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[MrBogosity]

Very few anti-war songs of the time captured the melancholy of war as well as "March to the Witch's Castle" by Funkadelic both in lyrics and musicianship.

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"Someone said this war ended with 'peace with honor'
But can there truly be? Is there such a thing?
Thousands of boys gave their life, and for what?
Does anybody know?"

I always liked "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda" for that reason.

I see the old men, so bent, stiff, and sore
The forgotten heroes of a forgotten war
And the young people ask me, "What are they marching for?"
And I ask myself the same question.

[Travis Retriever]

Ludwig von Mises: "Monetary calculation and cost accounting constitute the most important intellectual tool of the capitalist entrepreneur, and it was no one less than Goethe who pronounced the system of double-entry bookkeeping one of the finest inventions of the human mind." - Liberalism

[Travis Retriever]

But yeah, watching idiots like Luke McKinnley on Cracked or my professors talk about economics reminds me of this article by Murray N. Rothbard: https://mises.org/daily/2197
Especially this epic win quote: "It is no accident that it was precisely the economists in the Communist countries who led the rush away from communism, socialism, and central planning, and toward free markets. It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider to be a "dismal science." But it is totally irresponsible to have a loud and vociferous opinion on economic subjects while remaining in this state of ignorance." (something my power systems prof would do well to remember)

Another epic win quote (the one I was also thinking about) from this article: https://mises.org/daily/1132
"Economics requires study and systematic thinking about the implications of action, choice, and ownership in a world of scarcity. It is a science that delineates the limits of how far the human mind can wander when thinking about what society can and should be. This is one reason that intellectuals, even great ones, take such pains to avoid studying economics, and instead latch on to fantasies like socialism and syndicalism."

[Travis Retriever]

And while I'm at it, I'll post some amazing ones from that Statist Fallacies Voluntaryist Wiki:


(Classic!)

http://v.i4031.net/StatistFallacies/SoldiersProtectYourFreedom Probably the best article on this wiki!

Fallacy:

"You should be thankful for the military. They protect your freedom."

Response:

    An expropriating property protector is a contradiction in terms. —Dbudlov Johnson

Soldiers lay their lives on the line? So what? So do Mafia hit men, but I don't see ticker-tape parades thrown in their honor.

The facts are these: the government steals and extorts tax money from the productive (any government does this) to fund their military, so they can commit mass murder. They run the schools, so they can brainwash people into believing that their soldiers are fighting for their "freedom."

Name one freedom the US military has given us since the start of the Iraq war. One that we've gained. I can think of several we have lost since then, so don't try to bullshit me. US government soldiers do not fight for my freedom—they fight for their paychecks and their bosses. Period. (DV)

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What I have learned from you people [war apologists and troop worshipers] is:

1) Shut up and sit down. There is no room for dissent.

2) Be happy about having your money taken from you by force to fund immoral wars.

3) Be grateful that people were paid by that stolen money to commit atrocities overseas including murder of innocent women and children, the flattening of cities, massive pollution, wanton destruction, rape, torture, etc.

4) Learn to love violence and destruction, and apologize for those people doing it.

Oh and:

5) If you don't like it, leave

OR

6) We will kill you if you disagree with us.

https://www.facebook.com/toolsofwar/posts/10151008574801995

(DV)

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Enjoy.

[Ibrahim90]

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[Travis Retriever]

[MrBogosity]

Okay, all of Matt Cutts's videos answering questions about Google's site policies are win, but this one particularly so because he's wearing a Firefox shirt:

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[Travis Retriever]

Okay, going by/continuation of my post from David Wong's article in fail quotes a minute or two ago:

Morrakiu said it best--"9/11 might as well be Pearl Harbor at this point."

[dallen68]

Morrakiu said it best--"9/11 might as well be Pearl Harbor at this point."

Leaving aside the conspiracy theories for the moment, the 9/11 date has kinda risen somewhat to that level in the American consciousness. We note it's passing every year. (I was going to list a bunch of stuff we do every year, but I guess all of it's covered in that statement.) Come to think of it, Dec. 7th goes by without a word now (except on the History Channel). [And it had been for a decade or two before 9/11- No, make it a decade, it was still a big thing in history class in the 80's.]

[Ibrahim90]

Okay, going by/continuation of my post from David Wong's article in fail quotes a minute or two ago:

Morrakiu said it best--"9/11 might as well be Pearl Harbor at this point."

And like it, equally filled with propaganda and the stupid....everything from the motivation to the events have been misrepresented--both by the official sources and by the conspiritards.

Observe how officially, the Government glossed over the reason why Japan attacked, or that 9/11 was fundamentally related to US actions in the Arab and Muslim world...Or how conspiritards ignore the evidence of the video footage, or come up with guff about Mossad or the US government being behind 9/11.

[AnCap Dave]

I think I know why Obamatons still cling to Obama.

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[Travis Retriever]

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I'd have an easier time taking Hawkeye's claims of "Well Pat Condell said he's only talking about the extreme Muslims" seriously if it weren't for the fact that Pat also joined the UK Independence Party (IIRC) which apparently is rather nationalist and anti-immigration and uses the excuse of "means to an end!"
You know what they say about actions speaking louder than words...

[ArtemisVale]

This is what happens when my pathfinder ranger crits with his scythe

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[AnCap Dave]

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My right ear really enjoyed this video. Also, the original video that he's talking about would go in Fail quotes.