Queue on 4/7/2013 at 20:20
To celebrate, here is a little video of a popular turn of the century "sport" that was a Fourth of July celebratory tradition. Enjoy!
[video=youtube;yEZCsa2vnhU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEZCsa2vnhU[/video]
...aaaand a little article explaining the activity, and why it's a very, very bad idea: (
http://www.anvilfire.com/iForge/tutor.php?lesson=July4th/anvil-shoot) http://www.anvilfire.com/iForge/tutor.php?lesson=July4th/anvil-shoot
But, boy, it looks fun as all hell. I can't wait to try it!!
catbarf on 4/7/2013 at 22:07
[video=youtube;IiH2kfrfwjU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiH2kfrfwjU[/video]
demagogue on 4/7/2013 at 23:01
Happy Fourth mofos. It's good to be American.
I'm celebrating myself with a steaming bowl of Nagasaki champon and some oolong tea.
Long live the Republic!
Kolya on 4/7/2013 at 23:46
Is this the moment where I should mention that the former land of the free has become the land that invades everyone's privacy all over the planet?
If you thought that the image of the US in other countries had taken somewhat of a downturn after the war on Iraq and the financial crisis, you ain't seen nothing yet. Europe is boiling with anti-americanism under the hood. And I find this really worrying, possibly more so than the discoveries about the NSA. Of course I understand that part of the American self-concept is not to give a shit about what the rest of the world thinks. But that's just the other thing I worry about, that the US is incapable of even seeing that mistake, how they make allies into foes by their sheer arrogance. The USA are a former super-power on its way down, you just haven't realised it yet. And I fear you will drag the rest of us down with you.
Happy 4th.
Renzatic on 5/7/2013 at 02:26
I bet Kolya is the life of all the parties he goes to.
Queue on 5/7/2013 at 02:29
Quote Posted by Kolya
Is this the moment where I should mention that the former land of the free has become the land that invades everyone's privacy all over the planet?
If you thought that the image of the US in other countries had taken somewhat of a downturn after the war on Iraq and the financial crisis, you ain't seen nothing yet. Europe is boiling with anti-americanism under the hood. And I find this really worrying, possibly more so than the discoveries about the NSA. Of course I understand that part of the American self-concept is not to give a shit about what the rest of the world thinks. But that's just the other thing I worry about, that the US is incapable of even seeing that mistake, how they make allies into foes by their sheer arrogance. The USA are a former super-power on its way down, you just haven't realised it yet. And I fear you will drag the rest of us down with you.
Happy 4th.
Persecution, invasion, a drive for world dominance, mistrust, a network of espionage that'd make James Bond cream his pants, and bald-faced arrogance in front of the rest of the world's views, we learned from the best--Germany circa 1940.
Now who drug who into what?
june gloom on 5/7/2013 at 02:34
Quote Posted by Kolya
Is this the moment where I should mention that the former land of the free has become the land that invades everyone's privacy all over the planet?
If you thought that the image of the US in other countries had taken somewhat of a downturn after the war on Iraq and the financial crisis, you ain't seen nothing yet. Europe is boiling with anti-americanism under the hood. And I find this really worrying, possibly more so than the discoveries about the NSA. Of course I understand that part of the American self-concept is not to give a shit about what the rest of the world thinks. But that's just the other thing I worry about, that the US is incapable of even seeing that mistake, how they make allies into foes by their sheer arrogance. The USA are a former super-power on its way down, you just haven't realised it yet. And I fear you will drag the rest of us down with you.
Happy 4th.
You know, whenever someone gets on my ass for making fun of your "delicate East German sensibilities" it kind of bugs me because you deserve every bit of it.
Dia on 5/7/2013 at 04:46
Happy Frakkin' Fourth.
It's almost midnight here, I'm tired as hell, and the idiot neighbors must've invested in a fireworks factory because they've been letting off fireworks for ALL FRAKKIN' DAY! And I'm talkin' about the really, really noisy ones that make your windows rattle and dogs bark. Sounds like a war zone.
It's gonna be a long night.
:(
demagogue on 5/7/2013 at 05:00
Besides Kolya's post assumes the gov't spying is in the American spirit, which isn't the case. Few countries pull the "distrust the gov't at all costs" card better than Americans, and a lot aren't happy with all the revelations coming out. Even the people that don't like Snowden aren't sneezing at what he actually disclosed. And whenever you get liberals & tea party libertarian quacks actually agreeing on something, you're tapping into something deeply American that cuts deeper than the stuff they viciously disagree about.
Kolya on 5/7/2013 at 08:44
I'd like to see more of that American spirit then. And not just in the US. Currently it looks like your government can pull this off without any consequences and the European governments only protest a bit when they're being spied on themselves, not when millions of citizens are spied on that they should protect. In fact they wish they had that information themselves or they are already getting it, see Britain and France. They're not any better.
Quote Posted by dethtoll
You know, whenever someone gets on my ass for making fun of your "delicate East German sensibilities" it kind of bugs me because you deserve every bit of it.
Don't worry, you are completely correct in this case. Having grown up in a country that spied on its citizens certainly has something to do with my sensibilities towards the subject.
