About every 100 million years or so, there is a lining up of the planets and stars that is sufficient to cause a rift in the space-irony continuum, releasing the very building blocks of the stuff throughout the cosmos and causing a moment of perfect irony. The last time this happened was about 65 million years ago, when a dinosaur remarked to an associate of his, “You know something, Dennis? I have a feeling us Klebnorbs (cause that’s what they called themselves) are going to be around forever.”
Right then, Dennis looked up into the sky and said, “Hey, what’s that?”
Well, I’m very tempted to say that the next great rift may be upon us. How else can you explain a website that likes to call itself “Tom Paine.common sense” publishing an article that earnestly wonders why Michael Moore hasn’t yet been given a TV show devoted to shoving his fat face, ugly class warrior rhetoric, and typically unappealing, mean-spirited personality into people’s homes every day?
Michael Moore has a problem: Nobody wants to put him on television. “I’ve been on a total of two network shows in nine months,” the lefty filmmaker and author recently told The New York Times. “What’s going on with that?”
I could be simplistic and say it’s because he comes off as a smug jerk to most people, but I’ll try and phrase it a little better than that.
Michael Moore’s media efforts thus far, to the extent that they have been successful, have hinged on him 1) being able to completely control and manipulate the information that gets presented to the audience, and 2) having strategically constrained his personality from showing through too much.
In Bowling For Columbine, he’s in complete directorial control, and is able to present information (and distort it) as much as he wants, as he does when he films himself leaving a bank with a handgun, implying that the bank teller just handed it over to him as part of their oh-so-white-trash promotion deal of a free gun upon opening an account. This is always described to me as one of the funniest scenes in the movie. Far less funny would have been to film how Moore actually got his gun: he had to take a certificate he received from the teller and take it to a gun store after going through all the normal procedures for purchasing a firearm. Sure, it’s a deliberate dishonesty, but otherwise it wouldn’t have been funny or made his point. Moore wouldn’t be able to control reality in this manner were he given the opportunity to plop his ample frame into an extra large chair to the right of Jay Leno.
And as to that, many people, even fans of his movies and books, are starting to realize that pure, unadulterated Moore is not a pleasant thing to encounter fucking female pony. Anyone who saw or heard about his behavior (both onstage and off) at his one-man show in London can vouch for this. Whether he’s going for laughs by suggesting that the 9/11 hijackers were able to kill thousands of people because the honkies on the planes (and all whites in general) were pussies, or setting up silly set pieces with audience members that end up backfiring and making him look not only unfunny and offensive but also stupid, a good rule of thumb to go by is: however much leeway he’s given to let his true, everyday self show through is directly proportional to how much you end up disliking the man at the end of the day.
As the Times reported the same day, “Democrats are scouring the nation for a liberal answer to Rush Limbaugh.” Why isn’t it Michael Moore?
I would have to say that it’s because the Left isn’t completely suicidal. I really can’t understand why Richard Blow doesn’t understand all of the above about Moore, especially when he says the following about Ann Coulter, identifying the aspects that make her a successful media personality:
Ann Coulter gets on TV because she rules the medium; she’s poised, articulate and throws soundbites like spears. She’s also good-looking, which TV viewers (and, consequently, producers) love. And she’s provocative.
Well, yeah.
I’ll return to the “good-looking” issue in a little bit (where can one even begin when comparing Coulter to Moore?). But even putting that aside, I don’t see how he can expect to find a place for Moore with all those criteria.
Brother, he’s a lot of things, but “poised” he ain’t. Rather, he’s awkward and random. And “articulate”? I suppose Blow has a different meaning in mind for that word besides being able to get your point across coherently, because that Moore definitely does not do.
One perhaps might say he “throws soundbites like spears,” but all of those spears he fires off end up flying in every which direction and not hitting any intelligible targets, because those soundbites for which those spears do metaphorical duty amount at most to a series of disjointed, angry ramblings that reveal a measure of contempt for the American people (and anyone who disagrees even slightly with his bizarre grab bag of progressive issues) unequaled by the most liberal of TV personalities Girl having sex with giant horse cock.
Ann Coulter has said some stupid things, as when she (aggressively tongue in cheek) suggested she wouldn’t feel bad if the 9/11 hijackers had crashed into the New York Times building, but those kinds of statements from her are rare, and the joking nature (however insensitive) is also unmistakable. Moore, on the other hand, makes as his rhetorical bread and butter sincerely angry and ugly pronouncements with a regular frequncy, such as lamenting the fact that Al Qeada attacked New York, since most New Yorkers hadn’t even voted for Bush, after all! They didn’t deserve to die a fiery death unlike, say, the majority of Americans in Houston. Why couldn’t the terrorists have attacked there?
He identifies small business owners as idiots, rednecks and racists, all. He speaks degradingly of “the masses,” as if there were some single monolithic horde of poor, ignorant and oppressed proles who need the light of his wisdom to guide them out of the forest of blindness and oppression by the Big Business and Republican trolls.
And, perhaps most tellingly, he plays his working-class hero schtick to the hilt at every occasion, yet rants and raves backstage at the janitors, interns and other poor schmos making minimum wage becuase he’s only getting paid $750 a night to shuffle around on the stage aimlessly in front of an audience and insult the people on the 9/11 planes for being white “scaredy-cats,” right before he hops on a plane and returns to his multimillion dollar mansion.
It goes on and on.
And furthermore, Moore deson’t even work as the person that conservatives “love to hate” the way Blow described Coulter was to the Left when she wrote for George magazine. I think if you really examined people’s opinions more closely, you’d find that people don’t hate Moore so much as have contempt at his utter hypocrisy, ugliness and absurdity as a public figure. Coulter at the very least can present a compelling argument, that, if one disagrees with, can exercise and get them interested, even if it means that energy takes the form of anger. Any interest in Moore honestly sounding off on his political beliefs, on the other hand, amounts to a kind of gross fascination with a truly unpleasant scene. To say that watching Moore try to communicate an articulate point (bereft of the fudging and crutches that the celluloid format allows him) is like looking at a car crash is to unfairly gruesome-ize car crashes.
As for the “looks” issue, Blow seems to think that Moore has a “kindly, everyman face,” which he even acknowledges can sometimes hide an ugly character.
Boy howdy.
And even if that were not the case with Moore, there would still be the fact that he seems to have that horribly irritating and off-putting “ain’t-I-a-stinker” grin on his plug-ugly mug throughout most of the day lady fucking dog. It’s a face for radio if there ever was one.
Too bad his personality is the thing keeping him out of radio. And print. And puppet shows. And smoke signaling.
owned," she pontificated, in that snotty "52% of my clothes are made of hemp which therefore makes me morally superior"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
cause, but I,
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
Another Australian tourist, 18-year-old Rachel Hughes, said she and her boyfriend had just arrived in Kuta when the blast
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
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
Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but
and that it wasn't fair for these people to stop them, the girl started literally screaming at her about selfish she was.
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
owned," she pontificated, in that snotty "52% of my clothes are made of hemp which therefore makes me morally superior
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
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
of the mass moron movement.
So I hereby declare myself Ayatollah Mustardah of Blogistan. From this day forward, I will call down, on any Idiotarian
he revealed himself to be a seriously dishonest debater (that, or he was so stupid that it wouldn't be safe for him to
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
lap dance.
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
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
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
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Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
hacky-sack?"
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
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
predictable frequency. Follow a politician to a school photo-op,
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
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.
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(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
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
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
trying to get an education
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
Either that, or I now have to admit the existence of clairvoyance.
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
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)
"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
Shiite Muslim clerics in Lebanon and Iran have reacted with rage at the Rev. Jerry Falwell for calling Islam's prophet
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
again soon, didn't we?"
predictable frequency. Follow a politician to a school photo-op,
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
and make them wish that congress had instead passed a resolution authorizing military force against people
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
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 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
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
Shiite Muslim clerics in Lebanon and Iran have reacted with rage at the Rev. Jerry Falwell for calling Islam's prophet
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
again soon, didn't we?"
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
and make them wish that congress had instead passed a resolution authorizing military force against people
It may be a sad illustration of my lack to find sympathy within myself without reading descriptions or seeing pictures,
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
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
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
Wheeler Hall last spring.
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
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
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
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,
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
rivals.
nothing may stand in our way!
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
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.
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
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.
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
US: Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, Britain. I know it's hard to find out this kind of
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
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
Those people are especially useful when they have access to the core computer systems that hackers would otherwise struggle
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
nothing may stand in our way!
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
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
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
Anyway, take the new site for a test drive. Take her easy on the clutch and go steady on the hills, and I think you'll
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
A taste, just a taste...
without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism,
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
nothing may stand in our way!
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
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
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?!
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
conflict.
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
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,
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
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
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
computer systems.
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
just now. Admittedly they do face significant challenges in carrying out their duties due to their imaginary nature,
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
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.
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
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.
owned," she pontificated, in that snotty "52% of my clothes are made of hemp which therefore makes me morally superior
looks like a green light, no?
Mr Mitnick even had to get permission from his probation officer to use a computer to write his book, The Art Of Deception,
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
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.
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
which is all about the biggest threat to the security of all companies: their own employees.
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
she can last 6 hours). I make this declaration keeping in mind that this does not imply a judgement on the Idiotarian
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
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
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of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
vulnerability.
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education is
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
that I hadn't thought of it first!
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
that I hadn't thought of it first!
We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
During the last half of the 20th century, this principle was expanded internationally through the United Nations. The U.N.
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
I 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
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
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
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
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
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
You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like 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
just now. Admittedly they do face significant challenges in carrying out their duties due to their imaginary nature,
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
owned," she pontificated, in that snotty "52% of my clothes are made of hemp which therefore makes me morally superior
During the last half of the 20th century, this principle was expanded internationally through the United Nations. The U.N.
We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
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
Finally, long after the fad has grown tiresome, everyone's attention turns to another scrap of dogma for the next decade.
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
owned," she pontificated, in that snotty "52% of my clothes are made of hemp which therefore makes me morally superior
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
just now. Admittedly they do face significant challenges in carrying out their duties due to their imaginary nature,
course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
conflict.
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
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
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
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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
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
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
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
When I first heard about the bombing in Bali, my initial reaction was, "Another terrorist attack? Well, of course."
owned," she pontificated, in that snotty "52% of my clothes are made of hemp which therefore makes me morally superior
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
chanting in his face and moved in front of him every time he tried to get around her.
the not-being-a-jerk department.
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
During the last half of the 20th century, this principle was expanded internationally through the United Nations. The U.N.
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like that.
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
owned," she pontificated, in that snotty "52% of my clothes are made of hemp which therefore makes me morally superior
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
that I hadn't thought of it first!
conflict.
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
just now. Admittedly they do face significant challenges in carrying out their duties due to their imaginary nature,
When I first heard about the bombing in Bali, my initial reaction was, "Another terrorist attack? Well, of course."
owned," she pontificated, in that snotty "52% of my clothes are made of hemp which therefore makes me morally superior
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
When I first heard about the bombing in Bali, my initial reaction was, "Another terrorist attack? Well, of course."
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weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
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
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
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
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of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
vulnerability.
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