May
03
03
Sublime Incongruence
Today in the bathroom there was posted the weekly health tip, admonishing us to not let our craving for quick, easy food send our nutrion spiraling into a shameful mix of fat and sugar, which would sicken our bodies and slow our minds.
Today in the antry there was a large cardboard box full of packs of Skittles, Gummy Bears, Snickers, Three Musketeers and other assorted grave public enemies of the CDC, with a large sign above advertising “Candy for your finals studying!”
What to do, what to do…
By the way, a pound of Gummy Bears is surprisingly unfilling, yet strangely nauseating.
According to the president, "we cannot wait for the final proof" that Saddam Hussein's government is planning an imminentSure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
So I hereby declare myself Ayatollah Mustardah of Blogistan. From this day forward, I will call down, on any Idiotarian
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
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
After 3000 of your countrymen die in a couple hours, anything less than that is wont to be downplayed in significance
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
So I hereby declare myself Ayatollah Mustardah of Blogistan. From this day forward, I will call down, on any Idiotarian
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
be harried by idiots who have full compliments of heads and genitals! With the ranks of my imaginary gnomes rallied,
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 suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
nothing may stand in our way!
of fist.
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
and eastern Europe, Australia and the middle east. Is that not multilateralism?
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
Finally, long after the fad has grown tiresome, everyone's attention turns to another scrap of dogma for the next decade.
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
US: Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, Britain. I know it's hard to find out this kind of
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
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.
without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism,
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
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
nothing may stand in our way!
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
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
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
alternative economy." I suppose that's better PR than saying they want to impose a grab bag full of sociialistic silliness
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
nothing may stand in our way!
for the life of me, cannot see it. The news showed a clip of a guy trying politely to walk around a woman so self-righteous
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
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lap dance.
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
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
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
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
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
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
It may be a sad illustration of my lack to find sympathy within myself without reading descriptions or seeing pictures,
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
computer systems.
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
Another Australian tourist, 18-year-old Rachel Hughes, said she and her boyfriend had just arrived in Kuta when the blast
Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
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]!
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
The experience made me think of the instructions from all corners of the media after 9/11 that what we, as Americans,
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
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Mr Mitnick even had to get permission from his probation officer to use a computer to write his book, The Art Of Deception,
we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
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."
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
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But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
Wheeler Hall last spring.
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
Really, how often is someone able to so perfectly crystallize the dilemmas that will exist a century in the future
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
being the reaction described above.
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
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
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
we could go and stop the Soviets and all their expansionist hijinks, but then we'd like, have to go all the way over to
nothing may stand in our way!
Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
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
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
lap dance.
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
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."
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
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."
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
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
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
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
of fist.
So I hereby declare myself Ayatollah Mustardah of Blogistan. From this day forward, I will call down, on any Idiotarian
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
being the reaction described above.
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
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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?
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
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
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
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
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
nothing may stand in our way!
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
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
something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
lap dance.
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
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."
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
just now. Admittedly they do face significant challenges in carrying out their duties due to their imaginary nature,
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 simply love it when my case is made for me.
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
trying to get an education
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!
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
"The death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
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
to penetrate.
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
anger that is so justifiable -no, demanded- by these despicable acts, but if that must be the case, then from on, I'll be
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
but they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
for the life of me, cannot see it. The news showed a clip of a guy trying politely to walk around a woman so self-righteous
and eastern Europe, Australia and the middle east. Is that not multilateralism?
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
Why are you still here?!
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
Either that, or I now have to admit the existence of clairvoyance.
rivals.
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
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 extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
US: Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, Britain. I know it's hard to find out this kind of
we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
I finally went and did it.
Either that, or I now have to admit the existence of clairvoyance.
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
just now. Admittedly they do face significant challenges in carrying out their duties due to their imaginary nature,
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
predictable frequency. Follow a politician to a school photo-op,
serves? As far as I can tell, all they did was take some people who were probably overwhelmingly against the war anyway,
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
During the last half of the 20th century, this principle was expanded internationally through the United Nations. The U.N.
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?
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
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
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
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that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
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
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
rivals.
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
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
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
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United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
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
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
Shiite Muslim clerics in Lebanon and Iran have reacted with rage at the Rev. Jerry Falwell for calling Islam's prophet
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
A taste, just a taste...
And exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
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
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
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
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
When they aired some actual interviews with the protesters, I started to honestly think they were part of some sort of
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
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slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
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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."
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
be harried by idiots who have full compliments of heads and genitals! With the ranks of my imaginary gnomes rallied,
owned," she pontificated, in that snotty "52% of my clothes are made of hemp which therefore makes me morally superior
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like that.
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
Really, how often is someone able to so perfectly crystallize the dilemmas that will exist a century in the future
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
he revealed himself to be a seriously dishonest debater (that, or he was so stupid that it wouldn't be safe for him to
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
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United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
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
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
US: Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, Britain. I know it's hard to find out this kind of
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
predictable frequency. Follow a politician to a school photo-op,
"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
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