I was reading young Mr. Hylton’s post over at Public Realm about how he’s “for peace” and though I don’t totally agree, this excerpt caught my eye:

“And it has been stated by Russian soldiers who invaded Afghanistan in the late 70s that we will probably not find well-marked terrorist camps to bomb. The terrorists will likely be in villages with their families and civilians. It is frightening to think of how messy this could be.”

It had me thinking one thing: Vietnam.

I love Starbucks. It’s about the only thing from Seattle that I do love. But they get the Llama Award for the Day. Hell, we may have to extend it to Llama Award of the Month.

Ambulance workers in New York rushed into a nearby Starbucks store to get water to treat shock victims right after the September 11 terrorist attack. Employees insisted the ambulance workers pay for the three cases of bottled water. The rescue workers, in their quick desperation emptied their own pockets and paid in cash for the water.

Starbucks has since apologized saying such behavior is inconsistent with how they want their employees to act. To help head off any fallout, Starbucks has made a $1 million donation to the September 11th Fund. They also donated 14 items to eBay’s Auction for America. I would have hoped that they would have made such donations whether they fucked up or not.

We said that we might not be quite as cynical on this site as in the past, but when I see this headline “Taliban invites Jesse Jackson to broker peace” on CNN, I get a little perturbed. I can’t believe that anyone in the Taliban would even be able to stomach this man. These are people that cut off hands for stealing and sterilize women for adultery, if they don’t execute them.

But of course, Jesse is a man. And adultery in men is probably something this Taliban has no problems with. When will other countries and even the people of America realize that Jesse Jackson is no better than the rest of us. Sure, he’s a reverend. Where does he preach? What’s his job? How does he get paid? This man is milking America’s religious and racial sympathies fuel his continued flaunted existence.

If President Bush let’s Jesse Jackson be some “peace moderator” with the people who harbor our country’s greatest enemy, then I guess we’ll see the true colors of both men. Jesse Jackson is as much a man of peace as General Patton. Strap this logic to your throat and try to slowly: Does a man who makes his living brokering peace truly want peace? Wouldn’t he be making himself obsolete?

It’s the same reason Microsoft doesn’t make the perfect OS. It’s not that they can’t, they don’t want to because then you wouldn’t ever buy anything else. It’s the same with the car companies. Jesse Jackson capitalizes on the weakness and sympathies of the most downtrodden. Someone please give me an example of anything he has ever done to TRULY help someone without thought of or benefit to himself.