Since I live in Atlanta, I think I should post some Atlanta-centric stuff. We used to have this thing called Freaknik, which was black college spring break. Tens of thousands of spring-breakers would descend on the city creating chaos and turning our highways into parking lots. It was fun for me, but not so much fun for people that had jobs and such and couldn't avoid the masses of people. Due to increased police interaction the whole shebang left Atlanta. Then we had NBA All-Star weekend, which had all the same problems. Well now we have some hip-hop convention or something coming here in April. I have no problem with it myself, but a lot of people do. Apparently the conference only yeserday applied to the city for the use of Turner Field (where the Braves play) and the city is actually thinking about denying it. That's so stupid, all these people are coming anyway, so why not work with them to try to create a nice weekend of fun for everyone instead of denying the permit and letting all those people find their own place to congregate. In the absence of offical venues, the most likely spot for the partying is probably going to be the highway again, and that's just a pain. Hopefully the city council will use some common sense and show the country that Atlanta can handle a major event without disaster.

And my quote of the day:

This exchange takes place at a recent news conference. A reporter, said to be Iraqi, asks Powell if it is true that only 13% of young Americans can locate Iraq on a map. Powell says that this may, indeed, be true, but .. "unfortunately for you, all 13% are Marines."

I got this from Boortz.com, Neal Boortz being a libertarian radio talk show host in Atlanta, and someone I tend to agree with the majority of the time. Anyway, I'm not all about war, but I do think we're heading to a point where a war is gonna happen, and needs to happen. Unfortunately. I saw an article the other day with quotes from UN Secretary-Generals and Security Council members going back to 1998. Each of the quotes, and there were like 10 of them, consisted of someone saying that such and such resolution was Saddam's last chance to comply with UN disarming demands. How many last chances are they gonna give him? The UN has lost all credibility with me. Any oprganization that puts Libya in charge of their Human Rights Comission obviously has no interest in trying to make the world a better place. The UN is all about countries trying to grab power. For what reason is France still a permanent member of the Security Council? Since when is France a top 5 world power? Not since before WWII, and maybe not even then, as far as I am aware. The UN either needs some serious restructuring, or the United States needs to move on. We're the most powerful country in the world, and though I don't think we should just go out and do whatever we want on the world's stage, I also don't think that France, Cameroon, Libya, or any other small, weak country desperately trying to hang on to power, or gain some influence, should have any say in OUR foreign policy. The UN needs to face reality and get with the 21st century.