Comments on: This one’s hard http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/09/16/this-ones-hard/ America's favorite blog Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:02:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: jerry http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/09/16/this-ones-hard/#comment-35173 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:27:06 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/09/16/this-ones-hard/#comment-35173 Brought to you each and every Tuesday by the King of Comedy himself (me), Tom Tomorrow!!!!! http://www.salon.com/comics/tomo/2008/09/23/tomo/ Brought to you each and every Tuesday by the King of Comedy himself (me), Tom Tomorrow!!!!!

http://www.salon.com/comics/tomo/2008/09/23/tomo/

]]> by: jerry http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/09/16/this-ones-hard/#comment-35172 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 01:32:32 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/09/16/this-ones-hard/#comment-35172 Thanks for the internet tip, hedera. I wasn't aware of that before. Thanks for the internet tip, hedera. I wasn’t aware of that before.

]]> by: David http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/09/16/this-ones-hard/#comment-35171 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 01:10:26 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/09/16/this-ones-hard/#comment-35171 I've loved the guy's work every since I stumbled on to the first GYWO cartoon book at the independent bookstore in downtown Asheville. So now we are fomenting violence in Bolivia because Evo Morales dares to think the natural resources should benefit the peasants. We are bastards. We do not believe in democracy if it means American business interests cannot have their way with less developed countries who have resources we want to exploit. And we have no qualms about inciting violence, overthrowing governments, invading countries, or assassinating democratically elected leaders who dare to nationalize resources and/or behave in any way we consider socialist. Part of me does not give a damn if our "free market," "free enterprise," "democratic capitalist" system gets slammed hard against the wall. We have inflicted too much destruction and death on countries which could not defend themselves, and we are continuing unabated. I gather more than 1 million Iraqis have now been killed because of our ongoing war crime against that country. It is not ok, and we are all too often not a force for good in the world. A close friend periodically reminds me that nations do not have principles, only interests. Perhaps the lack of principle in what we have done and continue to do will finally slap the living shit out of us. Problem is, of course, that there is no guarantee our ruthless conduct will be replaced by anything but the ruthless conduct of other power centers. Still, I'm voting Obama because I think he is a cut above on this score. As president, he will be quite constrained, and the whole panoply of business forces will be arrayed as they always are. But Obama has a real, expansive moral center. He will do as much as it is possible for an American president to do based on humanitarian principles on the world stage, especially in the world the two idiots now in charge will pass on to the next administration. I’ve loved the guy’s work every since I stumbled on to the first GYWO cartoon book at the independent bookstore in downtown Asheville.

So now we are fomenting violence in Bolivia because Evo Morales dares to think the natural resources should benefit the peasants. We are bastards. We do not believe in democracy if it means American business interests cannot have their way with less developed countries who have resources we want to exploit. And we have no qualms about inciting violence, overthrowing governments, invading countries, or assassinating democratically elected leaders who dare to nationalize resources and/or behave in any way we consider socialist. Part of me does not give a damn if our “free market,” “free enterprise,” “democratic capitalist” system gets slammed hard against the wall. We have inflicted too much destruction and death on countries which could not defend themselves, and we are continuing unabated. I gather more than 1 million Iraqis have now been killed because of our ongoing war crime against that country. It is not ok, and we are all too often not a force for good in the world.

A close friend periodically reminds me that nations do not have principles, only interests. Perhaps the lack of principle in what we have done and continue to do will finally slap the living shit out of us. Problem is, of course, that there is no guarantee our ruthless conduct will be replaced by anything but the ruthless conduct of other power centers.

Still, I’m voting Obama because I think he is a cut above on this score. As president, he will be quite constrained, and the whole panoply of business forces will be arrayed as they always are. But Obama has a real, expansive moral center. He will do as much as it is possible for an American president to do based on humanitarian principles on the world stage, especially in the world the two idiots now in charge will pass on to the next administration.

]]> by: hedera http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/09/16/this-ones-hard/#comment-35169 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:52:48 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/09/16/this-ones-hard/#comment-35169 Actually, jerry's link was correct, except for the period at the end. The internet doesn't understand the period at the end of the sentence. Actually, jerry’s link was correct, except for the period at the end. The internet doesn’t understand the period at the end of the sentence.

]]> by: Chris Harlan http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/09/16/this-ones-hard/#comment-35167 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:50:09 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/09/16/this-ones-hard/#comment-35167 Wow. Goldman Sachs, I'd like you to meet Henry Paulson. Henry Paulson; Goldman Sachs. Oh, you've met. Well hopefully that won't be a problem, conflict-of-interest-wise. You're just acquaintances, right? You were married!? 32 years? Well, you're divorced now, right? Separated. Ah. At least your separated, so it should be okay, re the conflicty-roo, right? Good. Hey, did either of you know the Bear Sterns or the Lehman Bros.? So sorry. Were they friends? Rivals? Ah, I see. For you Goldman, they're still rivals, but for you, Henry, they're no longer rivals. How long? Well, two years. Well, I'm sure that enough time has passed to make that not a problem. Ah, look: Morgan Stanley. You gentlemen know Morgan. Wow.

Goldman Sachs, I’d like you to meet Henry Paulson. Henry Paulson; Goldman Sachs.

Oh, you’ve met. Well hopefully that won’t be a problem, conflict-of-interest-wise. You’re just acquaintances, right?

You were married!? 32 years? Well, you’re divorced now, right?

Separated. Ah. At least your separated, so it should be okay, re the conflicty-roo, right?

Good. Hey, did either of you know the Bear Sterns or the Lehman Bros.? So sorry. Were they friends?

Rivals? Ah, I see. For you Goldman, they’re still rivals, but for you, Henry, they’re no longer rivals. How long?

Well, two years. Well, I’m sure that enough time has passed to make that not a problem. Ah, look: Morgan Stanley. You gentlemen know Morgan.

]]> by: Steve http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/09/16/this-ones-hard/#comment-35166 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:31:23 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/09/16/this-ones-hard/#comment-35166 <i>FYI</i>, <a href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net" rel="nofollow">McSweeney's</a> is running a "<i>thread of memories of David Foster Wallace</i>". FYI, McSweeney’s is running a “thread of memories of David Foster Wallace“.

]]> by: jerry http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/09/16/this-ones-hard/#comment-35165 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:02:43 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/09/16/this-ones-hard/#comment-35165 Right you are, David! Sorry. This will work - go to 236.com, scroll down the right column and there GYWO is. (Cyber linking remains a mystery to all of us without the requisite propeller caps.) And while you're there, check out Sean Hannity's recent induction into Dickipedia. His mom must be so proud! Right you are, David! Sorry. This will work - go to 236.com, scroll down the right column and there GYWO is. (Cyber linking remains a mystery to all of us without the requisite propeller caps.) And while you’re there, check out Sean Hannity’s recent induction into Dickipedia. His mom must be so proud!

]]> by: David http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/09/16/this-ones-hard/#comment-35162 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:59:20 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/09/16/this-ones-hard/#comment-35162 Page wouldn't come up for me, Jerry. Page wouldn’t come up for me, Jerry.

]]> by: jerry http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/09/16/this-ones-hard/#comment-35161 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 02:10:24 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/09/16/this-ones-hard/#comment-35161 Did gillian ever meet up with that Jimmy guy? It seems like they were getting really close to each other and then...... nothing for over a week. Well, I guess it's up to me to bring you the latest in GYWO animation - John McCain's rape based economy http://www.236.com/video/2008/get_your_war_on_sarah_palin_an_9028.php. Did gillian ever meet up with that Jimmy guy? It seems like they were getting really close to each other and then…… nothing for over a week.

Well, I guess it’s up to me to bring you the latest in GYWO animation - John McCain’s rape based economy

http://www.236.com/video/2008/get_your_war_on_sarah_palin_an_9028.php.

]]> by: Samuel http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/09/16/this-ones-hard/#comment-35159 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:51:19 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/09/16/this-ones-hard/#comment-35159 A most interesting rumor is floating around Palin/McCain 2008 Campaign HQ - and the rumor is that there is a mole in the campaign staff. Cindy McCain herself, in her lovely and striking $3700 satin lavender pant suit by Emilio Pucci, put me onto the committee to smoke him. It may be time to begin packing and closing out bank accounts. Maybe arrange for Marlene to go stay with her sister for a while. After the packing's done, of course. I paid Gidget an extra $1500 for successfully drilling into Sarah Palin's personal e-mail account. It will be up on the Google soon. A most interesting rumor is floating around Palin/McCain 2008 Campaign HQ - and the rumor is that there is a mole in the campaign staff. Cindy McCain herself, in her lovely and striking $3700 satin lavender pant suit by Emilio Pucci, put me onto the committee to smoke him. It may be time to begin packing and closing out bank accounts. Maybe arrange for Marlene to go stay with her sister for a while. After the packing’s done, of course.

I paid Gidget an extra $1500 for successfully drilling into Sarah Palin’s personal e-mail account. It will be up on the Google soon.

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