Puppy video making people think again?

By now you've probably all heard of or seen the video of the soldier throwing a puppy off a cliff, there's all sorts of discussion around if it's real, I don't know but the video has hit a nerve with a lot of people, I just hope that in our 5 minute culture that it's not easily forgotten.

Since the start of the war I don't think I've seen such outrage from every day people since maybe the Abu Grade photos, the fact that people are dieing each and every day in the Iraq war seems to go unnoticed "it's sad, but what can I do?".

The puppy video seems to have people thinking about what this war is about and what is actually going on there, people are looking at the war from another emotional angle, not just seeing it as the same old war where people kill people, because to me it seems people are oblivious to this war, we've become desensitized, but what this puppy video has done I feel has provided a fresh angle by which to clearly see the horrors of war.

I started a blog a long while ago all about video footage uploaded by soldiers serving in these wars, I only made a few posts but as a result I continue to watch a lot of this type of footage and the most intriguing thing I've found is that they're just like me and my friends in the kitchen at work, when works slow we make jokes, prank each other, do crazy things, but when it's busy we're full on getting work done.

And that's what I've found while watching videos of soldiers serving, they're just a bunch of young people, doing their job, getting work done, but when times are slow it's time to make their own fun.

And that's very similar to what the Vietnam vets I know tell me in their stories, work hard, play hard and playing hard while fighting a war is a lot different than playing hard in the suburbs.

Young people plus boredom doesn't mix well, mix war and a place you don't really want to be into the equation and you've got something not to pretty at all.

Anyway this rants gone on long enough, long time coming I guess.

Iraq for Sale - Documentary

Iraq for Sale defines the perfect example of throwing money at something and seeing as nothing much happens.

The film is about government funded private corporations such as Blackwater, Halliburton/KBR and how these corporations are making killer profits from the war in Iraq. These companies aren't accountable for their actions the same way the government would be, so they get away with a lot of shit.

The war in Iraq is great for these companies profit margins, why would they want it to end?

It was a great watch, consolidates a lot of the info about these companies together, you could probably watch it online somewhere, but you didn't hear that from me.

Iraq for Sale - The War Profiteers Trailer


Been a little slow on the paranormal news front the last few days, so I've been watching quite a few documentaries, hopefully I find something paranormal to post about soon.

UFOs over Iraq

Well it seems like I've been away for ages, not just the trip away but I don't think I've made a decent post around here in a few weeks.

Since I was away on my trip there seems to be a few things people have been talking about so I'll start off with the UFOs over Iraq.

Not much of a description with these pillars of light, shot from I guess a night vision camera by soldiers in Iraq, the resulting video is very pretty. I have no idea what they could be, glares, reflections from the lights below, UFOs? I don't know, but I do see why my feed reader was filled with stories about it.

Strange lights in the sky