Tuesday, September 18

LLAMASEX 1:38 AM

for those of you who think I am a big Right wing hating nutcase, I have come across a dishonesty in the left leaning Suck. See this suck article about Dicky C. (you know the Bush wrangler) But that wasn't the only gift that Dick Cheney had for Norman Schwarzkopf. Having figured out that the general was being too cautious with his fourth combat command in three decades of soldiering, Cheney got his staff busy and began presenting Schwarzkopf with his own ideas about how to fight the Iraqis: What if we parachute the 82nd Airborne into the far western part of Iraq, hundreds of miles from Kuwait and totally cut off from any kind of support, and seize a couple of missile sites, then line up along the highway and drive for Baghdad? Schwarzkopf charitably describes the plan as being "as bad as it could possibly be... But despite our criticism, the western excursion wouldn't die: three times in that week alone Powell called with new variations from Cheney's staff. The most bizarre involved capturing a town in western Iraq and offering it to Saddam in exchange for Kuwait." (Throw in a Pete Rose rookie card?) None of this Walter Mitty posturing especially surprised Schwarzkopf, who points out that he'd already known Cheney as "one of the fiercest cold warriors in Congress." But after reading PBS's and Frontlines look at the gulf war Q: That first offensive planning briefing, the one in October.....what is the civilian and Cheney's feeling as a result of that briefing. Atkinson: When the briefing was given in Washington in October of the plan which was known as the one corps plan which envisioned an attack through Western Kuwait, there was great unhappiness with it. The air campaign which had been briefed at the beginning of the overall briefing was accepted almost with question. The ground campaign raised lots of questions both in the Pentagon and particularly in the White House. Brent Scowcroft, the National Security Advisor was very unhappy about what he saw as a very unimaginative drive straight through the teeth of Iraqi defensives. Cheney thought it was just a bad plan. That's how he described it. 'It's a bad plan.' Bush was alarmed by the fact that his closest civilian advisors were alarmed. The upshot was an effort to try to get Schwarzkopf and his planners to think more imaginatively. To look at what alternatives there were to what became known as `hey diddle diddle, straight up the middle.' The belief was that there must be way that American power and the Coalition's power could be harnessed in a more imaginative war plan then simply driving straight into Kuwait. Q: And specifically, Cheney's reaction? Atkinson: Cheney recognized that this plan was problematic not least because it was going to be hard to sell to the rest of the civilian leadership. Cheney did two things fundamentally. First of all he began pressing Schwarzkopf and Schwarzkopf's planners to look at alternatives. Secondly, he began to press some of his own ideas questioning whether or not it wasn't possible to strike way in the West of Iraq to come in through the back door as it were. He took a much more activist role than he had previously in the specific war planning and he pressed Powell and through Powell, Schwarzkopf to contemplate a more imaginative approach to attacking on the ground. So here we are the left media is just as fucking warped as the RIght, All media sucks, don't trust anyone...... end of transmission. comment and join our forums

LLAMASEX 12:00 AM

Well, Bush has called for ol Binny dead or alive, Enough evidence in 7 days, WOW. comment and join our forums

Saturday, September 15

LLAMASEX 12:02 AM

I wrote down some feelings/concerns and upset some people here comment and join our forums

Friday, September 14

LLAMASEX 5:11 PM

The Magic Wondershow By Sean J. Stanley This week: "Apparently, the Revolution Will be Televised..." Reality TV? You asked for it! Maybe that's not a good way to start. In no way do I wish to undermine the significance of this event, nor do I wish to belittle those that are directly affected by this. That is not my point. I merely wish to call attention to what I feel is a travesty, a loathsome media barrage that in some ways is far worse than the event itself. I understand the necessary role that the media plays in the life and times of a culture, especially America. America, who derives its social identity by the mandates of the "goddamn teevee" to quote Paddy Chayefsky (there should be a mandatory screening of "Network" in college senior seminar classes). Drink Pepsi. Wear Gap. Watch Friends. The American TeeVee demigods have spent so much time during last thirty years tweaking the most banal and insipid forms of entertainment, i.e. the sitcom and the evening melodrama, that their role of primary public informer has languished into feckless garbage. "Seasoned" journalists like Dan Rather, Katie Couric, and especially Peter Jennings (that garrulous fuck) have no idea when to shut the hell up. If a picture is worth a thousand words, why do he and his cohorts feel the need to ramble over the live video footage of an AIRLINER CRASHING INTO A SKYSCRAPER? I would have respected him much more if he kept his remarks few and foul. Mainstream culture shuns the use of expletives in public forums, but one cannot deny the effectiveness of their brevity. The heyday of the Walts (Winchell and Cronkite) was before my time, but as I'm an avid fan of TLC and the Hitler Channel, I've seen a fair number of their broadcasts. In the fledgling days of television, they managed to ask the pertinent questions without tarnishing the humanity of the events with narcissistic editorial drivel. So what happened? Is the promise of winning some meaningless awards, too great? Undoubtedly, within every journalist (myself included) there is a genuine empathy for the participants and/or victims of newsworthy affairs, however it seems there is always a kernel of self-serving ego that cannot be destroyed or suppressed. Even now, as I write, I wonder how this piece will affect my reputation, however small it may be. I've graduated and moved on from college, which I might add was a terrible lapse in judgment; the scope of this publication exists five-hundred miles from my current position. Still, there is a chance that it might get picked up, syndicated, or noticed by someone else, someone "important", maybe even someone on TeeVee and I'll get a guest shot with Diane Sawyer a few months later. One tends to wonder, is dead air so bad? Wouldn't the live sounds of emergency vehicles and response teams suffice without the play-by-play? Even during various press conferences, anchors felt the need to explain everything; Jennings went as far to comment over the content of the conference, stating that the New York Attorney General was "...of course, he is the Attorney General for the State of New York." In addition to this, within ten hours of the crashes, some network graphics lackey (who's job I wish I had) came up with some choice visual devices to frame the unfolding broadcasts. "ATTACK ON AMERICA", "AMERICA UNDER ATTACK", etc, painted over, get this, a looping monochromatic (pick a color of the flag) film segment featuring the second plane's impact, over and over and over again. Do you think the somber instrumental music in the background makes it ok for the TeeVee news gang to virtually taunt the victims and their families with something they don't need to keep seeing? Tragedy brings out the worst in journalists as they will grasp at anything that might provide good cutaways; any starlet with a commercial credit or two was considered a "famous actress", reporters were dispatched to the Boeing factory that made the jets (for what purpose I have no idea, considering it wasn't a design flaw), and anyone with friends or family was goaded into sobbing on the air with questions like: "Now you've lost so many close to you, how do you feel?" We know how they feel; I would imagine that most Americans respect the loss enough not to twist the knife. The coverage got so bad that a few friends and I started playing the "Exploitive TeeVee News Drinking Game". If you at home would like to play along, here are the rules: Most important: The words of victims and families DO NOT COUNT, that's not the point of the game. They have enough to deal with without you ridiculing their situation from afar. Only news professionals and the elected officials, experts, or famous personalities they interview are fair game. DRINK ONCE WHEN YOU HEAR OR SEE: Tragedy, attack, devastation, crisis, time of despair, time of mourning. A replay of the crash and/or collapses (different angles count as separate instances) The word "Exclusive" (CNN's a big fan of that one) Choppy, full-of-compression-artifacts, videophone footage (drink twice if its coming from Afghanistan) Anytime someone mentions American "way of life", "freedom", etc. The phrase "And of course..." used in silly places - "...and of course Rumsfeld." "and of course, the pentagon" DRINK TWICE WHEN: Someone asks a stupid question at a press conference like "Any estimates as to how many dead?" even after being explicitly told they wouldn't be answered. (cheers to the administration, they're doing a pretty good job so far) An anchor rudely interrupts the heartfelt comments of a survivor or family to cut to some "breaking development" that's not nearly as engaging or important Any Republican politician calls for more defense spending or immediate retribution Pat Robertson criticizes the American government for not recognizing the "Islamic Threat" An anchor or commentator discuss the attack plans on Osama bin Ladin FINISH YOUR DRINK: A democratic politician calls for more defense spending or immediate retribution Pat Robertson calls for immediate attacks (justified by God) on Islamic communities in Israel An anchor fucks up and utterly destroys the hope of anxious family members by saying something to the effect of "So, can you tell me a little about what your brother _was_ like...uh....I mean _is_ like?" (unbelievably, this has happened already more than once) A body of elected officials sings Steven Foster or Aaron Copeland. GIVE THE MIDDLE FINGER TO THE TELEVISION WHEN: You see Osams bin Ladin. He's a motherfucker even if he didn't pull this one off. You see stone-age sheep dancing in the streets and mugging for the camera. Especially if they're children because in a few years we'll be dealing with their shit as well, and I hope its not nuclear. You see a celebrity calling you to action. You see Peter Jennings I'm sure you can come up with more. This is just to pass the time until you can really help by giving blood or donating money, food, etc. These are the real ways to help. Use your mind by not succumbing to the savage impetus of those who run the big networks. Read foreign newspapers, not Newsweek. Watch Charlie Rose (who's wonderful guests have illustrated the non-blood 'n guts aspects of the crisis, like the complexities of the politics involved) or the BBC news dispatches on PBS. Help where you can now. I think that the American populous has rallied together in something that hasn't been seen here since The Deuce (that's WWII for all you hippies out there). It's a good thing and best of all, it ain't artificial ("Hands Across America", what the fuck was that???). People are stepping out of character, caring less about the sexual practices of one congressman or sports, although you'll be happy to know that pro wrestling didn't seem to bat an eye during this crisis (drink!). I think for a brief surreal bit of time, modern patriotism will have meaning again. And allow me to close with an unabashed bit of narcissism. My parents told me that I'm being overly critical of the media, that my comments were moot and not in the spirit of the times. Shucks, I guess I'm like many in my unfortunate generation; a victim of suppressed intellect, I and others like me float in a sea of swarming platitude, searching for one another amid the flotsam and jetsam of mainstream acquiescence, with cynicism the only means of coping. I've tried hard to turn my cynicism into satire, but it becomes hard to do when you see so many suffering and you feel impotent in their midst; meanwhile, the lines between informing and exploiting are crossed with a caviler and poorly concealed indifference. I don't know. Hell, I may be wrong about that, but mark my words about this: When enough time has passed, you will see a rash of exploitive garbage, touted as "tributes to the aftermath", benefiting nobody but the deep coffers of the networks and the conglomerate enterprises who pull their strings. Made-For-TeeVee movies about the everyday people in the towers,the fire and rescue battalions who "lost so much on that fateful day", or perhaps big screen endeavors that feature Nicholas Cage or some other hunky stud in a dramatic recreation of the brave souls on Flight 93, as they overtook their hijackers and crashed the plane away from Washington. When this tripe appears on your screen, do everyone a favor by switching off, lighting a candle, and raising a toast to the Divine Wind - May shecarry nothing but warmth, song, and peace on her back from now on. comment and join our forums

LLAMASEX 5:40 AM

To bastardize a quote from fight club, YOU ARE NOT YOUR COUNTRY. You are human they are human we are all HUMAN. This act was done by humans, no different from you or me. We should look and see WHY this happened. comment and join our forums

LLAMASEX 3:08 AM

War Dance Lyrics There's an epidemic Stirring passions in young hearts Even the old campaigners Have got it really bad Well we ain't seen nothing like it Since coronation day But when the street parties sound I'm going underground To keep the rabid hounds at bay Oh my my this war dance A patriotic romance No we ain't seen nothing like it Since coronation day But when the tickatape flies And blood is on the rise You know it's got you in its sway You got yourself a war dance There's a cheap sensation Keeping Fleet Street wide awake Everyone wants a slice of The jingoistic cake And they're resurrecting Churchill And bringing national service back Fueling power and glory fever Makes for a sicker Union Jack Yes I'm talking about this war dance A patriotic romance And I know all you poets Have seen it all before About the stirring of those young hearts Back in the first world war Oh my my this war dance... Anyways a War on Terrorism is Going to turn out like the war on drugs has. Lots of PR, Lots of Money being spent, little results, tons of lost freedoms.- ME! comment and join our forums

Thursday, September 13

Just Another White Guy 1:01 AM

Well Llama I don't agree, instead of dying for their countries policies they died because of some madmen's super ultra radical views. How is it the countries fault. Dying for your governments policies is more along the lines of being in the armed forces during war. I don't think it is the governments fault, though I don't agree with a lot of their policies, and if I was more coherent I would discuss it further, but I am so tired and stressed right now I don't neccessarily know what I'm talking about. comment and join our forums

Wednesday, September 12

LLAMASEX 8:44 PM

Ya know, I sure as hell don't want to die based on the policies of my goverment. Which is what happened to the people in NY, and is exactly what alot of people claim to want to do. I link for those people here comment and join our forums

LLAMASEX 3:14 PM

FUck it I can't compete, goto fark comment and join our forums

Just Another White Guy 1:15 PM

Wow, it's been an interesting day since yesterday. Gas is supposedly going up(though not in my area so far), people are being found, aid is being given, and volunteers are coming out the wazoo. Say Llama, isn't that the guys hat from Full Metal Jacket? Well I found it amusing! Later folks. comment and join our forums

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