My thanks and well-wishes to the men and women who have served this country — many of them who engaged in the “air raiding of villages and the killing of civilians,” and “at times [have] personally raped, cut off ears, cut off heads, taped wires from portable telephones to human genitals and turned up the power, cut off limbs, blown up bodies, randomly shot at civilians, razed villages in fashion

…Obama, or Obama…? (h/t Geoff B)

From my email: Hey Pasty — Long time no email numbnuts. Howse [sic] life treating ya? Happen to catch the election results? Whew…you must be beside yourself with your pseudo-intellectual angst. Dayum…looks like you’ll be spewing your irrational, spite-filled rants from the cheap seats for a bit. Sucks to be you asshole. Smooch, Tongaroo P.S. Be on the lookout for the G Men coming to take you away to the

It’s centrist! It’s moderate! Really it is! Isaac MacMillen, Americans for Limited Government (warning: the word “Nazi” gets used. Which I think is racist): […] In his new transition website, Change.gov, “Office of the President-elect,” [Gghah! – ed] Barack Obama promises to “expand national service programs” such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps. While there are many benefits to volunteering for the country, Obama’s plan has the potential to cause some

uh, half off on Oreo cookies?

I give it 4 more years until we’re all doing mandatory calisthenics — fewer, if universal healthcare passes rapidly, and overweight people have the nerve to presume a coverage entitlement without sweating for it. Dance, fat boy! You don’t see any plump Chinamen, do you?: The Philadelphia City Council has passed a menu labeling law that a prominent consumer advocacy group described as the strongest in the nation. The measure

Fuck that. Why “govern” when you can get your RULE on: Ah. It’s good to be the King! (h/t STACLU)

Lovely! President-elect Obama’s advisers are quietly crafting a proposal to ship dozens, if not hundreds, of imprisoned terrorism suspects to the United States to face criminal trials, a plan that would make good on his promise to close the Guantanamo Bay prison but could require creation of a controversial new system of justice. During his campaign, Obama described Guantanamo as a “sad chapter in American history” and has said generally

So. We’ve gone from “dissent being the highest form of patriotism” to “sorry, but we’re going to have to arrest you for your own safety — otherwise all these tolerant folk from the party of peace are likely to beat you to death with traffic cones and rocks.” (h/t Ace)