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Yes, Jon Swift is still a genius
Let this be a lesson to other dictators around the world, from Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Iran to Kim Jong-il in North Korea, that the United States is a very patient country and if it takes us 50 years to get them out of power, we will not waver. In fact, as John McCain as made it clear to the insurgents in Iraq, we don’t mind sticking around there for a 100 years if it takes that long.
Read the whole thing.
Jacob Singer said,
February 21, 2008 at 23:48
Our brilliant strategy of letting the Earth continue to revolve around the sun is really paying off now! Watch out, you wacky dictators!
Patkin said,
February 22, 2008 at 0:03
The inevitability of time ensures our inevitable victory! Until, y’know, we inevitably fall apart as a country. Then it’s a freak anomaly because our empire is impossible to topple.
pedestrian said,
February 22, 2008 at 0:08
That Guardian article he linked to was teh shit.
Dr. Evil works for the CIA?
The Cuban people clearly don’t understand humor. You are supposed to turn the tables on the mighty and powerful by showing that, despite all of their money and brute strength, the little guy is still laughing at them. I mean, this joke suggests that… oh wait, I just got it.
kwazy kweationist said,
February 22, 2008 at 0:09
Our brilliant strategy of letting the Earth continue to revolve around the sun is really paying off now!
Heretic! You’ll pay for your science-disseminating ways.
Me said,
February 22, 2008 at 0:23
The sun won’t become a white dwarf for at least a billion years. Time is on our side.
Kathleen said,
February 22, 2008 at 0:26
that the United States is a very patient country
See: our recent victory over Castro. Loser!
Kathleen said,
February 22, 2008 at 1:06
ok I am a dummy. Note to self: read link before commenting.
billy pilgrim said,
February 22, 2008 at 1:10
Is Francisco Franco still dead?
Smiling Mortician said,
February 22, 2008 at 1:29
Still valiantly clinging to death, billy pilgrim.
actor212 said,
February 22, 2008 at 2:03
Our brilliant strategy of letting the Earth continue to revolve around the sun is really paying off now!
HERETIC!
Where is the Spanish Inquisition when you need them? I expect them here posthaste!
Lesley said,
February 22, 2008 at 2:04
In the future the USA won’t have to wait cuz it will develop a super duper dictator age accelerator powered by nanohamsters.
mikey said,
February 22, 2008 at 2:08
Um, if this was our brilliant strategy for Cuba, why didn’t we use it on Saddam too?
I mean, in another fifty years he’d be gone for sure…
mikey
pedestrian said,
February 22, 2008 at 2:17
Where is the Spanish Inquisition when you need them? I expect them here posthaste!
Dude, they only come when you don’t expect them.
actor212 said,
February 22, 2008 at 2:33
Dude, they only come when you don’t expect them.
And pedestrian gets the spike!
pedestrian said,
February 22, 2008 at 2:52
Yeah, it was right there, I had to take it.
Krassen said,
February 22, 2008 at 3:03
he-he, mikey, you are such a doll… http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/commodities/energyprices.html
pedestrian said,
February 22, 2008 at 3:12
Krassen, I believe a better explanation is this:
http://trilobitessawstuff.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cdf3acc9b3cb8f00d09e7a2eb3be2b.html
Rightwingsnarkle said,
February 22, 2008 at 5:21
Yes, Jon Swift is indeed one smart read.
mergenow said,
February 22, 2008 at 7:38
F00LZ!!!
Don’t you realize what this means?
The treacherous English are simply biding their time!
justme said,
February 22, 2008 at 11:04
I busted out laughing right at the title.
Ding, ding, ding! Get that man a kewpie doll.
Rob (formerly In Toronto said,
February 22, 2008 at 16:02
The thing that makes me giggle every single time he posts something over there is the fact that there will be people of both political stripes who will completely miss the point of the post and say something, in all seriousness, like “I agree with your point of view 100%” or “You are a fucking fascist and I cannot believe that you could be so mean”.
His post on Jamie Leigh Jones has some classic comments along this line.
John Iselin said,
February 22, 2008 at 17:35
I think this is the strategy with regard to Osama: sooner or later he will die of old age, and on that day justice will finally have been served.
This is disturbingly similar to Osama’s plan to ensure the death of everyone in the United States – just wait, and one at a time, they’ll die…
actor212 said,
February 22, 2008 at 19:01
His post on Jamie Leigh Jones has some classic comments along this line.
That was amazing. She’s a friend of mine on Facebook and had a good laugh about some of the folks on there.