“Hey, hey! I have asked you nicely to please stop mangling my merchandise! If you do not stop, you will leave me no choice but to… ask you nicely again.”
-Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
OK, so here’s my question: Which European country is Apu’s statement most like?
he revealed himself to be a seriously dishonest debater (that, or he was so stupid that it wouldn't be safe for him to
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
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
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
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
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
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
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education 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
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
anger that is so justifiable -no, demanded- by these despicable acts, but if that must be the case, then from on, I'll be
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
University or Diversity
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
Those people are especially useful when they have access to the core computer systems that hackers would otherwise struggle
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
trying to get an education
being the reaction described above.
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
I finally went and did it.
and make them wish that congress had instead passed a resolution authorizing military force against people
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
military action to counter the Soviet threat was not possible, because of their equal capacity to destroy us through
to penetrate.
alternative economy." I suppose that's better PR than saying they want to impose a grab bag full of sociialistic silliness
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
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.
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
You mean everyone in America aren't like San Franciscans?
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
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
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
for the life of me, cannot see it. The news showed a clip of a guy trying politely to walk around a woman so self-righteous
serves? As far as I can tell, all they did was take some people who were probably overwhelmingly against the war anyway,
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
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
chanting in his face and moved in front of him every time he tried to get around her.
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
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
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
conflict.
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
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
course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
looks like a green light, no?
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
and make them wish that congress had instead passed a resolution authorizing military force against people
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 boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
vulnerability.
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
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
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
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
lap dance.
, "I don't believe the American people support this war. Everyone I've talked to is against it!"
computer systems.
serves? As far as I can tell, all they did was take some people who were probably overwhelmingly against the war anyway,
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
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
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
that I hadn't thought of it first!
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
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.
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
to penetrate.
about equal probability.
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
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
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
rivals.
After 3000 of your countrymen die in a couple hours, anything less than that is wont to be downplayed in significance
that I hadn't thought of it first!
So I hereby declare myself Ayatollah Mustardah of Blogistan. From this day forward, I will call down, on any Idiotarian
to penetrate.
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
but they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
and eastern Europe, Australia and the middle east. Is that not multilateralism?
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
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
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
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."
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
we could go and stop the Soviets and all their expansionist hijinks, but then we'd like, have to go all the way over to
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
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
he revealed himself to be a seriously dishonest debater (that, or he was so stupid that it wouldn't be safe for him to
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,
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
hacky-sack?"
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
of fist.
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
to penetrate.
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
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
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
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
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.
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
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
chanting in his face and moved in front of him every time he tried to get around her.
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
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
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
that I hadn't thought of it first!
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
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
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
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."
"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
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
owned," she pontificated, in that snotty "52% of my clothes are made of hemp which therefore makes me morally superior
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
I finally went and did it.
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
and make them wish that congress had instead passed a resolution authorizing military force against people
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
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!"
we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
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.
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
and eastern Europe, Australia and the middle east. Is that not multilateralism?
and that it wasn't fair for these people to stop them, the girl started literally screaming at her about selfish she was.
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
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!
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
just now. Admittedly they do face significant challenges in carrying out their duties due to their imaginary nature,
lap dance.
occurred, smashing the window of their hotel room.
for the life of me, cannot see it. The news showed a clip of a guy trying politely to walk around a woman so self-righteous
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
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
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
rivals.
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
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.
being the reaction described above.
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
occurred, smashing the window of their hotel room.
chanting in his face and moved in front of him every time he tried to get around her.
In your face, Space Coyote!
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
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
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
Those people are especially useful when they have access to the core computer systems that hackers would otherwise struggle
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
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
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
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
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
Iranian cleric Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari, addressing weekly Friday prayers in the northwestern town of Tabriz, said
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
again soon, didn't we?"
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
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
being the reaction described above.
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
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 -
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education is
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
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
A taste, just a taste...
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
military action to counter the Soviet threat was not possible, because of their equal capacity to destroy us through
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
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
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
I finally went and did it.
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
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 don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
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
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?
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
Posted by Mean Mr. Mustard at 12:47 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
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
Either that, or I now have to admit the existence of clairvoyance.
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
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
without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism,
It may be a sad illustration of my lack to find sympathy within myself without reading descriptions or seeing pictures,
Posted by Mean Mr. Mustard at 09:37 AM | Comments (0)
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."
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
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.
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
rivals.
last update : 5-2-2012
