This is either a hoax on the scale of War of the Worlds, or it's very frightening how well thought out these 'messages' are. What do you think?

In the catagory of things I don't need for Christmas, but would have to wonder about if I got one.

In the interest of hearing all sides I've been listening to Ollie North and Rush Limbaugh off and on since the 11th. It is not difficult to pick out their alarmist right wing slant on news stories and the opinions of 'dittohead' followers that reflect minority opinions. However, I have found them to be good sources of non-alarmist information regarding the true facts of what we are facing here. So, ad to that list Andrew Sullivan. He has a personal website with a great list of interesting stories that, once you've factored in his conservative bent, are very enlightening.

I'm soooo happy the weekend is here. Worked long and hard at AllThatWork.com and made no $$$, worked for a bit on LaughingPlace.com and scored a 5 month committment that is at least a few hundred coming in steadily. Now, I just need 9 more of those a month. Oy! At least some companies out there aren't afraid to advertise.

Now, I'm ready to relax, do a little writing, perhaps some pumpkin carving, and try and earn some more dough.

As I surf around I'm still finding stories of peoples experiences on 911. Here's a moving one from the editor of TheModernWorld.com.

An interesting article by Umberto Eco in The Guardian. It goes to how we 'the forces allied against terrorism' know we're in the right. What gives us the right to persue these actions. What sort of preconceptions are we bringing with us in this action.

Some are saying this is a fight against Islam Fundamentalists and the ideals of the west. Eco posits that it is really part of a long string of battles between Pluralism and those who are intolarant of other ideas. WWII was fought along these same lines. Only this time the forces of the fundamentalist followers of extreme islam, have acted prematurely. Hitler waited until he had a force that could quite possibly bring down the allies, the Taliban and bin Laden have acted before they even had the infrastructure in place to build a force.

Instead, they will have to rely on terrorist activities. In the end, this will turn the masses who follow less extreme flavors of Islam against them. As has happened in Ireland and is happening in Palestine. There will never be an army of a billion muslims fighting the west. Only a few criminals who had dreams of world domination.