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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.
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education is
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
about equal probability.
One of the great advances of the modern era has been the spread of the rule of law. This is the now common idea that
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
, "I don't believe the American people support this war. Everyone I've talked to is against it!"
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
When they aired some actual interviews with the protesters, I started to honestly think they were part of some sort of
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
Yes, well I suppose you're suggesting that we would be well-served to wait for this "final proof," then? Very well. I'll
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
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
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 boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
"The death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
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During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
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
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
occurred, smashing the window of their hotel room.
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I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
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nothing may stand in our way!
According to the president, "we cannot wait for the final proof" that Saddam Hussein's government is planning an imminent
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?
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
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
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
conflict.
So I hereby declare myself Ayatollah Mustardah of Blogistan. From this day forward, I will call down, on any Idiotarian
I finally went and did it.
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
of fist.
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
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
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
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 a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
occurred, smashing the window of their hotel room.
University or Diversity
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,
vulnerability.
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
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.
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
nothing may stand in our way!
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
military action to counter the Soviet threat was not possible, because of their equal capacity to destroy us through
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
I have to admit I'm pretty curious just to see what he's going to do. The guy has shown himself to have an overpowering
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
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
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to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
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
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
When I first heard about the bombing in Bali, my initial reaction was, "Another terrorist attack? Well, of course."
of the mass moron movement.
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.
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."
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
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
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
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
vulnerability.
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
You mean everyone in America aren't like San Franciscans?
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
occurred, smashing the window of their hotel room.
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
and eastern Europe, Australia and the middle east. Is that not multilateralism?
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
Yes, well I suppose you're suggesting that we would be well-served to wait for this "final proof," then? Very well. I'll
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
Shiite Muslim clerics in Lebanon and Iran have reacted with rage at the Rev. Jerry Falwell for calling Islam's prophet
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
of fist.
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 exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
rivals.
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
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, "I don't believe the American people support this war. Everyone I've talked to is against it!"
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
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."
Either that, or I now have to admit the existence of clairvoyance.
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
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."
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
being the reaction described above.
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
Iranian cleric Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari, addressing weekly Friday prayers in the northwestern town of Tabriz, said
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
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
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
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
, "I don't believe the American people support this war. Everyone I've talked to is against it!"
US: Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, Britain. I know it's hard to find out this kind of
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
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
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
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
looks like a green light, no?
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
In your face, Space Coyote!
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
Iranian cleric Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari, addressing weekly Friday prayers in the northwestern town of Tabriz, said
the Feds know about it.
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
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."
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
but they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
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
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
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Wheeler Hall last spring.
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
computer systems.
to penetrate.
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
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
You mean everyone in America aren't like San Franciscans?
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
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I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
cause, but I,
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
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 you'll get diversity in the speech by the politician, in the one by the principal who welcomes him and in the one by
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
something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like that.
Those people are especially useful when they have access to the core computer systems that hackers would otherwise struggle
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
During the last half of the 20th century, this principle was expanded internationally through the United Nations. The U.N.
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
trying to get an education
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
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.
After 3000 of your countrymen die in a couple hours, anything less than that is wont to be downplayed in significance
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
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
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
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,
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
chanting in his face and moved in front of him every time he tried to get around her.
And exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education is
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
One of the great advances of the modern era has been the spread of the rule of law. This is the now common idea that
"The death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
again soon, didn't we?"
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
to penetrate.
Really, how often is someone able to so perfectly crystallize the dilemmas that will exist a century in the future
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
be harried by idiots who have full compliments of heads and genitals! With the ranks of my imaginary gnomes rallied,
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
During the last half of the 20th century, this principle was expanded internationally through the United Nations. The U.N.
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
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
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
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
conflict.
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
I finally went and did it.
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
When I first heard about the bombing in Bali, my initial reaction was, "Another terrorist attack? Well, of course."
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
predictable frequency. Follow a politician to a school photo-op,
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
It may be a sad illustration of my lack to find sympathy within myself without reading descriptions or seeing pictures,
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
last update : 20-5-2013
