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.
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course startedattack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
Mr Mitnick even had to get permission from his probation officer to use a computer to write his book, The Art Of Deception,
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
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
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
When I first heard about the bombing in Bali, my initial reaction was, "Another terrorist attack? Well, of course."
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
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."
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
of the mass moron movement.
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
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education is
Either that, or I now have to admit the existence of clairvoyance.
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
superiority.
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
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
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
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?
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
be harried by idiots who have full compliments of heads and genitals! With the ranks of my imaginary gnomes rallied,
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
A taste, just a taste...
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 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
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
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
act such as this. In a few days or weeks, I'm sure it will subside to a colder, more focused resolution to continue to
serves? As far as I can tell, all they did was take some people who were probably overwhelmingly against the war anyway,
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
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of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
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.
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
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
Really, how often is someone able to so perfectly crystallize the dilemmas that will exist a century in the future
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
serves? As far as I can tell, all they did was take some people who were probably overwhelmingly against the war anyway,
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
vulnerability.
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
Really, how often is someone able to so perfectly crystallize the dilemmas that will exist a century in the future
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
military action to counter the Soviet threat was not possible, because of their equal capacity to destroy us through
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,
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
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,
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
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
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but
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.
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
Another Australian tourist, 18-year-old Rachel Hughes, said she and her boyfriend had just arrived in Kuta when the blast
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
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,
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
Why are you still here?!
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
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
"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
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
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
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,
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
trying to get an education
act such as this. In a few days or weeks, I'm sure it will subside to a colder, more focused resolution to continue to
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
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.
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
which is all about the biggest threat to the security of all companies: their own employees.
I finally went and did it.
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
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
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
Why are you still here?!
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
which is all about the biggest threat to the security of all companies: their own employees.
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
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,
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
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
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
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
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Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
computer systems.
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,
lap dance.
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
cause, but I,
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)
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
about equal probability.
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
that I hadn't thought of it first!
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
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
Really, how often is someone able to so perfectly crystallize the dilemmas that will exist a century in the future
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
anger that is so justifiable -no, demanded- by these despicable acts, but if that must be the case, then from on, I'll be
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
Another Australian tourist, 18-year-old Rachel Hughes, said she and her boyfriend had just arrived in Kuta when the blast
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 at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
superiority.
about equal probability.
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
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
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
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
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
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
And exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
being the reaction described above.
just now. Admittedly they do face significant challenges in carrying out their duties due to their imaginary nature,
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
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them into a thin paste of protein on a cave wall, to wipe out every last vestige of the disgusting stain they have left
When they aired some actual interviews with the protesters, I started to honestly think they were part of some sort of
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.
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
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
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
cause, but I,
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
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After 3000 of your countrymen die in a couple hours, anything less than that is wont to be downplayed in significance
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
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
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
...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,
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
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why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
which is all about the biggest threat to the security of all companies: their own employees.
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
At the very least, don't let me hear any of these things when you're standing in my presence, unless you want a faceful
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
And exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
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
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
nothing may stand in our way!
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
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
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
act such as this. In a few days or weeks, I'm sure it will subside to a colder, more focused resolution to continue to
superiority.
about equal probability.
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
University or Diversity
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 Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
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
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
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
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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
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Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
of the mass moron movement.
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
Finally, long after the fad has grown tiresome, everyone's attention turns to another scrap of dogma for the next decade.
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
occurred, smashing the window of their hotel room.
cause, but I,
trying to get an education
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
When they aired some actual interviews with the protesters, I started to honestly think they were part of some sort of
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like that.
Finally, long after the fad has grown tiresome, everyone's attention turns to another scrap of dogma for the next decade.
When I first heard about the bombing in Bali, my initial reaction was, "Another terrorist attack? Well, of course."
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.
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism,
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
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
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
that I hadn't thought of it first!
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education 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.
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
A taste, just a taste...
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
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