This whole episodes is possibly one of the saddest testimates to the decline of the United States. The bureaucrats are so focused on maintaining the bureaucracy that they fail to notice soul stirring beauty. Instead of taking a look right under their nose at the heights of human endeaver, they allow the inertia of routine to carry them along oblivious.

Perhaps those responsible for the day to day running of this country should pause and contemplate what a government really should be for. Do we want to simply maintain the status quo - the jackbooted downtrodding of art, beauty, and the individual in the name of corporate profits? Or do we want to raise up creative works and real expressive freedom as the mantle of our humanity?

The human race stands upon a cusp - down one path is enlightenment, freedom, and a future brighter than the stars. Down the other is a new dark age from which we may never rise again.

That's an APC, not a tank - "M2 Bradley (Wikipedia)"

That's a Boeing 757-200

Such an absolute butchery of Bob Heinlein's brilliant plot, dialogue, and manifesto.

As a personal favor to me, after watching this clip, go read the book. Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein. Classic "hard" science fiction from the master exploited and travestied by Hollywood.

I'm watching this in Opera running on Ubuntu Feisty Fawn with the Beryl window manager making all the tooltips explode - ++geek

Sound quality is not great, but Upvote for Ella. Ms. Fitzgerald is the greatest female vocalist in recorded history. Add Duke Ellington piano and performing a Gershwin song... man this is American music... everything after is just derivitive.

Stephen Colbert has giant brass balls.

This is game 7 of the 2006 National League Championship Series. Endy Chavez (lf) of the Mets catching a ball hit by Scott Rolen (3b) of the Cardinals.

The Cardinals went on to win the game 3 to 1 after a two run Home Run by light hitting catcher Yadier Molina in the ninth inning.