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Submitted by Lungfish (View user info) at 2007-07-04 17:46:10 EDT
Been busy to get drunk write something nonsensical. So, quotes for the day:
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel. - Samuel Johnson
In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last resort of the scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer I beg to submit that it is the first. - Ambrose Bierce
He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would fully suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. - Albert Einstein
Love makes fools, marriage cuckolds, and patriotism malevolent imbeciles. - Paul Leautaud
Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons. - Bertrand Russell
When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross. - Sinclair Lewis
To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. - Teddy Roosevelt
A good country song taps into strong undercurrents of family, faith, and patriotism. [Blarf] - George H.W. Bush
A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. - Edward Abbey
"My country, right or wrong" is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying "My mother, drunk or sober." - G.K. Chesterton
Men love their country, not because it is great, but because it is their own. - Seneca
The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naïve and usually idiotic. He is, more likely, one who likes his country more than the rest of us, and is thus more disturbed than the rest of us when he sees it debauched. He is not a bad citizen turning to crime; he is a good citizen driven to despair. - H.L. Mencken
During times of war, hatred becomes quite respectable, even though it has to masquerade often under the guise of patriotism. - Howard Thurman
Whatever. I have to work today. - Danny Frazier
Patriotic societies seem to think that the way to educate school children in a democracy is to stage bigger and better flag-saluting. - S.I. Hayakawa
A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours. - William R. Inge
You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race. - George Bernard Shaw
Patriotism, the virtue of the vicious. - Oscar Wilde
It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind. - Voltaire
Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country. - Hermann Goering (!)
Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy. - George Bernard Shaw
Just saying you're patriotic is like saying you have a big cock. If you have to say it, chances are it's probably not true. - Bill Maher
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Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2007-07-25 05:37:03 EDT (#)
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Lungfish my old bean, get some Hitchers Tales in you, you old sea dog.
http://www.ubersite.com/m/110464
Submitted by Fey (user info) at 2007-07-20 04:40:16 EDT (#)
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Commie bastard. Well done.
Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2007-07-20 04:22:05 EDT (#)
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I *heart* lungfish
Submitted by CrazyHorse (user info) at 2007-07-08 15:52:11 EDT (#)
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That Einstein guy was fucking vicious...
Submitted by SgtHartman (user info) at 2007-07-05 13:13:02 EDT (#)
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+2 gluttony
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2007-07-05 04:56:30 EDT (#)
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Nice one Bruvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv - Danny Dyer - Human Traffic
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2007-07-05 04:02:38 EDT (#)
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chuckle...joedaddy does it every time
Submitted by joedaddy (user info) at 2007-07-05 03:46:29 EDT (#)
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i may work slow...but i do a poor job - j daddy
Submitted by messmind (user info) at 2007-07-05 02:24:06 EDT (#)
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"Men love their country, not because it is great, but because it is their own. - Seneca "
That is a smarter line then it appears to be, thx for that one !
I was already wondering if you were still around. Like i never took an Uber-break..
Greetz, amigo ! Happy whateverday !
(opens up fresh bottle of wodka)
Submitted by Tavo (user info) at 2007-07-05 02:09:11 EDT (#)
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Comi Bastard....
Submitted by Stagger_Lee (user info) at 2007-07-05 01:42:20 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2007-07-05 01:34:12 EDT (#)
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"Been busy to get drunk write something nonsensical".
Indeed.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2007-07-04 20:09:14 EDT (#)
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Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2007-07-04 18:05:01 EDT (#)
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Lishy - I love Chomsky.
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I thought you might, darlin'.
And when I win the lottery
gonna buy the house next to
Mr Red white and blue
Submitted by beer-turtle (user info) at 2007-07-04 19:31:18 EDT (#)
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because I had to work today...
but it wasn't so bad... 2.5 * hourly rate
plus my boss gave me an extra 1.5 hours because I was the new guy AND willing to work the holiday.
Submitted by Director (user info) at 2007-07-04 19:31:13 EDT (#)
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This is a good post.
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2007-07-04 19:21:42 EDT (#)
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Plus mutha fuckin' two.
If IndoNinja wasn't out jerking off to thoughts of the US bombing everyone today, he would undoubtedly argue every single quote on this post...
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-07-04 18:34:36 EDT (#)
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WOOO! LUNGFISH!
God bless you, sir.
Submitted by darko (user info) at 2007-07-04 18:05:19 EDT (#)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKh1mOeXfqE
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2007-07-04 18:05:01 EDT (#)
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We regained our hot dog eating title from the Japs, and it's time for my nap now, as I am nearly 40.
Lishy - I love Chomsky.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-07-04 18:02:46 EDT (#)
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i like that maher guy
Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2007-07-04 18:02:14 EDT (#)
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who ate all the beef?
Submitted by Sinistral (user info) at 2007-07-04 17:58:13 EDT (#)
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http://www.ubersite.com/u/Sinistral/l/awesome
I <3 Lungfish
I will commit these to memory when I am not about to leave for 4th of July fireworks in my Anti-Flag t-shirt.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2007-07-04 17:54:11 EDT (#)
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Whatever. I have to work today. - Danny Frazier
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HAHAHAHA
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2007-07-04 17:53:00 EDT (#)
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"There is no reason to accept the doctrines crafted to sustain power and privilege, or to believe that we are constrained by mysterious and unknown social laws. These are simply decisions made within institutions that are subject to human will and that must face the test of legitimacy. And if they do not meet the test, they can be replaced by other institutions that are more free and more just, as has happened often in the past." -Noam Chomsky