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October 21st, 2004 | One comment - (Comments are closed)
 Because she’d never heard of me, she made the quite reasonable assumption that I was a Dante writer – one so new or obscure that she’d never seen me mentioned in a journal of literary criticism, and never bumped into me at a conference. Therefore, I couldn’t be making any money at it. Therefore, I was most likely teaching somewhere. All perfectly logical. In order to set her straight, I had to let her know that the reason she’d never heard of me was because I was famous. – Neal Stephenson, describing an encounter with a “literary” writer in a quite wonderful interview over at slashdot. His answer to the question “In a fight between you and William Gibson, who would win?” is so magnificent that it would make me go and buy all his books if I didn’t own them already. October 20th, 2004 | 7 comments - (Comments are closed)
So, I have been, personally very attentive to the debates and positions of both candidates, and I have some thoughts which I would like to share with you, my American friends. To start with, Senator Kerry may be a very good man and quite patriotic. Also we have to respect the almost 50% of the American people who lean towards the democrats. I don’t know much about domestic issues in the States so naturally, as might be expected, the position of any Iraqi would be mainly influenced by the issue that most concerns him. Thus, regardless of all the arguments of both candidates the main problem is that President Bush now represents a symbol of defiance against the terrorists and it is a fact, that all the enemies of America, with the terrorists foremost, are hoping for him to be deposed in the upcoming elections. That is not to say that they like the democrats, but that they will take such an outcome as retreat by the American people, and will consequently be greatly encouraged to intensify their assault. The outcome here on the ground in Iraq seems to be almost obvious. In case President Bush loses the election there would be a massive upsurge of violence, in the belief, rightly or wrongly, by the enemy, that the new leadership is more likely to “cut and run” to use the phrase frequently used by some of my readers. And they would try to inflict as heavy casualties as possible on the American forces to bring about a retreat and withdrawal. It is crucial for them to remove this insurmountable obstacle which stands in their way. They fully realize that with continued American and allies’ commitment, they have no hope of achieving anything. On the other hand if President Bush is reelected, this will prove to them that the American people are not intimidated despite all their brutality, and that their cause is quite futile. Yes there is little doubt that an election victory by President Bush would be a severe blow and a great disappointment for all the terrorists in the World and all the enemies of America. October 20th, 2004 | 30 comments - (Comments are closed)
The idea that you can increase taxes and stimulate the economy is pretty damn stupid. Thanks to Instapundit. October 19th, 2004 | 6 comments - (Comments are closed)
You think this is cool? Wait ’til you see SpaceShipTwo. (via Instapundit) October 16th, 2004 | One comment - (Comments are closed)
When under the pretext of fraternity, the legal code imposes mutual sacrifices on the citizens, human nature is not thereby abrogated. Everyone will then direct his efforts toward contributing little to, and taking much from, the common fund of sacrifices. Now, is it the most unfortunate who gains from this struggle? Certainly not, but rather the most influential and calculating. October 14th, 2004 | 6 comments - (Comments are closed)
I won’t live in a country where people aren’t allowed to call me a fag With thanks to Steven Den Beste for the pointer October 13th, 2004 | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)
It is harder to start up a new radio station in Britain than it is to open a Zionist Gay Bar in Riyadh October 11th, 2004 | 20 comments - (Comments are closed)
I’ve searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of committees. – G. K. Chesterton – quoted today on the BBC Radio 4 programme Quote Unquote – exceptions anyone? October 10th, 2004 | 19 comments - (Comments are closed)
To pretend, I actually do the thing: I have therefore only pretended to pretend. Er, yeah, whatever Jack… October 9th, 2004 | 6 comments - (Comments are closed)
Whenever I’m caught between two evils, I take the one I’ve never tried. (I doubt she had politics in mind but…) October 8th, 2004 | 4 comments - (Comments are closed)
You said, “but.” I’ve put my finger on the whole trouble. You’re a “but” man. Don’t say, “but.” That little word “but” is the difference between success and failure. Henry Ford said, “I’m going to invent the automobile,” and Arthur T. Flanken said, “But . . .” October 7th, 2004 | 8 comments - (Comments are closed)
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