The InstaDude makes a point relating the travails of Michael Bellesiles to l’affair Lott. He latches on to a cogent fact that I think is something of a prominent phenomenom in the annals of modern politics:
I think that there are parallels. Oh, not in the underlying offenses. But what puzzles many about the Bellesiles affair is that Bellesiles could have put paid to it early by simply admitting error. Instead, he kept issuing inconsistent statements and whining about persecution. Lott has done something similar. If he had issued Friday’s apology (except perhaps for the self-justification and self-pity) a week earlier, the whole thing would have been over. But he didn’t horse sex fetish.
This kind of scenario has played itself out many many times in modern political life. Throughout Clinton’s tenure, I don’t think a reasonable person could deny that Clinton would have been helped immensely had he owned up immediately to any number of blunders or dishonesties from the get-go. And of course, who can forget the all-time home run holder for political scandals and cover-ups, Richard Nixon? After Watergate, had he come clean and admitted that men he hired committed a crime, though one that he did not plan or order, and immediately denounced them for their actions publicly, I think there is a good chance he would have come out of the thing with little political damage.
Of course, there is the caveat that asks whether admitting to the Watergate break-in soon after it happened (or soon after questions began to be raised) would have opened the floodgates on the cavalcade of malfeasance that marked much of the Nixon administration, prompting reporters to only dig deeper with the solid expectation of finding something. I think that’s a possibility, but not very likely, since asuming the posture of openness in that manner goes a long way. Even if some reporters had smelled blood in the water and decided to hound him after Watergate, I think whatever they would have found wouldn’t have got much play. Of course, that all depends on how skillful Nixon’s original message of apology was. Sure, cute and cuddly he ain’t, and I don’t think his awkward personal demeanor would have most people pining away for him to date their daughters, or even do their taxes, but the man wasn’t completely clueless when it came to communicating only dog sex. It’s entirely possible that he could have pulled off another Checkers speech, and after that it would have taken a helluva lot of proven wrongdoing to bring him down the way he eventually was.
Yet time and again we get these scenarios where the attempt at a cover-up, or, in the less dramatic case of Trent Lott, an effort to simply ignore the problem and hope it dies, ends up only serving as fuel for the bonfire. And in go the vanities.
Does this mean that truth-telling and honestly facing mistakes is not only morally superior but strategically and pragmatically more viable than the traditional political tools of lie big and lie often? Well, I won’t go quite that far just yet. There’s much to be said for tangled webs, methinks. There are many cases when the all of the people got fooled, if not for all of the time, then at least for long enough so that the fooler got some acceptable dividends from his fooling. But that’s not really applicable here since the Bellesiles, Lott, Clinton, Nixon etc scenarios all involved an initial slip-up that basically made it so that the cat was decidedly bagless already, and all that remained was for perhaps someone enterprising to ferret out the details or give it the right shove in the direction of the spotlight.
So if you really want a nice amoral, realpolitik message from all of this, all I can really offer if this: Don’t screw up horse fucking. But if you do, accept responsibility early and sincerely (or at least appear sincere, for God’s sake).
Nothing too profound, I know. But hey, the Simpsons were positively lackluster tonight, so I don’t particularly feel the need to be in top form either.
I've been blogging since July 2005, and in that time, I've had a few inter-blog arguments with the folks on the otheragree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor 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
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
Iranian cleric Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari, addressing weekly Friday prayers in the northwestern town of Tabriz, said
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
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 off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
According to the president, "we cannot wait for the final proof" that Saddam Hussein's government is planning an imminent
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
and make them wish that congress had instead passed a resolution authorizing military force against people
lap dance.
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
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
the Feds know about it.
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
be harried by idiots who have full compliments of heads and genitals! With the ranks of my imaginary gnomes rallied,
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
In your face, Space Coyote!
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."
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
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
Finally, long after the fad has grown tiresome, everyone's attention turns to another scrap of dogma for the next decade.
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
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
to penetrate.
but they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
In your face, Space Coyote!
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
which is all about the biggest threat to the security of all companies: their own employees.
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
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,
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
Saddam is so hot to get his grubby hands on nukes is enough evidence of aggression. What's he going to do with them once
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
to penetrate.
be harried by idiots who have full compliments of heads and genitals! With the ranks of my imaginary gnomes rallied,
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
I finally went and did it.
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
again soon, didn't we?"
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
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
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!
alternative economy." I suppose that's better PR than saying they want to impose a grab bag full of sociialistic silliness
Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
she can last 6 hours). I make this declaration keeping in mind that this does not imply a judgement on the Idiotarian
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.
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
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
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
Iranian cleric Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari, addressing weekly Friday prayers in the northwestern town of Tabriz, said
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
again soon, didn't we?"
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
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
and that it wasn't fair for these people to stop them, the girl started literally screaming at her about selfish she was.
"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
rivals.
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
, "I don't believe the American people support this war. Everyone I've talked to is against it!"
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
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
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
rivals.
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
lap dance.
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
Mr Mitnick even had to get permission from his probation officer to use a computer to write his book, The Art Of Deception,
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Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
be harried by idiots who have full compliments of heads and genitals! With the ranks of my imaginary gnomes rallied,
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
conflict.
the not-being-a-jerk department.
she can last 6 hours). I make this declaration keeping in mind that this does not imply a judgement on the Idiotarian
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
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
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
Really, how often is someone able to so perfectly crystallize the dilemmas that will exist a century in the future
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
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
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
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
Really, how often is someone able to so perfectly crystallize the dilemmas that will exist a century in the future
"The death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
being the reaction described above.
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
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
cause, but I,
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assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
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
but they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
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."
them into a thin paste of protein on a cave wall, to wipe out every last vestige of the disgusting stain they have left
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
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
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
the not-being-a-jerk department.
I finally went and did it.
Either that, or I now have to admit the existence of clairvoyance.
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but
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
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
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
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
of fist.
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
And exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
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
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
Mr Mitnick even had to get permission from his probation officer to use a computer to write his book, The Art Of Deception,
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
rivals.
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
making a point of reading in depth about any such future atrocity to ensure that I don't allow myself to be instantly "over it."
he revealed himself to be a seriously dishonest debater (that, or he was so stupid that it wouldn't be safe for him to
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
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.
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.
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
serves? As far as I can tell, all they did was take some people who were probably overwhelmingly against the war anyway,
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
act such as this. In a few days or weeks, I'm sure it will subside to a colder, more focused resolution to continue to
superiority.
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
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
looks like a green light, no?
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
rivals.
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
I finally went and did it.
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
anger that is so justifiable -no, demanded- by these despicable acts, but if that must be the case, then from on, I'll be
military action to counter the Soviet threat was not possible, because of their equal capacity to destroy us through
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education is
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
cause, but I,
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
Saddam is so hot to get his grubby hands on nukes is enough evidence of aggression. What's he going to do with them once
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
Why are you still here?!
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
Either that, or I now have to admit the existence of clairvoyance.
hacky-sack?"
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
military action to counter the Soviet threat was not possible, because of their equal capacity to destroy us through
Finally, long after the fad has grown tiresome, everyone's attention turns to another scrap of dogma for the next decade.
lap dance.
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
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
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
and make them wish that congress had instead passed a resolution authorizing military force against people
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
University or Diversity
We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
When they aired some actual interviews with the protesters, I started to honestly think they were part of some sort of
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.
I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
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
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
again soon, didn't we?"
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
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
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
alternative economy." I suppose that's better PR than saying they want to impose a grab bag full of sociialistic silliness
course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
last update : 7-2-2012
