In These Times

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• • 29 Jul 08
  • 2:34 pm

  "We’ve just destroyed the country, and it may never recover. " Well to be fair, one might wish to recall that the country was pretty dysfunctional before the invasion. "If we apply the same principle to ourselves, if the surge succeeds, it’s just a worse crime." Well now, if a cop breaks into a house and stops a rape, then is that a worse crime too? Iraqi's were essentially being held hostage in their own country. Our failure was that we did not improve their situation. One can point at specific errors that were made, but success - via freedom - …

  Posted to Gunning for the Prize

• • 08 Jul 08
  • 12:26 pm

  "Further, Obama has embraced the mantra of personal responsibility." Yea! Hopefully we all can embrace this!

  Posted to Holding Barack Accountable

• • 19 Jun 08
  • 8:38 am

  I think the Venusians are behind this scandalous conspiracy. They want to take over the earth, having already ruined their planet by allowing the republicans to cause global warming there. . . . Watch the skies and BEWARE!!! :)

  Posted to The Great Election Robbery of 2008?

• • 19 Jun 08
  • 2:25 pm

  Unfortunately it probably requires sacrificing a virgin and there are so few left." You neglect the Dungeons and Dragons game rooms. Lots and lots of virgins, but mostly male -- surely in this age of gender neutrality they would do?

  Posted to The Great Election Robbery of 2008?

• • 19 Jun 08
  • 2:28 pm

  Surely we don't want to discriminate and just kill the bad guys. Shame on those who seek to understand for practical purposes! After all, in anthropology aren't we taught that all cultures are equally valid? So lets stop discriminating against such "equal" cultures like Burma, North Korea and Zimbabwe (not to mention the Taliban), they are merely different, not better or worse.

  Posted to Anthropologists At War