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Bill Quick isn’t impressed with the Powell speech and has some typically glass-half-empty views about what the media has had to say about it thus far. Bill, for the last several months, could always be counted on to provide the pessimistic view of things regarding the WOT, and I generally think he provides a valuable service in doing so, but I also think he’s wrong when he now writes,
One can make the point that there is nothing at all earth-shaking in Powell’s presentation, nothing that could resemble a smoking gun, and really not much that all the major powers involved have not already discovered on their own. Hell, some of them, like France and Germany, may have helped build these facilities and weapons.
Why do we bother with dumbshows like this? In the end, I doubt that this has changed a thing.
Of course we can’t yet tell, but I would venture the guess that Powell’s speech, while not providing any “smoking guns” of the variety that would satisfy the above usual suspects (but then, what ever would, really?), will signal an important shift of decision in the UN. It’s not surprising that Russia’s foreign minister would, right after the speech, suggest that the inspections were working and we should thus give them more time, but it’s telling how resoundingly pathetic that sounds now horse sex drawing. The blogosphere could hear the silly, dishonest undertones of those statements weeks ago, but now I think the rest of the world will be catching up.
True, Powell didn’t reveal any news of the “Here’s a picture of a nuclear missile being built” variety, but he did present some new information. However, much more important than that was the systematic, relentless character of the presentation, in which he assembled all the hundreds of small pieces of information coherently and drove them home one after another. It’s one thing when small pieces of intelligence are linked one by one over the course of weeks. It’s another when they come in the packaged deal with the bright red bow tied around them.
The diplo-journo mind is one that operates (often deliberately) in a series of ephemeral moments, highly fickle and prone to forget any inconvenient fact that hasn’t been pounded into its head in the last 5 minutes k9 erotic stories. That little tidbit about chemical weapons from last week, for some reason in the bizarre world of the UN, doesn’t seem to matter any more in the here and now. “Bah… rocket tubes. That’s old news doggy sperm. What have you found for me recently?”
One more small article of illegal weapons, one more sign of danger from Saddam… No worries. Just make the point that whatever single piece of evidence that has come to light isn’t enough by itself to justify war, and conveniently ignore the fact that it’s just the most recent addition to a gigantic pyramid that has been steadily built over the last 12 years.
For this reason, up until now it’s been easy to discard the wealth of data and arguments that cry out for ousting Saddam, bits of information that gradually but unceasingly come to light my k9 bestiality story. It’s frustrating and infuriating that people who are supposed to be intelligent enough to guide the fate of nations could be so willfully obtuse, but it’s a situation we have to deal with.
The good news is that (I think, at least) the Bush administration has dealt with it handily in the form of Powell’s speech. True, it didn’t much change the substance of the sum total of known information concerning Saddam’s misbehavior, but it has the distinct potential of drastically changing the perception (or at least the publicly acknowledged perception) of that material in the minds of the UN nations.
A dripping faucet, while annoying, can be ignored. Powell just turned that faucet into a gushing water main, and I think nations like France and Germany are going to start feeling their toes getting wet.
lap dance.nothing may stand in our way!
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
cause, but I,
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
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
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
which is all about the biggest threat to the security of all companies: their own employees.
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
Why are you still here?!
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
computer systems.
about equal probability.
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
Mr Mitnick even had to get permission from his probation officer to use a computer to write his book, The Art Of Deception,
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
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vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
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
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
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.
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
US: Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, Britain. I know it's hard to find out this kind of
(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.
Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
of the mass moron movement.
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something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
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
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
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You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like that.
just now. Admittedly they do face significant challenges in carrying out their duties due to their imaginary nature,
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
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
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
You mean everyone in America aren't like San Franciscans?
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
In your face, Space Coyote!
Either that, or I now have to admit the existence of clairvoyance.
After 3000 of your countrymen die in a couple hours, anything less than that is wont to be downplayed in significance
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
alternative economy." I suppose that's better PR than saying they want to impose a grab bag full of sociialistic silliness
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
So I hereby declare myself Ayatollah Mustardah of Blogistan. From this day forward, I will call down, on any Idiotarian
and make them wish that congress had instead passed a resolution authorizing military force against people
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
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
Either that, or I now have to admit the existence of clairvoyance.
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
A taste, just a taste...
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
When I first heard about the bombing in Bali, my initial reaction was, "Another terrorist attack? Well, of course."
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
to get a good smack upside the head (or as I call it, a "hippie hello"), but that was apparently too much for the niggardly
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
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 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
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
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
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
again soon, didn't we?"
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
serves? As far as I can tell, all they did was take some people who were probably overwhelmingly against the war anyway,
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
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
news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
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
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 Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
Why are you still here?!
After 3000 of your countrymen die in a couple hours, anything less than that is wont to be downplayed in significance
anger that is so justifiable -no, demanded- by these despicable acts, but if that must be the case, then from on, I'll be
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
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."
After 3000 of your countrymen die in a couple hours, anything less than that is wont to be downplayed in significance
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
and that it wasn't fair for these people to stop them, the girl started literally screaming at her about selfish she was.
Either that, or I now have to admit the existence of clairvoyance.
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
And exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
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:
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
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I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
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,
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 continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
trying to get an education
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
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
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
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
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
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By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
I urge anyone in the bay area who has the time on the 16th to come as well and lend credence with your example to the
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
the Feds know about it.
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
rivals.
According to the president, "we cannot wait for the final proof" that Saddam Hussein's government is planning an imminent
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
she can last 6 hours). I make this declaration keeping in mind that this does not imply a judgement on the Idiotarian
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
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
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
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
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
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You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like that.
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
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
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
hacky-sack?"
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like that.
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
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
conflict.
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
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
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
trying to get an education
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
During the last half of the 20th century, this principle was expanded internationally through the United Nations. The U.N.
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
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
of the mass moron movement.
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
cause, but I,
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
anger that is so justifiable -no, demanded- by these despicable acts, but if that must be the case, then from on, I'll be
to penetrate.
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
again soon, didn't we?"
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
Finally, long after the fad has grown tiresome, everyone's attention turns to another scrap of dogma for the next decade.
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
conflict.
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.
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
"The death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
cause, but I,
he revealed himself to be a seriously dishonest debater (that, or he was so stupid that it wouldn't be safe for him to
but they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
And exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
Mr Mitnick even had to get permission from his probation officer to use a computer to write his book, The Art Of Deception,
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
but they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
just now. Admittedly they do face significant challenges in carrying out their duties due to their imaginary nature,
looks like a green light, no?
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
looks like a green light, no?
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
just now. Admittedly they do face significant challenges in carrying out their duties due to their imaginary nature,
the Feds know about it.
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
he revealed himself to be a seriously dishonest debater (that, or he was so stupid that it wouldn't be safe for him to
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
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
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
alternative economy." I suppose that's better PR than saying they want to impose a grab bag full of sociialistic silliness
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
Either that, or I now have to admit the existence of clairvoyance.
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
which is all about the biggest threat to the security of all companies: their own employees.
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
According to the president, "we cannot wait for the final proof" that Saddam Hussein's government is planning an imminent
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
she can last 6 hours). I make this declaration keeping in mind that this does not imply a judgement on the Idiotarian
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
that I hadn't thought of it first!
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
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 fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
to penetrate.
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
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
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education is
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
just now. Admittedly they do face significant challenges in carrying out their duties due to their imaginary nature,
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
computer systems.
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
Wheeler Hall last spring.
In your face, Space Coyote!
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
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
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
But for now if you all don't mind, I'd just like to stew in my rage for a while, and remind myself in a truly visceral
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
to penetrate.
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
and that it wasn't fair for these people to stop them, the girl started literally screaming at her about selfish she was.
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
looks like a green light, no?
conflict.
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
looks like a green light, no?
we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
last update : 11-10-2008
