You mean celebrities aren’t experts on all those important public issues they weigh in on?
An editorial in the Times highlights specifically the influence of celebrity commentary in the realm of public awareness and funding for disease research, where having a famous face to put on your poster may mean the difference between millions of dollars in research grants.
There is talk on Capitol Hill that celebrities may be losing their luster. Senator George Voinovich of Ohio caused a stir by boycotting testimony by the Backstreet Boy Kevin Richardson on the impact of a specialized form of coal mining on the environment. The senator called it “a joke.”
Well, from Sean Penn to Kevin Richardson, hopefully the recent spate of celebrities making asses of themselves in the public policy sphere will serve to limit their influence, and parodies like this will have less import.
and that it wasn't fair for these people to stop them, the girl started literally screaming at her about selfish she was.Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
to penetrate.
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
of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
the not-being-a-jerk department.
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...
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
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
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
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
I finally went and did it.
just now. Admittedly they do face significant challenges in carrying out their duties due to their imaginary nature,
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
she can last 6 hours). I make this declaration keeping in mind that this does not imply a judgement on the Idiotarian
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
So I hereby declare myself Ayatollah Mustardah of Blogistan. From this day forward, I will call down, on any Idiotarian
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
I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
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 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
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
conflict.
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
computer systems.
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
vulnerability.
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
for the life of me, cannot see it. The news showed a clip of a guy trying politely to walk around a woman so self-righteous
vulnerability.
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
for the life of me, cannot see it. The news showed a clip of a guy trying politely to walk around a woman so self-righteous
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
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.
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
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
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
being the reaction described above.
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
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
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
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
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
but they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
Why are you still here?!
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
and that it wasn't fair for these people to stop them, the girl started literally screaming at her about selfish she was.
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
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.
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
predictable frequency. Follow a politician to a school photo-op,
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
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
them into a thin paste of protein on a cave wall, to wipe out every last vestige of the disgusting stain they have left
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
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
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
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
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
the Feds know about it.
I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
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
the Feds know about it.
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)
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
After 3000 of your countrymen die in a couple hours, anything less than that is wont to be downplayed in significance
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
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
cause, but I,
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
she can last 6 hours). I make this declaration keeping in mind that this does not imply a judgement on the Idiotarian
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
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like that.
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
predictable frequency. Follow a politician to a school photo-op,
It may be a sad illustration of my lack to find sympathy within myself without reading descriptions or seeing pictures,
owned," she pontificated, in that snotty "52% of my clothes are made of hemp which therefore makes me morally superior
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
computer systems.
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
but they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
I finally went and did it.
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
alternative economy." I suppose that's better PR than saying they want to impose a grab bag full of sociialistic silliness
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
Wheeler Hall last spring.
You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like that.
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
just now. Admittedly they do face significant challenges in carrying out their duties due to their imaginary nature,
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
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
Posted by Mean Mr. Mustard at 09:13 PM | Comments (4)
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but
predictable frequency. Follow a politician to a school photo-op,
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
Wheeler Hall last spring.
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
Posted by Mean Mr. Mustard at 09:13 PM | Comments (4)
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
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
to get a good smack upside the head (or as I call it, a "hippie hello"), but that was apparently too much for the niggardly
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
I finally went and did it.
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
about equal probability.
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
When I first heard about the bombing in Bali, my initial reaction was, "Another terrorist attack? Well, of course."
of the mass moron movement.
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
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
"The death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
, "I don't believe the American people support this war. Everyone I've talked to is against it!"
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
but they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
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
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
anger that is so justifiable -no, demanded- by these despicable acts, but if that must be the case, then from on, I'll be
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
lap dance.
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
chanting in his face and moved in front of him every time he tried to get around her.
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
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
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
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
In your face, Space Coyote!
superiority.
lap dance.
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
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
We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but
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
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
Wheeler Hall last spring.
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
Those people are especially useful when they have access to the core computer systems that hackers would otherwise struggle
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism,
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
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
The experience made me think of the instructions from all corners of the media after 9/11 that what we, as Americans,
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
Yes, well I suppose you're suggesting that we would be well-served to wait for this "final proof," then? Very well. I'll
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
serves? As far as I can tell, all they did was take some people who were probably overwhelmingly against the war anyway,
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
hacky-sack?"
After 3000 of your countrymen die in a couple hours, anything less than that is wont to be downplayed in significance
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
And exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
rivals.
University or Diversity
The experience made me think of the instructions from all corners of the media after 9/11 that what we, as Americans,
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
be harried by idiots who have full compliments of heads and genitals! With the ranks of my imaginary gnomes rallied,
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
So I hereby declare myself Ayatollah Mustardah of Blogistan. From this day forward, I will call down, on any Idiotarian
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
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
University or Diversity
and eastern Europe, Australia and the middle east. Is that not multilateralism?
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
lap dance.
After 3000 of your countrymen die in a couple hours, anything less than that is wont to be downplayed in significance
Mr Mitnick even had to get permission from his probation officer to use a computer to write his book, The Art Of Deception,
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
Mr Mitnick even had to get permission from his probation officer to use a computer to write his book, The Art Of Deception,
last update : 7-2-2012
