The innocence of children. Both sweet and sad at the same time, isn’t it? While the adults of the world have to busy themselves with an often unpleasant and messy reality, we can always look wistfully at the simple worldview of children and sigh enviously, seeing through their naive eyes a world where the answers are always clear, always obvious, and wisdom is to be found in the most basic of emotional urges, completely unhinged from the burdensome requirements of any kind of reason. People should love each other, so it must be the case that they naturally do, if only we would all stop hating each other and let them. Like I said, sweet. But it is also sad to look into the cognition of wide-eyed innocent children, since we know that someday, the angry hand of reality will swing down and leave a nasty red mark on their cheek and a tear in their eye german shepherd beastiality. Eventually they will see how ugly the world can be, how resolutely determined some people are to do the worst kinds of evil, and that it’s not a matter of giving them enough hugs or puppies to dissuade them from evil, but rather sending enough bombs and bullets their way to dissuade them from living. The children will learn, harshly, that sometimes this is the only way, and even when it is not, there still often exists no “good” solutions to problems, only those that are somewhat less awful. And often, those lessons will be supremely painful, because they will shatter a beautiful world, and all the lovely delusions that went it. It is for this reason that I weep for children.
Nauseated yet? Now then bestiality. Replace “children” with “the Left.”
Still works, doesn’t it?
One of the saddest propensities of the Left has always been to appeal to “the insight of children,” thinking that somehow innocence is the same as wisdom, and that naive gut emotional reactions to world problems are not only cute, but intellectually instructive. Describe the Cold War and MAD to a six year old and one wouldn’t be surprised to hear “That’s dumb. People should throw their nuclear bombs away and buy people food and homes instead.”
At this point everyone sighs and thinks, “How adorable!” But that’s where the unity of reaction ends first time beastiality. Most of those on the Right would probably then think something along the lines of “What a shame we live in a world where things just don’t work that way and we have to deal the best we can with the ugliness and violence that all too often lives in the human soul. Anyway, keep buggering on, lads…” And those on the Left hear the child’s proscription for world peace and happiness and slap their foreheads, saying “Well of course! Why didn’t we think of that?”
In other words, they’d like to teach the world to sing deer fucking woman beastiality. Those hardheads on the Right meanwhile are simply too busy bloodying their hands trying to protect themselves and their singing neighbors from the nasty folk who, for whatever reason, aren’t interested in learning to sing no matter how badly someone wants to teach them and instead would be perfectly happy ripping out your vocal chords, burning down your house, and raping your daughter.
It isn’t really surprising that the Left would be so interested in the viewpoints of children, since at base so many of their beliefs are so very childlike, arising from the faith that if they just want it badly enough (and are pure of heart, of course!) they can create a perfectly harmonious world through sheer will. After all, they see how great everything would be if people simply put down their bombs and started giving group hugs all around and sharing everything they had with everyone else, so how could anyone else fail to do so?
It is with this same fundamental mindset that Common Dreams posts a transcript of a speech given by a 12 year old girl at a peace rally in Maine. I’m not going to go through the thing and pick out the almost uncountable errors and fallacies, because fisking a prepubescent just seems useless and in bad form, like getting in a boxing ring and beating the snot out of a bunny rabbit. I mean really, what’s the point?
I don’t call attention to this piece to highlight the foolishness of the girl. Pre-teens are allowed to be foolish. If they weren’t, where would the fun be in parenting? Rather, I do it to highlight the fact that this website, a perfect emblem of progressive thinking, has seen fit to print the words of a 12 year old girl, thinking that somehow her horribly flawed, but sincerely earnest and kind concerns contain the answers to the strategic, geopolitical and moral questions of the day. Can you even begin to guess what kind of piercing insight she offers up about war?
(I’ll give you a hint: she doesn’t think it’s good)
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.to penetrate.
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
rivals.
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
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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
I finally went and did it.
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
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
lap dance.
course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
Really, how often is someone able to so perfectly crystallize the dilemmas that will exist a century in the future
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
nothing may stand in our way!
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
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
something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
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.
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
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
You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like that.
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
who like to chant slogans and can't come up with any better rhyme than something that has to do with the number "four" and "war."
Either that, or I now have to admit the existence of clairvoyance.
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
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,
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
which is all about the biggest threat to the security of all companies: their own employees.
news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
alternative economy." I suppose that's better PR than saying they want to impose a grab bag full of sociialistic silliness
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
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!"
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
the not-being-a-jerk department.
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
"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
but they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
When they aired some actual interviews with the protesters, I started to honestly think they were part of some sort of
Either that, or I now have to admit the existence of clairvoyance.
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
nothing may stand in our way!
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
It may be a sad illustration of my lack to find sympathy within myself without reading descriptions or seeing pictures,
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
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
course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
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
Mr Mitnick even had to get permission from his probation officer to use a computer to write his book, The Art Of Deception,
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
she can last 6 hours). I make this declaration keeping in mind that this does not imply a judgement on the Idiotarian
something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
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to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
again soon, didn't we?"
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
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
And exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
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
alternative economy." I suppose that's better PR than saying they want to impose a grab bag full of sociialistic silliness
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
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.
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
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
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
chanting in his face and moved in front of him every time he tried to get around her.
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
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.
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
The experience made me think of the instructions from all corners of the media after 9/11 that what we, as Americans,
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
military action to counter the Soviet threat was not possible, because of their equal capacity to destroy us through
When they aired some actual interviews with the protesters, I started to honestly think they were part of some sort of
When they aired some actual interviews with the protesters, I started to honestly think they were part of some sort of
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
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.
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
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
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
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,
It may be a sad illustration of my lack to find sympathy within myself without reading descriptions or seeing pictures,
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
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
Wheeler Hall last spring.
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
and make them wish that congress had instead passed a resolution authorizing military force against people
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
When I first heard about the bombing in Bali, my initial reaction was, "Another terrorist attack? Well, of course."
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
predictable frequency. Follow a politician to a school photo-op,
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
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
Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
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
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.
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
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
Another Australian tourist, 18-year-old Rachel Hughes, said she and her boyfriend had just arrived in Kuta when the blast
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
vulnerability.
serves? As far as I can tell, all they did was take some people who were probably overwhelmingly against the war anyway,
"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
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
of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
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
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
something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
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
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
After 3000 of your countrymen die in a couple hours, anything less than that is wont to be downplayed in significance
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
cause, but I,
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
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
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.
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
University or Diversity
, "I don't believe the American people support this war. Everyone I've talked to is against it!"
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like that.
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
serves? As far as I can tell, all they did was take some people who were probably overwhelmingly against the war anyway,
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
nothing may stand in our way!
According to the president, "we cannot wait for the final proof" that Saddam Hussein's government is planning an imminent
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
I finally went and did it.
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
Mr Mitnick even had to get permission from his probation officer to use a computer to write his book, The Art Of Deception,
Yes, well I suppose you're suggesting that we would be well-served to wait for this "final proof," then? Very well. I'll
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
but they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
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
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
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
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.
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
nothing may stand in our way!
According to the president, "we cannot wait for the final proof" that Saddam Hussein's government is planning an imminent
looks like a green light, no?
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
trying to get an education
In your face, Space Coyote!
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
superiority.
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
cause, but I,
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
It may be a sad illustration of my lack to find sympathy within myself without reading descriptions or seeing pictures,
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
the Feds know about it.
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
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,
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
Finally, long after the fad has grown tiresome, everyone's attention turns to another scrap of dogma for the next decade.
about equal probability.
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
that I hadn't thought of it first!
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
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 blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
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.
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
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
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
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."
she can last 6 hours). I make this declaration keeping in mind that this does not imply a judgement on the Idiotarian
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education is
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
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
news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
but they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
that I hadn't thought of it first!
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.
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
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 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
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
nothing may stand in our way!
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
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
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
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
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
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