Just got back from my Memorial Day weekend camping trip, with my dad and my brother. How was it? Well, it might have been nice if I hadn't spent the whole weekend being devoured by ticks. I was pulling the little bastards off my flesh all through the night, and I was still pulling them off on the car ride home. I even pulled one off the back of my knee in the shower, after I got home. The little fuckers are damn hard to kill (the one I found in the shower I smothered between two pieces of soap, and he was still squirming for about a half an hour, imbedded in the soap, before I finally rinsed him down the sink), and pulling them off feels like you're pulling off a scab, that's how hard they stick to your skin. If I don't post anything for a couple of months, then it's probably safe to assume I've died of lyme disease.

Another memorable aspect of our trip was crossing a 30ft. stream over a makeshift bridge, which consisted of two ropes tied to trees on opposite ends of the stream. My right arm has a huge black and blue spot from hanging on to one of the ropes with all of my weight (as well as that of my pack) while the rope I had my feet on tried to make it's way above my head. Oh, plus I dropped my glasses in the stream on the way to the campsite. Go me!

Yeah, I think I'm gonna just stay inside the house for a little while...

Apparently a bunch of Michael Moore fans have launched a DOS attack on the server that hosts MooreWatch.com, which also hosts Right-Thinking.com, one of my favorite blogs. Remind me again, which side is trying to silence dissent?

Go check out Moxie's new entry, about spending a week as a Democrat,

I felt responsibility slipping away like panties off a whore.

I want to marry this woman.

For all the learning-impaired lefties out there...

The following has been attributed to State Representative Mitchell Kaye from GA, but was actually written by Lewis Napper in 1993. Napper sent it to Kaye, who loved it and sent it along to many of his constituents. this should be handed out at every meeting of the Progressive Student Alliance if you ask me.

"We the sensible people of the United States, in an attempt to help everyone get along, restore some semblance of justice, avoid more riots, keep our nation safe, promote positive behavior, and secure the blessings of debt free liberty to ourselves and our great-great-great-grandchildren, hereby try one more time to ordain and establish some common sense guidelines for the terminally whiny, guilt ridden, delusional, and other liberal bed-wetters. We hold these truths to be self evident: that a whole lot of people are confused by the Bill of Rights and are so dim they require a Bill of NON-Rights."


ARTICLE I: You do not have the right to a new car, big screen TV, or any other form of wealth. More power to you if you can legally acquire them, but no one is guaranteeing anything.


ARTICLE II: You do not have the right to never be offended. This country is based on freedom, and that means freedom for everyone -- not just you! You may leave the room, turn the channel, express a different opinion, etc.; but the world is full of idiots, and probably always will be.


ARTICLE III: You do not have the right to be free from harm. If you stick a screwdriver in your eye, learn to be more careful; do not expect the tool manufacturer to make you and all your relatives independently wealthy.


ARTICLE IV: You do not have the right to free food and housing. Americans are the most charitable people to be found, and will gladly help anyone in need, but we are quickly growing weary of subsidizing generation after generation of professional couch potatoes who achieve nothing more than the creation of another generation of professional couch potatoes.


ARTICLE V: You do not have the right to free health care. That would be nice, but from the looks of public housing, we're just not interested in public health care.


ARTICLE VI: You do not have the right to physically harm other people. If you kidnap, rape, intentionally maim, or kill someone, don't be surprised if the rest of us want to see you fry in the electric chair.


ARTICLE VII: You do not have the right to the possessions of others. If you rob, cheat, or coerce away the goods or services of other citizens, don't be surprised if the rest of us get together and lock you away in a place where you still won't have the right to a big screen color TV or a life of leisure.


ARTICLE VIII: You do not have the right to a job. All of us sure want you to have a job, and will gladly help you along in hard times, but we expect you to take advantage of the opportunities of education and vocational training laid before you to make yourself useful.


ARTICLE IX: You do not have the right to happiness. Being an American means that you have the right to PURSUE happiness, which by the way, is a lot easier if you are unencumbered by an over abundance of idiotic laws created by those of you who were confused by the Bill of Rights.


ARTICLE X: This is an English speaking country. We don't care where you are from, English is our language. Learn it or go back to wherever you came from.


ARTICLE XI: You do not have the right to change our country's history or heritage. This country was founded on the belief in one true God. And yet, you are given the freedom to believe in any religion, any faith, or no faith at all, with no fear of persecution. The phrase IN GOD WE TRUST is part of our heritage and history, and if you are uncomfortable with it, TOUGH

So, which is worse? Being a "paleo-con" or a "neo-con"? What is the difference? Which one do I count as? How do I know? Are there other types of "cons"? Would a "conservative" who converts to a "liberal" be an "ex-con?" I think it would be cool to be a Robo-Con. What do you think?

Hat tip to Bunkergurl,

Apparently Mikey's movies just don't appeal to the non-sycophant demographic...

President Bush need not lose any sleep over Michael Moore's much-hyped "Fahrenheit 9/11," which turns out to be a wet firecracker.
Moore's virulent feature-length attack on Bush, which premiered yesterday to a 20-minute standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival, falls far short of delivering on the filmmaker's extravagant promises of election-swinging revelations.

"You will see things you haven't seen before and learn things you have not learned before," he vowed on Sunday.

Well, maybe if you spent the last three years hiding in a cave in Afghanistan.

I smell another Payback Tuesday a-brewin',

Sure, there's some media-grabbing footage - apparently shot by one of the camera crews Moore claims to have smuggled in with embedded troops - of American soldiers laughing as they place hoods over Iraqi prisoners, and one GI touching a detainee's genitals through a blanket.

Kind of anti-climactic after the Abu Ghraib scandal. This is nothing that hasn't happened at Michael Jackson's house before,

But that footage actually conflicts with one of Moore's main arguments - that GIs have been victimized by being forced to participate in what he considers to be the unnecessary and immoral invasion of Iraq.

Mikey contradicting himself? Say it ain't so!

Moore's big stop-the-presses revelation is that the name of an old pal of the president who works for the bin Laden family was excised from 1972 National Guard records released by the White House in 2002. Yawn.

Mostly Moore dusts off a litany of old accusations against the president - whom he portrays as both a buffoon and a world-class conspirator - and lands few solid blows as he takes on targets like the Patriot Act and supposed war profiteering by the politically connected Halliburton Corp.

Bush/Halliburton conspiracies? "Bush is dumb" jokes? Wow! You're really treading in uncharted waters now, Mikey.

Far from the political hot potato Moore has been tub-thumping to secure a rich U.S. distribution deal and the July opening he lusts after - after Miramax was forced to sell it at the insistence of its corporate parent, Disney - "Fahrenheit 9/11" is more like a lot of hot air.

I wonder if it ever occurred to Mikey that Disney simply didn't want to distribute his movie because it sucked total ass! Supposedly Fahrenheit 911 is going to have some gruesome images of the Iraq war, but it's not like similar pictures aren't available to anyone with access to the fucking internet. We all know war is hell. We also know that life under Saddam was hell (at least if you were a Shi'ite or a Kurd). Why not show some Saddam torture picks, in the interest of equal time? I guess that's not on the agenda.

Then again, does Moore really want Bush to lose? A Kerry victory in November would likely put an end to much of Moore's popularity, not to mention his cashflow. I think there's a conflict of interests here that needs to be looked into.

Posted by: Mad_Alchemist / 12:14 PM

Some excellent photoshops, courtesy of Allah, Creator of Worlds.

How did all these Nigerians ever free up the millions of dollars in their bank accounts before the internet?

Just because.

Sideshow Bob: Deep down inside you secretly long for a cold-hearted Republican to lower taxes, brutalize criminals, and rule you like a king.

Abe (Grampa) Simpson: [going through wallet, searching for Stonecutters membership card] I'm an Elk, a Mason, a Communist. I'm the president of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance for some reason...

Abe Simpson: That's not a war story! I'll tell ya a war story! I was on PT-109 with John F. Kennedy! I was the first to discover his terrible secret... [flashback]
Kennedy: Ich bin ein Berliner.
Abe: [gasps] He's a Nazi! Get him!

Homer: He has all the money in the world, but there's one thing he can't buy.
Marge: What's that?
Homer: (pause) A dinosaur.

Homer: Lisa, if you don't like your job you don't strike. You just go in there every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way.

Chief Wiggum: I tell ya, they only come out a night, or in this case, the daytime.

Homer: A gun is not a weapon Marge, it's a tool. Like a butcher knife, or a harpoon, or... or an alligator.

Homer: Please, please, kids, stop fighting. Maybe Lisa's right about America being the land of opportunity and maybe Adil has a point about the machinery of capitalism being oiled with the blood of workers.

[Commercial for Mr.Sparkle dish detergent]: Get out of my way, all of you! This is no place for loafers. Join me or die. Can you do any less?

Reporter: Apu, is the rumor true that you're actually Indian?
Apu: By the gods of Vishnu, that is a lie!

Homer: Stealing! How could you? Haven't you learned anything from that guy who gives those sermons at church? Captain what's-his-name?

Homer: Wait, I'm no missionary! I don't even believe in Jeebus!

Homer: Save me, Jeebus!

Mr. Burns: We'll get the Simpsons a present. An extravagant present. A mad, unthinkable, utterly impossible present! A frabulous, grabulous, zip-zoop-zabulous present!

Ralph: ... and when the doctor said I didn't have worms any more, that was the happiest day of my life.
Mrs. Hoover: Thank you, Ralph, very graphic.

Gay Republican #1: We need a symbol. Something that says we're gay and Republican.
[Maggie's pink elephant balloon floats in through an open window]
Gay Republican #2: A little on the nose, don't you think?

Titania: Ew. You said if I slept with you I wouldn't have to touch the drunk.
Duff Man: Duff Man says a lot of things. Oh, yeah!

Jimmy: Thank goodness I still live in a world of telephones, car batteries, handguns and many things made of zinc.

Homer: Not a bear in sight. The Bear Patrol must be working like a charm.
Lisa: That's specious reasoning, Dad.
Homer: Thank you, dear.
Lisa: By your logic I could claim that this rock keeps tigers away.
Homer: Oh, how does it work?
Lisa: It doesn't work.
Homer: Uh-huh.
Lisa: It's just a stupid rock.
Homer: Uh-huh.
Lisa: But I don't see any tigers around, do you?
Homer: Lisa, I want to buy your rock.

Homer: Let the bears pay the bear tax. I pay the Homer tax.
Lisa: That's home-owner tax.
Homer: Well, anyway, I'm still outraged.

Bart: Mom, my slingshot doesn't fit in these pockets. And these shorts leave nothing to the imagination. These uniforms suck!
Marge: Bart! Where do you pick up words like that?
Homer: [on phone] Yeah, Moe, that team sure did suck last night.
They just plain sucked! I've seen teams suck before, but they were the suckiest bunch of sucks that ever sucked.
Marge: Homer! Watch your mouth!
Homer: Aw, I gotta go. My damn weiner kids are listening.

Barney: And I say, England's greatest Prime Minister was Lord Palmerston!
Wade Boggs: Pitt the Elder!!
Barney: Lord Palmerston!!!
Wade Boggs: Pitt the Elder!!!! [pokes Barney]
Barney: Okay, you asked for it, bud! [punches him out]
Moe: Yeah, that's showing him, Barney! [scoffing] Pitt the Elder...
Barney: Lord Palmerston!!!! [punches Moe]

Bart: Uh, say, are you guys crooks?
Fat Tony: Bart, um, is it wrong to steal a loaf of bread to feed your starving family?
Bart: No.
Fat Tony: Well, suppose you got a large starving family. Is it wrong to steal a truckload of bread to feed them?
Bart: Uh uh.
Fat Tony: And, what if your family don't like bread? They like... cigarettes?
Bart: I guess that's okay.
Fat Tony: Now, what if instead of giving them away, you sold them at a price that was practically giving them away. Would that be a crime, Bart?
Bart: Hell, no!

Homer: No deal, McCutcheon, that moon money is mine!

Burns: Must call Smithers, he'll protect me from this beast. [looks at his phone] I've seen people activate this machine a thousand times. Doesn't
seem to be any trick to it. Let's see, Smithers... S-M-I-T-H-E-R-S. Success, it's ringing!
Moe: Moe's tavern.
Burns: I'm looking for a Mr. Smithers, first name Waylon.
Moe: Oh... So you're looking for a Mr. Smithers, eh? First name Waylon is it? Listen to me, you! When I catch you, I'm gonna pull out your eyes, and shove 'em down your pants, so you can watch kick the crap outta you, okay? Then I'm gonna use your tongue to paint my boat!

Ralph: Umm, Miss Hoover?
Hoover: Yes Ralph, what is it?
Ralph: My worm went in my mouth and then I ate it...can I have another one?
Hoover: No Ralph, there aren't any more... just try to sleep while the other children are learning.

Lionel Hutz: Now don't you worry, Mrs. Simpson, I - uh-oh. We've drawn Judge Snyder.
Marge: Is that bad?
Lionel Hutz: Well, he's had it in for me, ever since I kinda ran over his dog.
Marge: You did?
Lionel Hutz: Well, replace the word 'kinda' with the word 'repeatedly', and the word 'dog' with 'son'.

More good ones at Right Wing News. Feel free to paste some of your personal favorites in the 'comments' section.

Eh, I thought I might as well comment a little bit on the last Simpsons' episode. The show has skewered Republicans plenty in the past, and I loved it. They did it tactfully, exercised taste, and most of all it was funny. Sunday's episode, however, was an insanely over the top parody of America's intense post-9/11 patriotism.

Now, I am not a fan of nationalism (or any collectivist political movement, for that matter) by any means, and I think a lot of these patriotic types are pretty over the top themselves, but the environment of oppression portrayed in the Simpsons is 100% fiction. There is no "chill wind" censoring anybody who has spoken out. If that were the case, then Sunday's Simpsons episode would not have even aired. It's very existence contradicts the message it was trying to convey. Left-wing celebrities being thrown in prison? My ass! They're as loud, outspoken, and obnoxious as they've ever been, and the more they speak out, the more attention they get from the media. I couldn't tell you what Susan Sarandon or Tim Robbin's last movie was, but I can sure as hell tell you their political opinions. I could't name a single Dixie Chicks' song, but I can tell you what they think of the president and what they look like wearing nothing but political slogans. I didn't even know who Michael Moore was before the current Bush administration, now I'm fucking sick of hearing about him. He won a friggin' Oscar, thanks to his "dissent", and took his acceptance speech as an opportunity to preach his left-wing agenda to a national audience. Ashcroft must not have been watching, because Moore is still free to spew his bullshit. The more these people complain of "censorship," the bigger the audience they can get on political issues. I'm sure they've suffered a few small boycott's (Which used to be considered noble when civil rights advocates boycotted segregationist businesses large and small, but is apparently considered "silencing of dissent" when people who love their country boycott millionare celebrities who act like jackasses.) and probably recieved a few hate mails (*gasp* Celebrities recieving hate mail? Be still my heart! That's never happened before 9-11.), but there hasn't been a single attempt by the government to even acknowledge the "dissent" of these celebrities, let alone silence it. They are entitled to freedom of speech, but they are not entitled to an audience. This point needs to seriously be hammered into their worthless skulls.

Now, back to the Simpsons, they've handled contraversial topics in the past, but when it starts getting preachy it stops being funny. They've taken jabs at America's current wave of patriotism in recent episodes, but they didn't try to force-feed the idea that we have this oppressive atmosphere in the United States before this episode. I wonder how Europeans will react, when this episode hits overseas. Many of them already look for every excuse they can to trash Americans, and this just plays right into their already omnipresent anti-Americanism. I'm sure it will never occur to any of those same Europeans that this Simpons episode actually aired in the United States, because in reality, Americans don't have a problem with opposing opinions. There's an epiode of Futurama, where Dr. Zoidberg eats the American flag (actually the Earth flag, but Earth pretty much represents the United States on Futurama, with a very similar flag and system of government), and is persecuted for his anti-Ameri-- er, anti-Earthism. They handled basically the same subject matter as the latest Simpsons episode, but they handled it with a lot more class. First of all, the Futurama episode was very funny. The Simpsons episode (like most recent Simpons episodes) was extremely sub-par. The Futurama episode had plenty for leftists and rightists to love, and came off as possibly the most libertarian thing I've ever seen on television. The Simpsons episode comes off as just insulting when they try to throw the Right a bone, with a minor jab at French ingratitude towards the U.S. and a comment about tax-and-spend Democrats, as if we're too dumb to realize that they just spent a half-hour calling us fascists. It's a shame that, given it's current state, the Simpsons wasn't allowed to retire while it was still on top, while Futurama, unfortunately, got the axe at FOX.

I'll leave you with a reminder of the Simpsons' glory days:

Clinton: No, thank you, Lisa, for teaching kids everywhere a valuable lesson: If things don't go your way, just keep complaining until your dreams come true.
Marge: That's a pretty lousy lesson.
Clinton: Hey, I'm a pretty lousy president.

Bart: Didn't you wonder why you were getting checks for absolutely nothing?
Grampa: I figured 'cause the Democrats were in power again.

Homer: If I didn't have this gun, the king of England could just walk in here anytime he wants and start shoving you around. [pushing Lisa] Do you want that? [pushing her harder] Huh? Do you?

Sideshow Bob: I'll be back. You can't keep the Democrats out of the White House forever. And when they get in, I'm back on the street! With all of my criminal buddies! Ba-ha-ha-ha-ha!!

Homer: Go back to Massachussetts, pinko!

Clinton: I know you don't think you're good enough for me. But believe me, you are. Hell, I done it with pigs. [laughs] Real, no-foolin' pigs!
Marge: Are you sure it's a federal law that I have to dance with you?
Clinton: You know, I'd change that law if I could, Marge. But, I can't.
Aide: [whispers in Clintons' ear]
Clinton: Aw, shoot. Quebec's got the bomb! Well, I gotta go, but ... look, if you're ever near the White House, there's a tool shed out back. I'm in there most of the day.

Moe: Yeah, he was my manager. Back when I was Gorgeous, everybody
wanted a piece of me. But somehow, I just never made it to the big time.
Homer: Why not?
Moe: 'Cause I got knocked out forty times in a row. That, plus
politics. You know, it's all politics.
Homer: [glaring] Lousy democrats.

Mayor Quimby(after banning guns in Springfield): I now declare this town utterly defenseless!

UPDATE: Chris Kallini graciously linked to this post, and touches on another aspect I didn't. Check it out.

Just read on Spoons that Roderick Pritchett was acquitted today. After having his life made into a living hell by hoplophobic cowards, because he had a cased and unloaded firearm in his vehicle, it's good to see that, in the end, freedom and justice prevailed. Unfortunately, it's sad to read what this man had to go through, and scary to think it could happen in America.

One of my favorite bloggers, Lee at Right-Thinking, just lost his father. I encourage everyone who's ever read Right-Thinking to leave some kind words for Lee.

Okay, so just before I headed off to work today I decided to visit my blog and check up on how my tumbleweeds were doing. Considering that I've had exactly two comments left on here that weren't my own, you can imagine that I was pretty surprised to see my Cold Dead Hands post had recieved three comments, and as it turned out, two links from fellow bloggers.

The always awesome and wonderful Bunkergurl linked to me, with the clever Making Gold From Lead (given that the topic of that post was firearms). The fact that she is a right-winger who likes the Pagans and the Pink Holes is enough to make her my nominee for Greatest Person Ever. I also got linked to by Sipidation, which earned him a much coveted position on my blogroll. I added mAss Backwards to my blogroll, since his two comments (so far) on Alchemy For Dummies have made him my top commentor. Plus, he had this great quote in the head of his blog, "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what's for dinner. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the decision." which I immediately added to my random quotes generator.

Thank you, to all you kick-ass bloggers who have supported Alchemy For Dummies. You all rule.

UPDATE: I'm on Moxie's freakin' blogroll!! As Dr. Zoidberg would say, "Life was bad, but now it's good forever!"

40 Reasons for Gun Control. I'd like to credit the blog I originally found this through, but unfortunately I forget which blog. Anyway, here's a few of my favorites.

7. An intruder will be incapacitated by tear gas or oven spray, but if shot with a .357 Magnum will get angry and kill you.

8. A woman raped and strangled is morally superior to a woman with a smoking gun and a dead rapist at her feet.

12. The 2nd Amendment, ratified in 1787, refers to the National Guard, which was created 130 years later, in 1917.

37. "Assault weapons" have no purpose other than to kill large numbers of people. The police need assault weapons. You do not.

Read the whole thing. There's plenty of goodies in there.

I couldn't let this great little comment by Aaron at Free Will go without a mention,

Socialized Medicine: Where the State has a financial interest in undermining your parenting to teach your little 14-year-old girl to suck cock.

Click the link to read it in it's context.

I just added a few sites to my blogroll, including Imperial Board, which is actually a rabidly leftist message board, and I probably wouldn't be able to stomach visiting it, if it weren't for the fact that one of my best friends since kindergarten runs the board. He made me co-moderator of the humor section, but I've been shirking my duties as of late. Sorry Ron, but being surrounded by leftists just makes me feel unclean.

Oh, and definitely check out Moxie for some top notch political satire. Plus she's easy on the eyes.

Found via Spoons

Andrew McCarthy at
National Review says,

I understand how frustrated everyone is today, and especially after the Berg atrocity, we want and need to strike out. But we are always quick to criticize moral equivalence arguments when the Left so frequently makes them -- like the idiocy of comparing the Patriot Act to the Japanese internment. It has been dismaying today to listen to the flip side of moral equivalence: the high-minded comparisons of the U.S. stewardship of Abu Ghraib to Saddam's murderous atrocities. What makes America great is America's standards, not Saddam's comparative standards. What makes Abu Ghraib monstrous is how much of an aberration it is from American standards; the conduct does not become less ghastly because it is better than what Saddam used to do.

I hate that morons on the left are using this issue (as they do with every issue) for partisan sniping, but that's no reason to dismiss the crimes of the reservists at Abu Ghraib. Let's do what is morally right, and if the left and the rest of the world still hate us, well, to hell with them.

His service in Vietnam is about the only thing in my mind that makes Kerry less dispicable than Clinton. Yeah, it was kind of disgusting to see him mentioning his veteran status anytime the opportunity came up, or even when it didn't, but you still have to give credit where credit is due. Well, maybe it was a mistake for Kerry to make his service in Vietnam such a central issue in his campaign, since hundreds of his former commanders and colleagues from the military have signed a letter calling him "unfit to be commander-in-chief." That's gotta suck for Mr. IServedInVietnam, huh? Of course, if war credentials meant everything to the American people, then Bob Dole would be president right now.

I meant to thank Kevin for adding me to his blogroll.

Germany's long, proud tradition of forced labor continues...

Young German men could soon be free of compulsory military service. But abolishing the draft may pose a serious problem for the social system, which depends on those men that opt for the alternative -- community service.

German politicians have long been debating plans to abandon the draft in favor of a professional army. But getting rid of conscription would also entail an end to its alternative -- community service.

The details are as yet unconfirmed, but the government this year looks set to shorten the length of compulsory community service from 10 to nine months -- the same that is required for military service.

According to reports in the Financial Times Deutschland, this would be the first step towards a phase-out of both military and community service by 2008. A government spokeswoman declined to comment on the reports ahead of a meeting on Thursday, when the Minister for Family Affairs Renate Schmidt, is due to present her report on the future of community service.

A coming catastrophe?

Around 90,000 young German men are registered yearly for community service, and approximately 80 percent end up working in hospitals or senior citizens' homes doing essential work such as driving ambulances, caring for the disabled and elderly, and delivering meals.

Charitable organizations fear there will be "catastrophic" consequences for healthcare in Germany if this inexpensive and valuable workforce were to disappear. Joachim Kendelbacher from the Workers' Welfare organisation told Deutsche Welle that his organisation, which currently employs around 6,000 people doing their alternative community service, would suffer heavily if their jobs were to be cut.

Yep, Germany can't ditch it's draft because their healthcare is dependent on the forced labor of their citizens. Sprechen sie douche? Hey Germany, is goose-stepping backwards towards National Socialism really as much fun as it is to watch from a safe distance?

Found via Free Will.

Jason Dunham, a 22 year old Marine serving in Iraq, jumped in front of a grenade to save two fellow Marines. These boys are amazing.

I wonder if this will get the same amount of media attention as the reservists who abused Iraqi POWs. Yeah right.

Just read this.

I just read this little beauty on IMAO:

Frank: What about gays in the military?

Rumsfeld: Here's my problem, people keep suggesting these ideas for changing the military, but they never ask the pertinent question: How does this help us kill more people? I don't see how gays in the military does that. Now, back in my day, gays were a bit different. They were manly men who cared little for fashion or showtunes, and only had sex with women. I don't know where the gay movement eventually changed its course, but I don't like it.

On the other hand, it's a really hard thing for me to look someone in the eye and say, "No, you can't kill anyone."

And that, my friends, is why Frank J is the man.