The Maryland sniper is not a particularly nice fellow.
This much we all know. Something less obvious however is just what kind of bad’un he is. Home-grown or foreign? Psycho or terrorist (not a mutually exclusive classification by any means)? Loner or partner or cog in some much larger scheme? There have been those who have put forth what are by no means outlandish theories that he is part of a plan to divert attention from hidden machinations of a truly awful sort, ie, distract the cops while we move this nuclear bomb into place.
I find that suppostion unlikely, but certainly not impossible, and the consequences would be so horrific that even with slight probability, it bears thinking about.
But whatever the reason, the methodology of the actual killings is simple, direct and effective. But that effectiveness extends only as far as the limited goal of such a sniping campaign can reach (in the immediate sense, excluding the possibility that this masks some greater plot): of killing a few random people spread out over long periods of time.
In this way, one could say that sniping is the quintessential terror weapon, even more so than suicide or other forms of bombing, because sniping is the ultimate expression of asymetrical warfare sex orgy with dog. One man (maybe two) likely working entirely from his own pool of resources with basic equipment available literally anywhere conducting a personal campaign of sowing fear through (what is actually quite a remote) threat of random violence against a populace which posesses the most powerful military and economy in the world.
The 9/11 attacks were terrorism, to be sure, but they were also strategic strikes designed to have the strongest effect on our miltary and economy. Putting aside the loss of life for a moment (though certainly not to trivialize them), the economic cost of the WTC, not only in the sheer cost of the structures themselves but the monetary loss resulting from the financial and economic chaos has been estimated at 95 billion for the city of New York alone. This is excepting the billions of dollars lost to the national impact the attacks had on airlines and other industries.
The Pentagon, being the command center for the US’ military, was a perfectly reasonable choice for those seeking to cripple our force effectiveness worldwide. Concerning the WTC towers, it was pointed out (though not often or loudly, for obvious reasons) that one of the largest economic losses in the attack was the death of thousands of skilled finance personnel. I’m sure a similar aim was in the mind of Al Qeada when they planned to hit the Pentagon, hoping that, with the building itself, thousands of the United States’ most capable military personnel would perish, leaving a large hole in America’s military command structure.
That would have been a much greater cost than the loss of the Pentagon itself in my opinion, and I am thus very relieved that the extent of the destruction wasn’t greater (on top of the simple fact of course that I’m glad more people didn’t die, period) AnalBestiality Gallery.
It’s no doubt true that both of these targets had a great amount of symbolic value as well, being the immediate icons of our economic and military might, but one cannot discount that their destruction had very real, very concrete very significant measureable costs completely aside from the intended psychological impact on the American people.
Sniping however (especially the manner in which it is being done in Maryland - a single man attacking civilians randomly) is an act whose only significant effect is psychological. Any loss of life to unjustified violence is a tragedy, but the impact is real social costs is virtually nonexistent save for those that follow from the psychological effect: people afraid to go out or go to work, etc. What’s more, while understandable, those fears are largely unjustified, unless one walks around constantly fearful of getting struck by lightning or falling down the stairs and breaking their neck or slipping in the shower or dying in a car crash, since all of these things are still much more likely than getting killed by the sniper, even when one limits the sample of people purely to the radius in which he has thus far operated. You’re talking about less than a score of people killed over 3 weeks from among a population of about about 10 million.
If there is a large amount of fear sufficient to cause a noticable effect on the population at large, it is an irrational one. Of course one cannot simply say “Get over it, folks,” because reacting with such fear to the prospect of being killed in a violent, heretofore unknown way is natural, even if the specter of the threat vastly outweighs the possibility that it would actually touch you.
So in this manner, it is the ultimate terrorist campaign, in the sense that it is the most purely psychologically oriented beast girl house sitting.
And that is the reason why we don’t have to worry about him.
He is an annoyance. A gadfly buzzing around our heads. A lone actor bent on terrorizing, but one who cannot manage to do more than cause grief and pain among the families and friends of those he killed. His entire effect is emotional, psychological. In this case, it is actually very true that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself, because he really can’t hurt us.
This does not mean that law enforcement should not use all available resources to catch and stop him, because he is still a mass-murdering scum that deserves to be wiped from the face of the Earth.
But in the larger context, in the war on terror and issues of America’s and the world’s security, this pathetic little shitstain of a human being doesn’t matter real horse cumshot.
With this in mind, I read the following Guardian editorial, Lessons of the Sniper in the Suburbs, in which Martin Kettle writes,
The second wider resonance, though, echoes far beyond the Beltway. It echoes, in fact, to the mountains of Afghanistan, the deserts of Iraq and the beaches of Bali. Few people in the United States seem to ask themselves whether there are wider lessons for American strategy to be learned from the continuing failure to catch the sniper operating almost on the White House’s doorstep. Working with the most sophisticated equipment, with no resource constraints of any kind, and with 100% support and cooperation from the local population - in other words, in the optimum imaginable conditions - the police have neither caught their man nor been able to prevent him from striking again.
Kettle seems to think because we haven’t been able to stop this sniper, that somehow this translates into a sign of our less-than-savory chances of stopping the threat of Islamic/Arab terrorism.
It’s nonsense, pure and simple.
The reason the sniper hasn’t been caught is because of the manner of his methodology, and it is this same methodology that stops him from being any kind of real threat. It’s hard to catch someone who works completely by himself, unhinged from any kind of logistical needs, and who simply lies in wait in a crowded urban area for an easy target to present itself young women k9 bestiality. But likewise, it’s impossible to pose any kind of actual, tangible threat to society at large using those methods.
Saying that our inability to catch the Maryland sniper speaks ill of our chances in the WOT would not be significantly different than saying a string of liquor store robberies with the culprit still at large says the same thing, because that robber, like the sniper, is pursuing operations in the limited scope of criminality, not war.
Because of this, they do not have the same needs that an Al Qeada does, needs such as numbers and recruitment and funding and logistics and communication, which make targeting and eradicating them much easier, because each of those requirements raises their level of exposure and the number of avenues you can use to pursue them.
In short, Al Qeada and the Maryland sniper do not bear any real functional resemblance to each other, and likewise the methods and expectations for success in stopping them are just as different. One has no bearing on the other.
And even if he is part of some larger terrorist scheme, this would be an even greater incentive to not treat him with particularly special attention, because it will only draw law enforcement away from the task of discovering whatever plot he is supposed to be distracting us from.
The man is a despicable bug, and we should find him and put him down. But we shouldn’t let him influence our will or actions in the War on Terror.
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is likeI wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
being the reaction described above.
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
lap dance.
cause, but I,
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
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
Another Australian tourist, 18-year-old Rachel Hughes, said she and her boyfriend had just arrived in Kuta when the blast
United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
Another Australian tourist, 18-year-old Rachel Hughes, said she and her boyfriend had just arrived in Kuta when the blast
United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
nothing may stand in our way!
Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
conflict.
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
lap dance.
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
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
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
When they aired some actual interviews with the protesters, I started to honestly think they were part of some sort of
Anyway, take the new site for a test drive. Take her easy on the clutch and go steady on the hills, and I think you'll
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
Wheeler Hall last spring.
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
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
and make them wish that congress had instead passed a resolution authorizing military force against people
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
, "I don't believe the American people support this war. Everyone I've talked to is against it!"
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
the not-being-a-jerk department.
something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
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
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
and that it wasn't fair for these people to stop them, the girl started literally screaming at her about selfish she was.
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
nothing may stand in our way!
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
computer systems.
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
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
hacky-sack?"
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
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,
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
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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.
We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
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,
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?
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
rivals.
You mean everyone in America aren't like San Franciscans?
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
trying to get an education
them into a thin paste of protein on a cave wall, to wipe out every last vestige of the disgusting stain they have left
Shiite Muslim clerics in Lebanon and Iran have reacted with rage at the Rev. Jerry Falwell for calling Islam's prophet
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
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 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
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
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.
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
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
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
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
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
he revealed himself to be a seriously dishonest debater (that, or he was so stupid that it wouldn't be safe for him to
something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
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.
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?
and that it wasn't fair for these people to stop them, the girl started literally screaming at her about selfish she was.
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
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.
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
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,
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
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.
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
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
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
superiority.
alternative economy." I suppose that's better PR than saying they want to impose a grab bag full of sociialistic silliness
course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
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
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
owned," she pontificated, in that snotty "52% of my clothes are made of hemp which therefore makes me morally superior
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
lap dance.
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
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
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
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
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
we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
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.
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
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
to penetrate.
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
, "I don't believe the American people support this war. Everyone I've talked to is against it!"
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
the not-being-a-jerk department.
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
trying to get an education
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
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'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
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
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
serves? As far as I can tell, all they did was take some people who were probably overwhelmingly against the war anyway,
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
, "I don't believe the American people support this war. Everyone I've talked to is against it!"
conflict.
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
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
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
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
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
and that it wasn't fair for these people to stop them, the girl started literally screaming at her about selfish she was.
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
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
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
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the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
rivals.
of the mass moron movement.
Wheeler Hall last spring.
conflict.
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
being the reaction described above.
Why are you still here?!
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
looks like a green light, no?
Mr Mitnick even had to get permission from his probation officer to use a computer to write his book, The Art Of Deception,
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
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.
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
Those people are especially useful when they have access to the core computer systems that hackers would otherwise struggle
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
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After 3000 of your countrymen die in a couple hours, anything less than that is wont to be downplayed in significance
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
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
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
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
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
So I hereby declare myself Ayatollah Mustardah of Blogistan. From this day forward, I will call down, on any Idiotarian
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
superiority.
but they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
In your face, Space Coyote!
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
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 wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
I've been blogging since July 2005, and in that time, I've had a few inter-blog arguments with the folks on the other
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
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."
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
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
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.
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
Either that, or I now have to admit the existence of clairvoyance.
Iranian cleric Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari, addressing weekly Friday prayers in the northwestern town of Tabriz, said
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
US: Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, Britain. I know it's hard to find out this kind of
So I hereby declare myself Ayatollah Mustardah of Blogistan. From this day forward, I will call down, on any Idiotarian
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
be harried by idiots who have full compliments of heads and genitals! With the ranks of my imaginary gnomes rallied,
owned," she pontificated, in that snotty "52% of my clothes are made of hemp which therefore makes me morally superior
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
chanting in his face and moved in front of him every time he tried to get around her.
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
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
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
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
trying to get an education
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
, "I don't believe the American people support this war. Everyone I've talked to is against it!"
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 extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
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
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
he revealed himself to be a seriously dishonest debater (that, or he was so stupid that it wouldn't be safe for him to
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
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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
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
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
According to the president, "we cannot wait for the final proof" that Saddam Hussein's government is planning an imminent
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