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“By cobblehiller on October 19, 2010 10:38 AM
Biff, Don’t confuse people with facts.”
I agree. Cobble is confused enough by fiction. No need to torture her with facts.
And Andy pitched a great game. So there.
“If it weren’t for colonization here by the British and the Dutch we’d all still be living in teepees and hunting buffalo.”
I’m pretty sure the hundreds of millions of Native Americans who were slaughtered by the colonizers would have been fine with that.
Gem, he said the glove thing was due to agent orange but allowed that it may be psychological.
On some serious level, even tho this played out like a monty python sketch, the guy is a vietnam vet with some issues. I respect him more than half those people. If you’re seeing him for the first time, you gotta laugh. Cuomo has certainly seen his fair share of this guy. It could have been a moment to raise above — rent is too damn high to too many, vets need more help — but of course he just laughed too.
Bar is too damn low indeed
“By daveinbedstuy on October 19, 2010 10:53 AM
If it weren’t for colonization here by the British and the Dutch we’d all still be living in teepees and hunting buffalo.”
No DIBS, I would be living in some working class suburb of London and you would be making scotch whiskey in the highlands.
“[as an aside – holy crap dude you’re kind of a commie for an I-banker!!]”
Lol! I fancy myself more of a socialist, in the true socialist sense, than a “commie”. I wish I had more time to discuss this but my labour at the Death Star needs to take precedence at some point. I’m hoping to be back for Raunch Hour.
If it weren’t for colonization here by the British and the Dutch we’d all still be living in teepees and hunting buffalo.
would you guys vote for me if i ran for governor? i think have a pretty good platform: weed, wine, women (which oddly enough is from the season one subway posters of “bored to death”)
nepotism in politics is pretty lame – which is why i dont like cuomo. he also seems like he wouldn’t be fun to hang out with
I disagree with Chomsky. He’s like Marx – good at plainly seeing the world around him for what it is but he fails to make a case for any alternative that has any credibility. Among nations and cultures there will always be winners and losers, dominant and submissive. Let’s just hope the good nations and cultures prevail. Thank God for British and Dutch colonization – can you imagine if things had gone the other way? [shudder]
[as an aside – holy crap dude you’re kind of a commie for an I-banker!!]