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bEnJamIN

We are from the government and we are here to help!!!!

About Me

I like the color blue.
Here is my blog. http://arenablog.blogspot.com

My Photography:
Model Mayhem

My Interests

Public Diplomacy, Photography, Being Right, Space Propulsion, Music, Arabic language and Arab culture, International affairs, Travel, Ireland, Ethnic Jokes, Offending the Sensitive

I'd like to meet:

Living: G. W., Slick Willy, Karen Armstrong, Bernard Lewis, George Clooney, Adriana Lima, Kate Beckensale, Condi Rice, Joseph Nye Jr, Fred Thompson.
Dead: Jesus, Muhammad, Ronald Reagan, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Otis Redding, Our 26th Prez..."the TED"

Music:

Music Now: Kathleen Battle, Josh Turner, The Killers, Frou Frou, Imogen Heap, Postal Service, Mamas and the Papas, Counting Crows (old), Radiohead, K-OS, Garden State soundtrack. Music Always: Nat King Cole, Otis Redding, Etta James, John Lee Hooker, Dwight Yokam, The Eagles, Sinatra, HooverPhonic, Portishead.

Movies:

Oceans 13, A Good Year, Wedding Crashers, Garden State, Napoleon Dynamite, Oceans 11, Old School, Whipped, Caddy Shack, Die hard, Hudson Hawk, So I married an Axe Murderer, Threesome, Stuff w/ killin' and naked people....

Television:

I don't watch much...but Battlestar Galactica, Entourage and It's Always Sunny in Philly ROCKS

Books:

Recently: Thomas Paine's "Rights of Man": A Biography, The Reagan Diaries, Infidel, Dark Side of Islam, Ghosts of Onyx, Halo Graphic Novel, The World is Flat, What Went Wrong, Dying to Kill, 9/11 Commision Report, No God But God, Unholy War, Conversations with God, Islam,

Heroes:

My Grandfather, Ronald Reagan, Bob Marley, Francis Marion, People who lived during the depression, Muhammad, Jesus, Buddha, Arjuna, Job, Joseph Smith, People who aren't afraid to question authority, People of faith, Franklin R. Chang-Díaz, To be continued...

My Blog

New Photos From Ireland

http://arenablog.blogspot.com/2007/03/touring-ireland-trip-t o-connemara.htmlCome check out the new pics!
Posted by bEnJamIN on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 06:01:00 PST

My view of the Hate America First crowd is best expressed by our 26th President

"Let the man of learning, the man of lettered leisure, beware of thatqueer and cheap temptation to pose to himself and to others as acynic, as the man who has outgrown emotions and beliefs, the man to...
Posted by bEnJamIN on Sat, 09 Dec 2006 05:55:00 PST

Rest in Peace Jean Kirkpatrick

Selected quotes "What takes place in the Security Council more closely resembles a mugging than either a political debate or an effort at problem-solving."   "Neither nature, experience, nor pro...
Posted by bEnJamIN on Sat, 09 Dec 2006 05:39:00 PST

My observations about the report by the Iraq Study Group

http://www.usip.org/isg/iraq_study_group_report/report/1206/ index.html___________________ There are 79 reccomendations.  Many are very specific.  Some are more of a general nudge in a nondis...
Posted by bEnJamIN on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 01:44:00 PST

The lost art of giving good "HUG".

In this day and age we are told day in and day out of the dire situation the world is in, (actually not true) turn on the daily news...death and destruction, take a look at politics...dirty lies ...
Posted by bEnJamIN on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 04:44:00 PST

k...so I'm here in Dublin

Actually, I have been here for a month and a half. Here are some observations: I love it here! FUCKING EXPENSIVE!  No really.  The exchange rate is 30% to the negative.  Then, everythin...
Posted by bEnJamIN on Sat, 04 Nov 2006 08:20:00 PST

the psychology of Honor Killings

Socialized Murder: a Look at Honor Killings in Cultures of Honor       Honor Killing is the practice of murdering a female relative who has brought dishonor to the famil...
Posted by bEnJamIN on Wed, 03 May 2006 12:57:00 PST

The Philosophy of a Just War (Iraq)

Benjamin Cook Hipp, Philosophy 211 Iraq War Case Study, Saturday, April 15, 2006  The Just War on Iraq The Morality of the Best the Worst Has to Offer       The men...
Posted by bEnJamIN on Wed, 03 May 2006 12:55:00 PST

Stalwart

Main Entry: 1stalwartPronunciation: 'stol-w&rtFunction: adjectiveEtymology: Middle English, alteration of stalworth, from Old English st[AE]lwierthe serviceableDate: 15th century: marked by outsta...
Posted by bEnJamIN on Thu, 06 Apr 2006 07:45:00 PST

My new Avatar...

I took this picture in Washington two weeks ago.  I like it.  Somber.  It was very moving to be at Arlington National Cemetary.  To have a visual reminder that freedom isn't free ...
Posted by bEnJamIN on Mon, 27 Mar 2006 10:50:00 PST