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Posted: May 1, 2013 - 8:53am

steeler wrote:

This may be the year when we finally come face to face with ourselves; finally just lay back and say it — that we are really just a nation of 220 million used car salesmen with all the money we need to buy guns, and no qualms at all about killing anybody else in the world who tries to make us uncomfortable.

Hunter S. Thompson
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail
November 1972

I love Thompson.

If you haven't yet, you must watch "The Rum Diary"

Posted: May 1, 2013 - 8:29am

steeler wrote:

This may be the year when we finally come face to face with ourselves; finally just lay back and say it — that we are really just a nation of 220 million used car salesmen with all the money we need to buy guns, and no qualms at all about killing anybody else in the world who tries to make us uncomfortable.

Hunter S. Thompson
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail
November 1972

Good stuff, isn't it great to know that we have grown so much since then? {#Wink}

Only thing has changed is your average person can no longer afford to get guns and certainly not ammo so we have to rely on the military to meet our national goals of killing everyone else in the name of comfort. {#Sad}

Posted: May 1, 2013 - 8:26am

This may be the year when we finally come face to face with ourselves; finally just lay back and say it — that we are really just a nation of 220 million used car salesmen with all the money we need to buy guns, and no qualms at all about killing anybody else in the world who tries to make us uncomfortable.

Hunter S. Thompson
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail
November 1972

Posted: Apr 29, 2013 - 8:25pm

"There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting."

~ Buddha

Posted: Apr 29, 2013 - 6:29am

FACT OF LIFE ... after Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says W T F !

Posted: Apr 26, 2013 - 6:08pm

Isabeau wrote:

At the Gettysburg Cafe having a abolitionist latte - whrTFk are u?

Posted: Apr 26, 2013 - 6:02pm

JrzyTmata wrote:

@gettysburgcafe.com having a abolitionist latte - whrTFk are u?

Posted: Apr 26, 2013 - 5:43pm

Posted: Apr 20, 2013 - 8:15pm

"Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse and helping your uncle jack off a horse." anony mouse

Posted: Apr 16, 2013 - 7:23pm

Posted: Apr 16, 2013 - 10:59am

Whenever you find yourself agreeing with the majority, it's time to stop and reflect.
---Mark Twain

Posted: Apr 16, 2013 - 5:56am

Posted: Apr 16, 2013 - 5:13am

"Life is hard. It's even harder if you're stupid". - John Wayne

Posted: Apr 15, 2013 - 7:37pm

Posted: Apr 15, 2013 - 7:18pm

jadewahoo wrote:

"We are monkeys with money and guns." - Tom Waits

With a little training, monkeys could be just like us. I'm surprised no one has tried it already.

Posted: Apr 15, 2013 - 7:16pm

Lazy8 wrote:

The world is always turning toward the morning."

—Gordon Bok

Like.

Posted: Apr 15, 2013 - 7:13pm

jadewahoo wrote:

"We are monkeys with money and guns." - Tom Waits

He has a frequently sublime, unique, way with words. {#Clap}

Posted: Apr 15, 2013 - 6:52pm

The world is always turning toward the morning."

—Gordon Bok

Posted: Apr 15, 2013 - 4:01pm

"The world's a big place"- some enlisted Senior Chief whose name I forget with a degree in mathematics who was attempting to unstupid me when I was a kid.It kinda worked a little.

Posted: Apr 6, 2013 - 7:21am

Somebody somewhere.

Live your life so you can look back and say why did I instead of I wish I had.