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Anti-Europeanism
It’s not an uncommon contention that the policies offered by those in the US that are strongly opposed to the philosophical/political stances of Europe simply must be based on some kind of chauvanistic, unthinking hatred of Europe and all its fancy-pants cultural frou-frou.
Or something like that.
Indeed, the ironic nature of reducing what are fundamental differences in perspective to a simplistic “Damn Euroweenies think they’re so smart; well, I could kick their ass any day!”-type of derisive generalising is usually lost on those who hold themselves to be in the only camp sophisticated enough to grasp concepts such as irony.
Such is the case with this commentary in the Guardian by Todd Gitlin.
“Europe? Frankly, America doesn’t give a damn. .. “
He rightly identifies the presence of American derision regarding Europe (though he shamelessly exaggerates it) but is completely in the dark (or just a liar) when it comes to the cause of those “feelings,” ascribing it to some pan-cultural hostility towards all things European, a feeling based in typically arrogant American culture and contempt for Europeans’ percieved puttin’-on-airs.
The cultural side of anti-Europeanism has a long, thick history. Throughout the 20th century, American culture defined itself as the fundamental against the complex, the bold against the hesitant, the redskin against the paleface. Against the opera, there was Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show. Against symphonies, there was jazz horse cum party. Against Proust, Joyce, and American wannabes like Henry James, there was Hemingway, with his Old Testament cadences. (Never mind that he was an expat too.) The European movie talked, the American movie moved. Arnold Schwarzenegger could become an American icon, not despite his limited facility with the American language, but because of it. “I saw a Rohmer movie once,” says a character in Arthur Penn’s Night Moves (1975). “It was like watching paint dry forced beastiality.” And this from one of Hollywood’s most sophisticated directors.
What Gitlin never addresses is the fact that the current crop of anti-European feeling has come largely as a result of the wholesale denunciations of the American character from without. It wasn’t long after 9/11 that the Bush administration’s policy of pursuing terrorist networks worldwide along with their state sponsors was derided as simplisme by the foreign minister of France, which was at the relative beginning of a litany of condemnations for US actions in Afghanistan.
That is, up until that whole lightning-victory-with-thousands-cheering-in-the-streets thing.
After that, they went into their foreign policy rhetoric templates and replaced “Afghanistan” with “Iraq,” and “the Taliban” with “Saddam” and soldiered bravely on as if they hadn’t just been proven to be completely out of touch with the reality of the situation.
As much as the naysayers want to forget this, those who had to endure the constant accusations of quagmire, massive collateral damge (or “genocide!”) and imperialism are less apt to male sucking horse.
Also, Gitlin basically brushes aside any mention of the possibility that tension between Americans and Europeans is caused by the fact that we differ significantly in our views about relating to the rest of the world. I suppose he can be forgiven for overlooking this, because he seems to inadvertantly reveal to the reader that he doesn’t consider anyone in the current administration (or in “Bush’s America”) to be sophisticated enough to actually base their opinion of Europe on policy differences. It simply couldn’t be the case that many in America have looked at the record of European foreign policy recently and concluded that’s not the safest or wisest road to take. No, it has to be because we’re too stupid to be interested in their movies, since they don’t have many big noises or shiny things to keep our attention.
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.A taste, just a taste...
serves? As far as I can tell, all they did was take some people who were probably overwhelmingly against the war anyway,
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
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."
and make them wish that congress had instead passed a resolution authorizing military force against people
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
conflict.
without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism,
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
, "I don't believe the American people support this war. Everyone I've talked to is against it!"
So I hereby declare myself Ayatollah Mustardah of Blogistan. From this day forward, I will call down, on any Idiotarian
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
You mean everyone in America aren't like San Franciscans?
cause, but I,
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education is
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
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
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
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
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
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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
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
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
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
predictable frequency. Follow a politician to a school photo-op,
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
trying to get an education
Those people are especially useful when they have access to the core computer systems that hackers would otherwise struggle
When they aired some actual interviews with the protesters, I started to honestly think they were part of some sort of
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
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Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
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.
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
computer systems.
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education is
about equal probability.
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
At the very least, don't let me hear any of these things when you're standing in my presence, unless you want a faceful
we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
about equal probability.
Another Australian tourist, 18-year-old Rachel Hughes, said she and her boyfriend had just arrived in Kuta when the blast
US: Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, Britain. I know it's hard to find out this kind of
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
Really, how often is someone able to so perfectly crystallize the dilemmas that will exist a century in the future
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
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
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
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
about equal probability.
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
Mr Mitnick even had to get permission from his probation officer to use a computer to write his book, The Art Of Deception,
In your face, Space Coyote!
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
rivals.
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
computer systems.
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
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,
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
And exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
Why are you still here?!
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
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
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
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.
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
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."
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
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
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
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.
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
nothing may stand in our way!
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
Maybe I can't change the fact that I have to be intimately confronted with the death and pain in order to really feel the
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
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
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
looks like a green light, no?
of fist.
trying to get an education
to penetrate.
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
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
which is all about the biggest threat to the security of all companies: their own employees.
In your face, Space Coyote!
"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
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
which is all about the biggest threat to the security of all companies: their own employees.
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
I have to admit I'm pretty curious just to see what he's going to do. The guy has shown himself to have an overpowering
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
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
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
and make them wish that congress had instead passed a resolution authorizing military force against people
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
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
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
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
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
about equal probability.
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
that I hadn't thought of it first!
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
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
You mean everyone in America aren't like San Franciscans?
Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
anger that is so justifiable -no, demanded- by these despicable acts, but if that must be the case, then from on, I'll be
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
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
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.
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
looks like a green light, no?
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
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
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
anger that is so justifiable -no, demanded- by these despicable acts, but if that must be the case, then from on, I'll be
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
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.
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she 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
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
them into a thin paste of protein on a cave wall, to wipe out every last vestige of the disgusting stain they have left
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
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
"The death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
predictable frequency. Follow a politician to a school photo-op,
to penetrate.
rivals.
nothing may stand in our way!
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
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
Really, how often is someone able to so perfectly crystallize the dilemmas that will exist a century in the future
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
again soon, didn't we?"
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
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.
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
owned," she pontificated, in that snotty "52% of my clothes are made of hemp which therefore makes me morally superior
During the last half of the 20th century, this principle was expanded internationally through the United Nations. The U.N.
vulnerability.
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
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."
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
When I first heard about the bombing in Bali, my initial reaction was, "Another terrorist attack? Well, of course."
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
trying to get an education
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
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."
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
I finally went and did it.
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
Iranian cleric Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari, addressing weekly Friday prayers in the northwestern town of Tabriz, said
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
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,
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
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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.
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
rivals.
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
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.
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
But 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
lap dance.
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
So I hereby declare myself Ayatollah Mustardah of Blogistan. From this day forward, I will call down, on any Idiotarian
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,
You mean everyone in America aren't like San Franciscans?
Wheeler Hall last spring.
conflict.
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
Meanwhile, 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,
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
serves? As far as I can tell, all they did was take some people who were probably overwhelmingly against the war anyway,
Finally, long after the fad has grown tiresome, everyone's attention turns to another scrap of dogma for the next decade.
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
which is all about the biggest threat to the security of all companies: their own employees.
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
Shiite Muslim clerics in Lebanon and Iran have reacted with rage at the Rev. Jerry Falwell for calling Islam's prophet
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
A taste, just a taste...
computer systems.
last update : 5-2-2012
