We think we may have a winner in the "Stupidest shit anyone could say about Isla Vista" contest, from perennial entrant Glenn Beck, who proclaimed today on his radio show that parts of Elliot Rodger's anti-woman manifesto were "almost an exact quote from Teddy Roosevelt." We'd like to thank the
Yes the Spanish rule of Cuba needed to go. I don't want to go into the details of how the Cuban resistance was fighting the war on their own (of course we can't know if they would have succeeded or not) However, an independent Cuba was not what the US wanted, so it was necessary to intervene. See also Hawaii, Philippines, etc, etc. The "saving" of Cuba was a part of a bigger pattern.
Sorry if you don't like the way I teach US history. Not everyone sees the world from the your point of view, and nor should they. I also, by the way, teach Canadian history and don't whitewash our failings and hypocrisies as a nation.
White Man's Burden is just Limey slang for Manifest Destiny (and vice versa). It all boils down to "Hi, we're here to save you from yourselves because we're us and we're bitchin and we know what you really need even if you don't. Don't worry, it's for your own good"
So clever, so true. Some time in the future our descendants will wonder how kept chimpanzees in the zoo and made whales dance like organ-grinder monkeys at Sea World. People, including Kipling, are complex.
Holy mother of pearl, what orifice does he pull this stuff out of?
I am beginning to suspect that he just makes this crap up.
How the rhino <i>got</i> in his pajamas, we&#039;ll never know.
That&#039;s not what the dead hooker in his trunk said.
Allegedly.
and dead these, what 100 years? way to go Beck, keep the conservatards up to date and relevant!
/FFS
Vogon poetry libel!
Yes the Spanish rule of Cuba needed to go. I don&#039;t want to go into the details of how the Cuban resistance was fighting the war on their own (of course we can&#039;t know if they would have succeeded or not) However, an independent Cuba was not what the US wanted, so it was necessary to intervene. See also Hawaii, Philippines, etc, etc. The &quot;saving&quot; of Cuba was a part of a bigger pattern.
Sorry if you don&#039;t like the way I teach US history. Not everyone sees the world from the your point of view, and nor should they. I also, by the way, teach Canadian history and don&#039;t whitewash our failings and hypocrisies as a nation.
Vidal doesn&#039;t need me to defend him.
&quot;Vidal doesn&#039;t need me to defend him&quot;
Not anymore- assume Gore dead
We&#039;ve always been at war with East Canada
Oh I know, but his writing is eloquent enough without others taking up his defense.
White Man&#039;s Burden is just Limey slang for Manifest Destiny (and vice versa). It all boils down to &quot;Hi, we&#039;re here to save you from yourselves because we&#039;re us and we&#039;re bitchin and we know what you really need even if you don&#039;t. Don&#039;t worry, it&#039;s for your own good&quot;
Give &#039;em this one as an antidote: <a href="http://www.poetryloverspage..." target="_blank">" rel="nofollow noopener" title="http://www.poetryloverspage.com/poets/kipling/win...">http://www.poetryloverspage...
So clever, so true. Some time in the future our descendants will wonder how kept chimpanzees in the zoo and made whales dance like organ-grinder monkeys at Sea World. People, including Kipling, are complex.
while fording a river on the back of a moose
Bright spot: Teddy Roosevelt could (and would) kick Beck&#039;s ass.
still could (and should)
Have conservatives EVER been on the right side of history?
Dude! the prions- you&#039;ll see colors you never knew existed