tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39221912011-04-21T21:13:56.265ZNecropolitiqueTestimony of the Mad LiberalEverymannoreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3922191.post-49752896292216889492008-07-10T19:44:00.001Z2008-07-10T19:44:40.526ZStill here!Everymannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3922191.post-1084736745484596942004-05-16T19:29:00.000Z2004-05-16T20:02:12.683ZIt's been over a year since my last post.
There is a story there.
On May 3, 2003, I received a phone call from the computer tech I had originally taken my crashed drive to. He sounded agitated and was talking pretty fast. He told me that he had made a copy of the file he found on my disk, intending to try and restore it--more as a nerdie sort of puzzle than any real attempt to help me. He said Everymannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3922191.post-911847942003-03-22T17:07:00.000Z2003-03-22T17:07:30.936ZThis was found embedded in the previous piece. Something like marginalia, I suppose.
1. Not pre-emptive. Proven that no connection between al Qaeda and Hussein existed. Pure propaganda.
2. Maybe. Not measured, though. Mass destruction with "Shock and Awe" strategy. But still, not appropriate. See above.
3. Yes. Control of oil fields top military priority. Bushes (and whole admin) with deep oil Everymannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3922191.post-911366652003-03-21T18:21:00.000Z2003-03-24T15:03:17.000ZSpeaks for itself
Questions:
Name the five leading theories for the Second Oil War. Discuss.
1. A pre-emptive war. Designed to stop terroristic attacks against United States interests.
2. A retaliatory war. Measured response to terroristic attacks against United States interests.
3. An imperialist war. Intended to claim control over vast oil resources originally developed by U. S. corporations.Everymannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3922191.post-888519032003-02-10T14:53:00.000Z2003-02-10T14:53:20.116ZThis seems related to the previous posting. I am worried.
The Second Oil War was by all standards a collossal failure, of both policy and resolve. The stated objective--preventing a small, isolated regime from developing "weapons of mass destruction"--was proven false by the American decision to use those same weapons in the attempt. It is also clear that the [untranslated, two words] Everymannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3922191.post-869255802003-01-04T17:02:00.000Z2003-01-04T17:03:26.000ZThis small section is frightfully relevant. I can't find a date reference for the event itself, but I just hope it's not anytime soon.
For the next twenty-five years, the entire area was completely uninhabitable. We may never know exactly how many people died. Pritikin (One Awful Day, Lawrence Pritikin, 2113) suggests that the ten million frequently sited is probably inflated, and although he Everymannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3922191.post-860378652002-12-15T19:02:00.000Z2002-12-15T19:06:31.000ZThis is a small portion from about a fifth of the way through. It seems to have very different tone and voice from the bulk of the material up to that point. I am beginning to suspect that Necropolitique is actually two documents: one a textbook-like expiation of the history of our times, seen through a distant lens; and two, what seem to be personal notes taken by one or more people, perhaps Everymannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3922191.post-853038612002-11-30T20:39:00.000Z2002-12-01T18:05:04.000ZThis is the first translated release from the Necropolitique. It is somewhat shaky. However, I believe I am making some progress in clearing up some of the missing information. This is the first section I managed to translate at all, and attribute the breakthrough to the numerous dates and place names in this section.
[untranslated, 29 lines] beginning in the late 20th Century. The American Everymannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3922191.post-842493552002-11-08T21:40:00.000Z2002-11-18T14:51:47.000ZComing sooner than you thinkEverymannoreply@blogger.com