uncle phil

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

Bill O'Rights

Once upon a time, a princess was born.
She lived. She died.
The End.

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"I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." - Susan B. Anthony

"Hedonism with rules isn't hedonism at all, it's the Republican party." - JumpinJesus

It is indisputable that true beauty lies within...but a nice rack sure doesn't hurt.

fresnelly

Once upon a time there was an evil king who lost his throne to a humble chosen one. The end.

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"I am Ronald of Mordor, the Mage, the Destroyer.

Taste the scorched fruit inside my pies.

Chew the bitter towelette of truth."

J Pod by Douglas Coupland

Coolyo

Once upon a time there was a ch

GeneralMao

Once upon a time, a chicken crossed a road.

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A man who fights for nothing, loses everything.

Daniel_

A creative writing course once instructed it's sudents to write a story including Religion, Shock, and Suspense.

The winning entry was thus:

"My God, I'm pregnant, who's the father?"

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Overhead, the Albatross hangs motionless upon the air,
And deep beneath the rolling waves,
In labyrinths of Coral Caves,
The Echo of a distant time
Comes willowing across the sand;
And everthing is Green and Submarine
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TwoToTango

I thought the world's shortest fairy tale was: Honey, I'm working late at the office tonight.

Iliftrocks

Sounds suspiciously like a tale the chief told in Carter Country, many years ago.....

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huh

paparora

Once upon a time, I had sex.

Bill O'Rights

Well, I'll be a son-of-a-bitch.

I'm busted.
That's exactly where I got that from. Except, I believe, that it was a prince, and not a princess.
Who'd have thought that anybody but me would've remembered that show? Much less that bedtime story that Chief Mobey told.

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"I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." - Susan B. Anthony

"Hedonism with rules isn't hedonism at all, it's the Republican party." - JumpinJesus

It is indisputable that true beauty lies within...but a nice rack sure doesn't hurt.

Iliftrocks

Heh, I'm old, and live in the south. I saw that pre-cable....

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huh

Poppinjay

Me too. Whites and a black, fightin' crime in harmony. Richard Paul, who played the Mayor, died on Christmas Day in 1998, and still managed to be in a movie three years later.

Once upon a time, Seargant Baker moved to a white bread southern country town. The locals welcomed him with rocks and graffiti.

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I think the Apocalypse is happening all around us. We go on eating desserts and watching TV. I know I do. I wish we were more capable of sustained passion and sustained resistance. We should be screaming and what we do is gossip. -Lydia Millet