"Because this enemy does not exist, it must be created. And as international experience shows, the worst enemy is an invented one. I assure you it will be an incredibly horrifying monster. Armed forces will have to be doubled."
Except who got the police involved in the first place? If she's that uncomfortable about a guy in her class and doesn't want to de-friend him on FB, well.. that's what fmylife.com is for...
Reminds me of a Doug Stanhope joke: "Have you ever considered registering as a sex offender just so that your friends would stop bringing their children over to your place?" LMAO
Since I have nothing intelligent of my own to add to the debate, I would like to quote my favourite band instead:
Gogol Bordello, "Ultimate": There were never any good old days
They are today, they are tomorrow
It's a stupid thing we say
Cursing tomorrow with sorrow
By denying the value of communications tools such as Twitter, people can only devalue the overall communication and proverbally "curse tomorrow with sorrow" of diminished exchange of ideas.
I never understood the reson behind the wording "anything you say can and will be used against you...". What if I say (truthfully!) I was reading to blind people during the time the crime was committed?
True but the marriage issue is mostly conservative vs non-conservative issue. I use the term non-conservative as it encompasses both the liberals and large swaths of the libertarian movement. In fact, libertarians often dislike the "conservative" label.
"[...]and also labeling certain websites and institutions (such as Reason and the CATO Institute) as being "ultra right wing," which is funny if you know much about Reason or Cato."
Though this whole thing is wholly insane, the Libertarian politics are generally associated with right-wing politics and ideology. If anything, the majority of libertarian politics can be described as anti-state right-wing. One can easily be forgiven for thinking of the Cato Institute as right-wing given their association with the Koch brothers and opposition to climate change/global warming science.
A quick Google search also reveals that Officer Lyons is an author of a book on the history of law enforcement in Oceanside. He can definitely be proud of repsecting the legacy of a storied department. At the same time, I wonder if he'll see more interest being shown in his book? http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/073853112X/reasonmagazineA
As I am rather prone to self-doubt, I thought to myself: "Maybe Big Mook is right. Maybe I am being flippant. Maybe the public face of the TEA party is not the somewhat racist-ish, uneducated horde that we see so much." So I went on a highest-rated (by Google) site which is teapartypatriots.org and checked out some random blogs of their supporters. I also scanned the news. Here are my findings of the world according to Teabaggers:
1. 27 x 65 = 7555
2. President Obama is a secret Muslim.
3. It's OK to shoot cops if you're feeling oppressed.
4. Anders Breivik is a liberal but he's right that multi-culturalism is a bad idea.
I think I'll stick with the derogatory term Teabagger for the time being.
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Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, "The Doomed City"
Translation by YT.
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The main thing
Go Habs! :-)
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Re: Re:
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Enemies?
No enemy is as powerful and as horryfying as the imaginary one.
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In the steps of Stephen Colbert...
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Mediation, meditation...
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Gogol Bordello, "Ultimate":
There were never any good old days
They are today, they are tomorrow
It's a stupid thing we say
Cursing tomorrow with sorrow
By denying the value of communications tools such as Twitter, people can only devalue the overall communication and proverbally "curse tomorrow with sorrow" of diminished exchange of ideas.
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What's in a word?
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Well...
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Separate?
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Bringing judging to a whole new level
Is she a judge or an art critic???
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/073853112X/reasonmagazineA
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Oh, the irony...
1. 27 x 65 = 7555
2. President Obama is a secret Muslim.
3. It's OK to shoot cops if you're feeling oppressed.
4. Anders Breivik is a liberal but he's right that multi-culturalism is a bad idea.
I think I'll stick with the derogatory term Teabagger for the time being.
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Math, eh...
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Math, eh...
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