Comments on: Late Late Nite FDL: Mmmmm. Smell the Civility. http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/04/late-late-nite-fdl-mmmmm-smell-the-civility/ Firedoglake weblog Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:29:14 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: sagesource http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/04/late-late-nite-fdl-mmmmm-smell-the-civility/#comment-605829 sagesource Thu, 05 Apr 2007 18:28:55 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/04/04/late-late-nite-fdl-mmmmm-smell-the-civility/#comment-605829 <p><a href="#comment-605195"><em>montag @<br /> 57 </em></a></p> <blockquote><p>ET–</p> <p>Technology has made war that much uglier, if only because we can no longer connect cause and effect. </p> <p>In 1917, one could see the immediate effects of mustard gas, as in 1981, and make that connection.</p> <p>Now, with Agent Orange, DU, nuclear weapons testing, etc., the full effects may not be known for decades.</p> <p>It’s very hard for family, friends and the victim of the disease, because there are no immediate connections, no visible evidence. Just suspicions.</p></blockquote> <p>Um, no. Mustard gas is carcinogenic too. It’s just that health was so poor and society so f’ked up in other ways that cancer, PTS, and the other long-term aftereffects of war either went unnoticed, or never occurred because the victim was dead of something else first. Starvation, perhaps, if the person came back unable to work. </p> <p>Come to think of it, some things do never change….</p> montag @
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ET–

Technology has made war that much uglier, if only because we can no longer connect cause and effect.

In 1917, one could see the immediate effects of mustard gas, as in 1981, and make that connection.

Now, with Agent Orange, DU, nuclear weapons testing, etc., the full effects may not be known for decades.

It’s very hard for family, friends and the victim of the disease, because there are no immediate connections, no visible evidence. Just suspicions.

Um, no. Mustard gas is carcinogenic too. It’s just that health was so poor and society so f’ked up in other ways that cancer, PTS, and the other long-term aftereffects of war either went unnoticed, or never occurred because the victim was dead of something else first. Starvation, perhaps, if the person came back unable to work.

Come to think of it, some things do never change….

]]> By: superjudge http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/04/late-late-nite-fdl-mmmmm-smell-the-civility/#comment-605645 superjudge Thu, 05 Apr 2007 15:47:47 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/04/04/late-late-nite-fdl-mmmmm-smell-the-civility/#comment-605645 <p>sounds like someone has been working on their man seeking man personnel for a long time. he could probably just say that he prefers the bottom.</p> sounds like someone has been working on their man seeking man personnel for a long time. he could probably just say that he prefers the bottom.

]]> By: Mandrake http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/04/late-late-nite-fdl-mmmmm-smell-the-civility/#comment-605625 Mandrake Thu, 05 Apr 2007 15:40:11 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/04/04/late-late-nite-fdl-mmmmm-smell-the-civility/#comment-605625 <p>Can you say S&M obsession??</p> Can you say S&M obsession??

]]> By: brendancalling http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/04/late-late-nite-fdl-mmmmm-smell-the-civility/#comment-605530 brendancalling Thu, 05 Apr 2007 14:36:15 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/04/04/late-late-nite-fdl-mmmmm-smell-the-civility/#comment-605530 <p><i>“it turns out that shrapnel is really a great big cock shredding his duodenum with the quavering manic intensity of a palsied ConEd worker with a tricked-out V8 jackhammer and and an ancestral vow of vengeance against ashphalt.”</i></p> <p>Gee, Ace, project much? Dude, wipe the drool off your chin.</p> “it turns out that shrapnel is really a great big cock shredding his duodenum with the quavering manic intensity of a palsied ConEd worker with a tricked-out V8 jackhammer and and an ancestral vow of vengeance against ashphalt.”

Gee, Ace, project much? Dude, wipe the drool off your chin.

]]> By: egregious http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/04/late-late-nite-fdl-mmmmm-smell-the-civility/#comment-605384 egregious Thu, 05 Apr 2007 12:25:00 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/04/04/late-late-nite-fdl-mmmmm-smell-the-civility/#comment-605384 <p>New thread from Christy.</p> <p><a href="http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/04/05/ooopsies/">Ooopsies</a></p> New thread from Christy.

Ooopsies

]]> By: Rocket Scientist http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/04/late-late-nite-fdl-mmmmm-smell-the-civility/#comment-605381 Rocket Scientist Thu, 05 Apr 2007 12:23:46 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/04/04/late-late-nite-fdl-mmmmm-smell-the-civility/#comment-605381 <p><a href="#comment-605188"><em>Patrick 4/4 @ 51 </em></a></p> <blockquote><p><a href="#comment-605186"><em>GSD @ 49</em></a></p> <blockquote><p><a href="#comment-605176"><em>Muzzy @<br /> 39 </em></a></p> <blockquote><p>caption for the pic: “mission accomplished”</p></blockquote> <p>Extrusion accomplished.</p> <p>-GSD</p></blockquote> <p>Emission accomplished.</p></blockquote> <p>Now that is funny!</p> Patrick 4/4 @ 51

GSD @ 49

Muzzy @
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caption for the pic: “mission accomplished”

Extrusion accomplished.

-GSD

Emission accomplished.

Now that is funny!

]]> By: Phoenix Woman http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/04/late-late-nite-fdl-mmmmm-smell-the-civility/#comment-605378 Phoenix Woman Thu, 05 Apr 2007 12:19:10 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/04/04/late-late-nite-fdl-mmmmm-smell-the-civility/#comment-605378 <p><a href="#comment-605374"><em>Rocket Scientist @<br /> 206 </em></a></p> <blockquote><p>This is not funny! More and more of us believe in this principle. Since this is a newly formed entity, we have not yet decided on a name for our movement.</p></blockquote> <p>Yes! Reclaim the term “shithead” from being desecrated by the likes of Bill O’Reilly and Michelle Malkin. </p> <p>Shit ain’t just shit — it is fertilizer, and it promotes growth!</p> <p>This is, after all, how plans become policy.</p> <p>As for the movement, how about “The Bowels of Compassion Movement”?</p> Rocket Scientist @
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This is not funny! More and more of us believe in this principle. Since this is a newly formed entity, we have not yet decided on a name for our movement.

Yes! Reclaim the term “shithead” from being desecrated by the likes of Bill O’Reilly and Michelle Malkin.

Shit ain’t just shit — it is fertilizer, and it promotes growth!

This is, after all, how plans become policy.

As for the movement, how about “The Bowels of Compassion Movement”?

]]> By: Rocket Scientist http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/04/late-late-nite-fdl-mmmmm-smell-the-civility/#comment-605374 Rocket Scientist Thu, 05 Apr 2007 12:15:03 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/04/04/late-late-nite-fdl-mmmmm-smell-the-civility/#comment-605374 <p><a href="#comment-605145"><em>kirk murphy @ 15 </em></a></p> <blockquote><p><a href="#comment-605116"><em>GSD @<br /> 2 </em></a></p> <blockquote><p>There should be laws against the desecration of feces.</p> <p>-GSD</p></blockquote> <p>can’t.stop.laughing</p></blockquote> <p>This is not funny! More and more of us believe in this principle. Since this is a newly formed entity, we have not yet decided on a name for our movement.</p> kirk murphy @ 15

GSD @
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There should be laws against the desecration of feces.

-GSD

can’t.stop.laughing

This is not funny! More and more of us believe in this principle. Since this is a newly formed entity, we have not yet decided on a name for our movement.

]]> By: Hedley Lamarr http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/04/late-late-nite-fdl-mmmmm-smell-the-civility/#comment-605372 Hedley Lamarr Thu, 05 Apr 2007 12:09:28 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/04/04/late-late-nite-fdl-mmmmm-smell-the-civility/#comment-605372 <p><a href="#comment-605176"><em>Muzzy @ 39 </em></a></p> <blockquote><p>caption for the pic: “mission accomplished”</p></blockquote> <p>…Just sprayed mouthful of Chock Full O’ Nuts all over monitor…</p> Muzzy @ 39

caption for the pic: “mission accomplished”

…Just sprayed mouthful of Chock Full O’ Nuts all over monitor…

]]> By: fahrender http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/04/late-late-nite-fdl-mmmmm-smell-the-civility/#comment-605371 fahrender Thu, 05 Apr 2007 12:02:07 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/04/04/late-late-nite-fdl-mmmmm-smell-the-civility/#comment-605371 <p>i hesitate to mention this because it’s so maddening. on the one hand it will depress you. on the other hand it serves as an urgent reminder of one of the reasons we need to get out of Iraq:</p> <p>a story in the NYT about a severely wounded Army vet of the Iraq War. he lives in southwestern Pennsylvania. it will pull at your heart strings. shades of “The Deer Hunter”. Murtha is quoted as saying the guy was the catalyst for him deciding it was time for us to get out of there.</p> i hesitate to mention this because it’s so maddening. on the one hand it will depress you. on the other hand it serves as an urgent reminder of one of the reasons we need to get out of Iraq:

a story in the NYT about a severely wounded Army vet of the Iraq War. he lives in southwestern Pennsylvania. it will pull at your heart strings. shades of “The Deer Hunter”. Murtha is quoted as saying the guy was the catalyst for him deciding it was time for us to get out of there.

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