EX...Feeling The Wise-Ass...Don't Get Too Funny...

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matt-neuman/littlenoticed-provision-_b_42416.html

Little-Noticed Provision in Bill Has Me Worried (3 comments )
I don't know about you, but a seemingly innocuous provision buried deep in the defense budget bill has me worried, and I haven't seen much of anything about it in the press. Apparently added in the dead of night, it's just a single sentence, but it gave me chills when I first read it.

Perhaps you missed it:

"Passage of this bill gives the President the right to detain and torture comedy writers."

Of course, this law doesn't affect you if you're not a comedy writer. But you might become one, and then what? Or you might know someone who's a comedy writer. Or went to Harvard. Or comes from Canada. And what if they're suddenly abducted and flown to Egypt or Jordan and held for years, all the time being savagely beaten? How would you feel then?

On behalf of all comedy writers -- those who are free and practicing their craft, as well as those who are barely surviving in dank, dark cells hidden in the bowels of a police station in Uzbekistan -- I ask you to speak up, write your representatives in Congress, organize your neighbors, act!

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Whoa,I must have been absent that day,Thanx so much...for bringing that to my attention.I will try to hold back my instinctional sarcastic musings forthwith...Arrest you say?Well,then again,I've lived my life,trying my best to not waiste much time sleeping,figuring there'd be plenty of time for that after I'm dead...Now at 55 I am just about worn out.And really I could use a*rest! t/c ex

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Ex...don't lay your axe down prematurely...I felt older than god at your age...and I still can't believe I'm still waking up each morning needing to strap on my armor for another day...you're still a baby yet:)

See you tommorrow for another round.

"Tomorrow, tommorrow and tomorrow...beats on its steady pace..."

Stefan

[exarmyranger]

Yo Stefan,thanx again.I was'nt (rarely am!)surprised...I never make snap decisions,or form a personal opinion about anyone untill I have taken the time,to study thier reactions,to a few different mental/emotional stimulater's. A man who know's his own mind,rarely if ever allows anyone(without the threat of violence,or a physical attack)to induce anger,fear,shame,with a few spoken/written insults...or to induce joy,aggression,self pride...with praise.Men who confuse generosity with stupidity...kindness with weakness,among other falsehoods offer no or very little for me in the way of friendly conversation,let alone an exchange of personal opinions.The same with men who profess to anyone,who(for whatever reason)will listen while they spew retorical questions,pertaining to thier selfless endevours to raise the conciousness of those who(thru no fault of thier own)have as yet been baptized in battle.Ass kissers,west pointed 1st,2nd,LT's,most W.P.G.,captains,alot of W.P.G. majors,Lt.Col.'s.full birds an up excused!Are also have little or nothing to offer me intellectualy.Those men who are of a humanitarian nature,stand thier watch without protest,are seldom known to ignore,or deny thier mistakes,and hold the belief that all men rich,or poor,strong,or weak,have at least one,lesson to give,I find or have found,usefull in someway,at sometime...Whether it is a lesson on how to become a better man,or how not to become a lesser man!Your nature seems to be that of man who cares about mankind,but in this desencitized world dissapointment rather than satisfaction is what you will garnish I'm afraid.Still please do carry-on,you may make a difference...T/C EX.
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Ex...This is the real goods...and I hear you:) Your very comprehensive and compressed lifetime of experience is wondrously instructive...but only to those who already have been through the fire...as you alluded...to most...it's all just more words to draw on their placcards.

But personally, I don't suffer ullusions...if anything it may only be a resistant strain of optimism on the surface...but my main engine fires not for the salvation of sheep, but that I must at least make continual token resistance or the truths of my life will prove not worth the life I've spent on them.

So I can't just say fuckit, they're not worth it...it's not them I need to preserve, it's the validity of my life that backing down...giving up...would make a lie...and I can't live with that:)

Stefan

[exarmyranger]

Yo Stefan,Now that's what I'm talking about...Honesty,Courage, Determination,and a touch of Humility,mixed with a pinch or two of righteous indignation.Oh by the way,Dude...what you said man...that was deep.may the path you walk upon rise to meet your feet...ex