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May 23, 2008 5:32 PM

In 1989, Lieutenant William “Mad Dog” Rizer was called before the Senate Military Investigations Committee to discuss his statements regarding the effectiveness of military operations in response to the Red Falcon invasion of the previous year. The following is a transcript of his testimony before Congress. The Contra Hearings.

From Chris's Invincible Super-Blog.

Head over to vNES and play Contra.

posted by Sailormom (14 comments total)

Chris Sims is a goddamn saint.

(I'm not just saying that because he's one of my best internet friends, either.)
posted by beaucoupkevin at 5:54 PM on May 23, 2008

This is good.
posted by Pope Guilty at 5:58 PM on May 23, 2008

Excellent post title.
posted by middleclasstool at 6:00 PM on May 23, 2008

I make it a point not to play any game that includes teethy ground vaginas. It's a personal code of honor that has gotten me safely through life thus far. If you ARE going to play with teethy ground vaginas, for Dobbs' sake, use protection! This can't be emphasized enough. Be sure to debeak that prairie squid prior to use.
posted by ZachsMind at 6:04 PM on May 23, 2008

This is brilliant.

I remember wondering as a kid whether or not the Iran-Contra hearings had anything to do with Contra.
posted by redteam at 6:08 PM on May 23, 2008

Ground vaginas don't taste like 9V batteries.
posted by emelenjr at 6:31 PM on May 23, 2008

↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A (SELECT) START.
You'd get nowhere with just the title code.

Needless to say, effing awesome 'transcript.' The references to other games was a great inclusion.

Good thing, at least next time they'll be issued shoulder pads.
posted by blastrid at 6:59 PM on May 23, 2008

Thank you for this.
posted by kisch mokusch at 7:17 PM on May 23, 2008

↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A (SELECT) START.

That doesn't scan.
posted by rokusan at 11:22 PM on May 23, 2008

(I also liked the title.)
posted by rokusan at 11:22 PM on May 23, 2008

From a link in the comments, in the same vein: Ellis Hamilton MacArthur, Ring Name "Little Mac," Addresses the Board of Commissioners of the World Video Boxing Association.
posted by Faint of Butt at 3:49 AM on May 24, 2008 [1 favorite]

You going to have to reinput that code soldier.
posted by i_am_a_Jedi at 5:22 AM on May 24, 2008

Holy crap!

I was reading this post in Google Reader, and in absentminded boredom typed out "↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A".

And I was rewarded with NINJAS.

FUCK. YES.
posted by Rhaomi at 1:11 PM on May 24, 2008 [3 favorites]

Wow that actually works!
posted by i_am_a_Jedi at 9:09 PM on May 24, 2008