Comments on: HOW MUCH PENETRATION IS ENOUGH? http://www.ginandtacos.com/2007/08/30/how-much-penetration-is-enough/ OPIATE OF THE ASSES Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:57:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: J. Dryden http://www.ginandtacos.com/2007/08/30/how-much-penetration-is-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-6664 J. Dryden Sat, 01 Sep 2007 00:39:06 +0000 http://www.ginandtacos.com/wp/?p=672#comment-6664 Is anyone else kind of silently reciting the last few lines of Yeats's "The Second Coming" to themselves? Just me, on this? Is anyone else kind of silently reciting the last few lines of Yeats's "The Second Coming" to themselves? Just me, on this?

]]> By: Nick http://www.ginandtacos.com/2007/08/30/how-much-penetration-is-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-6663 Nick Fri, 31 Aug 2007 18:49:36 +0000 http://www.ginandtacos.com/wp/?p=672#comment-6663 Well, at least we'll get to watch everything burn before we all die. That could be entertaining for a few minutes. Well, at least we'll get to watch everything burn before we all die. That could be entertaining for a few minutes.

]]> By: -h http://www.ginandtacos.com/2007/08/30/how-much-penetration-is-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-6662 -h Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:20:03 +0000 http://www.ginandtacos.com/wp/?p=672#comment-6662 Great post Ed. Just one comment regarding the hostility issue: Iranians are arguably the *least* hostile towards Americans in the whole region. The government spits out its propaganda and organizes the rallies that we see and read about (I actually took part in a few of those mandatory 'protests' as a school-kid when they would make us memorize the script and march us through the streets, chanting and pumping our fists in the air), but the people are generally not hostile towards Americans; in fact it's quite the opposite. In the neighboring Arab states you find "friendly" governments but a generally anti-American sentiment on the street... and it's the exact opposite in Persian Iran. In my opinion, too many of my fellow countrymen (the majority of whom are under 35) have a naive view of America, which often translates into an incredibly annoying, ass-kissing, apologist, FOB-ish "i love amerika" behavior anytime they encounter an American tourist. But I'm sure all of that sentiment will disappear as soon as the first mushroom cloud goes up... It's amazing that Bush and company would actually deliver such a huge win to the crooked mullahs in Tehran... Those bastards can't wait for an American attack to occur. Anytime they start to feel like they might be losing their grip, they stir shit up and wait for the "external threat" to come along and strengthen their position. Sounds oddly familiar. Great post Ed. Just one comment regarding the hostility issue: Iranians are arguably the *least* hostile towards Americans in the whole region. The government spits out its propaganda and organizes the rallies that we see and read about (I actually took part in a few of those mandatory 'protests' as a school-kid when they would make us memorize the script and march us through the streets, chanting and pumping our fists in the air), but the people are generally not hostile towards Americans; in fact it's quite the opposite.

In the neighboring Arab states you find "friendly" governments but a generally anti-American sentiment on the street… and it's the exact opposite in Persian Iran.

In my opinion, too many of my fellow countrymen (the majority of whom are under 35) have a naive view of America, which often translates into an incredibly annoying, ass-kissing, apologist, FOB-ish "i love amerika" behavior anytime they encounter an American tourist.

But I'm sure all of that sentiment will disappear as soon as the first mushroom cloud goes up…

It's amazing that Bush and company would actually deliver such a huge win to the crooked mullahs in Tehran… Those bastards can't wait for an American attack to occur. Anytime they start to feel like they might be losing their grip, they stir shit up and wait for the "external threat" to come along and strengthen their position.

Sounds oddly familiar.

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