "Green Zone," tanked and Tony Gilroy will be directing the fourth "Bourne," so he's probably available.
- Francis Lawrence: He made Manhattan looked magnificent in "I Am Legend," which was an otherwise meh film.
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Starting the 100 day countdown to the International Day of Peace, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on people around the world to consider how they can help build a 'sustainable peace for a sustainable future.'
"If we are to build such a future, we must all play our individual part – I urge everyone, between now and 21 September, to think about how they can contribute," Mr. Ban said in a message to mark the countdown.
The General Assembly first established the International Day of Peace in 1982, eventually settling on 21 September as an annual day of non-violence and cease-fire, devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, both within and among all nations and peoples.
The theme of this year's observance is 'Sustainable Peace for a Sustainable Future.'
"It highlights the fact that we cannot possibly think about building a sustainable future if there is no sustainable peace," Mr. Ban said in his message. "Armed conflicts attack the very pillars of sustainable development, robbing people of the opportunity to develop, to create jobs, to safeguard the environment, to fight poverty, to reduce the risk from disasters, to advance social equity and to ensure that everyone has enough to eat."
The UN chief noted that the upcoming UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), which opens in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, next week, is an opportunity for the world to "fight back."
"With tens of thousands of politicians, policy-makers, social activists, business leaders and others mobilized for action, Rio+20 can help us to create a global roadmap for a sustainable future, the future we want," Mr. Ban said.
"We want a future where natural resources are protected and valued rather than used to finance wars, where children can be educated at school and not recruited into armies, where economic and social inequalities are resolved through dialogue instead of violence," he added.
More than 100 world leaders, along with thousands of parliamentarians, mayors, UN officials, Chief Executive Officers and civil society leaders will come together at Rio+20, from 20-22 June, seeking to renew commitments to find solutions to the world's most pressing social, economic and environmental challenges, including access to water and sanitation.
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The Roman Catholic Church is making the "abortion" issue its main concern in the upcoming 2004 election, just as it did when Ronald Reagan first captured the White House back in 1980. It calls abortion "the greatest social issue of all time," and it's doing everything it can to back anti-abortion candidates, without regard to critically important social and geopolitical matters, such as the evil of perpetual wars ("The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic," by Chalmers Johnson).
Speaking of social issues, today, our planet looks like this: "3 billion of the world's people (one-half) live in 'poverty' (living on less than $2 per day). 1.3 billion people live in 'absolute' or 'extreme poverty' (living on less than $1 per day). 800 million people lack access to basic healthcare. 17 million people, including 11 million children, die every year from easily preventable diseases and malnutrition. 800 million people are hungry or malnourished. Nearly 160 million children are malnourished worldwide. 11 million people die every year from hunger and malnutrition…" (worldrevolution.org). One might ask, how will stopping abortion help cure these ills?
However, the Church has a one-track moral issue mindset. It seems prepared to give its imprimatur to the reelection of a demented warmonger, President George W. Bush, Jr., since he is anti-abortion. Meanwhile, the Church has paid little attention to compelling evils, such as the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, Militarism and the Arms Race, Crime and Drugs, the Environment, Economic and Social Justice, or Globalism (http://www.globalismnews.com/agenda.html).
Questions: Is the Church's silence on these issues a quid pro quo with the Bush-Cheney Gang for its pushing the Vatican's anti-abortion agenda the last four years? And, if so, can we expect four more years of clerical complicity if Bush wins in November?
History is a reliable teacher. Reagan won the presidency in both 1980 and 1984, with large majorities, because of the Catholic vote, many of whom came over from the Democratic side. The U.S. Catholic Bishops saw Reagan as a standard bearer for their one-issue anti-abortion campaign. So, what did Reagan get in return? Well, one could argue that he bought the silence of the Bishops with respect to his brutal Right Wing agenda, both at home and abroad. Here are two examples. As the death squads were running amuck in Central and South America with Reagan's connivance, the Bishops issued the predictable press releases opposing his murderous polices, but never publicly broke with his administration. Than, there was the case of the Ten Irish Hunger Strikers who died in the spring of 1981, in the British-controlled police state in the north of Ireland, over their moral and legal status as POWs. Rather than asking Reagan to intervene, the Bishops did little or nothing to stop the deaths, even though Reagan was supposedly "their man" in the White House, and then-British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, was one of Reagan's closest allies ("Ten Men Dead," David Beresford).
There is another disturbing element to the politics of abortion: the robot-like moralizing over the abortion issue tends to desensitize people to the existential horrors now confronting the living.
For instance: Suppose you're an Iraqi and you live today in war-battered Falluja. It has been attacked by Coalition Forces for weeks now. You are a father, with a wife and a small family to support. You live in the middle of Falluja and you haven't been able to get to your job on the outskirts of town, or to get food for your family to eat. Over 700 of your friends have already been killed. You witness your Mosque, too, being bombed. You also see an older, unarmed man shot in the back by the Americans ("Eyewitness Report of Falluja," Jo Wilding, 04/13/04, at: http://www.occupationwatch.org.) In what way are the anti-abortion ideologues helping that Iraqi father?
In South America, grinding poverty is endemic. A few years back, I visited Caracas, Venezuela, a city of five million, with miserable shanty towns sprawling all over the hills surrounding it. It was a shocking site to behold. It is estimated that 85 percent of Venezuela lives in desperate poverty (BBC Online News, 02-14-04, "Country Profile: Venezuela"). Does the cleric-driven, anti-abortion agenda do anything to resolve the misery of these people?
In America's Rust Belt, like say Youngstown, PA, where the mighty Steel Industry once thrived, there are countless accounts of families living in quiet desperation, worried about making it economically. Since the Bush-Cheney Gang took office three years ago, "The country has lost more than 2.5 million factory jobs, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. More than 145,000 of those were in Pennsylvania" (Boston Globe, "Economy Is Rust Belt Battleground," 02/21/04, Tatsha Robertson). Do these forgotten workers, who are struggling to keep their proverbial heads above water, give a good hoot for the "abortion is bad" doctrine? How are the anti-abortionist theologians addressing these major social and economic problems?
Do African-Americans, who live in the ghettoes of our inner cities, like Baltimore for instance, and who fear, daily, the dangers of a drive-by shooting, think "stopping abortion" is a serious problem in their lives? Not from the stories that I have read about drugs, racism and underemployment. There have already been 80 murders in Baltimore this year, earning it the nickname the "Dodge City of the East" (http://www.geocities.com/grantorino.geo/). Meanwhile, pollution in Baltimore's harbor, and also in the Chesapeake Bay, threatens the health and lives of people, as well as the existence of the fish and crabs (www.cbf.org). Do the anti-abortionist Bishops ever consider these kinds of concerns when drafting up their lists of worldly evils?
This brings me to the late Phil Berrigan. He was for me a prototype Catholic for all seasons. He spent 11 of his 79 years behind bars in the cause of justice. He fought against the spread of nuclear weapons and depleted uranium, war and rabid militarism. He died of cancer, in Baltimore, on Dec. 6, 2002. Berrigan, an ex-priest, was also a veteran of WWII. He feared the planet would one day commit "omnicide" by way of nuclear weapons. Unlike some of the reactionary Bishops, many of whom can be seen at their annual conference dressed in fancy silk suits and being chauffeured around town in luxurious limousines, he dared to confront, via non-violent resistance, the Establishment's War & Death Machine, and its staggering costs to the beleaguered taxpayers ("The Federal Pie Chart," warresisters.org).
Berrigan wrote this letter to Bishop William Baum of Washington, DC, in September, 1971, saying , in part, "The Church in America…in fact, in the West as a whole has accepted as 'religion' a kind of cultural syncretism, culminating in near perfect allegiance to the State. Not a few of our more prominent Bishops have even waited upon the Presidency like court jesters… we sorrow over Christian myopia, hardness of heart, and even cowardice" (thesocialedge.com, Dec., 2002, Ted Schmidt, "Bus Ride to Baltimore").
Finally, stopping abortion is a non-issue for the vast majority of the suffering peoples of the world. If abortion were ended tomorrow, the seminal wrongs, like economic and political oppression, imperialism, poverty, perpetual war and militarism, neo-colonialism and the nuclear arms race would still persist. Isn't time for the Roman Catholic Church to acknowledge that fact? Isn't it time for it to use its immense resources to fight on the side of struggling humanity, rather than to continue acting as a silent partner of the Bush-Cheney Gang? And, isn't it time for the Church to end, what Phil Berrigan, the great Dissenter Emeritus, called, its "near perfect allegiance to the State?"


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Keep the faith, bros, and in all things courage!
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- Craig J. said...
Welcome to blogdom, Resa! I've added you to my list of "Morning Review" .. the sites I visit every day to get caught up. Can't wait to see you go off during the final month of Election 04.
You rock!
- October 06, 2004 7:47 AM
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Thanks Craig! You're such a web genius! Everyone give a shout out to my web designer!!!!
OK, am I the only one who thinks CBS and Dan Rather should be tried criminally for malicious attempt to defraud the general public, manufacturing fake government documents, and forgery?
It is more and more plain that only the Liberal Left can get away with the most horrendous of criminal acts! What losers.
- October 11, 2004 2:13 PM
- Rob said...
Hey Resa - keep up the good work - I enjoy reading your articles - you're a true American and Patriot!
Love ya!
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- October 13, 2004 11:11 AM
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Oh my gosh, it's Rob! He's here, and he really IS my favorite retired Naval Commander! You freaky little psychic you!
Man, did Bush nail it tonight or what? He beat that male afterbirth like he done stole somethin'!
Keep the faith, bros...we're winning!
- October 13, 2004 10:47 PM
- Unknown said...
Ain't payback a bitch? Don't you love it when the ultra-liberal press gets a dose of its own wretched medicine? Go Swift Vets and Sinclair! Nail those bastards to the wall!
- October 20, 2004 9:08 AM
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Drink it in...this is awesome!
Wednesday, October 20th 2004
You're a Republican???
In today's America, ask a growing number of high school and college students; their teachers and professors; the self-anointed media elite and/or hard working men and women of all ethnicities, the question, "What is a Republican?", and you'll be told "… a rich, greedy, egotistical individual, motivated only by money and the desire to accumulate more and more of it, at the expense of the environment … the working poor ….and all whom they exploit…"
I am a Republican … I am none of those things… and I don't know any Republicans who are.
WHAT I AM … first and foremost, is a loving husband of some 52 plus years, the father of four and an American who's proud of his country… and his country's heritage.
WHAT I AM … is the grandson of immigrants who risked everything, including their lives and those of their children, to escape tyranny in search of freedom.
WHAT I AM … is a man who grew up during the Depression and witnessed, first hand, the effects of the Stock Market crash and the soup lines that followed. I watched as both my parents and grand parents, who had very little themselves, share what food they had with a half dozen other families, who had even less.
WHAT I AM … is someone who worked his way through college by holding down three and four jobs at a time and then used that education to build a better life.
WHAT I AM … is a husband who, at age 24, started his own business for the "privilege" of working 60, 70 and 80 hours a week, risking everything I had, including my health, in search of a better life for myself and my loved ones.
WHAT I AM … is a businessman whose blood, sweat and tears…. and plenty of them…, made it possible for me to provide a secure living, not only for my family and myself, but also for literally hundreds of my employees throughout the years. Employees, who in turn, were able to buy their own homes, raise their own families and give back to their communities and their country.
WHAT I AM … is a man who believes in God; a God who has blessed this country… and all for which it stands.
WHAT I AM … is someone who knows, if you doubt miracles exist in today's world, you need only to look into the face of those who received them … and the eyes of those who give them.
WHAT I AM … is an American who's proud that his President embraces a belief in God; proud of a President who understands, as "politically incorrect" as it may be, there is evil in this world and for the security and safety of all freedom loving people everywhere, it must be confronted… and it must be defeated.
WHAT I AM … is an American who takes comfort in the knowledge that our President refuses to allow decisions concerning the very safety and security of this nation, to be governed by the political whims of foreign governments.
WHAT I AM … is tired of hearing from leading Democrats who see only negativity in America; racism in her people; class warfare in her society and "political incorrectness" in her character.
WHAT I AM … is a former democrat who now understands that it is the soldier and not the reporter that guarantees us our freedoms of press, speech and dissent.
WHAT I AM … is a man who believes in the sanctity of life. A man who is repulsed by the pandering of the political left for votes, at the expense of the unborn.
WHAT I AM … is a husband and father who believes in the sanctity of marriage and the preservation of the family unit.
WHAT I AM … is a movie go-er who is repulsed by those insecure, socially inept, elementary thinking, ego-inflated "entertainers" who have appointed themselves "experts" in the fields of national security and geo-politics and then use their forum to attack this nation, its leaders and its actions…. much to the delight and encouragement of our enemies.
WHAT I AM … is an American who understands the difference between "censorship" and "choice". Evidently, these individuals do not, because when these same "celebrities" receive public ridicule for their offensive actions, the first thing they yell is "Censorship!". What they seem incapable of understanding is… the right of free speech and dissent is shared equally by those offended… as well as those who offend. I support and will continue to support those films and performers whom I choose to … and refuse to support those I don't. It is my right as an American … a right I will continue to enthusiastically exercise.
WHAT I AM … is a voter, tired of politicians, who, every time their voting records are subjected to public scrutiny, try to divert attention from their political and legislative failures by accusing their opponents of "attack ads" and "negative campaigning"…. and the news media who allow them to get away with it.
WHAT I AM … is a Catholic who loves his God and his Faith… and who's been taught to respect all religions whose teachings are based in love, peace and charity. As such, I am embarrassed and ashamed of those individuals, in both private and public life, whose decisions and actions are devoid of any sense of character or morals; individuals who are only driven by what's best for them … rather than what's right … often times at the expense of many …. including our national security.
WHAT I AM … is a realist who understands that the terrorist attack that murdered hundreds of innocent Russian children could have occurred here, in our heartland. That's why I sincerely believe America needs now, more than ever, a President who sees with a clear and focused vision and who speaks with a voice when heard by both friend and foe alike, is understood, respected and believed.
WHAT I AM … is eternally grateful to Ronald Reagan for having the bravery to speak out against Communism and the courage of his convictions in leading the fight to defeat it; and George W. Bush for the vision, courage, conviction and leadership he has shown in America's war on terrorism amidst both the constant and vicious, personal and political attacks both he and his family are made to endure.
WHAT I AM … is a human being, full of numerous faults and failures, but a man nonetheless, who, though not always successful, has continually strived to do "what's right" instead of "what's easy". A man who is challenging the religious leaders of all faiths, to not only preach to their congregations the fundamentals of "what's right" and "what's wrong", but to also then hold them accountable for their actions in both the public and private sectors.
WHAT I AM … is disgusted with the Courts who, on one hand, call the murder of a pregnant woman a "double homicide" but then refer to the abortion of her baby as, "pro-choice".
WHAT I AM … is someone deeply troubled by a political party which embraces a candidate whose primary "leadership" qualities center around his protesting of the Vietnam war and his labeling the honorable men and women who fought in it, (50,000 of whom gave their lives in that action), as rapists, and war criminals. That same political party then stepped forward this year to block the appearance of a true Vietnam war hero, retired Admiral and former United States Senator, Jeremiah Denton, (a man who spent seven years and seven torturous months in a North Vietnam prison), from speaking before an open session of the California legislature as part of that state's 4th of July celebration. The reason Democrats gave for refusing to allow this American hero to speak before their state legislature was because of the "conservative" nature of his views. As an American, that troubles me deeply ….as well it should you.
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- October 27, 2004 2:17 PM
- Doug said...
Hey Resa, the guy you talk about in "What Would Hitler Do?" May be on to something... take it easy on the freaks!
I envision a day when nobody picks on leftist losers, the "tax the rich" economically-- not to mention mentally-- challenged, Marxist twirps, and Kum Ba Yah singing hand holding peace fairies.
I see a day when people like Michael Moore and Ted Kennedy, who compromise nothing except truth and the architechtural integrity of the stage from which they speak, aren't chastized. When dorkwad environmentalists who burn 175,000 gallons of jet fuel to fly to an eco conference on ozone depletion, France, dingbats who endorsed John Kerry--such as Al Gore, Bruce Springsteen, and Osama bin Laden, morons who clog the highway because their kumquat-powered hybrid can't go over 15 mph, and Marxist simps who are against all corporations except those companies who put out their incorrigably bad movies and cd's, are left alone, free from the bondage of common sense and historical learning.
I may not get there with ya, but the day will come when we get to the bipartisan promised land, and all name calling stops. Even a leftist doofus wants that!
- November 02, 2004 4:06 AM
- Unknown said...
Everyone, meet Doug Powers, the funniest social commentator on earth! Read him every Monday in his weekly column at World Net Daily, and visit his website at www.dougpowers.com. It's well worth the trip!
Yes, hippies can lie, cheat, steal, dumb down and stink up the joint, but heaven forfend if we actually call them on it! Oy!
- November 02, 2004 7:50 AM
- Unknown said...
And Daschle is out...go Sioux!
Thank you, Father in Heaven, for giving us so much AND forGIVING us so much!
- November 02, 2004 10:54 PM
- Doug said...
Let the Dems tears flow, and the blame fly! I feel sort of bad for Teresa Heinz... Oh sure, when things start to go bad, they automatically blame the one who sounds like a Gabor Sister with Tourette Syndrome. It's "snob bashing" at its worst!
- November 04, 2004 8:01 AM
- Unknown said...
Oh man, Doug...you are so GOOD when you're BAD!!!
- November 07, 2004 4:24 PM
- Craig J. said...
You feel bad for Teresa H? Strange, I don't. I don't feel bad for any of them. Let them cry. I sleep very well at night knowing W is back in charge for another 4 years.
I have never *enjoyed* liberal disappointment as much as I am this time around. As Peggy Noonan said: SAVOR.
- November 08, 2004 9:09 AM
- Unknown said...
Oh that was good, Craig. I've always like Noonan.
I think I'll sit back and savor a bit...
- November 08, 2004 10:53 AM
- Jack said...
I read your
"THEY'RE DOING IT AGAIN--Why the Hippies Need To (Me) Lie"
Over on TNUSA's Forums.
You made a comparison between what that Marine did in Fallujah to what happened in
My Lai and that both were justified.
Personally, I don't see how acts such as these:
"A group of fifteen to twenty mostly older women were gathered around a temple, kneeling and praying. They were all executed with shots to the back of their heads. Eighty or so villagers were taken from their homes and herded to the plaza area. As many cried "No VC! No VC!", Calley told soldier Paul Meadlo, "You know what I want you to do with them". When Calley returned ten minutes later and found the Vietnamese still gathered in the plaza he reportedly said to Meadlo, "Haven't you got rid of them yet? I want them dead. Waste them." Meadlo and Calley began firing into the group from a distance of ten to fifteen feet. The few that survived did so because they were covered by the bodies of those less fortunate."
"As the third platoon moved into My Lai, it was followed by army photographer Ronald Haeberle, there to document what was supposed to be a significant encounter with a crack enemy battalion. Haeberle took many pictures [HAEBERLE PHOTOS]. He said he saw about thirty different GIs kill about 100 civilians. Once Haeberle focused his camera on a young child about five feet away, but before he could get his picture the kid was blown away. He angered some GIs as he tried to photograph them as they fondled the breasts of a fifteen-year-old Vietnamese girl."
"Meanwhile, the rampage below continued. Calley was at the drainage ditch on the eastern edge of the village, where about seventy to eighty old men, women, and children not killed on the spot had been brought. Calley ordered the dozen or so platoon members there to push the people into the ditch, and three or four GIs did. Calley ordered his men to shoot into the ditch. Some refused, others obeyed. One who followed Calley's order was Paul Meadlo, who estimated that he killed about twenty-five civilians. (Later Meadlo was seen, head in hands, crying.) Calley joined in the massacre. At one point, a two-year-old child who somehow survived the gunfire began running towards the hamlet. Calley grabbed the child, threw him back in the ditch, then shot him. "
Could ever be justified.
Maybe it's just me...
You might consider that, by attempting to compare the horrific acts that occured in My Lai to what recently happened in Fallujah, you are hurting, rather than helping that poor marines case.
I can't see how the sexual molestation of a
15 year old girl or the execution of a 2 year old could ever be militarily justified.
You have to draw the line somewhere.
We're not Nazis after all.
- November 25, 2004 1:14 PM
- Unknown said...
You don't get it, do you? The CoC says you cannot kill non-combatants. But the VC turned women and children into combatants by using them.
Women were killing our warriors--combatting in the guise of civillian. Does this not justify self-defense?
Children were killing our warriors--combatting in the guise of civillian. Does this not justify self-defense?
It was indeed horrible, as I've stated over and over again. But it was a situation created by the VC to which our men were forced to react. Put the blame where the blame is due--at feet of the instigators, not those of the defenders.
I am sure many of the women and children did NOT want to be combatants, and were forced under threat to do so. They were in a lose-lose situation, but one created by their own countrymen, NOT the American Warrior.
Our Warriors' reactions to this situation is both logical and reasonable. How My Lai evolved is an example of what can and does happen in a war zone with an enemy for whom the slaughter of his own does not matter. WE did not want to kill women and children, but the enemy did, knowing full well that it would both harm our men, and then they could "pretend" to care and use it as propaganda against the American "invaders" to turn the world and the lame ass hippies in this country to their side. It worked back then because of people like you, who focus on emotion--like women do--instead of logic and reason.
Would you have rathered that Calley and Medina came home in a casket instead? Because the hippies wish all Warriors were killed...listen to them sometime.
These men walk the line, do what we won't, all so I can do what I choose to do. Never forget that. And that doesn't just mean putting his life in mortal danger...it also means killing others. Those who survive war pay the highest price of all, and those who accuse and condemn them are making sure that price is as high and unreasonable as possible. Those who accuse are the monsters along with the VC.
That's right; we're NOT Nazis. We are a good and decent country. We did NOT premeditate to go to 'Nam and kill innocent people as the Nazis did. We have never--even after winning a war--taken over and annexed another land. We take our enemy by the hand, build him up better and stronger than ever, and turn him into an ally. No one ever does that; we do.
One last thing. The biggest reason Truman used the bomb to end WWII is because Japan was arming its women and children with broomsticks to fight off the American landing. They were going to fight to the last Japanese, as is part of the Boshido code. It was estimated that it would have cost us 1 million men, and Japan over 3 million. Truman dropped the bomb NOT ONLY to save our men, but to spare them being forced to slaughter women and children.
That was the evil of Japan...to be willing to use women and children as pawns of war to kill, demoralize, or psychologically damage American Warriors is unconscionable. That is what the enemy does, NOT us. We were not the bad guys in 'Nam...the VC were. We are not the bad guys now...Islam/Communism is.
- November 25, 2004 8:53 PM
- Jack said...
War Chick,
I read your response. And I still don't get it. I strongly disagree with your argument that the massacre at My Lai was somehow justified.
I don't see the comparison between the cold blooded murder of defenseless women, children and old men and a marine shooting someone that he legitemately thought was a threat.
And there is the difference between the two situations, IMHO.
The marine thought that the Arab guy had the potential to actually harm him. He had
seen other apparently wounded Iraquis hurt his buddies.
I don't see how you can make a case that the
civilians in My Lai were an actual threat to
the GI's that killed them.
What I get from your original post is that
the killing of those civilians in My Lai was
justified because in other times, civilians
had threatened or harmed US personel, as I'm sure they did. I just don't see how that qualifies the killing that went on in My Lai.
I cannot imagine a situation where killing a child that is not personally threatening you is justified.
Apparently you can.
I'll go farther, I don't think it's right to kill civilians that are grown men as punishment for what other's have done. As long as those grown men haven't done anything wrong...
Even if you say that, at times, the communists in Viet Nam used civilians, women and children as shields or to plant bombs or whatever...I can't see how it justifies the cold blooded murder that apparently went on at My Lai.
In WWII, it was the policy of the German Army to kill random civilians as punishment for the actions of rebel fighters.
They rarely picked children. Seems like even the Nazis didn't feel comfortable with that senario.
Why do you?
As for your comments on Japan. You are basically right. We dropped the A Bombs because we wanted to avoid the massive casualities that would have happened if we had had to invade the mainland. Whether the
Japanese would have used women and children
to fight, we'll never know. They didn't use
those tactics when we invaded the Japanese island of Okinawa.
If we had invaded, and the Japanese had used armed women and children to defend their country, then we certainly would have been justified in killing them. On the other hand, I don't think it would have justified the cold blooded killing of non-combatant women and children. Unless they were a percieved threat.
Anyway, I don't see what the Japanese situation has to do with the discussion at hand.
Further, IMHO, your comparison between what
Wm Calley's men did in My Lai and what that
Marine did in Fallujah dishonors the Marine.
I don't imagine he would be very happy with the comparison.
- November 26, 2004 1:22 AM
- Jack said...
BTW...Just a little history. We have, after winning a war, annexed land.
- November 26, 2004 1:24 AM
- bobby said...
i was woundering if there were any comments on the marine that is finally being charged with disertion from his unit; ended up in lebinon or something. just another muslim running from the evil infadel or another spy for the muslims on our military? i think it is just another pig running for allah to save him from the infadels; another thing why de we let this happen and why do we let there pigs in?
- December 13, 2004 6:55 PM
- Unknown said...
Sigh. Jack, if the logic and reason escape you, then more of the same ain't gonna help. Sorry, but this was intended for those who could follow a logical sequence to a reasonable conclusion that any human in the same circumstances could and most likely would make.
Bobby, how interesting that you talked about this soldier. I'll be doing a follow up on the AWOL Arab...I'm voting for Court Martial and a trial for High Treason.
- December 14, 2004 3:38 PM
- Doug said...
Throw in a court martial for spelling errors, and we can get a whole bunch of folks tossed in the pokey!
- December 14, 2004 7:45 PM
- Unknown said...
Oh man, if we could charge people for crimes against grammar, there wouldn't be a rapper or Puerto Rican anywhere near America! (evil grin)
- December 15, 2004 8:29 AM
- Hari Narayan Singh said...
The degree of threat we faced from the civilians at My Lai is something we will probably never know. However, the assertion that if some of the civilians in an enemy nation attack us, we should kill them all is ridiculous. Civilians will always die in war, but organized slaughter of civilians based on a small chance that some of them will attack you us unethical and unAmerican. Civilians should not be off-limits, but soldiers who kill without discretion need to be disciplined.
You have suggested numerous times that women have a severe deficit of logic. Why should anyone listen to you then? I think you belittle your own gender just to please your reader base.
- December 18, 2004 8:00 PM
- Unknown said...
Boy, what the hell is wrong with you? You're G-d damned right we have the right to kill others when we are attacked!!! Put down the Vodka, son, and save what cells you have left. Sheeyit.
This was not an organized attack, butt for brains, it was an anomaly, but one that resulted from the organized and embedded actions of the VC. The VC is responsible for My Lai, and you God damned well know it. Your distraction tactcis do NOT work with those of us who can think for ourselves here in a free republic, and I suggest you pull your dick out of your mommy's purse and start growing a pair.
If governments are going to support and/or look the other way while their people behave in outrageous behavior...if they aren't going to stop them...then we will, and we will do so without apology. And you bet your brown ass that women don't use logic, which is why I don't believe that the majority of women belong in business, politics, or the military. Those who are willing to think as men do have every right to be in such areas, but since the majority do not, then dammit, society should not be forced to put up with their loser pussy politics.
God...I think YOU'RE a woman...no logic, no reason, and pure emotional hysteria. For God's sake!
- December 20, 2004 7:06 AM
- Jack said...
"Boy, what the hell is wrong with you? You're G-d damned right we have the right to kill others when we are attacked!!! Put down the Vodka, son, and save what cells you have left. Sheeyit.
This was not an organized attack, butt for brains, it was an anomaly, but one that resulted from the organized and embedded actions of the VC. The VC is responsible for My Lai, and you God damned well know it. Your distraction tactcis do NOT work with those of us who can think for ourselves here in a free republic, and I suggest you pull your dick out of your mommy's purse and start growing a pair.
If governments are going to support and/or look the other way while their people behave in outrageous behavior...if they aren't going to stop them...then we will, and we will do so without apology. And you bet your brown ass that women don't use logic, which is why I don't believe that the majority of women belong in business, politics, or the military. Those who are willing to think as men do have every right to be in such areas, but since the majority do not, then dammit, society should not be forced to put up with their loser pussy politics.
God...I think YOU'RE a woman...no logic, no reason, and pure emotional hysteria. For God's sake!"
Yeesh...this forum needs a "rolls eyes" icon...
You're outa your head.
- December 20, 2004 12:29 PM
- Hari Narayan Singh said...
MY distraction tactics? Ad hominim is the ultimate distraction from rational argument, and you use it abundantly. You insult my intelligence for suggesting that military commanders should excercise discretion when killing people? War is about killing who you WANT to kill, and minimizing the deaths of those you don't want to, for a very practical reason. Every unnecessary civilian death an army causes strengthens the cause of the enemy and makes them more dangerous.
- December 20, 2004 12:50 PM
- Hari Narayan Singh said...
I imagine I can anticipate what you're going to say: "Damn RIGHT we kill who we WANT to kill. Quit stating the obvious, you vulva-brained nitwit." I doubt that you would hesitate to pick at someone's language like that. Obviously what I meant was that in war we should try to restrict our killing to that which is advantageous to us. Trying to break a people's morale will usually backfire.
Now I bet you'll say that I insulted myself, saving you the trouble. My reply to that is, we both know that when a writer puts something in quotes, it is probably not his opinion.
- December 20, 2004 1:08 PM
- Unknown said...
Good God...you're actually getting dumber!
That's right, buttlicker...a good military's goal is to minimize unecessary deaths. So then tell me, commie bastard...why do commies and rag heads use women, children, and other cvillians to do their dirty work? Why do THEY--not us, numb nuts--turn the innocent into combatants? This is THEIR sin, THEIR evil--and YOURS, since you support it--not OURS. If the enemy turns someone into a combatant, we damned well have the right to kill them. Again...WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU? If a woman is coming at you with a gun, you're not going to defend yourself? (Well, a dickless twit hippy lame ass like yourself probably won't, but most normal, life-loving, freedom-defending human beings most definitely will!)
Re-read the article again, and this time use logic and reason instead of the emotional womanesque overload. Once the enemy engages in such wicked tactics, we will always have the right to defend ourselves, and we will do so WITHOUT APOLOGY! Where is the outrage against the VC for using their own people in such a horrific manner? Where is the disgust against Communism for the rape, murder, and destruction of Southeast Asia?
You're either retarded or in denial...or a commie, which encompasses both.
- December 20, 2004 1:40 PM
- Jack said...
OMG...Whata freakin whackjob...
- December 20, 2004 1:43 PM
- Hari Narayan Singh said...
I think troops have the right to defend themselves from anyone, which I thought I made clear.
None of my previous posts were about My Lai. They were against the idea that if SOME civilians of an enemy nation are trained to attack invading troops, and the host nation doesn't care about their people, then we should kill their civilians indiscriminately. After reading your article again, I am less sure that you think that either, but you have said plenty else to suggest that you do.
Regardless, you have lost credibility REALLY quickly in my view:
"I believe in freedom of speech, but for the consideration of others, please watch your language. Excessive swearing or abuse of members will result in your being banned..."
Wow. What hypocricy. You should ban yourself, woman. Besides, it huwts my widdo feewings! I'm gonna cry all the way to my Party meeting now. But seriously, the only people who are impressed by profuse insults are adolescents and those who doublethink their way of acknowledging all the geological research of the Earth as it was over 7,000 years ago.
- December 20, 2004 3:14 PM
- Doug said...
>"You're either retarded or in denial...or a commie"
This is the best redundant sentence I've read all month!
- December 20, 2004 6:19 PM
- Hari Narayan Singh said...
That should have been "OUT of acknowledging."
- December 20, 2004 10:34 PM
- Steve B said...
Hey WarChick,
I was so inspired by your Blog that I started my own. Check it out if interested.
"The reactionary rantings of an unapologetically fanatical right-wing zealot, dedicated to exposing all manner of journalistic malfeasance, philosophical hypcocrisy, and moral incontinence."
- February 02, 2005 2:31 AM
- Pipewrench said...
I like your site. We need people like you here in NY to fight the Clintons a Schummers. (Lets face it I can't do it alone)
See ya on the Nugboard
New York State Director
Ted Nugent United Sportsmen of America
- July 30, 2005 4:59 AM
- Unknown said...
I love NUGE-ites! Email me...email@example.com.
Jeffrey Epstein needs me to get NUGE to help him with this symposium. CBS pussied--shocking, I know--and he's being threatened. Men such as NUGE could really help. Isn't there some way to get to him without having to go through some lame assistant? I know NUGE would help if possible.
AND...I'm going to try to go too. How far is NY from Connecticut?
- July 30, 2005 11:45 AM
- Doug said...
More columns! We need more columns! The Resaholics are getting the shakes out here!
- August 08, 2005 11:09 AM
- America's Wack Job said...
America owes big debt to George Bush for his brilliant handling of the situation in the mid east. I just wish we could always be at war and have armies all over the world eating American lead. Oooorahh.
- September 06, 2005 12:24 AM
- Unknown said...
We are way behind in our ass kickin', but I would give anything for Ronaldus Maximus. THE GARDEN OF REAGAN is what we need so very much right now. I miss him so. There must be another man out there like him. Oh...there is. His name is Alan Keyes. Please run again, Dr. Keyes.
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Ratings game: WMRA claims non-com supremacy
Just 10 years after arriving to grab a bite out of the local market, an upstart Harrisonburg broadcaster has ousted the longtime public radio leader to become Charlottesville's #1 public radio station– for this round of ratings, anyway.
In Arbitron's latest numbers, WMRA was king of the noncommercial hill, pulling in a 7.7 share. That tops Roanoke-based rival WVTF, which pulled a 6.4 share of Charlottesville-area listeners in the "12-plus" category: listeners 12 or over from 6am to midnight during an average quarter hour (AQH).
"Our AQH share is pretty impressive," says WMRA general manager Tom DuVal. "A 7.7 share– that's the number commercial stations use to sell advertising."
DuVal, who came to WMRA about a year after it charged into Charlottesville in 1995, calls the ratings "phenomenal" for a non-commercial station. "It's pretty much unheard of in public radio."
Indeed, in the Arbitron commercial 12 pluses, only "Lite Rock" Z-95 has a higher rating, with an 11.5 share.
Others are not quite so giddy about WMRA's numbers. "This is the first time I remember they topped us in share," says Glenn Gleixner, head of WVTF. "We topped them in cume ratings."
Cume is the estimated actual number of the 12-and-older population in the Charlottesville metro area tuning in: 22,000 for WMRA; 25,300 for WVTF.
It's long been a mystery to some how a town the size of Charlottesville ended up with five public radio stations– the same as New York City.
Odder still, although Charlottesville consistently ranks as one of the top National Public Radio-listening towns in the country, it doesn't really have its own NPR station. The "Morning Edition" crowd must choose between WVTF and WRMA– and most recently RadioIQ.
Public radio's version of talk radio, featuring BBC news and NPR talk programs, RadioIQ is a WVTF project. Gleixner says the fledgling station– locally broadcast on 89.7 FM– tallied a 2.2 share in its first ratings in spring 2004, falling to 1.3 in the most recent fall 2004 ratings.
"I wouldn't make too much out of these ratings," says Gleixner. "What public radio really considers is listener response. We do very well with people who support us."
WNRN founder Mike Friend is dubious about WMRA's ratings– and the need for two NPR stations. "I don't know why WMRA has those numbers because nobody listens to them. Who's going to listen to WMRA fade out when you can listen to local station WVTF?"
Friend tells a story about a car dealership that was keeping track of the radio presets on cars coming in to determine where to spend its ad dollars. "WVTF was on most radios," he says. "We were number three."
Friend also scorns the value of 12-plus ratings. "It's your demographics that count," he explains. "You don't buy 12 plus if you're selling Volvos."
Hour of day also is a consideration. Friend says his afternoon show does best with 18-to-34-year-olds. In the last ratings, he says, WNRN tied with 3WV with a 9.4 share of the males in the 25-to-44 market.
Not surprisingly, Friend doesn't put too much stock in Arbitron ratings to begin with– but notes that WNRN consistently pulls in a 4 or 5 share. "In Arbitron, you have to have five books filled out for your station to show up at all," he says, referring to the daily logs designated listeners keep.
DuVal also acknowledges the whimsicality of Arbitron ratings, which depend on where the diaries are placed and whether those places pick up a given signal. "You're really extrapolating from a small number of data points," he says.
Nonetheless, he's pleased with WMRA's top spot. "We typically do better in Charlottesville," he says. "There are more public radio-type people than in Harrisonburg."
So why doesn't Charlottesville have its own NPR station? Former UVA dean– and founding director of NPR– Bernard Mayes suggests an answer.
Essentially, UVA station WTJU's board voted in the late 1980s or early 1990s to remain a college radio station.
"To become a full-fledged public radio station was not in its best interest," explains Mayes, who admits he was disappointed by the decision at the time. "It was better for [WTJU] to have its own identity. You may find the student audience not well served by NPR."
"Why duplicate programming?" asks Chuck Taylor, WTJU's general manager.
He says WTJU doesn't really pay much attention to ratings and isn't bothered by its 2.5 share. "We're not trying to be number one. We try to fill in for those who don't have a place to go."
Taylor points out another problem with Arbitron. "They do not sample non-stable populations like 22904, which is the university area. It's probably detrimental to any station with student listenership."
Taylor thinks the diversity of radio– both commercial and noncommercial– bodes well for Charlottesville– "as long as we're all getting financially supported– and we are," he adds.
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Bruce Karpati, head of the SEC's Asset Management Unit, housed within the agency's Enforcement Division, told compliance officers Tuesday that overseeing hedge funds' compliance will continue to be a priority for the agency next year.
Speaking at the Regulatory Compliance Association's conference in New York, Karpati said that from 2010 to present, the SEC's Enforcement Division has brought more than 100 cases against hedge fund managers, "a significant majority of which involved conflicts of interest, valuation, performance, and compliance and controls."
He told conference attendees that the Asset Management Unit is particularly concerned about four developments in the hedge fund space.
First, he said, the retailization of hedge funds, which has "made it easier for unsophisticated investors to invest directly in hedge funds." Looking ahead, he said, the elimination of the prohibition on general solicitation and general advertising as a result of the JOBS Act "could have an immediate impact because, what were formerly private offerings, can now in some form be broadcast to a much wider audience." While, he added, the SEC "understands that this may facilitate capital formation, one of our concerns is that these retail-oriented hedge funds may be offered to investors that may have the financial wherewithal to meet accredited investor standards but are otherwise financially unsophisticated."
Second, Karpati said is the "emerging retail orientation" of hedge funds that increasingly exposes ordinary investors to such funds either directly or indirectly through pensions, endowments, foundations, and other retirement plans.
For instance, Karpati cited data that has found that private sector pension funds currently seek to allocate on average about 10% of their assets to hedge funds, and public sector pensions target an 8% allocation on average. "Adding in private equity and real estate, these numbers get even bigger," he said. "According to these sources, larger pensions with more than $1 billion in assets have increased their stakes in alternative investments to almost 20%, nearly double the percentage from five years ago."
The third area of concern, Karpati continued, is the fact that alternative investment vehicles "often involve complex, illiquid or opaque investments." This lack of transparency into their investment strategies and operations, he said, "may occur for legitimate business reasons, but, at the same time, the potential for fraud is substantial. Even sophisticated investors can be defrauded through alternative investment vehicles, especially when their practices are not transparent to investors or regulators."
Fourth, the Asset Management Unit is "particularly aware of the risks posed by private funds advised by unregistered advisers," Karpati said. "Smaller private fund advisers, typically those with less than $150 million in assets under management, pose a risk because they may be exempt from SEC registration."
Unregistered advisors, he said, "may not have effective compliance policies and procedures to prevent fraud and other violations, are not subject to inspection by exam staff, and need not comply with the commission's advertising rules applicable to registered advisers."
Said Karpati: "Knowing that a disproportionate amount of fraud occurs at smaller hedge fund advisers, the Asset Management Unit is concerned that unregistered advisers may engage in general solicitation without the proper policies in place to ensure that only accredited investors invest."
Karpati also told compliance officers to be prepared for SEC exams. Not only is it important to be "cooperative with exam staff while an examination takes place," he said, but firms must also "implement any necessary corrective steps if the SEC identifies violations or possible violations. Taking these steps will help the examination process to proceed more efficiently and reduce the likelihood of more formal inquiries" by enforcement or Asset Management Unit staff.
He noted that the three SEC units that specialized in hedge fund oversight–Market Abuse, Structured and New Products, as well as the Asset Management Unit–have each hired industry professionals such as hedge fund managers, private equity analysts, and due diligence professionals, who assist on investigations, consult on exams and assist in policymaking.
Said Karpati: "These industry professionals have already been successful in uncovering issues that we may not have identified otherwise. We like to say: "They know where the bodies are buried–and understand how they got there."
Asset Management Unit staff, Karpati added, has also made it a priority to "develop an advanced understanding of the operating environment and incentives of asset managers in order to proactively monitor and combat fraud" in the hedge fund industry. For instance, he said, because hedge fund managers are compensated by both management fees and performance fees, "the manager has incentives to overprioritize compensation." The temptation to overvalue assets to boost compensation has "emerged repeatedly" in enforcement cases brought by the agency.
That's why the Asset Management Unit is focused on "detecting fraudulent or weak valuation practices–including lax valuation committees and the use of side pockets to conceal losing illiquid positions–and the failure to follow a fund's stated valuation procedures."


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School Lunch From Around the World
School lunch usually doesn't represent the best that a countries culinary scene has to offer. In America, at least, the food is usually pretty bad. This e-mail is making fun of school lunch, not of the country of origin.
I'll be the first to admit that I am no culinary expert. If the original author of this e-mail was wrong, I apologize. I mean no offense to anyone by posting it, and would personally try every item on every tray. If you know what an item is, let me know, and I will update it.
I have found some additional school lunches from other countries:
Japan (I swear the site where I found this said Thailand)
Korea: Tofu soup, a banana, some noodle stuff, broccoli?, kimchi, and rice.
Korea: Kimchi, rice, soup, some greens, and some white thingies.
Update: Mae comments: The white thingies in the Korean lunch is mandoo, kinda like potstickers.
Korea: Kimchi, a fish, some seaweed looking thing, and some colorful mystery items.
Update: valerio comments: Top right of tray is spicy squid. Top right plate is pickled radish.
Japan: Rice, some dry seaweed(?), an orange wedge, some type of coleslaw(?), tofu soup and tea.
India: Rice, curry, and sauce.
Update: rwblake comments: I can state that the "curry" in the school lunch is not a curry. Curry is not Indian, it is a UK phenomena. The yellow soup is a Dal of some kind. Which is a Lentil cooked or ground up into a soup.
Update: Ajan comments: The pic or rather the lunch looks like some truck driver's lunch or probably some cheap school out of the blue from one of the corners of India. A normal Indian lunch (...) would be consisting of 3-4 different curries (UK Phenomena), the Dal/Rasam (Soup in American Tongue) kinda thing and a sweet in some places. P.S: The brown stuff is (...) Lady's Finger curry with some Masala.
USA: A healthy lunch. Chicken, beans, milk, salad, a roll and crackers.
France: French fries, a piece of baguette, mystery meat, cake, something resembling an omelet, and a cup of something to drink.
Update: froggy commented: 1st: the "omelette stuff" looks like a typical savoury puff pastry (as a first course), with cheese and streaky bacon inside. The meat is a simple burger patty (Salisbury steak, if you prefer). Cheap and very popular for school lunch.
France: Mussels, an artichoke, grapefruit, cheesecake, baguette and fries.
Update: froggy commented: Cooked Mussels+fries, a typical Belgian/North of France meal. The cheesecake looks more like a lemon tart.
USA: Tater tots, chicken nuggets, fruit, chocolate milk and ketchup.
China: A fish, something that looks like kimchi, rice, broccoli, cauliflower, and soup.
Japan: A roll (hot dog bun?), vegetable soup, orange wedge, something that looks like lasagna, milk, and some sort of vegetable salad.
USA: orange, milk, baguette, green beans and spaghetti.
USA: Broccoli, chocolate milk, chocolate cookie, marinara sauce, and what looks like pizza or cheese bread.
USA: Applesauce, chocolate milk, hash browns, and chicken nuggets.
USA: Taco salad, soda, mashed potatoes, and something that looks like it has either cheese or corn in it.
USA: A partly eaten BBQ sandwich, potato chips, baked beans, and peach cobbler. Mmmm.
Japan: rolls, a slice of pineapple, soup, milk, and some noodle stuff.
Korea: Rice, milk, kimchi, meat looking substance, noodle things, tofu soup.
Update: Mae comments: Also, in one korean lunch the little plastic container that looks like milk is actually more like a sweet yogurt drink.
Japan: Sardines, milk, rice, orange slice, and what looks like something totally foreign to me, in a bowl.
USA: an organic lunch of chicken(?), vegetables, mashed potatoes, organic milk, and a pear. A little bland as far as my taste.
USA: A roll, some salad with ranch dressing, chocolate milk, mashed potatoes, chicken nuggets and ketchup.
USA: peas, mashed potatoes, some sort of cake with sprinkles, a biscuit and what I believe is a beef pot pie.
USA: a roll, mashed potatoes, Salisbury steak, some sort of desert, and something resembling a pile of sauteed onions.
USA: Milk, fries in the shape of smiley faces, soup, crackers, ketchup and chicken nuggets.
USA: Chocolate milk, baked beans, fruit, ketchup, french fries, a corn dog and coleslaw.
USA: A soft pretzel and mustard, chocolate milk, fruit cocktail, corn and lasagna or possibly pizza.
43 comments:
In the first Korea lunch, the green stuff is watercress, actually.ReplyDelete
In the eighth USA lunch, the "chicken?" is more likely a vegetable roll of sorts.
- AnonymousMay 20, 2010 at 8:31 AM
- AnonymousMay 21, 2010 at 11:37 AM
So other countries get real food and the U.S gets whatever slop they find in the trash? Not fair. School lunches disgust me a bit. The second I had to wonder if the 'chicken' I'm eating might actually be human meat/turkey butt is the second I drew the line on school food. Give me a brown-bag lunch any day.ReplyDelete
I actually think the 'pinapple slice' in that one Japanese meal is a pickled daikonReplyDelete
*sigh* what I'd give to have gone to school in Japan or Korea, just for the delicious-looking lunches...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 7, 2010 at 8:16 PM
Korean lunches are usually spicey, also soo many carbs on on eplate. But generally they are pretty okay..ReplyDelete
I'm hoping that we'll end up with a slew of prototyped ideas and a bunch of happy people. I'm sure there'll be a lot more hard work until we can turn those embryonic proofs of concept into livingReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 4, 2010 at 1:59 PM
chocolate cookie, marinara sauce, and what looks like pizza or cheese bread.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 28, 2010 at 3:40 PM
I had one of U.S. mashed potato lunches today.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 3, 2010 at 2:31 AM
I work in school food service in Georgia and it is amazing how many parents place the majority of blame on school lunches and the lack of physical education in schools. But these same parents pick up Mc Donald's or Taco Bell because they are too busy to cook a healthy meal. Fortunately, my district follows the "Dietary Guidelines for Americans" (which is the Federally mandated standard, despite being outdated). I am curious, how many parents of school aged children actually consult any dietary guidelines in preparation of meals at home. Second, I would love to see the percentage of parents who involve themselves in daily physical activity with their children. C'mon people!!! The time for passing the buck and not taking personal responsibility for the things we are personally responsible for is now!!ReplyDelete
Thai Food is very yummy :)ReplyDelete
I want to try to eat every kindReplyDelete
i like like pizza!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 4, 2011 at 2:14 AM
Why do the French eat pine cones?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 11, 2011 at 11:50 PM
FROM Sri Lanka,ReplyDelete
we only get a COKE that tastes like WATER!!!!!!!!!
and food that are expired!!! and we should pay for those!!!
Why do the French eat pine cones?ReplyDelete
I prefer Chinese food on photo upper. i want to go cooking school to try to cooking it.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 8, 2011 at 12:19 AM
I'm not sure if you got the photos from the original source but please, you need to give the photographers credit when possible. If you want to use our photos, it's fine but we should all be credited. Thanks. Here's a link to my orignal Korean School Lunches. You can try finding the matching links/urls for the two photos you used but the set link is good enough.ReplyDelete
What do kids from countries around the world take to school for lunches?ReplyDelete
Wow, some of that stuff really does look nasty!!!ReplyDelete
I am surprised that there are a couple of healthy meals within the food from the USA. I guess if you want you can really eat healthy. My favorite was the organic meal with chicken, veggies and mashed potatoes. Looked good!ReplyDelete
I'm not sure if you got the photos from the original source but please, you need to give the photographers credit when possibleReplyDelete
The "something that looks like kimchi" from China seems to be eggs scrambled with tomatoes. It's often pretty sweet, since a good amount of sugar and MSG is added.ReplyDelete
Jeg er ikke sikker på, hvis du fik de billeder fra den oprindelige kilde, men husk, du skal give fotograferne kredit når det er muligt. Hvis du ønsker at bruge vores billeder, det er fint, men vi bør alle være krediteret. Tak. Her er et link til min originalkilden koreanske skolemad. Vi glade for at se dig på apotek dk her.ReplyDelete
Want to eat Sweeden one and taste JapanReplyDelete
hello, I write a blog about school food in the UK and regularly post pics of what the children are served. You can see it at http://jackiesschoolfoodblog.blogspot.com/ReplyDelete
Wow, some good things to eat. Although it is not even the deluxe model.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 10, 2011 at 9:44 PM
The 14th picture of the Chinese dish, the reddish yellow stuff is not kimchi, it's eggs and tomatoes.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 18, 2011 at 12:36 PM
The stuff in the small Dannon container in the French lunch is plain yogurt, not a drink.ReplyDelete
I like thai food. :)ReplyDelete
Indian curry can be made in so many ways. You can absolutely use whole eggs as well. I love your post it makes me hungry all the time :)ReplyDelete
Looks great!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 6, 2012 at 3:25 PM
The 17th one (USA) isn't pizza... it's cheese sticks. They are bread stuffed with nasty artificial mozzarella cheese. (The reason I know this is because they serve them at my school...)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 6, 2012 at 3:30 PM
i live in NY and my school lunch is:ReplyDelete
-flavored milk near expiration
-canned fruit
-iceberg lettuce
-hot entree (hot dog, hamburger, pizza, mozzarella sticks...), pbj, nasty!!! egg salad, nasty!!! ham sandwich, or a (dry) bagel
- for extra $:
cookies (manufactured)
bottled water
cream cheese
- AnonymousMay 6, 2012 at 3:33 PM
p.s. the lst usa one is pizzaReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 18, 2012 at 5:43 AM
I'm from Bangkok, Thailand. The first pic is possible coz they serve this kind of food in expensive private schools or universities.ReplyDelete
I always have Japanese food like in the picture in my univerity's cafeteria for 120 Baht ($4), cheap right? :)
You can absolutely use whole eggs as well. I love your post it makes me hungry all the time :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 19, 2012 at 10:47 AM
hey! "pretzel"? this "soft" thing is named "bretzel"!!! XDReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 10, 2012 at 12:05 PM
thanks for share informationReplyDelete
I had an enjoyable time at this blog post. I have placed several pics at my "school lunch" Pinterest page that should assist in introducing others to this very interesting page. It would be fun to have the opportunity to try all these offerings in one place along with other folks.ReplyDelete
The discussion afterwards about the different tastes, food types, cooking styles, etc. would be very interesting. Thanks for the nifty post!!!