So, I’m sure by now you’ve heard about the Columbia. I don’t realkly feel any need to link to news stories because there are literally many hundreds of them on Google News now, and any one that I link to will likely be old news by the time you read this.
I found out an hour ago, and now, looking back through the lens of 60 minutes worth of hindsight, I’m struck not by what I thought at the time, but what I didn’t think. I didn’t think, “Oh my God, the terrorist bastards brought down a shuttle.” I didn’t think, “We’ve been hit again.” I didn’t even think of a terrorism as a possibility until I read the ABC headline telling me that there was no apparent evidence of terrorism.
“Oh right. Terrorism.”
And not only because such an act would be absurdly beyond the capabilities of the medieval stripe of thugs that would want to do such a thing Gay beastiality. Even though it’s almost laughable to suggest that the backward, personified anachronisms of the Islamist movement could have the ability to bring down a landing shuttle, still it would be understandable for one, in that first moment of such a high-profile national disaster, to think, “My God, they did it again.” And only then, in the few seconds afterward to sit down and think, “OK, get a hold of yourself. That was a shuttle at 203,000 feet and they’re ignorant pigs who think oxygen and hydrogen come together to form water because ‘Allah wills it so.’ They couldn’t have done this.”
But my mind didn’t even get that far. The fanatical hordes who will no doubt cheer at this accident never entered the picture, because despite their best concentrated efforts, the specter of their presence has been pushed to the collective backburner of the American psyche. We’re not jumping at their shadows. We’re not looking behind our shoulder thinking that every public disaster is the work of the malevolent revenging hand of Allah.
Terrorism is supposed to cause terror zoophilia and women and dogs. It’s supposed to strike fear and uncertainty and jumpy paranoia in the minds of its victims. It’s supposed to make its targets think that they could die a quick painful death at any moment, to remove the blanket of security that allows a person to go through their day and not chew their fingertips raw in the process over the thought of all the ugly possible fates that could befall them in the meanwhile.
If we were terrorized, I would wake up thinking that somehow Al Qeada had destroyed a United States space shuttle. I would thinking that Allah’s fearsome agents on earth had managed to precipitate a national disaster. Perhaps not one where hundreds or thousands were killed, but one that would have been a heavy symbolic blow to the seat of our national character. “Jesus Chrst, man, they got the space shuttle. The shuttle.”
But it didn’t happen.
Yeah, that’s right you fuckers gay animal sex. You barely register anymore.
Now go and play out your suicide fantasies somehwere else for a second. Don’t worry, we’re still coming for you. But right now, we’ve got to figure out why one of our shuttles exploded over Texas, and the answer is likely a lot more complicated than “Allah willed it.”
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeymanMeanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
cause, but I,
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education is
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
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
cause, but I,
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
alternative economy." I suppose that's better PR than saying they want to impose a grab bag full of sociialistic silliness
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
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Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
the Feds know about it.
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
looks like a green light, no?
So I hereby declare myself Ayatollah Mustardah of Blogistan. From this day forward, I will call down, on any Idiotarian
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
chanting in his face and moved in front of him every time he tried to get around her.
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
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 real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
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
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
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
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
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
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.
vulnerability.
superiority.
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
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
the Feds know about it.
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
of the mass moron movement.
conflict.
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
owned," she pontificated, in that snotty "52% of my clothes are made of hemp which therefore makes me morally superior
for the life of me, cannot see it. The news showed a clip of a guy trying politely to walk around a woman so self-righteous
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
It may be a sad illustration of my lack to find sympathy within myself without reading descriptions or seeing pictures,
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
of fist.
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
When I first heard about the bombing in Bali, my initial reaction was, "Another terrorist attack? Well, of course."
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
According to the president, "we cannot wait for the final proof" that Saddam Hussein's government is planning an imminent
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
anger that is so justifiable -no, demanded- by these despicable acts, but if that must be the case, then from on, I'll be
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
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)
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
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
that I hadn't thought of it first!
chanting in his face and moved in front of him every time he tried to get around her.
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
According to the president, "we cannot wait for the final proof" that Saddam Hussein's government is planning an imminent
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
being the reaction described above.
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
predictable frequency. Follow a politician to a school photo-op,
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."
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
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
let you know when there's a mushroom cloud over New York, because that's the only "final proof" that seems to be able to
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
anger that is so justifiable -no, demanded- by these despicable acts, but if that must be the case, then from on, I'll be
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
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
Wheeler Hall last spring.
conflict.
to get a good smack upside the head (or as I call it, a "hippie hello"), but that was apparently too much for the niggardly
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
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
Iranian cleric Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari, addressing weekly Friday prayers in the northwestern town of Tabriz, said
According to the president, "we cannot wait for the final proof" that Saddam Hussein's government is planning an imminent
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
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
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
be harried by idiots who have full compliments of heads and genitals! With the ranks of my imaginary gnomes rallied,
owned," she pontificated, in that snotty "52% of my clothes are made of hemp which therefore makes me morally superior
conflict.
the not-being-a-jerk department.
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
Iranian cleric Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari, addressing weekly Friday prayers in the northwestern town of Tabriz, said
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
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
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
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
Really, how often is someone able to so perfectly crystallize the dilemmas that will exist a century in the future
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
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
be harried by idiots who have full compliments of heads and genitals! With the ranks of my imaginary gnomes rallied,
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
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
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
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
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
owned," she pontificated, in that snotty "52% of my clothes are made of hemp which therefore makes me morally superior
of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
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
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
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."
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
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
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
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
I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
chanting in his face and moved in front of him every time he tried to get around her.
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
them into a thin paste of protein on a cave wall, to wipe out every last vestige of the disgusting stain they have left
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
of fist.
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
Those people are especially useful when they have access to the core computer systems that hackers would otherwise struggle
about equal probability.
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
During the last half of the 20th century, this principle was expanded internationally through the United Nations. The U.N.
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
just now. Admittedly they do face significant challenges in carrying out their duties due to their imaginary nature,
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
University or Diversity
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
that I hadn't thought of it first!
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
It may be a sad illustration of my lack to find sympathy within myself without reading descriptions or seeing pictures,
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
superiority.
but they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
Finally, long after the fad has grown tiresome, everyone's attention turns to another scrap of dogma for the next decade.
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
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.
University or Diversity
We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but
she can last 6 hours). I make this declaration keeping in mind that this does not imply a judgement on the Idiotarian
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
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
let you know when there's a mushroom cloud over New York, because that's the only "final proof" that seems to be able to
I finally went and did it.
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
Iranian cleric Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari, addressing weekly Friday prayers in the northwestern town of Tabriz, said
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
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
Shiite Muslim clerics in Lebanon and Iran have reacted with rage at the Rev. Jerry Falwell for calling Islam's prophet
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For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
of fist.
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
It may be a sad illustration of my lack to find sympathy within myself without reading descriptions or seeing pictures,
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
Finally, long after the fad has grown tiresome, everyone's attention turns to another scrap of dogma for the next decade.
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
It is time for a new day to dawn in the Blogosphere, my gnome brothers. A glorious day. A day when no longer will we
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
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
It is time for a new day to dawn in the Blogosphere, my gnome brothers. A glorious day. A day when no longer will we
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
You mean everyone in America aren't like San Franciscans?
of fist.
I finally went and did it.
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
who has been deprived of food for at least 6 hours - sounds like an unusually cruel thing to do, I know, but I'm sure
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
about equal probability.
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
which is all about the biggest threat to the security of all companies: their own employees.
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
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
conflict.
serves? As far as I can tell, all they did was take some people who were probably overwhelmingly against the war anyway,
hacky-sack?"
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
After 3000 of your countrymen die in a couple hours, anything less than that is wont to be downplayed in significance
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
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The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
that I hadn't thought of it first!
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education is
course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
the not-being-a-jerk department.
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
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 UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
last update : 7-2-2012
