adamist wrote:
] ] Senator Chuck Hagel, a Nebraska Republican described the
] ] rebuilding effort in Iraq as "beyond pitiful".
] ]
] ] "It's beyond embarrassing, it's now in the zone of
] ] dangerous," he said.

How can you rebuild that shithole? What can you rebuild it into? NOTHING!!! It wasn't much to begin with! It won't be any better. These Iraqis should be glad we did this! Instead they are acting like animals! Well, we kicked their ass already and we will continue kicking it until they shut the fuck up or die. That is is gospel!

RE: BBC NEWS | Business | Iraq rebuilding efforts 'pitiful'

janelane wrote:
] ] LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- If Doreen Seelig pocketed
] ] all the money she has spent on classroom supplies over 35
] ] years as a teacher -- the printer cartridges, the paper,
] ] the pencils and the paperback books lent to her Venice
] ] High School students -- she figures she would have a new
] ] car by now.
] ]
] ] Now, as the new school year gets under way, the burden on
] ] Seelig and other teachers around the country is even
] ] heavier.
] ]
] ] Because of a budget crunch, California has suspended a
] ] tax credit that reimbursed teachers up to $1,500 for
] ] classroom supplies. Meanwhile, a $250 federal tax
] ] deduction for teachers that helped defray out-of-pocket
]
] ] spending expired this year.
]
] I. Hate. [expletive]. [expletive]. [expletive]. President
] Bush.
]
] What good is No Child Left Behind since children can't
] possibly get "ahead" without any books or pencils?

No Child Left Behind was never any good. And listen, it takes a democratic governer to drive California into the ground so you can blame President Bush for everything that you percieve to be going wrong in your life. How pathetic. At the very least, you could have had some eloquence or an explanation for your little outburst there, janelane. The little bastards can buy their own pencils and notebooks. How about that for novelty? I don't feel like having my tax dollars go towards funding more idiots who will be churned out of our education system. Besides, if one is such a loser in their field of interest that they wind up having to become a teacher, then they know the costs that they will incur. For instance, a truck driver must buy his own truck to drive a big rig, in most cases. A Nurse must buy her own smock. A stripper must buy her own G-string and dancing shoes. A whore doesn't go out and make her make-up a tax deduction. She doesn't hit her pimp up for the cost of her AIDS tests. So, with this in mind, it would appear that teachers (who already have the benefit of three months off each year. Even the hooker has to work year round). So, with this in mind, I tell the teachers of California (and you): Boo Fuckin' Hoo!

RE: CNN.com - Teachers lose tax breaks for class expenses - Sep 16, 2004

Decius wrote:
] ] Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow is a nearly
] ] picture-perfect blend of stylistic sense and
] ] sensibilities of the bygone era of movie serials.
]
] When I first saw this I was really suprised by the strangeness
] of it's vision. Its really what someone in the 30s might have
] imagined the future would be like. I was worried, based I
] guess on the way it was marketed, that it might be an
] interesting world filled with recycled hollywood crap, but it
] turns out the critics seem to like it. It might not suck...

Oh, so if critics like a film, then it doesn't suck? Wow, what a narrowminded view of cinema. Stick to computers, man.

UPDATE: April 6, 2005. The movie is awesome. It's a very nice precurser to Sin City, only the whole family can enjoy it. It's still good, in spite of that. I approve of Sky Captain.

RE: CityBeat Film Reviews: Sky Captain

k wrote:
] ] Amendment supporters contend the flag deserves special
] ] protection as an important national symbol, while
] ] opponents, including Kerry, have argued that flag
] ] desecration can be punished under criminal statutes
] ] without tampering with the Constitution.
]
] [ This is ridiculous. Why should any of this shit be
] *illegal* in the first fucking place? What country is this,
] honestly? Burning a flag is one of the most serious
] commentaries we can make about the activity of our government.
] I thought the ability to stand up and say, categorically, "My
] government is wrong." was somehow important to the American
] ideal.
]
] How is it that people so easily miss the point. These people
] don't respect the ideal the flag represents. It is an
] important symbol, but holding up as something it's not is just
] wrong. It reduces the flag to a marketing tool, a button or a
] poster, a fucking blind to hide all the greed and
] authoritarianism behind. That's a desecration. 150 million
] tattered nylon flags or faded vinyl stickers on SUV's driven
] by thoughtless drones who think patriotism has more to do with
] prominently displaying the symbol than living the ideal.
] That's a desecration. Proposing this measure now,
] purposefully exploiting that false patriotism and jingoistic
] war mentality... unrepentantly using the symbol for private
] gain... it's ugly. It's a desecration.
]
] A certain amount of flag waving is unavoidable, of course, on
] both sides, but this focus on the object itself just continues
] to baffle me. -k]

First thing Hitler did was make destruction of the flag a crime. They throw this stupid issue around all the time. It's a waste of time and a smokescreen and barely deserves being commented upon. Stick to real issues that lie behind this. By the way, flag-burning doesn't equate social commentary. It merely enrages people who lead normal lives and feel a bit patriotic. They are not evil and do not need further baiting by anyone to further turn them against what they already view as a demonic liberal presence in the US. Why not change your tactics to be inclusive instead of divisive? A paragraph, well-worded and cogent, is more valuable than a fucked up shithead burning a flag. Besides, arson is already illegal, so burning the flag is by proxy, unless you are doing it on your own property. So, save us the bullshit, k, and think for a change.

RE: Kerry, Edwards and Daschle May Face Vote on Flag (washingtonpost.com)

adamist wrote:
] ] Multiple divorces are also unexpectedly common among born
] ] again Christians. Barna's figures show that nearly
] ] one-quarter of the married born agains (23%) get divorced
] ] two or more times ... Bible scholars and teachers point out
]
] ] that Jesus taught that divorce was a sin unless adultery was
]
] ] involved
]
] So why isn't anyone pushing a Constitutional Amendment against
] divorce?

Because when you force people to stay together, domestic violence and infidelity occur. You stupid asshole.

RE: Born Again Christians Just As Likely to Divorce As Are Non-Christians

k wrote:
] ] A growing number of doctors and pharmacists are now
] ] refusing to dispense it, on the grounds that it is
] ] actually a form of abortion.
]
] [ Jesus christ. I fucking hate people sometimes. -k]

Yeah, its easy to hate AIDS-spreading cunts who can't make a guy put on a condom so they spread disease and murder their own unborn progeny. Sorry, idiot. The end of abortion comes with personal planning. And with the end of unwanted pregnancies comes the end of VD. Your punditry lacks insight, which makes it worthless. Sorry K. You could learn a thing or two from Special K, who actually backs his views up, whether I agree with them or not.

RE: BBC NEWS | Americas | Pill propelled into abortion debate

dmv wrote:
] ] A television journalist was shot dead as he made a live
] ] broadcast from Baghdad yesterday when United States
] ] helicopters fired on a crowd that had gathered round the
] ] burning wreckage of an American armoured vehicle.
]
] Hard to spin or deny that...

Looks like the asshole shouldn't have been so ambitious. At least then, with a bit of modesty and sanity he would be alive. IF he was from fox, I doubt anyone here would care.

RE: Telegraph | News | TV reporter killed by US fire during live Baghdad broadcast

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You started this shit with that bastard Tom! Why the fuck ain't you been posting anything!?! Christ MAn! Do your goddam job! I mean, I do more fucking work on memestreams than you do lately! And Tell that Elonka chick what I think of her. Her profile makes her seem lame. She needs to get stoned.

Ashcroft is on the job! Maybe this will help stop you from stealing movies and music. It's better than rounding everyone up and shooting them, isn't it? Now that the FBI is tackling the issue head-on, maybe it will make some people think about their actions. Anyhow, I doubt Kerry will take your side either. Don't you know that Hollywood has our two loyal parties in their pockets?

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