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...significant enough for the kidnapper to recall later in a confession he penned in jail. "All of a sudden, I felt terribly embarrassed," he wrote. So embarrassed that, hoping to evade responsibility, he begged his co-conspirator in Hindi, "Kidnap me also." His cohort growled, "Don't kick up a fuss." And they carried out the crime...
...many immigrants (I'm one), there's something liberating about the guiltless American attitude toward patriotism. The nation's best values--freedom and tolerance--are universal; you can identify with the flag that stands for them even if your loyalties are shared. Who did not get a kick out of seeing Bono--Irish to his boots--unveil that Stars and Stripes jacket at the Super Bowl? Who doubted that when Paul McCartney sang of the "fight for the right to live in freedom," he was sincerely thanking those doing the fighting on our behalf...
...terrorist one time in the face. Because I am a nonviolent person, but would still feel a certain amount of anger, I would probably give the would-be terrorist a football helmet to put on when my turn came up. Then as he was affixing the chinstrap, I would kick him in the balls...
Think about it— one of the beautiful things about the Summer Olympics is that people can relate to the efforts of the greatest performers. We all run, swim or play some table tennis. Everybody can get on a bike or kick a soccer ball. When we watch the Summer Games, we empathize with the competitors and imagine ourselves in their places...
...have all gotten quite a kick out of seeing one of our own fall, but the rest of the country is going to eat this up even quicker than we have. America will always love the underdog and when there’s isn’t one to be found, there’s nothing better than to watch pampered preppies stumble down from a place like the Pudding to the glory of a prison cell...