Say the word “Berkeley,” and what do you immediately think of? Well, this being the blogosphere, of course the first things that come to mind are violent campus protests, aggressively silly progressive politics of the most self-conscious variety, the height of PC-foolishness, and anti-Americansim in its most ashamed, rabid form. Whether you’re Glenn Reynolds, Steven Den Beste, or just about any other among a host of bloggers, if you’re looking for a name to drop that exemplifies the worst excesses of leftwing silliness and downright ugly, brutish and stupid politics, Berkeley fits the bill nicely.
I would even go so far as to suggest that saying Berkeley has become a caricature of itself is a gross understatement. We’ve gone so far beyond first-level caricature that the original picture is so distorted from reality as to resemble a Ted Rall cartoon. There simply isn’t any credibility left for any kind of statement coming from a UCB faculty member, unless it’s on a rather esoteric (most often scientific) subject that could not possibly have any kind of social relevance.
And despite its pathetically endogamic intellectualism (I wouldn’t be surprised to learn in the next election that people around here are shocked that Mumia Abu Jamal didn’t win the presidency - after all, almost everyone they know voted for him!), UC Berkeley is still a world-renowned research and graduate institution, and still does top-notch work in dozens of scientific fields. However, increasingly, to no one’s surprise, it’s become a laughing stock in the popular American imagination: the quintessential example of extreme leftwing elitism and anti-Americanism hot sex horse.
And that’s the real reason why something like this happens.
Long story short: a research project on the personal papers of a WWI-era anti-war activist named Emma Goldman have, for last several years been funded by the University. The result of that work can be viewed here, where she is repeatedly lauded as primary figure in American free speech and laid the groundwork for the American Civil Liberties Union.
Fine. Good. She also happened to be an anarchist and a utopian loon who wanted the world to become one big free-loving commune.
But no matter dog with girl sex. I’m willing to take the good with the bad, or rather, in Goldman’s case, the respectable with the stupid Not that you’ll find any kind of nuanced view of Goldman’s legacy among her fans on the Berkeley site. Indeed, the archivists continually pass over what they apparently consider to be an unappealing part of Goldman’s corpus: namely the ardent anti-Bolshevism of her later years, since that kind of stuff doesn’t lend her any counter-cultural capital.
So, from the SF Gate editorial linked above, and this news story, we learn that a fund-raising letter sent out from the Goldman project included a series of quotes by Goldman about war which Associate Vice Chancellor Robert Price decided were too inflammatory to be included.
Falk chose one quotation from a 1915 Goldman paper that called on people “not yet overcome by war madness to raise their voice of protest, to call attention of the people to the crime and outrage which are about to be perpetrated on them.”
Well now, that’s quite an unusually political stance to be making in an official solicitation for funds from the University of California, isn’t it? Price, at least, seemed to think so, and was quoted as saying so in the New York Times article on the subject, which prompted an outpouring of rage at such “censorship” on the part of the jack-booted goons at UC.
Perhaps Price’s fear of the University being tainted with yet another stroke of the partisan brush was unjustified. Perhaps letting the letter be sent off as it stood, with its clear overtures to the present conflict in Iraq, would have been a prudent and fair thing to do i want fucking big dog. Reasonable people can disagree on that point.
However, for my money, I think it’s pretty clear where Price’s fears were coming from. Every administration official is painfully aware of the popular derision that ripples throughout the American body politic whenever a report concerning the University and whatever new emptyheadedness from the usual suspects of strident malcontents goes out on the news wires. Sometimes they walk a fine line between encouraging and condemning such sensationalism, vacillating between the mantras of “There’s no such thing as bad publicity” and “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.”
In the current political climate, when the more ridiculous aspects of liberalism are on the run, and the proponents of such ideologies become only more strident and unlikely that the American public will stomach them, is it any surprise that University officials are suddenly more wary of looking like wholesale endorsers of the far leftwing?
While it would be hard for anyone to argue with the realpolitik pragmatism of such a position as I guess Price’s was, there is no lack of voices crying that it was nevertheless cowardly and unprincipled, and an act of unjustified censorship, whether or not it was the prudent thing to do in the context of public image and fund-raising.
Maybe. Frankly, I’m too sick of silly Berkeley politics at this point to care dog sex surprise.
And that’s the real point here, folks.
Berkeley has, over the years, made itself the top contender for the boy that cried “Censorship!” Or “Imperialism!”, or “Racism!”, or “Genocide!”, or any other number of common accusations that are hurled gleefully from the more strident rows of the Left with a uniquely unfettered abandon and a wearying frequency. I know. I’ve lived through it. The place has become such a lightning rod for contempt and laughter (and not undeservedly) that it is no surprise when the latest bit of breathless, outraged accusation runs afoul of an official whose job it is to proetct the integrity of the institution. I’d imagine that Price took a look at this letter and grumbled “Oh Lord, not again. my fantasy dog sex.. another typically shrill and outraged call-to-action that practically accuses the American government of war crimes. Oy Gevalt.”
Perhaps Price overreacted. I’m not willing to really say either way way. What I am saying is that any amount of over-vigilence on his part was wholly the understandable result of the Berkeley cadre of malcontents and their unceasing stupidy which they purposely parade in front of the country, posturing and carrying-on as if they were engaged in some game of one-upmanship with Eugene and Ann Arbor.
Well, at least we’d be winning. Hands down.
Go Bears.
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
I mean come on, when you're arguing with someone who's just going to call you a Nazi when you spend 2,000 words making
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
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
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
computer systems.
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
predictable frequency. Follow a politician to a school photo-op,
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
You mean everyone in America aren't like San Franciscans?
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
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,
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
computer systems.
and make them wish that congress had instead passed a resolution authorizing military force against people
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
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
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
A taste, just a taste...
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
Another Australian tourist, 18-year-old Rachel Hughes, said she and her boyfriend had just arrived in Kuta when the blast
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
In your face, Space Coyote!
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."
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
Yes, well I suppose you're suggesting that we would be well-served to wait for this "final proof," then? Very well. I'll
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
but I hope to do that soon. I also hope to win the Nobel Prize in Kickboxing, and judge each of those things to be of
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
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"?
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
that I hadn't thought of it first!
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
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
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
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
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
Yes, well I suppose you're suggesting that we would be well-served to wait for this "final proof," then? Very well. I'll
he revealed himself to be a seriously dishonest debater (that, or he was so stupid that it wouldn't be safe for him to
about equal probability.
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 experience made me think of the instructions from all corners of the media after 9/11 that what we, as Americans,
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 they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
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."
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
Finally, long after the fad has grown tiresome, everyone's attention turns to another scrap of dogma for the next decade.
lap dance.
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
Wheeler Hall last spring.
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
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,
she can last 6 hours). I make this declaration keeping in mind that this does not imply a judgement on the Idiotarian
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
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
I finally went and did it.
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
of the mass moron movement.
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
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.
When I first heard about the bombing in Bali, my initial reaction was, "Another terrorist attack? Well, of course."
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
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.
he revealed himself to be a seriously dishonest debater (that, or he was so stupid that it wouldn't be safe for him to
she can last 6 hours). I make this declaration keeping in mind that this does not imply a judgement on the Idiotarian
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
University or Diversity
which is all about the biggest threat to the security of all companies: their own employees.
and that it wasn't fair for these people to stop them, the girl started literally screaming at her about selfish she was.
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
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
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
The experience made me think of the instructions from all corners of the media after 9/11 that what we, as Americans,
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
It may be a sad illustration of my lack to find sympathy within myself without reading descriptions or seeing pictures,
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
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,
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that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
that I hadn't thought of it first!
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
, "I don't believe the American people support this war. Everyone I've talked to is against it!"
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
computer systems.
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
Either that, or I now have to admit the existence of clairvoyance.
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
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!
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
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 they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
looks like a green light, no?
for the life of me, cannot see it. The news showed a clip of a guy trying politely to walk around a woman so self-righteous
and that it wasn't fair for these people to stop them, the girl started literally screaming at her about selfish she was.
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
be harried by idiots who have full compliments of heads and genitals! With the ranks of my imaginary gnomes rallied,
Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
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
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education is
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
conflict.
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
she can last 6 hours). I make this declaration keeping in mind that this does not imply a judgement on the Idiotarian
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
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
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."
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
Iranian cleric Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari, addressing weekly Friday prayers in the northwestern town of Tabriz, said
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
we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
lap dance.
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
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.
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
that I hadn't thought of it first!
which is all about the biggest threat to the security of all companies: their own employees.
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
of fist.
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
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
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
the not-being-a-jerk department.
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
be harried by idiots who have full compliments of heads and genitals! With the ranks of my imaginary gnomes rallied,
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
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
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
lap dance.
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
chanting in his face and moved in front of him every time he tried to get around her.
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
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
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
So I hereby declare myself Ayatollah Mustardah of Blogistan. From this day forward, I will call down, on any Idiotarian
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
Iranian cleric Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari, addressing weekly Friday prayers in the northwestern town of Tabriz, said
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
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
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
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
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
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,
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
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.
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
"The death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
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
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
owned," she pontificated, in that snotty "52% of my clothes are made of hemp which therefore makes me morally superior
United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
superiority.
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
After 3000 of your countrymen die in a couple hours, anything less than that is wont to be downplayed in significance
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
Shiite Muslim clerics in Lebanon and Iran have reacted with rage at the Rev. Jerry Falwell for calling Islam's prophet
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
Maybe I can't change the fact that I have to be intimately confronted with the death and pain in order to really feel the
The 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."
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
conflict.
computer systems.
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
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.
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
to get a good smack upside the head (or as I call it, a "hippie hello"), but that was apparently too much for the niggardly
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
and eastern Europe, Australia and the middle east. Is that not multilateralism?
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
course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
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
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
alternative economy." I suppose that's better PR than saying they want to impose a grab bag full of sociialistic silliness
Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
that I hadn't thought of it first!
computer systems.
I finally went and did it.
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
Iranian cleric Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari, addressing weekly Friday prayers in the northwestern town of Tabriz, said
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
being the reaction described above.
Why are you still here?!
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
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
and that it wasn't fair for these people to stop them, the girl started literally screaming at her about selfish she was.
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
Shiite Muslim clerics in Lebanon and Iran have reacted with rage at the Rev. Jerry Falwell for calling Islam's prophet
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
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
he revealed himself to be a seriously dishonest debater (that, or he was so stupid that it wouldn't be safe for him to
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
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
A taste, just a taste...
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
lap dance.
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
In your face, Space Coyote!
"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
last update : 5-2-2012
