A Real American hero: Blackwater?

Part of our mission at NAME: is to comment on contemporary culture,its in our tag line. So we had to add our two cents about how the war in Iraq is turning more into of a G.I.Joe cartoon/Chuck Norris movie on a daily basis. The independent military contractors(read mercenaries) Blackwater is causing a stir in the media allegedly killing Iraqi civilians in the name of the U.S., and its swooping Eagle of Liberty/mission of protecting diplomats. Seemingly being in a no man's land legally speaking where neither US or Iraqi law can moderate any of Blackwaters' actions. Can you say "Yo JOE"?Even our competent commander and chief does not seem to have an answer for this dilemma,or more accurately his answer is "Help."



It makes all the capitalist sense in the world;privatize the army. The men and women of Blackwater can earn up to $400-$600 a day or $144,000 to $216,000 a year tax free. Just as reference compare that to the salary of US military in combat zones(imminent danger pay) at $225.00 per month. But to be fair the president and or congress may designate these areas tax-exempt meaning that those $225.00 may be exempt from federal taxes. Well if Blackwater is doing such a bang up job,what's the problem? Well the fact that Blackwater plays into the fantasy of a 12yr old's army game, added to the fact that these patriotic men and women have NO OVERSIGHT, and Blackwater conceivably being used at home in U.S. emergencies may just be some...maybe...it's not like we're experts over here,just thinking.

NAME: This is how it is.

The post frequency has dropped as of late not because we had no more to say, but due to the fact that we have relocated. In other words our stuff is not in boxes anymore,but our new space is not quite home yet so it makes it a bit more of a challenge getting it together. Sorry for the lame excuse ,but we felt we'd be remiss if we didn't at least let people know where we're at if you will. We'll be up and running smoother within the next two weeks. After that the posts will be on a more consistent basis...promises...promises. Click on these pictures and you'll see why we're so disorientated.

NAME: At the Show

It's Fashion week in New York rt now so we finally got our chance to catch the glamour and mayhem that are the tents in Bryant Square Park and see a runway show.
Our friend Erica was happy to oblige with a +1 invitation to the Miss Sixty affair.
everybody was there,Maggie,Hilliary,Demi, and even Marvin Scott and Perry,but we spaced on the pic.
The actual clothes were very young:lots of graphic and allover prints on tights and dresses with a very definite American Apparel influence a la all the lame that shimmied so gracefully/hot on fire down the catwalk. Runway shows don't last all that long so it over in about 10,12 minutes. Then the most profound thing happened. As we were air kissing our goodbyes there was the Sartorialist doing his thing outside in the midst of the ultra stylish. If you're not familiar the Sartorialist look at his blog at thesartorialist.blogspot.com
Scott Schuman was an amateur photographer who used to work in the fashion industry as a buyer and now acts as the thoughtful man's Do's and Don'ts only he just shows the Do's and why they're Do's, and adds his bits of commentary and thoughts on dressing ,styles and trends. His blog is super good first thing in the morning... guaranteed.

GIO SNEAKERS

We Recently Sat Down with our good friend GIO to talk about sneakers,trends and why seemingly normal adults geek out over footwear their parents would not buy them in middle school. GIO is kinda an expert in sneakers ...or at least he knows more on the topic than anybody else we know+ he works at REED Space,a sneaker boutique where said normal adults geekout . So we ICHATted with our lovable sneakerfreaker.

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