"Duct tape is the single greatest invention of the 20th century. By contrast, all the 21st century has been able to bring us so far is cloned sheep. As if bovine molestation were not already a problem of epidemic proportions..."
moshpit (if you just gotta rant back, use the pit, that's what it's for.)
Achtung! Das machine ist nicht fur gerfingerpoken und mittengraben. Ist easy schnappen der pringenwerk, blowenfusen, und poppencorken mit spitzensparken. Ist nicht fur gewerken by das dumkopfen, das rubbernecken sightseeren keepen hands in der pockets, relaxen und watchen der blinkenlights.
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Time for Veteran's Day again. The networks are showing stuff like "Saving Private Ryan" (an excellent movie, to be sure), "We Were Soldiers", "Band of Brothers", "The Dirty Dozen", "Bridge Over The River Kwai", "Tora! Tora! Tora!", and so forth. I notice they are not showing the darker side, like "Platoon", "Apocalypse Now", "Full Metal Jacket", etc. In other words, only the "uplifting" face of war, the whole honor/glory/camaraderie shtick.
Gotta keep the sheep feeling good about war, so Dubya can have lots of little toy soldiers to play with. Like Texas Guinan observed about 80 years ago, "a politician is a fella who will gladly lay down your life for his country".
Back in April '04, the head cheese over in Iraq had this to say:
When Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, the senior military spokesman in Iraq, was asked Sunday what he would tell Iraqis about televised images "of Americans and coalition soldiers killing innocent civilians," he said: "Change the channel."
Singling out the popular Arabic-language networks for criticism, he continued, "Change the channel to a legitimate, authoritative, honest news station. The stations that are showing Americans intentionally killing women and children are not legitimate news sources. That is propaganda, and that is lies."
Way to "win the hearts and minds", Kermit. Anyone "showing Americans intentionally killing women and children are not legitimate news sources" is sowing propaganda and lies. Excuse me, but where might these illegitimate news sources be obtaining such footage if it was not actually happening?
This administration is Orwell come to life: wrong is right, day is night, war is peace. Orwell was right, he was just off by 20 years - it wasn't 1984, it was 2004.
Conservative estimates of civilian casualties top 100,000. Current reported American deaths are some 1200 - add the wounded and we're over 10,000. Freedom is on the march, gang!
At what point do the numbers become too much? For Vietnam, it was over 50,000 American military killed, millions of civilians and 'insurgents' or whatever they called the resistance forces over there. Wonder what it will take this time? A "tactical nuke"?
