Thursday, January 05, 2006
Paul Krugman in Brokeback Mountain
There's an impromptu comment riot at Ace's place, answering a request for imaginary quotations from famous figures. Certainly partisan and very funny:
"I believe that the finest characteristic of the American fighting man is his willingness to sacrifice himself for the rights guaranteed to Nazi soldiers by the penumbra of the Bill of Rights. When we finally prove to the enemy that sacrificing our own men to satisfy the whims of those who oppose our intervention in the European theatre of operations is not unthinkable, he will tremble in fear at how we will treat him. Well, at least until he realizes how sweet our POW camps are, but even then, he'll have a second or two of terror, and that's even better than actually 'winning' the so-called war." ~ Gen. George Patton
Read it and laugh.
"I believe that the finest characteristic of the American fighting man is his willingness to sacrifice himself for the rights guaranteed to Nazi soldiers by the penumbra of the Bill of Rights. When we finally prove to the enemy that sacrificing our own men to satisfy the whims of those who oppose our intervention in the European theatre of operations is not unthinkable, he will tremble in fear at how we will treat him. Well, at least until he realizes how sweet our POW camps are, but even then, he'll have a second or two of terror, and that's even better than actually 'winning' the so-called war." ~ Gen. George Patton
Read it and laugh.
