I just added a ton of quotes to the random quote generator(I'm up to 252), most of them from this page here, so refresh the page often, or shoot me off an e-mail, and I'll copy & paste the full list for you, which is probably a lot less tedious if you want to read them all. I also added a few slogans to the random slogan generator (16 slogans total, so far).

Some of the new slogans are inside jokes, for example: "I'm doin' a good job!" is from an inside joke between my brother and I , that I came up with while watching the original Star Wars. The quote is something I said right near the end of the movie (we quite often add stupid commentary to movies we watch together), where we see an imperial soldier who is operating the big lazer on the Death Star, and he's doing his thing on the controls, about to blow up the rebel base, when the Death Star gets exploded. I said the line in a sort of naive, childish voice, with the kind of dumb pride a little kid has when he first learns to use the potty. You probably had to be there to enjoy it (or to tell me I'm retarded), but I find it funny, so it's up there. And hopefully the context here will make the quote a little more enjoyable to you.

"Oh, snap! I didn't see nothin'!" is a line from a Saturday Night Live cartoon, "20,000 Leagues Under the Chappaquiddick" is a slogan I submitted for the Right Thinking from the Left Coast slogan contest that didn't get used (though quite a few of my suggestions did get used), though I do believe I've seen another blogger use the term since I submitted it. "I, Rove-bot" is just a joke, referencing the accusations by leftist that claimed that BuckHead, the FreeRepublic reader who first uncovered the CBS memogate scandal, was actually Karl Rove. Some of the other slogans are just me being a twisted and depraved human being, and there's a Matrix reference in there too. "Like Kryptonite to Batman" is obviously a take on the sensational(ist) Oliver Willis's popular slogan. Then there's a Matrix reference in there, and bunch of slogans that are just me being twisted and depraved (the internet seems to bring that quality out in people).

So, yeah, uh... I think that's about it.

LINK
This is a very good article about "Libertarian Paternalism." It claims to be a draft, but I believe it's since been published in the U-Chicago Law Review.

The gist of it is that it Libertarian Paternalism is not an oxymoron, and that there is nothing objectionable in letting "good" choices be easier to make. Consider an employer that wants its employees to invest in a savings program (example abbreviated from article). The bad way would be to decree a mandatory 10% wage garnishing. A classicaly acceptable but ineffective way would be to declare a voluntary program where employees could pay in 10% either automatically or manually. These are both bad though,the first for many reasons, the second because it's ineffective.
A good way to deal with new employees would be to assume they want to participate, as long as there is an easy way to opt out. For existing employees, a program whereby a portion of all future wage increases is set aside can be established (again with an easy opt out). These sorts of programs do nothing to interfere with freedoms, but still make it possible to encourage "desirable" behaviors.
Anyway, the article says it better, and in more detail. I recommend reading at least some of it.

Oh, geez.

Update: Uhh...

Found this at ClaireWolfe.com,

Gun-law expert Alan Korwin is calling for calm, in the national uproar over John Kerry's possible serious gun violations during a recent photo op in Racine, West Virginia.

The national clamor over the Democratic presidential candidate, who took possession of a Browning semiautomatic shotgun outside his home state, reflects a problem with the laws and should not be used to arrest and prosecute the man, Korwin says. A gun crossing state lines is heavily regulated.

"There are so many charges Kerry might face," according to Korwin, who has written seven books on gun laws, including the unabridged, plain-English federal guide, "Gun Laws of America."

1. Taking ownership of the shotgun gift, if he doesn't already have a valid Massachusetts Firearm Identification Card, could subject him to a 2-1/2 year prison term in his home state. Since he has claimed publicly he owns firearms, chances are he has this critical piece of paper, Korwin says.

2. Bringing the firearm back to Massachusetts, if he received it from a private party, would be a federal felony under the 1968 Gun Control Act. (5 years in prison, $5,000 fine, 18 USC §922)

3. The only exemption that would allow him to bring it into his home state requires that he obtained it in a face-to-face transaction with a federal firearms licensed dealer (FFL). A private gift would not qualify.

4. If Kerry did get it from an FFL, he would have had to personally fill out and sign a "4473 form" required by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, before the gift was given, under penalty of federal felony.

5. If Kerry did not personally undergo a "NICS" instant background check before the transfer from an FFL, he would have put the person conducting the transfer in some legal jeopardy, though the law contains a loophole that would probably save Kerry from additional harm (the dealer, not the recipient, suffers from failure to do the NICS check).

While gun lobbyists are inflamed that Kerry introduced a law that would outlaw this particular type of sporting shotgun, and gun gifts in general, it is a good thing the law has not passed yet, because then it might be too serious a problem to simply ignore.

Korwin says that calls to indict Kerry are premature and "most certainly overkill. John Kerry should receive the same lenient treatment any other citizen deserves when innocently violating these complex and non-intuitive rules." At least give him a chance to explain, Korwin pleads.

Unfortunately, federal authorities from BATFE have been known in the past to be inflexible in their enforcement of even minor technical violations (note that none of these felony violations involve a victim or any sort of harm). With widely circulated evidence, in the form of photographs of Kerry in obvious possession of the firearm, he may find himself subject to the long arms of the law.

And more importantly, Korwin says, "Some of these laws are just foolish, putting honest citizens at enormous and unjustified risk, and are so complicated that even a presidential candidate and his staff cannot figure them out."

For all you pet lovers, I also found a link to this on Claire's blog,

EXCERPTS FROM A DOG'S DAILY DIARY:
8:00 a.m. Oh, boy! Dog food! My favorite!
9:30 a.m. Oh, boy! A car ride! My favorite!
9:40 a.m. Oh, boy! A walk! My favorite!
10:30 a.m. Oh, boy! Getting rubbed and petted! My favorite!
11:30 a.m. Oh, boy! Dog food! My favorite!
Noon- Oh, boy! The kids! My favorite!
1:00 p.m. Oh, boy! The yard! My favorite!
4:00 p.m. Oh, boy! To the park! My favorite!
5:00 p.m. Oh, boy! Dog food! My favorite!
5:30 p.m. Oh, boy! Pretty Mums! My favorite!
6:00 p.m. Oh, boy! Playing ball! My favorite!
6:30 a.m. Oh, boy! Watching TV with my master! My favorite!
8:30 p.m Oh, boy! Sleeping in master's bed! My favorite!

EXCERPTS FROM A CAT'S DAILY DIARY:
Day 283 of My Captivity: My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects. They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while I am forced to eat dry cereal. The only thing that keeps me going is the hope of escape, and the mild satisfaction I get from ruining the occasional piece of furniture. Tomorrow I may eat another house plant.

Today my attempt to kill my captors by weaving around their feet while they were walking almost succeeded; must try this at the top of the stairs. In an attempt to disgust and repulse these vile oppressors, I once again induced myself to vomit on their favorite chair, must try this on their bed.

Decapitated a mouse and brought them the headless body, in an attempt to make them aware of what I am capable of, and to try to strike fear into their hearts. They only cooed and condescended about what a good little cat I was. Hmmm, not working according to plan.

There was some sort of gathering last night of their accomplices. I was placed in solitary confinement throughout the event. However, I could hear the noise and smell the food. More importantly, I overheard that my confinement was due to my power of "allergies." Must learn what this is and how to use it to my advantage.

I am convinced the other captives are flunkies and maybe snitches. The dog is routinely released and seems more than happy to return. He is obviously a half-wit. The bird, on the other hand, has got to be an informant, he speaks with them regularly. I am certain he reports my every move. Due to his current placement in the high metal room, his safety is assured.

But I can wait, it is only a matter of time ....

For any of my readers who might be curious what a mad alchemist looks like, here's a picture of me (left) with Mat Faust, former vocalist of the Cleveland punk band the Squirts. Wow, those glasses lasted a long time, considering this picture is from January 2002, and I just recently broke those glasses creek-walking (creek-falling, more accurately) about a month ago. Needless to say, I took more time picking out a pair of frames last time I went glasses shopping.

(Bunkergurl, if you're reading this, this picture was taken at the Phantasy Niteclub. I believe you asked me once on Right-Thinking.com about whether the Phantasy was still around. They are indeed still there, but I don't think I've been there since this picture was taken.)

Fectin and I were supposed to meet in person for the first time today, at an Arabica on his college's campus, and it sounds like we were both there, but never ran into each other. I wouldn't be surprised if we both saw each other, but it never occured to either of us to say anything. We both exchanged pictures the other day, so that we'd be able to recognize each other, but I did not see anyone who I thought looked like Fectin's picture (I asked one guy if he was Fectin, since he kinda looked like he was looking around for someone to show up, but alas, it wasn't him). So, for the record, I did not stand you up, Fectin (though I was a few minutes late, due to me passing up the street).

So, I'm a little grouchy that I missed Fectin. But you know what always cheers me up? A_kick_ass_post_on_Kallini.com!

Back in August, Frank J of IMAO was temporarily_killed by Hurricane Charley, and before he un-died, I typed up a nice, lengthy eulogy for Frank in the 'comments' section of his blog, which I'm gonna repost here for my readers, so that I can get some extra mileage out of it. If you aren't familiar with some of the running jokes on IMAO, or with the Batman animated series, then parts of the eulogy will seem pretty obscure,

Some say Frank was a funny man. Some say he was a wise man. Some say he was an "unfunny treasonous ronin." But I think we can all agree on one thing: His t-shirt babe is totally smoking hot! Like, for serious!

We have seen men in all ages, who have brought funny to the world. But who was there to bring funny to the blogosphere? One man said "I will bring funny to the blogosphere," and one man alone: Jeff Goldstein of Protein Wisdom. But, alas, the blogosphere may have had it's funny, but it was still lacking. Where were the voices calling for the eradication of monkeys? Where were the voices calling for a government grant for crude drawings of space lasers? Where were the voices calling for us to do terrible things to Canada and Europe? Who was there to tell us who Aquaman could and couldn't take in a fight? Who was there to steal obscure jokes from Simpsons and Futurama, and pass them off as his own? Who was there to post things on the internet without bothering to proofread them? Who was there to strike bad-ass Matrix poses with his shirt neatly tucked into his pants? If Frank were with us today, he could stand proud, and stand tall, and exclaim, "I was there! I called for all those stupid things you just mentioned!"

Frank J was born in Gotham City. He was the illegitimate love child of Harley Quinn and the Joker (Mr. J), his estranged parents. Though Mr. J had sought to raise Frank in his footsteps, as the arch-nemisis of caped crusader, Batman, Frank had chosen a different path. Frank found Aquaman to be a nemisis far more suiting to his personal style. The Joker disowned Frank, and neither has spoken in over a decade. Though they haven't seen each other since, Frank and his father continued to be in constant competition with each other. Frank took up humor blogging, with the hopes of out-shining his father's now defunct jokerpundit.blogspot.com. It is worth noting that neither IMAO or Joker Pundit have ever linked to each other since the founding of either. Any chance at reconciliation between Frank and his father was put to rest when the Joker was thrown off a tower by Michael Keaton, and killed.

Frank's mirthful spirit was matched only by his bountiful generousity. He, like, totally put me in his will, and stuff, but his will was lost in the hurricane, but it's still totally legally binding. He also gave five bucks to some homeless guy one time.
But ultimately, Frank was taken from us before his time. A particularly strong gust of wind sent his body hurling like a projectile, clear through the eastern wall of his $8.5 million lake-front mansion, to be thrust face first into the tailgate of an SUV, which dragged him for seven miles along the freeway, only to be thrown free onto a pile of rusted scrap metal, where he lay bleeding, while angry winds thrust the corpses of other hurricane Charley victims at his near lifeless body, until he finally succumbed to the peaceful rest of death.

Frank left behind only t-shirt babe SarahK (who, now that Frank is dead, can totally have my phone number if she wants it), and a massive trail of destruction. May he be at peace, and
may God rest his soul.

Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling
From glen to glen, and down the mountain side
The summer's gone, and all the flowers are dying'
Tis you, 'tis you must go and I must bide.
But come ye back when summer's in the meadow
Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow
'Tis I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow
Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy, I love you so.

And if you come, when all the flowers are dying
And I am dead, as dead I well may be
You'll come and find the place where I am lying
And kneel and say an "Ave" there for me.

And I shall hear, tho' soft you tread above me
And all my dreams will warm and sweeter be
If you'll not fail to tell me that you love me
I'll simply sleep in peace until you come to me.

I'll simply sleep in peace until you come to me.

Found at SondraK,

A man in a hot air balloon above the ocean realized he was lost. Spotting a small boat below him, he managed to descend his balloon until he noticed a woman on the deck. He shouted down to her, "Excuse me, ma'am, but can You help me? I was supposed to rendezvous an hour ago with my friend, who's on an island that's supposed to be around here somewhere, but now I don't seem to know where I am."The woman in the boat looked up, chuckled and replied, "You're in a hot air balloon approximately thirty feet above sea level." "That isn't what I mean," retorted the man.Apologizing and consulting her GPS, the woman then offered, "You're at exactly 31 degrees, 14.97 minutes north latitude, and 100 degrees, 49.09 minutes west longitude."The man shook his head and yelled, "You must be a Republican." "I am," replied the woman. "How did you know?" "Well," answered the balloonist, "everything you told me is technically correct, but I have no idea what to make of your information, and I'm still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help to me."The woman smiled and responded, "Uh-huh. And you must be a Democrat.""I am," responded the fellow. "How did you know?""Easy," laughed the woman. "You don't know where you are or where you're going, you've risen to where you are by using a great deal of hot air, you've made a promise that you have no idea how to keep, and you expect someone else to solve your problem. You're in the same position you were in before we met, but somehow, now it's my fault."

by the Circle Jerks

In a political state
It carries no weight
No consideration
Your future's at stake

Yanked out of school
For a factory before you can read
Once the world's shoved down your throat
You'll find that it's hard to breath

They'll march you to work
In sickness or in health
You're never paid what you're worth
No family wealth

Soon your wages
Support the state
Support the party
Then you'll scream
"Forget the C.W.P.!"

Tell'em for me,
I'd kill to be free
Tell'em for me,
I'd kill to be free

No religion to comfort your mind
The Communist Manifesto will be read all the time

When consumer products cease to exist,
That's when the Eastern Block defects

Tell'em for me,
I'd kill to be free
Tell'em for me,
I'd kick ass to be free

Resist'em, communism
Resist'em, fascism
Resist'em, nazism
Resist'em now

Any of my readers want to comment on me moving my random quotes to the right-hand column? I think it looks better, but at the same time, I've noticed I'm less likely to read the random quote when I open the page if it's off to the side. And what do y'all think about the new random slogan generator? So far there are only four slogans, but I'll put up more as I think of them. I'd appreciate any quote or slogan suggestions anybody wants to leave in the 'comments' section as well. Your input makes for a better, more rewarding AFD experience.

Just a few hours ago, a block away from my home, I saw a full grown woman make malicous, racist comments at a 16 year old girl, and try to pick a fight with her, simply because the girl had a problem with the fact that LeBron James ran over someone's foot with his car, drove off, and acted like it was a joke (I don't know if this LeBron James story is true, since this is the first I heard about it, but the angry woman never disputed the validity of the story). I guess the angry woman claimed LeBron was her nephew, but assuming this wasn't a bullshit excuse for her to get up in arms, he must be a pretty lousy nephew, since the woman works at a Payless Shoe Source about 50 ft. from where the fight took place, and he apparently hasn't found it in him to fix up his loyal auntie so that she never has to work again. I mean, being a teenage bazillionaire and all. The fact that the girl's comments about LeBron were about basic human decency, and not about race, didn't seem to be relevant to the angry woman, who went into an "us" and "you people" rant. Mall security had to break things up, so it wouldn't surprise me if the woman gets fired from her job there. Anyway, there are a lot of really pleasant, decent women who work at that same Payless (who also happen to be black, but don't apparently hate white people. Imagine that!), and they don't need this kind of shit reflecting on their business. Have fun with the job hunt lady, I hope it was worth it to you. Maybe Little LeBron will set you up with a place to stay, in his garage or something, for the time being. Just watch your feet.

(It should be noted that, though the older woman was the aggressor, and even seemed to be trying to start a physical fight, the teenage girl did get an attitude with her, where she could have easily avoided the situation with a sheepish apology, and move on to another topic of discussion. Of course she was in the right in the first place, as it's her right to express her own opinion of any person in the public eye, especially in what was intended to be a conversation with her friends, but was overheard by the angry lady in front of her. It should also be noted that I saw the same angry lady from Payless about a week or two ago, wearing a John Kerry button. Not that I'm suggesting there's any sort of connection there...)

UPDATE: It's confirmed. The woman was fired from her job at Payless. Also confirmed: LeBron James is still a teenage bazillionaire, who could care less.

My apologies for the long delay. School started, and that's all the excuse I think I need. Without further ado:

It turns out that someone is writing (has written by now) this same series (Is two a series? Is Rhode Island really an island?) of articles for my school paper, only he's started with Kerry and is going after Bush next. His position is that Kerry will bring about the end of all that is good and true by crushing all corporations into dust, destroying international trade, whoring us out to the UN and grinding everyone beneath the oppressive heel of socialized medicine.
I don't know about all that. I never got up to actually considering his politics.
Initially, when I thought about it, I didn't like Bush. I wrote about this in detail last week, and after that train of thought, I was all set to grit my teeth and vote for Kerry. What changed my mind was Edwards. Right around the time I was thinking these things, there was an article on MSN about how Kerry hadn't named a VP, and how there wasn't any clear choice for one. I thought that was cool, that Kerry was sort of rising above the muck wars and that maybe he'd be choosing someone good. I heard rumors of McCain, and that sort of dynamic duo would have been hard to say no to. Unfortunatly, this was not to be. That Kerry instead chose Edwards decided me hard and fast that it would be a cold day in hell before I voted for him.
See, I'm from North Carolina, so I actually have an idea what Edwards stands for. Not A Whole Lot. Since before he declared his canidacy, my short answer as to why I'm not fond of him has been "All Edwards ever gave us was nuclear waste." I'm not sure where I got that impression, but I'd guess it's from the Nuclear Waste Storage Facility about 30 miles from my house. I don't know if it's been completed yet; it was started 3ish years ago.
Edwards was elected on a very socially conservative platform, as you might expect from North Carolina. He immediately allied himself with the Democratic party and has had a voting record to the left of Kennedy. Let me put it this way: if Edwards campaign promise had been to save the whales, they would have been nuked by now. Whatever grudge you may have against whales, a canidate who does nothing even TANGENTIALLY related to what he says he will do is notsomeone you want representing you.
Edwards has already shown himself ready and willing to sell himself for power once, why would anyone want to entrust him with MORE opportunities to do so?
Aside from that, Edwards is personally fairly undesirable. I recently had an email forwarded to me that claiming to be from one of his neighbors. I have no reason to doubt that it is. Edwards is apparantly a bastard in person as well; anyone who wants to, email me I'll forward the letter to you. It seems he's standoffish, rude to his neighbors, instructs news vans to park on their lawns instead of his, demands exclusive access to public roads, etc.
Some of Edwards' main points while campaigning were that health care cost too much, and that the rich didn't pay enough taxes. Edwards got wealthy off his malpractice firm. If a surgeon made a mistake, Edwards' firm would sue the surgeon, the hospital, the anaesthesiologist and anyone else who happened to be in the room. This made him so fabulously wealty that he created a dummy corporation to avoid paying taxes. (Every so often he pays himself dividends, and gets taxed at a lower rate than he otherwise would.)
Anyway, enough about Edwards. Much as I despise him, there are other good reasons to vote against Kerry. Almost any reason he gives for voting against Bush, whether or not it's vallid, applies equally or better as a reason for voting against Kerry.
"Bush is rich and lloking out for rich people." Either Kerry OR Edwards has a personal fortune which dwarfs the Bushs'. I believe this was true even before Kerry tapped the Heinz money, but I could easily be conxvinced otherwise. Either way it's true now. Keep rich people out of office, keep America ours. Vote against Kerry/Edwards.
"Jobs are all going overseas and corporations are bad." Edwards has already been carefull not to flip flop on this one by saying that American corporations are good, it's just those overseas ones that are rotten. Nonetheless, he has consistantly voted FOR globalization while serving in congress. WTO, NAFTA, etc. He's come out for all of them. Keep American Jobs American, vote against Kerry/Edwards in 2004!
"I would have proceeded differently with the war in Iraq." By funding troops perhaps? maybe next time he actually will. By garnering international support from his international friends? "Leaders in other countries want me to become President." (direct quote) Show me ONE such leader.
Oh, I know! Kerry is morally superior because he favors gay marriage! Oh wait...
No, you should vote for Kerry because of how valliantly he was wounded in a firefight with some rocks. (On which note, can anyone tell me about the shrapnel in his leg without rhetoric? I'm honestly curious because I don't recall it being one of his purple hearts)
No, no. My mistake, he was valliant when he shot a wounded Viet Cong in the back.
And how he then came home and testified before congress, despite the obvious pain it caused him to MAKE IT ALL UP. Or maybe his unit really was raping and murdering their way through Vietnam, either way, I'm not especially impressed.
If Kerry's record in Vietnam is flawless, and I don't know that it's not, why does everyone nearby but not in his boat tell a different story from everyone in his baot? Why won't he release his service records?
Kerry seems at first glance to have a very upstanding veiw of abortion, "My Catholic beliefs teach me that abortion is wrong, but I do not believe in imposing those beliefs on everyone else." That's all well and good, but his catholic beliefs actually teach him that fetuses (fetii?) are human beings and that by extention, abortion is murder. What his upstanding belief translates to is "I believe that this is a criminal act, but I'm not going to do anything about it." Whatever your position on abortion, this stance is reprehensible.
Is there anything I've missed? If so, I'll be happy to address it.

I couldn't think of anything to post for the 9-11 anniversary, so I was going to just pretend like I was away from my computer, and let better bloggers worry about it. Then I found a link to this_9-11_flash_movie on Sipidation's_blog. It's pretty long, so give it some time to load. It really made me realize how much the reality of that day has slipped into a sort of abstract memory. I can understand some people's criticisms of the current administration's policies, but it would be nice if somebody occasionally showed some recognition for what radical Islam really is. There's no party I agree with more often than the Libertarians, but when I hear some Libertarians say things like that the terrorists only attack us because we have our troops over there, and they'd leave us alone if all our troops were kept within our boarders, that just seems like such a naive optimism. These Islamofascists are living in a pre-Enlightenment world still. They have the same fixation on conquering the world that our European ancestors had. They will only be satiated if we are converted to Islam or destroyed. Disagree with the Bush administration's policy if you will, but he deserves credit for at least one thing, which is that he hasn't followed a policy of "kill X amount of terrorists, ad infinitum," but rather has made his goal the liberalization of the Middle East. Maybe this policy will work, and maybe it won't, but it beats playing fucking Whack-A-Mole with terrorists, in every God-forsaken cave they might choose to pop up in. War is always tragic and disgusting, but at least the dust will some day settle, and the Iraqis will have a hope for a brighter future, and an environment with the potential to bring that hope to fruition. Saddam Hussein's government was vile and disgusting, but with no hope of such a future. If we can bring any part of the Middle East into the modern era, even if we have to drag them kicking and screaming, this can only be a good thing for our future and theirs.

There is no way to co-exist with radical Islam. This issue should transcend political partisanship, but there are some groups who would rather dance around this issue with anti-Bush rhetoric and ignore it, so that they might get back to their pet political issues that they are more comfortable with. Some people are so consumed by politics, but they can only see the issues through the veil of academia, where they are protected from any consequences of their actions. I'm not asking anybody to back one candidate or the other here, but I just wish people would acknowledge radical Islam for what it is, and come to terms with it. It amazes me that people who continue to resurrect the memory of the evils of slavery, the Salem witch trials and the mistreatment of Native Americans by European settlers, so that they can denounce them and display their own moral high-mindedness, are the same people who can never point to the very pressent evils of our modern society and call them by name. When I hear someone say "Bush and Cheney are the real terrorists" I can't help but think, are the people who fly planes into buildings or strap themselves with explosives and walk into a public square in Israel not real terrorists? Can we drop this moral relativism bullshit? Please?

I'm assuming Fectin is busy with the new semester, but I haven't heard from him since his last post. I was just reading his profile from a message board he's registered with, and I noticed he just had a birthday 5 days ago (September 1st). So, sorry I'm a little late, but happy 20th birthday, Fectin! I wish you many, many more (birthdays), and may you leave a long trail of dead commies, fascists, and totalitarians in your wake.

Found at SondraK.com

*I heard some Arabs are asking for an apology. I humbly offer mine here:
I am sorry that the last seven times we Americans took up arms and sacrificed the blood of our youth, it was in the defense of Muslims (Bosnia, Kosovo, Gulf War 1, Kuwait, etc.). I am sorry that no such call for an apology upon the extremists came after 9/11.
I am sorry that all of the murderers on 9/11 were Arabs.
I am sorry that Arabs have to live in squalor under savage dictatorships. I am sorry that their leaders squander their wealth.
I am sorry that their governments breed hate for the US in their religious schools.
I am sorry that Yassir Arafat was kicked out of every Arab country and hijacked the Palestinian "cause."
I am sorry that no other Arab country will take in or offer more than a token amount of financial help to those same Palestinians.
I am sorry that the USA has to step in and be the biggest financial supporter of poverty stricken Arabs while the insanely wealthy Arabs blame the USA.
I am sorry that our own left wing elite and our media can't understand any of this.
I am sorry the United Nations scammed the poor people of Iraq out of the "food for oil" money so they could get rich while the common folk suffered.
I am sorry that some Arab governments pay the families of homicide bombers upon their death.
I am sorry that those same bombers are seeking 72 virgins. I can't seem to find one here on Earth.
I am sorry that the homicide bombers think babies are a legitimate target.
I am sorry that our troops died to free more Arabs.
I am sorry they show so much restraint when their brothers in arms are killed. I am sorry that Muslim extremists have killed more Arabs than any other group.
I am sorry that foreign trained terrorists are trying to seize control of Iraq and return it to a terrorist state.
I am sorry we don't drop a few dozen "Daisy Cutters" on Fallujah. (Note: a "Daisy Cutter" is a 10,000 lb bomb, used to clear helicopter landing zones)
I am sorry every time terrorists hide they find a convenient "Holy Site".
I am sorry they didn't apologize for driving a jet into the World Trade Center that collapsed and severely damaged Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church - one of our Holy Sites.
I am sorry they didn't apologize for flight 93 and 175, the USS Cole, the embassy bombings, etc.
I am sorry Michael Moore is American; he could feed a medium sized village in Africa.
I am sorry the French are french?
America will get past this latest absurdity. We will punish those responsible because that is what we do. We hang out our dirty laundry for all the world to see. We move on. That's one of the reasons we are hated so much. We don't hide this stuff like all those Arab countries that are now demanding an apology.
Deep down inside, when most Americans saw this reported in the news, we were like - so what? We lost hundreds and made fun of a few prisoners. Sure, it was wrong, sure, it dramatically hurts our cause, but until captured we were trying to kill these same prisoners. Now we're supposed to wring our hands because a few were humiliated? Our compassion is tempered with the vivid memories of our own people killed, mutilated and burnt amongst a joyous crowd of celebrating Fallujans.
If you want an apology from this American, you're going to have a long wait. You have a better chance of finding those 72 virgins.
---* Mike S. Adams

A-fucking-men!

I came across this in Cleveland's Scene magazine,

Liberalism has become as synonomous with punk rock as extreme sports, extreme soft drinks, and extreme corporate patronage, but not when it comes to the Vandals. Asked whom he'd vote for this fall, frontman Joe Escalante said Bush and Cheney. "It's simple," Escalante quipped, "Dick Cheney invented the Mobil Speedpass. I defy anyone to find anything so kick-ass on anyone else's résumé, anywhere, at any point in our history."

God, I love the Vandals.