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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
December 25, 2006
Merry Stereotypical Dictator Christmas!
In a letter to Chileans written to be published after his death, Gen. Augusto Pinochet said he wished he hadn't had to stage the bloody 1973 coup that put him in power and called the abuses during his long rule inevitable...The former dictator, who died Dec. 10 of heart failure at age 91, insisted that the military takeover avoided civil war and a Marxist dictatorship, and said his 1973-90 rule never had "an institutional plan" to abuse human rights.
"But it was necessary to act with maximum rigor to avoid a widening of the conflict," Pinochet wrote...
"How I wish the Sept. 11, 1973, military action had not been necessary!" Pinochet wrote.
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants, it is the creed of slaves."
â€â€ÂWilliam Pitt, House of Commons, November 18, 1783
Posted at December 25, 2006 01:41 PM | TrackBack
"How I wish the Sept. 11, 1973, military action had not been necessary!" Pinochet wrote.
This brings to mind an old Midwestern slogan my pappy used to tell me in order to bring the harsh reality of life back to the forefront whenever I got to feelin' all Jimminy Cricket-like:
"Wish in one hand and shit in the other, little boy. We'll see which one fills up first."
Posted by: JLaR at December 26, 2006 03:13 AMSome people believe that although there is no justice in this life, there is in the next - or the one after that.
May the Creative Forces of the Universe have mercy on all our souls - even that of our brother Augusto (if it exists).
Posted by: mistah charley at December 26, 2006 07:52 AMSt. Pedro was not impressed.
Posted by: Jesus B. Ochoa at December 26, 2006 10:02 AMHow I wish the little woman wouldn't get me so mad. I feel real bad when I have to hit her so hard to get her back in line.
Posted by: blondie at December 27, 2006 12:12 PM
