It’s amusing to watch those with such an obviously silly journalistic axe to grind strain and heave and batter their words and sentences and “arguments” about in a vain attempt to twist them into just the right deceptive shape, to draw a bold black line between the two most diametrically opposed points, which are, on their face, complete opposites. Inevitably, such labors always leave them with a steaming journalistic turd of nonsense, which they gleefully heave at unsuspecting readers as if they were riled-up chimps at the county zoo, leaving the bemused or sometimes digusted spectators to wonder just what the hell is their damn problem?
Sometimes, you just can’t know. They’re friggin’ apes fer chrissake.
Well this week’s convoluted feces-flinger award goes to Richard Goldstein of the Village Voice, who must’ve pulled a muscle to distort reality to the extent that he does in his foolish pile of crap entitled, “The Eminem Consensus,” in which he argues that Eminem’s violently despicable homophobia and misogyny apparently becoming more accepted now that he’s got himself a silly little movie is part and parcel with George Bush and the Packs scoring a midterm election victory. For you see, Eminem is a violent bigot, and George Bush… well, we here at the Village Voice don’t have to spell it out for you, do we?
He doesn’t waste any time getting right to the idiocy. I suppose we should be thankful for at least that. It’s nice when the angry chimp doesn’t even pretend to act like he wants that banana, trying only to entice you more into range of his hand-propelled fecal missile. Honesty (even stupid and ugly honesty) can be refreshing.
Two events of lasting significance occurred last week: the breakdown of the Democratic party and the breakthrough of Eminem. His debut film, “8 Mile”, became the highest-grossing movie in America just days after Republicans won control of Congress. These two events may not seem related, but they both reflect the mainstreaming of ideas that seemed extreme just two years ago. Bush’s right-wing agenda and Eminem’s violent misogyny were once considered over the line. Now they have crossed over and become the line.
Fwing!….SPLAT!
Ugh.
I know, I feel dirty too. And it’s the kind of filth that doesn’t come off very easily.
So then folks, just to recap, just to make sure we’re all on the same Groupthink page here, just so we can rest easy in our self-assurance that no one needs to be sent to the Idiotarianizing Re-education Camp for a lesson in what to think. horse penetration.. school vouchers, limited privatization of social security, and an aggressive protection of our citizen’s lives from clear foreign enemies are the same thing as graphically describing cutting your own mother’s head off and killing gays just for the fun of it. Right, got it. I’ll be sure to write that down in my little Village Voice Red Book.
Not that Em is a Republican (though he might favor ending the estate tax). But he and George W. Bush do have certain things in common.
Of course. Lot’s of similarities! George W. Bush is a human male, and, at least according to the tabloids, so is Eminem!. Bush reportedly has a head, two arms and two legs. A quick review of recent photgraphs of Eminem (I will assume they have not been photoshopped by conspiracy-minded folks) reveals that he in fact possesses identical appendages!
This one is big. Thankfully, we’ve got Goldstein to breathlessly blow the lid off of this pressure-cooker and let the people know. Let’s see what damning parallels this sad little man has for us…
Both draw their power from the compelling image of the strongman posing as the common man. Both played the populist card to win the nation’s heart. And I would argue that both owe their success to the sexual backlash.
Where to begin… the idiocy is so thick. I’m gonna need a shovel.
No, a bulldozer beast chat room. A nuclear-powered bulldozer.
First of all, despite (or actually, in this case, consonant with) all my dislike for Eminem, no one can say he just “poses” as a common man. He is common. Breathtakingly common. Stunningly common. Atrociously common.
And by common I mean the way the trash in the gutter is common.
Bush’s “common man” on the other hand, shows a remarkable lack of the things that make Eminem what he is. I don’t observe the man exhaustively 24 hours a day, so perhaps some other, more informed folks could point me to those facets of the president’s persona that appeal to violent, stupid adolescent white trash yearning for someone to give them fantasies of power and importance and relevance.
Was it the faith-based initiatives, you mean?
Yeah, that must be it.
And as for the “populist card,” name one celebrity or politician that plays the “elitist” card to get people to love them. Please.
No, it’s ok, I’ll wait here while you rummage around in that cluttered, useless head of yours.
When Scott Silver, whose last movie was “The Mod Squad,” was asked by Universal to write a screenplay for Eminem, he couldn’t resist. “I pitched something that reflected [the] outrageous humor and cartoonish violence of his records,” Silver told Entertainment Weekly. “They were like, ‘Uh, no.’ ” Universal wanted to expand the demographic of its hottest music property, so Silver was ordered to create a drama that could reach an audience with reservations about Eminem. Bush faced a similar task in winning over an electorate with doubts about the economy. His solution was to play down the message and play up personality. “8 Mile” does something similar by associating its star with root values like struggle and community. It’s a stump speech for Eminem.
Now, this is actually sorta true. The part about playing up personality to gain victories in the midterm elections falls prey to that giant gaping hole that just about every left-leaning commentator has seen fit to leap enthusiastically into, completely disregarding the real issues (no, not Tom Dascle’s “real issues”) of security and the the goddamned war on terrorism that people seem to, for some stupid reason, actually care about.
But I can grant his contention that this movie was a concious PR move by Eminem, and also that Bush succeeded last Tuesday in focusing the nation’s attentions on certain issues (which just happen to actually be the important ones, but don’t tell Dascle that, he might start pounding the podium again) that helped his party win seats in the House and Senate.
The glaring, obvious hey-look-at-me! point to all of this is, so the fuck what, you silly, mendacious craptacular cargo-container of literary vomitice? I suppose it would be asking too much to ask that you actually make some sort of more-concrete connection than “Oooh! Both of them made themselves more popular, look at that, they’re completely the same!”
What Goldstein doesn’t deign to do for us simpletons who can’t immediately and viscerally grasp all his wink wink suggestions of parallelism (after all, not everyone amongst us has the benefits of years of mindless indoctrination by nauseating dunderpates like yourself) tiger beastiality. I’m surprised he didn’t mention something about the fact that hey guys, Hitler used PR to appeal to a wider audience too!
He also glosses over the fact that it is clueless, irrelevant cultural commentators on Goldstien’s side of the political divide who continually hailed Eminem’s downright sickening and violent tirades against all things he didn’t care for too much (like his mom and homosexuals) as a genuine voice of white urban youth, and as a cultural landmark to be praised for its artistic skill and “authenticity,” while most of those on the Right simply turned their noses upward and sniffed disapprovingly. In response to their stances against Em’s vile bigotry and crude profanity, they were of course derided as cultural philistines and simple-minded prudes for their trouble by the same kinds of people you have your morning lattes with, Goldstein.
The irony is almost as thick as chimp shit, only it smells a lot worse.
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):I simply love it when my case is made for me.
chanting in his face and moved in front of him every time he tried to get around her.
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
Those people are especially useful when they have access to the core computer systems that hackers would otherwise struggle
Why are you still here?!
, "I don't believe the American people support this war. Everyone I've talked to is against it!"
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
Either that, or I now have to admit the existence of clairvoyance.
Another Australian tourist, 18-year-old Rachel Hughes, said she and her boyfriend had just arrived in Kuta when the blast
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
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.
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
the Feds know about it.
I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
of the mass moron movement.
So I hereby declare myself Ayatollah Mustardah of Blogistan. From this day forward, I will call down, on any Idiotarian
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
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
we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
military action to counter the Soviet threat was not possible, because of their equal capacity to destroy us through
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, "I don't believe the American people support this war. Everyone I've talked to is against it!"
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
lap dance.
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
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
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
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
trying to get an education
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
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
And exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
When they aired some actual interviews with the protesters, I started to honestly think they were part of some sort of
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
occurred, smashing the window of their hotel room.
which is all about the biggest threat to the security of all companies: their own employees.
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
about equal probability.
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
trying to get an education
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
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
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
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chanting in his face and moved in front of him every time he tried to get around her.
So welcome. If this is the first and/or only post you can see, it means I haven't imported my archives from Blogspot yet,
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
the not-being-a-jerk department.
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
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
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
Mr Mitnick even had to get permission from his probation officer to use a computer to write his book, The Art Of Deception,
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
lap dance.
looks like a green light, no?
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
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.
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
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
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
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
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,
nothing may stand in our way!
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
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,
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
about equal probability.
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
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we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
superiority.
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we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
"The death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
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.
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
and eastern Europe, Australia and the middle east. Is that not multilateralism?
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
alternative economy." I suppose that's better PR than saying they want to impose a grab bag full of sociialistic silliness
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
I urge anyone in the bay area who has the time on the 16th to come as well and lend credence with your example to the
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
the not-being-a-jerk department.
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
Another Australian tourist, 18-year-old Rachel Hughes, said she and her boyfriend had just arrived in Kuta when the blast
United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
"The death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
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
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
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."
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
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
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
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
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
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
he revealed himself to be a seriously dishonest debater (that, or he was so stupid that it wouldn't be safe for him to
Shiite Muslim clerics in Lebanon and Iran have reacted with rage at the Rev. Jerry Falwell for calling Islam's prophet
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
A taste, just a taste...
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
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
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
news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
the Feds know about it.
, "I don't believe the American people support this war. Everyone I've talked to is against it!"
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
be harried by idiots who have full compliments of heads and genitals! With the ranks of my imaginary gnomes rallied,
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
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
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
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
US: Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, Britain. I know it's hard to find out this kind of
and that it wasn't fair for these people to stop them, the girl started literally screaming at her about selfish she was.
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,
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
of fist.
and that it wasn't fair for these people to stop them, the girl started literally screaming at her about selfish she was.
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
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
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
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
just now. Admittedly they do face significant challenges in carrying out their duties due to their imaginary nature,
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
and make them wish that congress had instead passed a resolution authorizing military force against people
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
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
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
According to the president, "we cannot wait for the final proof" that Saddam Hussein's government is planning an imminent
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
I finally went and did it.
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
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
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
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.
"The death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
Mr Mitnick even had to get permission from his probation officer to use a computer to write his book, The Art Of Deception,
cause, but I,
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
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rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
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."
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
predictable frequency. Follow a politician to a school photo-op,
of fist.
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
chanting in his face and moved in front of him every time he tried to get around her.
"The death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
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
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
hacky-sack?"
looks like a green light, no?
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
Either that, or I now have to admit the existence of clairvoyance.
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
During the last half of the 20th century, this principle was expanded internationally through the United Nations. The U.N.
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
Another Australian tourist, 18-year-old Rachel Hughes, said she and her boyfriend had just arrived in Kuta when the blast
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
military action to counter the Soviet threat was not possible, because of their equal capacity to destroy us through
rivals.
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
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
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
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
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
vulnerability.
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
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."
You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like that.
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
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
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
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
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
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
When they aired some actual interviews with the protesters, I started to honestly think they were part of some sort of
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
When I first heard about the bombing in Bali, my initial reaction was, "Another terrorist attack? Well, of course."
looks like a green light, no?
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
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,
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
You mean everyone in America aren't like San Franciscans?
, "I don't believe the American people support this war. Everyone I've talked to is against it!"
without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism,
It may be a sad illustration of my lack to find sympathy within myself without reading descriptions or seeing pictures,
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
A taste, just a taste...
and make them wish that congress had instead passed a resolution authorizing military force against people
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
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.
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
When they aired some actual interviews with the protesters, I started to honestly think they were part of some sort of
Another Australian tourist, 18-year-old Rachel Hughes, said she and her boyfriend had just arrived in Kuta when the blast
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