At one time, I thought about becoming a Rhetoric major here at Berkeley. That was when I thought that a modern college curriculum in rhetoric would be more in line with the more classical standards of the field: argumentation, logical analysis, etc. What I soon found upon taking several classes in the subject is that today, the Rhetoric department here at Berkeley (and in many places elsewhere) is the sheltered enclave of the worst post-modern claptrap the world has ever seen.
Post modernism has crept into all sorts of humanities disciplines, but the concentration and purity of stupidity is invariably strongest in Rhetoric, where the revered figures those such as Foucault, Barthes, Derrida and other such intellectual con-men. Rather than engaging in rigorous argumentative analysis, I was quickly told to dispense with the idea that there was such a thing as “logic” itself, since it was just a concept imposed by the dominant paradigm of Western capitalistic patriarchal society.
Are you retching yet? Good.
Apparently I should’ve been angling for Philosophy instead. In the Humanities you are likely to not find two departments more diametrically opposed to each other. For the most part, one can still find rigorous, mentally taxing study of truth and logic in many Philosopy departments around the country. For this reason, as disciplines, Rhetoric and Philosophy tend to severely dislike each other. I was once at the Berkeley Humane Society and one of the volunteers was a Philosophy grad student from Berkeley, and one of the other volunteers asked “Oh, do you know so-and-so? He’s in Rhetoric women dog cum.” She shook her head rather vigorously and said, “Oh no, we don’t mix with them.”
The big cheese in the Berkeley Rhetoric department is a woman by the name of Judith Butler. I was forced to read her stuff in my handful of classes, and her nonsensical jabbering played no small part in my revelation mid-semester that post-modernism was all an academic scam.
Her specialty is “Gender Theory,” which basically means she focuses on trying to disprove everything we’ve known through common sense about boys and girls since Adam looked at Eve and said, “Hey, what happened to your thing?”
Butler’s main beef contends that all gender is socially constructed and does not flow from sexual differences. Any difference existing between men and women is a result of an oppressive system of domination by the patriarchal system. Now reasonable people can make arguments about certain aspects of what we consider “feminine” being socially influenced, but that’s not what Butler is saying. She claims that every social, psychological and mental difference between men and women is a result of this oppression. Indeed, she even says that the fact that we have man and woman rather than a completely fluid continuum of states between the two extremes is a socially imposed cage. Of course this isn’t really possible to argue without sounding nuts considering the very real physical differences that exist between the sexes (although much of the time she seems perfectly willing to sound nuts). And so, she even suggests that physical differences arise from this same social conditioning, or rather that humans are so blinded by their sexual ideological indoctrinization by the patriarchy that have been forced to think in terms that relegate the sexes to a single physical dichotomy, when really no such things exists.
Stop laughing beastiality fiction story. She’s serious.
It’s really not so funny when you’re forced to spend an entire semester reading it. More like infuriating.
And remember what I said about Philosophy and Rhetoric being a very unhappy couple? Philosphy and Literature has an annual bad writing contest in which they take the worst nonsensical gobbledygook of the year and award prizes for it. Last year, Judith Butler came in first place for the following sentence:
The move from a structuralist account in which capital is understood to structure social relations in relatively homologous ways to a view of hegemony in which power relations are subject to repetition, convergence, and rearticulation brought the question of temporality into the thinking of structure, and marked a shift from a form of Althusserian theory that takes structural totalities as theoretical objects to one in which the insights into the contingent possibility of structure inaugurate a renewed conception of hegemony as bound up with the contingent sites and strategies of the rearticulation of power.
Now if you asked a Rhetoric professor or grad student why that is so hard to understand, they would say something along the lines of, “Well, the ideas are so complex and iconoclastic that in order to convey the real meaning the text itself must be accordingly labyrinthine.”
Ask any normal, intelligent person, and they will, after examining the passage for a while, say “Because it’s shit.”
The tone and style of most post-modern literature is about the same. It employs a mode of writing that is deliberately difficult to understand, peppered with horrible run-on sentences, sudden exclamations, uselessly complex abstract nouns, often used plurally in order to make them even more arcane-sounding (ie “temporalities”), and in general, a rambling, incoherent argumentative structure. Post-modern writers don’t want you to understand them, at least not right away. Because if they set out their ideas clearly and concisely, you would recognize immediately that what their ideas sound better suited to something you would hear a raving psychotic shouting on the street corner big dog sex story.
And recently, new scientific information won’t be helping them to overcome that whole psychotic thing anytime soon. It turns out that even non-hominid primates show the same sex-preferences for certain types of toys as human children do. I wonder what Butler would have to say to this?
Mostl likely something about the researchers’ inherent sexual and gender biases influencing their methodology and skewing their results, or perhaps she would even lament the oppressive social system that has inadvertantly been imposed upon the poor little monkeys by Mankind’s evil gender fascism.
Stop laughing. They’re serious
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weaknessI urge anyone in the bay area who has the time on the 16th to come as well and lend credence with your example to the
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
them into a thin paste of protein on a cave wall, to wipe out every last vestige of the disgusting stain they have left
about equal probability.
According to the president, "we cannot wait for the final proof" that Saddam Hussein's government is planning an imminent
Maybe I can't change the fact that I have to be intimately confronted with the death and pain in order to really feel the
and you'll get diversity in the speech by the politician, in the one by the principal who welcomes him and in the one by
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
I urge anyone in the bay area who has the time on the 16th to come as well and lend credence with your example to the
rivals.
University or Diversity
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
Shiite Muslim clerics in Lebanon and Iran have reacted with rage at the Rev. Jerry Falwell for calling Islam's prophet
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
again soon, didn't we?"
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
Those people are especially useful when they have access to the core computer systems that hackers would otherwise struggle
Really, how often is someone able to so perfectly crystallize the dilemmas that will exist a century in the future
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
Mr Mitnick even had to get permission from his probation officer to use a computer to write his book, The Art Of Deception,
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
nothing may stand in our way!
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
he revealed himself to be a seriously dishonest debater (that, or he was so stupid that it wouldn't be safe for him to
When they aired some actual interviews with the protesters, I started to honestly think they were part of some sort of
course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
I've been blogging since July 2005, and in that time, I've had a few inter-blog arguments with the folks on the other
to get a good smack upside the head (or as I call it, a "hippie hello"), but that was apparently too much for the niggardly
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
Why are you still here?!
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
who has been deprived of food for at least 6 hours - sounds like an unusually cruel thing to do, I know, but I'm sure
I have to admit I'm pretty curious just to see what he's going to do. The guy has shown himself to have an overpowering
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
So welcome. If this is the first and/or only post you can see, it means I haven't imported my archives from Blogspot yet,
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
again soon, didn't we?"
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
Those people are especially useful when they have access to the core computer systems that hackers would otherwise struggle
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
Why are you still here?!
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
During the last half of the 20th century, this principle was expanded internationally through the United Nations. The U.N.
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
them into a thin paste of protein on a cave wall, to wipe out every last vestige of the disgusting stain they have left
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism,
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
Why are you still here?!
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
University or Diversity
chanting in his face and moved in front of him every time he tried to get around her.
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
serves? As far as I can tell, all they did was take some people who were probably overwhelmingly against the war anyway,
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
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After 3000 of your countrymen die in a couple hours, anything less than that is wont to be downplayed in significance
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
Finally, long after the fad has grown tiresome, everyone's attention turns to another scrap of dogma for the next decade.
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
Shiite Muslim clerics in Lebanon and Iran have reacted with rage at the Rev. Jerry Falwell for calling Islam's prophet
nothing may stand in our way!
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
Either that, or I now have to admit the existence of clairvoyance.
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
but I hope to do that soon. I also hope to win the Nobel Prize in Kickboxing, and judge each of those things to be of
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
In your face, Space Coyote!
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
of the mass moron movement.
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
making a point of reading in depth about any such future atrocity to ensure that I don't allow myself to be instantly "over it."
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
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to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
the Feds know about it.
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
In your face, Space Coyote!
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
again soon, didn't we?"
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
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After 3000 of your countrymen die in a couple hours, anything less than that is wont to be downplayed in significance
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
When I first heard about the bombing in Bali, my initial reaction was, "Another terrorist attack? Well, of course."
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
who has been deprived of food for at least 6 hours - sounds like an unusually cruel thing to do, I know, but I'm sure
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
Shiite Muslim clerics in Lebanon and Iran have reacted with rage at the Rev. Jerry Falwell for calling Islam's prophet
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
At the very least, don't let me hear any of these things when you're standing in my presence, unless you want a faceful
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
Yes, well I suppose you're suggesting that we would be well-served to wait for this "final proof," then? Very well. I'll
vulnerability.
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
and eastern Europe, Australia and the middle east. Is that not multilateralism?
act such as this. In a few days or weeks, I'm sure it will subside to a colder, more focused resolution to continue to
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
, "I don't believe the American people support this war. Everyone I've talked to is against it!"
conflict.
news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
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Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
hacky-sack?"
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
of fist.
trying to get an education
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
I mean come on, when you're arguing with someone who's just going to call you a Nazi when you spend 2,000 words making
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
the not-being-a-jerk department.
I urge anyone in the bay area who has the time on the 16th to come as well and lend credence with your example to the
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
the Feds know about it.
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
In your face, Space Coyote!
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
Why are you still here?!
course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
that I hadn't thought of it first!
let you know when there's a mushroom cloud over New York, because that's the only "final proof" that seems to be able to
he revealed himself to be a seriously dishonest debater (that, or he was so stupid that it wouldn't be safe for him to
something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
lap dance.
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
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Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
of the mass moron movement.
Wheeler Hall last spring.
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
he revealed himself to be a seriously dishonest debater (that, or he was so stupid that it wouldn't be safe for him to
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
go it alone. What he failed to do was tell us who the members of his war coalition are. Why? Because there is no coalition.
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
them into a thin paste of protein on a cave wall, to wipe out every last vestige of the disgusting stain they have left
hacky-sack?"
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
Saddam is so hot to get his grubby hands on nukes is enough evidence of aggression. What's he going to do with them once
superiority.
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
that I hadn't thought of it first!
let you know when there's a mushroom cloud over New York, because that's the only "final proof" that seems to be able to
You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like that.
I urge anyone in the bay area who has the time on the 16th to come as well and lend credence with your example to the
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
Iranian cleric Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari, addressing weekly Friday prayers in the northwestern town of Tabriz, said
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
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act such as this. In a few days or weeks, I'm sure it will subside to a colder, more focused resolution to continue to
who like to chant slogans and can't come up with any better rhyme than something that has to do with the number "four" and "war."
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
anger that is so justifiable -no, demanded- by these despicable acts, but if that must be the case, then from on, I'll be
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
looks like a green light, no?
chanting in his face and moved in front of him every time he tried to get around her.
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
Either that, or I now have to admit the existence of clairvoyance.
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
US: Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, Britain. I know it's hard to find out this kind of
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
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join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
During the last half of the 20th century, this principle was expanded internationally through the United Nations. The U.N.
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
When I first heard about the bombing in Bali, my initial reaction was, "Another terrorist attack? Well, of course."
"The death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
predictable frequency. Follow a politician to a school photo-op,
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
he revealed himself to be a seriously dishonest debater (that, or he was so stupid that it wouldn't be safe for him to
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
At the very least, don't let me hear any of these things when you're standing in my presence, unless you want a faceful
trying to get an education
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
last update : 10-9-2010
