For one thing, Al Qaeda has yet to surrender.

For another, we had engaged the Nazi enemy in the manner of their choosing–the same thing the Seals were doing that day in Abbottabad.

This idea that somehow Americans of today are inferior morally or intellectually to those of the past is basically ubiquitous, this whole greatest generation crap, but my feeling is that despite inevitable setbacks the moral and intellectual progress of this country is more or less continuously forward.

If you doubt this, think of the state of the average Southern black man while your vaunted Nuremberg trials were occurring.

So true. On the other hand, our high-minded regard for the rule of law didn’t stop us from nuking the Japanese twice.

i was up above it
i was up above it
now i’m down in it
i was up above it
i was up above it
now i’m down in it

well shut up so what what does it matter now
i was swimming in the haze now i crawl on the ground
and everything i never liked about you is kind of seeping into me
try to laugh about it now but isn’t it funny how everything works out (“i guess the jokes on me” she said)

i was up above it
i was up above it
now i’m down in it
i was up above it
i was up above it
now i’m down in it

i used to be so big and strong
i used to know my right from wrong
i used to never be afraid
i used to be somebody

i used to have something inside
now just this hole that’s open wide
i used to want it all
i used to be somebody

i’ll cross my heart and hope to die but the needle’s already in my eye
and all the world’s weight is on my back and i don’t even know why
and what i used to think was me is just a fading memory
i looked him right in the eye and said “goodbye”

i was up above it
i was up above it
now i’m down in it
i was up above it
i was up above it
now i’m down in it

Nine Inch Nails

ps, eat it percival

If only…

Disney ruins everything it touches.

With the notable exception of Pixar.

think of the state of the average Southern black man while your vaunted Nuremberg trials were occurring.

Ok, fuck it. Rule of law means nothing. Let’s ditch courts all together and just start shooting each other in the streets?

Sound good to you, idiot?

With the notable exception of Pixar

Probably only because Steve Jobs wouldn’t let them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Company#2005.E2.80.93present:_The_Iger_Era

- Kip Addotta, “Wet Dream”

“Ooooh, Osama… unseal my love envelope…”

“My pleasure, my pretty whiskered mammal”

Wait, what?

As I remember this was done before by some other company (probably in relation to Counter Strike, as Seal Team 6 is a playable faction on the CT side), and they were turned down.

Also, Disney ruins everything it touches.

Wow, haven’t heard that one in 20 years or more.

For another, we had engaged the Nazi enemy in the manner of their choosing–the same thing the Seals were doing that day in Abbottabad.

Actually, they were shooting people in the face with automatic weapons, and shooting women in the legs. These things aren’t generally called ‘extrajudicial’ because it’s a pretty word. We have a legal system available to use. We chose not to use it. That’s our failing, and ours alone.