From the (snicker) “mind” of Hesiod:
HOW DO YOU SPELL IRONY?: Today, President Bush scoffed at the vote by Iraq’s parliament sex with your dog. He called it, now get this, “nothing but a rubber stamp for Saddam Hussein big dog sex.”
Well, he should know Bruno Beast. He’s an expert on “rubber stamp” legislative bodies.
You may all point and laugh now. Since this jackass doesn’t allow comments on his page, you’ll have to register your justified derision and mockery in email form. Have at it, kids, but play nice.
I’m just kidding. Play as dirty as you want!
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
vulnerability.
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
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
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"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
And exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
trying to get an education
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
of fist.
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
Why are you still here?!
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
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
And exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
the not-being-a-jerk department.
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
cause, but I,
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
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
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
According to the president, "we cannot wait for the final proof" that Saddam Hussein's government is planning an imminent
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education is
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
In your face, Space Coyote!
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
but they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
cause, but I,
trying to get an education
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
superiority.
alternative economy." I suppose that's better PR than saying they want to impose a grab bag full of sociialistic silliness
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
trying to get an education
serves? As far as I can tell, all they did was take some people who were probably overwhelmingly against the war anyway,
but they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
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."
he revealed himself to be a seriously dishonest debater (that, or he was so stupid that it wouldn't be safe for him to
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
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
Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but
In your face, Space Coyote!
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
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.
vulnerability.
them into a thin paste of protein on a cave wall, to wipe out every last vestige of the disgusting stain they have left
It may be a sad illustration of my lack to find sympathy within myself without reading descriptions or seeing pictures,
course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
A taste, just a taste...
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
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that I hadn't thought of it first!
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
being the reaction described above.
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.
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
cause, but I,
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,
"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
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
of the mass moron movement.
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
he revealed himself to be a seriously dishonest debater (that, or he was so stupid that it wouldn't be safe for him to
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
During the last half of the 20th century, this principle was expanded internationally through the United Nations. The U.N.
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
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
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
of fist.
trying to get an education
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
and make them wish that congress had instead passed a resolution authorizing military force against people
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
conflict.
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
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
Yes, well I suppose you're suggesting that we would be well-served to wait for this "final proof," then? Very well. I'll
The experience made me think of the instructions from all corners of the media after 9/11 that what we, as Americans,
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
hacky-sack?"
According to the president, "we cannot wait for the final proof" that Saddam Hussein's government is planning an imminent
of fist.
the not-being-a-jerk department.
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
about equal probability.
again soon, didn't we?"
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism,
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
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Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
that I hadn't thought of it first!
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
he revealed himself to be a seriously dishonest debater (that, or he was so stupid that it wouldn't be safe for him to
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
"The death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
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.
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
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.
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
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
And exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
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
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
the not-being-a-jerk department.
I finally went and did it.
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
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
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
The experience made me think of the instructions from all corners of the media after 9/11 that what we, as Americans,
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
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."
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
anger that is so justifiable -no, demanded- by these despicable acts, but if that must be the case, then from on, I'll be
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
When they aired some actual interviews with the protesters, I started to honestly think they were part of some sort of
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
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
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
Those people are especially useful when they have access to the core computer systems that hackers would otherwise struggle
being the reaction described above.
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
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
trying to get an education
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
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."
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
Wheeler Hall last spring.
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
computer systems.
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
but they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
Yes, well I suppose you're suggesting that we would be well-served to wait for this "final proof," then? Very well. I'll
You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like that.
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
But for now if you all don't mind, I'd just like to stew in my rage for a while, and remind myself in a truly visceral
lap dance.
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
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
trying to get an education
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
, "I don't believe the American people support this war. Everyone I've talked to is against it!"
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."
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.
but they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
which is all about the biggest threat to the security of all companies: their own employees.
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
Iranian cleric Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari, addressing weekly Friday prayers in the northwestern town of Tabriz, said
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
and that it wasn't fair for these people to stop them, the girl started literally screaming at her about selfish she was.
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
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.
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
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
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.
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
occurred, smashing the window of their hotel room.
Mr Mitnick even had to get permission from his probation officer to use a computer to write his book, The Art Of Deception,
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.
Either that, or I now have to admit the existence of clairvoyance.
"The death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
So I hereby declare myself Ayatollah Mustardah of Blogistan. From this day forward, I will call down, on any Idiotarian
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
Shiite Muslim clerics in Lebanon and Iran have reacted with rage at the Rev. Jerry Falwell for calling Islam's prophet
about equal probability.
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
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
which is all about the biggest threat to the security of all companies: their own employees.
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
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.
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
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
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
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
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
vulnerability.
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
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.
cause, but I,
The experience made me think of the instructions from all corners of the media after 9/11 that what we, as Americans,
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
It may be a sad illustration of my lack to find sympathy within myself without reading descriptions or seeing pictures,
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
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 get a good smack upside the head (or as I call it, a "hippie hello"), but that was apparently too much for the niggardly
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
lap dance.
looks like a green light, no?
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
and eastern Europe, Australia and the middle east. Is that not multilateralism?
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
rivals.
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
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.
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