As promised, I delved into a great of glob of foolishness and propaganda today on Sproul plaza, where many valiant voices were raised demanding that the University to prosecute people who had blatantly violated common-sense rules of student conduct.
Roberto Hernandez of course graced everyone with his incoherent babbling presence. This was the first time I had ever listened to this guy actually speak, and I must say, “underwhelmed” barely begins to describe my reaction. Note to SJP: it would be a good idea to find a poster boy that is a little more articulate and can put forth ideas more complicated than “The university is like, trying to hold me down. They don’t give me no financial aid and I don’t even know where I’m gonna live and stuff. It ain’t fair!”
But, thankfully, he didnt speak very long. I wasn’t very close to to the speaking area, but it seemed from a distance that he soon became confused and agitated, so I suppose he had to be tranquilized and put back in his holding cage, to be trotted out at the next pan-Leftist gathering.
There were other, more forceful speakers present as well beast master k9. One student liked employing that particularly effective rhetorical trope speaking really really loudly and angrily into the mic, so as to cause wonderfully delightful feedback and static. That way, he could be sure the audience knew he meant what he said.
He seemed to take his cues from Amiri Baraka when he went on for a few minutes, demanding to know the answer to a plethora of “Why?” questions, such as “Why is the university wasting 400,000 dollars of our money to prosecute Roberto? Why have they locked the doors to Sproul and Wheeler? Why are there police standing over there in a line?” If I recall correctly, most of the other questions were restatements of these core queries.
I wasn’t lucky enough to be endowed with a microphone and PA at the time, so sadly, his questions went unanswered and his confusion only continued, but I’ll make a go of it here.
1) “Why is the university wasting 400,000 dollars of our money to prosecute Roberto?”
Because the university is too concerned with due process to do what they should have done a long time ago: boot Hernandez’ ass to the street. He helped shut down a UC building while classes were going on. He attacked a cop when that police officer tried to remove him and his fellow illegal protestors.
At the rally, one of the most infuriating bits of nonsense that was spewed repeatedly from the mouths of speakers was that somehow the university was responsible for the $400,000 that it spent on Hernandez’ lengthy student conduct proceedings, not Hernandez himself, like a murderer accusing the state of wasting valuable government resources on his long and expensive trial true beastiality stories. There is of course the minor point that, had he not murdered anyone, there would be no trial, and had Hernandez not saw fit to try to forcibly bar students from entering class, and then decided to not assault the police officer that was trying to remove him, 400,000 would not have been wasted.
A truly just end to all this would be for Hernandez to be expelled, and then sued for 400k, consigned to bankrupt oblivion for his forcing the UC to waste so many resources on his worthless ass.
2) “Why have they locked the doors to Sproul and Wheeler halls?”
Because they finally learned their lesson. Because last time, when the doors weren’t locked and they trusted you spoiled children to actually act semi-responsibly, you went inside and tried to take over the building. You tried to interupt classes and forcibly bar students from attending class. In short, because of YOU.
3) “Why are there police standing over there in a line?”
See above, dumbfuck.
Around this time, I was passing out some of the flyers I had made the night before male gay bestiality. Most of them were declined, most of the time politely, and I hung around until a little after 1 pm, since by that time I think the organizers realized they weren’t going to get a very big crowd and decided to just sit around on the steps of Sproul pumping rap music through the speakers.
All in all, it was about what I expected. Large amounts of silliness and idiocy to go around.
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shownI 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
Another Australian tourist, 18-year-old Rachel Hughes, said she and her boyfriend had just arrived in Kuta when the blast
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
she can last 6 hours). I make this declaration keeping in mind that this does not imply a judgement on the Idiotarian
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
alternative economy." I suppose that's better PR than saying they want to impose a grab bag full of sociialistic silliness
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
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Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
anger that is so justifiable -no, demanded- by these despicable acts, but if that must be the case, then from on, I'll be
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
serves? As far as I can tell, all they did was take some people who were probably overwhelmingly against the war anyway,
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
When I first heard about the bombing in Bali, my initial reaction was, "Another terrorist attack? Well, of course."
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
she can last 6 hours). I make this declaration keeping in mind that this does not imply a judgement on the Idiotarian
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
about equal probability.
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
So I hereby declare myself Ayatollah Mustardah of Blogistan. From this day forward, I will call down, on any Idiotarian
In your face, Space Coyote!
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
alternative economy." I suppose that's better PR than saying they want to impose a grab bag full of sociialistic silliness
Another Australian tourist, 18-year-old Rachel Hughes, said she and her boyfriend had just arrived in Kuta when the blast
"The death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
he revealed himself to be a seriously dishonest debater (that, or he was so stupid that it wouldn't be safe for him to
and make them wish that congress had instead passed a resolution authorizing military force against people
When they aired some actual interviews with the protesters, I started to honestly think they were part of some sort of
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
the Feds know about it.
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
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
serves? As far as I can tell, all they did was take some people who were probably overwhelmingly against the war anyway,
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
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
A taste, just a taste...
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
being the reaction described above.
superiority.
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
the Feds know about it.
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
the not-being-a-jerk department.
he revealed himself to be a seriously dishonest debater (that, or he was so stupid that it wouldn't be safe for him to
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."
When they aired some actual interviews with the protesters, I started to honestly think they were part of some sort of
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
cause, but I,
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
But for now if you all don't mind, I'd just like to stew in my rage for a while, and remind myself in a truly visceral
It is time for a new day to dawn in the Blogosphere, my gnome brothers. A glorious day. A day when no longer will we
nothing may stand in our way!
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
anger that is so justifiable -no, demanded- by these despicable acts, but if that must be the case, then from on, I'll be
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
I finally went and did it.
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
hacky-sack?"
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
the not-being-a-jerk department.
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
just now. Admittedly they do face significant challenges in carrying out their duties due to their imaginary nature,
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
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
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
to penetrate.
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."
Really, how often is someone able to so perfectly crystallize the dilemmas that will exist a century in the future
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
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
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
occurred, smashing the window of their hotel room.
University or Diversity
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
and that it wasn't fair for these people to stop them, the girl started literally screaming at her about selfish she was.
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
Really, how often is someone able to so perfectly crystallize the dilemmas that will exist a century in the future
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
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
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
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
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
You mean everyone in America aren't like San Franciscans?
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
cause, but I,
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
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
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.
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
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
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
again soon, didn't we?"
vulnerability.
You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like that.
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
You mean everyone in America aren't like San Franciscans?
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
Iranian cleric Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari, addressing weekly Friday prayers in the northwestern town of Tabriz, said
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
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
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
trying to get an education
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
When I first heard about the bombing in Bali, my initial reaction was, "Another terrorist attack? Well, of course."
of the mass moron movement.
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
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
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
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education is
alternative economy." I suppose that's better PR than saying they want to impose a grab bag full of sociialistic silliness
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
occurred, smashing the window of their hotel room.
University or Diversity
I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
military action to counter the Soviet threat was not possible, because of their equal capacity to destroy us through
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
When I first heard about the bombing in Bali, my initial reaction was, "Another terrorist attack? Well, of course."
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
cause, but I,
We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but
And exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
and that it wasn't fair for these people to stop them, the girl started literally screaming at her about selfish she was.
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
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
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
owned," she pontificated, in that snotty "52% of my clothes are made of hemp which therefore makes me morally superior
Wheeler Hall last spring.
trying to get an education
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
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
alternative economy." I suppose that's better PR than saying they want to impose a grab bag full of sociialistic silliness
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
looks like a green light, no?
conflict.
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
In your face, Space Coyote!
being the reaction described above.
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
Another Australian tourist, 18-year-old Rachel Hughes, said she and her boyfriend had just arrived in Kuta when the blast
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, "I don't believe the American people support this war. Everyone I've talked to is against it!"
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
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."
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
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
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
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,
about equal probability.
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
trying to get an education
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
that I hadn't thought of it first!
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
The experience made me think of the instructions from all corners of the media after 9/11 that what we, as Americans,
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
Shiite Muslim clerics in Lebanon and Iran have reacted with rage at the Rev. Jerry Falwell for calling Islam's prophet
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
military action to counter the Soviet threat was not possible, because of their equal capacity to destroy us through
and make them wish that congress had instead passed a resolution authorizing military force against people
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
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