This is coming rather late in the game, to be sure, but reading Jay Nordlinger, I’m reminded of something that all Americans should be heartily thankful for this Thanksgiving season.
Of course there is the obvious fact that over the last year and few months we have not had any significant terrorist attacks in this country, and indeed, acknowledging that fact by itself is already a worthy thing to do, but I’m reminded just how grateful we should be by the following quote by Tom Ridge: “We have to be right a thousand times a day forever. They have to be right once in a while.”
Well, either they’ve been woefully incompetent, or we’ve been right a thousand times a day, every day, for the last 15 months lesbians having sex with dog. I suspect it’s a little bit of both, though I can’t say just how much you’d want to take from column A and B as an explanantion.
Perhaps anti-intuitively, it would actually be more comforting to think that Al Qeada is still a capable and effective organization (”still” is even a word that is somewhat in question.. mating with animals. how much of their success on 9/11 was because of our stupidity rather than their cunning? Much, much, methinks), and is being held at bay by only the constant, vigilent work of our government. I find that thought more reassuring than the thought that Al Qeada simply wasn’t a organization that planned ahead very well, managing to pull off one big attack with no follow-up plan already in the works, which allowed the military intervention in Afghanistan and the global law enforcement crackdown to significantly hinder their activities. And so now they’re scattered and disoriented, falling apart once any kind of concerted effort was finally applied to them. If this is the case, we really could be said to have done no more than get up off our counter-terrorist ass and actually commit ourselves to engaging in some counter-terrorism animal horse cock fucking.
Of course this is not to discount the activities of the “shadow-warriors” that are working to protect us every day. I’d imagine they’ve been doing their job with the same amount of dedication as ever. It is instead the attitudes of those more visible officials who would allow them a free hand to work that have been forced to change in the last year. Could you imagine the heads that would roll if someone in the intelligence community in the pre-9/11 world had decided to “execute without trial!” half a dozen known terrorists with a missile up the tailpipe of their car?
But nonetheless, despite all this doubt I’ve been liberally throwing around in the last couple paragraphs like a Masachusetts senator with some juicey government pork, I am still quite thankful that, a thousand times a day, for the last 400 days or so, either we have been very vigilent or they have been very stupid. I’d prefer the former, but I can live with the latter.
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skineconomic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
of the mass moron movement.
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
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without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism,
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
chanting in his face and moved in front of him every time he tried to get around her.
And exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
When I first heard about the bombing in Bali, my initial reaction was, "Another terrorist attack? Well, of course."
US: Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, Britain. I know it's hard to find out this kind of
vulnerability.
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
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
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
he revealed himself to be a seriously dishonest debater (that, or he was so stupid that it wouldn't be safe for him to
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."
owned," she pontificated, in that snotty "52% of my clothes are made of hemp which therefore makes me morally superior
The experience made me think of the instructions from all corners of the media after 9/11 that what we, as Americans,
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
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."
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
the not-being-a-jerk department.
military action to counter the Soviet threat was not possible, because of their equal capacity to destroy us through
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
of fist.
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
serves? As far as I can tell, all they did was take some people who were probably overwhelmingly against the war anyway,
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
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
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
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
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For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
University or Diversity
Mr Mitnick even had to get permission from his probation officer to use a computer to write his book, The Art Of Deception,
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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.
be harried by idiots who have full compliments of heads and genitals! With the ranks of my imaginary gnomes rallied,
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but
You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like that.
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
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
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.
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
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
owned," she pontificated, in that snotty "52% of my clothes are made of hemp which therefore makes me morally superior
Yes, well I suppose you're suggesting that we would be well-served to wait for this "final proof," then? Very well. I'll
The experience made me think of the instructions from all corners of the media after 9/11 that what we, as Americans,
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
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
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
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
of the mass moron movement.
Wheeler Hall last spring.
we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
them into a thin paste of protein on a cave wall, to wipe out every last vestige of the disgusting stain they have left
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
conflict.
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
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
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
"The death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
cause, but I,
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
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
but they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
Wheeler Hall last spring.
We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but
the not-being-a-jerk department.
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education is
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
According to the president, "we cannot wait for the final proof" that Saddam Hussein's government is planning an imminent
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."
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
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has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
Those people are especially useful when they have access to the core computer systems that hackers would otherwise struggle
So welcome. If this is the first and/or only post you can see, it means I haven't imported my archives from Blogspot yet,
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
"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,
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
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Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
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.
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
According to the president, "we cannot wait for the final proof" that Saddam Hussein's government is planning an imminent
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
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,
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,
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.
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
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to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
Shiite Muslim clerics in Lebanon and Iran have reacted with rage at the Rev. Jerry Falwell for calling Islam's prophet
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owned," she pontificated, in that snotty "52% of my clothes are made of hemp which therefore makes me morally superior
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
Shiite Muslim clerics in Lebanon and Iran have reacted with rage at the Rev. Jerry Falwell for calling Islam's prophet
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
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
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
Really, how often is someone able to so perfectly crystallize the dilemmas that will exist a century in the future
Iranian cleric Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari, addressing weekly Friday prayers in the northwestern town of Tabriz, said
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
And exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
superiority.
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
(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
It may be a sad illustration of my lack to find sympathy within myself without reading descriptions or seeing pictures,
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
University or Diversity
We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
When they aired some actual interviews with the protesters, I started to honestly think they were part of some sort of
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
A taste, just a taste...
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
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
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
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.
Why are you still here?!
course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
During the last half of the 20th century, this principle was expanded internationally through the United Nations. The U.N.
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
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."
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
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
which is all about the biggest threat to the security of all companies: their own employees.
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
, "I don't believe the American people support this war. Everyone I've talked to is against it!"
making a point of reading in depth about any such future atrocity to ensure that I don't allow myself to be instantly "over it."
he revealed himself to be a seriously dishonest debater (that, or he was so stupid that it wouldn't be safe for him to
Finally, long after the fad has grown tiresome, everyone's attention turns to another scrap of dogma for the next decade.
lap dance.
Another Australian tourist, 18-year-old Rachel Hughes, said she and her boyfriend had just arrived in Kuta when the blast
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
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 may be a sad illustration of my lack to find sympathy within myself without reading descriptions or seeing pictures,
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
United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
The experience made me think of the instructions from all corners of the media after 9/11 that what we, as Americans,
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
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
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
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
looks like a green light, no?
I've been blogging since July 2005, and in that time, I've had a few inter-blog arguments with the folks on the other
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
, "I don't believe the American people support this war. Everyone I've talked to is against it!"
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
So I hereby declare myself Ayatollah Mustardah of Blogistan. From this day forward, I will call down, on any Idiotarian
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
hacky-sack?"
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
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
And exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
but they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
trying to get an education
without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism,
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
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
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
Why are you still here?!
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.
and eastern Europe, Australia and the middle east. Is that not multilateralism?
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
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."
last update : 5-2-2012
