So now France seems to be suggesting that they might be coming around to supporting a US invasion of Iraq.
The paper chooses to emphasise the fact that Mr de Villepin has publicly offered, for the first time, military support in the form of Mirage 4 planes and said that France did not rule out the use of force.
I suppose we’re supposed to drop to our knees in blubbering gratitude over this?
The best thing we could do now is say “thanks, but no thanks,” to Monsieur de Vellepin. The Mirages wouldn’t add anything to our military capability. Like most of our public allies in an Iraq invasion, they’d be along merely to show solidarity, to demonstrate that we’re in this thing together, even if their pragmatic role is minimal.
And they don’t deserve the benefits in prestige that they would recieve for pretending to play war alongside the US. They shouldn’t be allowed, once the war is over and Iraq is deliriously grateful and the rest of the world begins to recognize in hindsight what an important necessary act it was, to posture and boast about their role as if they had anything to do with it, and to go on acting as if this somehow has extended (or arther, at this point, revived) their tenure in the roster of Nations That Matter pony sex with woman.
After Powell’s speech, the blogosphere (including myself) seemed to have come to agreement on the fact that France had made their anti-war choice and were going to stick it out, hoping that the benefits would outweigh the costs. Maybe they’re coming to realize now that those percieved benefits of them leading a new global wave of anti-Americanism aren’t going to materialize post-Iraq, and are looking to clamber on the caboose before the train is completely out of the station.
I have to admit, I’m confused about what all this means. One should never make the assumption that cryptic moves in an opponent are due to simply stupidity or confusion, but I’m hard-pressed to come up with any other reason in this case. I think it would have been supremely unwise of them to throw their lot in with the decidedly anti-American crowd (that group that not only harangues, but staunchly and persistently opposes American actions), but having made that decision, it would only make sense for them to see it through. Vacillating now won’t get them the gratitude of the US or restore any simulacrum of eminence, and it certainly will squander any gain they hoped to garner from the supposed wave of anger against the US that would rise up in an invasion of Iraq.
Maybe there’s a power struggle going on among the French political elite bestiality with big cats. Maybe the recently blaring klaxons (describing the danger of being on the US’ bad side) of even the typically anti-American French press has caused some to rethink their positions. Frankly (yeah yeah…), I have no idea.
I’ll say this much though. Whatever it is they want to do at this point, I don’t really care my first horse passion. I don’t want them participating in any coalition. Aside from just wimping out and not attacking Iraq, the one thing that Bush could do now to make me most upset is to accept some kind of tepid, hedged, last-minute support from Chirac.
You had your chance, fellas. Dozens of them in fact. It’s too late now.
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
and eastern Europe, Australia and the middle east. Is that not multilateralism?
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
looks like a green light, no?
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
Shiite Muslim clerics in Lebanon and Iran have reacted with rage at the Rev. Jerry Falwell for calling Islam's prophet
According to the president, "we cannot wait for the final proof" that Saddam Hussein's government is planning an imminent
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
I urge anyone in the bay area who has the time on the 16th to come as well and lend credence with your example to the
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
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
lap dance.
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
she can last 6 hours). I make this declaration keeping in mind that this does not imply a judgement on the Idiotarian
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
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
hacky-sack?"
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
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."
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
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.
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
them into a thin paste of protein on a cave wall, to wipe out every last vestige of the disgusting stain they have left
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
Wheeler Hall last spring.
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
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
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
nothing may stand in our way!
A taste, just a taste...
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
go it alone. What he failed to do was tell us who the members of his war coalition are. Why? Because there is no coalition.
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
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
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
I've been blogging since July 2005, and in that time, I've had a few inter-blog arguments with the folks on the other
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like that.
superiority.
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
During the last half of the 20th century, this principle was expanded internationally through the United Nations. The U.N.
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
When they aired some actual interviews with the protesters, I started to honestly think they were part of some sort of
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
Yes, well I suppose you're suggesting that we would be well-served to wait for this "final proof," then? Very well. I'll
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
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
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
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."
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
Shiite Muslim clerics in Lebanon and Iran have reacted with rage at the Rev. Jerry Falwell for calling Islam's prophet
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we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
hacky-sack?"
that I hadn't thought of it first!
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
Wheeler Hall last spring.
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
be harried by idiots who have full compliments of heads and genitals! With the ranks of my imaginary gnomes rallied,
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
You mean everyone in America aren't like San Franciscans?
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
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
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I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
computer systems.
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
Iranian cleric Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari, addressing weekly Friday prayers in the northwestern town of Tabriz, said
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
and make them wish that congress had instead passed a resolution authorizing military force against people
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
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 experience made me think of the instructions from all corners of the media after 9/11 that what we, as Americans,
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but
to penetrate.
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
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."
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
go it alone. What he failed to do was tell us who the members of his war coalition are. Why? Because there is no coalition.
, "I don't believe the American people support this war. Everyone I've talked to is against it!"
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
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
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
When I first heard about the bombing in Bali, my initial reaction was, "Another terrorist attack? Well, of course."
Wheeler Hall last spring.
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one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
looks like a green light, no?
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
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.
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
Maybe I can't change the fact that I have to be intimately confronted with the death and pain in order to really feel the
Those people are especially useful when they have access to the core computer systems that hackers would otherwise struggle
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
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we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
When I first heard about the bombing in Bali, my initial reaction was, "Another terrorist attack? Well, of course."
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
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
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
and eastern Europe, Australia and the middle east. Is that not multilateralism?
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
rivals.
looks like a green light, no?
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
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
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism,
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
owned," she pontificated, in that snotty "52% of my clothes are made of hemp which therefore makes me morally superior
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
again soon, didn't we?"
that I hadn't thought of it first!
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
Wheeler Hall last spring.
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
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
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
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
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
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
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
the Feds know about it.
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
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
the not-being-a-jerk department.
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
Iranian cleric Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari, addressing weekly Friday prayers in the northwestern town of Tabriz, said
that I hadn't thought of it first!
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
be harried by idiots who have full compliments of heads and genitals! With the ranks of my imaginary gnomes rallied,
again soon, didn't we?"
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
nothing may stand in our way!
of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
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
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...
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
Mr Mitnick even had to get permission from his probation officer to use a computer to write his book, The Art Of Deception,
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
lap dance.
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but
Those people are especially useful when they have access to the core computer systems that hackers would otherwise struggle
Shiite Muslim clerics in Lebanon and Iran have reacted with rage at the Rev. Jerry Falwell for calling Islam's prophet
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
to get a good smack upside the head (or as I call it, a "hippie hello"), but that was apparently too much for the niggardly
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
And exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
the Feds know about it.
I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
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anger that is so justifiable -no, demanded- by these despicable acts, but if that must be the case, then from on, I'll be
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
hacky-sack?"
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
and make them wish that congress had instead passed a resolution authorizing military force against people
hacky-sack?"
looks like a green light, no?
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
"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.
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
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
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
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
trying to get an education
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
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The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
chanting in his face and moved in front of him every time he tried to get around her.
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
And exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
"The death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
University or Diversity
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
Either that, or I now have to admit the existence of clairvoyance.
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
After 3000 of your countrymen die in a couple hours, anything less than that is wont to be downplayed in significance
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
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
US: Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, Britain. I know it's hard to find out this kind of
predictable frequency. Follow a politician to a school photo-op,
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
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
I urge anyone in the bay area who has the time on the 16th to come as well and lend credence with your example to the
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
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
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
which is all about the biggest threat to the security of all companies: their own employees.
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
According to the president, "we cannot wait for the final proof" that Saddam Hussein's government is planning an imminent
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
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
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 the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
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
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
Yes, well I suppose you're suggesting that we would be well-served to wait for this "final proof," then? Very well. I'll
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
last update : 4-7-2008
