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Proof that Six Flags' ad department works while taking acid

HistNerd says...

Here we go, the truth at last:
Due to his spryness, it was speculated that he was played by a much younger actor under heavy makeup and possibly a bald skullcap. Six Flags refused to reveal the actor's identity. However, in February 2006, writer Paul Davidson revealed on his website [2] that Mr. Six was played by Danny Teeson of Queer Eye for the Straight Girl. Further proof of this identification was found by Mark Evanier, using Google. He found a reference to Danny Teeson playing Mr. Six on the website for Professional Vision Care Associates.His name has since been replaced with "Mr. Six" on the site.[3] Joseph Fiero in which starred in one of the campaigns national commercials also confirmed his identity.

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Proof that Six Flags' ad department works while taking acid

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Stars and Stripes Forever - The Boston Pops Orchestra

HistNerd says...

Here we go, via wikipedia: The poem was set to the tune of a popular British drinking song, written by John Stafford Smith for the Anacreontic Society, a London social club. "The Anacreontic Song" was already popular in the United States and set to various lyrics. Set to Key's poem and renamed, "The Star Spangled Banner" would soon become a well-known American patriotic song.

Stars and Stripes Forever - The Boston Pops Orchestra

HistNerd says...

Francis Scott Key wrote poetry. The Star Spangled Banner's melody comes from an old drinking song. Try singing just the sounds of it with a bit of a swagger and you can't miss it.

As for Stars and Stripes Forever, it is one of my favorites. For some reason the piccalo solo is always played by one flautist or three, never two. I also listened to this song on my way into work this morning. The only thing I don't like about this song is the blind nationalism and patriotic fervor it seems to embue.

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Only Jesus Will Bring Peace?

HistNerd says...

I'll give you the *wtf
It's amazing, people who follow faith make it easier on themselves when they fabricate their own 'glorious' history.

"The government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion." -John Adams

"The Doctrine of the divinity of Jesus is made a convenient cover for absurdity." - John Adams

The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the Supreme Being as his father, in the womb of a virgin, will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter." -Thomas Jefferson

"I have examined all the known superstitions of the world, and I do not find in our particular superstition of Christianity one redeeming feature. They are all alike founded on fables and mythology. Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined and imprisoned. What has been the effect of this coercion? To make one half of the world fools and the other half hypocrites; to support roguery and error all over the earth." -Thomas Jefferson

"All natural institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian, or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit."- Thomas Paine

And, I may not know everything about Christianity, but wasn't that stuff about Israel being the chosen land with the chosen people pretty much made null and void with the New Testament?

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Fascist Cop Takes His Bad Day Out On Some Skater Kids

HistNerd says...

When I was in high school, I and a group of friends were playing soccer at a public park after curfew and after the park was closed. A cop drove up, told us the park was closed, and that if it applied to any of us, that it was past curfew. We told him we'd head out, and he told us to take our time. Not all cops are bad.

Fascist Cop Takes His Bad Day Out On Some Skater Kids

HistNerd says...

First off, sweet name Enzoblue. Second, I don't think most police officers are like this. I am a Deputy Juvenile Officer, so I work with a lot of kids, and I find that if you respect them, they'll respect you. If I were that kid I would have turned the video into the department. If there is a followup to the story I would like to know. Thanks!



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