A nameless woman bites her Burger King Whopper in the Auckland airport. As the meat glistens off her teeth, she says, “American people… they’re just so easily brainwashed, it’s just disgusting.”
Swallow your filthy burger, woman!
Entries Tagged as 'patriotism'
Leaving on a Jeff planeSeptember 3rd, 2007, 9 Comments
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FullCodePress-ureAugust 15th, 2007, 5 Comments
Today’s I leave for Sydney to compete against Australia in FullCodePress. FCP is a competition to “build a fully-operational website for a non-profit organisation in 24 hours.”
My team is awesome, and we’re going to win. The competition starts on Saturday. Here are some details:
Can I see the event online?
The two teams will be building their websites online, and you can watch the progress on the two websites in real time. The web addresses will be announced at 9.30am on Saturday at http://www.fullcodepress.com.
The New Zealand team
- Ali Green
- Jeffrey Wegesin
- Mark Rickerby
- Peter Johnston
- Steve Dennis
- Thomas Scovell
- Zef Fugaz
Photo and video action:
Blog action:
Who is running the event:
24 hours without sleep! I’m going to feel like a student. Wish us luck…
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Quotes from Lincoln & WashingtonJune 23rd, 2007, 3 Comments
Abraham Lincoln, on President Polk and the war he waged against Mexico:
“Trusting to escape scrutiny, by fixing the public gaze upon the exceeding brightness of military glory – that attractive rainbow, that rises in showers of blood – that serpent’s eye, that charms to destroy – he plunged into war.”
George Washington, on the war with England and his responsibilities as General:
“I shall constantly bear in mind that as the sword was the last resort for the preservation of our liberties, so it ought to be the first to be laid aside when those liberties are firmly established.”
I wish more presidents were writers.
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You’re so vainApril 29th, 2007, 14 Comments
From my notes in November of 2003: “You paint with your left hand,” she said. “I thought you were right handed?”
“I am,” I said. “I just paint with my left hand.”
“How interesting. Which hand do you use to shoot a gun?”
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Vonnegut-tedApril 12th, 2007, 5 Comments
Such a sad year. First Molly Ivins, now Kurt Vonnegut. I’m gutted. I didn’t even know he was alive! I feel guilty.
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