Best. Movie. Ever.
Perhaps I don’t mean that literally. I don’t really intend to suggest that it was the finest example of artistry ever rendered onto celluloid, but then, I’ve never been the type to try to say what is the best of all things in any category. I’ll leave it to others to describes why Citizen Kane was a better or more worthwhile movie than The Two Towers. All I will say is this: I have never had a more thoroughly pleasurable experience in a movie theater.
Full disclosure: I’m a fan of Tolkien. I’ll say that now so the unconverted don’t cast a wondering, suspicious eye on this spastic endorsement of the film. I’ve read the Lord of the Rings, and I enjoyed it immensely, but I’m no LOTR-version of a trekkie. My attention span can’t be sustained solely by an entertainment product’s affiliation with some established universe or character. That’s why I can sit back and watch The Wrath of Khan with a stupid, happy grin on my face but would rather let Uday Hussein go to work on my teeth and testicles rather than sit through an hour of Voyager. And I would suspect many rabid fans of LOTR would be even more exacting than that, if only because the books are so damn good that any half-hearted, mediocre effort by Peter Jackson would result in the poor guy being burned in effigy by a bunch of virgins dressed up as elves. But those are the real die-hards, the Taliban wing of the LOTR fanbase, let’s say (some people may take offesne to the usage of that word, what with all the efforts by the Left to attach it to anyone who is to the political or cultural right of Barbra Streisand, but what the hell, I’m feeling careless today).
But then, that’s not really fair. I’m sure there’s a small segment of the Tolkieners who could match the fervence of their fan fixation with the phasers of the USS Obsessed any day, but their numbers are dwarfed to the point of nonexistence by the hordes of people who cherish the books and the mythology involved but don’t speak Elvish (which, again, is not to suggest that alrge percentage of Star Trek fans pepper their speech with phrases like “Beam me up” and “Make it so,” but I don’t think you can deny that their per capita numbers are greater). Christopher Lee for instance, playing Saruman in LOTR, is himself a hardy Tolkiener who makes a yearly tradition out of reading the full 1,500 pages or so of the book horse fucking black women. Somehow I don’t imagine folks like these rallying around a movie about their cherished mythos and verbally eviscerating anyone that dare speak what they all know deep-down: that the thing sucks donkey balls. It’s become fashionable to bash Episode I these days, three and a half years after it came out and 6 months after a sequel that was at least marginally better (yet still had a barrel-full of reasons to throw things at the screen) showed everyone even more starkly how shitty it really was. But I’m not sure most people recall how desperate so many SW fans were to undergo any kind of mental contortions necessary to convince themselves that it was the real deal, a worthy successor to the first three films. I know that because I meyself went through it, though my illusions only lasted through about half of the car ride home. AFter that I started ranting about midichlorines and Calvanism and ETs in the galactic assembly and cutesy, sass-talking aliens until I had to be forcibly sedated. I saw a lot of people not coming around to that position until much later.
I just don’t see the Tolkien crowd going through that. For one thing, it isn’t like Tolkien himself is writing another book. We’re not getting new material from the original master that all made us oooh and ahhh at one point. That’s one of the reasons it washard for so many to come to grips with the feces-on-celluloid that was Ep. I.
“Surely Lucas wouldn’t betray us like this! Something must be amiss.”
But yes, for sure they, and I, are of the kind of mind that is instantly more receptive to all this sword and sorcery ballyhoo than others, but that isn’t a prerequisite for becoming entirely entranced and delighted by this movie.
But then, if you haven’t seen the first film already, don’t go see The Two Towers yet. There’s no handy bluescreen plate of words flying through space setting the scene, no narration to describe the main backstory as Galadriel did describing the history of the Ring of Power at the beginning of the Fellowship of the Ring. The most Jackson offers is a brief dream sequence recounting Gandalf’s seemingly fatal battle with the Balrog, and then Frodo wakes up with Sam, lost in the hills outside of Mordor, right where we last saw them last in FOTR.
And that pretty well sums up the manner in which the movie progresses, really true stories of dog sex.
The triumph in Fellowship was the sheer fact that a world and characters so richly envisioned and loved by millions could be rendered on the screen in a way that made the vast majority of fans, for the vast majority of the film, sit back and go, “Yup, that’s how it should be.”
The triumph here is the remarkable success with which Jackson tells the three separate story lines of the novel, each one of them full of their own mass of plot and character to be expounded upon and given attention to. It’s realtively easy to do this sort of thing in a book, and Tolkien takes his sweet time doing it, spending seventy-five or a hundred pages on the events in one story line and then switch over to the other when it suits him. The temporal disconnect involved in the book isn’t a jarring thing when you’re telling a written story, but for a movie it can become confusing or just irritating unless it’s an integral part of the style of the movie, a la Pulp Fiction.
Jackson weaves in and out of the various plot lines deftly, and the movie proceeds at a breakneck pace for nearly the entire three hours, managing though to never seem hurried, always appearing to spend just the right amount of time on each episode. This isn’t merely some product of faithfulness to the legacy of LOTR, it’s just plain damn good film-making, one of the reasons that anyone who enjoys an exciting story told skillfully and well-developed characters will find much to love herein.
The technical wizardry is much more apparent in this movie. That is not to say that they didn’t have things to drool over in FOTR, but so much of the visual richness there was a matter of craft and loving attention to detail than it was a sheer breath-taking scope of special effects and computer-generated artistry. To be sure, the battle scenes at Isengard and Helm’s Deep are worthy testaments to this fact, but more than anything else, it is the film’s portrayal of the completely-cgi Gollum that impressed me. Never, anywhere on film, has there been a more expressive face existing only in 1’s and 0’s. It’s a cliche, but still true, to say that the best pecial effects are the ones where you don’t think to yourself what great special effects they are. Gollum passes that test. It speaks volumes that when you’re watching the movie, you’re not wondering how the digital artists created it. You’re thinking what a sad, pathetic, evil, funny, frightening creature he is.
Just as a side note, I was a little shocked at first at how human Gollum was made to seem. I had always grown up thinking of him as looking much more bestial, at least in his face if not his body. But here he looks like an emaciated, sickly, human child forced gay zoosex. And it works amazingly. There were many moments when it made me feel downright uncomfortable, and I realized after a little while that that was the point.
Speaking of such, you get to see a lot more orcs in this movie than in FOTR, and it’s wonderful, one of my favorite aspects of the film altogether. Sure, you saw a lot of Uruk-Hai in Fellowship, and they were imposing and frightening as intended, but they’re not what I think of when I imagine orcs in general. Here you get to see all the various stooping, drooling, puss and scar-covered assortments of orc that you could ever wish for. The expressiveness and character in their faces (make-up and prosthetics here) and voices made me laugh out loud. Don’t get me wrong, they’re creepy as all get out, I was simply bowled over into laughing delight by the smorgasbord of disgusting and hateful variety displayed.
The Two Towers also shores up some of the minor weak points of its predecessor. For one thing, there isn’t nearly as much of the camera doing slow zooms on Frodo’s face so we can all get a good long look at Elijah Woods gazing off into the distance with his dreamboat eyes. And Viggo Mortensen seems much better in his role as Aragorn. It looked like he had matured more into the part, but I don’t see how this could be the case since the trilogy was filmed all at once and not, presumably, in linear order.
The one minor quibble that I can find with this film is the fact that Gimli is too often employed for comic relief. I sympathize with the plight of the film makers, looking for some way to provide some levity in heavy moments, but must it always be with jokes about the poor dwarf’s stature? I mean, yeah, he’s short, we get it. But that’s a severely minor point when taken in part with the entirety of the film.
I arrived at the theater with pre-bought tickets at about exactly the time when it was supposed to start. Big mistake, that. I looked and saw an already huge line of people waiting for the showing that started an hour after ours gay dog men boys. Michelle and I found seats, but in the second row from the front, and all the way off to the side.
So, during the whole movie, my neck was tilted at a painful angle that occasionally sent weird spasms down my back. I couldn’t see whole screen without looking from side to side. There was even a baby a row back that sporadically made some sniffly crying noises.
And still, the most fun I’ve ever had in a theater, period.
Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
the not-being-a-jerk department.
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
Either that, or I now have to admit the existence of clairvoyance.
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
Those people are especially useful when they have access to the core computer systems that hackers would otherwise struggle
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
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
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
Either that, or I now have to admit the existence of clairvoyance.
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
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
alternative economy." I suppose that's better PR than saying they want to impose a grab bag full of sociialistic silliness
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
chanting in his face and moved in front of him every time he tried to get around her.
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
again soon, didn't we?"
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
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
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
Either that, or I now have to admit the existence of clairvoyance.
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
and eastern Europe, Australia and the middle east. Is that not multilateralism?
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
Another Australian tourist, 18-year-old Rachel Hughes, said she and her boyfriend had just arrived in Kuta when the blast
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
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
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
vulnerability.
but they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
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to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
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
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
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
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
"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.
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
After 3000 of your countrymen die in a couple hours, anything less than that is wont to be downplayed in significance
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism,
alternative economy." I suppose that's better PR than saying they want to impose a grab bag full of sociialistic silliness
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
And exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
anger that is so justifiable -no, demanded- by these despicable acts, but if that must be the case, then from on, I'll be
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
the Feds know about it.
You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like that.
be harried by idiots who have full compliments of heads and genitals! With the ranks of my imaginary gnomes rallied,
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
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
to penetrate.
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
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
he revealed himself to be a seriously dishonest debater (that, or he was so stupid that it wouldn't be safe for him to
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
I finally went and did it.
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
During the last half of the 20th century, this principle was expanded internationally through the United Nations. The U.N.
vulnerability.
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he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
conflict.
Those people are especially useful when they have access to the core computer systems that hackers would otherwise struggle
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
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
It may be a sad illustration of my lack to find sympathy within myself without reading descriptions or seeing pictures,
After 3000 of your countrymen die in a couple hours, anything less than that is wont to be downplayed in significance
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
, "I don't believe the American people support this war. Everyone I've talked to is against it!"
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
In your face, Space Coyote!
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
the Feds know about it.
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
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
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
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
A taste, just a taste...
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
Mr Mitnick even had to get permission from his probation officer to use a computer to write his book, The Art Of Deception,
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 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
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
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
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
trying to get an education
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
lap dance.
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
superiority.
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
of fist.
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
be harried by idiots who have full compliments of heads and genitals! With the ranks of my imaginary gnomes rallied,
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
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
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.
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
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."
alternative economy." I suppose that's better PR than saying they want to impose a grab bag full of sociialistic silliness
looks like a green light, no?
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
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,
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
hacky-sack?"
looks like a green light, no?
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."
Iranian cleric Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari, addressing weekly Friday prayers in the northwestern town of Tabriz, said
looks like a green light, no?
we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
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
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
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
we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
superiority.
Iranian cleric Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari, addressing weekly Friday prayers in the northwestern town of Tabriz, said
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
chanting in his face and moved in front of him every time he tried to get around her.
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by 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
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
Yes, well I suppose you're suggesting that we would be well-served to wait for this "final proof," then? Very well. I'll
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
It is time for a new day to dawn in the Blogosphere, my gnome brothers. A glorious day. A day when no longer will we
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
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
Finally, long after the fad has grown tiresome, everyone's attention turns to another scrap of dogma for the next decade.
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
and make them wish that congress had instead passed a resolution authorizing military force against people
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
occurred, smashing the window of their hotel room.
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
be harried by idiots who have full compliments of heads and genitals! With the ranks of my imaginary gnomes rallied,
and eastern Europe, Australia and the middle east. Is that not multilateralism?
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
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
superiority.
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
hacky-sack?"
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
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
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
nothing may stand in our way!
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
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Iranian cleric Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari, addressing weekly Friday prayers in the northwestern town of Tabriz, said
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
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
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."
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
Wheeler Hall last spring.
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
Finally, long after the fad has grown tiresome, everyone's attention turns to another scrap of dogma for the next decade.
the Feds know about it.
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
looks like a green light, no?
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
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we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
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vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
who like to chant slogans and can't come up with any better rhyme than something that has to do with the number "four" and "war."
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
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
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,
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
chanting in his face and moved in front of him every time he tried to get around her.
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
about equal probability.
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
again soon, didn't we?"
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
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
hacky-sack?"
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
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,
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
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rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
nothing may stand in our way!
again soon, didn't we?"
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like that.
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
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
the not-being-a-jerk department.
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
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
last update : 6-1-2009
