
"Well, you're rich and white, I don't see a problem with it..." -#SCOTUS (#CrowTRobot aka @TraceBeaulieu #MST3K)
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"Well, you're rich and white, I don't see a problem with it..." -#SCOTUS (#CrowTRobot aka @TraceBeaulieu #MST3K)
Posted on August 31, 2015 at 03:40PM
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Of all the times to live in upper #Manhattan! Wait, actually, I think I'm glad I live #Uptown...
Posted on August 30, 2015 at 11:09PM
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Aw, man... #RIP #WesCraven
Posted on August 30, 2015 at 10:22PM
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Hmf... #manspreading... It's not just for men. :/
Posted on August 30, 2015 at 09:33PM
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Angry Burger, a new burger place coming to my neighborhood (across from another burger place) after this space went through many other, more Mexican, incarnations. Hope they survive, but would YOU eat at a place called "Angry Burger"?
Posted on August 30, 2015 at 06:52PM
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Watch a #hyperlapse/#timelapse of me doing the most interesting thing I've done all day: #dishes!!
Posted on August 29, 2015 at 09:32PM
Seen at my local #supermarket. What the heck are #ExportSodas?
Posted on August 29, 2015 at 07:34PM
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Finally watching this. Feel like I should have a beer for this. #unprepared
Posted on August 28, 2015 at 10:52PM
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What is up with Titanic commercials?? The movie JUST got knocked out of first place in the US (by Lost In Space) after 15 weeks and they have the GALL to run Television Adverts telling us to "see it again". Talk about evil. Like the 3 BILLION they already have in ticket sales is not enough? TALK about GREED!!
Yuck... my #iPadMini cover is falling apart. I've dragged this thing around the world with me... Only one thing to do: #DUCTTAPE!
Posted on August 28, 2015 at 12:53PM
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What is up with Titanic commercials?? The movie JUST got knocked out of first place in the US (by Lost In Space) after 15 weeks and they have the GALL to run Television Adverts telling us to "see it again". Talk about evil. Like the 3 BILLION they already have in ticket sales is not enough? TALK about GREED!!
L, L, and the P of H
B00038 Tue, 19 Oct 2004 05:56:59 -0500
It’s my theory that “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness” is by far the most successful propaganda slogan ever devised. Of course, you’re probably having one of two reactions to that statement.
1) Of course it was propaganda you idiot!
2) Wow, that’s pretty cynical, don’t you think?
What’s so funny is that neither reaction really applies to where I’m coming from. See, the idea is not that the founding fathers were bullshit artists or that they were PR agents hired by the real founding fathers who remain obscured by history to this day. My theory is that they actually did think that what they were doing was the right thing.
They also understood that some people wouldn’t think they were doing the right thing.
The thing is, they weren’t doing the right thing.
Like the Republicans of today, the Founding Fathers may have used phrases like “Give me liberty or give me death.” and “L, L, and the P of H” as a way to con everyone into thinking what they were trying to do would benefit all of them. The catch is, they knew it wouldn’t. The catch is, they knew the average citizen would be completely unable to deal with the kind of power the Founding Fathers were creating for themselves.
The same way many of us couldn’t stop King George from going to war, individual citizens of the mini-countries that would become states couldn’t stop most of themselves from becoming swayed by the DVDs, fast cars and 1200 TV channels of their day—the abstract concept of freedom.
Freedom to farm the way you wanted to farm, freedom to sell what you wanted to sell, and freedom to own who you wanted to own. Of course, the reality, according to my theory, was probably darker. What the founding fathers really wanted was freedom to victimize, freedom to take advantage of, freedom to lie.
Ever notice how lying in general isn’t a crime? Sure, committing fraud is, but that’s a really huge lie. Little white lies, like telling people your drug will make you feel like your wind-surfing across a field of wheat are fine, apparently. The Founding Fathers wanted to create a place where “Caveat Emptor” or “buyer beware” was the perpetual rule of thumb.
Too bad they didn’t mention it to the first Americans when they were selling those poor saps on the whole “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness” line…
Yeah, yeah, that’s what America stands for, I’ll believe that when WMD show up in Iraq!
Wait… no I won’t.
why is this guy an unknown?
-ledriffs @ 11/17/05 13:50:05
he’s not unknown.
He runs another website and isn’t active here anymore – see thepete.com
-sisyphus @ 11/17/05 14:39:26
Ugh. #SCOTUS makes it illegal to protest outside SCOTUS HQ despite US tax dollars paying for SCOTUS HQ. #LandOfTheFree? #notreally
Posted on August 28, 2015 at 11:02AM
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@BillMaher nails it re: the #SharingEconomy vs. #DesperateEconomy watch the whole clip: http://youtu.be/-ygeC-oeIO4
Posted on August 28, 2015 at 08:33AM
Just look at that #sky! The summer has been full of skies like this! Makes me proud to live in #NYC! #GeicoSummer
Posted on August 27, 2015 at 05:43PM
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New @Instagram app for #Android is choking on my portrait-format photo. #sadface
Posted on August 27, 2015 at 05:39PM
Just testing out IG's new ability to post portrait and landscape photos.
Posted on August 27, 2015 at 02:14PM
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I call this photograph "New Yorker Under Ground" #photography #phonography #DroidTurbo
Posted on August 27, 2015 at 08:43AM
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Really had to #regram/#Repost @hanksynyc with @repostapp ・・・ what a piece of shit. @realdonaldtrump #nyc #univision #dumptrump #donalddump #tronalddump
Posted on August 26, 2015 at 06:43PM
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Another photo from a beautiful #summer day in #NYC for #GeicoSummer. This is outside the Broadway-side entrance for the #190thStAtrain on Bennett Ave.
Posted on August 25, 2015 at 11:18AM
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I'm just wondering what evil looks like. I don't know that I'd recognize it. Darren Wilson thought Mike Brown looked like a demon. #randomthoughts
Posted on August 24, 2015 at 06:31PM
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Breaking News video: Things look pretty scary for the stock market today... but what do I say?
Posted on August 24, 2015 at 09:28AM
Apparently a US military ammunition depot has exploded in Kanagawa, Japan. Follow @Thoton and @News_Executive on Twitter for more.
Posted on August 23, 2015 at 01:02PM
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I made #quinoa.
Posted on August 22, 2015 at 11:58PM
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But #GlobalWarming is a hoax!!
Posted on August 22, 2015 at 07:16PM
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Spotted this cleverly accurate #commentary critical of #advertising that still manages to be #sexist and #vandalism. Spotted this cleverly accurate #commentary critical of #advertising that still manages to be #sexist and #vandalism. Found at the #8thAve/#14thSt #subway station #NYC
Posted on August 22, 2015 at 05:30PM
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Caught #LarryWilmore (@ldub61) looking like I feel every time I read something a Republican says.
Posted on August 22, 2015 at 05:22PM
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A few tall buildings overlooking #TimesSquare #NYC last night, shot from #8thAve. The #DroidTurbo's camera is great in many ways but capturing red isn't one of them. That H&M logo should not look so pink.
Posted on August 22, 2015 at 02:21PM
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It's #TheMoon in the evening #sky. #photography #phonography #DroidTurbo #GoogleCameraApp #15mp #Uptown #Manhattan #NYC
Posted on August 21, 2015 at 07:42PM
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"But as the city grapples with an influx of topless tip-seekers, the de Blasio administration has suggested an unexpected remedy: Remove the islands altogether." This is a total waste of time.
Posted on August 20, 2015 at 11:57PM
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It was a pretty beautiful day in #NYC today. Look at that #sky!
Posted on August 20, 2015 at 10:23PM
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Meanwhile, the western third of America has an empty space carved out of where there is rain in the rest of the country.
Posted on August 18, 2015 at 07:40PM
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I don't think I've ever seen #ScatteredShowers literally scattered across the eastern side of America like this before.
Posted on August 18, 2015 at 07:35PM
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Once you get past the light you can see a ways up #ParkAvenue! #LookAtAllThePeople enjoying #SummerStreets 2015 in #NYC!
Posted on August 17, 2015 at 09:24PM
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Cyclists head into the light at the end of tunnel that takes those heading northbound on #ParkAvenue through the #HelmsleyBuilding. #SummerStreets #NYC
Posted on August 17, 2015 at 08:32PM
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A #MomentOfZen video, facing west on #45thStreet from the elevated part of #ParkAvenue last Saturday during #SummerStreets #NYC
Posted on August 17, 2015 at 07:08PM
Here is the #Hermes statue from #GrandCentral via my 12x telescope lens attachment on my #iPhone5s. Again, taken from the elevated level of #ParkAvenue during #SummerStreets #NYC last Saturday. I think this telescope lens does alright.
Posted on August 17, 2015 at 04:43PM
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Looking east down #42ndStreet from the elevated portion of #ParkAvenue approaching #GrandCentral during #SummerStreets #NYC last Saturday.
Posted on August 17, 2015 at 03:15PM
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Using my 12x telescope lens attachment on my #iPhone5s, I was able to get this close to the #ChryslerBuilding's upper ornaments from the elevated portion of #ParkAvenue just before it goes around #GrandCentral. Not bad, huh? #SummerStreets #NYC
Posted on August 16, 2015 at 02:59PM
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The #Metlife building behind #GrandCentral taken from the middle of #ParkAvenue yesterday during #SummerStreets #NYC. #photography #phonography #DroidTurbo
Posted on August 16, 2015 at 12:15PM
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Just wanted to thank @nycmayorsoffice for continuing #SummerStreets #NYC!! It's a blast and the only time I get to walk 6 miles in one morning! (More photos from today, tomorrow--stay tuned!)
Posted on August 15, 2015 at 09:50PM
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This is why I love #SummerStreets: that's #ParkAvenue behind me. How often can you walk down the middle of Park Ave?!? #NYC
Posted on August 15, 2015 at 08:25PM
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This building we passed during #SummerStreets #NYC had a pretty ironic ad for potential leasers (leasees?) considering the crowds passing then today.
Posted on August 15, 2015 at 06:35PM
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Good idea, movie! Cast one lead with #RestingBitchFace and the other with #RestingSoullessFace. I've got #RestingNotGoingToSeeItFace. #moviead
Posted on August 15, 2015 at 06:10PM
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I love coming across these almost-century-old #NYC #subway station entrances. Yay #SummerStreets!What's even better about this shot is that you can see the building behind me reflected in the building in front of me. #nofilter #photography #phonography #DroidTurbo
Posted on August 15, 2015 at 05:42PM
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Sorry, #Sun! I'm hiding from you! This was an accidental shot #throughglass. I blinked long and #Glass thought I was winking for a photo. #sillytech #SummerStreets #NYC
Posted on August 15, 2015 at 04:28PM
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Holy cow--we saw #WarrenBeatty during #SummerStreets #NYC today! (Trust me, that's him--@sierrarein recognized him, too.)
Posted on August 15, 2015 at 03:30PM
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The website for this place says nothing about an #Imperial presence. I'm glad we didn't go in there for food. Don't need any #ImperialEntanglements during #SummerStreets #NYC #StarWars #Stormtroopers
Posted on August 15, 2015 at 02:11PM
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#Graffiti and #shadow #SummerStreets #NYC
Posted on August 15, 2015 at 02:04PM
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Dang. The #Popeyes was closed so it was really #Popeno. #SummerStreets #NYC
Posted on August 15, 2015 at 01:13PM
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An #artsyfartsy shot of the #CourtHouse building in #FoleySquare #NYC
Posted on August 15, 2015 at 01:10PM
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The sun hangs bright and hot over the last day of #SummerStreets #NYC 2015 It's currently 93F.
Posted on August 15, 2015 at 11:48AM
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These free bars from @NaturesPath were delicious--especially the #BerryBlast. #OnMyPath #SummerStreets #NYC
Posted on August 15, 2015 at 11:43AM
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A couple of older buildings down by #FoleySquare. #SummerStreets #NYC
Posted on August 15, 2015 at 11:09AM
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I'm at #SummerStreets #NYC! Don't believe me? Here's an actual summer street!
Posted on August 15, 2015 at 10:48AM
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We've discovered the most #nondescript #Starbucks in the world!
Posted on August 15, 2015 at 10:44AM
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