Read an article in the LA Times today-- seems there's a Belgian Museum honoring the US military personnel who fought in the Battle of the Bulge. Seems there was a mistake in one of their exhibits regarding a particular instance of heroism-- 3 enlisted men and an officer stayed at a 90 mm anti-aircraft gun and used it to hold off some german attacks ( Read more... )

"An enemy of my enemy is my friend" is an adage only for ignorant idiots waiting for their "friends" to stick a knife in their backs.

(see subject). I would say "Rest In Peace", except that I'd rather be honest and say what I feel: "Osama Bin Laden-- next life: something utterly low on the chain of reincarnation..." (or if for any reason the Muslims, Christians, etc, really are right about God and the Afterlife-- "Osama Bin Laden-- Burning in Hell!!!!")

"The maxim ‘Nothing avails but perfection’ may be spelt shorter: ‘Paralysis.’"

"Never give in - never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense."

Seriously-- the United States is just about the worst country imaginable, absolutely the most abhorrent society with the crappiest government we could possibly come up with, and the worst social problems to exist anywhere-yeah, the worst country there is....

EXCEPT for almost all the other countries on Earth!!!

"Hitler didn't want unions. Stalin didn't want unions. Mubarak didn't want independent unions. These autocrats in history don't want independent unions."
quote stated by Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)-- verified as true by politifact.com

You listening, Scott Walker? You're in real good company here as a dedicated neo-fascist union-buster.

Today, the Supreme Court has rendered its decision regarding the case of 'Snyder vs. Westboro Baptist Church', entirely in favor of the Fred Phelps, et al, organization masquerading as so-called christians (the Westboro Baptists ( Read more... )

Veteran's Day, 2010--
A day of remembrance (or at least it should be) in honor of all Veterans, past, present and future... and especially to the memory of those we've lost.

And also, to many other countries, it's Armistice Day and/or Remembrance Day. 92 years ago, on the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month of 1918-- the guns stopped and ( Read more... )

All those of you who didn't vote in this election, yet think you're US Citizens.... You're utterly pathetic, worthless, worse than garbage. The current election results are partly your fault. You're a citizen *in name ONLY*. If any more of your so-called rights are taken from you-- go look in a mirror when you want to know who to blame ( Read more... )

Judge Martin Feldman -- either he's horrifyingly stupid, or merely utterly, unforgivably (but utterly typically) corrupt. There really isn't ANY other reasonable explanation (not that these two explanations are fully reasonable either-- just that they are the standard run-of-the-mill explanations it seems for an endless run of judicial stupidity ( Read more... )