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Monday, October 07, 2013

The One With the Gun in His Hand Is the One Who Isn't Negotiating Or Having A Conversation

And everybody knows it. Republicans are trying to get things they couldn't get with elections or legislation by smashing the government and threatening to smash the global economy. Recognizing that these criminal shakedowns and hostage crises aren't what the words "negotiation" and "conversation" isn't refusing to negotiate or have a conversation. In related news, pointing out a Republican has indulged in racism is not racist.

1 comment:

jimf said...

> The One With the Gun in His Hand Is the One
> Who Isn't Negotiating Or Having A Conversation

You know, this reminds me of my impressions of
the SF story "Understand", by Ted Chiang
( http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/under.htm ),
which I mentioned in the comments on
http://amormundi.blogspot.com/2012/09/robot-cultists-exploit-dying-woman-to.html

(I wonder when "Hormone K" will be available on Amazon.
Everything else is.)