i was gonna send this to you via PM but no dice. i needed some laughs yesterday, so i was looking at memes. i'm sure you've seen this before, but as i was LOLing i thought of you:
AF-remember that scene from Braveheart in which Wallace was talking to some scottsmen, and one of them says something to the effect of "my lord tells me I'm going to make it through this okay, but he tells me you're fucked!" ? Is there a clip of that scene on youtube? I can't seem to find it. I was thinking that may be useful for comic relief on the forums sometimes.
This may be of interest to you-http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/05/world/europe/05village.html?_r=3&pagewanted=all?src=tp A story from Russia.
Here's the money quote-
“The police are corrupt or lazy or politicized, and it’s the same all across the country,” said Konstantin M. Kiseyov, academic secretary of the Institute of Philosophy and Law in Yekaterinburg, which is 25 miles from the village. “So people must protect themselves. They can’t count on the government or its structures. That is why the country is turning into one big Sagra.” ;) :cool:
Totally! The Swiss post was an epic one. I don't know how anyone with any knowledge of history could be in favor of standing armies-particularly considering the geographic and various other conditions that overwhelmingly favor the US. Another advantage the Swiss have (and should be adopted here) is a long history of neutrality in foreign affairs, btw. (not to mention legendary secrecy in banking )
Saw this vid earlier and thought you may be interested http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8bc_1310260736#comment_page=2 The guy filming is taping the cops stopping someone else, and then the cops approach him to harass him about his open carry sidearm. Nothing spectacular, but you may find it useful.
I found something that may be of interest to you.
US: 'It was kind of messed up that the females got shot': Katrina cover-up officer tells how police fired at unarmed and wounded civilians