I was walking to a class I have in Dwinelle today. Coming through North Gate, as I live only one block above the top edge of campus, I usually walk by Memorial Glade, by Moffitt Library and then right next to California and Durant Halls.
Scribbled in white chalk, in 2 inch letters on the side of Durant Hall is a message that has been there for well over a year, appearing within a few days after 9/11: “The war on terrorism begins with the War on Imperialism.”
I must’ve walked by this irritating bit of non-thought about three hundred times now since I first saw it and thought to myself, “Typical.”
As a side note, it’s a telling testimonial to how much 4 years at Berkeley can give you a sort of desensitization to idiocy. It’s not that it bothered me yet I was still able to hold my anger in check. It’s that I wasn’t even annoyed. Whatever levels there were that registered the amount of offensive ignorance therein were purely cerebral zoo spunk. I remember when the city of Berkeley disallowed flags from flying on fire trucks, because it might make foreign students feel uncomfortable (yeah, I said “foreign.” Fuck “international.” “Foreign” isn’t pejorative in any way, but it’s considered insensitive merely on the off chance that it might be construed as such). It was then that it hit me: in another time and place, that might have really pissed me off. Completely aside from the fact that it is abjectly stupid, the suggestion that foreigners will somehow fear for their safety at the hands of the simplistic, bloodthirsty Americans if they see Old Glory flying on a firetruck shows a few illuminating things about the city goverment of Berkeley: 1) They have brains composed mainly of Kibble, 2) They think foreign students are as stupid as they, 3) They think that the public at large (not those UC sophisticates, of course, but the blue collar, racist, low-brow, neanderthal, Archie Bunker types, such as, oh, firemen and police) are just waiting for the slightest provocation to drag anyone with skin browner than theirs out of a car and beat him to death with a tire iron. If they really didn’t have this little ideological hobgoblin lurking in their multi-culti hive-mind, then they could have just politely informed any student expressing concerns about the American flag being displayed to kindly take two chill pills. And then a chill protein shake. Then maybe insert a chill I pet sex tales.V., and to top it off, a generous intramuscular shot of pure, relaxing chill. If that didn’t do the trick, perhaps some sort of Norplant-like device could be devised, that steadily releases chill into one’s system for a period of a few years. Because frankly, what do they have to be made uncomfortable about? If they can’t recognize that it’s a perfectly natural harmless act, in no way suggesting some kind of xenophobic hostility, to display an American flag after America has suffered the worst violent loss of life on its home soil in this century, then they can get stuffed. The really ironic thing is I’m pretty certain that about 99% of them did realize this, while the troglodytes on the city council didn’t.
Yet still, in the face of recognizing all this, I believe I just shrugged and thought, “Uh-huh. Next?” If Bill Bennet had been there, he’d've probably smacked me upside the head and demanded, “Where’s the outrage?”
Sorry Bill, I’d tell him, but outrage is an expensive emotion, and when you’re swimming in a sea of high-octane indignation fuel, you have to pick your moments to open your mouth or the fumes will go your head.
Or maybe I’d just fess up and say, yeah, you’re right, but I’m tired, consarnit first dog sex experience. Outrage can be a justifiably pleasing, cathartic experience when called up in the right doses and for the right reasons, but can you imagine catharting all over the place the live-long day? You’d either become exhausted (I’m lazy eoough as it is) or extremely bitter (and I’m already that… there’s nowhere left to go). So I acclimate myself to my surroundings. It doesn’t mean I condone or don’t recognize the wrongheadedness or ignorance or simple vehement anti-Americanism in the things that I see with depressing regularity, just that these particular windmills are going to have to do without my tilting for the time being. At least until I get my flame thrower. (Are you listening, Santa?)
Wasn’t I supposed to be going somewhere positive with this?
Oh, right gorilla beastiality.
So as I’m walking past that delightful scribbling on Durant Hall speaking out for the oppressed of the world, another student passed by, glanced at it, and visibly scoffed.
Not an earth-shattering moment, to be sure, but you learn to take what you can get around here. I have no idea what this guy thinks about almost everything under the sun, but I know that he recognizes stupidity at least of this particular stripe when he sees it. So that’s my positive moment for the day. Take it for what it’s worth.
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
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
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
of fist.
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
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
to penetrate.
I have to admit I'm pretty curious just to see what he's going to do. The guy has shown himself to have an overpowering
that I hadn't thought of it first!
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
During the last half of the 20th century, this principle was expanded internationally through the United Nations. The U.N.
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
superiority.
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
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
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
, "I don't believe the American people support this war. Everyone I've talked to is against it!"
So I hereby declare myself Ayatollah Mustardah of Blogistan. From this day forward, I will call down, on any Idiotarian
and make them wish that congress had instead passed a resolution authorizing military force against people
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
military action to counter the Soviet threat was not possible, because of their equal capacity to destroy us through
Why are you still here?!
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
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
trying to get an education
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
Another Australian tourist, 18-year-old Rachel Hughes, said she and her boyfriend had just arrived in Kuta when the blast
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,
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
of the mass moron movement.
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being the reaction described above.
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
US: Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, Britain. I know it's hard to find out this kind of
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
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
to penetrate.
lap dance.
owned," she pontificated, in that snotty "52% of my clothes are made of hemp which therefore makes me morally superior
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
lap dance.
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education is
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.
Wheeler Hall last spring.
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
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.
Wheeler Hall last spring.
and that it wasn't fair for these people to stop them, the girl started literally screaming at her about selfish she was.
, "I don't believe the American people support this war. Everyone I've talked to is against it!"
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
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
, "I don't believe the American people support this war. Everyone I've talked to is against it!"
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
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
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.
"The death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
Maybe I can't change the fact that I have to be intimately confronted with the death and pain in order to really feel the
he revealed himself to be a seriously dishonest debater (that, or he was so stupid that it wouldn't be safe for him to
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
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
and that it wasn't fair for these people to stop them, the girl started literally screaming at her about selfish she was.
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
being the reaction described above.
One of the great advances of the modern era has been the spread of the rule of law. This is the now common idea that
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
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.
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 eastern Europe, Australia and the middle east. Is that not multilateralism?
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
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
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
computer systems.
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,
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
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
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
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
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
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
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
she can last 6 hours). I make this declaration keeping in mind that this does not imply a judgement on the Idiotarian
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
alternative economy." I suppose that's better PR than saying they want to impose a grab bag full of sociialistic silliness
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
Iranian cleric Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari, addressing weekly Friday prayers in the northwestern town of Tabriz, said
occurred, smashing the window of their hotel room.
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."
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
she can last 6 hours). I make this declaration keeping in mind that this does not imply a judgement on the Idiotarian
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
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 fist.
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
just now. Admittedly they do face significant challenges in carrying out their duties due to their imaginary nature,
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
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
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.
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
When I first heard about the bombing in Bali, my initial reaction was, "Another terrorist attack? Well, of course."
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
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."
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
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
military action to counter the Soviet threat was not possible, because of their equal capacity to destroy us through
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
occurred, smashing the window of their hotel room.
We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but
without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism,
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
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
vulnerability.
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
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
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
computer systems.
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
During the last half of the 20th century, this principle was expanded internationally through the United Nations. The U.N.
And exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
cause, but I,
vulnerability.
It may be a sad illustration of my lack to find sympathy within myself without reading descriptions or seeing pictures,
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
I finally went and did it.
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
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
US: Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, Britain. I know it's hard to find out this kind of
predictable frequency. Follow a politician to a school photo-op,
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
A taste, just a taste...
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
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.
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
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
It may be a sad illustration of my lack to find sympathy within myself without reading descriptions or seeing pictures,
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
cause, but I,
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
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
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
he revealed himself to be a seriously dishonest debater (that, or he was so stupid that it wouldn't be safe for him to
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
Another Australian tourist, 18-year-old Rachel Hughes, said she and her boyfriend had just arrived in Kuta when the blast
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
military action to counter the Soviet threat was not possible, because of their equal capacity to destroy us through
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
You mean everyone in America aren't like San Franciscans?
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
Why are you still here?!
, "I don't believe the American people support this war. Everyone I've talked to is against it!"
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
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?
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
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
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,
During the last half of the 20th century, this principle was expanded internationally through the United Nations. The U.N.
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
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.
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
she can last 6 hours). I make this declaration keeping in mind that this does not imply a judgement on the Idiotarian
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
A taste, just a taste...
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
looks like a green light, no?
You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like that.
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
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
Iranian cleric Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari, addressing weekly Friday prayers in the northwestern town of Tabriz, said
which is all about the biggest threat to the security of all companies: their own employees.
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
Wheeler Hall last spring.
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
According to the president, "we cannot wait for the final proof" that Saddam Hussein's government is planning an imminent
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
and make them wish that congress had instead passed a resolution authorizing military force against people
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
of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
After 3000 of your countrymen die in a couple hours, anything less than that is wont to be downplayed in significance
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
owned," she pontificated, in that snotty "52% of my clothes are made of hemp which therefore makes me morally superior
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
lap dance.
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
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
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
conflict.
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
about equal probability.
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
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Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
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.
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
which is all about the biggest threat to the security of all companies: their own employees.
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