Comments on: The more you squint, the better you can see it

By: salvage

salvage — Fri, 28 May 2004 21:33:17 +0000

He is indeed a tubby little grub and I think would have a stroke polishing his boots, forget any wall scaling.

He is the worst sort of Chickenhawk.

By: Keith

Keith — Fri, 28 May 2004 15:51:45 +0000

Oh, a few years back, long before Adam came on to your radar and only those of us on Usenet had to suffer him, those of us who had actually served went so far as to give him directions to the nearest recruiting offices (Canadian Forces, and US military recruiters in Washington state, so he had his pick), their working hours and contact information.

Not that we particularly wanted him near any kind of heavy weapon, mind you, but we felt he should be putting his money where his mouth was.

That, and I knew several sergeants in training establishments who would have just loved to meet him.

By: merl

merl — Fri, 28 May 2004 12:55:29 +0000

What the hell? Isn’t this guy Japanese or something?

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 28 May 2004 12:05:14 +0000

Have y’all seen a picture of this loser? He makes Limbaugh look like an Olympic 1,500 meter runner. The fat tub of goo (tm Letterman) wouldn’t last a day in basic.

By: Frederick

Frederick — Fri, 28 May 2004 08:37:08 +0000

You’ve mentioned before Adam’s dream of becoming a U.S. citizen. I’m surprised he hasn’t joined the Army — if you do, they speed up your application for citizenship. And in the (of course highly unlikely) event that you’re killed in Iraq (which is after all safer than California — just ask Sean “Statistics Genius” Hannity), that’s even better — they make you a U.S. citizen posthumously! Many of us would be overjoyed if Adam became a U.S. citizen posthumously.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 28 May 2004 05:26:37 +0000

Is Adam now the principal customer for extreme pyschotrpic drugs in Canada? If he isn’t, what is the other guy writing?

By: salvage

salvage — Fri, 28 May 2004 02:21:05 +0000

Adam is a fool and I shamed to say he’s a fellow Canadian. he’s eager to join the U.S. army yet hasn’t followed through on that promise, I really hope he does, he’s the most unCanadian person I’ve ever not met.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 28 May 2004 02:03:39 +0000

“A high number, to be sure, but hardly one so high as to be considered astounding or, in military terms, unacceptable.”

Because I know that I cast my votes on what the US military considers acceptable or unacceptable.

I find such a willingness to accept a military version of events, and especially military rhetoric (“colateral damage” instead of “civilian deaths”; “casualties” instead of “people getting killed”) a particularly disturbing aspect of right-wing ideology in this war. Especially since their only remaining defense against criticism is their so-called humanitarian (“we liberated 25 million people”) defense. When it comes to evaluating the human _costs_ of war, and not just the human gains, their hypocrisy really shows. A cynical manipulation of liberal ideals if ever there was one.