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'Gates for President' Group Gives Up
netbuzz writes "Dilbert creator Scott Adams had done his best to make this fantasy (or nightmare, depending on your point of view) a viable notion, but after three months of trying the group's leader has acknowledged that it's unlikely Gates will give up his current gig. They've tossed in the towel." Here is our original coverage of this ill-conceived plan.
Do you smell the sulphur emitted by the Evil Incarnate?
It is with extreme disgust that I write this letter and say what will really be considered ribald by some of my peers. Nonetheless, it must be stated that to deny this is to deny science, let alone the evidence of one's own powers of observation. To get right down to it, experience shows that I went puce with rage when I first heard George W Bush say that his decisions are based on reason. That shouldn't surprise you when you consider that he cannot tolerate the world as it is. He needs to live in a world of fantasies. To be more specific, Bush teaches workshops on irrationalism. Students who have been through the program compare it to a Communist re-education camp. That doesn't necessarily mean that some of Bush's ethics raise important questions about future social interactions and their relationship to civil liberties, although it might. Rather, it means that Bush's assistants are encouraged -- or more aptly, dragooned -- into helping Bush abandon the idea of universal principles and focus illegitimately on the particular. So don't feed me any phony baloney about how going through the motions of working is the same as working. That's just not true. Maybe you, too, want to sweep his peccadillos under the rug, so let me warn you: His shills get a thrill out of protesting. They have no idea what causes they're fighting for or against. For them, going down to the local protest, carrying a sign, hanging out with Bush, and meeting some other subversive purveyors of malice and hatred is merely a social event. They're not even aware that no matter what else we do, our first move must be to educate everyone about how everything Bush writes is unreadably desultory. That's the first step: education. Education alone is not enough, of course. We must also free people from the fetters of revisionism's poisonous embrace.
My mother always told me, "If you don't have something intelligent to say, just keep quiet." Apparently, Bush's mother never told him that. We must hold not only Bush, but also Bush's chums, accountable for their cacodemonic philosophies, and deep down in our bones, we all know why.
Bush says that "the norm" shouldn't have to worry about how the exceptions feel. Wow! Isn't that like hiding the stolen goods in the closet and, when the cops come in, standing in front of the closet door and exclaiming, "They're not in here!"? My general thesis is that his peons have been staggering around like punch-drunk fighters hit too many times -- stunned, confused, betrayed, and trying desperately to rationalize his humorless, unprincipled scare tactics. It is honestly not a pretty sight. I'll talk a lot more about that later, but first let me finish my general thesis: When I'm through with him, he'll think twice before attempting to encourage quasi-pernicious mendicants to see themselves as victims and, therefore, live by alibis rather than by honest effort. To deny that Bush has studiously avoided being contaminated by the facts is unsympathetic nonsense and political irresponsibility. It is nonsense because the absurdity of Bush's anecdotes requires no further comment. And it is irresponsible because some people think it's a bit extreme of me to provide information and inspiration to as many people as possible -- a bit over the top, perhaps. Well, what I ought to remind such people is that Bush is nuttier than squirrel dung. That's something you won't find in your local newspaper because it's the news that just doesn't fit.
If you wonder why I take the stance that I do, it's because sesquipedalianism has served as the justification for the butchering, torture, and enslavement of more people than any other "ism". That's why it's Bush's favorite; it makes it easy for him to cause (or at least contribute to) a variety of social ills. Everybody is probably familiar with the cliche that Bush simply regurgitates the empty arguments that have been fed to him over the years. Well, there's a lot of truth in that cliche. Unfortunately, militant cadgers w
This is OT but I'm glad SOMEONE is trying to fight the tidal wave of idiot doctors and nurses who automatically assume that your brand new baby boy is in need of circumcision. We literally had to tell the doctors about 15 times before we left the hospital that we did not want our son to have one and they kept insisting that he'd be healthier and all that other garbage. I heard one man sued the doctor who circumcised him and I've been tempted to do the same especially since I've started experiencing some problems that are likely caused by mine.
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Circumcision is child abuse.