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I have always felt this, ever since hearing my first boss complain that there is no reason to get 'involved in any of this anti-terror stuff'.
Why is it that our (USA + UK) worst enemies, are our own population?

Why is it that people must assume before knowing all the facts?

why do people really believe they know more about what is going on in Iraq better than the American and British Intelligence services combined?
Please correct me if i am wrong, but how many satellites do you have in orbit of the world at this moment in time?

The same thing can also be said for the recent stuff with spyed and jark. I'll admit at first i was furious about the situation. 'How can a creator of a business be turned out on his ass by someone else?'. But, like everything in life, until you know the full story, do not start making your accusations.

Which leads me to this letter i found in visua's Journal. And to me it summed up exactly what most of our population seems to ignore. Somehow, even after multiple bombings and terrorist attacks on Western lives, many people still oppose to our governments trying to actively do something to resolve the situation. Im no expert, but i dont think diplomacy works to the cowardly scum who are willing to kill women, children or any innocent life, just because they were told it is the right thing to do.

So this is a plea to Every UK and US citizen that currently has no faith in its leaders.. Wake up.



Here is the letter:

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This "Letter of Apology" was written by Lieutenant General Chuck Pitman, US Marine Corps, Retired:

"For good and ill, the Iraqi prisoner abuse mess will remain an issue. On
the one hand, right thinking Americans will abhor the stupidity of the
actions while on the other hand, political glee will take control and fashion this minor event into some modern day massacre.

I humbly offer my opinion here:

I am sorry that the last seven times we Americans took up arms and
sacrificed the blood of our youth, it was in the defense of Muslims (Bosnia, Kosovo, Gulf War 1, Kuwait, etc.).

I am sorry that no such call for an apology upon the extremists came after
9/11. I am sorry that all of the murderers on 9/11 were Islamic Arabs.

I am sorry that most Arabs and Muslims have to live in squalor under savage
dictatorships. I am sorry that their leaders squander their wealth.

I am sorry that their governments breed hate for the US in their religious
schools, mosques, and government-controlled media.

I am sorry that Yassar Arafat was kicked out of every Arab country and high-jacked the Palestinian "cause." I am sorry that no other Arab country will take in or offer more than a token amount of financial help to those same Palestinians.

I am sorry that the USA has to step in and be the biggest financial supporter of poverty stricken Arabs while the insanely wealthy Arabs blame the USA for all their problems.

I am sorry that our own left wing, our media, and our own brainwashed
masses do not understand any of this (from the misleading vocal elements of our society like radical professors, CNN and the NY TIMES).

I am sorry the United Nations scammed the poor people of Iraq out of the
"food for oil" money so they could get rich while the common folk suffered.

I am sorry that some Arab governments pay the families of homicide bombers upon their death. I am sorry that those same bombers are brainwashed thinking they will receive 72 virgins in "paradise."

I am sorry that the homicide bombers think pregnant women, babies,
children, the elderly and other noncombatant civilians are legitimate targets.

I am sorry that our troops die to free more Arabs from the gang rape rooms
and the filling of mass graves of dissidents of their own making.

I am sorry that Muslim extremists have killed more Arabs than any other
group.

I am sorry that foreign trained terrorists are trying to seize control of Iraq and return it to a terrorist state.

I am sorry we don't drop a few dozen Daisy cutters on Fallujah.

I am sorry every time terrorists hide they find a convenient "Holy Site."

I am sorry they didn't apologize for driving a jet into the World Trade Center that collapsed and severely damaged Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church - one of our Holy Sites.

I am sorry they didn't apologize for flight 93 and 175, the USS Cole, the
embassy bombings, the murders and beheadings of Nick Berg and Daniel Pearl, etc....etc!

I am sorry Michael Moore is American; he could feed a medium sized village
in Africa.

America will get past this latest absurdity. We will punish those responsible because that is what we do.

We hang out our dirty laundry for the entire world to see. We move on. That's one of the reasons we are hated so much. We don't hide this stuff
like all those Arab countries that are now demanding an apology.

Deep down inside, when most Americans saw this reported in the news, we
were like - so what? We lost hundreds and made fun of a few prisoners. Sure, it was wrong, sure, it dramatically hurts our cause, but until captured we were trying to kill these same prisoners. Now we're supposed to wring our hands because a few were humiliated?

Our compassion is tempered with the vivid memories of our own people
killed, mutilated and burnt amongst a joyous crowd of celebrating Fallujahans.

If you want an apology from this American, you're going to have a long
wait!

You have a better chance of finding those seventy-two virgins.

Chuck Pitman Lieutenant General, USMC (Ret)</sub>

Hey everyone,

ok i badly need to be able to draw some cartoon characters (just normal looking humans) for a project. However i totally suck at it at the moment.

i am asking for any help by giving tips, links to tutorials or whatever to be posted below to help me

This is NOT that japanese anime stuff and the colouring will be single block colours, but i just cant draw cartoon perspectives!

to give you an idea of what style of cartoons i need to draw, take a look at this picture _{sharkixland.free.fr/cover/Blin…}</b>

thanks for anyhelp!
(and i said help. dont reply with that 'just take your time and learn your own style crap! i wouldnt be asking if i wasnt in desperation to learn this VERY quickly!)

Yes i fucked up.

I wont say what i got. Lets just say it was ATLEAST 2 whole grades below what i was predicted.

So its unlikely i will be accepted into University now.. i am yet to hear from them so far.

In other news, looks like i might brush the dust off my Photoshop and get some more space scenes going.

Firstly, thanks to any of the 6 people who bothered to comment on my latest terragen piece, i appreciate it.

other news, i have been working on a new Terragen piece for a number of weeks now, only recently started doing post work to it.. when i decided i would render it 3 more times with some different settings to help with the post work.  Never before have i spent this much time doing extra to a terragen piece, so im pretty proud of this so far!


Eyes peeled for the July Featured Artist and Deviation!

Ok so my trial subscription ended, and that sucks because the subscriptions rule!

:: Current Projects ::
I have spent the last 2 hours on an artificial lens flare.. i hate the look of the photoshop Render > Lens Flare stuff in space art, so i am creating my own lens flare template that i can copy into my work whenever i need a lightsource.
Some may be thinking why not just create each flare as you need it?. The answer is, i have tried that, and somehow it ALWAYS seems to come out very low quality somehow..
So i am creating this one at 3000 x 3000 and some stupidly large pix/inch (or whatever) and its taking like a minute to register each brush stroke.

:: Rant ::
Ok i now have 120+ people watching me, however, on my latest piece, i have so far had no more than 5 comments.... i need to progress, so i need crit

:: Art Groups ::
i have re-joined some of my old art groups as of today i am the following:

- TerraStock
[Co-Administrator]

- Pilots
[Head Administrator]

- terracult
[Administrator]

- TerraSpace
[Member]

more news to come on a few of those soon

Enjoy