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The history classes of the twenty-second century, assuming that we can be bothered to hold one, will hate us for doing everything twice and messing up their grades. “So which Bush was Gulf War II again? Was that the wimp or the chimp?”
Alan Moore’s 2006 history lesson/rant Arthur Magazine) reads like action-packed technicolor comic book meets Sean Penn meets VICE. It could use an update, but if you’re feeling frustrated about our current circumstances this essay just might hit the spot… or make you explode.
“It’s also really fucked up how we think we can be happy with our power to vote. We voted for Obama, we achieved something with our vote – now nothing is in our control again. It’s like driving – each of us can have our own sense of power and authority while maintaining our position in a system far beyond us.” – JLC
In March, Afghanistan will become America’s longest war, surpassing the one in Vietnam, which cost more than 58,000 American lives. {via}
NPR: Obama Gambles on Afghan Escalation
BBC: Obama Speech: Reaction in Quotes
(edit: the interweb eerily made my previous post vanish, so i’m reposting… wtf?)
