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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.
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made upsomething-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
conflict.
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 wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
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
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
news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
alternative economy." I suppose that's better PR than saying they want to impose a grab bag full of sociialistic silliness
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
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them into a thin paste of protein on a cave wall, to wipe out every last vestige of the disgusting stain they have left
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
owned," she pontificated, in that snotty "52% of my clothes are made of hemp which therefore makes me morally superior
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
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
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
vulnerability.
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
anger that is so justifiable -no, demanded- by these despicable acts, but if that must be the case, then from on, I'll be
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
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or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
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.
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
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
Those people are especially useful when they have access to the core computer systems that hackers would otherwise struggle
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
The experience made me think of the instructions from all corners of the media after 9/11 that what we, as Americans,
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
to penetrate.
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
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
without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism,
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
University or Diversity
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
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.
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
of fist.
The experience made me think of the instructions from all corners of the media after 9/11 that what we, as Americans,
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
the not-being-a-jerk department.
conflict.
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
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 see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
rivals.
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
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
being the reaction described above.
and that it wasn't fair for these people to stop them, the girl started literally screaming at her about selfish she was.
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
In your face, Space Coyote!
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
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
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
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
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education is
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
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.
the Feds know about it.
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
A taste, just a taste...
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
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."
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
military action to counter the Soviet threat was not possible, because of their equal capacity to destroy us through
alternative economy." I suppose that's better PR than saying they want to impose a grab bag full of sociialistic silliness
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
Wheeler Hall last spring.
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
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
conflict.
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
Another Australian tourist, 18-year-old Rachel Hughes, said she and her boyfriend had just arrived in Kuta when the blast
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
about equal probability.
According to the president, "we cannot wait for the final proof" that Saddam Hussein's government is planning an imminent
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
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
being the reaction described above.
nothing may stand in our way!
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
the not-being-a-jerk department.
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
cause, but I,
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
According to the president, "we cannot wait for the final proof" that Saddam Hussein's government is planning an imminent
Mr Mitnick even had to get permission from his probation officer to use a computer to write his book, The Art Of Deception,
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
just now. Admittedly they do face significant challenges in carrying out their duties due to their imaginary nature,
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
them into a thin paste of protein on a cave wall, to wipe out every last vestige of the disgusting stain they have left
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like that.
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education is
looks like a green light, no?
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
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
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
US: Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, Britain. I know it's hard to find out this kind of
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
When they aired some actual interviews with the protesters, I started to honestly think they were part of some sort of
the Feds know about it.
Wheeler Hall last spring.
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
So welcome. If this is the first and/or only post you can see, it means I haven't imported my archives from Blogspot yet,
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
again soon, didn't we?"
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
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
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
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
of the mass moron movement.
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
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.
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
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
"The death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
conflict.
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
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.
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
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
University or Diversity
without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism,
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
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
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we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
I finally went and did it.
Finally, long after the fad has grown tiresome, everyone's attention turns to another scrap of dogma for the next decade.
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
Finally, long after the fad has grown tiresome, everyone's attention turns to another scrap of dogma for the next decade.
nothing may stand in our way!
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
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
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
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
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
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vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
Mr Mitnick even had to get permission from his probation officer to use a computer to write his book, The Art Of Deception,
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
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
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
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
news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
to penetrate.
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
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 figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
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.
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
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.
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"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
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
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, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
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
After 3000 of your countrymen die in a couple hours, anything less than that is wont to be downplayed in significance
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I finally went and did it.
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
When they aired some actual interviews with the protesters, I started to honestly think they were part of some sort of
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
rivals.
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
I finally went and did it.
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
cause, but I,
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
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
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
last update : 28-8-2008
