Provided as a public service announcement: you see, every so often somebody decides that it’s smart to take a slap at the United States of America.
Spoiler warning: it’s not.
Dec
07
2011
07
2011
#rsrh December 7, 1941.
Text of the speech after the fold. But one quick note? To quote somebody or other: don’t ever try to piss off the United States of America. You might get deeply unlucky, and succeed.
Jan
23
2009
23
2009
Go down swinging, Rod Blagojevich.
“And if it means I have to sacrifice myself to a higher cause, for the people of Illinois and for the principle of due process and the right to call witnesses, then so be it,”
CHICAGO — Illinois’ embattled but defiant governor, so fond of reciting poetry as he defends himself against federal corruption allegations, has turned instead to the history books to describe the emotional strain his arrest put on him and his family.
In an interview Thursday with The Associated Press, Gov. Rod Blagojevich compared his early morning December arrest by FBI agents to Japan’s 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.
He says it was a “complete surprise” but he’ll prevail, just like America in World War II.
, and is (to the best to my knowledge) in the public domain.