All Hank, all the time.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Spanky
The Administration really thought the WMDS were there.... No one lied about anything.

All it takes to discover the lies is moderate curiosity and a willingness to read. As for the WMD, the scandal is that the Administration didn't care. They wanted to invade Iraq for other reasons, and seized on any evidence of WMD as a pretext.

[Sexual Harassment Panda]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
It would be a great scandal if only the New Republic could (a) prove that someone paid someone for favorable coverage, and (b) wasn't publishing fabricated documents, a la Dan Rather (though I guess that stuff bothers you guys only in certain circumstances).

Even then it would not rise to the level of a great scandal. Regrettable - perhaps. Lamentable - probably not.

An example of a great scandal would be the discovery of chemical WMDs in Iraq, as trumpeted by Sen. "I got the I'm-gonna-get-creamed-in-November blues" Santorum last week.*


*Again, assuming it were true. Which it isn't. So, --- no great scandal.

[Sexual Harassment Panda]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
All it takes to discover the lies is moderate curiosity and a willingness to read. As for the WMD, the scandal is that the Administration didn't care. They wanted to invade Iraq for other reasons, and seized on any evidence of WMD as a pretext.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Adder
I take it you are now in favor of invading Russia, North Korea, Syria, Burma, Egypt and half of the countries in Africa, right?

You forgot China.

[i was penske]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
You forgot China.

Which one?

[Adder]

In yet another travesty of the death tax, Warren Buffet is giving the vast bulk of his fortune away to pluck it from the approaching claws of the federal government. If there could be a clearer indictment of the injustice of this confiscatory tax, I don't know what it would be.

Think of the yachts that won't be purchased. Think of the Berkin bags was will be without an owner. Think of the private islands in the Carribean that will lay fallow. Think of the servants* who won't be hired.

The shock to our poor economy is palable.




*Of course, think only of the good, native-born, American servants, not the evil, border jumping illegally-immigrating servants. Have no sympathy for those felons.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Adder
In yet another travesty of the death tax, Warren Buffet is giving the vast bulk of his fortune away to pluck it from the approaching claws of the federal government. If there could be a clearer indictment of the injustice of this confiscatory tax, I don't know what it would be.

Think of the yachts that won't be purchased. Think of the Berkin bags was will be without an owner. Think of the private islands in the Carribean that will lay fallow. Think of the servants* who won't be hired.

The shock to our poor economy is palable.




*Of course, think only of the good, native-born, American servants, not the evil, border jumping illegally-immigrating servants. Have no sympathy for those felons.

< tumbleweeds passing >

Yes, Warren's giving it away simply to avoid the death tax.

I applaud Warren and Gates. No one needs that kind of money, and they're doing something good with it. Its a double benefit, and warms my heart, to know that in helping the poor, he's also keeping the money from the bureaucrats and whores.

[Adder]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
he's also keeping the money from the bureaucrats and whores.

Since when do you believe in keeping money from whores?

And you know that an attitude like that is going to get you in some seriously trouble with Tiny, right?

[Adder]

Watching Lewis Black on HBO last night, I learned a new (and I think more accurate) definition of neo-conservative: people who watched the Matrix and thought it was real.

[Spanky]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
You forgot China.

China's economy is growing rapidly so it does not fit the bill. In addition, it would not be that easy to take out the Chinese government without causing serious harm to the continental United States. But what they are doing in Tibet and in Xinjiang could be called genocide, and it is sucks we can't help the Tibetans or the Uighars. Turkeys mistreatment of the Kurds isn't that laudable either. But it seems they are moving in the right direction.

[Spanky]

Originally posted by Adder
Watching Lewis Black on HBO last night, I learned a new (and I think more accurate) definition of neo-conservative: people who watched the Matrix and thought it was real.

Are you saying it is not true? How naive are you?

[Spanky]

Slave: I didn't like the NYT in the first place but now I have a strong reason to never read it again: they are providing aid and comfort to the enemy. Any newspaper that is aiding and abetting people that are trying to kill me does not deserve my patronage.

[Sexual Harassment Panda]

Originally posted by Spanky
Are you saying it is not true? How naive are you?

2. After all, there are people who took the blue pill, but nonetheless support the neo-cons.

Like, say, Rush Limbaugh.

[bah-dam -- schwish!! "Thank you, you're a great audience - don't forget to tip your waitress!!"]

[Spanky]

Well this should finally put to an end any speculation that Anglo Saxons are genetically superior: Bad skin, Bad teeth, and no sense of moderation. Plus wearing tight pants when you are anorexic is proof that you are soft in the head.



28 June 2006
BEER WE GO
Germans fear weii going to drink them dry
By Jeremy Armstrong
ENGLAND's massive army of World Cup fans is drinking Germany dry, it emerged yesterday.

Breweries warned beer could run out before the final because of huge demand from our supporters.

In Nuremberg, organisers revealed 70,000 England fans who flooded the city drank 1.2MILLION pints of beer - an average of 17 pints each.

Astonished bar keeper Herrmann Murr said: "Never have I seen so many drink so much in such little time."


His bar at a fans' tent in the city ran out after they drained all 32 of his 50-litre (11 gallon) barrels.


Herr Murr calculated Britons were shifting beer at a staggering rate of 200 pints per minute.


City official Peter Murrmann said: "The English proved themselves world champs. They practically drank us dry."


In Cologne, where England drew with Sweden, bottles and barrels of the local K?lsch beer ran out because so many English took them to campsites and parties.


Stuttgart bar chiefs said an extra 900,000 pints were sunk last weekend where 60,000 fans partied before and after our 1-0 win over Ecuador.


The Veltins brewery also revealed it has produced a record 418,000 gallons in a bid to keep up with demand.


A spokesman said: "It is incredible how much is being drunk but the hardest thing for the breweries is keeping up with the thirst of the English."


In Dortmund, where most fans for England's Gelsenkirchen clash against Portugal on Saturday are staying, the giant DAB brewery is bracing itself by ferrying in extra supplies to boost production.

Originally posted by Spanky
Slave: I didn't like the NYT in the first place but now I have a strong reason to never read it again: they are providing aid and comfort to the enemy. Any newspaper that is aiding and abetting people that are trying to kill me does not deserve my patronage.

Once the Sedition Act is revived all those traitorous liberal rags will be shut down anyway. What this country needs now is a well-disciplined and efficient Ministry Of Information. And censors. Lots of censors.

By the way, do you think Al-Qaeda switched all of their checking accounts over to Commerce Bank when they heard about the monitoring of that Swift Bank consortium? That Commerce Bank has really convenient hours.