>> We've gotta ban that stuff, all the kids are
>> gonna start using it, and then we'll never get
>> them to stop. It's addictive... I've had like 5
>> doses today...
> You think you're far gone? I'm cutting my DHMO with caffeine!
I find that when I dilute mine with malt whisky, I can manage with very little DHMO. Still, it's hard to cut back.
My understanding is that in most countries with a parliamentary system, the PM or chancellor must be elected as an MP from his or her constituency, and likewise the cabinet members. They may not be elected as PMs or cabinet members, but the voters probably have a good idea when they are voting for or against a likely PM or cabinet member.
I don't object to unelected diplomats at the U.N. doing diplomacy. I do object strenuously to unelected diplomats trying to carry out other governmental functions, such as legislation, adjudication, or regulation.
"Flexible moral compass"--what a dishonest euphemism. What is a flexible moral compass? One that can be made to say that NNW is really North? Or is saying that NW is North still acceptable? Do we cross the threshold from "flexibility" into "wrong" when we point West and claim it is North? If one is going to talk about morality, one ought at least to be honest and clear-headed enough not to obscure one's intentions with euphemisms.
Anyone over 40 knows they can find this article at a library.
(Having been a public & academic librarian, I'd like to think
that those under 40 know this as well, but experience has taught
that I can't take this for granted.)
Substantially the same text is found in a book written by Bush 41
& Scowcroft (still in print), so these words aren't going to
disappear from public discourse anytime soon.
Substantially the same passage is quoted and implicitly
critiqued by at least one articulate and widely-read defender of
the invasion of Iraq, namely Christopher Hitchens, so its difficult
for me to see how it can be considered fatally embarrassing to the
current administration--if it were, Hitchens wouldn't even have
brought it up.
It isn't in Bush 41's or Scowcroft's interest to see this article
disappear: now that the utter brutality of the former Iraqi regime is
more completely revealed, Bush 41 and Scowcroft more than ever need
to justify their failure to topple Saddam in '91.
The explosion of weblogs and other peer-to-peer media mean that it is
more difficult than ever before to create a "1984" society.
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>> gonna start using it, and then we'll never get
>> them to stop. It's addictive... I've had like 5
>> doses today...
> You think you're far gone? I'm cutting my DHMO
with caffeine!
I find that when I dilute mine with malt whisky, I can manage with very little DHMO. Still, it's hard to cut back.
The HTTP headers returned from
curl -I http://www.whitehouse.gov/
include a Server: Apache line. The Apache config can be diddled to obscure the version, OS and other bits of info.
The U.S. tilt towards Iraq began under the Carter administration, after the fall of the Shah.
I'm guessing that France and Germany have at least as much to worry about what Saddam might say about their support as the U.S. does.
My understanding is that in most countries with a parliamentary system, the PM or chancellor must be elected as an MP from his or her constituency, and likewise the cabinet members. They may not be elected as PMs or cabinet members, but the voters probably have a good idea when they are voting for or against a likely PM or cabinet member.
I don't object to unelected diplomats at the U.N. doing diplomacy. I do object strenuously to unelected diplomats trying to carry out other governmental functions, such as legislation, adjudication, or regulation.
"Flexible moral compass"--what a dishonest euphemism. What is a flexible moral compass? One that can be made to say that NNW is really North? Or is saying that NW is North still acceptable? Do we cross the threshold from "flexibility" into "wrong" when we point West and claim it is North? If one is going to talk about morality, one ought at least to be honest and clear-headed enough not to obscure one's intentions with euphemisms.
The explosion of weblogs and other peer-to-peer media mean that it is more difficult than ever before to create a "1984" society.