Jim's Eclectic World: ...and in Iraq

About Me

Name: Jim Macdonald

Location: Bozeman, MT, United States

Hi, my name is Jim Macdonald, and I have an odd assortment of interests. In no particular order, I love Yellowstone, I am an anti-authoritarian activist and organizer who just moved from Washington, DC to Bozeman, and I have a background in philosophy, having taught at the college level. My blog has a lot more links to my writing and my other Web sites. In Jim's Eclectic World, I try to give a holistic view of my many interests. Often, all three passions show themselves interweaving in the very same blog. Anyhow, I think it's a little different. But, that's me. I'm not so much out there, but taken together, I'm a little unusual.

Tuesday, August 01, 2006

...and in Iraq

from the AP:

"On Monday, the government said that since February, 30,359 families � or about 182,000 people � had fled their homes due to sectarian violence and intimidation. That represented an increase of about 20,000 people from the number reported July 20."

Now, the question I have is this? If this is the displacement due to "sectarian violence," what is the total due to US violence? Of course, that's a false question - it's all of the "sectarian violence" AND THEN SOME.

And, why do we keep biding our time with a sense that the US might be reformed or lobbied or petitioned? And, why does this number seem simply like a number? Do we feel it anymore? Or, are we, even those who resist prone to the same privileged bigotry?

In Pine Ridge, there's currently over 80% unemployment and a life expectancy in the mid to upper 40s. That's occupation! That's America!