For War ! For Terror !

While the aura of cute and cuddly Baby continues to turn grown up men, consultants and rock stars - to - be into mush left and right, the world outside this soft pink and diaper filled universe continues to rotate around its Sun in an everyday way.

The Final Canadian Move is still in progress, world-renowned politicians over-estimate their might, nature retaliates against the onslaughts of men and George W happily continues his War of Terror aka the Pursuit of Oil and Happiness.

Being wary of the motives of the warmongering American Tsar, many of us, citizens of the world, oppose the Bush Initiative in the Middle East. As a firm believer of the "make-warcraft, not war" principle, I too hope for a swift termination of both the misguided war and Bush's career alike.

Despite this political stance, I find myself guilty of providing a significant contribution to his cause by providing him with a huge addition to the American Empire as Shiva received her American Citizenship this week.

This act of treason, occurred at the American consulate in Amsterdam. The consulate is a heavily fortified building near the Museumplein. Surrounded by a big sturdy fence and a silly security protocol, this establishment offers people the opportunity to deal with the USSA's administration. In the Anton Pieck like bowels of this outpost, we swore our daughter to partake in the glorious expansion of the most democratic nation of the world...

swearing allegiance for the baby

One week later, the American Empire grew with one citizen. And with another soul enlisted in service of the Army of the Willing, the American population gained the upper hand in our small condo. Outnumbered 2 Americans to 1 European, I had no choice but to welcome the new American overlords.

My last hope is to turn this situation into a draw, but my hope lies with the decisiveness of the Dutch civil servant establishment. So far this entity has done nothing but to whine about proportions, light, colour and other trivialities of the passport photo thus denying liberation of the American oppression ...

George W. on the other hand is delighted about his latest conquest. Last thing I heard, he's redirected one of his carriers to the duckpond in front of our building... his Republican party could use another "victory speech" prior to the upcoming elections.

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