Apr
03
03
Crisitunity!
I’ve said before that I was pretty sure that Bin Laden was a lump of discombobulated pieces of protein drying on a cave wall somewhere in Afghanistan, and I think that assessment was sensible at the time. I have to admit I was a little dissapointed when I came to that hesitant conclusion, since I had hoped we could have ended his despicable existence in a much more final, public and humiliating way.
Now a preponderence of opinion is building that says Bin Laden is alive.
As Lisa Simpson once noted, the Chinese have the same word for crisis as they do opportunity. So did the ancient Greeks. Their word “kairos” can be translated as “the critical moment” when both failure and success are in doubt. This is the situation we are currently in with regards to Bin Laden.
There are those who were always against the War on Terror in it’s present form (and some who opposed it in any form save that of abject surrender and apology) who will point to Bin Laden’s current liveliness as proof positive that our war is counter-productive, pointless, costly and inefficient, unable to even stop the one man who perpetrated 9/11.
That is, of course, foolishness girls have sex with animals. Bin Laden is not Al Qeada, and Al Qeada is not Bin Laden. And even if he was an important leader in the organization, the severe blows that have been made against the group’s infrastructure in the past year would have made him a king prevailing over a dying, confused kingdom. But from what has become more public knowledge since September 11 in fact, it turns out Bin Laden wasn’t even the chief organizing or operational force that many made him out to be, back when Al Qeada wasn’t yet a household word. Rather, more than anything, the man is to Al Qeada what Barbra Streisand is the Democratic party… a fundraiser, a public relations face, a symbol that the idiot recruits can envision themselves following. He styled himself as the elegant bedouin desert warrior that could lay waste to the decadent Western forces with his faith and his cunning (the fact that he was actually a pampered rich boy was always downplayed). This is why, even though there were those with much more strategic and religious influence within Al Qeada, Bin Laden was almost always the one to appear in their silly boastful videotapes to the world gay horse fucking.
So the fact that Bin Laden is still alive is not a real cause for worry. He won’t suddenly create some terrorist masterstroke, and his presence won’t secure nuclear weopons for Al Qeada. But he is still important because of his symbolic status, and it is this we should try and kill most.
An anonymous, unconfirmed, secretive death in a cave somewhere didn’t do a good job of this, but now we have been given a second chance. I’m not suggesting we should capture him and torture him to death live on CNN, but some underhandedness would still be fine. Perhaps we could capture him and hand him over to the Mossad. They’ve been willing to use, ahem, unusual interrogation techniques, in the past. Perhaps they could “persuade” him to make another videotape, one in which he cries and moans for clemency, making him look like a coward. Think of what that will do to his stock on the Arab Street zoophilia first time.
Or perhaps just a death in battle, but one in which he is shown to be fleeing, preferably deserting his Al Qeada comrades, leaving them to death at the hands of the infidel while he tries to save his own hide and ends up dead for his trouble. This too, would have a significant effect on the appeal of Al Qeada to fervent young Arab zealots.
However it is done, the US should grab this opportunity to really put an end to the myth of Bin Laden with simple brutal reality. The fact that he’s alive means we can now do this.
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and thistrying to get an education
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
rivals.
University or Diversity
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
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An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
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"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
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
be harried by idiots who have full compliments of heads and genitals! With the ranks of my imaginary gnomes rallied,
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
predictable frequency. Follow a politician to a school photo-op,
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
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
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
alternative economy." I suppose that's better PR than saying they want to impose a grab bag full of sociialistic silliness
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
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 lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
Finally, long after the fad has grown tiresome, everyone's attention turns to another scrap of dogma for the next decade.
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
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 perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
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.
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
"The death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to 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."
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
trying to get an education
being the reaction described above.
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
of the mass moron movement.
conflict.
I finally went and did it.
and make them wish that congress had instead passed a resolution authorizing military force against people
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 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
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
alternative economy." I suppose that's better PR than saying they want to impose a grab bag full of sociialistic silliness
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
be harried by idiots who have full compliments of heads and genitals! With the ranks of my imaginary gnomes rallied,
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
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education is
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like that.
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
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
without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism,
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
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
looks like a green light, no?
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
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
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
being the reaction described above.
Why are you still here?!
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
looks like a green light, no?
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 perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
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."
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
of the mass moron movement.
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
And exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
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.
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 not-being-a-jerk department.
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
rivals.
nothing may stand in our way!
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
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
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
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
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism,
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
be harried by idiots who have full compliments of heads and genitals! With the ranks of my imaginary gnomes rallied,
Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
I finally went and did it.
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
being the reaction described above.
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
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"?
rivals.
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
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.
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
lap dance.
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
A taste, just a taste...
news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
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,
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
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.
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
I finally went and did it.
Either that, or I now have to admit the existence of clairvoyance.
Iranian cleric Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari, addressing weekly Friday prayers in the northwestern town of Tabriz, said
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
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
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."
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
to penetrate.
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
nothing may stand in our way!
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
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
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
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
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
serves? As far as I can tell, all they did was take some people who were probably overwhelmingly against the war anyway,
about equal probability.
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
anger that is so justifiable -no, demanded- by these despicable acts, but if that must be the case, then from on, I'll be
vulnerability.
she can last 6 hours). I make this declaration keeping in mind that this does not imply a judgement on the Idiotarian
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.
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
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.
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owned," she pontificated, in that snotty "52% of my clothes are made of hemp which therefore makes me morally superior
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 book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
lap dance.
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism,
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
about equal probability.
After 3000 of your countrymen die in a couple hours, anything less than that is wont to be downplayed in significance
looks like a green light, no?
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
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
of the mass moron movement.
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
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
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
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
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
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.
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
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
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,
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
owned," she pontificated, in that snotty "52% of my clothes are made of hemp which therefore makes me morally superior
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
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
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
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
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
Why are you still here?!
course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
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
chanting in his face and moved in front of him every time he tried to get around her.
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
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
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
again soon, didn't we?"
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
Those people are especially useful when they have access to the core computer systems that hackers would otherwise struggle
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
University or Diversity
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
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
US: Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, Britain. I know it's hard to find out this kind of
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
military action to counter the Soviet threat was not possible, because of their equal capacity to destroy us through
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
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.
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
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,
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
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
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
When I first heard about the bombing in Bali, my initial reaction was, "Another terrorist attack? Well, of course."
that I hadn't thought of it first!
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 perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
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 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 wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
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,
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
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
last update : 5-2-2012
