there is not much the USA is doing that scares me more than the guantanamo bay interrogation and holding camp. The US Government is about to add a 5th building to the site. It already holds 440 men from 42 countries. It started holding people in January 2002. People who the US claim are not prisioners of war and are suspected taliban conspirators with no rights what so ever.

some times it makes me crazy to think that my view of the world, sitting in tom fit'z coffeeshop, comfortable and safe, is just as legitimate as feeling the world is a dangerous place, filled with injustices, and man-made human suffering. sitting next to me laptop is a job application for the position of librarian at multnomah country library. i probably wont be considered because my experience is with software development. ive had a couple of very prosperous years in my 20s. since then ive learned a little to measure my wealth by other rulers.

my friend lonnie is about to go work on his family owned plot of land in texas. to help his father settle there and to give the farm life a try. a dream of any city-grown kid. someone bought my SE oregon desert land for $4751.