This story reminds me of something I said at Christmas.
I’m not a psychologist, but I’ve witnessed what your writer from BC refers to as “learned helplessness” over here in Afghanistan. Example: this past summer I visited a small village near the PAK border where the people had absolutely no water and were relying on a [...]
I like John Ratzenburger.
This isn’t the Democratic party of our fathers and grandfathers. This is the party of Woodstock hippies. I was at Woodstock — I built the stage. And when everything fell apart, and people were fighting for peanut-butter sandwiches, it was the National Guard who came in and saved the same people who [...]
Two things I hate:
Hippies
Cops
One thing I love:
Cops beating hippies
BEHOLD!
This is better than pornography. Also somebody needs to buy this shirt for me:
Maddox rules.
A House subcommittee approved legislation Wednesday aimed at forcing college football to switch to a playoff system to determine its national champion,
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The legislation, which goes to the full committee, would make it illegal to promote a national championship game “or make a similar representation,” unless it results from a playoff.
When our senators and congressmen take [...]
In an article on the Ars gaming blog, Opposable Thumbs, titled Let’s talk about sex… in video games the author drops this question in the third paragraph of the intro.
But why do people in the game industry get so upset about anything sexual appearing in games, especially when there is so much gratuitous violence permeating [...]
…does it stop being art, and start being propaganda?
Why is the National Endowment for the Arts now the official propaganda wing of the White House?
A commenter going by “twistedmerkin” at the Reason blog Hit & Run commenting on an Earth Day related blog post.
Yeah, yeah, sure. We’re raping Gaia. But she had it coming, with her prominently displayed mountains and gaping canyons.
…about the VA much better than I ever could have myself.
But to summarize my feelings…
The VA gives you AIDS.
I’m not disabled, and I have no reason to go to the VA, so I’m very lucky. But if I were and I actually had a choice, I wouldn’t choose the VA.
…a huge dick, when “Earth Hour” rolls around I’m going to turn on every light in my house, along with all of my electrical appliances, computers, tvs, game consoles, etc. And just to make it even more awesomer, I think I’ll go out and start up my truck, put a brick on the accelerator, and [...]
So the Pentagon is deciding to rename the Global War on Terror. Now it’s the Overseas Contingency Operation. I can’t wait to see what the Overseas Contingency Operation Expeditionary Medal looks like.