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Fuggedaboutit!
Deb Saunders discusses a PC flap over Italian mob stereotypes and the Columbus Day parade in New York, since Italian-American groups (I hate every permutation of the “x-American” terminology, but if they wanna be silly and call themselves that, fine) refused to let Bloomberg’s guests, actors from the Sopranos, walk with him, thinking it cast a negative light on Italians, and encourage racism, or something…
Now, the mother’s half of my family is 100% stupid wop dago (see, I can say that, being a 50% dirty guinea bastard). In fact, both my grandparents on that side were born and spent their childhoods in Sicily (ask any native Italian and they’ll tell you that makes me half-Sicilian, not half-Italian), and my grandfather’s family was personally touched more than once by mob violence. And on the whole ethnic side of things, it basically goes without saying that I’ve never run into any kind of anti-Italian prejudice in my life dog knot sex. Indeed, the idea sounds so ridiculous that if someone actually hurled some sort of sincerely virulent epithet at me, I can only imagine being amused, feeling like I had stepped into some sort time machine and ended up in 1930 or so. In fact, if I ever do run into any kind of racial prejudice in my life, it will probably be because I was thought to be Arabic or Jewish, a mistake which has happened before (not that I expect any prejudice ever to happen to me because of this, what with the hugely manufactured “wave” of anti-Arab feelings post 9/11, where a few isolated idiots doing a few isolated idiotic things were portrayed as being indicative of the nation).
So I have something of a personal perspective on this. I’m sure most of you will say, “So what? That doesn’t make your opinion on this any more valuable or correct!”
Quite right, but I just had to work in some racial slurs into this post somehow, and a discussion of my greaseball heritage seemed the most opportune way.
So let me say this, coming from an Italian family, I am often quite annoyed both by Italians’ often wholesale denial of any kind of mob connection with their ethnicity, and also the strange urge in many corners of Italian life to celebrate this aspect of their ethnic background, apparently because it is a thing unique, exotic, and one with which popular American culture seems to be inextricably fascinated.
Regarding the former, I recognize that this isn’t nearly as much of a problem, since society in general has found so many other pressing needs to attend to in the last 10 years or so (not to mention the fact that the Italian mob is no longer the single big player in terms of ethnic organized crime), but I can still rememeber when Mario Cuomo got all huffy about characterizing the mob as an “Italian thing,” claiming that was racist and libelous sex animal girl.
William F. Buckley responded at the time with what I thought was a completely sensible question: if Cuomo’s ethnic brothers aren’t involved in organized crime, then what’s the deal with all those men with Italian sounding names going to the electric chair? I believe the same point then was made in relation to Italians and the mob as is made today regarding Arabs and terrorism: namely, that Italians are generally not mobsters, but mobsters are generally Italians, so if you wished to target mob activity, it was inevitable that you were going to be focusing mostly on guys with names like Diego and Antonio and Giovanni.
So there. In that sense, the flap over the Soprano actors seems sort of silly, don’t it?
However.
What is perhaps more curious is the tendency for Italians in America to embrace and celebrate the mob mystique. It isn’t something that’s serious or really thought-out beastiality dogs fucking women. It’s not as if they sit around thinking, “My ancestors murdered and stole and corrupted large parts of American urban society for years, and mostly kept from getting caught. Isn’t that cool?” I’m pretty certain that the cognitive version that inhabits most people’s conception of Italian mobsters is a highly sanitized, romantic one, where the mobsters are merely exoticly romantic and ethnic rogues, with their own set of customs and sense of honor. I repeatedly recoil at this denial of the simple fact that these people were brutal and ruthless killers, who killed grusomely and occasionally en masse for personal profit.
Perhaps it’s part of what Perry De Haviland described in reference to Slovakia’s current ails:
So what is Slovakia really like? A country of which we know little and care even less, it hasn’t yet found any symbolic associations that gets small, and big, nations through the day - Switzerland has cheese and cuckoo clocks, Scotland has whisky and tartan, Czech Republic has beer and Prague, Russia has vodka and chaos etc.
And the Italian version: pasta and crime (hell, they even call the mob cosa nostra, “our thing”).
The Sopranos is fabulously popular among Italians, possibly more so than among any other demographic, in the same way that the Godfather was and is, and I can see how Italian-American PR groups (really, what else are they?) chafe at this, though I’m a little surprised that they don’t simply go along with the trend man dog sex. For this, at least, they should be commended.
So was it foolish for the parade sponsors to not allow the Soprano actors to march? A little.
One point to be made is that these people are simply prominent Italian celebrities, regardless of the parts they play. Perhaps if Bloomberg had chosen a couple of non-Italians who were on the show, there would have been more justification for the sponsors’ reaction, but in either case it’s something of a minor point.
What really concerns me is the St. Patrick’s day parade and all those dirty, barbarous Micks. I just hate them so much!
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
nothing may stand in our way!
University or Diversity
and eastern Europe, Australia and the middle east. Is that not multilateralism?
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
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
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
just now. Admittedly they do face significant challenges in carrying out their duties due to their imaginary nature,
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
to get a good smack upside the head (or as I call it, a "hippie hello"), but that was apparently too much for the niggardly
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
alternative economy." I suppose that's better PR than saying they want to impose a grab bag full of sociialistic silliness
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
them into a thin paste of protein on a cave wall, to wipe out every last vestige of the disgusting stain they have left
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
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
A taste, just a taste...
news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
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
that I hadn't thought of it first!
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
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,
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
just now. Admittedly they do face significant challenges in carrying out their duties due to their imaginary nature,
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
chanting in his face and moved in front of him every time he tried to get around her.
"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
about equal probability.
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
US: Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, Britain. I know it's hard to find out this kind of
vulnerability.
them into a thin paste of protein on a cave wall, to wipe out every last vestige of the disgusting stain they have left
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
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
just now. Admittedly they do face significant challenges in carrying out their duties due to their imaginary nature,
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
looks like a green light, no?
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
rivals.
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
again soon, didn't we?"
predictable frequency. Follow a politician to a school photo-op,
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
to get a good smack upside the head (or as I call it, a "hippie hello"), but that was apparently too much for the niggardly
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
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.
and eastern Europe, Australia and the middle east. Is that not multilateralism?
and you'll get diversity in the speech by the politician, in the one by the principal who welcomes him and in the one by
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
again soon, didn't we?"
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
Why are you still here?!
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
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
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
"The death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
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
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
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
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
of fist.
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
and make them wish that congress had instead passed a resolution authorizing military force against people
rivals.
be harried by idiots who have full compliments of heads and genitals! With the ranks of my imaginary gnomes rallied,
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
superiority.
but I hope to do that soon. I also hope to win the Nobel Prize in Kickboxing, and judge each of those things to be of
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
During the last half of the 20th century, this principle was expanded internationally through the United Nations. The U.N.
vulnerability.
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
occurred, smashing the window of their hotel room.
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
act such as this. In a few days or weeks, I'm sure it will subside to a colder, more focused resolution to continue to
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.
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
being the reaction described above.
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
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
looks like a green light, no?
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
trying to get an education
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
rivals.
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
superiority.
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
, "I don't believe the American people support this war. Everyone I've talked to is against it!"
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
to get a good smack upside the head (or as I call it, a "hippie hello"), but that was apparently too much for the niggardly
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
Why are you still here?!
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
Iranian cleric Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari, addressing weekly Friday prayers in the northwestern town of Tabriz, said
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
rivals.
You mean everyone in America aren't like San Franciscans?
US: Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, Britain. I know it's hard to find out this kind of
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
And exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
military action to counter the Soviet threat was not possible, because of their equal capacity to destroy us through
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
Posted by Mean Mr. Mustard at 09:37 AM | Comments (0)
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
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.
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
occurred, smashing the window of their hotel room.
cause, but I,
The experience made me think of the instructions from all corners of the media after 9/11 that what we, as Americans,
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
At the very least, don't let me hear any of these things when you're standing in my presence, unless you want a faceful
the 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.
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?!
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
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
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
"The death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism,
It may be a sad illustration of my lack to find sympathy within myself without reading descriptions or seeing pictures,
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Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
During the last half of the 20th century, this principle was expanded internationally through the United Nations. The U.N.
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
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
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
"The death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
them into a thin paste of protein on a cave wall, to wipe out every last vestige of the disgusting stain they have left
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
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."
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
but they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
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 no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
the not-being-a-jerk department.
something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
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.
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
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
"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
he revealed himself to be a seriously dishonest debater (that, or he was so stupid that it wouldn't be safe for him to
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.
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
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
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
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
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
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
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
conflict.
to get a good smack upside the head (or as I call it, a "hippie hello"), but that was apparently too much for the niggardly
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
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
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
Mr Mitnick even had to get permission from his probation officer to use a computer to write his book, The Art Of Deception,
The experience made me think of the instructions from all corners of the media after 9/11 that what we, as Americans,
them into a thin paste of protein on a cave wall, to wipe out every last vestige of the disgusting stain they have left
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
Shiite Muslim clerics in Lebanon and Iran have reacted with rage at the Rev. Jerry Falwell for calling Islam's prophet
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
military action to counter the Soviet threat was not possible, because of their equal capacity to destroy us through
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,
When I first heard about the bombing in Bali, my initial reaction was, "Another terrorist attack? Well, of course."
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
cause, but I,
and eastern Europe, Australia and the middle east. Is that not multilateralism?
who has been deprived of food for at least 6 hours - sounds like an unusually cruel thing to do, I know, but I'm sure
Either that, or I now have to admit the existence of clairvoyance.
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
A taste, just a taste...
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
superiority.
about equal probability.
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
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.
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
going to be monitored so closely that I'd be surprised if he were able to put in a phony name at a porn site and not have
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
Mr Mitnick even had to get permission from his probation officer to use a computer to write his book, The Art Of Deception,
The experience made me think of the instructions from all corners of the media after 9/11 that what we, as Americans,
who has been deprived of food for at least 6 hours - sounds like an unusually cruel thing to do, I know, but I'm sure
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
US: Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, Britain. I know it's hard to find out this kind of
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
last update : 5-2-2012
