Monthly Archives: October 2010

People Talk Shit

October 4, 2010 – 10:22 pm

The November elections are a month off. The GOP are fighting amongst themselves and the Democrats are following the Republicans’ lead, as ex-VP and the 1984 Democratic Presidential candidate, Walter Mondale, criticized Barack Obama for his use of teleprompter, calling the electronic devices ‘idiot boards’. I agree with him. Politicians tend to say what they […]

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We The People

October 3, 2010 – 1:14 pm

Those three simple words opened the preamble the US Constitution. “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this […]

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OSAMA the movie 2003

October 2, 2010 – 1:07 pm

The Taliban ruled the majority of Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001. Normal citizens welcomed the Islamic militants in hopes that peace could be restored to the lawless land, instead a strict Sharia law was imposed on their subjects. The burqa was draped over every woman and education was banned for any females over the age […]

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The Mongol Plan

October 1, 2010 – 11:02 pm

In 1221 the Mongols conquered the Afghani city of Herat. Genghis Khan’s son spared none of the city’s 12,000 defenders and he installed a garrison of the nomadic to rule in his stead. The Afghanis revolted and massacred their overlords. In revenge The Great Khan slaughtered the entire city. Only 40 people were spared from […]

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The Road to Gandamak Pass

October 1, 2010 – 10:22 pm

Bob Hope and Bing Crosby made seven “ROAD TO _____” movies about two con men attempting to rescue themselves from ruin. The locations for these films were Singapore, Zanzibar Morocco, Utopia, Rio, Bali, and Hong Kong. Each was shot on the studio lot. Dorothy Lamour was the native love interest. Bing always ended up with […]

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