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Gangs of New York
Hadn’t seen a movie in 6 months until a few days ago when I went to the Two Towers, and just last night I watched Gangs of New York. Seeing two excellent movies within the space of a 100 hours or so makes me wonder why I don’t go to the movies more often. Then I look at movie listings and see celluloid atrocities like this, or just light but mediocre fare such as this and I remember, “Oh right, that’s why.”
I also recall that it now typically costs about nine dollars to get into the theater. But hey, these aren’t your parents’ movie houses gay zoophilia. This is a new breed of super theater, for which mad scientists from Argentina were enlisted to help combine the DNA of a normal theater and of the space shuttle to engineer a new form of film-watching technology so advanced that can deliver the ultimate sensory-entertainment experience, one so powerful that, should it fall into the wrong hands, could be used as a weapon of mass destruction capable of doing to an entire city what the Ark of the Covenant did to those Nazis in Indiana Jones.
Forget weapons grade uranium. We have to make sure Saddam Hussein hasn’t had access to any AMCs.
Anyway, the point of this post was not to bitch (except in the general sense of this entire blog being a forum for bitchiness), but to laud Gangs of New York, and encourage others to see it as well (after you’ve seen The Two Towers. Twice horse cocks in women… we must defeat Harry Potter). There are many reasons to recommend it. Martin Scorcese creates a world almost as fanciful and engrossing as Middle Earth in his portrayal of New York’s Five Points during the Civil War bbw beastiality. Charles Dickens and others have written accounts (most likely to some degree sensationalistic) about their visits to the Five Points and described the place as a pocket of complete barbarism, vice and squalor. Scorcese captures perfectly, if not the historical reality (recent archeological efforts and examinations of other existing written records have led to the belief that the Five Points wasn’t nearly as bad as its reputation might suggest), then at least that mythic literary reality of New York’s most famous slum.
There is, however, one well-known historical character in the movie: William Tweed, the archetypical example of political corruption and cronyism in any American history class. Again, how accurate his written character is I will leave to those more knowledgable than I, but watching he and his Tammany Hall cohorts wrangling politically, buying political influence, and looking at a pile of dead Irishmen killed in a riot as “a lot of lost votes” is at least entertaining.
But more than anything, watching Daniel Day-Lewis outdo every other actor on the screen as if it was in his blood is alone worth the price of admission Animalsex Database. Normally when an actor engages in such a fun, bombastic, swaggering, over-the-top performance, the urge is to see it as an actor really going to town with his craft. But Lewis so sublimates himself into the character of Butcher Bill that you aren’t forced to notice a great actor having a lot of fun on camera. Actors are regualrly praised when they are able to deliver a subdued performance, congratulated for being able to reign in their more dramatic impulses and give force to “less is more.” And, on the other side of the coin, they can also garner some praise for eating up the screen in the kind of role every actor takes relish in (ie, the Hannibal Lectors and Jack Torrances) for their energy and charisma in a delightful (or, as it often is, delightfully diabolic) character. You thoroughly enjoy watching Jack Nicholson say “Here’s Johnny!” but you’re always aware it’s him barnyard horse sex xxx.
Here, Lewis is able to go full tilt with all of that energy, charisma and relish and combine it with a certain amount of subdued disappearance into the character. He sports a truly weird accent and vocal affectations that never seem put on. He swaggers and whimpers, goes through violent rages and tender moments, and never makes you question why he’s doing it, because you believe it’s what Butcher Bill would do.
As a point of comparison, see “Gangs of New York” and wait for the knife throwing scene in the Chinese theater. When Bill says “Whoopsy daisy!”, compare that in your head to the “Here’s Johnny!” bit in The Shining and ask yourself if it works the same way. Are you watching Lewis having fun on screen or Bill having fun in 1860’s New York?
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency andjust now. Admittedly they do face significant challenges in carrying out their duties due to their imaginary nature,
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
but they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
trying to get an education
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
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
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
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
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
Finally, long after the fad has grown tiresome, everyone's attention turns to another scrap of dogma for the next decade.
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
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
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
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
Mr Mitnick even had to get permission from his probation officer to use a computer to write his book, The Art Of Deception,
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
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anger that is so justifiable -no, demanded- by these despicable acts, but if that must be the case, then from on, I'll be
something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
military action to counter the Soviet threat was not possible, because of their equal capacity to destroy us through
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
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one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
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
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
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
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
And exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
Wheeler Hall last spring.
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
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 -
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
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
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
I have to admit I'm pretty curious just to see what he's going to do. The guy has shown himself to have an overpowering
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
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,
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
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.
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
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.
Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
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."
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
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I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
he revealed himself to be a seriously dishonest debater (that, or he was so stupid that it wouldn't be safe for him to
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
and make them wish that congress had instead passed a resolution authorizing military force against people
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
looks like a green light, no?
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
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
chanting in his face and moved in front of him every time he tried to get around her.
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
Anyway, take the new site for a test drive. Take her easy on the clutch and go steady on the hills, and I think you'll
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
serves? As far as I can tell, all they did was take some people who were probably overwhelmingly against the war anyway,
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
Finally, long after the fad has grown tiresome, everyone's attention turns to another scrap of dogma for the next decade.
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!
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
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
US: Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, Britain. I know it's hard to find out this kind of
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
again soon, didn't we?"
the not-being-a-jerk department.
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,
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
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
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
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
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
trying to get an education
When they aired some actual interviews with the protesters, I started to honestly think they were part of some sort of
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
superiority.
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
that I hadn't thought of it first!
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
the not-being-a-jerk department.
superiority.
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
anger that is so justifiable -no, demanded- by these despicable acts, but if that must be the case, then from on, I'll be
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
cause, but I,
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
to penetrate.
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
During the last half of the 20th century, this principle was expanded internationally through the United Nations. The U.N.
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
When they aired some actual interviews with the protesters, I started to honestly think they were part of some sort of
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
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."
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
During the last half of the 20th century, this principle was expanded internationally through the United Nations. The U.N.
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
Either that, or I now have to admit the existence of clairvoyance.
course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
the not-being-a-jerk department.
and make them wish that congress had instead passed a resolution authorizing military force against people
that I hadn't thought of it first!
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
When I first heard about the bombing in Bali, my initial reaction was, "Another terrorist attack? Well, of course."
Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
lap dance.
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
In your face, Space Coyote!
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
cause, but I,
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
Either that, or I now have to admit the existence of clairvoyance.
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
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
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
be harried by idiots who have full compliments of heads and genitals! With the ranks of my imaginary gnomes rallied,
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like that.
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
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 -
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
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."
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
again soon, didn't we?"
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
You mean everyone in America aren't like San Franciscans?
Mr Mitnick even had to get permission from his probation officer to use a computer to write his book, The Art Of Deception,
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
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
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
and eastern Europe, Australia and the middle east. Is that not multilateralism?
them into a thin paste of protein on a cave wall, to wipe out every last vestige of the disgusting stain they have left
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
and that it wasn't fair for these people to stop them, the girl started literally screaming at her about selfish she was.
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
When I first heard about the bombing in Bali, my initial reaction was, "Another terrorist attack? Well, of course."
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
military action to counter the Soviet threat was not possible, because of their equal capacity to destroy us through
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
Wheeler Hall last spring.
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
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
the not-being-a-jerk department.
to penetrate.
the Feds know about it.
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
University or Diversity
trying to get an education
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
occurred, smashing the window of their hotel room.
A taste, just a taste...
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
nothing may stand in our way!
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
When I first heard about the bombing in Bali, my initial reaction was, "Another terrorist attack? Well, of course."
chanting in his face and moved in front of him every time he tried to get around her.
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
rivals.
last update : 7-1-2009
