Yet one more thing about modern America that confuses and disgusts me.

Oh, man, I'm waaaaaaay out of touch. It just felt like that song was playing everywhere I went for about six months there.

Sure, the first nine hundred times.

Some old hillbilly thanks you for your support.

This is a really terrific gesture on Bruno Mars' part. It almost makes up for the ubiquity of "Uptown Funk." It'd just be really nice if it wasn't in service of helping the citizens of an American city whose water was poisoned by its own government.

Your state is, from what I recall - I was only there once - exceptionally beautiful in many, many parts, and has a lot of decent people living in it. I really wish it wasn't run by a pack of hobgoblins.

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Can't wait.

It's the best/worst thing we've ever done to ourselves. It does so much good and spreads so much evil at the exact same time.

Bring it on, motherfucker.

I think I love Germany.

It let me in, but basically some drunk asshole American gave the Nazi salute in Dresden, so some German guy beat the shit out of him.

Rust Belt's just one big state, innit?

GOD YES IT IS

Fair enough. They were both incredible. I give the slight edge to Roy. Although prime Hasek is still the best I've ever seen.

Reagan was born in 1911. One 9/11. Do I have to draw you a map?

When all is dark, focus on the sexxy.

Lincoln wanted to heal the wounds as quickly as possible. Imprisoning or executing the whole Confederate hierarchy wouldn't have done much to help that. (Not that not doing so helped him all that much, poor bastard.)

Well, it's not as though education is some magic panacea for economic woes. I know a lot of educated people who are struggling. What we could seriously use is a new WPA, but there are enough delusional hardline Horatio Alger junkies in this country who think horrible struggle is preferable to anything that smacks of…

Fair enough. It'll be worth the wait.