The multilateralism of the US, as demonstrated by rhetoric surrounding UN resolution 1441, is a sham.
At least according to Seumas Milne writing in the Guardian today. The whole piece is a rather disjointed piece hitting many of the major anti-war bases in a mostly off-handed “Well, of course” tone, taking as golden truth the contentions that, to name a few, the war in Iraq will most likely go badly and be a drawn out, quagmiriffic affair, that a nuclear Iraq with Saddam at its helm isn’t really a threat and is only on Bush’s plate because he gets a stiffy thinking about dipping his hands into all that sweet, sweet oil, and that in order for war to be justified under Resolution 1441, we need incontrovertible proof of Saddam’s continued programs of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons programs.
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So, it’s pretty clear that Seumas (my God, what a name to have in Junior High. Couldn’t his parents have picked something that sounded tougher my dog lick my dick… like “Alice” for instance?) would be mightily displeased at American unilateralism (even that strange brand of American unilateralism that includes Britain, Australia, Qatar, possibly even Canada now, and several others), yet at the same time, neither does his heart warm at the prospect of a UN resolution that specifically gives the go-ahead:
But in reality this UN procedure has already been shown to be a fraud. It has been absolutely clear throughout that the US, and by extension Britain - explicitly confirmed this week by Blair when he declared that the UN could exercise no “block” on war - have only been prepared to use the UN if it guarantees the result they want . It is only necessary to imagine applying such a condition to other systems of rules - elections or laws, for example - to see its utter absurdity.
Ah, yes. Absolutely absurd.
The bigger absurdity that Seumas seems to be missing however, is the analogy of an impartial body of law with absolute authority to the United Nations, an organization overrun by particular national interests coming from all sides women having sex with dolphins. Indeed, this is the only true “multilateralism” that this august body repeatedly adheres to, where everyone is equally out to get their own.
Realists recognize that France’s oppostition to war is based on its own economic interests in Iraq, its pathological eagerness to still appear relevant to international affairs, and finally its very real and very justified fear that a war with Iraq will inflame its own hostile, unassimilated, ghetto-ized and armed-to-the-teeth muslim population inhabiting its inner cities. Realists can see that Saudi Arabia doesn’t want Saddam to be deposed because he’s the quitessential class troublemaker of the Middle East, who will draw the teacher’s attention away from the slightly more discrete criminal doings of all the other children. Realists also don’t blind themselves from the fact that, in the end, these countries will likely go along with a US-led attack once it becomes clear that we won’t be deterred by any international hecklers, because the thing they fear most is being left out of a high-profile, one-sided victory, whereby they may slide even further into a place of irrelevance from which their rhetoric will hold even less meaning for us than it already does.
The US is being as multilateralist as one could reasonably expect from a sane, not particularly suicidal nation, for it has frequently sought allies and tried to enlist others to the cause. What it will not do however, is to hang itself out to dry so that it can further the economic/political/psychological interests of other nations who would not bat an eye if the Great Satan were thrown to the wolves.
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can startAnd at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
During the last half of the 20th century, this principle was expanded internationally through the United Nations. The U.N.
and that it wasn't fair for these people to stop them, the girl started literally screaming at her about selfish she was.
serves? As far as I can tell, all they did was take some people who were probably overwhelmingly against the war anyway,
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
which is all about the biggest threat to the security of all companies: their own employees.
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
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
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
According to the president, "we cannot wait for the final proof" that Saddam Hussein's government is planning an imminent
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
vulnerability.
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
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
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
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
that I hadn't thought of it first!
vulnerability.
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
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
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
anger that is so justifiable -no, demanded- by these despicable acts, but if that must be the case, then from on, I'll be
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
that I hadn't thought of it first!
which is all about the biggest threat to the security of all companies: their own employees.
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
lap dance.
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
anger that is so justifiable -no, demanded- by these despicable acts, but if that must be the case, then from on, I'll be
military action to counter the Soviet threat was not possible, because of their equal capacity to destroy us through
Either that, or I now have to admit the existence of clairvoyance.
alternative economy." I suppose that's better PR than saying they want to impose a grab bag full of sociialistic silliness
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lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
the not-being-a-jerk department.
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
Mr Mitnick even had to get permission from his probation officer to use a computer to write his book, The Art Of Deception,
and that it wasn't fair for these people to stop them, the girl started literally screaming at her about selfish she was.
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
conflict.
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
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
So I hereby declare myself Ayatollah Mustardah of Blogistan. From this day forward, I will call down, on any Idiotarian
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
superiority.
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
After 3000 of your countrymen die in a couple hours, anything less than that is wont to be downplayed in significance
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
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
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
Really, how often is someone able to so perfectly crystallize the dilemmas that will exist a century in the future
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
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,
You mean everyone in America aren't like San Franciscans?
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
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
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
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
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
of fist.
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the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
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
the Feds know about it.
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
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
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
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
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
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
and make them wish that congress had instead passed a resolution authorizing military force against people
rivals.
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
conflict.
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
being the reaction described above.
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
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
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Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
who like to chant slogans and can't come up with any better rhyme than something that has to do with the number "four" and "war."
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
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!
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
he revealed himself to be a seriously dishonest debater (that, or he was so stupid that it wouldn't be safe for him to
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.
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
In your face, Space Coyote!
"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
You mean everyone in America aren't like San Franciscans?
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
the Feds know about it.
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
of the mass moron movement.
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
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,
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.
Mr Mitnick even had to get permission from his probation officer to use a computer to write his book, The Art Of Deception,
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
rivals.
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
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.
rivals.
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
A taste, just a taste...
news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
going to be monitored so closely that I'd be surprised if he were able to put in a phony name at a porn site and not have
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
"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...
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
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
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
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.
occurred, smashing the window of their hotel room.
Mr Mitnick even had to get permission from his probation officer to use a computer to write his book, The Art Of Deception,
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
When they aired some actual interviews with the protesters, I started to honestly think they were part of some sort of
rivals.
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
anger that is so justifiable -no, demanded- by these despicable acts, but if that must be the case, then from on, I'll be
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
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.
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
be harried by idiots who have full compliments of heads and genitals! With the ranks of my imaginary gnomes rallied,
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
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
vulnerability.
she can last 6 hours). I make this declaration keeping in mind that this does not imply a judgement on the Idiotarian
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
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
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
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
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
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
During the last half of the 20th century, this principle was expanded internationally through the United Nations. The U.N.
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
In your face, Space Coyote!
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,
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
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.
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
but they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
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,
them into a thin paste of protein on a cave wall, to wipe out every last vestige of the disgusting stain they have left
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."
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
of the mass moron movement.
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
military action to counter the Soviet threat was not possible, because of their equal capacity to destroy us through
something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
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not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
hacky-sack?"
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
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
alternative economy." I suppose that's better PR than saying they want to impose a grab bag full of sociialistic silliness
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
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
I finally went and did it.
them into a thin paste of protein on a cave wall, to wipe out every last vestige of the disgusting stain they have left
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
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
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.
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
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
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
again soon, didn't we?"
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
"The death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
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
and make them wish that congress had instead passed a resolution authorizing military force against people
but they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
owned," she pontificated, in that snotty "52% of my clothes are made of hemp which therefore makes me morally superior
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
When they aired some actual interviews with the protesters, I started to honestly think they were part of some sort of
last update : 5-2-2012
