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Saddam, the Man (cont’d)
Via the Volokh Conspiracy comes this follow-up to Mark Bowden’s now famous Atlantic profile of Saddam Hussein (well, famous as far as the blogosphere goes).
Like everyone else, I found Bowden’s original Saddam piece incredibly enlightening and valuable for its deep look at Saddam the man, rather than Saddam the specter, but still I have to disagree with much of Bowden’s conclusions about the man’s inherent character. Bowden claims that Saddam started out as virtually any other self-interested politician: selfish and with a will to power, but reasonable and able to be dealt with.
So is it your sense that the eventual emergence of Saddam’s tyranny and masochism wasn’t inevitable? That if he hadn’t managed to gain a certain amount of power, he would have remained a reasonable person, and no one would ever have known that he was capable of such atrocities?
I think so. In order to be able to become the sort of exaggeratedly cruel and tyrannical figure he is now, he needed to amass a huge amount of power girl doing sex with dog. And one of the things that I tried to point out in the article is that other people have to collaborate in making a tyrant. What happened was that a lot of people hitched their wagons to Saddam and used him to further their own interests. And he turned on them at some point. He became so powerful that he got rid of everybody who disagreed with him or tried to influence him in ways that he didn’t like. So the people who bet on Saddam were right in the sense that he was going to become a very powerful leader, but they were wrong in assuming that he had any ambitions beyond his own, or any larger social ambitions for his country xxx paola.
I don’t doubt that Saddam’s recklessness and arrogance has been enlarged by his grip on power, but I totally disagree that it was somehow simply power that turned what seemed like a Clinton into a Stalin. It is instructive to remember that one of the reasons that Saddam rose to prominence in his early association with the Ba’ath party was his particular skill at (and affinity for) torture, a trait he has passed onto his two sons. I’m much more inclined to agree with analyses of Saddam by people like Saad al-Bazzaz, who claims that Saddam’s actions are merely the violence and power-grabbing of Iraqi local village politics writ large. The same impulse towards domination at any cost was always there, the only thing lacking was the means. Saddam seems to have simply been particularly adept at masking those impulses and looking like the good Ba’ath socialist reformer for as long as was necessary male animal hardcore.
Bowden further describes what distinguishes Saddam from other tyrants throughout history.
In modern times tyrants have tended to be motivated primarily by ideology. So you have Pol Pot and Mao and Stalin and Hitler and Castro, all of whom were driven by fantasies of creating a higher social order. And then you have tyrants like Mobutu Sese-Sekou and Idi Amin and Papa Doc Duvalier, who were primarily motivated by greedЧwho were just trying to amass as much power, and have sex with as many women, and eat as much food as they could. Saddam is different in that he appears to be motivated primarily by vanity k9 porn. And by this romantic fascination with Arabian historyЧthe glory of Arabia.
Sounds to me like a strong echo of Den Beste’s notorious, oft-cited, sometimes infamous description of Arab Traditionalism.
The Iraqi National Congress, which is the group of expatriates that the United States has been supporting, claims that the ground there is fertile for democracy and that getting rid of Saddam will enable the creation of a secular democratic society. I think, frankly, that that’s a long shot. But I don’t claim to know enough about Iraq to predict with any certainty what would be likely to happen. One of the problems about going after Saddam is the uncertainty about what would follow.
I don’t think anyone serious is saying that democracy is going to just spring fully-formed from the dead forehead of Saddam, but I do believe that the possibilities for a pro-US government and society, and thus one that could very well lead to something of a liberal democracy, are much more fertile in Iraq rather than, say Saudi Arabia.
When they aired some actual interviews with the protesters, I started to honestly think they were part of some sort ofHeh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
but they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
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
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
that I hadn't thought of it first!
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
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or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
vulnerability.
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."
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
In your face, Space Coyote!
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
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
US: Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, Britain. I know it's hard to find out this kind of
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
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
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.
computer systems.
to penetrate.
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism,
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
owned," she pontificated, in that snotty "52% of my clothes are made of hemp which therefore makes me morally superior
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
I finally went and did it.
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but
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
Really, how often is someone able to so perfectly crystallize the dilemmas that will exist a century in the future
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
that I hadn't thought of it first!
A taste, just a taste...
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
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
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
US: Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, Britain. I know it's hard to find out this kind of
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
about equal probability.
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
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To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
about equal probability.
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
of fist.
vulnerability.
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
Wheeler Hall last spring.
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
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
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
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
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
and make them wish that congress had instead passed a resolution authorizing military force against people
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
of the mass moron movement.
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
According to the president, "we cannot wait for the final proof" that Saddam Hussein's government is planning an imminent
of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
Shiite Muslim clerics in Lebanon and Iran have reacted with rage at the Rev. Jerry Falwell for calling Islam's prophet
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
anger that is so justifiable -no, demanded- by these despicable acts, but if that must be the case, then from on, I'll be
them into a thin paste of protein on a cave wall, to wipe out every last vestige of the disgusting stain they have left
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
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."
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
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.
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
Either that, or I now have to admit the existence of clairvoyance.
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education is
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
rivals.
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
Either that, or I now have to admit the existence of clairvoyance.
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.
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
trying to get an education
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
US: Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, Britain. I know it's hard to find out this kind of
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
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
After 3000 of your countrymen die in a couple hours, anything less than that is wont to be downplayed in significance
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
looks like a green light, no?
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."
"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
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.
And exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
"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
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
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
and make them wish that congress had instead passed a resolution authorizing military force against people
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
cause, but I,
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
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
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
anger that is so justifiable -no, demanded- by these despicable acts, but if that must be the case, then from on, I'll be
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
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
without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism,
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
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.
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
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
which is all about the biggest threat to the security of all companies: their own employees.
, "I don't believe the American people support this war. Everyone I've talked to is against it!"
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
of the mass moron movement.
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
computer systems.
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like that.
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
Yes, well I suppose you're suggesting that we would be well-served to wait for this "final proof," then? Very well. I'll
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
who like to chant slogans and can't come up with any better rhyme than something that has to do with the number "four" and "war."
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
conflict.
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
just now. Admittedly they do face significant challenges in carrying out their duties due to their imaginary nature,
nothing may stand in our way!
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
Either that, or I now have to admit the existence of clairvoyance.
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
again soon, didn't we?"
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
that I hadn't thought of it first!
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
but they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
to penetrate.
lap dance.
Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
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
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
Shiite Muslim clerics in Lebanon and Iran have reacted with rage at the Rev. Jerry Falwell for calling Islam's prophet
Another Australian tourist, 18-year-old Rachel Hughes, said she and her boyfriend had just arrived in Kuta when the blast
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
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
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
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like that.
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
Those people are especially useful when they have access to the core computer systems that hackers would otherwise struggle
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
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."
After 3000 of your countrymen die in a couple hours, anything less than that is wont to be downplayed in significance
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
serves? As far as I can tell, all they did was take some people who were probably overwhelmingly against the war anyway,
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
You mean everyone in America aren't like San Franciscans?
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."
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
US: Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, Britain. I know it's hard to find out this kind of
In your face, Space Coyote!
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
the Feds know about it.
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
In your face, Space Coyote!
something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
of fist.
You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like that.
It may be a sad illustration of my lack to find sympathy within myself without reading descriptions or seeing pictures,
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
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
rivals.
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
to penetrate.
lap dance.
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
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
It may be a sad illustration of my lack to find sympathy within myself without reading descriptions or seeing pictures,
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
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
Those people are especially useful when they have access to the core computer systems that hackers would otherwise struggle
Shiite Muslim clerics in Lebanon and Iran have reacted with rage at the Rev. Jerry Falwell for calling Islam's prophet
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
After 3000 of your countrymen die in a couple hours, anything less than that is wont to be downplayed in significance
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
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,
I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
predictable frequency. Follow a politician to a school photo-op,
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
last update : 11-10-2008
