USpace:

October 5th, 2007 at 6:25 am

Great job! FREE Burma!!!

Bush slammed the UN and the rulers of Myanmar in his UN speech last week.

The UN must do something, but they never use military force to fight.
That is a huge problem.

Illegal drug fortunes are a BIG part of this.

absurd thought –
God of the Universe says
please support EVIL rulers

the Left condemns Burma’s
while its China coddles them

absurd thought –
God of the Universe wants
complete narco states

criminals in power
loving the corrupt drug war

absurd thought –
God of the Universe thinks
keep trying communism

you can never KILL too much
pursuing Utopia…

http://free-burma.org/

http://absurdthoughtsaboutgod.blogspot.com/

🙂
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deichmans:

October 5th, 2007 at 1:13 pm

Don’t forget A.E. at Simulated Laughter.

Dave Schuler:

October 6th, 2007 at 2:24 am

Re: the post on Tom Barnett’s blog. Dr. Barnett has misread my assertion. I’m not claiming that the idea of Core and Gap is aspirational; I’m claiming it’s an hypothesis and requires prove of validity. Pointing to the lines on the map isn’t proof. Dr. Barnett is assuming his conclusion (a fallacy called “begging the question”).

deichmans:

October 6th, 2007 at 1:27 pm

Dave,

Re: Core v Gap — is it really a hypohesis, or is it simply an organizing principal? If the former, you’re correct — there should be empirical evidence of “Gapness” that correlates to the geospatial definition. However, if it’s an ontological construct — cast in the mold of “bipolarism” — then your criterion is too stringent.

sf/ shane

Dave Schuler:

October 7th, 2007 at 2:10 pm

“Strategic reality” (Dr. Barnett’s characterization of Core and Gap) sounds like a little more than an organizing principle to me. The long and short of my objection is that I’m concerned about disprovability. Without rigorous definitions, Dr. Barnett’s assertions are untestable, not disprovable, and, consequently, metaphysics.