From Class Today

http://www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/review/article_full_story.asp?service_ID=11881

More War Articles and Pictures

Here are some more articles I found interesting about the war in Iraq.

1. I found this particular article interesting because it talked about how many people we have lost just THIS month..and its not even over yet! There have been 11 troops, totalling 70 people killed in October. Yet, the government says that we ARE making progress. It says that on Tuesday, October 17, 2006 was the highest single day combat death toll for U.S soldiers since January 5, 2006. On Tuesday 10 people were killed 9 soilders and 1 marine.

1. http://articles.news.aol.com/news/_a/octobers-us-death-toll-in-iraq-hits-70/20061014045609990002

2. This site has a few articles that I think you would like reading. In one of the articles it talks about the Iraqies rebuilding their areas despite the destruction that has been occurring. They say that they will work shoulder to shoulder with the American forces to get things back and working for their people. I found this to be interesting in that i never thought about rebuilding until after the war would be over...i guess it never occurred to me that rebuilding of things such as water towers, sewers and things would need to be rebuilt right away... it has just never really been a thought that popped into my head when i have heard or thought about the war.
2. http://www.mnf-iraq.com/

War Readings

So I was on http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/16/iraq.poll/ browsing all of the current news articles and it said that War Support is at a low right now, which really didnt surprise me since we have been at war for a few years now. The article says that only 34% of people support the war on 64% are agianst it. Personally, I think that everyone is getting sick of hearing, seeing and being apart of this war but deep down we all know its just going to continue for years to come as we invade other lands.

More Articles

http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/a-war-that-has-run-out-of-control/2006/10/16/1160850866626.html
http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/news_theswamp/2006/10/expert_iraq_in_.html

After reading the "War Prayer" I could see what was said when they believed the author to be a lunatic. There were so many times when he contradicted himself or just plain did not make any sense to me. He was saying stuff about the men and praying for them but then he would start another prayer that was the complete opposite. It was confusing and amuzing.

It was interesting because I started reading "Shooting an Elephant" and I realized that I had already read it somewhere. I think it was in my humanities class in 11th grade. So it was interesting to read it agian. I felt that this was very relevant to the war discussion we had on Tuesday. It went along with the whole idea that sometimes people have to do things that they dont want to do in order to keep all of the other safe. In this case the man had to choose between shooting the crazy elephant or have the elephant hurt the town people. Its the same with the war, we have men and women over seas doing things they may not like in order to keep everyone back home safe. No one likes to be the bad guy/girl but someone has to do the dirty work or even worse things could happen.

My Interp of the Odyssey

Athena, so beautiful and gracious jumped to her feet,
Sporting the latest style in women’s sandals:
A sparkly golden topped high heel,
That could carry only a goddess over the vast land and seascape
On a puff of wind. Watch out though,
She has a look that could kill.
With spear in hand, she shoots down to Ithaca
She landed right in Odysseus front porch.

Not surprised at all, she saw the lazy men playing games in the yard
Just relaxing and enjoying themselves...

Telemachus saw Athena first
He was sitting, feeling sorry for himself
Thinking of his respectable father, wishing he had returned back home.
But now, finally Telemachus would be respected.


This is from:http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0872204847/ref=sib_dp_pt/102-5259560-0666550#reader-link

More Odessey

I also really liked this interpretation of the Odessey, it is VERY easy to read and understand... Of course you all know that simplicity and I are friends. The interpretation is not in poem form but in more of a story/paragraph form which is easy reading. http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0451527364/ref=sib_dp_pt/102-3402569-2130567#reader-link

The Odessey

These are the two translations of the Odessey that i choose to look at
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/4979/ody-123.html
http://www.robotwisdom.com/jaj/homer/odyssey01.html