Not long ago, the Blogosphere was all atwitter about the fact that one of the members of the inspection team going into Baghdad was apparently an S&M enthusiast who didn’t even have any kind of scientific degree pertaining to WMD. This was seen by many (including myself) at the time as good evidence of the ridiculousness of the inspections process, just as much of a joke as this guy himself seemed to be.
Well, that was before I read this, written by a former military journalist and friend of the guy, whose name happens to be Jack McGeorge. I had never heard his name before, as most of the blogs never mentioned it. He was always just the dumb sadomasochist. Well, you get to know a different side of him from reading Fred Reed’s commentary:
I met Jack over fifteen years ago when I was writing a military column for Universal Press Syndicate. I then knew perhaps a dozen –”defense intellectuals” was the phrase. Some worked for beltway bandit outfits that did studies for the Pentagon. Some were independent consultants. They were exceedingly bright. I don’t mean they were valedictorians in high school or could have qualified for Mensa. Their baseline IQ was probably 160. They didn’t socialize with reporters, whom they tended to regard as unprincipled fools. If they liked you, they were splendid sources and good company.
One such was Don Walsh, a friend of mine now in Bangkok. Don, a former research chemist, knew more about small arms than anyone else I had ever met, and had an encyclopedic grasp of a dozen subjects a girls beast friend dog on girl. I knew the names of various weaponized gases. Don could jot the syntheses on the back of an envelope.
I needed a quotable source on gas warfare. Don suggested Jack as very good. Don doesn’t think many people are very good.
Jack turned out to be as smart as Don. He wasn’t pretentious about it (it isn’t easy to be pretentious when you look like the Pillsbury Doughboy), but it was there. His knowledge of the military, weaponry, demolitions, chemical and biological warfare was enormous. His company, Public Safety Group, specialized in counter-terrorism.
So apparently he knows what he’s doing. The article goes on to provide what is perhaps good circumstantial evidence to suggest that McGeorge worked for years in the field of chemical and biologic weapons and that the lack of items on his resume is a direct result of years of classified work. He has this to say about the kinds of reporters who made such a big deal out of the man:
Reporters seldom know much about technical subjects. My military coverage coincided with Reagan’s administration. I covered the same stories and went to the same bases and briefings as did the Post’s military reporters. With the occasional exception, they ran from incompetent to virtual idiots. Men in the Pentagon feared them, yet had to breast-feed them doggy sperm. They didn’t know military history, tactics, weaponry, hadn’t been in the military. Reporters enjoy power without responsibility. Think of a six-year-old with a large-caliber pistol.
That much, at the very least, I can readily believe.
Reed also addresses the S&M issue, saying that the guy is basically an unashamed practitioner of a very harmless and slightly silly fetish.
When I met Jack, I had heard of kinky sex, but had never encountered it. I said so. He invited me to a couple of parties and a bus trip to the old Vault in New York (where I once stood at a urinal next to Danny the Wonder Pony in full tack. Life is nothing if not interesting).
I expected the macabre and ghastly, stray organs lying wetly on tables, a collection of budding Jeffy Dahmers. No. This was suburban hobbyist S&M, games for otherwise ordinary bureaucrats and programmers who wanted to be paddled by their girlfriends, or vice versa. An S&M party looks like a Batman convention and smells like a storage room for saddles. The effect on me was like that of a Monster Truck Show: Interesting once, but then more of the same. I concluded that they were as dangerous as a bridge club.
So girls on animals dicks. Not that this is necessarily the final word on the situation by any means, but one has to wonder whether the Blogosphere tripped up on this one, trusting too soon the analysis of what might very well be an ill-informed hack at the WaPo in order to seize upon a salacious tidbit that might lend more credence to the worthlessness of the inspections. The only problem is that perhaps McGeorge’s sensual predilections and professional experience don’t have anything to do with that proposition, and if so it’s something of a shame that people so readily tried to portray it that way, though the impulse is easily understandable.
Everyone knows the inspections are a complete joke at this point, and some thought they could underscore by highlighting an individual who, in the context of the WaPo story, seemed like quite a joke himself. Things don’t always turn out that way. Something to think about.
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."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?
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
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
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like that.
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
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
US: Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, Britain. I know it's hard to find out this kind of
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
again soon, didn't we?"
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
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.
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
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.
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
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
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
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.
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
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
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
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
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
course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
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
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
vulnerability.
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
When I first heard about the bombing in Bali, my initial reaction was, "Another terrorist attack? Well, of course."
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
I finally went and did it.
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
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
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
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
lap dance.
occurred, smashing the window of their hotel room.
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
we could go and stop the Soviets and all their expansionist hijinks, but then we'd like, have to go all the way over to
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
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?
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
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
superiority.
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
that I hadn't thought of it first!
which is all about the biggest threat to the security of all companies: their own employees.
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
them into a thin paste of protein on a cave wall, to wipe out every last vestige of the disgusting stain they have left
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
And exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
Finally, long after the fad has grown tiresome, everyone's attention turns to another scrap of dogma for the next decade.
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
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
to penetrate.
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
nothing may stand in our way!
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
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
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
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
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
trying to get an education
without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism,
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
about equal probability.
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
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?
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
for the life of me, cannot see it. The news showed a clip of a guy trying politely to walk around a woman so self-righteous
The experience made me think of the instructions from all corners of the media after 9/11 that what we, as Americans,
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
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."
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
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
that I hadn't thought of it first!
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
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
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
about equal probability.
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that 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
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
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!
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
making a point of reading in depth about any such future atrocity to ensure that I don't allow myself to be instantly "over it."
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
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
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
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
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
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
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
So I hereby declare myself Ayatollah Mustardah of Blogistan. From this day forward, I will call down, on any Idiotarian
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
Why are you still here?!
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
them into a thin paste of protein on a cave wall, to wipe out every last vestige of the disgusting stain they have left
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
A taste, just a taste...
And exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
The experience made me think of the instructions from all corners of the media after 9/11 that what we, as Americans,
predictable frequency. Follow a politician to a school photo-op,
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
we could go and stop the Soviets and all their expansionist hijinks, but then we'd like, have to go all the way over to
nothing may stand in our way!
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
conflict.
"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
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
the Feds know about it.
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
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assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
Finally, long after the fad has grown tiresome, everyone's attention turns to another scrap of dogma for the next decade.
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
and that it wasn't fair for these people to stop them, the girl started literally screaming at her about selfish she was.
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
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
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education is
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
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
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
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
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
looks like a green light, no?
which is all about the biggest threat to the security of all companies: their own employees.
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
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
of fist.
A taste, just a taste...
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
being the reaction described above.
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
which is all about the biggest threat to the security of all companies: their own employees.
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
When they aired some actual interviews with the protesters, I started to honestly think they were part of some sort of
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
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,
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
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."
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
According to the president, "we cannot wait for the final proof" that Saddam Hussein's government is planning an imminent
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
superiority.
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
The experience made me think of the instructions from all corners of the media after 9/11 that what we, as Americans,
act such as this. In a few days or weeks, I'm sure it will subside to a colder, more focused resolution to continue to
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
alternative economy." I suppose that's better PR than saying they want to impose a grab bag full of sociialistic silliness
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
University or Diversity
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
vulnerability.
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
Iranian cleric Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari, addressing weekly Friday prayers in the northwestern town of Tabriz, said
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
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when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
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
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
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...
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
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
but they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
chanting in his face and moved in front of him every time he tried to get around her.
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
lap dance.
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
Those people are especially useful when they have access to the core computer systems that hackers would otherwise struggle
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
Posted by Mean Mr. Mustard at 09:37 AM | Comments (0)
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
computer systems.
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
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