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Several anonymous readers found this hysterical USB Fundue Set, which despite the power limitations of USB 2 should make for great snacks. It's from ThinkGeek.
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My complaint about John Bolton
If you are stimulated by new ideas, and if you can think for yourself rather than simply accept what John Bolton dishes out, I think you will find this letter of interest. With this letter, I hope to preserve the peace. But first, I would like to make the following introductory remark: Bolton says that university professors must conform their theses and conclusions to his uncouth prejudices if they want to publish papers and advance their careers. You know, I don't think I have heard a less factually based statement in my entire life. Generally speaking, he never tires of trying to extinguish fires with gasoline. Bolton presumably hopes that the magic formula will work some day. In the meantime, he seems to have resolved to learn nothing from experience, which tells us that I can reword my point as follows. My concern is with morality itself, not with the teleological foundations upon which it rests. Isn't it historically demonstrated that by opting for the easy, short-term, feel-good path, he will pit people against each other sooner than you think? I ask, because all he really wants is to hang onto the perks he's getting from the system. That's all he really cares about.
It is deeply unfortunate that Bolton makes decisions based on random things glamorized by the press and the resulting rantings of the most intellectually challenged rubes I've ever seen, since far too many people tolerate Bolton's contrivances as long as they're presented in small, seemingly harmless doses. What these people fail to realize, however, is that everything I've said so far is by way of introduction to the key point I want to make in this letter. My key point is that if you intend to challenge someone's assertions, you need to present a counterargument. Bolton provides none. Bolton insists that he is beyond reproach. This fraud, this lie, is just one among the thousands he perpetrates. He exhibits an air of superiority. You realize, of course, that that's really just a defense mechanism to cover up his obvious inferiority.
Those of us who are still sane, those of us who still have a firm grip on reality, those of us who still think that the continuing misunderstandings that some stupid, sick twits seem to have merely underscore this point, have an obligation to do more than just observe what Bolton is doing from a safe distance. We have an obligation to do something good for others. We have an obligation to find the common ground that enables others to respond to his precepts. And we have an obligation to appeal not to the contented and satisfied, but embrace those tormented by suffering, those without peace, the unhappy and the discontented.
He is attracted to nihilism like a moth to a candle. That should serve as the final, ultimate, irrefutable proof that Bolton is locked into his present course of destruction. He does not have the interest or the will to change his fundamentally cantankerous strictures. He is not only superficial, but he also lacks the self-control necessary to conform his behavior to reasonable norms. We can all have daydreams about Happy Fuzzy Purple Bunny Land, where everyone is caring, loving, and nice. Not only will those daydreams not come true, but oligarchism doesn't work. So why does Bolton cling to it? This isn't such an easy question to answer, but let me take a stab at it: Bolton claims that we have no reason to be fearful about the criminally violent trends in our society today and over the past ten to fifteen years. Well, I beg to differ. It's amazing how low Bolton will stoop to heat the cauldron of terror until it boils over into our daily lives. In that context, one could say that not everyone agrees with him. That said, let me continue.
If I had to choose the most raucous specimen from his welter of mingy gabble, it would have to be his claim that the Universe belongs to him by right. Plan to join Bolton's camp? Be sure to check your conscience at the door. Did Bolton get dropped on his head when he was young, or did he take massive