Freedom is Free Fuckos.

[Cain]

I like my aliens to act properly alien.  None of this rubber-forehead interbreeding with humans bullshit.

It's a little less reality based, but the current fictional reading I'm doing, the Malazan Books of the Fallen by Steven Erickson, has some interesting insights.  I think he gets the character of military sappers down perfectly, and the Bridgeburners come across as a crazy-awesome mixture between Napoleon and Colonel Stirling.  Speaking of the latter, had you heard about this?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14952939

A secret World War II diary of the British special forces unit, the SAS, has been kept hidden since it was created in 1946. Now it's being published for the first time to mark the 70th anniversary of the regiment. The BBC has exclusive access to the remarkable piece of history.

[Doktor Howl]

I like my aliens to act properly alien.  None of this rubber-forehead interbreeding with humans bullshit.

These Aliens are utterly alien in many ways, and very much like us in the ways that would enable them to become a space-faring species.

[Doktor Howl]

Speaking of the latter, had you heard about this?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14952939

A secret World War II diary of the British special forces unit, the SAS, has been kept hidden since it was created in 1946. Now it's being published for the first time to mark the 70th anniversary of the regiment. The BBC has exclusive access to the remarkable piece of history.

Fucking amazing.

[LMNO]

I like my aliens to act properly alien.  None of this rubber-forehead interbreeding with humans bullshit.

These Aliens are utterly alien in many ways, and very much like us in the ways that would enable them to become a space-faring species.

I remember reading that.  Very cool writing.

[Doktor Howl]

I like my aliens to act properly alien.  None of this rubber-forehead interbreeding with humans bullshit.

These Aliens are utterly alien in many ways, and very much like us in the ways that would enable them to become a space-faring species.

I remember reading that.  Very cool writing.

The Mote in God's Eye is also where Pournelle gave us the concept of Crazy Eddie.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I want my free fuckos, so that I can be free. 

[Luna]

I want my free fuckos, so that I can be free. 

The world is full of them, Nigel.  It's just collecting them...

[Salty]

I knew I should have edited that comma in.

Fuck it.

FREE FUCKOS FOR ALL!

[Luna]

I knew I should have edited that comma in.

Fuck it.

FREE FUCKOS FOR ALL!

I appear to be overstocked.  Haul them away, and they're yours.

[Don Coyote]

I'M ONLY GONNA SPIT THIS ONCE:  FREEDOM DOES NOT COME FROM SOLDIERS.

NORTH KOREA HAS SOLDIERS.  NAZI GERMANY HAD SOLDIERS.  TOJO HAD SOLDIERS.  STALIN HAD SOLDIERS.

FREEDOM COMES FROM THE COMMON MAN WILLING TO PULL A PATRICK HENRY.

THAT IS ALL.  YOU MAY NOW RETURN TO YOUR EMAIL FORWARDS.

May I c/p this to FB with attribution to Doktor Howl?

[Doktor Howl]

I'M ONLY GONNA SPIT THIS ONCE:  FREEDOM DOES NOT COME FROM SOLDIERS.

NORTH KOREA HAS SOLDIERS.  NAZI GERMANY HAD SOLDIERS.  TOJO HAD SOLDIERS.  STALIN HAD SOLDIERS.

FREEDOM COMES FROM THE COMMON MAN WILLING TO PULL A PATRICK HENRY.

THAT IS ALL.  YOU MAY NOW RETURN TO YOUR EMAIL FORWARDS.

May I c/p this to FB with attribution to Doktor Howl?

Sure.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I knew I should have edited that comma in.

Fuck it.

FREE FUCKOS FOR ALL!

I appear to be overstocked.  Haul them away, and they're yours.

Mom! Luna is hoarding the fuckos again!

[Don Coyote]

I'M ONLY GONNA SPIT THIS ONCE:  FREEDOM DOES NOT COME FROM SOLDIERS.

NORTH KOREA HAS SOLDIERS.  NAZI GERMANY HAD SOLDIERS.  TOJO HAD SOLDIERS.  STALIN HAD SOLDIERS.

FREEDOM COMES FROM THE COMMON MAN WILLING TO PULL A PATRICK HENRY.

THAT IS ALL.  YOU MAY NOW RETURN TO YOUR EMAIL FORWARDS.

May I c/p this to FB with attribution to Doktor Howl?

Sure.

Thanks. Now I wonder how many of my friends are going to be pissed off at me.