It's just too much fun to link to bitchslaps of the Fat Fuck From Flint.
Cap'n Jim has photos of the extended Moore family. Heh.
And the Twisted Spinster (I love that name!) has one of the ultimate bitchslaps of that oxygen thief.
MICHAEL MOORE CAN EAT MY USED MAXIPADS. How – the – fuck – can he even have the audacity to claim that the president’s “reaction time” was any fucking thing at all – how the fucking fuck does he know what was going on in Bush’s mind? How the fuck – okay, you sack of rotting horsemeat, what would you have done that day? No doubt you would have jumped up and started babbling – to a roomful of kindergarten children, because that is the kind of grandstanding, it’s-all-about-me-and-how-I-look kind of useless creep you are – about how we were under attack and in horrible danger and we might all die and you had to leave right now and then you would have had all your beefy secret service agents lock down the school of hysterical, sobbing children and frightened, confused teachers for the entire day while you were carried off to your hideaway, because that is the sort of me-me-me, who-gives-a-shit-about-others-around-me sort of GODAWFUL WASTE OF HUMAN FLESH, ENOUGH TO FEED ALL OF ZIMBABWE WITH LEFTOVERS FOR ETHIOPIA that you are.
I'm feeling it.
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. - Robert A. Heinlein -
Monday, June 28, 2004
No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy
The United States Marine Corps has earned themselves honor and reputations the world over. In World War Two, the Germans looked for the Marines so that they could avoid them. In the Korean War, the Chinese called them "Yellowlegs" due to their yellow-colored leg coverings and avoided them like the plague. The Marines eventually had to remove their distinctive leg covers in order to trick the Chinese into fighting.
It is well known that if you need something completely destroyed within 24 hours, you send in the Marines. The Air Force can spread their power over a huge area, the Navy's carrier groups are feared world wide with good reason, and the Army can be rolling all over your ass in two-three days, but for sheer ass-kicking, bad-guy killing, rip-your-throat-out-with-their-teeth destruction on less than a day's notice, you send in the Marines.
So I'm begging my government to please, please, PLEASE TAKE THE FUCKING GLOVES OFF ALREADY, YOU SPINELESS SACKS OF SHIT!
Insurgents threatened to behead a U.S. Marine and a Pakistani driver they had kidnapped unless the Americans release all Iraqis in "occupation jails," according to a videotape on Arab television. Turkey rejected demands by militants holding three Turkish hostages in a separate standoff.
I don't give a good god-damn if this guy was the second coming of christ, he's a damn MARINE! And if he's a Corporal, that means he's at least fairly good at his job! The fact that these camel-humping J.E.R.M.s might cut his head off is going to send the entire Corps into a bloodlust. And if yellow bellied useless fucks in the State Department could pull their mouths off of the Left's shriveled cock and think for themselves JUST ONCE, they'll let the Marines go in and do what they need to do.
Enough of this bullshit. The gloves need to come off. Right. Fucking. Now.
It is well known that if you need something completely destroyed within 24 hours, you send in the Marines. The Air Force can spread their power over a huge area, the Navy's carrier groups are feared world wide with good reason, and the Army can be rolling all over your ass in two-three days, but for sheer ass-kicking, bad-guy killing, rip-your-throat-out-with-their-teeth destruction on less than a day's notice, you send in the Marines.
So I'm begging my government to please, please, PLEASE TAKE THE FUCKING GLOVES OFF ALREADY, YOU SPINELESS SACKS OF SHIT!
Insurgents threatened to behead a U.S. Marine and a Pakistani driver they had kidnapped unless the Americans release all Iraqis in "occupation jails," according to a videotape on Arab television. Turkey rejected demands by militants holding three Turkish hostages in a separate standoff.
I don't give a good god-damn if this guy was the second coming of christ, he's a damn MARINE! And if he's a Corporal, that means he's at least fairly good at his job! The fact that these camel-humping J.E.R.M.s might cut his head off is going to send the entire Corps into a bloodlust. And if yellow bellied useless fucks in the State Department could pull their mouths off of the Left's shriveled cock and think for themselves JUST ONCE, they'll let the Marines go in and do what they need to do.
Enough of this bullshit. The gloves need to come off. Right. Fucking. Now.
Sunday, June 27, 2004
Fat That Doesn't Float
Regarding those who think the Big Greasy Crap Monster is the second coming and that F911 is scripture:
It’s funny that they seem to believe that people will see Moore-on’s shiny happy version of Saddam Hussein’s Iraq and simply go. “Wow! I was soo wrong about Hussein. Look at the kids flying kites. Man! I’m voting for Kerry.” He also takes a huge shit on the war in Afghanistan by implying it was done so we could build an oil pipeline. They must assume that people will see this and say, “Man! And I just thought we did it because Usama Bin Laden and al Qaeda were being supported by the Taliban and they told us where to stick it when we asked them to give him (and the other terrorists) up. Now I know it was just for a pipeline that has yet to materialize. Damn! I’m voting for Kerry.”
In other words. These idiots forget that their shit flies on the evening news because the assholes there-in constantly defend their meme driven stories in successive news segments...in essence tempering their message when it falls outside the main stream. Moore-on’s shit sandwich is by nature a stand alone entity. Better yet, it is a finite record of the a plethora of stupid crap that these ever braying jackasses believe. It is also (at present time thanks to the hype) serving as a billboard of no return for the same. If the donks embrace it, they share it’s fate. If they don’t, they risk pissing off their base. A tasty double edge sword that we couldn’t dream of cooking up ourselves. Hatred only gets you so far. Moore let it dominate his message. He quantified leftist hatred and let it shade his representation of recent history and current events that people witnessed/are witnessing for themselves. As this film is discussed, it’s flaws will become more and more appearant and those that clung to this stinking butt loaf will ride it down the hole at the bottom of the shitter.
It’s funny that they seem to believe that people will see Moore-on’s shiny happy version of Saddam Hussein’s Iraq and simply go. “Wow! I was soo wrong about Hussein. Look at the kids flying kites. Man! I’m voting for Kerry.” He also takes a huge shit on the war in Afghanistan by implying it was done so we could build an oil pipeline. They must assume that people will see this and say, “Man! And I just thought we did it because Usama Bin Laden and al Qaeda were being supported by the Taliban and they told us where to stick it when we asked them to give him (and the other terrorists) up. Now I know it was just for a pipeline that has yet to materialize. Damn! I’m voting for Kerry.”
In other words. These idiots forget that their shit flies on the evening news because the assholes there-in constantly defend their meme driven stories in successive news segments...in essence tempering their message when it falls outside the main stream. Moore-on’s shit sandwich is by nature a stand alone entity. Better yet, it is a finite record of the a plethora of stupid crap that these ever braying jackasses believe. It is also (at present time thanks to the hype) serving as a billboard of no return for the same. If the donks embrace it, they share it’s fate. If they don’t, they risk pissing off their base. A tasty double edge sword that we couldn’t dream of cooking up ourselves. Hatred only gets you so far. Moore let it dominate his message. He quantified leftist hatred and let it shade his representation of recent history and current events that people witnessed/are witnessing for themselves. As this film is discussed, it’s flaws will become more and more appearant and those that clung to this stinking butt loaf will ride it down the hole at the bottom of the shitter.
Hell, I could have told you that!
I remember commenting on The Rott about the Korean who was beheaded by the J.E.R.M.s. I believe my comment at the time was "Korea is known as the 'Land of the Morning Calm' because if you piss off a Korean, you're dead before sunrise."
So it didn't suprise me when I found this link over at Florida Cracker. In the double-speak found so often in the news, the first few paragraphs are about how Koreans want their people out, ect. If you just read the first few blurbs, you would think that the entire country of Korea was sniveling in fear:
As intended by the kidnappers, the killing of Kim Sun-il, 33, an interpreter, pumped new life into a movement to stop the plan to send more troops, a deployment that would make South Korea the third-largest source of foreign troops, after the United States and Britain.
Not what I expected at first. That paragraph is almost insulting in it's tone. Reading through the article, we get to the actual meat of the story, the reaction I predicted.
An unexpected reaction (unexpected only by the idiot left - RD) was Wednesday's wave of anti-Muslim and anti-Iraqi sentiment.
"An innocent son of our nation was murdered," said one of the many messages that flooded the Web site of the Defense Ministry. "If you allow me to volunteer for Iraq, I will fight terrorists to avenge his death."
Other messages urged military strikes against terrorists. The portion of respondents to polls run by the Yahoo and Daum Web sites who said the beheading had prompted them to now back sending more troops increased by 23 percent on Yahoo and 24 percent on the Daum site on Wednesday.
At a rally in Seoul, conservative protesters said the government should send combat troops to Iraq, instead of military doctors and engineers.
"We want revenge for Kim's killing," the conservative protesters shouted, burning portraits of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Jordanian-born leader of the Islamic terrorists who beheaded Kim and dumped his body and head on a road.
For those of you out there who plan on living to a ripe old age, I'll give you the same advice. Don't. Piss. Off. Korea. You think I hold a grudge? These people carry grudges around with them their entire LIFE, and then pass them on to their kids!
And speaking of people you do NOT want to piss off, just what in the blue blazes did the J.E.R.M.s think they were doing when they kidnapped three Turks?
Followers of the most wanted Islamic militant in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, announced Saturday they had kidnapped three Turkish workers and threatened to behead them after 72 hours unless Turkish companies stop doing business with American forces in Iraq and called for protests in Turkey against Bush's visit.
Oh yeah, real smart! Let's kidnap a few citizens from a country known for the fact that it used to control half the civilized world, and still remembers how to kick ass and take names! Can't you just hear that little conversation going on?
Zarqawi: Allahu Ackbar, brothers! How many infidels did you capture?
J.E.R.M. #1: God is great, oh leader! We have captured three Turkish infidels!
Zarqawi: HOLY S**T! Are you high?! Have you been putting the wrong plant in the hookah? We have to put them back before the rest of the country finds out!
J.E.R.M. #2: Um.. we already sent out a message saying they'll be beheaded...
Zarqawi: (wets himself quietly)
Here's another little hint from Captain Obvious: When kidnapping people and chopping off their heads, try to avoid citizens from countries who have little reason nor desire to not force-feed you your own testicles. Turkey isn't the USA. Turkey doesn't have a group of idiots shrieking "Be nice! Be nice! They're just misunderstood!"
At this point, I think that sitting back and watching the fireworks might be a good way to spend the next few days!
So it didn't suprise me when I found this link over at Florida Cracker. In the double-speak found so often in the news, the first few paragraphs are about how Koreans want their people out, ect. If you just read the first few blurbs, you would think that the entire country of Korea was sniveling in fear:
As intended by the kidnappers, the killing of Kim Sun-il, 33, an interpreter, pumped new life into a movement to stop the plan to send more troops, a deployment that would make South Korea the third-largest source of foreign troops, after the United States and Britain.
Not what I expected at first. That paragraph is almost insulting in it's tone. Reading through the article, we get to the actual meat of the story, the reaction I predicted.
An unexpected reaction (unexpected only by the idiot left - RD) was Wednesday's wave of anti-Muslim and anti-Iraqi sentiment.
"An innocent son of our nation was murdered," said one of the many messages that flooded the Web site of the Defense Ministry. "If you allow me to volunteer for Iraq, I will fight terrorists to avenge his death."
Other messages urged military strikes against terrorists. The portion of respondents to polls run by the Yahoo and Daum Web sites who said the beheading had prompted them to now back sending more troops increased by 23 percent on Yahoo and 24 percent on the Daum site on Wednesday.
At a rally in Seoul, conservative protesters said the government should send combat troops to Iraq, instead of military doctors and engineers.
"We want revenge for Kim's killing," the conservative protesters shouted, burning portraits of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Jordanian-born leader of the Islamic terrorists who beheaded Kim and dumped his body and head on a road.
For those of you out there who plan on living to a ripe old age, I'll give you the same advice. Don't. Piss. Off. Korea. You think I hold a grudge? These people carry grudges around with them their entire LIFE, and then pass them on to their kids!
And speaking of people you do NOT want to piss off, just what in the blue blazes did the J.E.R.M.s think they were doing when they kidnapped three Turks?
Followers of the most wanted Islamic militant in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, announced Saturday they had kidnapped three Turkish workers and threatened to behead them after 72 hours unless Turkish companies stop doing business with American forces in Iraq and called for protests in Turkey against Bush's visit.
Oh yeah, real smart! Let's kidnap a few citizens from a country known for the fact that it used to control half the civilized world, and still remembers how to kick ass and take names! Can't you just hear that little conversation going on?
Zarqawi: Allahu Ackbar, brothers! How many infidels did you capture?
J.E.R.M. #1: God is great, oh leader! We have captured three Turkish infidels!
Zarqawi: HOLY S**T! Are you high?! Have you been putting the wrong plant in the hookah? We have to put them back before the rest of the country finds out!
J.E.R.M. #2: Um.. we already sent out a message saying they'll be beheaded...
Zarqawi: (wets himself quietly)
Here's another little hint from Captain Obvious: When kidnapping people and chopping off their heads, try to avoid citizens from countries who have little reason nor desire to not force-feed you your own testicles. Turkey isn't the USA. Turkey doesn't have a group of idiots shrieking "Be nice! Be nice! They're just misunderstood!"
At this point, I think that sitting back and watching the fireworks might be a good way to spend the next few days!
The Hidden Cost of Cats
OK, so I told you all about how my cats ruined my camera. Actually, they ruined my camera, three lenses (50mm, 135mm, and a 70-210mm), three flashes, two slave units for said flashes, and a doubler. Believe it or not, they're still alive. I'm just biding my time, though.
Anyways, I set out to replace the camera this weekend. I just wanted a SLR 35mm camera, nothing fancy. I knew I wouldn't be able to replace my entire set-up, but having a camera would be the first step. There were a lot of stores having sales, so I decided to go check out what was available. If I could afford a new camera, why not get one?
I'll tell you why not.
Most people who know me know that I'm a technophobe. I distrust anything with a high number of moving parts that requires an ungodly amount of training and time to use or repair. Auto transmission? No thanks, give me a manual. Hell, if it weren't for the fact that Tim controls this blog, I wouldn't be blogging right now! Template? What's that? Code? Is that like your PIN number? Bolt-action rifles and revolvers win out over semi-autos with me damn near every time. To date, I have ONE semi-auto pistol, ONE semi-auto rifle, and then a revolver, bolt action rifles, and a pump shotgun. As Kim du Toit puts it, "A revolver is like a fork. You pick it up and it works."
I want my camera to be the same way. I do NOT need to fight with the camera about who's going to do the focusing. I do NOT feel the need to argue with the camera about who controls the light aperture. And I certainly do NOT want to be forced to push this button, flip this switch, turn this knob, and then MAYBE I'll be able to take the picture on my own without some damned computer chip telling me what to do. If it has more than one or two "helping" technical doo-dads on it, I don't want it.
So the girlfriend and I head to the camera store with Hodge in tow. Once we get to the mall, I send off Hodge and the girlfriend to go check out a movie store, since I'm thinking that I'll be a while and I don't want to bore them. And I get down to business. The first store I'm at, I look at about ten different cameras. Nikon, Minolta, Cannon, Pentax, you name it and I'm looking at it. And you know what I found?
Every last one of them is automatic. Every. Damn. One.
I'm flabbergasted. When the hell did it cost LESS to put all that crap on a camera? I hand back the last camera (Nikon N75) and leave to check out another store.
Same story. Every camera that's on display is this automated hunk of crap that won't even let me control the aperture! I have to flip this and push that and twist this, and the damn things STILL won't let me control the damn camera! Hell, there's no numbers on the aperture ring itself! You have to look at the little LCD window on the camera to figure out what your aperture is set at! WHAT THE HELL IS UP WITH THAT?!?! What happens if your batteries die? "Oh, well, you'll have to get new batteries then." WHAT??? At this point I have a little bit of steam coming out of my ears, but it's not the fault of this salesman. He honestly is trying his best to help me out, but he's got NOTHING to work with. So I set down the camera I was looking at (a Cannon, I think) and look the guy straight in the eye. I tell him "Look, I want a camera that doesn't fight with me over who actually takes the picture, OK? If I can't set the aperture manually, I don't want it. Can we start from there?"
So the camera guy thinks about it... rubs his chin.... and then searches through his stock. Pulls out a Nikon box and sets it in front of me. I open it up, and voila, there it is. Fully manual. The only thing technical about the camera is the fact that it has a built in light meter, but that only shows you how much light is coming into the camera, it doesn't do anything for you. Sweet jeebus, I think I've found it. I smile, and ask the guy how much it is.
Seven. Hundred. Dollars.
I stared at the guy. Seven hundred dollars! Seven large! And trying to maintain as much control as I possibly can, I ask the guy why some computerized block of crap can retail for $250 to $350, but a camera that actually lets you run it is double the price. The guy gets a sheepish look on his face and says "Well, most people don't know how to run a camera, so they buy one that runs itself. That's the bulk of our camera sales. The professionals who want to control a camera on their own demand higher quality in their equipment, so that's where the real high-end stuff goes, thus the higher price."
Un-frigging-real. I never thought I would see the day where some automatic shitpile retails for less than the manual version. And of course, every camera shop I went to did not have my one and only option left in stock. The Nikon FM-10 was the only camera that did what I wanted it to (or didn't do what I didn't want it to, to be precise) and was within my budget.
Crap. Plan B, the used camera stores. The girlfriend finds a list of used camera stores in the Seattle area and we start to check them off. The first shop we go into (Jim's Camera, 43rd St. in the U District) has quite a few. I'm looking through the cases when I spot my camera. Actually, it's the same model as the camera that the cats just finished ruining. A Minolta X-700, slightly worn, with NOTHING that could interfere with ME taking the picture. Halle-frigging-lujia!
So we haggle on the price for a bit, and the guy gives me a damn good deal. I take the camera for a spin, and notice that the aperture ring is sticking. Could be a worn spring, could be some crap in there, I'm not sure so I take it back. Try another one. (There were about 5 X-700's in the case). The second camera has a faulty light meter, and the pictures come out severely over-exposed. Not good. So I take THAT camera back, and we do a bit more haggling. Finally after paying about $15.00 over my limit, (it stung, but it'll be worth it) I have a partial set-up again. A camera, two lenses, and a doubler. Not the set up I used to have, but a damn good start. I'll be taking a roll of film with this camera to make sure it's in good working order, but it looks like I'll finally have a camera again. And Jim's Camera treated me pretty damn well, I must say. I'd go back there in a heartbeat, and I will be going back as soon as I have the money for a flash set-up.
And if the cats find a way to screw with THIS one, I'm going to roast their little hell-spawned hides over an open flame.
(And no, I'm not telling you what I paid for everything. However, I can tell you that it was more than I could afford, but worth more than I paid.)
Anyways, I set out to replace the camera this weekend. I just wanted a SLR 35mm camera, nothing fancy. I knew I wouldn't be able to replace my entire set-up, but having a camera would be the first step. There were a lot of stores having sales, so I decided to go check out what was available. If I could afford a new camera, why not get one?
I'll tell you why not.
Most people who know me know that I'm a technophobe. I distrust anything with a high number of moving parts that requires an ungodly amount of training and time to use or repair. Auto transmission? No thanks, give me a manual. Hell, if it weren't for the fact that Tim controls this blog, I wouldn't be blogging right now! Template? What's that? Code? Is that like your PIN number? Bolt-action rifles and revolvers win out over semi-autos with me damn near every time. To date, I have ONE semi-auto pistol, ONE semi-auto rifle, and then a revolver, bolt action rifles, and a pump shotgun. As Kim du Toit puts it, "A revolver is like a fork. You pick it up and it works."
I want my camera to be the same way. I do NOT need to fight with the camera about who's going to do the focusing. I do NOT feel the need to argue with the camera about who controls the light aperture. And I certainly do NOT want to be forced to push this button, flip this switch, turn this knob, and then MAYBE I'll be able to take the picture on my own without some damned computer chip telling me what to do. If it has more than one or two "helping" technical doo-dads on it, I don't want it.
So the girlfriend and I head to the camera store with Hodge in tow. Once we get to the mall, I send off Hodge and the girlfriend to go check out a movie store, since I'm thinking that I'll be a while and I don't want to bore them. And I get down to business. The first store I'm at, I look at about ten different cameras. Nikon, Minolta, Cannon, Pentax, you name it and I'm looking at it. And you know what I found?
Every last one of them is automatic. Every. Damn. One.
I'm flabbergasted. When the hell did it cost LESS to put all that crap on a camera? I hand back the last camera (Nikon N75) and leave to check out another store.
Same story. Every camera that's on display is this automated hunk of crap that won't even let me control the aperture! I have to flip this and push that and twist this, and the damn things STILL won't let me control the damn camera! Hell, there's no numbers on the aperture ring itself! You have to look at the little LCD window on the camera to figure out what your aperture is set at! WHAT THE HELL IS UP WITH THAT?!?! What happens if your batteries die? "Oh, well, you'll have to get new batteries then." WHAT??? At this point I have a little bit of steam coming out of my ears, but it's not the fault of this salesman. He honestly is trying his best to help me out, but he's got NOTHING to work with. So I set down the camera I was looking at (a Cannon, I think) and look the guy straight in the eye. I tell him "Look, I want a camera that doesn't fight with me over who actually takes the picture, OK? If I can't set the aperture manually, I don't want it. Can we start from there?"
So the camera guy thinks about it... rubs his chin.... and then searches through his stock. Pulls out a Nikon box and sets it in front of me. I open it up, and voila, there it is. Fully manual. The only thing technical about the camera is the fact that it has a built in light meter, but that only shows you how much light is coming into the camera, it doesn't do anything for you. Sweet jeebus, I think I've found it. I smile, and ask the guy how much it is.
Seven. Hundred. Dollars.
I stared at the guy. Seven hundred dollars! Seven large! And trying to maintain as much control as I possibly can, I ask the guy why some computerized block of crap can retail for $250 to $350, but a camera that actually lets you run it is double the price. The guy gets a sheepish look on his face and says "Well, most people don't know how to run a camera, so they buy one that runs itself. That's the bulk of our camera sales. The professionals who want to control a camera on their own demand higher quality in their equipment, so that's where the real high-end stuff goes, thus the higher price."
Un-frigging-real. I never thought I would see the day where some automatic shitpile retails for less than the manual version. And of course, every camera shop I went to did not have my one and only option left in stock. The Nikon FM-10 was the only camera that did what I wanted it to (or didn't do what I didn't want it to, to be precise) and was within my budget.
Crap. Plan B, the used camera stores. The girlfriend finds a list of used camera stores in the Seattle area and we start to check them off. The first shop we go into (Jim's Camera, 43rd St. in the U District) has quite a few. I'm looking through the cases when I spot my camera. Actually, it's the same model as the camera that the cats just finished ruining. A Minolta X-700, slightly worn, with NOTHING that could interfere with ME taking the picture. Halle-frigging-lujia!
So we haggle on the price for a bit, and the guy gives me a damn good deal. I take the camera for a spin, and notice that the aperture ring is sticking. Could be a worn spring, could be some crap in there, I'm not sure so I take it back. Try another one. (There were about 5 X-700's in the case). The second camera has a faulty light meter, and the pictures come out severely over-exposed. Not good. So I take THAT camera back, and we do a bit more haggling. Finally after paying about $15.00 over my limit, (it stung, but it'll be worth it) I have a partial set-up again. A camera, two lenses, and a doubler. Not the set up I used to have, but a damn good start. I'll be taking a roll of film with this camera to make sure it's in good working order, but it looks like I'll finally have a camera again. And Jim's Camera treated me pretty damn well, I must say. I'd go back there in a heartbeat, and I will be going back as soon as I have the money for a flash set-up.
And if the cats find a way to screw with THIS one, I'm going to roast their little hell-spawned hides over an open flame.
(And no, I'm not telling you what I paid for everything. However, I can tell you that it was more than I could afford, but worth more than I paid.)
Weekend Update
Hodge left on Friday morning, to continue his vacation. He's got some family in California that he's going to go see, and from there he'll spend a few days in Vegas before heading to San Antonio. It was damn good to see him, although some of his stories could curl your hair. And some of the pictures he brought back weren't the nicest either.
The ongoing saga of the camera is pretty much completed. I'll write about that in a seperate post.
The ongoing saga of the camera is pretty much completed. I'll write about that in a seperate post.
Saturday, June 26, 2004
Proof That Donks Are Incapable of Recognizing Their Own Stench
It being a time of celebration owing to a certain Big Greasy Crap Monster maligning a large swath of the left for us and all, I ask that you set down the bubbly and swallow the remnants washing around your pallet because I'm not buying any new keyboards or monitors. Mkay? Do you remember when the Donks at (Never)Moveon.org had the Bush Hitler comparison in the finals of their competition to create an anti-Bush ad? :) Matt at Blogs for Bush finds that when President Bush uses their own idiocy in a new campaign ad highlighting the rabid lunacy of the left, they can't recognize the stink of their own shit!
Kerry campaign blog ignorantly and hypocritically up in arms over Bush ad that samples ad of Moveon.org
Kerry campaign blog ignorantly and hypocritically up in arms over Bush ad that samples ad of Moveon.org
The Council has Spoken!
This week's winners are Who Are You Gonna Believe? Me, or Your Lying Transcript? by Patterico's Pontifications, and Operation Tiger Claw -- Debriefing by Protest Warrior HQ. You can find all the results here.
Friday, June 25, 2004
Print 'em out, and Hand 'em out!
Lee and Jim from Moorewatch have come up with a handy-dandy flyer for those who would like to print a few out and hand them to various moviegoers.
Thursday, June 24, 2004
Bush's UN move, updated.
OK, more about the UN resolution that I mentioned in this post. I've had a chance to hash it out, think it over, and read a bit around the web. This is the conclusion that I've come to:
Bush is playing rope-a-dope with the UN.
First of all is DANEgerus' comments in that thread:
The ICC cannot, lawfully, claim authority over the citizens of non-party states because it is, after all, a treaty organization that cannot bind, or derogate from the rights of, states that are not also parties.
OK, that's fine if we're just dealing with the ICC. But we might be dealing with a whole other ball of wax that could leave our servicemembers unprotected and vulnerable. So I was thinking that this whole thing was a bad idea, until I read this in a thread over at the Rott. By the way, Bush already signed the following into law in 2002. As usual, all emphasis is mine.
SEC. 2005. RESTRICTION ON UNITED STATES PARTICIPATION IN CERTAIN UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS.
a. POLICY- Effective beginning on the date on which the Rome Statute enters into force ... the President should use the voice and vote of the United States in the United Nations Security Council to ensure that ... at a minimum, members of the Armed Forces of the United States participating in [UN peacekeeping operations are shielded from] criminal prosecution or other assertion of jurisdiction by the International Criminal Court for actions undertaken by such personnel in connection with the operation.
b. RESTRICTION- Members of the Armed Forces of the United States may not participate in any peacekeeping operation ... unless the President has submitted to the appropriate congressional committees a certification described in subsection (c) with respect to such operation.
c. CERTIFICATION- The certification referred to in subsection (b) is a certification by the President that--
1. members of the Armed Forces of the United States are able to participate in the peacekeeping or peace enforcement operation without risk of criminal prosecution or other assertion of jurisdiction by the International Criminal Court because, in authorizing the operation, the United Nations Security Council permanently exempted, at a minimum, members of the Armed Forces of the United States participating in the operation from criminal prosecution or other assertion of jurisdiction by the International Criminal Court for actions undertaken by them in connection with the operation;
2. members of the Armed Forces of the United States are able to participate in the peacekeeping or peace enforcement operation without risk of criminal prosecution or other assertion of jurisdiction by the International Criminal Court because each country in which members of the Armed Forces of the United States participating in the operation will be present either is not a party to the International Criminal Court and has not invoked the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court pursuant to Article 12 of the Rome Statute, or has entered into an agreement in accordance with Article 98 of the Rome Statute preventing the International Criminal Court from proceeding against members of the Armed Forces of the United States present in that country; or
3. the national interests of the United States justify participation by members of the Armed Forces of the United States in the peacekeeping or peace enforcement operation.
The bottom line? The USA cannot by law send troops into an area where they would be left unprotected legally.
So Bush allows this UN resolution protecting American troops to die. Let's say that next year, some country who hasn't signed an agreement with us needs UNchild prostitution pimps peace-keeping forces. Guess who hauls the bulk of that load? Yep, the good ol' US of A. Only now, since our forces are without legal protection, Bush turns around and says "Sorry, but my country's laws won't let me send anybody. Find someone else. I hear France is up to it."
Imagine the shitstorm that will hit the UN at that point. And imagine how quickly the UN will change their tune.
So let the Leftists and their socialist dictator heros think that they've scored a victory. Because they won't be singing that song for long. The moment they think they can make the USA dance to their tune, they're going to find out that not only is their tune NOT being played, but the musicians are US Marines and they'll play any damn tune they want to, so long as it involves kicking worthless socialist assnuggets into a mudhole.
Bush is playing rope-a-dope with the UN.
First of all is DANEgerus' comments in that thread:
The ICC cannot, lawfully, claim authority over the citizens of non-party states because it is, after all, a treaty organization that cannot bind, or derogate from the rights of, states that are not also parties.
OK, that's fine if we're just dealing with the ICC. But we might be dealing with a whole other ball of wax that could leave our servicemembers unprotected and vulnerable. So I was thinking that this whole thing was a bad idea, until I read this in a thread over at the Rott. By the way, Bush already signed the following into law in 2002. As usual, all emphasis is mine.
SEC. 2005. RESTRICTION ON UNITED STATES PARTICIPATION IN CERTAIN UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS.
a. POLICY- Effective beginning on the date on which the Rome Statute enters into force ... the President should use the voice and vote of the United States in the United Nations Security Council to ensure that ... at a minimum, members of the Armed Forces of the United States participating in [UN peacekeeping operations are shielded from] criminal prosecution or other assertion of jurisdiction by the International Criminal Court for actions undertaken by such personnel in connection with the operation.
b. RESTRICTION- Members of the Armed Forces of the United States may not participate in any peacekeeping operation ... unless the President has submitted to the appropriate congressional committees a certification described in subsection (c) with respect to such operation.
c. CERTIFICATION- The certification referred to in subsection (b) is a certification by the President that--
1. members of the Armed Forces of the United States are able to participate in the peacekeeping or peace enforcement operation without risk of criminal prosecution or other assertion of jurisdiction by the International Criminal Court because, in authorizing the operation, the United Nations Security Council permanently exempted, at a minimum, members of the Armed Forces of the United States participating in the operation from criminal prosecution or other assertion of jurisdiction by the International Criminal Court for actions undertaken by them in connection with the operation;
2. members of the Armed Forces of the United States are able to participate in the peacekeeping or peace enforcement operation without risk of criminal prosecution or other assertion of jurisdiction by the International Criminal Court because each country in which members of the Armed Forces of the United States participating in the operation will be present either is not a party to the International Criminal Court and has not invoked the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court pursuant to Article 12 of the Rome Statute, or has entered into an agreement in accordance with Article 98 of the Rome Statute preventing the International Criminal Court from proceeding against members of the Armed Forces of the United States present in that country; or
3. the national interests of the United States justify participation by members of the Armed Forces of the United States in the peacekeeping or peace enforcement operation.
The bottom line? The USA cannot by law send troops into an area where they would be left unprotected legally.
So Bush allows this UN resolution protecting American troops to die. Let's say that next year, some country who hasn't signed an agreement with us needs UN
Imagine the shitstorm that will hit the UN at that point. And imagine how quickly the UN will change their tune.
So let the Leftists and their socialist dictator heros think that they've scored a victory. Because they won't be singing that song for long. The moment they think they can make the USA dance to their tune, they're going to find out that not only is their tune NOT being played, but the musicians are US Marines and they'll play any damn tune they want to, so long as it involves kicking worthless socialist assnuggets into a mudhole.
I'm going to kill my cats
Hodge and I went out to do some photography today. Seemed like a nice enough thing to do, take some pictures, have dinner, and then take some night shots of the Seattle skyline.
So I go to grab my camera. It's an oldie but a goodie. Minolta X-700 SLR 35mm. I have three lenses for it, plus a doubler to really get a good range on it. Three different flashes, plus two slave units so that I can set the flashes up separate from my camera. It's a nice set-up.
Until today. When I picked up my bag and smelled something.
Cat piss.
Not just a little bit - the entire bag reeked of it. I took my camera out and looked it over. It was covered in cat piss. My lenses - covered in cat piss. All three of them. My doubler - covered in cat piss. This isn't some "Oops, I missed the litter box and accidentally hit your camera" kind of coverage, these shitty little demon spawn must have been pissing in my camera bag for a good long while!
I don't think I can explain the depth of my rage right now. If the cats are lucky, they'll just get kicked the fuck out of my house. If they come near me right now, I'll have their fucking hides hanging on my wall. Every last bit of camera equipment I have is fucking RUINED! The camera, the lenses, all three flashes and the slave units, all of it is fucking WORTHLESS RIGHT NOW! And the cost of getting it cleaned might just be more than the cost of getting a new fucking camera! GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! I can't afford this fucking shit! These cats have cost me a fuckload of money that I can't afford! With everything that's going on in my life right now, I can't even THINK about shelling out the money to buy a new camera, and even if I did I wouldn't have near the set up that was just ruined BY MY FUCKING FUR COVERED PISS DEMONS!
I'm going to kill those fucking worthless beasts. I need a new rug for my floor.
UPDATE: There will be no cleaning the camera. Cat piss got into the gears and inner workings and ruined it all. I couldn't even turn the damn thing on. It's dead.
I'm going to kill those fucking hellspawn.
So I go to grab my camera. It's an oldie but a goodie. Minolta X-700 SLR 35mm. I have three lenses for it, plus a doubler to really get a good range on it. Three different flashes, plus two slave units so that I can set the flashes up separate from my camera. It's a nice set-up.
Until today. When I picked up my bag and smelled something.
Cat piss.
Not just a little bit - the entire bag reeked of it. I took my camera out and looked it over. It was covered in cat piss. My lenses - covered in cat piss. All three of them. My doubler - covered in cat piss. This isn't some "Oops, I missed the litter box and accidentally hit your camera" kind of coverage, these shitty little demon spawn must have been pissing in my camera bag for a good long while!
I don't think I can explain the depth of my rage right now. If the cats are lucky, they'll just get kicked the fuck out of my house. If they come near me right now, I'll have their fucking hides hanging on my wall. Every last bit of camera equipment I have is fucking RUINED! The camera, the lenses, all three flashes and the slave units, all of it is fucking WORTHLESS RIGHT NOW! And the cost of getting it cleaned might just be more than the cost of getting a new fucking camera! GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! I can't afford this fucking shit! These cats have cost me a fuckload of money that I can't afford! With everything that's going on in my life right now, I can't even THINK about shelling out the money to buy a new camera, and even if I did I wouldn't have near the set up that was just ruined BY MY FUCKING FUR COVERED PISS DEMONS!
I'm going to kill those fucking worthless beasts. I need a new rug for my floor.
UPDATE: There will be no cleaning the camera. Cat piss got into the gears and inner workings and ruined it all. I couldn't even turn the damn thing on. It's dead.
I'm going to kill those fucking hellspawn.
Wednesday, June 23, 2004
Hypocrisy Part Doux
I'm sorry, but this is just running through my mind after reading this. "Who's your Collective Leader! Who's your Collective Leader! Say my name, Drone!"
A Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate said Tuesday that he will stay in the race despite allegations from his ex-wife that he forced her to go to sex clubs in New York, Paris and New Orleans and tried to get her to take part in orgies.
The accusation against investment banker Jack Ryan came out this week after his divorce records were unsealed.
And who is Jack Ryan's wife?
Ryan's ex-wife is actress Jeri Lynn Ryan, best known for her roles in TV's Boston Public and Star Trek: Voyager. She said in divorce papers that Ryan took her to the clubs during trips in 1998 and "demanded" they have sex while others watched.
OK, let's get down and dirty, shall we? A man wanting to have sex with his wife in a swinger's club is suddenly unacceptable to the Democrats, but the most powerful man in the world who happens to be married getting a blowjob from an intern who is not his wife is "just sex"? What a crock of steaming brown excretement! Once again, the lying sacks of shit known as the Democrats are moving the goalposts as fast as they can! I'm surprised the damn wheels haven't fallen off that thing already!
And let's see, instead of committing adultry by getting sucked off by some ditzy 21 year old intern, (like Clinton), instead of fucking a 14 year old girl (like Oregon's former Democratic governor), instead of letting his "secretary" (whom he was not married to at the time) drown in his car (like Kennedy), this guy wanted to get kinky with his WIFE. His SPOUSE. As far as I'm concerned, if you're married to the person, do whatever the hell you want! Get kinky! Whip out the KY and saran wrap, baby! Leather cuffs and ball gags for both of them!
And isn't it the damn Democrats who keep screaming "Stay out of my bedroom!"? At every step, some member of the Loony Left is demanding less knowledge about their sexual fetishes that they themselves brandish like a damn sign! Stay out of this! Stay out of that! Don't look at this! Don't look at that! And when it's revealed that this guy tried to live out the fantasies of damn near every guy who ever watched Star Trek, what do they do?
They SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM! "OH, YOU'RE SO HORRIBLE! YOU'RE SO AWFUL! YOU'RE PERVERTED!"
Piss off, you whining worthless wimps! You're just hacked off because this guy was playing "Hide the Weinerschnitzle" with the object of your teen-aged pimply faced desires! Your hypocritical hysterics aren't because of any kind of morals or standards you have, it's because A) Jack Ryan is a Republican, and B) he was boning the very reason why your room smelled of kleenex and vasaline on a twice-a-night basis!
Both Ryans tried to prevent the divorce records from being unsealed, and Jeri Ryan said Monday that she considered him a good man and a loving father. Jack Ryan said he wanted to keep the divorce records private not to shield himself but to protect his 9-year-old son. "Any parent can understand," he said.
Yes, most people would understand, but that's because most people aren't soul-less parasites like the Left. The same "Stay out of my bedroom/It was just sex/It's my personal life" shitstains who defend every action of their heros no matter how foul and corrupt are now suddenly up in arms over actions between a man and his wife. Go figure. But why were the divorce records unsealed if both people wanted them kept closed?
After he entered the Senate race, the Chicago Tribune and Chicago's WLS-TV sued in Los Angeles to gain access to his divorce records there. Ryan fought the lawsuit but abandoned that effort last week.
Oh, THAT liberal media! Nothing else needs to be said. SSDD from the Donks.
A Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate said Tuesday that he will stay in the race despite allegations from his ex-wife that he forced her to go to sex clubs in New York, Paris and New Orleans and tried to get her to take part in orgies.
The accusation against investment banker Jack Ryan came out this week after his divorce records were unsealed.
And who is Jack Ryan's wife?
Ryan's ex-wife is actress Jeri Lynn Ryan, best known for her roles in TV's Boston Public and Star Trek: Voyager. She said in divorce papers that Ryan took her to the clubs during trips in 1998 and "demanded" they have sex while others watched.
OK, let's get down and dirty, shall we? A man wanting to have sex with his wife in a swinger's club is suddenly unacceptable to the Democrats, but the most powerful man in the world who happens to be married getting a blowjob from an intern who is not his wife is "just sex"? What a crock of steaming brown excretement! Once again, the lying sacks of shit known as the Democrats are moving the goalposts as fast as they can! I'm surprised the damn wheels haven't fallen off that thing already!
And let's see, instead of committing adultry by getting sucked off by some ditzy 21 year old intern, (like Clinton), instead of fucking a 14 year old girl (like Oregon's former Democratic governor), instead of letting his "secretary" (whom he was not married to at the time) drown in his car (like Kennedy), this guy wanted to get kinky with his WIFE. His SPOUSE. As far as I'm concerned, if you're married to the person, do whatever the hell you want! Get kinky! Whip out the KY and saran wrap, baby! Leather cuffs and ball gags for both of them!
And isn't it the damn Democrats who keep screaming "Stay out of my bedroom!"? At every step, some member of the Loony Left is demanding less knowledge about their sexual fetishes that they themselves brandish like a damn sign! Stay out of this! Stay out of that! Don't look at this! Don't look at that! And when it's revealed that this guy tried to live out the fantasies of damn near every guy who ever watched Star Trek, what do they do?
They SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM! "OH, YOU'RE SO HORRIBLE! YOU'RE SO AWFUL! YOU'RE PERVERTED!"
Piss off, you whining worthless wimps! You're just hacked off because this guy was playing "Hide the Weinerschnitzle" with the object of your teen-aged pimply faced desires! Your hypocritical hysterics aren't because of any kind of morals or standards you have, it's because A) Jack Ryan is a Republican, and B) he was boning the very reason why your room smelled of kleenex and vasaline on a twice-a-night basis!
Both Ryans tried to prevent the divorce records from being unsealed, and Jeri Ryan said Monday that she considered him a good man and a loving father. Jack Ryan said he wanted to keep the divorce records private not to shield himself but to protect his 9-year-old son. "Any parent can understand," he said.
Yes, most people would understand, but that's because most people aren't soul-less parasites like the Left. The same "Stay out of my bedroom/It was just sex/It's my personal life" shitstains who defend every action of their heros no matter how foul and corrupt are now suddenly up in arms over actions between a man and his wife. Go figure. But why were the divorce records unsealed if both people wanted them kept closed?
After he entered the Senate race, the Chicago Tribune and Chicago's WLS-TV sued in Los Angeles to gain access to his divorce records there. Ryan fought the lawsuit but abandoned that effort last week.
Oh, THAT liberal media! Nothing else needs to be said. SSDD from the Donks.
Democrats Recruiting Felons?
Gee, who woulda thunk it?
A Democratic group crucial to John Kerry's presidential campaign has paid felons — some convicted of sex offenses, assault and burglary — to conduct door-to-door voter registration drives in at least three election swing states.
America Coming Together, contending that convicted criminals deserve a second chance in society, employs felons as voter canvassers in major metropolitan areas in Missouri, Florida, Ohio and perhaps in other states among the 17 it is targeting in its drive. Some of the felons lived in halfway houses, and at least four returned to prison.
ACT canvassers ask residents which issues are important to them and, if they are not registered, sign them up as voters. They gather telephone numbers and other personal information, such as driver's license numbers or partial Social Security numbers, depending on what a state requires for voter registration.
Felons on probation or parole are ineligible to vote in many states. Doug Lewis, executive director of the Election Center, which represents election officials, said he is unaware of any laws against felons registering other people to vote.
Let's just start with problem one, shall we? CONVICTED SEX OFFENDERS GOING DOOR TO DOOR? ARE THEY F**CKING HIGH? This has got to be the worst idea since the submarine screen door!
When I was a teenager, my father would pull my aside every so often and give me a little piece of advice. The advice was is as good now as it was then. "David, it's not enough to avoid impropriety. You also must avoid the APPEARANCE of impropriety." If I hang out with rapists, drink some beers, go over to their house, play some cards with them, and invite them over to my house, it doesn't matter if I don't rape anyone. The APPEARENCE is there, and that is what will stick in people's minds. There's a reason why character witnesses are called to testify in court. Character counts, and people judge your character partly based on the appearence you give to the world. Guilt by association.
Problem two: The majority of criminals re-offend. Sorry if that bothers anyone, but it's a proven fact. Most felons don't commit one crime and quit, they build up to it and continue the pattern of behavior. Giving convicted felons access to private information, as well as almost unrestricted freedom with that information, you're bound to have one or two bad apples that will abuse that freedom.
One note: Prior felons who have served their time, finished their parole, and have become productive members of society should no longer be considered felons, in my mind.
A Democratic group crucial to John Kerry's presidential campaign has paid felons — some convicted of sex offenses, assault and burglary — to conduct door-to-door voter registration drives in at least three election swing states.
America Coming Together, contending that convicted criminals deserve a second chance in society, employs felons as voter canvassers in major metropolitan areas in Missouri, Florida, Ohio and perhaps in other states among the 17 it is targeting in its drive. Some of the felons lived in halfway houses, and at least four returned to prison.
ACT canvassers ask residents which issues are important to them and, if they are not registered, sign them up as voters. They gather telephone numbers and other personal information, such as driver's license numbers or partial Social Security numbers, depending on what a state requires for voter registration.
Felons on probation or parole are ineligible to vote in many states. Doug Lewis, executive director of the Election Center, which represents election officials, said he is unaware of any laws against felons registering other people to vote.
Let's just start with problem one, shall we? CONVICTED SEX OFFENDERS GOING DOOR TO DOOR? ARE THEY F**CKING HIGH? This has got to be the worst idea since the submarine screen door!
When I was a teenager, my father would pull my aside every so often and give me a little piece of advice. The advice was is as good now as it was then. "David, it's not enough to avoid impropriety. You also must avoid the APPEARANCE of impropriety." If I hang out with rapists, drink some beers, go over to their house, play some cards with them, and invite them over to my house, it doesn't matter if I don't rape anyone. The APPEARENCE is there, and that is what will stick in people's minds. There's a reason why character witnesses are called to testify in court. Character counts, and people judge your character partly based on the appearence you give to the world. Guilt by association.
Problem two: The majority of criminals re-offend. Sorry if that bothers anyone, but it's a proven fact. Most felons don't commit one crime and quit, they build up to it and continue the pattern of behavior. Giving convicted felons access to private information, as well as almost unrestricted freedom with that information, you're bound to have one or two bad apples that will abuse that freedom.
One note: Prior felons who have served their time, finished their parole, and have become productive members of society should no longer be considered felons, in my mind.
Well, Crap!
This could be bad news.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States withdrew on Wednesday its U.N. resolution to shield American soldiers from prosecution abroad after falling short of votes because of anger over the Iraqi prisoners abuse scandal.
You want to know what that is? That's called "caving in". And it pisses me off. If the US government is going to toss our soldiers into the shitpile of international politics, then we're screwed. More thoughts on this later, once I get them sorted out.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States withdrew on Wednesday its U.N. resolution to shield American soldiers from prosecution abroad after falling short of votes because of anger over the Iraqi prisoners abuse scandal.
You want to know what that is? That's called "caving in". And it pisses me off. If the US government is going to toss our soldiers into the shitpile of international politics, then we're screwed. More thoughts on this later, once I get them sorted out.
Saddam, Al-Qaeda, and the Media
So, has everyone seen the media reports on the 9-11 Commission yet? Lemme give you a little taste.
From the LA Times: Despite Findings, Bush sees Iraq tie to Al-Qaeda
The Pittsburg Post-Gazette: "Saddam, al-Qaida Not Linked. Sept. 11 Panel's Conclusion at Odds with Administration."
There's much more. Just go to "Oh, THAT liberal media" and scroll down. Damn near every paper in the USA was trumpeting their headlines in big, bold letters. "COMMISSION FINDS NO TIES BETWEEN IRAQ AND AL-QAEDA!" But wait, what's that underneath? Those tiny letters? Here, let me get my microscope.. it reads "in September 11th attacks"!
And if you were lucky, those tiny letters were on the front page. Most of the time that part was buried at the very end. Here's the problem: Bush never stated that Saddam was behind the September 11th attacks. Nobody in his administration claimed that Saddam was behind the September 11th attacks. Their claim was that Saddam was aiding and abetting terrorists world wide, including Al-Qeada. Was he wrong? Andrew Bolt says no. As usual, all emphasis is mine.
This week also saw the release of two interim reports by the commission US President George W. Bush set up to investigate al-Qaida's September 11 attacks. In a little-reported passage, they warn: "Al-Qaida remains extremely interested in conducting chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear attacks."
It had tried to buy uranium, the reports said, and had "accurate information" on a radiological bomb. It had also been "making advances in its ability to produce anthrax", and experts believed "the trend towards attacks intended to cause ever-higher casualties will continue".
This spectre, of course, is what drove us to invade Iraq. Not only did Saddam house and help terrorists, including Abu Abbas, Abu Nidal, Palestinian suicide bombers and a bomb-maker of the 1993 World Trade Centre attack, but his scientists worked on chemical and biological weapons up until the war, as the Iraq Survey Group now confirms. The day would surely come when Saddam's weapons and the terrorists who wanted them finally met.
This is what Bush, Britain's Tony Blair and our John Howard warned of. But now this history is being shamelessly rewritten in the media.
This week's 9/11 commission reports also said Saddam approached al-Qaida at least three times when it was based in Sudan, and again, it seems, when it was in Afghanistan.
Al-Qaida boss Osama bin Laden asked for training camps and weapons, but, the reports claim, "Iraq apparently never responded", and the talks "do not appear to have resulted in a collaborative relationship", although at least one Iraqi terrorist group did join his "broader Islamic army".
The reports for some reason don't discuss other reported links between Iraq and al-Qaida, but cautiously conclude: "We have no credible evidence that Iraq and al-Qaida co-operated on attacks against the United States."
So there were links between Saddam and al-Qaida, not to mention other terrorists, but no proof (yet) of active collaboration or co-operation in the September 11 attacks.
This is almost word for word what Bush has long said.
The Left can ignore the truth all they want to. They can scream and shout and plug their ears in an attempt to avoid dealing with reality. But Saddam needed to go, not tomorrow and not next year and not when he finally keels over from a heart attack, but yesterday. He needed to go in 1991, and we sadly didn't do the job. We finally got around to it. But only the willfully ignorant and the brain damaged can ignore the links that Saddam had to terrorism. Only the truly deluded can ignore the danger that Saddam posed to the world in general and the USA in particular. And no matter what the Fifth-column, back-stabbing media says, only the wantonly idiotic can conclude that this is an "illegal war".
Do you get it yet?
Andrew Bolt found via Instapundit.
From the LA Times: Despite Findings, Bush sees Iraq tie to Al-Qaeda
The Pittsburg Post-Gazette: "Saddam, al-Qaida Not Linked. Sept. 11 Panel's Conclusion at Odds with Administration."
There's much more. Just go to "Oh, THAT liberal media" and scroll down. Damn near every paper in the USA was trumpeting their headlines in big, bold letters. "COMMISSION FINDS NO TIES BETWEEN IRAQ AND AL-QAEDA!" But wait, what's that underneath? Those tiny letters? Here, let me get my microscope.. it reads "in September 11th attacks"!
And if you were lucky, those tiny letters were on the front page. Most of the time that part was buried at the very end. Here's the problem: Bush never stated that Saddam was behind the September 11th attacks. Nobody in his administration claimed that Saddam was behind the September 11th attacks. Their claim was that Saddam was aiding and abetting terrorists world wide, including Al-Qeada. Was he wrong? Andrew Bolt says no. As usual, all emphasis is mine.
This week also saw the release of two interim reports by the commission US President George W. Bush set up to investigate al-Qaida's September 11 attacks. In a little-reported passage, they warn: "Al-Qaida remains extremely interested in conducting chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear attacks."
It had tried to buy uranium, the reports said, and had "accurate information" on a radiological bomb. It had also been "making advances in its ability to produce anthrax", and experts believed "the trend towards attacks intended to cause ever-higher casualties will continue".
This spectre, of course, is what drove us to invade Iraq. Not only did Saddam house and help terrorists, including Abu Abbas, Abu Nidal, Palestinian suicide bombers and a bomb-maker of the 1993 World Trade Centre attack, but his scientists worked on chemical and biological weapons up until the war, as the Iraq Survey Group now confirms. The day would surely come when Saddam's weapons and the terrorists who wanted them finally met.
This is what Bush, Britain's Tony Blair and our John Howard warned of. But now this history is being shamelessly rewritten in the media.
This week's 9/11 commission reports also said Saddam approached al-Qaida at least three times when it was based in Sudan, and again, it seems, when it was in Afghanistan.
Al-Qaida boss Osama bin Laden asked for training camps and weapons, but, the reports claim, "Iraq apparently never responded", and the talks "do not appear to have resulted in a collaborative relationship", although at least one Iraqi terrorist group did join his "broader Islamic army".
The reports for some reason don't discuss other reported links between Iraq and al-Qaida, but cautiously conclude: "We have no credible evidence that Iraq and al-Qaida co-operated on attacks against the United States."
So there were links between Saddam and al-Qaida, not to mention other terrorists, but no proof (yet) of active collaboration or co-operation in the September 11 attacks.
This is almost word for word what Bush has long said.
The Left can ignore the truth all they want to. They can scream and shout and plug their ears in an attempt to avoid dealing with reality. But Saddam needed to go, not tomorrow and not next year and not when he finally keels over from a heart attack, but yesterday. He needed to go in 1991, and we sadly didn't do the job. We finally got around to it. But only the willfully ignorant and the brain damaged can ignore the links that Saddam had to terrorism. Only the truly deluded can ignore the danger that Saddam posed to the world in general and the USA in particular. And no matter what the Fifth-column, back-stabbing media says, only the wantonly idiotic can conclude that this is an "illegal war".
Do you get it yet?
Andrew Bolt found via Instapundit.
Tuesday, June 22, 2004
Another Entry
Into the Clank Brigade*! And this kid is only 18 years old!
I kept it cool, and asked what about each sign offended them. Sign one was offensive because it was "racist". I explained it wasn't racist because it didn't say anything derogatory about Arabs, it was simply anti-occupation.
They moved on to sign two which they claimed was horrible because it showed Saddam standing on a pile of dead bodies. I explained that Saddam was brutal and killed thousands of his own people and raged an ethnic war against the Kurds. Hearing this they moved on to sign three.
This sign is a problem because they felt it portrayed all Arabs as "Jew haters". I explained that the sign commented on two specific groups, Saddam's regime and the P.L.O. who indeed do hate Jews and wage war against them. They called me a racist and move on to sign four.
Sign four is racist because it says "Islam" and has a woman in chains. By this point I was struggling to stay calm. I explained to them that Islam is not an ethnicity, it is a religious philosophy, and that the sign is speaking out against the oppression of women. "Not all women in Muslim countries are treated like this" a girl responded. "But many are" I said.
Just as I could see I was breaking through to them an angry woman in her thirties came up to me. She called me a racist, yelling and screaming as she really got in my face. I didn't know who she was, but that didn't matter -- I stood strong. I calmly asked what she objected to, and she ripped the signs out of the hands of a student standing by her. She began the same rant I had just heard from the students: how I was a racist, etc. She then claimed that I wouldn't dare put up a sign about black or Jews, and if I ever did I would get my ass kicked (it sure does feel good to know that everyone is concerned for my safety). I explained point by point why I disagreed. She told me I knew nothing about Islam, because I am not Muslim and she is.
On the sign saying "End the Arab Occupation of Jewish Land" she said "what if instead of Arab it said nigger!" I told her that wouldn't make sense because black people aren't occupying Jewish land, and that Arab was not a racial slur.
Via Sondra K
* = A group of people, male or female, who have a set of brass balls so damn big they clank together when they walk. Notable members include Chuck Yeager, Sabine Hearod, Pat Tillman, and Gen. George Patton.
I kept it cool, and asked what about each sign offended them. Sign one was offensive because it was "racist". I explained it wasn't racist because it didn't say anything derogatory about Arabs, it was simply anti-occupation.
They moved on to sign two which they claimed was horrible because it showed Saddam standing on a pile of dead bodies. I explained that Saddam was brutal and killed thousands of his own people and raged an ethnic war against the Kurds. Hearing this they moved on to sign three.
This sign is a problem because they felt it portrayed all Arabs as "Jew haters". I explained that the sign commented on two specific groups, Saddam's regime and the P.L.O. who indeed do hate Jews and wage war against them. They called me a racist and move on to sign four.
Sign four is racist because it says "Islam" and has a woman in chains. By this point I was struggling to stay calm. I explained to them that Islam is not an ethnicity, it is a religious philosophy, and that the sign is speaking out against the oppression of women. "Not all women in Muslim countries are treated like this" a girl responded. "But many are" I said.
Just as I could see I was breaking through to them an angry woman in her thirties came up to me. She called me a racist, yelling and screaming as she really got in my face. I didn't know who she was, but that didn't matter -- I stood strong. I calmly asked what she objected to, and she ripped the signs out of the hands of a student standing by her. She began the same rant I had just heard from the students: how I was a racist, etc. She then claimed that I wouldn't dare put up a sign about black or Jews, and if I ever did I would get my ass kicked (it sure does feel good to know that everyone is concerned for my safety). I explained point by point why I disagreed. She told me I knew nothing about Islam, because I am not Muslim and she is.
On the sign saying "End the Arab Occupation of Jewish Land" she said "what if instead of Arab it said nigger!" I told her that wouldn't make sense because black people aren't occupying Jewish land, and that Arab was not a racial slur.
Via Sondra K
* = A group of people, male or female, who have a set of brass balls so damn big they clank together when they walk. Notable members include Chuck Yeager, Sabine Hearod, Pat Tillman, and Gen. George Patton.
This is who we're fighting!
Another man has been killed by Islamic terrorists.
Do people get it yet?
We are fighting a sect of people who have no regard for human life whatsoever. We are fighting a sect of people who's list of grievances go back over a thousand years. I hear the liberals in Seattle whine and snivel "Oh, if we would just leave them alone, they'll go away!" Yeah, right! The Islamofascists are still upset over the loss of Andelusia, people! You remember Andelusia, don't you? You don't? Read some history then, because Andelusia was the portion of Spain controlled by the Moors, over FIVE HUNDRED YEARS AGO! The United States of America wasn't even around then! Hell, the New World was still a figment of some madman's imagination when the Moors were kicked out of Spain, and yet the terrorists still hold that grievance against the modern world! Do you get it yet?
How hard is it to listen to a group of people, hear what they're saying, and figure it out? When some terrorist twit is screaming for the death of anyone who isn't Islamic, do you really think he means "Oh, except for that guy over there, he looks harmless"? Just recently, we had a visitor on this site look at the "SMASH THE JEWISH STATE" pictures on this post, and actually claim that "They're just protesting the USA's financial support of Israel."
I beg your pardon?
There is no other way to read "SMASH THE JEWISH STATE". None. Zip, zilch, nada. To try to infer other meaning to that sign is to delude yourself unbelievably. And yet it happens.
When Bin Laden calls for American deaths everywhere, the Left dismisses it as "rhetoric". Excuse me? "Oh, he doesn't really mean that!" I've been told in downtown Seattle. The hell he doesn't! I'd say he's proven his seriousness time and again! "Oh, that was just retalliation for being in Saudi Arabia! If we just left, he'd leave us alone!" That's insanity, folks. That is the work of a mind so wrapped up in their own self-delusions that they can no longer see anything real. The real world does not exist to them.
Bin Laden and his ilk want to kill us because of who we are, not what we've done. Flat out. Plain and simple. Can't be made any easier. He has stated it over and over, hammering the point home, until only the brain dead or the Left could ignore it. He wants to kill us because we are a Judeo-Christian society. He wants to kill us because we as a society allow women to walk around showing their faces (and much more!) He wants to kill us because we drink beer, or scotch, or vodka, or whatever it is you drink. He wants to kill us because we are not radical Islamic followers under Shari'a law.
It wouldn't matter if we left the Middle East tomorrow. It wouldn't matter if we paid every citizen in the Middle East a million dollars and said "Sorry bout the mess folks, we'll be leaving now". It wouldn't matter if we publicly apologised to the world for every slight, real or imagined, that the USA has committed in it's history. It wouldn't matter if the entire country rent their garments and gnashed their teeth in sorrow over our supposed mistreatment of Bin Ladin's country. Until we convert to Islam, throw ourselves under Bin Ladin's rule, and live under Shari'a law, HE WILL WANT TO KILL US. Do you get it yet?
People need to pull themselves out of their comfortable little cocoons, pull their self-imposed wool away from their eyes. The terrorists don't care what we do. They care about who we are. And I don't know about you, but I refuse to put my girlfriend in a head to toe burkah. I refuse to kill people because of their sexuality. I refuse to perform "honor killings" if my mother is seen in public without my father. I refuse to torture, maim, kill, and terrorize people just because they have a different religion than I do.
And because of that, the terrorists want to kill me. If you think the way I do, then the terrorist want to kill you as well.
Do you get it yet?
Do people get it yet?
We are fighting a sect of people who have no regard for human life whatsoever. We are fighting a sect of people who's list of grievances go back over a thousand years. I hear the liberals in Seattle whine and snivel "Oh, if we would just leave them alone, they'll go away!" Yeah, right! The Islamofascists are still upset over the loss of Andelusia, people! You remember Andelusia, don't you? You don't? Read some history then, because Andelusia was the portion of Spain controlled by the Moors, over FIVE HUNDRED YEARS AGO! The United States of America wasn't even around then! Hell, the New World was still a figment of some madman's imagination when the Moors were kicked out of Spain, and yet the terrorists still hold that grievance against the modern world! Do you get it yet?
How hard is it to listen to a group of people, hear what they're saying, and figure it out? When some terrorist twit is screaming for the death of anyone who isn't Islamic, do you really think he means "Oh, except for that guy over there, he looks harmless"? Just recently, we had a visitor on this site look at the "SMASH THE JEWISH STATE" pictures on this post, and actually claim that "They're just protesting the USA's financial support of Israel."
I beg your pardon?
There is no other way to read "SMASH THE JEWISH STATE". None. Zip, zilch, nada. To try to infer other meaning to that sign is to delude yourself unbelievably. And yet it happens.
When Bin Laden calls for American deaths everywhere, the Left dismisses it as "rhetoric". Excuse me? "Oh, he doesn't really mean that!" I've been told in downtown Seattle. The hell he doesn't! I'd say he's proven his seriousness time and again! "Oh, that was just retalliation for being in Saudi Arabia! If we just left, he'd leave us alone!" That's insanity, folks. That is the work of a mind so wrapped up in their own self-delusions that they can no longer see anything real. The real world does not exist to them.
Bin Laden and his ilk want to kill us because of who we are, not what we've done. Flat out. Plain and simple. Can't be made any easier. He has stated it over and over, hammering the point home, until only the brain dead or the Left could ignore it. He wants to kill us because we are a Judeo-Christian society. He wants to kill us because we as a society allow women to walk around showing their faces (and much more!) He wants to kill us because we drink beer, or scotch, or vodka, or whatever it is you drink. He wants to kill us because we are not radical Islamic followers under Shari'a law.
It wouldn't matter if we left the Middle East tomorrow. It wouldn't matter if we paid every citizen in the Middle East a million dollars and said "Sorry bout the mess folks, we'll be leaving now". It wouldn't matter if we publicly apologised to the world for every slight, real or imagined, that the USA has committed in it's history. It wouldn't matter if the entire country rent their garments and gnashed their teeth in sorrow over our supposed mistreatment of Bin Ladin's country. Until we convert to Islam, throw ourselves under Bin Ladin's rule, and live under Shari'a law, HE WILL WANT TO KILL US. Do you get it yet?
People need to pull themselves out of their comfortable little cocoons, pull their self-imposed wool away from their eyes. The terrorists don't care what we do. They care about who we are. And I don't know about you, but I refuse to put my girlfriend in a head to toe burkah. I refuse to kill people because of their sexuality. I refuse to perform "honor killings" if my mother is seen in public without my father. I refuse to torture, maim, kill, and terrorize people just because they have a different religion than I do.
And because of that, the terrorists want to kill me. If you think the way I do, then the terrorist want to kill you as well.
Do you get it yet?
Cool As Hell
You want to know why America leads the rest of the world? Because of things like this.
The world witnessed the dawn of a new space age today, as investor and philanthropist Paul G. Allen and Scaled Composites launched the first private manned vehicle beyond the Earth’s atmosphere. The successful launch demonstrated that the final frontier is now open to private enterprise.
Under the command of test pilot Mike Melvill, SpaceShipOne reached a record breaking altitude of 328,491 feet (approximately 62 miles or 100 km), making Melvill the first civilian to fly a spaceship out of the atmosphere and the first private pilot to earn astronaut wings.
A private company, run by private citizens, putting a civilian into space. And doing it with a fraction of the budget that NASA has.
Way cool!
Found at Kallini.com.
The world witnessed the dawn of a new space age today, as investor and philanthropist Paul G. Allen and Scaled Composites launched the first private manned vehicle beyond the Earth’s atmosphere. The successful launch demonstrated that the final frontier is now open to private enterprise.
Under the command of test pilot Mike Melvill, SpaceShipOne reached a record breaking altitude of 328,491 feet (approximately 62 miles or 100 km), making Melvill the first civilian to fly a spaceship out of the atmosphere and the first private pilot to earn astronaut wings.
A private company, run by private citizens, putting a civilian into space. And doing it with a fraction of the budget that NASA has.
Way cool!
Found at Kallini.com.
Quote of the Day
This quote has been floating around the Blogosphere lately, and I figured I'd put it up for good measure.
"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming,
"WOW! What a ride!"
Yep.
"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming,
"WOW! What a ride!"
Yep.
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