Word: stupidity
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...company, the guys understand that every aspect of the band has to be a team effort. They also realize that no matter where this rock thing will take them, the bottom line is to not take themselves too seriously. “some people think [our silly nicknames] are stupid and that’s cool,” said Repete. Chad, Brad and Pete use the nicknames to poke fun of idea of personae; Pete’s brother began calling Chad “Chetro,” and then the names just sort of stuck...
Only problem: the U.S. Army is not going to fight a conventional battle with the Taliban. Afghans may be fervent, but they are not stupid. For a price, some will switch sides and join the forces allied to the Americans. In Afghanistan's wars, the liberal application of bribes to local warlords has always been a deadly weapon. But to take out key leaders of the Taliban, let alone find bin Laden and his top associates, money won't be enough. Special forces are going to have to do the dirty work...
...Only problem: the U.S. Army is not going to fight a conventional battle with the Taliban. Afghans may be fervent, but they are not stupid. For a price, some will switch sides and join the forces allied to the Americans. In Afghanistan's wars, the liberal application of bribes to local warlords has always been a deadly weapon. But to take out key leaders of the Taliban, let alone find bin Laden and his top associates, money won't be enough. Special forces are going to have to do the dirty work...
...impeachment; essentially the political class turned against the people and excoriated them at every opportunity for not going along with the notion that Clinton had to go. The American people were said to be interested in nothing but the Dow Jones, which was saying they were selfish, they were stupid, they were irresponsible. You saw the idea of secular democracy itself put up for grabs that year, which was pretty startling...
...Stupid, reflexive cheap cynicism—at least for a while—will go away some, which is all to the good,” he says. “What is funny is always a matter of treading around the edges of propriety. When people use irony they mean everything from Craig Kilborn to Joseph Heller. So the annoying form of excessive commenting upon oneself, the more precious breathing one’s own fumes may be the ones [forms of irony] I would be happy to see go away...