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What They Really Want
Before I started blogging myself, most of the stuff I sought out online to read (bloggers and mainstream media) were usually the type of thing that I agreed with. I didn?t actively avert my eyes from things that challenged my viewpoints, but I didn?t make a point of reading them either. Most of the liberal/left leaning stuff I tended to read online came from referenced exchanges between bloggers whom I generally agreed with, and when they linked to those pages, I would usually read them, so as to get the opposition straight from the horse?s mouth. That was about the extent to which I surveyed ?the other side? of things, so much of the time, the information coming from that philosophical/political side was garnered secondhand, having read the refutation before the original piece.
I realized at the time that I wasn?t getting ?the whole stor?? exactly, but I acknowledged it and didn?t really let it worry me either. I enjoyed what I read and also felt very informed, if only from the sheer amount of knowledge gained from sites like the USS Clueless and the new directions of inquiry they gave.
After I started blogging last July, however, I realized very quickly that one would often be at a loss to find interesting and/or engaging topics when all you were doing was reading and linking people with whom you already shared a viewpoint. So that, more than anything else, started me reading things such The Guardian, Tapped, and some of the more leftist blogs.
A good amount of the time, the views I found there did indeed cause me to think and re-examine my own beliefs and conclusions. As often as not, however, (especially concerning the major media outlets) I was shocked at just how poor, ill-informed, dishonest or just plain shoddy much of the commentary was.
Now, I’m 22 years old. I consider myself fairly intelligent and well-informed, and am not compeltely without experience in the real world. At the same time, I am usually inclined to think of myself as just another stupid kid. I mean, really, what the hell do I know anyway, especially when contrasted with people who are twice my age and whose opinions are sufficiently incisive and sophisticated to merit them receiving a handsome wage just to tell people what they think?
This impulse was then placed against the other frequent reaction when I read major media opinion makers, which went something like, “What the hell? These guys are paid to write this shit? I’m just a stupid kid and I can smell the bullshit coming off this thing from 20 feet away! What gives?”
There were two possibilities, as I saw it. Either I was unusually intelligent, or much of major media was horribly shoddy. Now, I know for a fact that I’m not that bright, so there was only one possible solution.
I’m sure most folks in the blogosphere at this point would marshall up their most hearty “Well, DUH girl wolf fucking sex.”
Yes, yes. We’ve all been inundated with stories detailing the huge amount of bias and shoddiness that goes into mainstream media these days, but still I expected that major newspapers, major networks, the types of places that are supposed to reflect and also to form public opinion would somehow be of a much higher caliber.
I’ve come to the realization recently that no, much of the the time, they’re just plain bad. And when you read those pieces, riddled with abject silliness, it’s hard to not feel a sense of arrogance building in your chest, which comes with the recognition that these pathetic bits of poor thinking are supposed to be representative of the country’s best editorial writing.
I try my best to not let that arrogance win out, but it is supremely difficult to do when you can say “I’m 22 years old, not particularly intelligent, and I don’t know shit about shit, yet still I can see right away that stuff like this is crap. Poorly written, fallacious, and simply irritatingly bad.
So let’s see why!
I’d like to play poker with George W. Bush. I’d get rich. Any poker player worth his salt knows you always call when the other guy is bluffing. If he’s bluffing, and you’re holding any cards at all, you’ve got him beat. You can’t lose.
So how does George W. Bush respond to a bluff? He throws in his cards! He gives up. That’s what he did recently in the never-ending saga of the Bush family versus Saddam Hussein.
You can always tell you’re in for trouble when your columnist takes a page from the book of Dowd, reducing the massive conflict going on between Saddam and, well, just about everybody to a silly personal spat between the Husseins and the Bushes, as if they lived on opposing Ozark hillsides and were a-fussin’ and a-feudin’ over a stolen pig.
Sigh pet sex stories. Isn’t it irritating when you’re forced to feel embarrassed for these people who unwittingly make fools of themselves in national print and online media? I’m not even going to talk about the pangs of sympathy I feel for all the millions of people around here (this is thre Bay Area, remember) and elsewhere in the nation who will read something of this brand of idiocy and just cackle with pleasure, thinking it a real zinger. Those poor, poor people.
First, Bush insisted that Saddam allow arms inspectors into Iraq. Second, Saddam said, “Okay, bring ‘em on. We have nothing to hide.” Third, Bush said, “He’s bluffing. We’re not sending any inspectors.”
If anybody else had been president (except maybe Papa Bush), arms inspectors would have been on the next flight to Baghdad. If Saddam was bluffing, there was one sure way to prove it: Call his bluff.
If you think the two situations are really comparable, then you must be playing a wildly different game of poker than I’m used to.
Apparently in your version, when you call the bluffing player, he’s allowed to appeal to the other players for extensive negotiation on the subject first, and the other players, being jealous and apprehensive of the fact that you hold most of the aces, readily agree to this. The bluffer then discusses that he may be amendable to laying down his cards, but not all of them. Certainly not the two that are most personally dear to him. Secondly, he will only lay down one card per hour, and furthermore, if he ever suspects that you’re using this call to unfairly advantage yourself in the game, he will immediately cover his cards again and tell you to go to hell.
And all the while he’s been fingering his left hand pocket with his other hand, trying desperately to get at that ace of spades before you really force him to lay them down.
Is that the game of poker you play?
No?
Then kindly shut the hell up until you know what you’re talking about.
But Bush is not as stupid as he pretends to be pony penetration. And I’d guess, all kidding aside, that he’s a pretty decent poker player. So when Bush does something that appears not to make sense, as in this case, look for the hidden agenda.
In this case, the hidden agenda is Bush’s burning desire to invade Iraq and kill Saddam Hussein, the man who tried to kill his father.
It’s nice that he won’t let more than a couple paragraphs go by without claiming that this is just another Bush/Hussein grudge-match, with two rich men whipping it out to see whose is bigger. It’s quite a nice way of brushing aside all those complicated strategic and geopolitical issues, isn’t it? Can’t let the audience’s attention wander, can we? After all, we’re talking about people who think it’s uproariously funny to make “dumb Bush” jokes.
If the arms inspectors had gone in, the problem with Iraq building weapons of mass destruction (our kind of weapons) could have been resolved without war.
Weapons inspections didn’t “stop” or “resolve” Saddam’s programs. At best, they slowed them down, especially since the inspections were never unhindered or cooperated with, and there is every indication that Saddma will be playing that same game if they return.
But Bush doesn’t want a peaceful resolution to the Iraq problem. He wants a war that will conclude with chaos. That will require us to establish permanent military bases in Iraq.
The Bush plan (actually developed by then-Defense Secretary Dick Cheney in 1992 and at that time called Defense Policy Guidance) is to maintain American dominance over the whole world. Right now, our permanent presence in southwest Asia is a mite weak, because nobody wants us there.
Sigh.
There it is again. The sadness.
The US is taking steps to make sure that there are no nations or entities in the world that would threaten us indian beastiality fantasy.
Do you hear that?
It’s the hordes of idiotarians gasping, “He admitted it! He admitted Bush is building an empire!”
Please sit down and take your fucking valium.
Erasing aggressive credible and non-trivial threats is not the same thing as establishing dominion over the world. Newsflash, friend: The American people don’t want an empire. Bush doesn’t want an empire. Cheney doesn’t want an empire. Rumsfield doesn’t want an empire. Powell doesn’t want an empire.
What all of these people do want, however, and what they are in the process of bringing about, is a world where there is no power that exists that both can and would threaten us. It’s not the same thing.
But of course, that doesn’t matter, because even though it isn’t the same, to people who accuse the US of creating an empire, that situation is just as bad.
They never say this, and I’m not even sure if some of them realize it themselves, but what they really want is a world where the United States is held in check by some alternate power, and if that power is Saddam Hussein, so be it. I’m sure they’d happily prefer that it was some sort of progressive force for enlightenment like the Soviet Union (ah, those were the days, weren’t they?), but for now Saddam will do. At least he isn’t white.
They want someone, something out there that is able to threaten us, because the US needs to be restrained in its evil, capitalistic behavior. They know that culturally and economically we will dominate the world unless we have some sort of serious opposition that constrains us. And what keeps them up at night is the idea that this will happen without us even trying to do it.
I always wonder how sincerely they believe their own rhetoric about clandestoine efforts to economically and culturally enslave the entire world looking for animal sex story. Can they really be serious? Do they really refuse to realize that the rest of the world, if given the honest choice, would like to become like we are, and that this will happen just by itself eventually?
Well, whether they recognize the real mechanism behind this transformation, the fact remains that it would be an abomination to them. The US is so crass, so greedy, so uncultured, so ingenuine, so gauche. Pick your favorite leftist boogeyman. Either way, what the world really needs is America kept in check, no matter what kind of entity is doing it.
It doesn’t mean they’d like to see Saddam Hussein ruling the world, or the Soviet Union for that matter, but in God’s name, someone keep these simplisitic Americans from getting too big for their britches!
Read the rest of the column. It’s equal parts stupidity and wide-eyed paranoia.
Then, when you notice that swelling hot feeling in the pit of your stomach , just say to yourself, “It’s not that I’m a genius. It’s just that he’s an idiot.”
University or DiversityWhen I first heard about the bombing in Bali, my initial reaction was, "Another terrorist attack? Well, of course."
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
A taste, just a taste...
news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
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
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
"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.
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism,
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
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the Feds know about it.
looks like a green light, no?
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
I finally went and did it.
Either that, or I now have to admit the existence of clairvoyance.
rivals.
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
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
So welcome. If this is the first and/or only post you can see, it means I haven't imported my archives from Blogspot yet,
course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
them into a thin paste of protein on a cave wall, to wipe out every last vestige of the disgusting stain they have left
we could go and stop the Soviets and all their expansionist hijinks, but then we'd like, have to go all the way over to
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
Maybe I can't change the fact that I have to be intimately confronted with the death and pain in order to really feel the
the not-being-a-jerk department.
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?
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
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 see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
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,
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
You mean everyone in America aren't like San Franciscans?
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
Yes, well I suppose you're suggesting that we would be well-served to wait for this "final proof," then? Very well. I'll
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
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.
hacky-sack?"
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
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
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
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of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
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
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
hacky-sack?"
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
making a point of reading in depth about any such future atrocity to ensure that I don't allow myself to be instantly "over it."
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
Finally, long after the fad has grown tiresome, everyone's attention turns to another scrap of dogma for the next decade.
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
we could go and stop the Soviets and all their expansionist hijinks, but then we'd like, have to go all the way over to
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join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
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?"
making a point of reading in depth about any such future atrocity to ensure that I don't allow myself to be instantly "over it."
news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
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
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):
The experience made me think of the instructions from all corners of the media after 9/11 that what we, as Americans,
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
rivals.
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
Wheeler Hall last spring.
anger that is so justifiable -no, demanded- by these despicable acts, but if that must be the case, then from on, I'll be
news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
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
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
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"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
Finally, long after the fad has grown tiresome, everyone's attention turns to another scrap of dogma for the next decade.
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
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
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
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
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.
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
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
making a point of reading in depth about any such future atrocity to ensure that I don't allow myself to be instantly "over it."
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
When I first heard about the bombing in Bali, my initial reaction was, "Another terrorist attack? Well, of course."
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United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
and eastern Europe, Australia and the middle east. Is that not multilateralism?
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
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."
rivals.
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
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
You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like that.
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
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,
cause, but I,
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
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
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
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
Wheeler Hall last spring.
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.
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
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
superiority.
about equal probability.
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
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
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
And exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
superiority.
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
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
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lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
When they aired some actual interviews with the protesters, I started to honestly think they were part of some sort of
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
Wheeler Hall last spring.
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
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!
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
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.
chanting in his face and moved in front of him every time he tried to get around her.
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
them into a thin paste of protein on a cave wall, to wipe out every last vestige of the disgusting stain they have left
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
A taste, just a taste...
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
looks like a green light, no?
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
"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
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
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.
being the reaction described above.
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
of the mass moron movement.
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
making a point of reading in depth about any such future atrocity to ensure that I don't allow myself to be instantly "over it."
military action to counter the Soviet threat was not possible, because of their equal capacity to destroy us through
Finally, long after the fad has grown tiresome, everyone's attention turns to another scrap of dogma for the next decade.
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
occurred, smashing the window of their hotel room.
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."
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
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
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
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
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 fist.
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
So welcome. If this is the first and/or only post you can see, it means I haven't imported my archives from Blogspot yet,
But for now if you all don't mind, I'd just like to stew in my rage for a while, and remind myself in a truly visceral
owned," she pontificated, in that snotty "52% of my clothes are made of hemp which therefore makes me morally superior
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
(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?
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
anger that is so justifiable -no, demanded- by these despicable acts, but if that must be the case, then from on, I'll be
You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like that.
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
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.
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
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"?
rivals.
nothing may stand in our way!
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
conflict.
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
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.
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
of fist.
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that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
Shiite Muslim clerics in Lebanon and Iran have reacted with rage at the Rev. Jerry Falwell for calling Islam's prophet
You mean everyone in America aren't like San Franciscans?
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
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 continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
hacky-sack?"
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
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
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
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,
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
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?
she can last 6 hours). I make this declaration keeping in mind that this does not imply a judgement on the Idiotarian
Either that, or I now have to admit the existence of clairvoyance.
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
conflict.
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
the Feds know about it.
Yes, well I suppose you're suggesting that we would be well-served to wait for this "final proof," then? Very well. I'll
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.
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
hacky-sack?"
You mean everyone in America aren't like San Franciscans?
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
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
hacky-sack?"
According to the president, "we cannot wait for the final proof" that Saddam Hussein's government is planning an imminent
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
predictable frequency. Follow a politician to a school photo-op,
and make them wish that congress had instead passed a resolution authorizing military force against people
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
be harried by idiots who have full compliments of heads and genitals! With the ranks of my imaginary gnomes rallied,
, "I don't believe the American people support this war. Everyone I've talked to is against 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
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