3.20.2002
Look! Joe has a rubber chicken stuck to his forehead!
posted by Anonymous @ 5:29:00 PM
3.18.2002
Sorry. When I assume, I make an ass out of ume. Try saying that on its own. "Ume." Heh.
Anyway, I'm feeling less grumpy and belligerent today, so I'm decidedly more liberal.
And I'm registering as a Democrat, too.
Yayfor me.
Anyway, I'm feeling less grumpy and belligerent today, so I'm decidedly more liberal.
And I'm registering as a Democrat, too.
Yayfor me.
posted by Anonymous @ 8:31:00 PM
Actually, evil does exist. Veronica is the source of it all.
She's one scary lady.
She's one scary lady.
posted by Anonymous @ 3:25:00 PM
And don't shove something like the Holocaust under my nose and say, "Obviously, evil must exist." It's not as simple as that, I'm afraid. I wish it were.
posted by Anonymous @ 3:22:00 PM
Except not. Your answer to my questions is yes. So stop grumbling.
Dukakis was a weenie, anyway.
And you can object until your brain implodes, but you still have to sign up. Sorry, bud.
I have to agree with Hegel on one point. War isn't necessarily bad. Good things come of war, but of course, so do evil things. I'm still not sure if I believe in distinct good and evil. Somehow, everything just seems gray to me.
Or maybe I'm just colorblind.
Dukakis was a weenie, anyway.
And you can object until your brain implodes, but you still have to sign up. Sorry, bud.
I have to agree with Hegel on one point. War isn't necessarily bad. Good things come of war, but of course, so do evil things. I'm still not sure if I believe in distinct good and evil. Somehow, everything just seems gray to me.
Or maybe I'm just colorblind.
posted by Anonymous @ 3:20:00 PM
3.17.2002
Wow, I sounded a lot like one of those looserly card-carrying NRA types that like to hang around in Yahoo politics chat rooms and say things like, "If you want my tax money to go to giving people money to sit around and be lazy bums, why don't you just donate all your wordly possessions to charity and join a Buddist cult, you libbie commie hippie socialist punk?"
Dear God. I'm going to grow up to be one of those types, aren't I?
But that doesn't make my point any less valid.
Oh my. I need sleep. 'Night, all.
Dear God. I'm going to grow up to be one of those types, aren't I?
But that doesn't make my point any less valid.
Oh my. I need sleep. 'Night, all.
posted by Anonymous @ 11:16:00 PM
And the SSS provides you with an escape, namely CO status.
I respect your wish not to kill or die for your country. I respect your desire for peace. But...
Joe, if someone were in your house about to kill you and your family, would you kill to defend yourself? The answer is yes, of course. That's not saying you would like it or take any sort of pleasure from it or not hate yourself for the rest of your life for it. But you would still kill to defend yourself or your loved ones against an immediate threat. If you wouldn't, then forgive me when I say that you lack that vital part of your brain that is biologically programmed for self-preservation.
Now, if a large army were about to invade DC, burn our government institutions to the ground and then turn on the suburbs, you might find yourself in such immediate danger. Even if you weren't immediately in danger, if your country were to be overrun by a foreign invader and be thrown into anarchy or subject to a hostile power (which, by the way, doesn't like journalists), you would eventually find yourself in a great deal of danger.
In that situation, would you take up arms to defend your country? Your home? Your life?
I respect your wish not to kill or die for your country. I respect your desire for peace. But...
Joe, if someone were in your house about to kill you and your family, would you kill to defend yourself? The answer is yes, of course. That's not saying you would like it or take any sort of pleasure from it or not hate yourself for the rest of your life for it. But you would still kill to defend yourself or your loved ones against an immediate threat. If you wouldn't, then forgive me when I say that you lack that vital part of your brain that is biologically programmed for self-preservation.
Now, if a large army were about to invade DC, burn our government institutions to the ground and then turn on the suburbs, you might find yourself in such immediate danger. Even if you weren't immediately in danger, if your country were to be overrun by a foreign invader and be thrown into anarchy or subject to a hostile power (which, by the way, doesn't like journalists), you would eventually find yourself in a great deal of danger.
In that situation, would you take up arms to defend your country? Your home? Your life?
posted by Anonymous @ 10:48:00 PM
Stop grumbling, Joe. If some country were to launch an invasion of the United States, I'd be damn glad to take up arms to defend my homeland; for even though it has some big problems and has a government that leaves much to be desired, it's still my mother country, dammnit. And the chances of the Draft being called up for anything short of a homeland invasion (of the traditional, non-terrorist kind) is extremely slim because the American people wouldn't stomach it being called up for any other reason. Too many people still remember Vietnam for the Draft to be reinstated to fight a war in, say, Iraq. And since I don't think any invasion army is going to be breathing down our necks any time soon, I'd say that the chances of the Draft being called up at all are extremely, extremely slim. (If Bush tries to call it up for one of his little hunting expeditions, just watch the support of the American people evaporate. Just watch. I will laugh. And if he does go on "axis of evil" hunting expeditions, the American people are eventually going to realize what a dumbshitehead he is, that what he's doing is not actually helping to eliminate the threat against America but is rather prolonging the sense of threat to keep his popularity up - think 1984 - and he will lose support. Or maybe I'm giving the American people more credit than they deserve. Well, they're fundamentally moderate and resistant to a lot of radical policy anyway. So... whatever.) And even if it were called up and you had moral or ethical objections to fighting in the war, there is always the CO option, which is a lot easier to gain under the new Draft rules, apparently. Or you could move to Canada.
And don't grumble about captialism. If I hear anyone else grumbling about capitalism, I'm going to kidnap them and send them to North Korea. When they're done with you, you'll be dying for imperialistic American commericalism, I guarantee you.
Wow, I love being almost conservative. It's so liberating.
And don't grumble about captialism. If I hear anyone else grumbling about capitalism, I'm going to kidnap them and send them to North Korea. When they're done with you, you'll be dying for imperialistic American commericalism, I guarantee you.
Wow, I love being almost conservative. It's so liberating.
posted by Anonymous @ 9:47:00 PM
Oh, and I'm no longer available for going to the Prom. I'm now determined to get Allie to come down here and go to the Prom with me. It may not work out, but if it doesn't, then I'll just stay home and watch television or something. In any case, sorry folks.
Emi, you will have a Prom date. Watch me.
Emi, you will have a Prom date. Watch me.
posted by Anonymous @ 2:21:00 PM
Err, why are those little Xs appearing all over the place? Oh... your server is down, isn't it Joe? Silly.
posted by Anonymous @ 11:56:00 AM