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A Madonna Screed
When I read on Drudge that Madonna is planning a “shocking” “anti-war, anti-Bush” “commentary” of a video that will accompany the media blitz for her latest toilet paper roll of sonic idiocy to be digitized and sold for $16.99, I think of the most succinct summation of just what Madonna is, brought to us by the lads of South Park:
Madonna is an old anorexic whore who wore out her welcome years ago and should just go fuck herself.
That’s actually much more kind than anything I would typically have to say about her.
Like lots of bloggers, I spend a good amount of my time making fun of the stupid things celebrities say, but compared to Madonna, people like Sheryl Crow, Janeane Garofalo and Martin Scorsese are intellectual powerhouses. Also, at least with the likes of Scorsese you can respect his artistic product even if you have to suffer through his political opinions now and then.
This has always been impossible to do with Madonna, however, because 1) her political/public self is inextricably bound with her “artistic” (not enough scare quotes in the world to do that howler justice) image, and 2) because both of those entities (if they indeed are even separate at all) are so horribly painful to endure.
Now, one can distinctly discern how much of this “American Life” salvo of hers is an urgent cry of relevance to a world in which she finds herself as culturally outmoded as jokes about Viagra.
Ever notice how we didn’t hear much from her since Bush was elected, and even less after 9/11? No? Yeah, me neither. But then, that’s the very nature of a respite from the likes of high-profile stupidity: blissful unawareness amazing dog fucking. When an irritating public persona drops down below the signal noise of celebrity culture, the natural impulse is to simply forget that they ever held a coveted spot of public annoyance in the first place. I mean really, that’s the point isn’t it, to not be bothered by them any more? To forget them as soon as the buzzing from their ego has subsided to acceptably unobtrusive levels? And, one is naturally aided in this by the fact that modern celebrities are usually so completely forgettable. Madonna, with her deliberately frenzied mixture of inadvertantly banal poses struck for the purpose of carefully constructed sexual shock-value, is no exception to this rule.
It seems that she perhaps perceived that the world had slipped into a kind of Material Girl lethe of recent and that she simply couldn’t abide by it, with the result being her inflicting a new album and video (more likely a spate of them eventually) on the world, just to be sure and remind everyone that she’s just as vacuous and reflexively outraged by whatever the squares are doing so she can try to once again shock the parents of the 13-year-olds who buy her crap.
Except this, time, she’s trying to make Important! and Serious!-sounding pronouncements about things other than how monogamy is evil and repressive and that pubescent girls should dress and act like the kind of public slut her money and celebrity allows her to be with so little consequence. You have to sort of instantly feel sorry for any effort of hers trying to branch out into becoming an official Concerned Famous Person, something that is pretty much beyond her capabilities (and considering the woefully low standards required for being a card-carrying CFP, the picture becomes doubly pathetic). Immediately, I can’t help but think of a monkey trying to write a novel. It’s possible that with enough attempts he could approach something that remotely resembles one, but only coincidentally and after literally billions of random attempts.
It’s no surprise that Madonna’s profile became significantly lowered post-election 2000 horse sex drawing. Between then and the September of the following year, she only surfaced rarely to give the odd cheap shot against Bush’s party or the Pope, usually for their perpetual crime of being repressed puritans, or something like that. This reduced public presence after the inauguration of Bush’s America makes perfect sense, for if there was ever a president’s tenure that fit harmoniously with the public phenomenom of Madonna, it was Bill Clinton.
In an era when the president is viewed at large as a sleazy, lacivious scoundrel, and is either hated or loved for it, and when the country is fixated on something as squirm-inducing as the big ugly eel’s sexual organ, how could a figure like Madonna not feel right at home? Clinton was glamorous and photogenic (at least, many maintained as much) and always hungry for the spotlight. He was publicly fixated on all the fashionable things that the Beautiful People professed to care about, and openly enamored of all the more shallow qualities that the hordes of entertainistas really did care about, that is: their own egos, and all the things that could feed them. Despite the fact that Reagan actually worked in Hollywood for years, Clinton was much more in line with the Hollywood persona. If he can be called “our first black president,” then he was also surely our first “celebrity president.”
Maybe she saw something was changing after Bush was elected. I’m sure she, like countless other people for whom evidence is no impediment to their opinions, was certain that he stole the election, but even had he not become presidentr, Al Gore wasn’t exactly Madonna presidential material either. If not a devout Christian like Bush, he was at least eager to pretend to be one for the bible-belt rubes and Moral Majority types woman and dog mating. The fact that the Democratic standard-bearer had gone from being someone who used cigars as dildos on his interns to an almost bible-thumper who was, on top of all that, monstrously boring, couldn’t help but signal a shifting pattern of the cultural wind, one where a Madonna didn’t fit as well as before. One simply didn’t see her as often after that.
And then after 9/11, as far as I can tell, she completely disappeared from the public eye. If the typically-Republican, boring and “repressed” nature of Bush’s presidency, and the things that it said about America’s cultural climate made Madonna uncomfortable with engaging the American zeitgeist, then surely the new atmosphere after 9/11 should have, and perhaps did, terrify her.
She’s certainly not all that bright, but she is, if anything, savvy of what sells. And it would be clear to her that the type of aggressively destructive, anti-social sexuality she came to more and more fixate upon (all comically justified as some kind of self-righteous notion of “freedom” or “anti-repression,” of course) as the 90’s wound down would not be as well received in a country debating the issue of war in Iraq and thinking about the next big terrorist strike that could claim thousands of their countrymen’s lives.
But of course, as she is always willing to latch, vampire-like, onto the next cultural wave and greedily suck (in more ways than one) until all the potential for enriching her pocket and her ego has been bled out of it, Madonna is apparently now seeking to reinvent herself as provocative, outraged anti-war activist instead of provacative, outraged slut.
The Drudge article suggests that this new video of hers will be a hard-hitting, political statement, or at least that’s what she wants her thousand or so publicity peons to feed to the media. One of them describes it as a “sweeping commentary,” which, in such a situation as this, usually means that it’s too incoherent or absurd to be understood intelligibly as being about any specific topic AnalBestiality Gallery. When a commentary sweeps, it doesn’t have to make sense.
Dressed in commando fatigues, Madonna throws grenades as the techno terror beat pounds, claims a source. Limb-less men and women are reportedly shown, with bloody babies.
One disturbing clip features Iraqi children.
“The video escalates into a mad frenzy depicting the catastrophic repercussion and horror of war.”
Something tells me there will also be images of rich white guys in suits and pictures of oil wells. The labored pose shifts from a kinky sexual John Brown to techno Noam Chomsky. But that’s assuming, of course, that she’s ever heard of either of those fellows.
If I were you, I wouldn’t be waiting with bated breath for any deeper thought than what will surely be the implicit, “Look at all this gross, ugly stuff! Isn’t it nasty? I’m pretty sure it’s all connected in some way sex with her pet. Probably to the Catholic Church.”
This kind of clueless hodgepodge of elements is Madonna’s standard operating procedure when she tries to send a message and be weightily artistic, although previously her typical ingredients were race, religion and sex. If I had to come up with the quintessentially Madonnic icon, it would have to be an image of her sexually entwined on a cross with a gay, black man dressed up as a priest.
Many people in the past have breathlessly proclaimed that the very act of her mixing these types of elements is a daring, profound and socially significant statement about our world. If you’re one of those people, I’m sure this new video will be right up your alley.
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.You mean everyone in America aren't like San Franciscans?
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
computer systems.
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
Why are you still here?!
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
US: Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, Britain. I know it's hard to find out this kind of
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
, "I don't believe the American people support this war. Everyone I've talked to is against it!"
A taste, just a taste...
military action to counter the Soviet threat was not possible, because of their equal capacity to destroy us through
When they aired some actual interviews with the protesters, I started to honestly think they were part of some sort of
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
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
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
When I first heard about the bombing in Bali, my initial reaction was, "Another terrorist attack? Well, of course."
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
cause, but I,
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
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
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
hacky-sack?"
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
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like that.
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
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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 careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
military action to counter the Soviet threat was not possible, because of their equal capacity to destroy us through
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
and eastern Europe, Australia and the middle east. Is that not multilateralism?
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
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."
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
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
computer systems.
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
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 simply love it when my case is made for me.
cause, but I,
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
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
Shiite Muslim clerics in Lebanon and Iran have reacted with rage at the Rev. Jerry Falwell for calling Islam's prophet
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
of fist.
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
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
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
owned," she pontificated, in that snotty "52% of my clothes are made of hemp which therefore makes me morally superior
During the last half of the 20th century, this principle was expanded internationally through the United Nations. The U.N.
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.
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
to penetrate.
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
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
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
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
and eastern Europe, Australia and the middle east. Is that not multilateralism?
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
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism,
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
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
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
conflict.
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
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.
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
looks like a green light, no?
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
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
again soon, didn't we?"
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
about equal probability.
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
University or Diversity
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 not-being-a-jerk department.
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
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
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
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
military action to counter the Soviet threat was not possible, because of their equal capacity to destroy us through
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
But for now if you all don't mind, I'd just like to stew in my rage for a while, and remind myself in a truly visceral
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Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
and that it wasn't fair for these people to stop them, the girl started literally screaming at her about selfish she was.
them into a thin paste of protein on a cave wall, to wipe out every last vestige of the disgusting stain they have left
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
Another Australian tourist, 18-year-old Rachel Hughes, said she and her boyfriend had just arrived in Kuta when the blast
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
again soon, didn't we?"
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
serves? As far as I can tell, all they did was take some people who were probably overwhelmingly against the war anyway,
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
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Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
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
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
"The death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
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
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
A taste, just a taste...
computer systems.
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
but they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
I finally went and did it.
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
and make them wish that congress had instead passed a resolution authorizing military force against people
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
anger that is so justifiable -no, demanded- by these despicable acts, but if that must be the case, then from on, I'll be
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
Finally, long after the fad has grown tiresome, everyone's attention turns to another scrap of dogma for the next decade.
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.
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
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
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
again soon, didn't we?"
predictable frequency. Follow a politician to a school photo-op,
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
You mean everyone in America aren't like San Franciscans?
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
And exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
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
that I hadn't thought of it first!
of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
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.
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
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
to penetrate.
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
nothing may stand in our way!
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
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
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
Another Australian tourist, 18-year-old Rachel Hughes, said she and her boyfriend had just arrived in Kuta when the blast
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
and make them wish that congress had instead passed a resolution authorizing military force against people
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.
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
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
occurred, smashing the window of their hotel room.
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
and eastern Europe, Australia and the middle east. Is that not multilateralism?
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
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.
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
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
And exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
superiority.
about equal probability.
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
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
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
the not-being-a-jerk department.
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
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
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
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
trying to get an education
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
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.
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
being the reaction described above.
but they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
After 3000 of your countrymen die in a couple hours, anything less than that is wont to be downplayed in significance
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
Yes, well I suppose you're suggesting that we would be well-served to wait for this "final proof," then? Very well. I'll
You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like that.
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
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
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
military action to counter the Soviet threat was not possible, because of their equal capacity to destroy us through
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 fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
After 3000 of your countrymen die in a couple hours, anything less than that is wont to be downplayed in significance
University or Diversity
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
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
lap dance.
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
trying to get an education
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
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."
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
last update : 5-2-2012
