Credo
"Sign on, young man, and sail with me. The stature of our homeland is no more than the measure of ourselves. Our job is to keep her free. Our will is to keep the torch of freedom burning for all. To this solemn purpose we call on the young, the brave, the strong, and the free. Heed my call, Come to the sea. Come Sail with me." -- John Paul Jones
"Pardon him, Theodotus; he is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature" --George Bernard Shaw, "Caesar and Cleopatra"
"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music."--Friedrich Nietzsche
"A kind Providence has placed in our breasts a hatred of the unjust and cruel, in order that we may preserve ourselves from cruelty and injustice. They who bear cruelty, are accomplices in it. The pretended gentleness which excludes that charitable rancour, produces an indifference which is half an approbation. They never will love where they ought to love, who do not hate where they ought to hate."--Edmund Burke
“You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours.”--General Sir Charles Napier
"Μολὼν λαβέ" -- Leonidas
"Blogito Ergo Sum" -- Neptunus Lex
FYI…I’m living in Riyadh working as a contractor for the Saudi National Guard. The Saudi’s really get uptight over anything that may be remotely against the Islamic faith (they have religious police, called matawas, that make sure the faithful are following Islamic Law – even to the point of issuing beatings and the death sentence). This is one place where you don’t want to do anything to upset the natives – there are enough problems here with drugs, crime and religious dissent that they are not afraid to put you in jail for the most minor offense.
But but but but……the Saudis are our friends!! /sarc off….
A suitcase of lingerie? What else are you going to do in Newcastle?
Zane,
And don’t forget the Newcastle Nut Brown Ale….
Lingerie & beer… what could possibly go wrong?
Max Damage is buying land down in Brazil–maybbee the old rancher should consider setting up Bunny Ranch South–let this gal ride herd (in more ways than one) on the operation.