Month: October 2004

It’s quite interesting to see someone who is on the end of the spectrum arrive at the same place as you. I’ve linked a few Christopher Hitchens articles here before — Hitchens, prior to 9/11 was an unabashed socialist, and I couldn’t really stand to read him.
But he gets it — he understands the threat the world faces. For everything there’s a decorum — redressing political grievances is totally legitimate. Even with violence sometimes, when warranted. There’s a difference between acts of war and terrorism or genocide. It’s not difficult to figure out what the difference is — but the people who fundamentally hate the American system choose not to make that definition. In the context of 9/11, perhaps attacking the Pentagon was a legitimate act of war….doing it with a plane carrying innocent civilians is where they cross the line.
Anyhow, I found a good interview with Hitchens, where he discusses some of this.
Now, I wonder what Mister “negotiate at any cost!” Kerry thinks of these views…..

WAVY just played a clip of some retarded woman during Ivan who didn’t evacuate. She called 911 when she thought the roof was going to come off, and wanted a fire truck to come out and get her.
WTF was WAVY running this blubbering bitch? (Because it’s dramatic, or something)
I don’t know how many times I’ve spelled it out on the air preparing for a hurricane. If you’re in an evacuation zone, you’re on your own if you choose to stay. If you die, tough shit. Survival of the fittest. Part of that is not taking unnecessary risks. If you take a stupid risk and die, so be it. If you take a stupid risk, and are scared, I don’t want to hear you whining about it.
Shame, shame, WAVY.

This CD is beyond good or bad. It is from a world where concepts such as “unique” and “indispensible” live happily alongside “hilariously, brain-tearingly wrong”.
Read the review of Has Been. OMG, I listened to the first track on a website…..cover of “Common People” with Joe Jackson.
Indescribable. And I love it! I actually have a reason to go to the record store on Tuesday. Strange.