Perhaps I should note, right up front, that I am not equating Barack Obama to a douche. Or more accurately, I am, but not in the spirit of meanness. South Park fans will understand immediately. For the rest of you, let me explain. After major elections overseas and several state primaries, my thoughts turned to [...]
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Kyrgyz Clashes
Posted in General Mischief, tagged ABC, action, ammunition, appointment, arm, automatic, Bahkiev, Bakiev, Bakiyev, Bishkek, capitol, change, cheat, clash, CNN, concussion grenade, conscience, corrupt, cost, coup, damage, dead, demonstration, depose, determination, excessive, fair, fight, fire, force, freedom, government, governor, guard, gun, handgun, hostage, hurt, injure, interim, justice, killed, Kurmanbek, Kyrgyz, Kyrgyzstan, leader, malfeasance, mass, media, moral, news, Nightline, non-lethal, opposition, Otunbayeva, oust, police, politics, populace, population, power, president, price, protest, rebel, republic, resign, resignation, resolution, retaliat, riot, Rosa, Roza, rubber bullet, Russia, sharpshooter, sub-machine, Talas, tear gas, unarm, United States, unjust, USSR, utility, vehicle, video, violence, water cannon, weapon, White House, witness, wound on April 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
If you’ve watched the world news or read a bit online, you’ve probably seen something about the riots in Kyrgyzstan, a former USSR republic that borders China and just tried to oust its president. Protesting masses took to the streets demanding a change in government, the president fled, hundreds of police were summoned to quell [...]
Hoist the Flag
Posted in Daily Life, General Mischief, Personal Insights, Readings, tagged abandon, action, America, American Dream, animal, basement, Bernie, black, blood, booty, build, burn, business, bust, call to arms, car, caution, Charles, cheat, chest, city on a hill, claim, company, conclusion, conscientious object, consequence, construction, context, corporation, credit, cry, damage, Darwin, desire, dollar, drought, drywall, employer, evolution, fact, family, fear, fellow, fight, flag, flip, flood, floor, freedom, frost, future, garden, generous, global, goodness, government, grace, grade school, H. L., hoist, homeless, House, hungry, hurricane, insurance, internet, investment, job, joist, liberty, lie, life, lose, Madoff, man, meaning, Mencken, money, mortgage, need, normal, nothing, pacifism, pay, payment, payoff, pirate, planet, plunder, policy, profit, rally, read, reality, risk, sales, see, sentiment, slit, society, something, spoils, stand, steal, storm surge, structural integrity, structure, survival, sword, tax, tempt, theory, throat, treasure, treatise, trust, unemployed, useless, utopia, value, victor, Wall Street, wallboard, want, war, warning, wave, weed, wind, word, work, worthless on November 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
There is a quote from H. L. Mencken that reads, “Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats.” Since first reading it, I’ve been struck by those words and have remembered them. Every normal man must sometimes want to throw caution [...]
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