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Thursday, February 12, 2004
FLAVOR OF THE MONTH
Well, I am still here, still reading the news, visiting blogs but barely having the time to create material for this site like I used to. I want to thank all of you who keep coming to Peaktalk despite the dearth of posts, your interest is really appreciated and in a way I am honored that many of you keep coming back knowing that there’s probably little chance of fresh content. But there’s a lot going on out there that warrants discussion so I will try - whenever there’s time – to share some of my thoughts with you. The momentum John Kerry is building up combined with vocal Bush supporters deserting the president over WMD, deficits and his Meet the Press appearance are contributing to the US and the western world at large losing their focus. Andrew Sullivan kindly reminds us today: And yet while this country is at war, some are trying to make the issue of the president's National Guard service decades ago a real issue; others want to split the country in two with a constitutional amendment to bar gay couples from any civil rights or benefits. We have lost sight of the central issue of our time. We owe it to the dead to remember again, to keep our focus - and press on. Indeed, but the pressures on Bush and Blair (man, they’ve aged over the last 12 months) are coming perilously close to a justification of the position that Iraq should not have been invaded and that the War on Terror needs a rethink. This also happens because it’s so easy to abandon Bush and adopt the flavor of the month, but those who do so fail to see the big picture or the “central issue”. What’s going to happen in this election year is going to be crucial, and for that reason alone I will try and endeavor to keep this blog going. 
Wednesday, February 4, 2004
THESE DAYS
I know, things have been very slow over here but the break for me is worth its while as business affairs have taken precedence over writing about John Kerry and Janet Jackson who under normal circumstances would have benefited from some analysis from my side. But, I do continue to read other blogs and here’s a few that you should check into as well, good writing, great content and in some cases relentless irony. Go check ‘em out:
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