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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.
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.The experience made me think of the instructions from all corners of the media after 9/11 that what we, as Americans,
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
that I hadn't thought of it first!
trying to get an education
military action to counter the Soviet threat was not possible, because of their equal capacity to destroy us through
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
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
US: Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, Britain. I know it's hard to find out this kind of
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
Why are you still here?!
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
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
It may be a sad illustration of my lack to find sympathy within myself without reading descriptions or seeing pictures,
"The death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
, "I don't believe the American people support this war. Everyone I've talked to is against it!"
the not-being-a-jerk department.
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
You mean everyone in America aren't like San Franciscans?
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
trying to get an education
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
lap dance.
of the mass moron movement.
conflict.
In your face, Space Coyote!
It may be a sad illustration of my lack to find sympathy within myself without reading descriptions or seeing pictures,
lap dance.
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
about equal probability.
"The death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like that.
"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
When I first heard about the bombing in Bali, my initial reaction was, "Another terrorist attack? Well, of course."
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
conflict.
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
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democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
the not-being-a-jerk department.
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
Why are you still here?!
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
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.
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
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
vulnerability.
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
Another Australian tourist, 18-year-old Rachel Hughes, said she and her boyfriend had just arrived in Kuta when the blast
of fist.
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
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
Shiite Muslim clerics in Lebanon and Iran have reacted with rage at the Rev. Jerry Falwell for calling Islam's prophet
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
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,
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
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
"The death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
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.
In your face, Space Coyote!
them into a thin paste of protein on a cave wall, to wipe out every last vestige of the disgusting stain they have left
who like to chant slogans and can't come up with any better rhyme than something that has to do with the number "four" and "war."
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
to penetrate.
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,
Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
that I hadn't thought of it first!
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
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.
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
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"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
hacky-sack?"
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
of fist.
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."
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
...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.
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
predictable frequency. Follow a politician to a school photo-op,
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
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
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
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
Saddam is so hot to get his grubby hands on nukes is enough evidence of aggression. What's he going to do with them once
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
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
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
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
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
computer systems.
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
Finally, long after the fad has grown tiresome, everyone's attention turns to another scrap of dogma for the next decade.
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
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Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
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.
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
of fist.
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
rivals.
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
act such as this. In a few days or weeks, I'm sure it will subside to a colder, more focused resolution to continue to
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
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
Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
Wheeler Hall last spring.
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
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
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
looks like a green light, no?
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
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
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
cause, but I,
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
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
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,
cause, but I,
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
of the mass moron movement.
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
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.
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
Why are you still here?!
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
let you know when there's a mushroom cloud over New York, because that's the only "final proof" that seems to be able to
the not-being-a-jerk department.
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
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
course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
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sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
vulnerability.
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
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,
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,
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"?
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.
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
military action to counter the Soviet threat was not possible, because of their equal capacity to destroy us through
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
"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.
In your face, Space Coyote!
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
When they aired some actual interviews with the protesters, I started to honestly think they were part of some sort of
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
again soon, didn't we?"
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism,
superiority.
about equal probability.
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?
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
And exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
he revealed himself to be a seriously dishonest debater (that, or he was so stupid that it wouldn't be safe for him to
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
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and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
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
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
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
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
I urge anyone in the bay area who has the time on the 16th to come as well and lend credence with your example to the
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
I finally went and did it.
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
Shiite Muslim clerics in Lebanon and Iran have reacted with rage at the Rev. Jerry Falwell for calling Islam's prophet
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
of the mass moron movement.
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
So I hereby declare myself Ayatollah Mustardah of Blogistan. From this day forward, I will call down, on any Idiotarian
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
, "I don't believe the American people support this war. Everyone I've talked to is against it!"
conflict.
we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
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.
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
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
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
the not-being-a-jerk department.
I finally went and did it.
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
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
When they aired some actual interviews with the protesters, I started to honestly think they were part of some sort of
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
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.
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
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.
last update : 3-9-2010
