Katie Doyle, Girl About Town

Tuesday, Jun. 13, 2006 - 1:30 a.m.

Yesterday's positive Marine quote aside, I have to find something else to do for the next 4 weeks until I leave for France. Today crossed the line into whitewash spin, and I can't do it. I can not, in any conscience at all, help this administration commit the sins it is committing against other human beings, and working on this series is morally and ethically wrong, if not outright bankrupt. It feels to me the same thing as trying to raise funds to support the Nazi party, telling people the supposed "Holocaust" is really exaggerated, and that "undesirable persons" are actually being treated with kindness and compassion. And while I am ***NOT*** likening American troops to Nazis* , I also know bullshit when I hear it, and I will not help peddle it as anything other than what it is. I can not do it. The housemate is understanding, but as he is also bankrolling at least half (if not more) of my 3 month stay in France, I can't just quit. There's a restaurant down the hill at which I used to be employed, and they've been asking me every time I go in to pick up something for dinner if I won't please consider returning to work there. So tomorrow/today (Tuesday afternoon), I will be strolling in and asking for work.

Cross your fingers.

* I can not stress this enough - it is the POLICY that's fucked up, not the men and women forced to execute it.

Thanks, and peace out,
Katie

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