Well, he’s right.
Also, a guillotine will cure dandruff.
Actually, Neue is German for “new.” Neo is greek.
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Neocon is “new conservative,” a phrase coined by realistic leftist political types to distinguish the (secular aspect ofthe) post-1980 idiocy that’s creeped into the Republican party from the traditional meaning of Conservative. A distinction that the American public seems unfortunately slow to pick up on. For instance, my mother, who ardently supports the GOP, in spite of the fact that they haven’t really stood for what she believed in since Bush sr.'s term ended, and even that was but a brief return to sanity for the party. She was raised conservative, but that ain’t the party anymore, it’s neocons and christian fundies now.
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PS. I’m genuinely hoping your attempt to attribute part of the word neocon to German wasn’t a trite attempt to imply comparisons to Nazis.
Stu Byofsky is the Takota Sioux word for “Whistles Througfh His Teeth & Talks Out His Asshole”.
Nah twas just ignorance of the etymology of the prefix neo.
Although all things German != nazis.
!= is the usual programming symbolage for “does not equal” for those not familiar with it.
I thought you meant that all things REALLY GERMAN are Nazi. And I was sad because I’d have no more bratwurst.
Unless I wanted Nazi bratwurst. But that doesn’t sound too good either.
The uberbratwurst ! Tastes good, but not very filling. A half hour later you’re hungry for power.
Underlining mine. Americanicans? Is that like being a Viscious Knid? 
The leadership of this country CAN achieve that feeling of unity without mass murder and mayhem. Let me rephrase that: Some leaders of this country are able to achieve that, this admin, not so much…
I don’t recall pride being the primary feeling during that time–I distinctly recall dismay, fear, and resignation that we were going to attack the wrong target (Iraq) and end up with a bloody mess. Now, if a “soccer mom” with little political savvy could figure that out, how come the more “learned” and experienced leaders in DC couldn’t (or wouldn’t)?
I thought it meant “surprinsigly equal”
And you DO NOT WANT TO KNOW what its made of. But it’s kosher. 
Well if we need a disaster, I vote for ‘plague’. It would be good for my business (a hospital), and depopulation would bring real estate prices down. I’ve been thinking about a bigger place.
How 'bout a picnic?
Or a polish dog.
Sorry.
No, it’s just the opposite. You have one for breakfast, and the next thing you know, it’s annexed lunch and is massing on the border of dinner.
We don’t need any more of these! They’re on damn near ever corner as it is! How many damn slushies can a person reasonable drink? How much beef jerkey and Mountain Dew do we need?
What was that? Oh, never mind…
Interestingly, speaking as a Bush-hating generally-anti-war Atheist, I thought congress singing God Bless America was incredibly moving. It did NOT, to me, seem like some calculated political move. It was not an official action, entangling church and state. Rather, it was a bunch of really scared people (almost all of them personally theists) standing together and singing. Plenty of stupid idiotic spin-doctory shit has happened since then, but I didn’t get any of that vibe at all, right then on the very day itself.
It’s a little hard to tell how accurate these memories are, 6 years later, but my main memory of the next few days was not so much “ahh, my brother the Republican and I can now join hands and hug”, it was a combination of “holy fucking shit I can’t believe this holy shit”, and then later on seeing everything through fresh eyes, and lots and lots of things making me feel sappy and patriotic. (There was some concert at the Hollywood bowl a few days after 9/11 whcih seriously brought tears to my eyes, for instance.)
What you don’t want to put Hitler’s sausage in your mouth? You too good for his gravy too?
A zombie infestation would unite us all behind EATING BRAAAAAINSSSSS!!!
I’m sure that the relatives of the 3,000+ people who lost their lives on 9-11 would love to tell ol’ Stu what they think of his idea. And no, I never want to relive what I felt on 9-11 and the days that followed.
I’ve heard it said that the human mind will sometimes just elide the memory of horror after a traumatic event. So combat veterans, for example, will sometimes remember the adrenalin rush of combat but won’t actually recall the terror of being shot at or bombed.
Stu, it seems, is exhibiting something similar. Perhaps he simply didn’t experience horror at the events of 9/11, or perhaps he did and has forgotten in favour of the memory of other emotions. But the effect is the same either way: he’s ignoring the trauma in favour of the response to the trauma. This is not a rational response and in the end should not be taken seriously.
If that were all there is to his agenda, he would give equal time to the notion that what we need is to find (or fake up; it doesn’t matter as long as it’s believed) proof that the party in power is attempting to stage another 9/11 Massacre, thus discrediting them and uniting the nation behind the opposition side.
Heck, it’s less morally offensive, since the damage would be limited to ruining and imprisoning a few dozen people rather than killing a few thousand.
Oh yes, that warm, fuzzy feeling that I had comforting a friend who worked in the Trade Center and had to run in shock down Wall Street to get away from the collapsing buildings.
Or the warm, fuzzy feeling that I had when I went back to my office downtown the Monday after the attack, when the air was thick with smoke and putrescence and I was just wishing I had a mask to filter some of it out.
Or the warm, fucking fuzzy feeling I had watching colleague’s wife and young children try to keep it together at his memorial service, which they had to hold because they couldn’t find his body so they could hold a funeral.
Jackass!