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"Mike and Jon, Jon and Mike—I've known them both for years, and, clearly, one of them is very funny. As for the other: truly one of the great hangers-on of our time."—Steve Bodow, head writer, The Daily Show
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"Who can really judge what's funny? If humor is a subjective medium, then can there be something that is really and truly hilarious? Me. This book."—Daniel Handler, author, Adverbs, and personal representative of Lemony Snicket
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"The good news: I thought Our Kampf was consistently hilarious. The bad news: I’m the guy who wrote Monkeybone."—Sam Hamm, screenwriter, Batman, Batman Returns, and Homecoming
September 25, 2005
The Nasser Quote That Never Goes Out Of Style
Here's Larry Johnson, former CIA agent, on his discussions with people he knows in the mideast:
Our friends and allies naively believe that we have a plan and know what we are doing... they are convinced that we have a secret plan we are not sharing with them... They look at me with disbelief and bewilderment when I tell them there is no secret plan and we are as incompetent as they fear.
Now, here's something Gamal Nasser said to Miles Copelandâ€â€another CIA agentâ€â€in the fifties:
The genius of you Americans is that you never made clear-cut stupid moves, only complicated stupid moves which makes us wonder at the possibility that there may be something to them we are missing.
Man, that's an evergreen.
Posted at September 25, 2005 01:51 PM | TrackBackHa! Sure, you say you're opposed to evil, demented schemes destined to backfire badly, benefit the worst people and destroy any good things unfortunate to be in their way. But the reality is you want to implement your own evil, demented schemes. What's worse, you're almost certainly unaware that those are your real intentions.
Some of us remember Stalin's atrocities, you know. It hurts when the people you have to live with refuse to denounce him.
Posted by: Harry at September 26, 2005 01:39 AMSure, you say you're opposed to evil, demented schemes destined to backfire badly, benefit the worst people and destroy any good things unfortunate to be in their way.
I have NEVER said I'm opposed to evil, demented schemes.
I think it's all too obvious you're projecting.
Posted by: Jonathan Schwarz at September 26, 2005 08:46 AMEvil demented schemes are good. For example, I am involved in an evil demented scheme to convince George W. Bush that the nation is under attack by Liechtenstein, Tuvalu, Nuaru, Palau, San Marino, and the Pope, and that unless the United States fires off every nuclear missile it owns at China, all Americans will be forced to gay marry Catholics. I estimate that the resulting nuclear winter should expand the range of us Antarctic penguins by thousands of square miles. Bwahahahahahha!
- Badtux the Evil Demented Penguin
