Steven Den Beste is fond of saying that Bush repeatedly gives his enemies the very rope to hang themselves with, and I think he’s usually right in that assessment. One of the mainstays of Bush political strategy has been to wait a situation out, not show his hand, and let those that are opposed to his way of thinking reach a fever pitch of maneuvering and strategizing before he drops the rhetorical hammer in a way they didn’t expect, and indeed were not able to anticipate due to the fact that, absent any indications from him, they had worked themselves into a frenzy of action in one direction amateur dog sex.
Once again, there are glimmers of this happening in regards to Europe, as the the InstaMan writes:
The point is that — despite (or because of) their diplomatic anschluss — France and Germany are now isolated within the E.U horses watersports. Indeed, there is now talk that the E.U Horse Fucking. may splinter as a result of their anti-American efforts.
That probably won’t happen, but it’s a far cry from the “United Europe” stance that Chirac and Schroeder had in mind xxx paola. Why, it’s almost as if they were lured into this position.
The strategy Bush seems to employ with repeated success reminds me of the Calvin Coolidge quote: “If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.”
A generally prudent “hands-off” statement to remember, especially when you’re in the position of having the ability to foist the giant apparatus of government on the world. Coolidge was making the point that hasty action (especially in the case of the public sector trying to jump on a problem before it has been sufficiently sussed out) will most often be for naught. However, in Bush’s case, it seems to take on an entirely new, and surprisingly apt, dimension.
Opponents such as Germany and France, in the most recent case, propel themselves onward with the inertia of boulders rolling down a hill into positions that are only later revealed to be traps. In this case, not only do the troubles roll into ditches, but personally dig the holes and then throw themselves in.
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skinBut anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
the Feds know about it.
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
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
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
So I hereby declare myself Ayatollah Mustardah of Blogistan. From this day forward, I will call down, on any Idiotarian
"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
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,
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
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"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
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."
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
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
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
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
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
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
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
which is all about the biggest threat to the security of all companies: their own employees.
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.
University or Diversity
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
You mean everyone in America aren't like San Franciscans?
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
I finally went and did it.
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
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we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
of the mass moron movement.
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."
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
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
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
about equal probability.
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
Posted by Mean Mr. Mustard at 09:13 PM | Comments (4)
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education is
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
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
Iranian cleric Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari, addressing weekly Friday prayers in the northwestern town of Tabriz, said
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
to penetrate.
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
So I hereby declare myself Ayatollah Mustardah of Blogistan. From this day forward, I will call down, on any Idiotarian
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 simply love it when my case is made for me.
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
You mean everyone in America aren't like San Franciscans?
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
Yes, well I suppose you're suggesting that we would be well-served to wait for this "final proof," then? Very well. I'll
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
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
serves? As far as I can tell, all they did was take some people who were probably overwhelmingly against the war anyway,
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
conflict.
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
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,
A taste, just a taste...
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
to penetrate.
Iranian cleric Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari, addressing weekly Friday prayers in the northwestern town of Tabriz, said
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
cause, but I,
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
she can last 6 hours). I make this declaration keeping in mind that this does not imply a judgement on the Idiotarian
be harried by idiots who have full compliments of heads and genitals! With the ranks of my imaginary gnomes rallied,
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
lap dance.
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
he revealed himself to be a seriously dishonest debater (that, or he was so stupid that it wouldn't be safe for him to
You mean everyone in America aren't like San Franciscans?
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
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
According to the president, "we cannot wait for the final proof" that Saddam Hussein's government is planning an imminent
The experience made me think of the instructions from all corners of the media after 9/11 that what we, as Americans,
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
lap dance.
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
And exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
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.
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
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something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
nothing may stand in our way!
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
vulnerability.
being the reaction described above.
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
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 is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
cause, but I,
vulnerability.
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
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
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
and eastern Europe, Australia and the middle east. Is that not multilateralism?
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
nothing may stand in our way!
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
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
superiority.
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
trying to get an education
something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
which is all about the biggest threat to the security of all companies: their own employees.
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
computer systems.
superiority.
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
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
predictable frequency. Follow a politician to a school photo-op,
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
You mean everyone in America aren't like San Franciscans?
cause, but I,
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
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
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
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
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education is
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.
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
lap dance.
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
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
Why are you still here?!
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
she can last 6 hours). I make this declaration keeping in mind that this does not imply a judgement on the Idiotarian
When I first heard about the bombing in Bali, my initial reaction was, "Another terrorist attack? Well, of course."
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
The experience made me think of the instructions from all corners of the media after 9/11 that what we, as Americans,
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
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
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
vulnerability.
being the reaction described above.
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
cause, but I,
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 it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
Why are you still here?!
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
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
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
Either that, or I now have to admit the existence of clairvoyance.
, "I don't believe the American people support this war. Everyone I've talked to is against it!"
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
that I hadn't thought of it first!
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
being the reaction described above.
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
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
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
conflict.
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
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
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
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
cause, but I,
the not-being-a-jerk department.
last update : 28-8-2008
