“The Great New Wonderful” is a powerful meditation on the post- September 11th world as seen through the eyes of the downtown New York City denizens who experienced the terror attacks first-hand.
The film is comprised of several intertwining storylines following four distinct main characters as they navigate through the rough waters of thier lives with the first anniversary of the 9-11 attacks looming like a dark squall cloud over their fragile emotional states.
The cast of the film is as diverse as it is talented and includes Tony Shaloub (“Monk”) as Sim-Sim Salabim, a Persian gas station owner who is the target of the fascist officers of the NYPD Anti-terror squad who threaten to burn down his brother's tabouli restaurant if he doesn’t testify against the local peace loving Imam.
In a brilliant dramatic debut, Stephan Colbert (“Young Gay Ganbangin’ #18”) plays a gay ballet instructor whose fascist-homophobic-white (evil)-Christian-latent homosexual brother joins the Army to get revenge against the “terrorists” even though everyone knows Israeli agents used Serbian Jew double bluff to convince them to murder 3,000 American civilians.
Colbert is dynamic in dealing with his brother fighting an illegal war while having to resolve his own gender based issues regarding his slim chances of having publicly funded Sexual Realignment surgery in Norway.
The emotional heart of this film is Ilene, who is played by Maggie Gyllenhaal (“Johns Hopkins University Medical Center Museum of Deformities”).
Ilene’s Native American boyfriend was killed on September 11th by his racist-homophobic-fascist co-workers in the FDNY who were exploited by the Zionist Halliburton Oil Mafia into thinking he was an Arab in order to occupy the Middle East’s Oil supply.
Ilene decides to atone for the crimes committed by America and heads to the illegally occupied nation of Afghanistan with the intention of finding Usama Bin Laden and offering him the chance to take her rectal virginity. The scenes between Maggie Gyllenhaal as Ilene and Tim Robbins (“The Dark Truth of Poland Spring”) as Bin Laden are riveting.
Robbins brings nuanced humanity to Bin Laden as he and Ilene engage in some truly
As George Clooney said in his Oscar acceptance speech, Hollywood is always ahead of the curve on social and political issues. This film gives further weight to his already leaden words.
**Three and a half out of Four Alec Baldwin puppet heads.
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While the anti-war movement in America (i.e. hippy retreads reliving the glory of 60’s era America and the foaming at the mouth demon spawn of the Daily Kos) loudly proclaim with sublime self-satisfaction that the War on Terror is just about oil, America's chief rivals have been plotting a course that could actually lead to an epic showdown for control of the world's energy supply.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is a conglomeration of Russia, China, and several still loyal former Soviet satellite nations. The SCO on its surface was formed as a reaction to the new realities brought about by the attacks of September 11th, with 'regional defense' as its stated goal, but as makes clear, it's goals reach beyond that stated purpose, leaning more towards a counter-weight to NATO’s expansion and a blowback against the spread of freedom in Eurasia which threatens the dictatorships that have been unopposed for decades.
If the SCO desires to weaken American influence in their collective backyards, the organization will ultimately fail as America has become an indispensable economic and cultural force.
The SCO can, however, succeed in splitting the region into poles with the SCO on one side and the U.S and it's loyal allies like India, Japan, Australia, and the Philippines on the other. This polarization would exacerbate already existing tensions between regional rivals.
While the MSM reports daily on non-news like Abu Gharib and the conditions of terrorists at Guantanomo Bay, they choose to overlook events that could lead to criticism of their beloved China who (unlike evil America), puts an emphasis on collectivism and not individuality.
To be frank, China behaves the way America is accused of behaving.
The Chinese cut deals with oil rich dictators in Africa, they flout International Law on detention of political dissidents, and they have occupied a sovereign nation (Tibet) for decades.
Now China and Japan, two nations with millennia of history between them and memories twice as long, are butting heads over large natural gas reserves in the Sea of Japan (or Sea of China) with both nations desperate to feed their energy needs.
When you have two nations arguing over which owns the sea, can escalation be far off? Add to this the “anti-separation” language in the SCO charter (which is obviously aimed at the Taiwanese), and you could have the beginnings of a major war.
This really will test the MSM and their influence over the American public. Could America stand up to the SCO if we are browbeaten into impotence by the constant barrage of anti-American stories? Allowing this power play by Russia and China could affect the balance of global strength for the foreseeable future.
Russia assumes that it can play Eastern and Western power off against each other. I say this is a false assumption..
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C. speech codes, and we abort our own children before they even have a chance at life.
The USA???
We've suffered 2,500 deaths in 3.5 years in Iraq and the society has gone bonkers over it. Could you imagine if we lost 5,000 sailors in one day as an aircraft carrier is torpedoed by a Chinese sub in the Taiwan Straits?
All China has to do is give us one good shot in the nose and we'll run away like the effeminate bunch of bitches the media has made us in to.
Ever read a college admissions booklet or an article in the New York Times and found yourself completely baffled as to its meaning?
Don't worry, you're not alone. The problem is elementary- you've never been taught LEFTSPEAK.
Leftspeak (not Spanish) is America's most important new language. It dominates our university system, and it pervades both our newsmedia and our entertainment industry. To put it mildly, you cannot pass a modern college course without mastering Leftspeak, nor can you function in the modern business world without being sued.
So what is Leftspeak?
Leftspeak is a socialist-Marxist derivative of English that uses carefully crafted euphemisms to disguise and make palatable leftist dogma that are (and have always been) hugely unpopular among the American public. The following is Volume I of The Dick List's Leftspeak Pocket Dictionary.
The Dick List hereby grants its consent for the general public to print and/or reproduce this copyrighted work at will, inasmuch as it is used for educational purposes and/or the public benefit.
AWARENESS (n.)- 1. Money. Usually in connection with a left-wing cause. Ex- "We are holding this concert to raise AIDS awareness" trans.
"We are holding this concert to raise money". Ex- "Join our group and help spread awareness about the plight of the prisoners of Guantanimo Bay" trans. "Join our group and give us money so we can continue attacking America and Bush"; 2.
Favorable and disproportionate media coverage. Ex- "City officals have desperately attempted to spread awareness about the threat of Bird Flu" trans. "City politicians have desperately attempted to get their faces on the evening news by frightening the public with the illusory threat of a Bird Flu epidemic so that voters can connect them with 'protection' and 'security' when election time comes".
CONTROVERSIAL (adj.)- Bad. Disliked.
Malignant. Most often used in the news media to describe any person, concept, or thing that runs afoul of left-wing orthodoxy. Ex- "Congress is set to vote on a controversial new tax-cutting proposal today, which will likely cut funding to schools by over 30%" trans.
"Conservatives in congress have come up with an evil, malignant new tax cutting plan that will make the rich richer by robbing our children of their education".
DIVERSE (adj.)- Having a significant percentage of people who are not of European descent and/or are not heterosexual.
Ex- "This party is very diverse!" trans. "This party has a relatively large proportion of black skinned, Muslim, Hispanic, east Asian, and/or gay people".
Note that 'diverse' usually does not apply to gender. A party with an equal amount of Irish men and women is not diverse. Cf.
leftspeak 'Diversity', where gender is considered.
DIVERSITY (n.)- A skin-color based quota.
Sometimes expanded to include gender and/or sexual orientation. Ex- "Solomon Smith Barney is committed to diversity in the workplace" trans. "Solomon Smith Barney uses a skin color based quota when hiring new applicants".
Ex- "This college lacks gender diversity" trans. "This college has too many men and thus requires a quota to admit more women".
EMPOWER (v.
)- To put into practice a left-wing social engineering and/or brainwashing project. Ex- "The young latina women of P.S.
185 were empowered today to stand up for reproductive rights" trans. "Poor inner-city girls were taught by their teachers today that abortion is a good, responsible, and acceptable course of action if they become pregnant". Ex- "Our goal is to empower women to achieve true diversity in today's boardrooms" trans.
"Our goal is to enact a gender based quota to make sure that there are at least 50% women in boardrooms, regardless of their qualifications". See also Empowerment.
FASCIST (n.
, adj.)- 1. anyone who openly and blatantly opposes left-wing dogma; 2.
A practicing Christian; 3. A Jew in favor of Israel's right to exist; 4. A member of the armed forces; 5.
Anyone who supports the use of military force in any instance for any reason.
FREE SPEECH (n.) a/k/a 'Freedom of Speech'- 1.
Expression that agrees with and/or promotes left-wing dogma in public, whether through public speaking, music, movies, television, or in the news media. Ex- "We applaud Michael Moore for his commitment to Free Speech, but we find Mel Gibson's hateful movies to be offensive"; 2. Expression that is carefully crafted as to not offend non-Christians or anyone who is of non-European descent.
Ex- "Art featuring dog poo smeared on the Virgin Mary is valuable free speech. A cartoon drawing of Muhammed is just plain hate speech". Ant.
Leftspeak 'Hate Speech'.
HATE CRIME (n.)- any crime committed by a Christian or person of European descent upon a non-Christian or a person of non-European descent.
HATE SPEECH (n.)- 1. Expression that disagrees with and/or challenges left-wing dogma.
Ex- "Ann Coulter's book should be banned because we should not allow people to profit off of hate speech in New Jersey"; 2. Speech that could offend non-Christians or anyone of non-European descent. Ant.
Leftspeak 'Free Speech'. See also: Leftspeak 'Hateful' (adj.)
IMMIGRANTS' RIGHTS (n.
)- Unfettered amnesty for illegal immigrants. Ex- "As the senior senator from Massachusetts, I feel I must take a stand to protect immigrants' rights" trans. "I, Ted Kennedy, support amnesty for illegal immigrants because I believe they will all vote for democrats".
INSENSITIVITY (n.)- 1. Expression that unknowingly or unwittingly 1) could offend non-Christians or anyone of non-European descent; OR 2) defies left-wing dogma.
Cf. Leftspeak 'Intolerance' and/or 'Hate Speech', where the act of defiance is deliberate. Ex.
- "Nike's ad featuring the Cross of St. George painted upon the body of soccer star Wayne Rooney is insensitive because it could be construed by some as a reference to the Crusades which is offensive to muslims".
INTOLERANCE (n.
)- Deliberate refusal to alter one's beliefs to comply with leftist sensibilities. Intolerance may include the belief that: 1) Homosexuality is wrong; or 2) People who mutilate their own genitals are insane; or 3) Socialism doesn't work; or 4) Islam is violent; or 5) The bible is true; or 6) the Catholic Church is correct in regard to any issue; or 7) Black people are the major source of their own problems; or 8) One should speak English in the United States; or 9) Christmas trees are not offensive to non-Christians. Cf.
Leftspeak 'Hate Speech', which is simply 'intolerance' put into the spoken or written form.
LIBERAL (n., adj.
)- 1. A Marxist, communist, or socialist (n.); 2.
Inspired by Marxism, communism, or socialism (adj.); This word was co-opted from its original English meaning when the labels 'Marxist', 'communist', and 'socialist' developed deeply unpopular connotations with the general public during the second half of the 20th century. Cf.
with the old Eng. 'liberal' (in the political sense), meaning one who supports the free market, private property, protection from government intervention, free speech, and minimal taxes. An anti-royalist libertarian.
The founding fathers of the United States were considered 'liberal', in the old sense of the word.
MULTICULTURAL (adj.)- Multiracial.
Leftspeak often confuses the concepts of 'culture' and 'race'. Not to be confused with the mod. Eng.
'multicultural', literally meaning "of many cultures". Syn. Leftspeak 'Diverse'.
MULTICULTURALISM (n.)- 1. The ideology that any person, place, thing, or concept related to the Western tradition is inferior to any person, place, thing, or concept related to any non-Western tradition; 2.
The systematic subversion of Western Culture and Civilization though the media, schools, and the university system.
PROGRESSIVE (n., adj.
)- 1. A Marxist, communist, or socialist (n.); 2.
Inspired by Marxism, communism, or socialism (adj.) Syn. Leftspeak 'Liberal'.
When the word 'liberal' began to become to closely connected with Marxism and socialism (and thus became unpopular among the public) during the late 1980s and 1990s, many 'liberals' abandoned that label in favor of 'progressive', which derives from the English word 'Progress', meaning to forge ahead. Cf. mod.
Eng. 'Regress' (v.), meaning to go back or revert to an old form or way- perhaps a more apt description.
QUAGMIRE (n.)- Any military operation: 1) involving ground troops; OR 2) lasting over one week in duration; OR 3) resulting in over 20 casualties.
REDISTRIBUTE (v.
)- To tax and spend, usually upon a bloated social program or welfare system. Ex- "The democratic party strongly supports the redistribution of resources so that everyone can have a chance at the American dream" trans. "The democratic party wants to tax the hell out of you and give your money to lazy bums who sit on their ass all day long".
REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS (n.)- Abortion. Ex- "Our party strongly supports women's' reproductive rights" trans.
"Our party strongly supports the abortion of human fetuses".
TOLERANCE (n.)- Acceptance as equal, especially when it comes to deviant sexual behavior and/or beliefs.
Ex- "Boston University believes in tolerance of the transgender lifestyle" trans. "Boston University expects every student to accept people who mutilate their genitals as completely normal and equal to themselves". Cf.
mod. Eng. 'Tolerance- the act of putting up with somebody or something irritating or otherwise unpleasant'.
TORTURE (v.)- 1. To hold terrorists and/or criminals in conditions inferior to that of a hotel; 2) to throw a koran in the toilet.
TRANSGENDER (n.)- one who has chosen to mutilate their genitals in a fruitless attempt to become something they are not. Syn.
mod. Eng. 'Delusional- one who strongly holds a false belief in spite of invalidating evidence, especially as a symptom of mental illness'.
See also: mod. Eng. 'Eunuch', a man who has had his penis and testicles removed.
Still having trouble with Leftspeak? Read to see the big picture. Terrifying but very true.
***UPDATE*** The P.C. Thought Police strike again- this time in England .
The ad is characterized as 'insensitive', 'war-like', and a reference to the Crusades, which is hateful towards muslims.
Of course, we've added 'insensitivity' to our Leftspeak Dictionary. I don't know about you, but now Im gonna run to the store to buy a Wayne Rooney England jersey and some Nike gear today.
Well, team U.S.A bit the big one against the Czechs and tied Italy so they pretty much ensured they will be eliminated once the Czechs clean up Ghana's trash later this week.
After that, America’s attention will drift back to the majestic sporting feats of the Kansas City Royals vs. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the Professional Bowlers Association. After a brief four day dalliance on the American stage, the World Cup will once again be forgotten until the next one six years from now.
While the World Cup winds down, so do your chances of banging a hot foreign chick by pretending to care about soccer. Now don’t just run out to a sports bar in Manhattan unprepared for the nuances of picking up foreigners who may be here illegally: use these lines that will actually make you seem knowledgeable about the sport.
(Authors note: This is not the trademark TDL fake knowledge either, I’m reasonably sure this stuff will make sense to someone.
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- The MLS isn’t a real soccer league, it’s only made up of people who couldn’t make it on a European club.
- Freddy Adu will bring America to the World Cup finals one day.
- Just because Ronaldo put on some weight doesn’t mean he’s lost his genius for the strategy of the game.
- France is in a bad way; they haven’t scored a goal in their last eight international games...
.until yesterday.
- The team to watch is Sweden- that backfield owns the pitch.
If they score first the game is over.
- Thierry Henry or Ronaldinho? That’s like choosing between a blowjob or anal.
They’re both great but in different ways.
- The U.S was only ranked 5th to get Americans to watch.
They shouldn’t be in the top ten.
- I like the Germans. Klinsman has really brought them into the 20th century.
Listen we all know soccer sucks, but pretending to care about it can really make you seem worldly to women who don’t know better. 11 oz.
Of Vanilla Vodka
Puree the peaches with the heavy syrup; mix with the 11oz of Vanilla Vodka.
Pour 1 bottle of cream soda into tall glass combine with the Vodka and peach mix. Give to woman, have anal sex with her.
Man that drink is good and it works Big Time! I’ve tried to give it to my wife but she just throws it at me and calls me “harlot of Satan.” There’s only so much a man can take, I’ve tried to be reasonable but I need me some.
Luckily I found some Rophies leftover from my Halloween party last year and I slipped them into her tabouli. After she passed out on the couch me and “The Sheen that will puncture your Spleen”(that’s my nickname for my Wang) were ready to knock boots with this Persian princess.
So I started to undress her and stuff boy was she hairy, she’s gotta be the forth hairest woman I’ve boned or almost boned anyway.
Just as I was about to consummate our marriage her brothers that live in my guest house come out of nowhere and start screaming about “abominations against Allan” and how “Martyrdom was the only way to save us from damnation.” By this time my wife had woken up and was seriously po’d at me so she goes storming out of the room leaving me with her crazy brothers who were banging their chests and screaming at me in their Jawa language one of them even called me “Koon Kesh” now how they knew the name that the Iranian donkey herder gave me I have no idea.
After about 5 minutes my wife shows back up and says somethin’ like “Allan’s at-the-bar” and I was like “Who the fuck is the Allan guy you keep talking about?
Are you cheating on me?” After I said that they shut up for like a minute and just looked at each other than outta nowhere they just totally spontaneously combusted all over my living room!
I can’t belive I ran through another marriage so quick and I didn’t even get to bang my wife that hadda be the tenth weirdest relationship I ever had ever.
I’m glad its over though and I think I’m just gonna fly solo in the relationship department for a while. With my Investigations taking me all over the world into dangerous situations and banging hot foreign chicks.
C #1
What does the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi really mean? Well to understand it we must understand where Zarqawi came from, our friends at can help with this.
So all the U.
S. had to do to defeat Zarqawi is ignore him. I feel this is a grand plan it works equally well with girlfriends and bill collectors.
We must also, like all good liberals, examine how his death makes us feel.
As I always say, the fags and elderly Jewish women will lead us to victory in the terror war. That is why I always look to for direction:
Tom Hoover, Deep Sausage Gardens
"The tyrant and usurpers in Washington have murdered 2,500 and maimed and mutilated another 20,000 or so of our children.
Mr. Zarqawi had a long way to go to match that number, by my estimation. "
Michael Miller, Gapping Hole Terrace
"You're joking, right?
Isn't this like the third time this criminal cabal has announced the killing of this dude? One leg or two? Straight out of Orwell.
Nice to see that al Qaeda is still on the CIA payroll, though"
Well said fellas, well said.
It is important to know your enemy. So what kind of Terror leader was
Apparently, Zarqawi wasn’t much of big shot and his death is more or less a waste of U.
S military ordinance because it won’t affect the outcome of Iraq at all because Zarqawi was just a petty waste of space gangster. (He just kinda happened to be the dominant killer in a land of killers by luck I suppose)
Of course we know grief bestows a seemingly normal person with brilliant military knowledge usually along the similar lines of: "Bush lied people died."
A disheveled man walks the streets of a once prosperous neighborhood.
He pushes a large cart; there is the clanging of a large bell which resonates down the empty streets. “Bring out yer dead” he yells, though it only sounds like a whisper. “Bring out yer dead.
”
As he approaches a cluster of homes, people emerge forth carrying the foul remains of their once beloved family though now they are nothing but rotten corpse-meat. They trample each other as they attempt to reach the cart; they slide and crash to the street which once was filled with cars but now is filled with the blood of the unlucky. Is this some far off country I’m describing?
Is this the result of plague, disease, or war?
No, this is the street in front of your house and you are dead. Hurricane season is upon us.
Now don’t be fooled by the Bush administration's ludicrously low predictions for this Hurricane season because somewhere right now there is a storm brewing and it will bring your inevitable demise. In the Northeastern section of America, there has not been a major storm in many decades and this has made the people of that region complacent even as death paces their every step.
Just this past week, Brian “Honorary Belgian” Williams proclaimed “America is not ready” for the Hurricane season.
Williams continued that “Armageddon calls forth for your wretched souls” before crying like a little girl, wetting his pants, and curling into the fetal position.
While most “experts” say we should expect between 13-18 storms, TDL laboratories of Paterson, New Jersey, in conjunction with the United States Climate Emergency Council, has conducted its own research and surmises that there could be as many as 387 named storms this season, all of which capable of drowning you, your granny, and your golden retriever puppy 'Snoogums'.
While some suggest this is god’s punishment for Massachusetts supporting Gay Marriage, a more realistic explanation is the Halliburton Weather Machine Division has conspired with Big Oil and the Spam Food Conglomerate to create the perfect environment for illegal wiretapping of your great aunt in Des Moines.
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Next week: Will Global Warming drive Polar Bears into you backyard???
Greetings, TDL readers. If you've ever wondered how to make an idiotic argument, today is you lucky day.
Below I've posted a transcript (edited for bevity) of a recent exchange that took place between myself and a fellow called "Rastaman" on the excellent blog Making Headlines which you can find in our links section.
Rastaman, our idiotic argument protagonist, argues that overpopulation is the cause of all of man's ills. To substantiate this rather grand claim, he cites that he doesn't see any "agate" in the desert when he visits, and that all of California's ocean water has all turned "orange".
Of course, when confronted with reason, Rastaman goes ballistic and starts attacking. This is the final mark of the true idiot arguer.
Naturally, yours truly handily dispatches this lightweight.
Be sure and click the links in my final response for the coup-de-gras...
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Also, check out Rastaman's musings on "the Golden Age of Earth".
They're classic.
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The fact is we Westerners need to have way more babies. Although the left is averse to babies because it feels they impede a woman's potential, I say babies are good for the future, emotionally fulfilling, and lots of fun to make.
Do any fine-looking, disease free European girls want to help me save Western Cristendom? I'm willing to hear out any offer.
Wednesday, 31 May, 2006
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Oh, but NO!
Look at all the problems facing the planet today. All of them. Look at the single root cause: Overpopulation!
All the immigration going on all over the world, the so-called Multiculturalism, the wars, the high prices, the death of so many species of animals and plants, the crowding, loss of habitat, destruction of wildlands, hell, the permanent LOSS of huge areas that used to be beautiful and full of wildlife and now are full of cement and people.
When I was born, the population of the United States was about 146 million people. It is now over 300 million and rapidly rising.
A decrease in the sustainable birth rate is GOOD. It took 60 years, since the end of World War II, for things to reach this point of mass global depletion due to overpopulation. If the birth rate is declining, that's very good news for Mother Earth and all us creatures on it.
I would be thrilled if the majority of children started to be born sterile. We desparately need to reduce our global population back down to reasonable levels. Then maybe the rain forests can start making a slow comeback and some of that paved-over farmland can be unpaved and farmed again.
Trying to outnumber each other ethnically is suicide for all of us. Not this generation but the next ones coming. Would you like your grandchildren to eat fresh food, or do you think Soylent Green is good enough for your family?
Save them and the planet and stop having kids.
Wednesday, 31 May, 2006
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Rastaman,
All that talk about Earth being overpopulated is a myth. Scientists and other brilliant people have been predicting a world disaster from exponential population growth for the last 40 years but it will never happen.
In fact, world fertitlity rates have fallen since the 1960s. In fact, by current math we are more likely to go extinct than overpopulate. All that crap about earth being overpopulated is a scare tactic forwarded by environmental extremists who despise humanity and wish the Tufted Titmouse to have its own private forest.
Overpopulation is rubbish.
Westerners need to have all the babies they can. The big problem with Westerners having no babies is that Westerners (especially continental Europeans) love cradle to the grave welfare and social services.
Unfortunately, these programs depend on large numbers of young workers being around to support the system. If we don't start having babies, we will have to import workers to support the system. These workers will destroy or drastically alter the predominant culture.
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.Thus, low birth rate + a sense of entitlement = cultural alteration and/or destruction.
This is especially bad for Europe, becuase I would argue that Europe's greatest asset/world contribution is its many cultures.
And if anyone thinks that importing workers of a different culture wont change things for the worse, I challenge them to find a stituation in any of world history to find a situation where it produced a good result. If the Romans couldn't deal with it, what makes anyone think we can?
Thursday, 01 June, 2006
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List Administrator must be in his 20s as he plainly has no concept of the damage that's already been done.
Instead he's focussed in on the economics of a rising population. More money for more people.I've been watching the destruction of the planet for a pretty long time.
The Golden Age of Earth was from 1960 to 1970. There was lots of everything and no overcrowding, and the vast majority of us were happy and making a decent wage. The world economy was good.
Mass extinctions were yet in the future along with the destruction of the forests and the depletion of many resources. Personally, I feel privileged to have experienced that time. The Greeks felt they lived in a Golden Age for the exact same reasons.
That ended when war ended it. What we have now is so very far from being Golden, and it's steadily degrading thanks to all of us making more of us and using up the planet.
List Administrator and anyone else who thinks more people is better, kindly go find yourself a remote spot where there's no sign of humanity and rest there awhile.
Feel how good it feels. Get some perspective over and above the pound or dollar or euro. There's a hell of a lot more to life than that and we're losing it.
Thursday, 01 June, 2006
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Just to add my tuppenceworth in (what an out-of-date phrase that is becoming now! But I'm old fashioned like that): Take a train from the Midlands to London and look out the window the whole time. What do I see?
95% fields, sheep, crops, wasteland. 5% built-up areas. Where is this overpopulation?
I don't see it. Similarly, I took a train from Dublin to Galway not too long ago: same story. It's very easy to talk about overpopulation when you come out of Covent Garden station (blooming hell, I like crowds to an extent, but that was way too claustrophobic for my tastes), but if you live in a rural town surrounded by countryside, like I do, it gives you a different perspective.
The UK could support twice, three times its current population, no problem. Australia, for example, is 99.9% unpopulated in terms of actual square miles of land space.
There is simply heaps and heaps of room for more people on the planet. That's my opinion, anyway.
Friday, 02 June, 2006
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The best thing about your comment is that Engalnd has some of the highest population density in the world!
Ive traveled England and Ireland by rail and I can substantiate that once you get out of the urban centers, there's lots and lots of cows, sheep, and empty space. The United States, on the other hand, has a MUCH lower population density than England. The entire continent is mostly empty space.
Does this mean I want to see every inch of it developed? Of course not.
To address Rastaman, You're welcome to your opinion but I must add that your comments are totally and utterly subjective.
You are, however, correct- I was not around during the 60s or most of the 70s, but don't go telling me that those decades were a magical depopulated fairlyland with tangerine trees and maramlade skies.
Don't take this as an insult, but it seems to me that you accept left wing environmental orthodoxy with little critical or skeptical thought. We shouldn't necessarily discount the the things told to us by MSM and pop culture out of hand, but when it comes to politically charged issues such as the environment, the Iraq War, or global warming, you'd have a better chance of getting the real truth from a ouija board.
Friday, 02 June, 2006
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L A, don't take this as an insult but you are so stuffed full of yourself that you must need a giant shoehorn to pry yourself thru doorways.
"To address Rastaman, You're welcome to your opinion but I must add that your comments are totally and utterly subjective.You are, however, correct- I was not around during the 60s or most of the 70s, but don't go telling me that those decades were a magical depopulated fairlyland with tangerine trees and maramlade skies.
Don't take this as an insult, but it seems to me that you accept left wing environmental orthodoxy with little critical or skeptical thought."
You blaring idiot, left wing orthodoxy my ass. Check it out: I used to go rockhounding out in the Mojave desert, the hills and mountains had seemingly endless supplies of agate.
Now you literally can't find a chip of it anywhere and we're talking millions of acres.
I used to fish along the So. Calif.
coast where you could see bottom 20 feet down. Now the water is orange and you actually cannot see into it so much as an inch. There were lots of fish and all were good to eat.
Now there are warning signs: "Danger, Pollution. DO NOT EAT THE FISH."You talk out of your ass and think you are soooo intellectual.
You have no concept of the damage wrought by overpopulation and the resultant depletion and pollution. If anyone has delusions of marmalade skies, it's you, bud.
I was right, you're too young to know what it used to be like so you think the world as it is today is the world as it has always been.
If you can't grow a brain at least try to demonstrate the minimal amount of intelligence required to know when to shut up.
Friday, 02 June, 2006
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Well, what else can I do with someone who comes off with "Don't take this as an insult BUT..
." and proceeds to mouth puerile inanities at me? This guy is the same sort of lamer who says things like "Some of my best friends are Negroes, (or Pakis or whatever)".
Young wanna-be unread intellectuals are so BORING!
Friday, 02 June, 2006
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Now you literally can't find a chip of [agate] anywhere and we're talking millions of acres. "
So?
What relevance does this have to overpopulation?
"I used to fish along the So. Calif.
coast where you could see bottom 20 feet down. Now the water is orange and you actually cannot see into it so much as an inch. There were lots of fish and all were good to eat.
Now there are warning signs: "Danger, Pollution. DO NOT EAT THE FISH."'
Again, you point out an instance of what you take to be pollution.
What does this have to do with overpopulation?
Pollution and overpopulation are not necessarily related. Nations with low or declining populations- like Ukraine or Romania- are often more polluted than more populous nations.
Moreover, since the 1970s evidence indicates that even though the US Population has swelled to 300 million, its gotten cleaner due to environmental laws. For an illustration, google the amount of smog warning days Los Angeles had in 1977 and look how many less it had in 2005. You can't make assumptions.
What you are doing is equivalent to walking outside to see wetness on your sidewalk and cursing the bad weather when that water could have come from your leaky garden hose, a toddler's spilt cup, or the town drunk taking a piss on your lawn during his way home from the pub last night.
Plus, you are needlessly angry and nasty. And no, I have no negro best friends and I generally dislke Pakis.
Have a nice day.
Friday, 02 June, 2006
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"Now you literally can't find a chip anywhere and we're talking millions of acres. I used to fish along the So.
Calif. coast where you could see bottom 20 feet down. Now the water is orange.
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So? What relevance does this have to overpopulation?
Uhhh, golly, uhhh, mebbe cuz da roks wer der fer towsands uv yeers but lotta peepul wuznt?
An duh watter wuz der too wit all dem peepul livun der n now is so menny peepul dey tern it all funny culer an all duh fish erverywherr all over duh werld am lots scarcer cuz we eatin em too fast? An peepul mak polewshun an is lots more peepul so is lots more polewshun? Uhhh?
There is no "Right to Life". There is no "Manifest Destiny". Human babies are not sacred, nor is human life.
If we really thought so we wouldn't be so quick to kill each other. What rules humanity is not the accumulated wisdom of ages.
We are ruled entirely by greed and stupidity.
Anyone who doubts this may look no further than the history of mankinds wars. We are strange creatures. We all want to live and have children to succeed us, and go to great lengths to ensure this, with the result that our numbers increase disastrously.
At the same time we all want more space around us to claim as our own, and we covet what our neighbors have. So we strive for wealth and make war on our neighbors.
The result is that we end up with less space and more degraded lifestyles as overpopulation and war progressively make our lives more miserable.
We no longer sit around a table in the evening and play parlor games. Instead we go to pubs and drink to excess or lose ourselves in some electronic gadget to escape. At the same time we vigorously deny that there are too many of us, and like L.
A. above, attack those who suggest it or that we cut back on having so many children.Getting old has the disadvantage of having little time left, but it has the great advantage of remembrance of times past.
We all used to have so much FREEDOM. There were far fewer laws and we didn't need many. There was so much more available space, the world was much more beautiful, vast areas were untouched and we were free to enjoy them.
We could go camping in a forest and not need any permissions, or fish in a river that had no catch limits, children could be out playing after dark without fear from strangers. There was no such thing as smog. On and on.
It was just a different world because it had a lot less people in it.We are unfortunately doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past, simply because, like L.A.
, we sneer at it. WE are too smart to make those mistakes, WE know better, WE have a plan. Good luck, L.
A. and the rest of you, I guarantee you're going to need all you can get.
Saturday, 03 June, 2006
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Really, Rastaman, good job refuting my arguments.
Not only did you fail to tell us why pollution is always and necessarily linked to population growth ( ), but you also exposed yourself as a nutbag with your statements like: "human babies aren't sacred". Your remind me of . Go figure.
Here's a thought- If human population growth disgusts you so much, start by sterilizing your children (if you even have any), and then kill yourself. By your own logic, niether you nor your family has a "right to life", so practice what you preach. As for me, Ill just be content with my smog infested overpopulated hell-hole where all the water is yellow, there are no tangerine trees, and 'agate' is just a fond memory of a few whacked-out old baby boomers.
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Monday, 05 June, 2006
So, kids, what did we learn today?
Arguing like an idiot involves six easy, do-it-yourself steps:
1) Subjectivity- base your conclusions on the world around you solely on your own personal observations and/or gut feeling.
Ex- "It was abnormally hot today where I live. I know this not because I have a thermometer or I watched the weather channel, but because I can feel it" or "Blacks are better atheletes than whites because when I was in high school, most ran faster and jumped higher than I did"
2) Huge Assumptions- Make jumps in logic, prematurely connecting causes and effects that are unsupported by fact and/or reason. Ex- "It was abnormally hot today where I live.
Temperatures around the world must be higher than normal. Global Warming is real, and it causes powerful hurricanes" or "Gas prices are high these days. Oil Companies must be price gouging.
Dick Cheney is growing rich on this illegal price gouging"
3) Blanket Statements- Relate various complex, multifaceted issues to a singular root cause. Make sure that root cause is a personal pet peeve. Ex- "All of the world's problems are caused by high temperatures" or "Terrorism is caused by the Iraq War".
4) Dellusion- Ignore reality. View the past through rose-colored glasses. Let pure ideology color your thoughts and memories even though most evidence is clearly to the contrary.
Ex- "Back in the 1920s, the world was a perfect place. Temperatures were low, there was no crime or poverty, and everyone drove a shiny new Model T which cost only $5" or "Socialism/Statism works, it just hasn't been tried yet. Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Castro, Kim Il Sung, and Pol Pot weren't true Socilaists, and aren't valid examples of its repeated failures"
5) Lack of Citation and/or Citation of Unreliable Sources- Just state your opinion as if you are an authoritative source.
Ex- "Temperatures are much hotter than normal. I base this on absolutely nothing quantifiable."
Cite sources who are quacks, idealogues, lawyers, politicians, or anyone else with a clear agenda.
Ex- "Temperatures are much hotter than normal because of the Jews. As proof, I cite a 1938 study conducted by the Nazi Party Comission on Atmospheric Measurement."
6) Attack- When you have a poor argument, shift attention on to the other guy.
Try to make him angry; draw him into a name-calling duel. Ex- "I have no valid points, but at least I'm not a puerile stoopid-head doodyface"
The people of Canada had a rude awakening this past week when their status as true “Dhimmis” was called into question by the arrest of a terror cell in Canada's capital and only town, Toronto.The cell had hoped to obtain 3 tons of explosives to carry out a series of attacks in Canada. With the guidance of former Prime Minister Paul Martin, Canada had acted in earnest to stymie the United States' immoral War on Terror, and therefore buy itself favor with the freedom fighters in groups like Hamas, Hezzbollah, and Al-Qaeda. In last year's election, voters in Canada made the disastrous decision of electing the Conservative Party, whose new P.
M. has made subsequent attempts to repair the fraying relationship with the United States. These attempts have clearly contributed to this near catastrophe in the Canadian homeland.
“The work of my government to attain Dhimmi status by distancing Canada from the Americans has all been undone by the new P.M.” Paul Martin said after learning of the arrests.
“None of this would have happened if my comprehensive border reform legislation had gone through.”
Martin was referring to CL-339, a controversial bill that proposed the construction of a moat between the United States and Canada. “All I want to know is what the Conservatives plan to do abooot this, eh?
” he concluded.
The Dick List has also learned through its annonymous sources in Canadian law enforcement that this cell may be the first time Al-Qaeda has used mentally challenged individuals to carry out an attack. This possibly explains how the terrorist mistook Canada for a country that actually matters.
(The Canadian government has released this photo of the alleged mastermind, Ali Abu-doun Syndromi)
The JROTC is the High School equivalent of the College level . It is meant to further prepare those who would become officers of the United States Military for the menial job of keeping the entire world from descending into chaos.
In order to understand why the city of San Francisco would consider such an absurd position, we must examine the population of San Francisco.
The population of San Francisco consists of a few main groups:
- Current A.I.D.
S patients
- Future A.I.D.
S patients
- Childless women (who will realize too late that a life without a marriage and children is empty and cold)
- Punk-bitches who shit themselves at the sight of a bumblebee.
The result of such a critical mass is a steady pattern of press releases that look something like this:
The reasons given by the City Council for its anti-military stance are reliably gay-centric.
Liberals claim the military discriminates against those of the fudge-packing persuasion with it's “Don’t ask, don’t tell” law. What our Intellectual betters on the Left never seem to realize is that the military cannot enact laws; that would be the job of the Congress who, under Bill Clinton, created “Don’t ask, don’t tell” because they correctly figured that male members of the Armed Services have enough to worry about without having to constantly guard their corn-holes.
Lip service is also paid to the way Womyn are not allowed into combat roles (Of course, the War in Iraq has blurred the lines of combat). But in reality women generally do not have the upper-body strength to withstand the rigors of combat. That is not opinion-that is just a hard fact, but in San Francisco facts are about as rare as a Hippie who showers more than once a month.
(The above picture is reparations for the Homo related image in the body of the post. Ahhh..
.leave it to Adriana to make boredom look so fascinating)
(For more of Adriana looking bored check out)
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