Teri B.

"The Senator charged that Professor Harold Laski a British scholar and politician, dedicated a book to me. That's true. He is dead. He was a socialist, I am not. He was a civilized individual who did not insist upon agreement with his political principles as a pre-condition for conversation or friendship. I do not agree with his political ideas, as he makes clear in the introduction dedicating the book to me — not because of political agreement but because he held my wartime broadcast from London in high regard. And the dedication so reads. I believed years ago and I believe today that mature Americans can engage in conversation and controversy the clash of ideas, with Communists anywhere in the world without becoming contaminated or converted. I believe that our faith, our conviction our determination are stronger than theirs and that we can successfully compete, not only in the area of bombs but in the area of ideas."

- Edward R Murrow

serum114

We have become a Nazi monster in the eyes of the whole world, a nation of bullies and bastards who would rather kill than live peacefully. We are not just Whores for power and oil, but killer whores with hate and fear in our hearts. We are human scum, and that is how history will judge us. No redeeming social value. Just whores. Get out of our way, or we'll kill you. Who does vote for these dishonest shitheads? Who among us can be happy and proud of having all this innocent blood on our hands? Who are these swine? These flag-sucking half-wits who get fleeced and fooled by stupid little rich kids like George Bush? They are the same ones who wanted to have Muhammad Ali locked up for refusing to kill gooks. They speak for all that is cruel and stupid and vicious in the American character. They are the racists and hate mongers among us; they are the Ku Klux Klan. I piss down the throats of these Nazis. And I am too old to worry about whether they like it or not. Fuck them.

Hunter S. Thompson

zimmy61

"Smokey this is not Nam, this is bowling there are rules."



Walter Sobchak - The Big Lebowski.

DannyBoy

Heres Four from a certain actor I admire a great deal.

"America is dumb. It's like a dumb puppy that has big teeth that can bite and hurt you, aggressive. My daughter is four, my boy is one. I'd like them to see America as a toy, a broken toy. Investigate it a little, check it out, get this feeling and then get out."

"I was ecstatic when they re-named 'French Fries' as 'Freedom Fries.' Grown men and women in positions of power in the U.S. government showing themselves as idiots."

"(Speaking About The Initial Quote) Taken in context, what I was saying was that, compared to Europe, America is a very young country and we are still growing as a nation. It is a shame that the metaphor I used was taken so radically out of context and slung about irresponsibly by the news media. There was no anti-American sentiment. In fact, it was just the opposite. I am an American. I love my country and have great hopes for it. It is for this reason that I speak candidly and sometimes critically about it. I have benefited greatly from the freedom that exists in my country and for this I am eternally grateful."

"France and the whole of Europe have a great culture and an amazing history. Most important thing though is that people there know how to live! In America they've forgotten all about it. I'm afraid that the American culture is a disaster."

serum114

Hey, DB those wouldn't be quotes by Depp would they. Why do you two hate america so much???LOL

sunflower

One of the most horrible features of war is that all the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting. The P.S.U.C. militiamen whom I knew in the line, the Communists from the International Brigade whom I met from time to time, never called me a Trotskyist or a traitor; they left that kind of thing to the journalists in the rear. The people who wrote pamphlets against us and vilified us in the newspapers all remained safe at home, or at worst in the newspaper offices of Valencia, hundreds of miles from the bullets and the mud. And apart from the libels of the inter-party feud, all the usual war-stuff, the tub-thumping, the heroics, the vilification of the enemy—all these were done, as usual, by people who were not fighting and who in many cases would have run a hundred miles sooner than fight. […] Perhaps when the next great war comes we may see that sight unprecedented in all history, a jingo with a bullet-hole in him.

-- George Orwell
Homage to Catalonia

Teri B.

Yeah, but you got to admit, he's right. I bet he wouldn't have been saying those things 8 yrs. ago. Depp lives in Europe, and their world view is a lot different than ours. I have a friend who's a boat engineer and travels around the world. He's always telling me the news reporting looks a lot different from other countries. I don't fault Depp for saying any of that. It would be different if he were wrong.

Besides, DB is a snob. He thinks we're a snot-nosed baby country.

serum114

I agree with Depp 100%. At least here it is becoming more acceptable to critisize our own country or any other for that matter. but thisa country is our responsibility no other.

Teri B.

Yeah, it's like I can call my sister a bitch, but if you do there's gonna be a smack down. However, given that our country started this clusterf*ck, I guess we're pretty much fair game.

It does annoy me that he sits there in Europe taking pot shots at the U.S. Come home Johnny and be part of the solution.

serum114

“Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way.”
Charles Bukowski