Irony at a whole new level.

"And they the hunters should hunt them' - that will be the Jews. 'From every mountain and from every hill and from out of the holes of the rocks' - if that doesn't describe what Hitler did in the Holocaust, you can't see that," (Aljazeera English, May 22, 2008)

This quote is something you would normally expect to hear from Hamas. However this time there is a twist. This now well known quote comes from John Hagee who is the founder and national chair for Christians United for Israel. Seriously I have no idea how this kind of thing happens. I mean you support a nation of people and the person who tried to kill all of said people. I'm truly speechless. The only thing I have to say is too those who always throw the charge of anti-semitism at people who support Palestine: Who is anti-semitic now?

You leave for a couple of days and...

I'm glad my friend's house out here as internet (it's literally in the middle of nowhere) because I wouldn't want to miss this. After I read this, I was convinced that our congressmen and women celebrate Israel's independence more than our own. But speaking of which I finally got my project paper back. I was doing a project on stereotypes and how media affects bias towards Arabs. For my project I had to flash Arab and American names on the screen (I will not bother explaining the Implicit Attitudes Test, just google it). One of the Arab names I showed was Haifa. If you, like my psych. professor, think it is an Israeli name, I was referencing the Arabic singer Haifa Wehbe. My mind for some reason was not prepared for that one.

I also got a call from the Lebanese embassy telling me that I forgot to send some stuff with my visa. I had forgotten that they do not take check but I also missed one item that confused me. They wanted a self-addressed envelope. At first I was wondering what they expected me to send my stuff in if not an envelope but I just figured they were covering every angle. I missed their intention. Apparently the Consulate General of Lebanon in Detroit needs you to address the return envelope for them. I had always known the Lebanese gov't was dysfunctional but it was only then that I realized how dysfunctional it was.

One little country.

I talked to my friend from Beirut yesterday doing a may term with the UN. He was doing much better since things have been calming down. Meanwhile Bush pushes himself further into irrelevancy with his latest statements on Lebanon. Obviously disarming Hezbollah is not an option until the causes of their support is addressed. It is weird to hear him talking about Hezbollah turning on their own people like he really cares about the Lebanese people. He even recognizes Hezbollah's role as protecting Lebanon against Israel. It only took him two years. And where was his help for the Lebanese army when Israel was bombing the country? Where was his concern about the fate of the Lebanese people when Israel was bombing them ?!?!? It kills me the most that my friend laments about how Arabs are fighting each other. There will always be people who sell out there own no matter where you go. I just wish someone was honest about our role in Lebanon and how no one really cares about the people there.

Summer plans.

Well we have seen that once again I have impeccable timing on my summer plans. I honestly do believe that things will settle down before I arrive but this could last for awhile. Either way its a risky situation but I didn't get into the Middle East because it seemed like the place with the least amount of risks. Truth be told though I still fear Chicago more than Beirut. The amount of crime here lately has been out of control and unlike the violence in the Middle East, this just seems far more random. To sum up my life, if something is going to happen to me it doesn't matter where I am because danger is always lurking around the corner in life. In America though we seem to have this illusion that it doesn't happen here. Maybe that's why we're always pissed when something does go wrong.