Feb
11
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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) dogsex woman.
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. 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 tiger sex fantasy. 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 girls on animals dicks. “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. 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 horse cum movie sites. 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 beastialities.
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. 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.
and that it wasn't fair for these people to stop them, the girl started literally screaming at her about selfish she was.that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
hacky-sack?"
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
In your face, Space Coyote!
When they aired some actual interviews with the protesters, I started to honestly think they were part of some sort of
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
Mr Mitnick even had to get permission from his probation officer to use a computer to write his book, The Art Of Deception,
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
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
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
You mean everyone in America aren't like San Franciscans?
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
In your face, Space Coyote!
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
A taste, just a taste...
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
Iranian cleric Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari, addressing weekly Friday prayers in the northwestern town of Tabriz, said
cause, but I,
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
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.
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vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
to penetrate.
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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I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
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
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
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
serves? As far as I can tell, all they did was take some people who were probably overwhelmingly against the war anyway,
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
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
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
It may be a sad illustration of my lack to find sympathy within myself without reading descriptions or seeing pictures,
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
According to the president, "we cannot wait for the final proof" that Saddam Hussein's government is planning an imminent
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
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.
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
predictable frequency. Follow a politician to a school photo-op,
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
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
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
Why are you still here?!
that I hadn't thought of it first!
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 article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
Another Australian tourist, 18-year-old Rachel Hughes, said she and her boyfriend had just arrived in Kuta when the blast
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
she can last 6 hours). I make this declaration keeping in mind that this does not imply a judgement on the Idiotarian
lap dance.
occurred, smashing the window of their hotel room.
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
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 the mass moron movement.
A taste, just a taste...
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
that I hadn't thought of it first!
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
I finally went and did it.
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
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
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.
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
again soon, didn't we?"
I finally went and did it.
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
serves? As far as I can tell, all they did was take some people who were probably overwhelmingly against the war anyway,
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
Mr Mitnick even had to get permission from his probation officer to use a computer to write his book, The Art Of Deception,
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.
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
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
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
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
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,
them into a thin paste of protein on a cave wall, to wipe out every last vestige of the disgusting stain they have left
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
Why are you still here?!
cause, but I,
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
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
It may be a sad illustration of my lack to find sympathy within myself without reading descriptions or seeing pictures,
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
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
vulnerability.
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
"The death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
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
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
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
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
It may be a sad illustration of my lack to find sympathy within myself without reading descriptions or seeing pictures,
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
vulnerability.
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
University or Diversity
conflict.
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
A taste, just a taste...
"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
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
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
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
she can last 6 hours). I make this declaration keeping in mind that this does not imply a judgement on the Idiotarian
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
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
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
A taste, just a taste...
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
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.
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
rivals.
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the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
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
Really, how often is someone able to so perfectly crystallize the dilemmas that will exist a century in the future
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
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
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
Another Australian tourist, 18-year-old Rachel Hughes, said she and her boyfriend had just arrived in Kuta when the blast
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
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
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
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 really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education is
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or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
again soon, didn't we?"
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
According to the president, "we cannot wait for the final proof" that Saddam Hussein's government is planning an imminent
be harried by idiots who have full compliments of heads and genitals! With the ranks of my imaginary gnomes rallied,
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 Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
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
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
the Feds know about it.
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
Those people are especially useful when they have access to the core computer systems that hackers would otherwise struggle
It may be a sad illustration of my lack to find sympathy within myself without reading descriptions or seeing pictures,
vulnerability.
she can last 6 hours). I make this declaration keeping in mind that this does not imply a judgement on the Idiotarian
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.
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
to get a good smack upside the head (or as I call it, a "hippie hello"), but that was apparently too much for the niggardly
It may be a sad illustration of my lack to find sympathy within myself without reading descriptions or seeing pictures,
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
You mean everyone in America aren't like San Franciscans?
A taste, just a taste...
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
which is all about the biggest threat to the security of all companies: their own employees.
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
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weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
just now. Admittedly they do face significant challenges in carrying out their duties due to their imaginary nature,
occurred, smashing the window of their hotel room.
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
chanting in his face and moved in front of him every time he tried to get around her.
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
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,
the Feds know about it.
chanting in his face and moved in front of him every time he tried to get around her.
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
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of fist.
vulnerability.
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
After 3000 of your countrymen die in a couple hours, anything less than that is wont to be downplayed in significance
vulnerability.
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
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Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
the not-being-a-jerk department.
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
again soon, didn't we?"
being the reaction described above.
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
anger that is so justifiable -no, demanded- by these despicable acts, but if that must be the case, then from on, I'll be
Those people are especially useful when they have access to the core computer systems that hackers would otherwise struggle
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
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of fist.
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
It may be a sad illustration of my lack to find sympathy within myself without reading descriptions or seeing pictures,
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
he revealed himself to be a seriously dishonest debater (that, or he was so stupid that it wouldn't be safe for him to
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
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
of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
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
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
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
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
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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
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
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 that it wasn't fair for these people to stop them, the girl started literally screaming at her about selfish she was.
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