Democracy at the point of a gun, is doomed to failure. The USA and Britians' attempt to "democratize" Iraq by using force will never work. Any successful political system must have it's roots in the internal aspirations of the people of said country or region, it can not be imposed by an outside force, or forces.


I use the analogy of Spain "freeing" the American colonies from the British, only to place American citizens loyal to crown of Spain in the government of the resulting fledgling country. Needless to say that I highly doubt the founding fathers of the USA would have ever put up with such a blatantly unfair, Pro Spanish, system of "democratic principles".
With the above stated; why should anyone expect the Iraqis to put up with a similar situation in their country?

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Hurricane Emily plowed through the Western Caribbean today; as she continue to head toward the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico. Emily's category 4 sustained winds (131-155 mph) spared Jamaica and the Cayman Islands their full force, as the core of the dangerous system skirted by to the south.

Today the authorities in Mexico scrambled in a vain attempt to evacuate up to 30,000 resort guests by jamming them into 500 buses (too little to late in my humble opinion; this operation should have been put underway two days ago). Within a matter of a few hours now the full force of this monstrous storm's (currently) 135 mph sustained winds, and up to 15 of storm surge, will be unleashed on the tourist friendly regions of Cancun and Cozamel. Little doubt that the destruction wrought could be quite severe indeed.

Hurricane Emily is now in the history books as the most intense July hurricane in the history of the North Atlantic Ocean. With 155 mph sustained winds and a barometric pressure reading of 929 mb (a border line category 5), Emily stole the crown from her big brother Denis, who held the record for a mere week. She is still showing signs of strengthening, and may reach category 5 status on Sunday.

With these types of storms appearing in July. I shudder to think of the type of sea monsters that will be prowling the surface of the deep as the peak of hurricane season nears on September 1oth.

This morning Hurricane Emily briefly reached a peak intensity of 135 mph sustained wind speed, and a low barometric pressure reading of 952 mb (or a category 4 out of a maximum of 5). She then began a weakening trend that continued until this evening. Emily is still expected to impact the Yucatan later this weekend.

Hurricane Emily reach major hurricane status today, with sustained winds of 115 mph and a low barometric pressure of 962 mb (or a category 3), as she continued to slice through the southern Windward Island of the Caribbean.

Emily is headed towards the Yucatan Peninsula of southern Mexico; where she is projected to make landfall by the weekend.

When belief in God is outlawed, only outlaws will believe in God.

As we in the Western World rocket towards an increasingly secular society, the pendulum swings further towards a completely atheistic extreme. Faith in divine deities will be replaced by faith in the system itself, and the view that all things in the universe can be measured, dissected, and cataloged. The interest in the mysterious will no doubt vanish as well, giving way to a malaise of the human spirit; like the expression of wonder and joy on the face of an infant being replaced by one of boredom and sadness.

Of course no system is perfect, and as it's flaws are continually demonstrated (such as corrupt government officials), no doubt this will lead to absolute disillusionment by an increasingly large segment of the populace in our new world order. This lack of faith of any sort in anything, and a denial of any type of moral or ethical absolutes, will lead to even greater societal ills, and feelings of alienation amongst a vast percentage of the population. Personal acts of desperation, such as work or school place massacres, will of course be on the up tick in such a poisoned social and religious environment. A dark vision I concede, but disturbingly (VERY disturbingly indeed) a VERY possible future.

Tropical storm Emily became a hurricane today as she raced towards the Southern Windward Islands. Emily is the second hurricane, and the fifth tropical storm, of this already record breaking (Hurricane Denis was the strongest hurricane ever recorded in this part of the world for the month of July) North Atlantic Hurricane Season. Emily is forecast to become a major hurricane (115 mph winds, or above) by the end of the week.