Archive for April 30th, 2010

Not Quite What The Founders Had In Mind

Friday, April 30th, 2010

I was teaching freshman civics the other day. The class was watching a video on the eighth amendment. One of the students asked me what video they would be watching.

I said, “it’s called ‘Cruel and Unusual.’”

He said, “oh, like ‘cruel and unusual pleasurement.’ No, wait, that’s not it…”

Americans In Iraq

Friday, April 30th, 2010

It’s good to see American soldiers interacting with civilians in Iraq. You do have to wonder what the Iraqis think of the young men and women that they meet…

The U.S. Air Force. Bringing surrealism to a desert near you.