My day is complete 
More Illegal aliens, this time in D.C.
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My day is complete Originally posted by cdukino
I don\'t see anything wrong with his speach. Oke maybe it\'s a bit of a popular wordchoice and not some high and mightly big words speach. But it\'s the message that counts. And it did help him get it broadcasted. heck we are even discussing it on a miniature forum
Well basically I agree with Dragonsreach.
The problem is that the supposed Vulcans of the White House were named after the Roman God Vulcan. (Hephaestus to the Greeks) He was god of fire and volcanoes, and the manufacturer of art, arms, iron, and armor for gods and heroes.
Not the God of War, that would be Mars, or Ares.
Not the \"Vulcans\" of Star Trek.
I mean, if you\'re going to start flinging accusations and talking crap about a certain group, it might be wise to look up the etymology of the word that they are called by.
I mean, to mistake the God of fire with pointy eared aliens, meh. OK, maybe if you\'re just walking into the conversation.
To take the time and write a speech and accuse them of being \"faux-Klingons\", when their name has absolutely nothing to do with Star Trek to begin with, without doing just a tad of research, is just plain idiotic.
Ack!
I just saw another one of these congressional speeches, but this time the guy used titles of \'Elvis\' songs to emphasize his point..
For instance, \"we need to get \"ALL SHOOK UP\" about this war in Iraq...blah blah.
He ended it by saying...Thankyou Thankyouverymuch.
Who writes these things? 7th Graders?
I just saw another one of these congressional speeches, but this time the guy used titles of \'Elvis\' songs to emphasize his point..
For instance, \"we need to get \"ALL SHOOK UP\" about this war in Iraq...blah blah.
He ended it by saying...Thankyou Thankyouverymuch.
Who writes these things? 7th Graders?
philologus
Subgenius
The majority of congressmen are lawyers, so I assume that accounts for some of the mock theatrical flair. Sorry Vince
No Such Agency
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Few lawmakers take war very seriously. Frankly, any representative that votes to send troops to war should be enrolled in a program which calculates the odds of being killed or maimed in said conflict (either as a soldier or civilian), then rolls the dice every day and depending on the outcome either does nothing, comes to their house and amputates their legs, or simply blows their head off.
You do not get to \"have other priorities\", Dick.
You do not get to \"have other priorities\", Dick.
Braveheart712
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All I can say is that someone need to put Sulu on a diet, he was looking a bit puffy, if he keeps it up he will be as big as Captain Hairpiece, I mean James T. Kirk!
philologus
Subgenius
OK, finally found an article I had read which illustrated my earlier point about low-quality political wit. Enjoy:
A few excerpts:
Henry Clay was described by an adversary as \"a being so brilliant yet so corrupt, which, like a rotten mackerel by moonlight, shines and stinks.\"
Disraeli said of Robert Peel that he was like a poker except that \"a poker gives off occasional signs of warmth.\"
\"You will die, sir, either on the gallows or from the pox,\" said Montagu. To which Wilkes replied, \"That depends, sir, on whether I embrace your principles or your mistress.\"
Political invective
A few excerpts:
Henry Clay was described by an adversary as \"a being so brilliant yet so corrupt, which, like a rotten mackerel by moonlight, shines and stinks.\"
Disraeli said of Robert Peel that he was like a poker except that \"a poker gives off occasional signs of warmth.\"
\"You will die, sir, either on the gallows or from the pox,\" said Montagu. To which Wilkes replied, \"That depends, sir, on whether I embrace your principles or your mistress.\"
Political invective
