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Time Shows Their Colors
Sweet Jeebus, I guess Paul Krugman was right.
At least, that’s the impression you’d get from the Time “Persons of the Year”. Krugman had said that the corporate scandals of 2001 and 2002 were bigger deals than 9/11. Everyone discreetly pointed and twittered under their breath the way you used to do in grade school when that quiet kid in the corner who could only use safety scissors would start eating paste again.
Of course, maybe that’s a little unfair. After all, they did include someone involved in revealing some of the worse PC excesses of the FBI, and that’s all well and good. And sure, I know that the Time editors would sooner put Lucifer H. Satan on the cover than the person who has been the most dynamic force for change in the world thus far such as oh. first time sex with a horse… Bush, for instance, but couldn’t they at least put the veneer of actually choosing someone truly influential rather than just blatantly going after their ideological agenda?
This is not to downplay the importance of what those three women had to do with Enron, WOrldCom and the FBI, but only to put it in its proper place in context of what else has been going on, and why Time chose them.
Firstly, I think it’s pretty clear the fact that there were three women available heavily influenced the selection process. The story would have been less likely to catch Time’s top spot if it had been all men, or even a combination of men and women. I don’t think they necessarily set out determined to find only women to make people of the year, but that these three names were on the table for some kind of consideration, and they saw an opportunity to put some females in an honored position that has been almost exclusively the place of men.
Second, it again ignores the pivotal role Bush has played in the world over the last year. He (basically singlehandedly) provided the impetus to resume weapons inspections in Iraq. He went to the UN and, with much goading, eloquent words and a healthy dose of the carrot and stick, somehow managed to uphold their blessed multilateralism and actually get the approval of everyone from France to Syria and jumpstart the inert beheamoth that is the UN into some action that might actually lead to fruitful results, be it the disarming of Saddam (which would cause him to be overthrown) or serious efforts to disarm him provoking a war and his subsequent personal ouster care of the US marines Sex With Pigs.
Through his willingness to speak plainly and honestly about the sheer uselessness and villiany of Arafat and the PA, he helped move the Palestinian people towards actually accepting that they will only continue to stagnate, rot and die as long as they embrace their idiot fanaticism.
He led his party to an almost unprecedented midterm election victory, making everyone from the New York Times to Michael Moore sit up and go “Huh?” And time after time, whether it be in regards to Saddam Hussein or Trent Lott, he has repeatedly demonstrated clear, unambiguous, forceful leadership.
And everyone knows it. As of 8:43 am PST, a Time poll of their readers asking, “Do you agree with TIME’s choice for Persons of the Year?” has yielded the following results:
YES - 8.1%
NO - 89.3%
Also, Laurence Simon does a good job putting these women’s achievements in perspective.
I suppose after Saddam has gone the way of the dodo next year, Bush still won’t be the Man of the Year in 2003, even though he will have provided more of the fuel and drive to send Saddam to his eternal resting place than anyone else. That’s just the way things go. I’d imagine the most generous selection they could make would be to give it to Tommy Franks after a blindingly successful Iraq campaign and about 9 months at least of turning the country around makes everyone on the NYT editorial board try to cover their asses and explain just why they are so repeatedly wrong lesbians horse fucked.
After Saddam is just a sickening memory, and after Baghdad is taken with small civilian casualties and smaller US military casualties, and after half of the Iraqi military has surrended to Geraldo and Tom Brokaw, and all the reports of Saddam’s atrocities flow unbidden from the lips of millions of jubilant Iraqis, suddenly everyone who tried to suggest before that the “Bushies” and their “oilmen cronies” were joyfully trading hundreds of thousands of people’s lives so they could make a few more bucks will once again try to change history and claim that they were in favor of the whole thing all along. Remember Afghanistan? Remember how just uttering the word “quagmire” was enough to conclusively respond to any argument about why we should be taking the fght to the Taliban and to instantly qualify you as a serious-minded expert on global affairs? Remember the deafening silence after the fall of Kabul? Remember the urge to make it look like they had actually been for it, and not only that, but with their hawkishness they would have done a better job of it, too?
Well tune in next time. Same Bullshit time, same Bullshit station.
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to ana terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
that I hadn't thought of it first!
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be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
rivals.
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getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
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
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
trying to get an education
being the reaction described above.
hacky-sack?"
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
When they aired some actual interviews with the protesters, I started to honestly think they were part of some sort of
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
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.
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
occurred, smashing the window of their hotel room.
A taste, just a taste...
the not-being-a-jerk department.
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
of fist.
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
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!
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
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
computer systems.
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
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
and that it wasn't fair for these people to stop them, the girl started literally screaming at her about selfish she was.
superiority.
hacky-sack?"
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
Yes, well I suppose you're suggesting that we would be well-served to wait for this "final proof," then? Very well. I'll
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
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
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education is
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
again soon, didn't we?"
So I hereby declare myself Ayatollah Mustardah of Blogistan. From this day forward, I will call down, on any Idiotarian
Those people are especially useful when they have access to the core computer systems that hackers would otherwise struggle
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
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sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
nothing may stand in our way!
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
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.
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,
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
looks like a green light, no?
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
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
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
The experience made me think of the instructions from all corners of the media after 9/11 that what we, as Americans,
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
and make them wish that congress had instead passed a resolution authorizing military force against people
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
conflict.
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
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
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
cause, but I,
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
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"?
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
be harried by idiots who have full compliments of heads and genitals! With the ranks of my imaginary gnomes rallied,
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
computer systems.
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
lap dance.
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side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
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
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
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
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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
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
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 death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
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
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
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
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
Yes, well I suppose you're suggesting that we would be well-served to wait for this "final proof," then? Very well. I'll
vulnerability.
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
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
So I hereby declare myself Ayatollah Mustardah of Blogistan. From this day forward, I will call down, on any Idiotarian
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
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course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
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
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
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
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
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
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
nothing may stand in our way!
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
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.
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
just now. Admittedly they do face significant challenges in carrying out their duties due to their imaginary nature,
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
I mean come on, when you're arguing with someone who's just going to call you a Nazi when you spend 2,000 words making
And exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
"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.
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
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
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
And exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
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.
course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
Yes, well I suppose you're suggesting that we would be well-served to wait for this "final proof," then? Very well. I'll
You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like that.
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education is
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
US: Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, Britain. I know it's hard to find out this kind of
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
to penetrate.
superiority.
be harried by idiots who have full compliments of heads and genitals! With the ranks of my imaginary gnomes rallied,
After 3000 of your countrymen die in a couple hours, anything less than that is wont to be downplayed in significance
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
computer systems.
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
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
A taste, just a taste...
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
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
but they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
I mean come on, when you're arguing with someone who's just going to call you a Nazi when you spend 2,000 words making
We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
she can last 6 hours). I make this declaration keeping in mind that this does not imply a judgement on the Idiotarian
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
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
be harried by idiots who have full compliments of heads and genitals! With the ranks of my imaginary gnomes rallied,
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
conflict.
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
just now. Admittedly they do face significant challenges in carrying out their duties due to their imaginary nature,
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
occurred, smashing the window of their hotel room.
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
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."
alternative economy." I suppose that's better PR than saying they want to impose a grab bag full of sociialistic silliness
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
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."
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
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
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 -
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
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"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
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.
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
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,
course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
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you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
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
US: Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, Britain. I know it's hard to find out this kind of
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
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?!
After 3000 of your countrymen die in a couple hours, anything less than that is wont to be downplayed in significance
University or Diversity
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
US: Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, Britain. I know it's hard to find out this kind of
and that it wasn't fair for these people to stop them, the girl started literally screaming at her about selfish she was.
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
be harried by idiots who have full compliments of heads and genitals! With the ranks of my imaginary gnomes rallied,
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
Really, how often is someone able to so perfectly crystallize the dilemmas that will exist a century in the future
lap dance.
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
A taste, just a taste...
without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism,
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
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
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
chanting in his face and moved in front of him every time he tried to get around her.
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
last update : 11-3-2010
