On 11 August 2009, William Kostric protested President Obama’s town hall meeting in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He held a sign reading “It is time to water the tree of liberty!”, and legally carried an unconcealed handgun. In the media frenzy (mostly over the weapon) that ensued thereafter, Kostric says he has been struggling to make clear that his sign was not making a direct reference to the entire passage written by Thomas Jefferson in a letter to William S. Smith in 1787. Jefferson’s words were:
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is a natural manure.
I think I’ll scrape letters off my Saturn until they spell “A TURN” and then spend all my time turning. This, I have deemed, would be equally (not very) funny.
Lo and let it be written that the chronicles of the land of Kitchkinet have been recovered and begun again in the renaissance from the dark period, henceforth known as Goone 09.
I was bored a lot in 10th grade. And low-rise jeans were in style. So for a while, I kept track of any noteworthy underwear which was visibly riding up.
The news of the day is the result of a massive battle between cavalry and calvary forces. In a rather spectacular victory, the cavalry rode over and destroyed nearly 95% of the calvary. Unprepared for horses or combat in general, the calvary tried to flee but the opposing side was much quicker and armed.
In unrelated news, grenadiers fighting the grenadines are finding it hard to destroy whole land masses with mere hand held explosives.
This question has been eating at me for a long time, because you see, so many psychologists are Jewish, and Jewish people are hilarious. This logic is flawless. Except maybe for the fact that bankers and lawyers are not hilarious. Well, today we have another data point to add, since my Cognitive Brain Imaging professor decided to briefly address humor in class. (Although, I’m pretty sure he’s a goy, being the exception that proves the rule.)
A bill has passed the House to give a Representative in Congress to the heavily-Democratic District of Columbia, which has lacked any sort of voice in the Capitol since the nation’s founding. License plates in DC are emblazoned with “Taxation without Representation” in protest.
Controversially, the bill also contains a provision giving an extra Congressional vote to Republican Utah, in order to even out the partisan mixture of the new additions. Utah narrowly missed getting an extra seat in 2000, and has since been throwing temper tantrums. “No taxation without disproportionate representation,” read license plates in Utah.
