licentious radio

Tuesday, February 25, 2003
[10:53:47 PM]

You know what's wrong by who says it. Cynthia Tucker: "Powell squanders credibility". As if. If Tucker thinks Powell had credibility, you have to figure the credibility was a lie.

"...Secretary of State Colin Powell was then the national security adviser who orchestrated Ronald Reagan's decision to give Hussein a pass for gassing the Kurds." [boston globe]

Got that? "He gassed his own people!" And Colin Powell made sure he got away with it.

The guy is black. So f-ing what. He's the house general of the family Bush, a butcher and a war criminal. (How many Iraqi conscript teenagers did you kill today, Col?)

And if that seems unreasonable... tough. At some point we need to insist that we're only going to kill teen-agers and children when there's no other option.

[9:52:46 PM]
Too much corporatism:

1) Microsoft wants to stop spam because they own Hotmail, but they don't want any penalties for spam, because they want a free hand to drown us all in emailed bits. What to do? If you happen to have 30 or 70 BILLION DOLLARS, you just buy a law that says spam is illegal -- unless it comes from Microsoft.

2) Dja ever use "google" as a verb? You'd be building mindshare for Google if you did that, wouldn't you? Yeah, they love you for it, but they hate you for it.

'I am trademark counsel for Google. I have recently become aware of a definition of "google" on your website, www.wordspy.com. This definition implies that "google" is a verb synonymous with "search." Please note that Google is a trademark of Google Technology Inc. Our brand is very important to us, and as I'm sure you'll understand, we want to make sure that when people use "Google," they are referring to the services our company provides and not to Internet searching in general. I attach a copy of a short, informative piece regarding the proper use of "Google" for your reference.'

Ha ha ha. Like they'll sue your #ss if you blow your nose on a kleenex -- not a Kleenex Tissue. And your dealer raised his rates cuz he's got to pay Coca Cola 20 percent for use of the term "coke". I hate when that happens.

3) Interwoven patents source control. Well, in fact, nobody probably ever bothered before to use soft links for files a given user hadn't checked out. Because by the time there was a need for lots of files, the price of disk space was dropping faster than the size of websites was growing. Meanwhile, in this day and age, a company that doesn't patent their mothers would be remiss. The only harm is when psychos use the patents for racketeering -- every time you turn around, another corporation's lawyers has decided they own hyperlinks and anything else to do with the web. The courts eventually smack them down for morons, but in the meantime they've been billing by the hour.

[9:24:56 PM]
Who said "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone"? Oh. I forgot. Jesus Christ doesn't count. Bomb Iraq. As long as you say you're *sorry* and it was an *accident*, it don't matter how many four-year-olds you kill. If Jesus had loved them, they would have been born rich and white and American, yes?

[7:18:03 PM]
Some smart-alec wrote in to the Chronicle: "Huffington wrote that Halliburton provided $73 million worth of equipment and services to Saddam Hussein! ...If these allegations are false, I encourage Cheney to sue Huffington...."

Ha ha.

I'm shocked, SHOCKED to hear people say Bush deserted from the military during the Vietnam War, in which over 50,000 men and women -- who did not desert their duty, honor, and nation -- were killed. Bush should produce the records of his complete service and his drug tests in order to *prove* to these malcontents that he should not have been shot after a court martial.

I'm shocked, SHOCKED to hear people accuse Rumsfeld of selling nuclear reactors to North Korea that could be used to make nuclear weapons. Rumsfeld should immediately say he has no recollection of the multi-billion dollar transactions ever being mentioned in the board meetings.

[6:48:33 PM]
General Ashcroft: "With the advent of the Internet, the illegal drug paraphernalia industry has exploded. Quite simply, the... industry has invaded the homes of families across the country without their knowledge."

LOL. The thing about it is, though, that it's even worse if you think about it for a second: the idea of pushers harrassing your children at your PC is silly enough, but the ecommerce takes credit cards. Kids don't have credit cards.

Note to parents: if your 14-year-old asks to borrow the credit card in order to buy a bong, JUST SAY NO.

[6:33:49 PM]
In today's news, people are catching on to the fact that Bush might not mind weakening the United Nations.

[6:32:38 PM]
'Fitzgerald: Bush talked of assassinating Hussein
By Eric Krol Daily Herald Political Writer
Posted on February 25, 2003

President Bush recently told Sen. Peter Fitzgerald he would order the assassination of Saddam Hussein "if we had intelligence on where he was now and we had a clear shot," the Illinois senator said Monday.'

Bush would be a murderer if he wasn't so ignorant. That's good news.

[6:30:03 PM]
Somebody asked Ari if Bush was giving concessions to countries in order to win votes in the UN Security Council:

MR. FLEISCHER: But think about the implications of what you're saying. You're saying that the leaders of other nations are buyable. And that is not an acceptable proposition. (Laughter.) [transcript]

Ha ha.

There's a joke down in Texas, maybe you have it, too:

Bush was hitting on a woman. She asked if he'd give her money for a cab if she went back to his place for sex. He said "sure". She said, "OK. I want $16 billion." Bush was shocked: "What kind of man do you think I am?" The lady -- by the name of Turkey -- said, "We already determined that. Now we're just haggling about the price."

How come is it that we deride poor women who sell their bodies to buy food and shelter, but the *men* who exploit the women's poverty get off scot-free?