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More Common Delusions
Sometimes a piece is so all over the map in terms of idiocy that there is really no comprehensive way to sum it all up and say “This is why it’s wrong.” Sometimes, the sheer amount of throw-away innuendo, general ad hom insults, brainless platitudes and taken-for-granted conspiracy nonsense just makes me look at it and shake my head and say, “Man, I’m not cleaning up this mess.” Like when your dog gets loose while you’re away and paws his way into the trash can, tracks mud all over the kitchen floor, chews on the sofa and then ceremoniously takes a dump under the kitchen table. You just really don’t know where to begin to address the problem, being overwhelmed by the sheer ubiquitous complexity of the mess.
That’s sort of how I feel about this, “As If it Matters…” The author, Bill Davis, doesn’t really have anything substantive to say, just a lot of sorta clever turns-of-phrase to dole out, and he ends up sounding like a slightly more somber, certainly more earnest, yet equally vacuous Maureen Dowd. We’re helpfully informed at the the bottom of the page that the man’s a playwright.
Well, “melodrama” doesn’t begin to describe it.
Writing and protesting have in common the fact that one has to do each as if it matters. It’s a leap of faith that words put to paper will nudge a consciousness here or there or that raising your voice against the monolithic mobilizing military machinery will somehow put the brakes on.
Alliteration like that should be made illegal. No, scratch that. Idiocy should be made illegal. I know, I know, this worries you. “But who,” you may ask plaintively absolute beastiality. “Will write our plays then?”
Simple. Monkeys on typewriters. Lots of monkeys. Lots of typewriters.
I’m curious whether Mr. Davis recognizes that the amount of monolithoscity in our military machinery that is currently mobilizing is no greater (and probably much less substantial) than, say, his own dear protesters’ pillaresque purity of pensive philosophy.
I wonder if Davis has any real knowledge of how our military operates. A single civilian Commander in Chief, but one whose inexperience in military matters leads him to consider the opinions of sundry experts, both within the military’s command structure and without, among whom, as the media has been all too happy to inform us over the last few months, there is a wide diversity of opinion in the administration and in the minds of the generals who report to them. The only curious part is that before, this was used as a justification to not go to war, because the administration was crumbling apart. “There’s no unity!” we were told, as if there must a single monolithic voice shouting down pronouncements from the mountain of supreme authority.
“People, Americans, countrymen, the Lord hath spoken to me and bade me give you these ten commandments which will lead us to victory over the evils of Saddam!”
For the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and for Bush and company, the protest didn’t matter. For at least 150,000 people in Washington D.C that day, it did. If one letter to a congressperson is indicative of 100 people feeling the same way, what does one person getting on a bus in Wisconsin or Michigan or Minnesota to come to Washington in person mean?
Could mean several things my friend. First of all, it means you can’t be trusted to give numbers about the protest, since reliable sources put it at 100,000 (you might want to look into a lucrative career as an accountant for Enron). It might indicate that there are only about 100,000 people out 270,000,000 who are against the war, but that they’re all really really against it and also happen to have too much time on their hands. And yes, maybe it means that there are significantly more than 100,000 people in this country who think we’re going off half-cocked here, but you might be aware of the fact that the query of “just how many more?” is the $40,000 question horse sex galleries. And polls that actually try to answer that question, rather than simply throwing out vague notions of “more than 100,000″ have showed that the majority of the public is still for the war.
The relief after the sniper’s capture was short-lived since my chosen mode of transportation was Amtrak. Word went out that the U.S. rail system was a target for Al Qaeda according to information coaxed from prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. I decided to take the comforting position that the warning was just more of the same terror alerts meant to keep us all off balance and in our cars buying more gas.
It’s pretty sad to realize that this man takes comfort in the notion of a sinister conspiracy by the US government. But I suppose there is comfort to be found there for such a one as he, where his bizzarro world of Adolf Bush and the global hegemony of BIG OIL is still able to be clung to, however desperate and pathetic it appears to sane people.
In between the terrorist surveillance I read the paper and learned that the captured sniper was a Gulf War veteran and that the gun he used was something called a “Bushmaster.” This, as much of the past two years, comes under the heading of - overwritten. When the motifs and literary devices are too thick with resonance an editor might say, “It’s overwritten.” “Bushmaster” is overwritten. And yet there it is. A Gulf War veteran - a weapon named Bush - anonymous targets - murder maybe motivated by money, maybe not - a combination of pathology and greed - and the streets feel more and more like enemy territory and the populous suffers under a low grade and palpable depression.
In other words: “The point I’m making is ridiculous and has no relevance or the slightest fiber of common sense because it’s all based on silly puns and the like, but, at the same time, there it is!”
Where? I’m honestly looking, and can’t really see anything. Perhaps if I even had an idea what “it” was, I could be more effective in my search. At the very least, I’ll bet “it” is something endorsed by Gore Vidal wife sex with dog.
What with all this conspiriatin’ goin’ on in the above paragraph, one is left to wonder why Davis neglects to mention the perhaps salient point that the sniper was a Muslim convert who expressed sympathy with Al Qeada? Wouldn’t that keep us on our toes and off balance? Then we could go and buy some more SUVs and gas and the like, cuz I don’t know about you, but whenever I feel like my equilibrium has been disrupted, the first thing I do is slap down some money and gobble me up some of that sweet comforting unleaded American goodness.
The chant that defined the protest for me was “No blood for oil.” The Washington Police were great but then so were the protestors; an ardent, passionate and peaceful lot. The image that was most arresting was the sight of the empty White House surrounded by citizens. The “Surround the White House” protest was supposed to have taken place on September 29th 2001. But that day was pre-empted by 9/11. So here it was one year and one month later, the unoccupied people’s house surrounded by the occupied people.
Always inconvenient when the Bush Junta and the CIA creates an enemy like Bin Laden so they can mastermind the death of thousands of American citizens to add a few million to line their pockets, in addition to all those millions they already have, eh? Though he doesn’t say so explicitly, Davis here raises the familiar moan that went across the pantheon of the left after 9/11: “Fuck! All our causes are going to suffer because of this. Damn Bin Laden! Wait, wait, no. I shouldn’t say that. Damn Bush and the Republicans! Yeah, that’s the ticket. I am absolutely sure they actually caused this, if only indirectly. And as soon as Noam Chomsky writes something about it, I’ll be able to tell you why.”
But no need to worry your addled little head off, Davis. After all, the “Surround the White House” gig went off anyway. Just for completely different reasons, but hey, we’re still out and protesting something, and that’s what’s important right?
“As if it matters. k9 erotic stories..” and all that good stuff. Don’t let the cracks show now, Davis! You might actually let on that a protest of a hodgepodge of malcontents, one of which can’t write an article without throwing in just about every silly fallacy and talking point of the left, actually doesn’t matter. We can’t have that.
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,trying to get an education
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
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.
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
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
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that 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
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
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
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,
Wheeler Hall last spring.
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
I finally went and did it.
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
owned," she pontificated, in that snotty "52% of my clothes are made of hemp which therefore makes me morally superior
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
superiority.
Anyway, take the new site for a test drive. Take her easy on the clutch and go steady on the hills, and I think you'll
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
computer systems.
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,
Really, how often is someone able to so perfectly crystallize the dilemmas that will exist a century in the future
Another Australian tourist, 18-year-old Rachel Hughes, said she and her boyfriend had just arrived in Kuta when the blast
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
trying to get an education
Those people are especially useful when they have access to the core computer systems that hackers would otherwise struggle
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,
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
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.
In your face, Space Coyote!
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
but I hope to do that soon. I also hope to win the Nobel Prize in Kickboxing, and judge each of those things to be of
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
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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
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"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
nothing may stand in our way!
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
Either that, or I now have to admit the existence of clairvoyance.
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
A taste, just a taste...
You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like that.
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
lap dance.
Another Australian tourist, 18-year-old Rachel Hughes, said she and her boyfriend had just arrived in Kuta when the blast
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
So I hereby declare myself Ayatollah Mustardah of Blogistan. From this day forward, I will call down, on any Idiotarian
military action to counter the Soviet threat was not possible, because of their equal capacity to destroy us through
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
but they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
looks like a green light, no?
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism,
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
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
anger that is so justifiable -no, demanded- by these despicable acts, but if that must be the case, then from on, I'll be
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
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?
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.
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
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
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
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.
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
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
It is time for a new day to dawn in the Blogosphere, my gnome brothers. A glorious day. A day when no longer will we
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
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.
I finally went and did it.
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
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 don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
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 taste, just a taste...
news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
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Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
we could go and stop the Soviets and all their expansionist hijinks, but then we'd like, have to go all the way over to
Anyway, take the new site for a test drive. Take her easy on the clutch and go steady on the hills, and I think you'll
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
he revealed himself to be a seriously dishonest debater (that, or he was so stupid that it wouldn't be safe for him to
something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
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
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
again soon, didn't we?"
A taste, just a taste...
And exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
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When I first heard about the bombing in Bali, my initial reaction was, "Another terrorist attack? Well, of course."
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
predictable frequency. Follow a politician to a school photo-op,
"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
hacky-sack?"
nothing may stand in our way!
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
A taste, just a taste...
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
being the reaction described above.
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
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
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like that.
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
Really, how often is someone able to so perfectly crystallize the dilemmas that will exist a century in the future
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
serves? As far as I can tell, all they did was take some people who were probably overwhelmingly against the war anyway,
It may be a sad illustration of my lack to find sympathy within myself without reading descriptions or seeing pictures,
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
which is all about the biggest threat to the security of all companies: their own employees.
and that it wasn't fair for these people to stop them, the girl started literally screaming at her about selfish she was.
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
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?
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.
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
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
A taste, just a taste...
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 continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
"The death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
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
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
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
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 perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
go it alone. What he failed to do was tell us who the members of his war coalition are. Why? Because there is no coalition.
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
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
Those people are especially useful when they have access to the core computer systems that hackers would otherwise struggle
about equal probability.
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
owned," she pontificated, in that snotty "52% of my clothes are made of hemp which therefore makes me morally superior
Yes, well I suppose you're suggesting that we would be well-served to wait for this "final proof," then? Very well. I'll
vulnerability.
I finally went and did it.
Either that, or I now have to admit the existence of clairvoyance.
Iranian cleric Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari, addressing weekly Friday prayers in the northwestern town of Tabriz, said
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
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
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
but I hope to do that soon. I also hope to win the Nobel Prize in Kickboxing, and judge each of those things to be of
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
vulnerability.
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
A taste, just a taste...
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
the Feds know about it.
During the last half of the 20th century, this principle was expanded internationally through the United Nations. The U.N.
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
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...
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
about equal probability.
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
lap dance.
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
and that it wasn't fair for these people to stop them, the girl started literally screaming at her about selfish she was.
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!
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
During the last half of the 20th century, this principle was expanded internationally through the United Nations. The U.N.
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.
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
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...
without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism,
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
alternative economy." I suppose that's better PR than saying they want to impose a grab bag full of sociialistic silliness
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
University or Diversity
which is all about the biggest threat to the security of all companies: their own employees.
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
Really, how often is someone able to so perfectly crystallize the dilemmas that will exist a century in the future
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
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.
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
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
During the last half of the 20th century, this principle was expanded internationally through the United Nations. The U.N.
computer systems.
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
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
According to the president, "we cannot wait for the final proof" that Saddam Hussein's government is planning an imminent
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
them into a thin paste of protein on a cave wall, to wipe out every last vestige of the disgusting stain they have left
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
about equal probability.
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
But for now if you all don't mind, I'd just like to stew in my rage for a while, and remind myself in a truly visceral
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
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