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Happy New Year, everyone!

Whatever you did, I hope you all had a great holiday. It's the start of 2008 and a time for celebration. But even with a new day and a new year, it only takes a new morning paper to make you realize that the world still faces the same old problems as yesterday.

Maybe I've watched too many PSA's over the holiday period, but with the ongoing situation in Iraq, the war in Afghanistan, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the ever-saddening crisis in Darfur, it only becomes more apparent that these problems are still here today and will only get worse tomorrow, unless action is taken now.

It's important to realize that though these problems may not happen on our very doorstep, and may even occur a million miles away, that doesn't mean that these are not our problems.
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So here I am, in the middle of nowhere, miles from civilization (and McDonald's), surrounded by nothing but tall trees and ravines as far as the eye can see. This place kind of reminds me of what I imagine a rehab center to be like. But to be honest, all this quiet, early rises and an abundance of nature only makes me want a drink even more. I guess I'm just not that country.

I've been in rural Georgia for the last couple of days on a hostile-territory training course, but don't worry, it's not as hostile as it sounds. It's basically a seven-day course that teaches you how to survive when working in a hostile territory, namely Iraq or Afghanistan. I think it's MTV's polite way of telling me I'm going to a war zone real soon. Read More...