Jul. 25th, 2003

hermionesviolin: (anime night)
This morning it was rainy (and cool and a bit windy) and i was attempting to lock myself in the computer lab and write my second Black Britain paper. Mid-afternoon it got gorgeous and i got even less successful at writing my paper. I remembered that these past couple days i'd been thinking about how i don't get out and walk much anymore, so i went to University Park.

There were these birds in the river (besides the multiplicitous ducks) that resembled pheasants only without the long tails. Their beaks and the continuing area around their eyes was white. Then there were other ones the same only red. I definitely took about a half a dozen pictures of them. (My criteria for taking pictures is basically: stuff i don't see at home.)

Then i walked around the pond (which i'm fairly certain is man-made, though as i was leaving i definitely saw near the edge the kind of disturbances one sees when fish come up and gulp at the surface) and was sad that there was no heron like last time when i didn't have a camera and started thinking that this would be a really nice place to come and meditate. As i came back around i saw this duck standing up more than any duck i've ever seen (not only was the neck stretched full out, but even the body was tilted upward) and i went to take a picture and it kept moving and then i saw a baby duck in the lily ponds near it. Bunch o' pictures of that. The baby and adult swimming next to each other, then swimming directly at me. (I really would have loved to have a zoom lense, incidentally.) I could see other ones in the lilies, and yup, there was a group of three on the other side of that swath of lilies. I probably took at least a dozen pictures in that pond, some of which might actually be pretty good.

Leaving the park i saw squirrel with a nut in its mouth, which i'd never actually seen, and that got some more pictures, though i didn't manage to catch the best shots.

And then i saw these large black and white patterned birds, no idea what they were, and unfortunately didn't get any pictures of them.
hermionesviolin: black and white photo of Emma Watson as Hermione, with text "hermionesviolin" (hermione by oatmilk)
I just can't handle the liberal media (anymore), and i figured out why: it all comes from a base of "George W. is evil." I know i'm overgeneralizing, but i've been dabbling in politics recently (i've kept up with very little since i've been away, but i check InstaPundit and a few other blogs every once in a while) and the anti-war/GW stuff has inspired in me deep weariness, and i was thinking about why that is, and that's my decision.

Okay, the obvious counterpoint is that many conservatives do the reverse. I'll take your word for it because i'm sure it's true. However, the conservatives i read are very willing to criticize people in their party, and while sometimes they fall victim to totally writing people off (which frustrates me no end) i find them on the whole to be very reasonable and other such synonyms. Every time i read something from a place like indymedia, in contrast, i feel like it's a possibly reasoned and fact-based attack based in personal biases.

Example: Andrew Sullivan attacks the Human Rights Campaign's defense of (Democratic) Congressman Stark's homophobic remarks (scroll down). HRC's Winnie Stachelberg says "it's also important to note that Congressman Stark is one of the gay community's staunchest allies." Andrew Sullivan is gay, and he talks a lot about what politicians have done (or not done) for gay rights, but he rightly points out that what the HRC is saying is "bigotry is fine if you vote our way" and wonders "How will anyone take HRC seriously when they condemn Republican bigotry in the future?"

Anyway, like i said, i haven't been keeping up with foreign affairs or most anything besides my LJ friendspage since i've been out of the country, so please don't try to argue with me about foreign affairs etc. because i'm not prepared to argue back. I do, however, recomemend that you visit InstaPundit, frequently. I may not have articulated myself the best possible in this post, so please forgive that and try to go for the gist of the post. I'm certainly not condemning all liberals as fanatical Bush-haters or anything like that (duh), and i'll probably be back to debating sometime after i return to the States (though the idea of debating this stuff again makes me weary just thinking about).

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