Toyota and Pearl Harbor?

Today I saw a bumper sticker which caught my attention. It went something like this:

TOYOTA
brought to you by the same
nice people who gave you
PEARL HARBOR

Naturally, as a proud Toyota-owner, my initial reaction was negative. But then I considered this point more.

Japan bombed a very important military target, which had strategic importance and wasn't in a location where too many civilians would be caught in the crossfire. And what'd we do? Nuked two of their largest, most heavily populated cities. Wake up, people. Just because the US Government did something doesn't mean it's perfect.

This is not to, in any way, trivialize the horror of Pearl Harbor. As with any time lots of people die, it's tragic and it'd be best if it didn't happen at all. But I don't think Pearl Harbor is the thing we should complain about. If the bumper sticker mentioned the inhumane treatment of US P.O.W.s, I'd go with that. Torture and etc. makes me sick. But anyhow.

I'm taking pretty much all of next week off so I can spend time with relatives who I see twice a year, and just relax in general. I can't wait - it'll be the first time I haven't had 40+ hours of commitments in a week since this time last year. However, I'm having difficulties with reminding myself that it's OK to take vacation time - I have 2 weeks and 4 days to use up this year, and I haven't used more than one day prior to next week. So, remind me that I'll survive.

iPhone will come out on Friday (which is tomorrow as of now...). While I'm not getting one, it looks like an excellent product, and I can't wait to see how well it does. I hate AT&T, though, for making it so absurdly expensive. (The minimum plan is $60/month) As a radio story just reminded me, AT&T will be making significantly more money from the iPhone than Apple will. Maybe when the iPhone is available through other providers, it'll become more affordable. Some day.