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Saddam Disarm?
Clinton you nitwit.
In an exclusive interview Thursday on CNN’s “Larry King Live,” the former president said he sees a good possibility that the international community will unite to force Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to disarm.
“I still hope the United Nations can act together on this, and I still think there’s a chance we can, and there’s still a chance that Saddam Hussein will come to his senses and disarm,” Clinton said.
No there isn’t, you blubbering bubba. First of all, assuming that anything remotely approaching sense still lingers in his addled mind of latter-day Saladin fantasies, both Bush (for all his necesarry rhetoric about disarming) and Saddam have both made quite sure that disarmament isn’t really an option.
Saddam has painted himself thoroughly into a corner on this one. He has steadfastly maintained that he has none of the weapons that the US has been accusing him of having. Any admissions now will only be more proof of a “material breach,” and thus invite an American attack. He can also continue to dodge and lie, which also would reveal him to be a material (breach) girl (thanks, Lileks).
At this point, he be breached if he do and breached if he don’t.
Now, one might say that since Powell’s speech already made it quite clear to everyone of basically the same facts that would be revealed were Saddam to make real strides towards disarmament, and that since Powell’s revelations were only greeted by calls for more inspections by the United Nations Idiot Caucus, Saddam coming clean now would only offer more rhetorical ammo to the anti-war robots in the UN, those broken records that respond to any argument for military action with, “War! Danger, Will Robinson! Danger!” while they flail their arms mechanically.
But I don’t think so.
First of all, I don’t think it’s very likely that at this point the Bush administration would say “Ok, he’s disarmed. No harm, no foul.” At least they’d better damned well not.
What I think is more likely is that any admissions Saddam were to make would only give more Bush more to point to and prove how dangerous Saddam is women and horses sex story. Not that it would convince any of the Weasels, but would give us enough plausible deniability to start the war, all to the outraged howls of France, Germany, Russia, Greenpeace, whoever.
After the war is (quickly) over however, everything will change, and everyone with any sense knows that. It will be revealed how truly awful Saddam was, how glad the Iraqi people are to be rid of him, how dangerous a figure he was to the Middle East and the rest of the world, and the biggest diplomatic problem we’ll have at that point regarding the invasion will be making sure we don’t let France rewrite history and say that they were actually with us “the whole way, mes amis!”
I see another (what I consider) less likely scenario, though. Bush doesn’t use the revelations made by Saddam as justification to kick the tires and light the fires, but instead floats some resolution about the need for some kind of new inspections regime that will make sure that Saddam told us everything, because, golly, he’s lied so many times in the past, we can’t just trust him now to come clean without some final verification, can we? I mean, he lied for all this time and only came clean (or so he says!) now when there was a shotgun against his face a few seconds from having its trgger pulled. What do you think he’ll do when we take that gun away, huh, Jaques?
That verification will take the form of some US military units, who will ostensibly be there in order to aid some kind of final inspection process.
In short: WMDs gone. Saddam humbled on the world stage. US military around Iraq en masse and within Iraq at least to some extent…
What the name of this song?
Oh, right. “Revolution.”
Again, were we to help facilitate this auto-regime change, there would surely be sputtering howls of outrage from every one of the “sophisticated” nations of the world. And from people in my co-op, to be sure.
But the revolution would be quick (not quick enough, for my tastes, though; I’ll have to keep my head down and hold my tongue for a few days if I want to have any friends left later on), and those voices will also be cowed once it’s over and “The Rise and Fall of the Baath Party” hits the best seller lists and reveals criticisms of the US’ catalystic behavior to be silly and morally repugnant in the face of what Saddam truly was.
The folks at Berkeley, meanwhile, will likely go back to reading Chomsky and accusing Bush of genocide, but hey, that’s what they do sex with your dog. Let ‘em have their fun. It’s a real hoot to actually talk to them and make them feel supremely stupid for a while until they flee and dive back into Big Brother Noam’s books that reassure them about how the US really is a fascist police state.
However, regarding either of these scenarios (which happen to still be warm from when I pulled them out of my ass) are predicated on the possibility that Saddam would ever even consider the route of actually making efforts to voluntarily disarm, which is madness on the level of certifiability if I ever saw it.
Maybe Clinton knows this. Maybe he just wanted to go on TV and sound grave and concerned and remind everyone that “Hey folks, look at me! I’m still here. Remember the good old days when the country’s biggest worry was my dick? Weren’t you happier then when you didn’t have to think about all this stuff going on in other countries? ‘It’s the economy, stupid’!”
Hell, I dunno what he was doing. People continually maintain that Clinton is such a dagburned smart guy. I was never very convinced he wasn’t that much more than a slick talker who could charm the pants off an eskimo, someone who could hit all the necessary talking points and throw out all the right buzz words to make a pose of erudition. I suspect it’s a quality not unlike this that makes him such a devil with the ladies.
Pretend to listen to what she says and nod thoughtfully. Throw out some lines about how you admire some woman whose name you heard on Lifetime for her “courage” to do whatever it is she did in this “male-dominated society.” Talk about how how you find that women make better friends because they’re so open with their emotions and shit. Pretty soon, you’ll be staining her dress.
Anyway, forget Clinton. The real point of this post is thus: whether war comes is not up to Saddam. In the present situation, he really doesn’t have any choices first beastiality experience stories. He’s not an entity that can respond in any meaningful way. He’s a cockroach, an infestation that is either to be tolerated or stepped on, but not debated, and not engaged. You don’t try to convince the little six-legged bugger to just go peacefully out the door. You put your foot down and then wipe him off the sole of your shoe.
And frankly, Bush doesn’t look to me like the kind of guy who gets squeamish at the prospect of a little bug guts.
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"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
I finally went and did it.
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
anger that is so justifiable -no, demanded- by these despicable acts, but if that must be the case, then from on, I'll be
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
of fist.
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
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
computer systems.
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
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
Mr Mitnick even had to get permission from his probation officer to use a computer to write his book, The Art Of Deception,
something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism,
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
I finally went and did it.
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
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Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
Wheeler Hall last spring.
We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education is
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
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
So I hereby declare myself Ayatollah Mustardah of Blogistan. From this day forward, I will call down, on any Idiotarian
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
The experience made me think of the instructions from all corners of the media after 9/11 that what we, as Americans,
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
which is all about the biggest threat to the security of all companies: their own employees.
In your face, Space Coyote!
"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
University or Diversity
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
Really, how often is someone able to so perfectly crystallize the dilemmas that will exist a century in the future
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
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
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
again soon, didn't we?"
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
Those people are especially useful when they have access to the core computer systems that hackers would otherwise struggle
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
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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
I finally went and did it.
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
You mean everyone in America aren't like San Franciscans?
Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
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
the not-being-a-jerk department.
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
The experience made me think of the instructions from all corners of the media after 9/11 that what we, as Americans,
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
Finally, long after the fad has grown tiresome, everyone's attention turns to another scrap of dogma for the next decade.
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
hacky-sack?"
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
again soon, didn't we?"
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
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.
lap dance.
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
she can last 6 hours). I make this declaration keeping in mind that this does not imply a judgement on the Idiotarian
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
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
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
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
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
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
and make them wish that congress had instead passed a resolution authorizing military force against people
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,
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
Yes, well I suppose you're suggesting that we would be well-served to wait for this "final proof," then? Very well. I'll
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
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
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
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
Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
A taste, just a taste...
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
hacky-sack?"
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
again soon, didn't we?"
So I hereby declare myself Ayatollah Mustardah of Blogistan. From this day forward, I will call down, on any Idiotarian
serves? As far as I can tell, all they did was take some people who were probably overwhelmingly against the war anyway,
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
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
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
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
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
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to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
we could go and stop the Soviets and all their expansionist hijinks, but then we'd like, have to go all the way over to
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Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
computer systems.
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
According to the president, "we cannot wait for the final proof" that Saddam Hussein's government is planning an imminent
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
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism,
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
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Yes, well I suppose you're suggesting that we would be well-served to wait for this "final proof," then? Very well. I'll
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
When they aired some actual interviews with the protesters, I started to honestly think they were part of some sort of
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.
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
we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
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
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
and you'll get diversity in the speech by the politician, in the one by the principal who welcomes him and in the one by
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
During the last half of the 20th century, this principle was expanded internationally through the United Nations. The U.N.
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
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,
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
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
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
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."
about equal probability.
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
let you know when there's a mushroom cloud over New York, because that's the only "final proof" that seems to be able to
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
When they aired some actual interviews with the protesters, I started to honestly think they were part of some sort of
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
being the reaction described above.
just now. Admittedly they do face significant challenges in carrying out their duties due to their imaginary nature,
owned," she pontificated, in that snotty "52% of my clothes are made of hemp which therefore makes me morally superior
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
chanting in his face and moved in front of him every time he tried to get around her.
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
hacky-sack?"
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
A taste, just a taste...
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
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
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threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
predictable frequency. Follow a politician to a school photo-op,
and make them wish that congress had instead passed a resolution authorizing military force against people
rivals.
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
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
he revealed himself to be a seriously dishonest debater (that, or he was so stupid that it wouldn't be safe for him to
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education is
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
So welcome. If this is the first and/or only post you can see, it means I haven't imported my archives from Blogspot yet,
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
In your face, Space Coyote!
them into a thin paste of protein on a cave wall, to wipe out every last vestige of the disgusting stain they have left
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
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
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
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
hacky-sack?"
According to the president, "we cannot wait for the final proof" that Saddam Hussein's government is planning an imminent
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
trying to get an education
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
but they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
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