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Friday, Dec 10, 2004
weak need
im glad to see that the new york times has such high standards for their intrepid reporters. i saw bullmillers name on a list of reporters that lynne cheney invited to the vice presidents residence after the 2000 election, at which point i regarded anything she wrote as tainted. little did i know the extent of her whoredom.
"BUMILLER: I think we were very deferential because in the East Room press conference it’s live. It’s very intense. It’s frightening to stand up there. Think about it. You’re standing up on prime-time live TV asking the president of the United States a question when the country’s about to go to war. There was a very serious, somber tone that evening, and no one wanted to get into an argument with the president at this very serious time."
Thursday, Dec 09, 2004
its ok, jesus luvs you
"The vanquished know war. They see through the empty jingoism of those who use the abstract words of glory, honor, and patriotism to mask the cries of the wounded, the senseless killing, war profiteering, and chest-pounding grief. They know the lies the victors often do not acknowledge, the lies covered up in stately war memorials and mythic war narratives, filled with stories of courage and comradeship. They know the lies that permeate the thick, self-important memoirs by amoral statesmen who make wars but do not know war. The vanquished know the essence of war—death. They grasp that war is necrophilia. They see that war is a state of almost pure sin with its goals of hatred and destruction. They know how war fosters alienation, leads inevitably to nihilism, and is a turning away from the sanctity and preservation of life. All other narratives about war too easily fall prey to the allure and seductiveness of violence, as well as the attraction of the godlike power that comes with the license to kill with impunity."