…what more do you need?
Bart: Hey America, you’re so fine. You’re so fine, you blow my mind. America.
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."
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
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Yes, well I suppose you're suggesting that we would be well-served to wait for this "final proof," then? Very well. I'll
which is all about the biggest threat to the security of all companies: their own employees.
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
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
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
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
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
Why are you still here?!
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
In your face, Space Coyote!
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
but they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
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I finally went and did it.
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
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
You mean everyone in America aren't like San Franciscans?
of the mass moron movement.
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
The experience made me think of the instructions from all corners of the media after 9/11 that what we, as Americans,
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
about equal probability.
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
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
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
cause, but I,
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
the not-being-a-jerk department.
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
to penetrate.
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
When I first heard about the bombing in Bali, my initial reaction was, "Another terrorist attack? Well, of course."
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
It may be a sad illustration of my lack to find sympathy within myself without reading descriptions or seeing pictures,
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
owned," she pontificated, in that snotty "52% of my clothes are made of hemp which therefore makes me morally superior
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
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
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
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
looks like a green light, no?
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
In your face, Space Coyote!
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
Shiite Muslim clerics in Lebanon and Iran have reacted with rage at the Rev. Jerry Falwell for calling Islam's prophet
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
course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
she can last 6 hours). I make this declaration keeping in mind that this does not imply a judgement on the Idiotarian
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
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
According to the president, "we cannot wait for the final proof" that Saddam Hussein's government is planning an imminent
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
who like to chant slogans and can't come up with any better rhyme than something that has to do with the number "four" and "war."
I 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
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
Yes, well I suppose you're suggesting that we would be well-served to wait for this "final proof," then? Very well. I'll
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."
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
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
something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
It may be a sad illustration of my lack to find sympathy within myself without reading descriptions or seeing pictures,
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism,
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
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
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
University or Diversity
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
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.
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
Shiite Muslim clerics in Lebanon and Iran have reacted with rage at the Rev. Jerry Falwell for calling Islam's prophet
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
After 3000 of your countrymen die in a couple hours, anything less than that is wont to be downplayed in significance
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
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
about equal probability.
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
University or Diversity
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
vulnerability.
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
nothing may stand in our way!
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
looks like a green light, no?
A taste, just a taste...
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
superiority.
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
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
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
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 exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education is
about equal probability.
rivals.
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
Wheeler Hall last spring.
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
he revealed himself to be a seriously dishonest debater (that, or he was so stupid that it wouldn't be safe for him to
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
When they aired some actual interviews with the protesters, I started to honestly think they were part of some sort of
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
So I hereby declare myself Ayatollah Mustardah of Blogistan. From this day forward, I will call down, on any Idiotarian
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
hacky-sack?"
lap dance.
Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
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
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
just now. Admittedly they do face significant challenges in carrying out their duties due to their imaginary nature,
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
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
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I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
cause, but I,
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
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education is
Finally, long after the fad has grown tiresome, everyone's attention turns to another scrap of dogma for the next decade.
Why are you still here?!
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
A taste, just a taste...
trying to get an education
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
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."
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
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
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
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
something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
the Feds know about it.
owned," she pontificated, in that snotty "52% of my clothes are made of hemp which therefore makes me morally superior
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
You mean everyone in America aren't like San Franciscans?
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
anger that is so justifiable -no, demanded- by these despicable acts, but if that must be the case, then from on, I'll be
A taste, just a taste...
In your face, Space Coyote!
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
again soon, didn't we?"
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
the not-being-a-jerk department.
news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
According to the president, "we cannot wait for the final proof" that Saddam Hussein's government is planning an imminent
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
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 I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
In your face, Space Coyote!
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
military action to counter the Soviet threat was not possible, because of their equal capacity to destroy us through
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
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
course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
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
cause, but I,
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 exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
Wheeler Hall last spring.
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
Those people are especially useful when they have access to the core computer systems that hackers would otherwise struggle
Either that, or I now have to admit the existence of clairvoyance.
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
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But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
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
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
being the reaction described above.
It may be a sad illustration of my lack to find sympathy within myself without reading descriptions or seeing pictures,
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism,
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
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
Why are you still here?!
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
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
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
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.
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
Yes, well I suppose you're suggesting that we would be well-served to wait for this "final proof," then? Very well. I'll
we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
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