Susan Sarandon is upset. It appears she’s being called “anti-American” because, as she put it, “I ask questions.”
Ooooh gay beastiality dog. Can’t you just feel that cold biting wind of oppression chilling your bones as we speak? What with her bold question-asking, and the practice of taking any dissenting voice and squashing it like a bug on Teddy Kennedy’s chair, you’d think Sarandon would already be on her way to the Gulag Archipelago. What do they call it these days, Beverly Hills?
Perhaps I’m overreaching rhetorically here, just a tad. But come on, exactly who is calling Sarandon anti-American just for her “questions” about the war?
In fact, I don’t think she’s anti-American horse cumshot gallery. I think she’s something of a myopic idiot, but if that were a condemnable offense most of Hollywood would up and disappear overnight.
Even between Sarandon’s exhortations to “hate war in all its forms, whether the weapon used is a missile or an airplane,” and her appearance at peace rallies where the crowd chanted such delightfully metered rhymes as, “George Bush, you can’t hide, we charge you with genocide” while she was onstage, I think there is still room to allow for Sarandon being a patriotic American. Although, I am sure she would cringe at that characterization, finding it to be a mark of redneckery female having sex with dog.
Anyway, I have yet to find any citations of her actually being called “anti-American,” anywhere. I’m not supposing that she never has been labeled thusly, for there are millions like myself who can shoot their mouth off anytime they want and call her, oh, say, “a dried-up hosebag of a second-rate actress that wouldn’t fetch two-bits at a Texas whorehouse,” but that’s just one lone crackpot doing the name-hurling, and does not represent some widespread backlash against any patriotic questioning of the President.
But, one is prompted to wonder, since Sarandon seems so darn sensitive about hurtful words being bandied about and stuck unfairly to public figures, did she express any disapproval when the adoring crowd at the anti-war rally she spoke at accused George Bush of genocide? Perhaps one should excuse that little seeming inconsistency dog licking girls. After all, the rhetorically moderate folks in the crowd weren’t just saying Bush committed genocide, but were chanting it.
And rhyming!
Well then, how could it not be true?
So, I admit I have not done an exhaustive search, but would be genuinely surprised to find some mainstream sources calling Sarandon “anti-American.” But even if it does turn out to be the case that the New York Times, the Washington Post, Time Magazine and John MacLaughlin all called her a despicable America-hating slut-wench, I would submit that perhaps it was due more to her lending her name and presence to an anti-war cause that accuses our sitting President of being the next Pol Pot, not because of some innocently-minded queries gay dog sex. And don’t get me wrong, that doesn’t mean the “Made With Pride in Anti-America” label is fair per se, but it sure complicates the situation and reveals her to be, at best, an unthinking dolt who needs to more closely mind the company she keeps.
What I think this whole thing really boils down to is the painfully common observation that celebrities are all too eager to use the undeserved platform their public status amongst the glitterati affords them to pronounce on events about which they’ve never really considered more deeply than to apply Everything They Learned in Kindergarten, such as the steadfast axiom of “hurting other people is wrong.” And when the all-too-fitting rebukes come for their extremely Pollyannish outlooks on life and willingness to tell the country’s leaders what is The Right Thing To Do, they’re suddenly apt to cry that their voice of dissent is being silenced.
Once again, all together now, so all of Hollywood can hear: Freedom of speech does not mean freedom from criticism. You can talk all you want to Susan, but keep in mind, your continued offering of pathetic little platitudes that equate the deliberate killing of thousands of innocents with the careful efforts to hunt down and destroy their killers will likely mean getting branded with words a lot worse than “anti-American.”
“Brain-dead twit,” comes to mind, for example.
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they haveDuring that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
nothing may stand in our way!
and that it wasn't fair for these people to stop them, the girl started literally screaming at her about selfish she was.
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
we could go and stop the Soviets and all their expansionist hijinks, but then we'd like, have to go all the way over to
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
being the reaction described above.
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
In your face, Space Coyote!
When I first heard about the bombing in Bali, my initial reaction was, "Another terrorist attack? Well, of course."
I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
to penetrate.
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
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 quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
looks like a green light, no?
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
just now. Admittedly they do face significant challenges in carrying out their duties due to their imaginary nature,
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
"The death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
computer systems.
rivals.
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
she can last 6 hours). I make this declaration keeping in mind that this does not imply a judgement on the Idiotarian
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news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
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
The experience made me think of the instructions from all corners of the media after 9/11 that what we, as Americans,
Finally, long after the fad has grown tiresome, everyone's attention turns to another scrap of dogma for the next decade.
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
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 death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
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 make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
The experience made me think of the instructions from all corners of the media after 9/11 that what we, as Americans,
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
Shiite Muslim clerics in Lebanon and Iran have reacted with rage at the Rev. Jerry Falwell for calling Islam's prophet
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
So I hereby declare myself Ayatollah Mustardah of Blogistan. From this day forward, I will call down, on any Idiotarian
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
During the last half of the 20th century, this principle was expanded internationally through the United Nations. The U.N.
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
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
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
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."
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
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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,
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
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
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
the not-being-a-jerk department.
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
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)
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
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,
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
the Feds know about it.
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
and that it wasn't fair for these people to stop them, the girl started literally screaming at her about selfish she was.
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
rivals.
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
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
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
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
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
occurred, smashing the window of their hotel room.
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
In your face, Space Coyote!
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
we could go and stop the Soviets and all their expansionist hijinks, but then we'd like, have to go all the way over to
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
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.
Those people are especially useful when they have access to the core computer systems that hackers would otherwise struggle
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
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
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.
I finally went and did it.
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
Another Australian tourist, 18-year-old Rachel Hughes, said she and her boyfriend had just arrived in Kuta when the blast
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
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.
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
computer systems.
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
Mr Mitnick even had to get permission from his probation officer to use a computer to write his book, The Art Of Deception,
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
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,
Another Australian tourist, 18-year-old Rachel Hughes, said she and her boyfriend had just arrived in Kuta when the blast
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
serves? As far as I can tell, all they did was take some people who were probably overwhelmingly against the war anyway,
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
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
You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like that.
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
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
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
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
So I hereby declare myself Ayatollah Mustardah of Blogistan. From this day forward, I will call down, on any Idiotarian
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.
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In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
which is all about the biggest threat to the security of all companies: their own employees.
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
Really, how often is someone able to so perfectly crystallize the dilemmas that will exist a century in the future
Another Australian tourist, 18-year-old Rachel Hughes, said she and her boyfriend had just arrived in Kuta when the blast
cause, but I,
The experience made me think of the instructions from all corners of the media after 9/11 that what we, as Americans,
predictable frequency. Follow a politician to a school photo-op,
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact 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
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
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the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
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."
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
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
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
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
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
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
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...
of the mass moron movement.
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
alternative economy." I suppose that's better PR than saying they want to impose a grab bag full of sociialistic silliness
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
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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
the not-being-a-jerk department.
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
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
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
US: Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, Britain. I know it's hard to find out this kind of
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
"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.
but they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
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
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like that.
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
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
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
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism,
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.
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
Iranian cleric Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari, addressing weekly Friday prayers in the northwestern town of Tabriz, said
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
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,
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
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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the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
about equal probability.
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
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.
something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
the Feds know about it.
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
In your face, Space Coyote!
"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
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
but I hope to do that soon. I also hope to win the Nobel Prize in Kickboxing, and judge each of those things to be of
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
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of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
vulnerability.
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
hacky-sack?"
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
of fist.
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
Saddam is so hot to get his grubby hands on nukes is enough evidence of aggression. What's he going to do with them once
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
Why are you still here?!
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
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chanting in his face and moved in front of him every time he tried to get around her.
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
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
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.
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
serves? As far as I can tell, all they did was take some people who were probably overwhelmingly against the war anyway,
It may be a sad illustration of my lack to find sympathy within myself without reading descriptions or seeing pictures,
nothing may stand in our way!
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
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
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
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.
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
and eastern Europe, Australia and the middle east. Is that not multilateralism?
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.
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
last update : 11-3-2010
