My favorite part of all this is assholes like Peter King saying we shouldn't be trying these people in New York because it makes New York a terrorist target. Uh.... ?
Also. Where were idiots like him when dudes like Ramseh Yousef were on trial here? Oh, I guess he only reads the memos about terrorists who kill more than 2,000 people at a pop.
One last point. I can't see how executing these guys is a punishment. If I were them, it'd be exactly what I'm hoping for. Let's see - the next 50 years rotting in solitary confinement in a maximum security federal prison, or a quick martyrdom that takes me to my 72 virgins? Hmmm, tough choice there.
I'm not necessarily against the death penalty because it's barbaric (though it is), I'm mostly against it because it's just not a very tough punishment against people who clearly don't care about human life to begin with, including their own. #headlines
This should have happened years ago. Our criminal justice system is one of the many things that sets us apart from the world's many authoritarian, anti-democratic regimes. If indeed we were attacked for our freedom, it's manifested in our willingness to have an open and transparent court system, not our $3 toasters.
@Buttafooco: Since it specifically mentions the 9/11 fiends, I think you already know the answer. No need to try and ruffle feathers.
If you were kidding, or being sarcastic, I apologize, but when it comes to things like this, some people like to stir the pot and I feel like that's what you were trying to do. #headlines
@Topheel: if you've accidentally come across any of my posts, you'd realize almost all of them take a sarcastic/humorous slant. In this case, it was purely sarcastic, given the blatant racial undertones of many stories that comes via the NY Post.
Sometimes our feathers become ruffled as a result of the insecure winds blowing through them. #headlines
I can't believe I'm saying this, but part of me was waiting for the NYPost response. It was always going to be ridiculous, dramatic & insane. Why do I enjoy that?
For what it's worth, I'm often disappointed by justice system, but I also believe in it. I can't imagine that Holder & the Obama Admin would have ever made this move unless they felt they could win in a legitimate, legally substantiated way. Call me naive, but there are too many well-educated lawyers in this admin - including Obama - to convince me otherwise.
Regardless, assuming - which I am - they're fucking guilty & not just raving lunatics who actually want credit for (there are not really words) what happened that day, I want to seem them convicted legitimately & face the consequences. Which hopefully will be getting attacked by other inmates in whatever prison they're put in. Or execution.
But on point on story, in the next years, I can't wait to see if the NY Post goes all "NYers can face anything" or the "Terrorists shouldn't be brought back to the city they attacked." Personally, I feel & hope they go the former. #headlines
The special guest--the first lady, Michelle Obama--doesn't make her appearance alongside CHAIRMAN MAO until midway into the show crammed with the usual preschool INDOCTRINATION. #newyorktimes
I imagine Gwen Stefani sitting at the television, watching someone play as her avatar, hearing Rolling Stones start, seeing her avatar singing in a male's voice, her face stretching aghast as she screams "Nooooooooooo!"
She cries for 20 minutes in the bathroom, her friends asking her what's wrong and thinking they were just going to have a fun party and poke fun at their super-rich and famous friend by making her avatar sing in a funny voice. She wrenches from a fetal position in the tub, "It can't be real! Those aren't my words!"
Somebody in hall quizzically replies, "It doesn't even matter what the lyrics are anyway. If I'm holding the microphone, I can sing whatever I want and your character will lip-sync it."
Stefani yells "YOU CAN'T CONTROL MY WORDS! I AM A WOMAN!" and throws a ceramic Q-tip container at the door, intending to hear a dramatic shatter. Instead, her 3-year-old opens the door and with a thud falls to the ground, Q-tips surrounding his limp body like a chalk outline.
Stefani cradles him in her arms, despite his protesting struggles to get up and just use the toilet.
"DAMN YOU, ACTIVISION!" she screams, party guests glares be damned. "I NEVER SIGNED UP FOR THIS! I NEVER SIGNED UP TO ATTACK MY SON!"
Stefani is now suing Activision for child support. #gwenstefani
And I say this with nothing but love, being a huge No Doubt fan....but if you can't handle being in a video game then you never should have signed on.
Video games are not real life. One of the selling points for these things is to customize the avatars. Dress them in feathers and gauntlets, or a chicken costume just because, and yes, dance and sing karaoke. If you want to produce serious music...go on tour. Shoot a video. Release an album. Don't trust your likeness to Toby the "beer pong master '09" and Rutgers Sophomore. #gwenstefani
11/15/09
Also. Where were idiots like him when dudes like Ramseh Yousef were on trial here? Oh, I guess he only reads the memos about terrorists who kill more than 2,000 people at a pop.
One last point. I can't see how executing these guys is a punishment. If I were them, it'd be exactly what I'm hoping for. Let's see - the next 50 years rotting in solitary confinement in a maximum security federal prison, or a quick martyrdom that takes me to my 72 virgins? Hmmm, tough choice there.
I'm not necessarily against the death penalty because it's barbaric (though it is), I'm mostly against it because it's just not a very tough punishment against people who clearly don't care about human life to begin with, including their own. #headlines
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If you were kidding, or being sarcastic, I apologize, but when it comes to things like this, some people like to stir the pot and I feel like that's what you were trying to do. #headlines
11/15/09
Sometimes our feathers become ruffled as a result of the insecure winds blowing through them. #headlines
11/15/09
If you need to say this out loud, you fail. #headlines
11/15/09
11/14/09
I greatly enjoyed this. From Tumblr's TopherChris: topherchris.tumblr.com. #headlines
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For what it's worth, I'm often disappointed by justice system, but I also believe in it. I can't imagine that Holder & the Obama Admin would have ever made this move unless they felt they could win in a legitimate, legally substantiated way. Call me naive, but there are too many well-educated lawyers in this admin - including Obama - to convince me otherwise.
Regardless, assuming - which I am - they're fucking guilty & not just raving lunatics who actually want credit for (there are not really words) what happened that day, I want to seem them convicted legitimately & face the consequences. Which hopefully will be getting attacked by other inmates in whatever prison they're put in. Or execution.
But on point on story, in the next years, I can't wait to see if the NY Post goes all "NYers can face anything" or the "Terrorists shouldn't be brought back to the city they attacked." Personally, I feel & hope they go the former. #headlines
11/15/09
:D #headlines
11/10/09
I did this quickly (and in MS Paint), so excuse its messiness. #newyorktimes
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Fill that in, baby! #newyorktimes
11/05/09
She cries for 20 minutes in the bathroom, her friends asking her what's wrong and thinking they were just going to have a fun party and poke fun at their super-rich and famous friend by making her avatar sing in a funny voice. She wrenches from a fetal position in the tub, "It can't be real! Those aren't my words!"
Somebody in hall quizzically replies, "It doesn't even matter what the lyrics are anyway. If I'm holding the microphone, I can sing whatever I want and your character will lip-sync it."
Stefani yells "YOU CAN'T CONTROL MY WORDS! I AM A WOMAN!" and throws a ceramic Q-tip container at the door, intending to hear a dramatic shatter. Instead, her 3-year-old opens the door and with a thud falls to the ground, Q-tips surrounding his limp body like a chalk outline.
Stefani cradles him in her arms, despite his protesting struggles to get up and just use the toilet.
"DAMN YOU, ACTIVISION!" she screams, party guests glares be damned. "I NEVER SIGNED UP FOR THIS! I NEVER SIGNED UP TO ATTACK MY SON!"
Stefani is now suing Activision for child support. #gwenstefani
11/05/09
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11/04/09
Video games are not real life. One of the selling points for these things is to customize the avatars. Dress them in feathers and gauntlets, or a chicken costume just because, and yes, dance and sing karaoke. If you want to produce serious music...go on tour. Shoot a video. Release an album. Don't trust your likeness to Toby the "beer pong master '09" and Rutgers Sophomore. #gwenstefani