So now that what will be the final resolution has been passed, and with a US victory in securing freedom to act regardless of what France and the rest of the SC desires, the spin is starting to come fast and furious.
For instance, there’s this piece in the New York Times by Elaine Sciolino, who ardently tries to make it seem that the resolution was a joint France-US effort of harmony and cooperation, characterized by deep mutual respect and for each other in seeking an optimal solution, and more importantly, a roughly equal place of prominence in the decision making. Her desperation in trying to set up this house of cards is rather embarrassing, and she makes numerous claims that are happily and obliviously preposterous to anyone who didn’t have their head in some fanciful cloud of Franco-American puppy dog love.
FOR eight tumultuous weeks, the French and the Americans played a magnificently elegant diplomatic game. They feinted. They sparred. They shared their feelings and pledged their trust. But they never threatened. And they never leaked the secrets of their talks.
I’m not exactly sure how Sciolino knows all these in-depth details of how happy and civilized these negotiations were, especially since neither side “shared the secrets of their talks.” Without further evidence, an equally plausible scenario is that France and the US had constant screaming matches at each other and were shattering empty liquor bottles against the walls of their trailer, they were merely decent enough to send the kids to the neighbors while it was going on.
Of course France is going to characterize the situation as Sciolino does above, whether or not it was actually true (and I think there is a preponderance of evidence that it wasn’t). Suppose France was completely against the resolution that eventually came about, but was eventually cowed into acceptance because they realized that if the US was really determined to oust Saddam, Bush and Co. could do it happily without the consent of the UN, and certainly without the approval of the French, leaving them stripped naked on the stage of global affairs, having had their last vestements of international importance torn from their shivering, weak body. This way, Madame France gets to keep some of her clothes on. It doesn’t mean that everyone isn’t perfectly aware of what’s under there, just that no one has to acknowledge it in public, if they feel so politely inclined.
In the end, just days after elections in which President Bush’s party solidified its control of Congress, the two sides suddenly reached agreement on a resolution in the Security Council giving Iraq “a final opportunity” to disarm peacefully or face “serious consequences.”
That’s a funny coincidence, isn’t it?
Chirac was crossing all his fingers and some of his toes in hoping that the American people would repudiate Bush and his policies on Tuesday, and maybe knock some sense into the reckless cowboy. Instead, the President grabbed a victory that many people, history included, were not expecting. When that didn’t happen, Chirac decided that he was in fact never going to be able to influence Bush, not after being roundly approved of by both Congress and the American public (indeed, in reality, Chirac would not have been able to dissuade Bush even if Tuesday hadn’t gone so well for him, but I think he was still working off that belief until recently).
So “the two sides suddenly reached an agreement” to the extent that one side essentially capitulated and accepted some token cosmetic changes to make it sound as if the SC plays a much larger role than they would, with language that leaves the US completely free to do as it intends, at worst requesting that it listen to the complaints of its “allies” (as if we haven’t gotten used to that already over the last 14 months).
The six-page measure leaves the United States free to attack Iraq without Security Council authorization. But it accommodates the French demand for a two-stage process in which the Security Council has the chance to assess the seriousness of any Iraqi violation and to consider how to respond. In another compromise that would declare Iraq in “material breach” of its United Nations obligations, the United States changed the wording to allow United Nations inspectors to determine whether Iraq had violated its obligations.
Again, the Security Council can assess the situation merrily to its heart content. They’ll just be doing that while the US is gassing up its bombers and greasing the axles on its tanks.
They can decide to attack Saddam. They can decide to not attck. They can decide to discuss it for another month or so. Or they can decide to put Jello down their pants and dance on table-tops singing the French national anthem sex with male and female dog. No matter what they say or what further resolution they decide to pass, it will not affect what the US does in Iraq one whit. This is why I think it’s possible that Bush will discreetly inform the UNSC that he intends to start the military campaign on day X, and the SC will dutifully pass a resolution authorizing, advising, perhaps even mandating that action begin on day X to respond to Saddam’s refusal to follow the stipulations for inspections, and we will be once again greeted with editorials like Sciolino’s telling us how important and vital the warm, mutually respectful Franco-American relations in the SC are. The French and the rest of the SC will do this to retain their veneer of importance. Bush will do this either out of genuine magnanimity, or perhaps just cuz he gets off on throwing France a bone every once in a while.
That sounds crude and overly harsh doesn’t it? But there’s still some good, rational sense there. For Bush, it is doubly rewarding. On the one hand, he gets to look like the generous consensus builder, by letting others play an important role, and on the other, he only reinforces through his generosity the fact that he is the one in a position of real power, and France et al get to participate at his say-so. Caesar did the same thing when presented with those who had fought against him in the internecine wars of Rome, deciding to grant them clementia rather than have them executed. Sure, their lives were spared, but it was very clear that this happened at Caesar’s command, and throughout their entire life they and others were well-aware of this fact. Sometimes being nice isn’t really so nice as you might think.
At times during the negotiations, it appeared there would have to be a winner and a loser. French President Jacques Chirac made clear he detested the Bush doctrine, which said the United States would be justified in using pre-emptive force. He felt that only the United Nations had the authority to decide what to do about Iraq. Mr. Bush said that if the rest of the world didn’t have the courage to move against Iraq, the United States would do it by itself.
But from the outset, France and the United States were determined to stick together.
Ok, this just plain doesn’t make any sense, and I wish I was as clever as Lileks and could mock it appropriately, but I’m not clever, so you’ll just have to do with me simply pointing out the obvious point that the US telling France to piss off and going it alone no matter what criticisms or pronouncements or resolutions they breathlessly fire off is a mite short of the two countries sticking together like bosom buddies.
First, Mr. Chirac left open the possibility of military action against Iraq, even as he said the Security Council should have a late-in-the-game chance to disapprove of any use of force. Then, a few days later, in his speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 12, Mr. Bush left open the possibility that he was willing to work through the United Nations as an alternative to acting alone.
What one has to believe in order to not condemn Ms. Sciolino as hopelessly naive is that she knows full well that this talk on both sides was diplomatic rhetoric intended to make it seem as if both sides were assuredly moving toward a mutual solution, each giving in considerable concessions in the spirit of multilateralism. The separate reasons why Bush and Chirac would each do this were already explained above.
The UN has enough translators that they are able to take a speech being made in any language and translate it into the language of each member of the General Assembly, but what they could really use is kind of program set up whereby they remold the diplospeak into plain language, without all the articifices that diplomacy requires. If they had such a thing, Chirac’s pledged openness to a military solution would go something like this: “I’d rather cut off my own ear than go into Iraq and forfeit all the billions of dollars that France has invested there over the last 10 years, during which time we hoped to capitalize on the US’ refusal to deal with Saddam and Iraq as long as they were in breach of UNSC resolutions; not to mention the fact that I and millions of my fellow Frenchmen are deathly afraid that all the unassimilated Arabs from our former colonies who are now living in France will suddenly decide to take a holiday from civility and turn every inner city area in France into Los Angeles, circa April 1992.”
And in turn, Bush’s apparent willingness to forego any of kind of military action would sound something like this: “We’re going in there, no matter what that frog Chirac wants. Sure, it would be nice if we could be absolutely sure that Saddam had completely disarmed and stopped supporting any terrorist organizations (assuming there was any chance in hell of him doing that in the first place), but that could only happen if we moved to Fantasyland, USA, and I’m staying put right here.”
For France, the bargaining that followed was not just a matter of pursuing its principles, but a chance for the center-right government of Mr free gay zoo story. Chirac to negotiate directly and at the highest levels with the United States - which it did, passionately and seriously. By accepting the tough approach of the United States on the need to rid Iraq of its weapons programs, the French helped shift the emphasis away from the initial American demand that Saddam Hussein be removed from power.
Again, Sciolino accepts the delicate diplomatic veneer for the core reality of the situation. She seems to do this a lot. Maybe she’d be interested in buying a bridge or two from me. I’ve got the deeds to some good ones.
The American emphasis was always the same. Always. In effect, the French convinced the Americans to shift their position from saying, “We are going to do X,” to “We are going to do X, but only if the sun rises tomorrow. We swear. Scout’s honor.”
Sciolino conveniently forgets that it is the French who had made any of kind of non-trivial shift in their stance, since for most of the time they were committed to not allowing any kind of military action outright no matter if Saddam lines up each weapons inspector and shoots them in the back of the head. They wanted a further debate initiated at that point, and they wanted the US to be completely restrained by what decisions that debate came to. Now the debate is still there, but it’s utterly meaningless. It’s a discussion completely for show. Letting the kids hold their model UN and make lots of important and grave-sounding speeches while you make preparations for war isn’t much of a concession, in my humble opinion.
As for the Americans, they get almost all of what they demanded: an understanding from every major power that whether the world likes it or not, they stand poised to invade Iraq unless Mr. Hussein takes the unlikely step of disarming.
Exactly. How Sciolino thinks this is anything short of American unilateralism, with the rest of the UNSC going along merely for appearances, is utterly beyond me.
Throughout the process, both the Americans and the French recognized that diplomacy works best when it is backed by force, so they weren’t working at cross purposes after all.
This is simply not true.
France has made it abundantly clear that it believes in force only up to the point that it is never actually going to be used, and that is no force at all. You can have all the weapons you like, but when you have demonstrated that you’re not going to use them come hell or high water, they might as well be paper weights. I think it is perfectly believable to posit that, were Chirac the dominant force in the SC, the negotiations and repeated failed inspection cycles could last literally 10 years into the future, easy. That is assuming of course, that Saddam’s nuclear programs wouldn’t have already come to fruition by then, which they likely would have, and then all bets are off.
If the diplomatic part of the equation succeeds and Saddam Hussein disarms, the Americans can still claim a victory for their forcefulness (the regime has changed - isn’t that regime change?), while the French can claim credit for their wisdom.
Oh dear.
“Isn’t that regime change?”
I suppose we could also see if Saddam will give us some quarters for a dollar. That would be even easier, and isn’t that “regime change” as well?
“It was essential for France to play this diplomatic game because we had to save the United Nations,” said Claude de Kemoularia, a former French ambassador to the United Nations zoophilia and women and dogs.
No you didn’t.
All you did was save the United Nations from putting out into the open what everyone knows already: that it is an irrevelant organization, at least as far as threats to security go.
“So we should be happy about the outcome. The best diplomacy is when both parties are convinced that they have succeeded in presenting their points of view and everyone leaves the room satisfied.”
A slightly less ideal outcome that you will have to live with in this situation is when one party realizes that it has no ability to restrain the actions of the other party, and that the best (but by no means good) solution is to act as if you’ve wrung some sort of concession from the other side and declare a victory.
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.Either that, or I now have to admit the existence of clairvoyance.
During the last half of the 20th century, this principle was expanded internationally through the United Nations. The U.N.
I finally went and did it.
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
Yes, well I suppose you're suggesting that we would be well-served to wait for this "final proof," then? Very well. I'll
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
It is time for a new day to dawn in the Blogosphere, my gnome brothers. A glorious day. A day when no longer will we
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
Either that, or I now have to admit the existence of clairvoyance.
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
and that it wasn't fair for these people to stop them, the girl started literally screaming at her about selfish she was.
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
for the life of me, cannot see it. The news showed a clip of a guy trying politely to walk around a woman so self-righteous
I finally went and did it.
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
again soon, didn't we?"
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
Really, how often is someone able to so perfectly crystallize the dilemmas that will exist a century in the future
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
anger that is so justifiable -no, demanded- by these despicable acts, but if that must be the case, then from on, I'll be
"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
of fist.
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
just now. Admittedly they do face significant challenges in carrying out their duties due to their imaginary nature,
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
When they aired some actual interviews with the protesters, I started to honestly think they were part of some sort of
, "I don't believe the American people support this war. Everyone I've talked to is against it!"
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
superiority.
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
the not-being-a-jerk department.
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,
You mean everyone in America aren't like San Franciscans?
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
cause, but I,
we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
serves? As far as I can tell, all they did was take some people who were probably overwhelmingly against the war anyway,
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
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
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
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
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of the mass moron movement.
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
Anyway, take the new site for a test drive. Take her easy on the clutch and go steady on the hills, and I think you'll
of fist.
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
of fist.
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
just now. Admittedly they do face significant challenges in carrying out their duties due to their imaginary nature,
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
Finally, long after the fad has grown tiresome, everyone's attention turns to another scrap of dogma for the next decade.
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
Why are you still here?!
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
It is time for a new day to dawn in the Blogosphere, my gnome brothers. A glorious day. A day when no longer will we
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
being the reaction described above.
rivals.
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
predictable frequency. Follow a politician to a school photo-op,
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
of fist.
but they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
and eastern Europe, Australia and the middle east. Is that not multilateralism?
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
and eastern Europe, Australia and the middle east. Is that not multilateralism?
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
In your face, Space Coyote!
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Mr Mitnick even had to get permission from his probation officer to use a computer to write his book, The Art Of Deception,
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
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
Wheeler Hall last spring.
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."
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
One of the great advances of the modern era has been the spread of the rule of law. This is the now common idea that
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
he revealed himself to be a seriously dishonest debater (that, or he was so stupid that it wouldn't be safe for him to
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
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
Why are you still here?!
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
about equal probability.
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
Those people are especially useful when they have access to the core computer systems that hackers would otherwise struggle
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
that I hadn't thought of it first!
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
conflict.
Really, how often is someone able to so perfectly crystallize the dilemmas that will exist a century in the future
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
the not-being-a-jerk department.
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
conflict.
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
we could go and stop the Soviets and all their expansionist hijinks, but then we'd like, have to go all the way over to
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
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
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
that I hadn't thought of it first!
So I hereby declare myself Ayatollah Mustardah of Blogistan. From this day forward, I will call down, on any Idiotarian
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
predictable frequency. Follow a politician to a school photo-op,
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
Anyway, take the new site for a test drive. Take her easy on the clutch and go steady on the hills, and I think you'll
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
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
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
Really, how often is someone able to so perfectly crystallize the dilemmas that will exist a century in the future
going to be monitored so closely that I'd be surprised if he were able to put in a phony name at a porn site and not have
I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
predictable frequency. Follow a politician to a school photo-op,
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education is
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
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
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
going to be monitored so closely that I'd be surprised if he were able to put in a phony name at a porn site and not have
conflict.
"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
rivals.
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
US: Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, Britain. I know it's hard to find out this kind of
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
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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
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
be harried by idiots who have full compliments of heads and genitals! With the ranks of my imaginary gnomes rallied,
cause, but I,
computer systems.
serves? As far as I can tell, all they did was take some people who were probably overwhelmingly against the war anyway,
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
vulnerability.
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
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
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
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
It is time for a new day to dawn in the Blogosphere, my gnome brothers. A glorious day. A day when no longer will we
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
which is all about the biggest threat to the security of all companies: their own employees.
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
but they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
occurred, smashing the window of their hotel room.
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
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."
Another Australian tourist, 18-year-old Rachel Hughes, said she and her boyfriend had just arrived in Kuta when the blast
Yes, well I suppose you're suggesting that we would be well-served to wait for this "final proof," then? Very well. I'll
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
chanting in his face and moved in front of him every time he tried to get around her.
military action to counter the Soviet threat was not possible, because of their equal capacity to destroy us through
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism,
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
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the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
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
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
alternative economy." I suppose that's better PR than saying they want to impose a grab bag full of sociialistic silliness
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
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
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
trying to get an education
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
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
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
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
cause, but I,
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
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.
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
them into a thin paste of protein on a cave wall, to wipe out every last vestige of the disgusting stain they have left
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
vulnerability.
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
Iranian cleric Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari, addressing weekly Friday prayers in the northwestern town of Tabriz, said
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
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
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
rivals.
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
superiority.
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
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