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July 23, 2003

Why that hate us? Because they're incredibly stupid
: A poll in Germany reports:

Almost one in three Germans below the age of 30 believes the U.S. government may have sponsored the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington, according to a poll published on Wednesday
And about 20 percent of Germans in all age groups hold this view, a survey of 1,000 people conducted for the weekly Die Zeit said.

Heiko Hebig (who finds this via the Agonist via Die Zeit) wonders what I'll say about this. What can a sane person say: They're nuts. Is the fault of German media that they're so ill-informed? Is it the fault of German politicians that anti-American bigotry has reached such depths of idiocy? Is it the fault of German education that a third of the next generation is just so stupid? Besplatni programi Dowloade

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Shocking stupidity
: Mayor Bloomberg admitted that various machers have not been going through the metal detector at City Hall and that's how the shooter got in with a gun. Shocking. Stupid. Dangerous. Incredible. Bloomberg makes a big deal that now he and other officials will all go through. After 9/11 and all the security worries in New York, they should have been setting this example ages ago. When Dan White went into San Francisco's City Hall to murder George Moscone and Harvey Milk, he had to sneak in through a basement window. Besplatni programi Dowloade

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New York attack
: A gunman opened fire in New York's City Hall today, apparently shooting two councilmen, killing one.... UPDATE: Both victims are now dead....UPDATE: Now they say the second dead person was the assailant. Why the hell did it take them so long to get the news straight? New York feared an assassin was out on the streets when he was dead.Besplatni programi Dowloade

: I was a columnist in San Francisco when Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk were murdered by Supervisor Dan White.
George and Harvey were both friends.
It was a terrible time for the city. More than 900 had died in Jonestown. Now City Hall ran with blood. And soon, thousands and thousands would die of AIDS. Then let's not forget the lies and busted dreams of the bubble.
I don't think San Francisco ever fully recovered from its tragedies. I haven't been there in too long but I never hear people talk about it -- as everyone used to -- with sighs about its beauty, charm, innocence, and magic. I hear people complain how crowded it is and how it mismanages the homeless problem and how its politics are a carnival sideshow.
Damn, I used to love that city.
Now New York is just trying to rebuild after 3,000 were murdered at the World Trade Center. And now City Hall runs with blood.
But New York cannot suffer San Francisco's fate. It can't take on the face of a loser. This is a tougher town. And unlike San Francisco, it's not a luxury but a necessity for America and the world. Besplatni programi Dowloade

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Twit
: Howard Stern was ranting quite rightly about star twit Kate Hudson's sound bite saying that she was just in France and she understands why people hate us because we're loud and ask for ketchup.
Yes, that's why the terrorists attacked us: Ketchup.
Howard says he demands an apology. Damn straight. Besplatni programi Dowloade

: Now I have her quote: "I've been listening to some Americans. Of course they hate us. Of course they can't stand us. We're the most annoying, boisterous creatures in the world."
And the French?Besplatni programi Dowloade

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