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A Response to Dave
(This is a response to what Dave wrote in the comments section of this post. Since his comment was rather long, and this response will likely be just as long, I decided to make it a post)
Dave writes that
I generally agree that the class of professional pundits in this country (conservative and liberal alike) serves no other purpose than to churn out steaming piles of self-serving dung. For a bit of insight on the function of the media in general and of pundits in particular I recommend, “Manufacturing Consent” by Noam Chomsky and “Sound and Fury” by Eric Alterman, respectively.
I’ve read Manufacturing Consent. I’ve also read superb refutations which have pointed out that Chomsky is just one shade away from being a bold-faced liar. I’ve concluded, after being forced to read the man extensively by certain teachers, that Chomsky’s popularity owes to his remarkable skill as a deceptor.
However, he has also become wont recently, to make absurd and outrageous claims without even employing his impressive skills of mendacity to lend to them even the veneer of legitimacy. I think this is a result of his popularity among certain groups, whom he knows will believe anything he says at face value. Some of these more ridiculous statements (I’m paraphrasing):
- Not long after 9/11, he told an audience that the US was planning a deliberate genocide of 3-4 million innocent Afghanis.
- He claimed that Israel was openly celebrating the 9/11 attacks because they thought it would give them a chance to really put the smack down on the Palestinians without anyone caring, when in fact, Israel went into a national state of mourning, while the Palestinians were actually celebrating in the streets.
- He dismissed stories of Khmer Rouge genocide as just “a pack of lies,” and then turns around and says that if there was any genocide perpetrated in Cambodia (which there wasn’t!), it was surely the fault of the Americans.
- He is routinely guilty of exactly those things he accuse mainstream media of (namely “manufacturing consent,” -purposefully cutting off chances for debate and instead supplying only the accepted “fascist/capitalist” perspective). For instance, in response to a question about the media’s depiction of Al Qeada being animated by a hatred for Western values (such as civil liberties, etc), he said “[The question] can simply be thrown out. It’s deliberate nonsense and its disseminators certainly know that, at least if they have some knowledge of modern history, including that of the Middle East. Naturally these are convenient assumptions that serve to distract attention from the real injustices expressed, even by the Middle East’s more pro-Western elements…”
So, in other words, “that’s inconvenient to my position, therfore I don’t want to talk about it, so let’s throw that shit out the window!”
Chomsky is an intelligent liar and a moral idiot. I have investigated enough of his statements to conclude that most, if not all of what he writes and says is garbage. As for Eric ALterman, my knowledge of his work is limited to his “Altercation” writings. From those I have garnered avery unfavorable opinion of him, such as his praise of Carter as a worthy recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, and have written about that more than once on this site.
In response to my paragraph about the silliness of saying that members of the White House want to create an empire, Dave writes:
Bush and Powell, perhaps not. Each in their own way is doing the job they were drafted to do. Dick Cheney and Don “Lean Forward” Rumsfeld are another matter, as are the influential defense policy ideologues Richard Perle and Paul Wolfowitz.
No, you’re simply wrong. There is no significant difference between the ideology of what an ideal end point would be between Bush/Powell and Cheney/Wolfowitz et al. The difference is merely one of the degree to which they are willing to advocate the use of force, and what kinds of force and where.
In fact, I’ve read much of that plan that Sorensen says reads like “Mein Kampf,” and again and again, the issue that is stressed is not dominating the world, but keeping the US safe from credible threats.
>>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.<<
You comment here suggests that these alleged threats exist in a vacuum and that if we just show the rest of the world how powerful we are, they will patiently wait for us to eliminate them all until they will disappear forever Horse Dog Orgy.
It is closer to the truth to say that our actions aimed at eliminating threats, in and of themselves, actually create the conditions that give rise to threats.
I don’t suggest any such thing.
I said simply that they wish to bring about a situation where there does not exist any such entity that both has the power and the intention of threatening our security. This can be accomplished in more than one way. One of them is indeed actively eliminating threats through force, but this is only done in the most extreme cases, such as Saddam, where he has demonstarted quite clearly an almost suicidal will to power. But more often it is accomplished through diplomatic pressure and deterrence, the latter of which does indeed accomplish our goals of security by essentially “showing the world how powerful we are,” but not so that they will wait for us to destroy them, just so they will sit tight and not attack us. It’s not our goal to seek out and eradicate every lousy dictator in the world. Our goals are limted to getting rid of those that could and would attack, and if we can credibly eliminate the “would” part through deterrence, that is a much better solution than war.
>>what they really want is a world where the United States is held in check by some alternate power<<
Not exactly. What the Left wants is a world where the United States holds itself in check. A world where we don’t ally ourselves with thugs, madmen, and fanatics one day (e.g. Noriega, Saddam, Afghanistan’s mujaheddin), only to brand them as Evil the next day and deserving of extermination. The left wants to bring about a world where the U.S. recognizes the true roots of terrorism, and refrains from the simplistic and childish imposition of black-and-white, good-and-evil labels on a world that is largely gray. But since absolutism is the core defining trait espoused by conservatives, I don’t hold out much hope for that ever happening.
You imply that there is something morally suspect with allying ourselves to less-than-savory entities and then breaking that alliance for some reason.
You completely disregard any hint of the actual context present in those situations.
- Saddam: He was a counterweight to Iran, which at the time was the biggest threat in the Middle East and the largest supporter of terrorism against Americans in the world. We gave him significant military aid because he was a secular, non-extemist ruler in a place that was threatening to be engulfed by Muslim extremism. We didn’t have any naive notions about him not being evil, but when you have two shitty options, you go with the one that is slightly less shitty, and it was a perfectly strategic conclusion to support Saddam.
It seems that you’re upset over some supposed perception that we dishonestly portrayed him as a great, stand-up guy at one time and then turned around immediately and started screaming “evil! evil!” Nothing of the sort happened.
True, most criticism of his brutality was muted, but that is another consequence of having two options that ain’t so great, and having to choose one. It simply wouldn’t do to speak of someone who was at least a tentative ally as being brutal and evil, but at the same time, it doesn’t mean we suggested that he loved puppies and babies.
- The Mujahudeen: At the time, these people were rebels willing to fight against the Soviets because they had perpetrated an expansionist invasion of another country.
Now, some of those same people are trying to destroy us, when we didn’t invade their countries.
Notice the difference? We supported them in what was a justified cause. Just because they turn around and pursue a new, unjustified one later one does not cast any kind of moral or strategic pale onto our actions.
Saying that they attacking us is somehow just desserts for our aid to them during the 80′s is akin to saying that we should not have given massive aid to the Soviets during WWII because they weren’t very nice people either, and that Soviet aggression post-WWII was just “the chickens coming home to roost tiger sex fantasy.”
>>They want someone, something out there that is able to threaten us, because the US needs to be restrained in its evil, capitalistic behavior.<<
No we don’t, and yes we do. Surrendering everything to the whims of the free market makes no more sense than surrendering it to the whims of an all-powerful state and is nothing short of insanity.
Actually it’s about 50 miles or so short of insanity. The diffence between the market and the state is that people choose in the marketplace. That’s what is the fundamental worry of Islamists, especially since they see it happening right now, under the noses of the mullahs in Iran.
>>And what keeps them up at night is the idea that this will happen without us even trying to do it.<<
What keeps us up at night is the thought that our leaders will continue to equate consumerism with democracy and will continue to push that on the rest of the world without seeing how it is creating the fundamentalist backlash that we are now fighting in our doomed to fail War on Terror.
You seem to think that we’re shoving McDonalds and Pepsi down these people’s throats, whether they like it or not. That just isn’t true. There is a minority segment of their society (a very vocal, and sometimes violent one) that objects to the presence of Western economic and cultural entities in the Middle East, but it is not the sentiment of the population as a whole, because if it was, the market would consign those “intruding Western elements” to oblivion. McDonalds doesn’t want to spend the money putting restaurants in Riyadh if no one is going to visit them.
A useful example of this minority phenomenom is France. Because of the actions of a few arrogant jerks trashing some McDOnalds restaurants, there was a widely disseminated perception that there was a popular revolution against Mickey-D’s growing among the Gauls. But this is bullshit. France has more McDonalds per capita than its European neighbors, and its individual retaurants there are usually much more profitable than elsewhere on the continent. In fact, last year, at a time when McDonalds profits worldwide fell 17%, in France they rose by 9%.
I somehow doubt that it was the American tourists eating all those BigMacs.
>>I always wonder how sincerely they believe their own rhetoric about clandestoine efforts to economically and culturally enslave the entire world.<<
Probably with the same degree of sincerity with which you believe that inside every living breathing person on the planet is merely an American screaming to get out.
If by “American” you mean someone who is allowed the maximum amount of freedom in deciding the course of their life, then yes, I do sincerely believe that the vast majority of the people in this world would take that chance, were it freely given to them.
>>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?<<
You obviously believe that the noble ideals upon which this country was founded are still the principles that govern it today.
I do indeed believe that. In fact, I believe the level of democracy in this country and the adherence to those founding principles has expanded considerably in the last 200 years. Sure, I could do without gun control, the welfare state, the income tax, the department of education and a bunch of other things that have accompanied us in our march from the 18th century, but overall, our history has been one of increasing freedom and enfranchisement, and people who say otherwise often need to adjust their tin-foil hats.
Do you really believe that someone living in some shack in some random corner of the world and whose life is still imbued with tradition, meaning, and reverence would trade that in for the opportunity to live in a place where the only true freedom we enjoy is the freedom to shop, to consume and to pick from over 2 dozen different kinds of toilet paper?
I think that person would opt for, in 2 shades of a second, the chance to live in a heated home and sleep in a soft bed and not have to worry about dysentery or malaria or starvation and know that they’re most likely going to live beyond 45.
It’s idiocy to suggest that you have to give up the metaphysical in order to enjoy those physical comforts. I’m a Catholic, and I see God working in every corner of my world, and revernce for that mystical world is a fundamental part of my existence. So if you’re suggesting that because I can choose between toilet paper brands that I’m a soulless cog in the machine of capitalism, you’re a fool.
Update: Heh Horse Sex Dream… I just reviewed this post and after reading my first paragraph, something struck me sorta queer: “Chomsky’s popularity owes to his remarkable skill as a deceptor.”“Deceptor,” huh? Didn’t know that word existed.
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
computer systems.
without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism,
"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
But for now if you all don't mind, I'd just like to stew in my rage for a while, and remind myself in a truly visceral
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
anger that is so justifiable -no, demanded- by these despicable acts, but if that must be the case, then from on, I'll be
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."
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
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
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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
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
vulnerability.
he revealed himself to be a seriously dishonest debater (that, or he was so stupid that it wouldn't be safe for him to
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
be harried by idiots who have full compliments of heads and genitals! With the ranks of my imaginary gnomes rallied,
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
conflict.
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
predictable frequency. Follow a politician to a school photo-op,
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
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of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
, "I don't believe the American people support this war. Everyone I've talked to is against it!"
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
It may be a sad illustration of my lack to find sympathy within myself without reading descriptions or seeing pictures,
hacky-sack?"
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
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
US: Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, Britain. I know it's hard to find out this kind of
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
Either that, or I now have to admit the existence of clairvoyance.
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
looks like a green light, no?
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
Shiite Muslim clerics in Lebanon and Iran have reacted with rage at the Rev. Jerry Falwell for calling Islam's prophet
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
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
chanting in his face and moved in front of him every time he tried to get around her.
news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
You mean everyone in America aren't like San Franciscans?
According to the president, "we cannot wait for the final proof" that Saddam Hussein's government is planning an imminent
occurred, smashing the window of their hotel room.
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
serves? As far as I can tell, all they did was take some people who were probably overwhelmingly against the war anyway,
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
conflict.
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
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
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
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
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
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
something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
Iranian cleric Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari, addressing weekly Friday prayers in the northwestern town of Tabriz, said
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
of fist.
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
A taste, just a taste...
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I finally went and did it.
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
superiority.
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
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
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
I finally went and did it.
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
Shiite Muslim clerics in Lebanon and Iran have reacted with rage at the Rev. Jerry Falwell for calling Islam's prophet
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
cause, but I,
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
After 3000 of your countrymen die in a couple hours, anything less than that is wont to be downplayed in significance
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
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
alternative economy." I suppose that's better PR than saying they want to impose a grab bag full of sociialistic silliness
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
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
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
of fist.
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
act such as this. In a few days or weeks, I'm sure it will subside to a colder, more focused resolution to continue to
who has been deprived of food for at least 6 hours - sounds like an unusually cruel thing to do, I know, but I'm sure
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rivals.
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
the Feds know about it.
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
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 book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
computer systems.
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education is
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
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
, "I don't believe the American people support this war. Everyone I've talked to is against it!"
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
Saddam is so hot to get his grubby hands on nukes is enough evidence of aggression. What's he going to do with them once
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
be harried by idiots who have full compliments of heads and genitals! With the ranks of my imaginary gnomes rallied,
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
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
When I first heard about the bombing in Bali, my initial reaction was, "Another terrorist attack? Well, of course."
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
cause, but I,
We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
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
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
which is all about the biggest threat to the security of all companies: their own employees.
And exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
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
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
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
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
the not-being-a-jerk department.
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
conflict.
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
of the mass moron movement.
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
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
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
"The death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
University or Diversity
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like that.
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
Wheeler Hall last spring.
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
Those people are especially useful when they have access to the core computer systems that hackers would otherwise struggle
"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
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."
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
she can last 6 hours). I make this declaration keeping in mind that this does not imply a judgement on the Idiotarian
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
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
US: Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, Britain. I know it's hard to find out this kind of
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
US: Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, Britain. I know it's hard to find out this kind of
vulnerability.
computer systems.
without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism,
them into a thin paste of protein on a cave wall, to wipe out every last vestige of the disgusting stain they have left
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
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
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
occurred, smashing the window of their hotel room.
I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
Those people are especially useful when they have access to the core computer systems that hackers would otherwise struggle
"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
During the last half of the 20th century, this principle was expanded internationally through the United Nations. The U.N.
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
cause, but I,
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