Up in arms is the best way to describe American media and lawmakers over Rockstar Game's Newest title, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

As we all by now know, a MOD (modification, typicall a patch or add-on to a game that changes the behavior or adds/unlocks content) was created for GTA:SA that unlocks a sex scene between characters in the game.

But why is this worse than the game itself?

One year and some months ago, we went through the Abu Ghraib scandal. We saw pictures of people abused by a few soldiers, and then it was assumed they were acting alone, yadda yadda yadda, not involvement from the higher ups.

So how did we miss this? Where are you, MSM, when we need you?

First and foremost, hat tip to The Common Ills, whose committee approved and posted WTW in their permalinks.

It is actually through The Common Ills that this topic sprang to mind for me. Seems there has been some issue with the "A-List" Bloggers and newbies in the blogosphere of late, and I think I'd like to adress the issue.

On March 23, 2003, Mindy Kleinberg spoke at the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, which was investigating the 9/11 attacks. Kleinberg's husband, Alan, worked in the north tower of the World Trade Center for Cantor Fitzgerald and was killed on September 11th

Had a big day of blogging today. Came across a story of child sex abuse at Abu Ghraib that made me physically ill, did some research, and it got picked up by Raw Story news, which elevated our hit counts quite a bit. That's always nice.

Then, it was on to the satire.

What do all these people have in common: a man fired by Bush Senior for leaking to Bob Novak; a man devoted to the abolition of taxes and federal government; a man devoted to extreme Christian morality and control of elected officials; three men heavily implicated in the Iran Contra scandal from the Days of Reagan/Bush I?  They're all in, or influential with, the Bush II administration.

George W Bush has many friends. George W. Bush does not like any of George W. Bush's friends. George W. Bush thinks cocaine should be legal, but pot is the anti-George W. Bush.

George W. Bush has two daughters. George W. Bush likes the blonde one better, but will never tell that to George W. Bush's wife or George W. Bush's other daughter, George W. Bush.

Data is emerging, no matter how the administration attempts to hide it, that the new photos and video of abuse at Abu Ghraib prison include the torture of children.

Norway's Prime Minister's office says it plans to address the situation with the U.S. "in a very severe and direct way."

What group of people was referred to as "the crazies" within the Bush Senior administration?

I have decided to join Blogathon 2005, an event beginning August 6th, 2005 at nine AM and lasting 24 hours, in which I will be blogging a new post every half hour, or 48 posts in a single day!

I decided to join up and collect pledges for Avert a leader in the international fight against AIDS, as well as a leader in AIDS education.

Want to help? You can pledge to donate, anything and everything helps, even a single dollar.

Again, that URL is really important:
http://www.blogathon.org/blogathon.php?campaign&id=133
Click there to pledge your support for Avert, and to watch me blog for 24 hours straight.

Also, any quests who would like to come aboard for the duration of the blogathon, feel free to email me (link is in lower right of this screen).

Together, we can make a difference. You donate, and I'll blog like crazy 48 times in 24 hours!

100% of the money raised will go directly to Avert by my own hand.

In solidarity,
~A!

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