‘God is my weapons inspector.’
By on Feb 27th, 2006 at 2:04 pm
‘God is my weapons inspector.’
“Bill Tierney, who served as a U.N. weapons inspector in Iraq in the late ’90s, told National Review Online this week that he would look to God to direct him to possible WMD sites. ‘God is my intel,’ Tierney told NRO. His belief in the existence of a uranium-enrichment plant near Tarmiyah was supported, he said, by the fact that a friend had seen it in a dream.”
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Another religious kook.
February 27th, 2006 at 2:08 pmTHAT IDIOT WILL LEAD US INTO RELIGIOUS WARS.
February 27th, 2006 at 2:09 pmThis would be funny if it weren't so pathetic...
February 27th, 2006 at 2:13 pmwell that turned out to be false then . maybe he could also have a dream about Isreals nuclear reactors
February 27th, 2006 at 2:14 pmHe in search of a leader to follow. Some asshole will step for him to follow, and it won't be pretty.
February 27th, 2006 at 2:14 pmor Korea but too scared there to do anything
February 27th, 2006 at 2:14 pmNow they're blaming God for not finding the WMDs. I think that brings the count up to: all celestial beings, all infernal beings, and every human being that has ever lived, or ever will live, on the face of the earth (except George W. Bush).
February 27th, 2006 at 2:16 pmIndeed, Tierney is quite the theorist. He also said that Iraq was behind the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center, the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, and the 2001 anthrax attacks. In time, Tierney believes, all of his ideas will be vindicated.
Anybody like to share a bar of cadburies fruit and nut
February 27th, 2006 at 2:17 pmHoly sh!t.
February 27th, 2006 at 2:17 pmThis group of zealous neo cons really need more help than we can offer them.
There are many rooms with padded walls waiting just for these kooks but bush won't be allow to ride his bike on our Time!
February 27th, 2006 at 2:20 pmThis isn't the first time he's said this stuff...
That dude is flat out nuts.
February 27th, 2006 at 2:20 pmAh, how did this guy get the job as U.N. weapons inspector in the first place? Is the entry bar must really that low?
February 27th, 2006 at 2:25 pmPartisan Brain doesn't need reality, it spins its own. Poor thing, I feel so much pity for these religious types. They're just so lost that it's tragic.
February 27th, 2006 at 2:26 pmshould have called pat roberson, him and god are tight. when pat prays, god listens! .....will some people ever grow up?
February 27th, 2006 at 2:29 pmI asked god, and she said Tierney has his head up his ass, again.
February 27th, 2006 at 2:34 pmPowerliars are citing an article about this guy, but the article refers to him as JOHN, not Bill. He translated some of the Saddam tapes...scary source.
February 27th, 2006 at 2:34 pmI've got it!
Republican spin seems to defy all laws of physics and reason. Maybe it's the solution to solving our energy crisis! If we could only figure a way to harness the perpetual motion power of right-wing spin.
Well, since blue states have higher education levels than red, I guess it's up to us to try to figure this out and save the country. Get cracking, everyone!
February 27th, 2006 at 2:36 pmI'm sitting here trying to compose a post, in an attempt to point out that not only is the guy relying on DREAMS, but HEARSAY, and then I realize. . .
it doesn't matter. These people can't be reasoned with. They live in their own reality.
Folks, they are dangerous. They are already killing Americans indirectly through their Iraq policy.
Are we headed for some sort of civil war of our own? Because I sure as fuck will not let some religious nutbag force his stupid beliefs on me.
February 27th, 2006 at 2:38 pmRemember Dumbya's response about a "higher father" guiding him into his Crusade to find the WMD's?
February 27th, 2006 at 2:40 pmHaven't heard him mention that guide in awhile..
Not surprising, since the expedition is pretty much another creation of hell on earth.
And, whatever a friend may see in a dream, is theirs, not mine...
much less to be a guiding principle to lead
others on with.
sounds like 'f-troop' with unicorns
February 27th, 2006 at 2:41 pmLet's not the stack the deck here. Even Byron York admits the guy is a flake and thoroughly discredits him: "The people in charge of searching for WMD didn't take Tierney seriously." Of course, if his superiors knew beforehand that he had a divine revelation....
February 27th, 2006 at 2:42 pmI think that is Bill Tierney told Bush this sooner we would not be in Iraq... Bush "claims" he loves G*d, I mean screw g*ds people, but he loves g*d...
By the way, G*d is my blogging software...
February 27th, 2006 at 2:49 pmThat's funny sh!t.
February 27th, 2006 at 2:50 pmThey must of lost this guy's lithium.He's off his med's....
February 27th, 2006 at 2:52 pm[...] Via Think Progress [...]
February 27th, 2006 at 2:55 pmI guess God told Bush to invade Iraq too
February 27th, 2006 at 3:07 pmPoindexter, Bush latest:
"I hope when it's all said and done, people will think of me as a strategist. That I create...er...strategy." George W. Bush, tape screened on ABC's Sunday news show, "This Week," Feb. 26, 2006
February 27th, 2006 at 3:36 pmWe know George Bush has lied to us, spied on us, broken the law and sent Americans to fight an illegal war. The time for just debate and protest is over. We need real action to save our country and our Constitution – Congress must consider the impeachment of George W. Bush. Click here to take action: http://www.ccr-ny.org/impeachment
February 27th, 2006 at 3:37 pm#26, er yes he did. The original is getting hard to find, but it was in Haaretz, the Israeli daily. Here's a thread of it.
February 27th, 2006 at 3:38 pmmaybe he should hook up with that other diviner, Pat Robertson...
February 27th, 2006 at 3:39 pmWe know George Bush has lied to us, spied on us, broken the law and sent Americans to fight an illegal war. The time for just debate and protest is over. We need real action to save our country and our Constitution – Congress must consider the impeachment of George W. Bush. Click here to take action: http://www.ccr-ny.org/impeachment
February 27th, 2006 at 3:40 pmlets win back congress first before we talk about impeachment because as you all know the Republicans are not going to bring articles of impeachment to a Republican president
February 27th, 2006 at 3:51 pmOne of my students got up in class today to present his "Science News" presentation. On aliens. He said that they were from outer space or people who do not believe in Jesus.
Most of the class was laughing at him, so I asked him where he got his information. According to him, the Internet .org sites on UFOs and aliens was as valid and scientific as NASA or any other reputable news source.
He was serious. He was convinced that there were aliens, and that these websites were facts.
It explains everything else we hear...
February 27th, 2006 at 4:04 pmWith the Bush administration claiming imperial powers to detain, spy on and even torture people, and the Republican Congress stuck largely in enabling mode, the role of judges in checking executive branch excesses becomes all the more crucial. If the courts collapse when confronted with spurious government claims about the needs of national security, so will basic American liberties.
and you still want to win back congress get on with impeachment NOW
http://www.craigmurray.co.uk/archives/2006/02/a_green_light_f.html#more
February 27th, 2006 at 4:09 pmGod must have some faulty intelligence available then.
February 27th, 2006 at 4:11 pmWWJD W/ WMD?
More importantly...
WWJB? (some of you know what that means)
February 27th, 2006 at 4:13 pm... and the right-wing says WE wear tin-foil hats? (Mine is made out of papermache and clay)
February 27th, 2006 at 4:14 pmUsing terror to fight terror
Two years ago, David Rose was the first journalist to interview the Tipton Three after their release from Guantanamo Bay. Now he applauds Michael Winterbottom's award-winning film of their ordeal - and finds out what has happened to the men since
February 27th, 2006 at 4:15 pmTierney told NRO.
His belief in the existence of a uranium-enrichment plant near Tarmiyah was supported, he said, by the fact that a friend had seen it in a dream.
Im floored... I Tell Ya.. Floored!
Wunder if hes talking About Duhbyas dream?
February 27th, 2006 at 4:15 pmThis is an excelent essay about the lead up to the Iraq war.
February 27th, 2006 at 4:16 pmhttp://www.commondreams.org/views06/0227-30.htm
This guy's practically a walking advertisement for atheism -- who needs logic, common sense, objectivity, empirical evidence, or indeed sanity when you've got FAITH??? Why is it so hard for these people to accept the idea that God might have endowed human beings with the capacity for rational thought in the hope that they might actually use it??
His friend saw this uranium-processing plant in a dream and therefore it must have been real -- hmmm, does that mean that Mick Hucknall is going to ask me out on a date? I dreamed about that last night...
February 27th, 2006 at 4:17 pmKing George told me this dream of Gold and Sand, Oil that is, Black Gold Texas Tea
And Cheney fired
up thru the ground
came a bubblin brew
hollywood moviestars
concrete ponds
Uranium...
there see it Tierney?
Or should we call him Tyranny?
February 27th, 2006 at 4:20 pmDreams to influence policy?
No WONDER the Bush administration is so damn diluted. They cannot tell that which is real and what is made up in their mind (to their defense, the "made up" stuff bleeds into reality so its not difficult to see how that blunder could have been made)
February 27th, 2006 at 4:23 pmAre "weapons inspectors" required to take a mental examine?
February 27th, 2006 at 4:23 pmWhere did God get his four year degree to qualify him to be a weapons inspector?
February 27th, 2006 at 4:28 pm#33...
February 27th, 2006 at 4:30 pmI have students tell me, with a smirk:
"I must have misspoken"
and
"Did I say that?"
They believe that to lie is acceptable and standard operating procedure.
Wonder where they get that.....
Bush, and regime call it "Easy Certainty"
February 27th, 2006 at 4:32 pmI can't imagine how humiliating it would be to be a serious professional, and have to work with a person such as this.
February 27th, 2006 at 4:35 pmhttp://www.yuricareport.com/Bush'sBody/BushAndEasyCertainty.html
February 27th, 2006 at 4:35 pmSeparation of church and state, ok I give up, whats the punch line.
February 27th, 2006 at 4:36 pmNow they’re blaming God for not finding the WMDs.
If anything, this might prove that the Good Lord isn't riding shotgun on Dick and George's Mideast adventure of plunder and profit.
February 27th, 2006 at 4:38 pmwhere's does the medal of freedom fit in here......if a worthless crack addict like tenet can get one.......
February 27th, 2006 at 4:42 pmRight on and Amen #51!
February 27th, 2006 at 4:45 pmIn my experience, God is usually the Still, Small voice that says "Don't......."
All I have to do is be quiet enough to hear that voice.
Why is it so hard for these people to accept the idea that God might have endowed human beings with the capacity for rational thought in the hope that they might actually use it??
Comment by Bluestocking — February 27, 2006 @ 4:17 pm
Because a god doesn't make sense, there is no proof for one, the appendix among other non-intelligent physical attributes, Reality, Occum's Razor - oh, and faith itself (not actually using that rational thought we possess). Atleast that's why I became an Atheist. I'm sure it's different for others.
February 27th, 2006 at 4:49 pmI have students tell me, with a smirk:
“I must have misspokenâ€
and
“Did I say that?â€
They believe that to lie is acceptable and standard operating procedure.
Wonder where they get that…..
Comment by Can you hear me now Adm. Poindexter — February 27, 2006 @ 4:30 pm
Are you a High School Science teacher in the South also? :)
I now just say 'the e word' and they know I'm talking about evolution... craziness when you have to limit your explanations because you already get enough crazy parents coming to visit you as it is because their darling little precious couldn't have possibly been the only student out of 120 to make a B on his assignment unless it were utterly and completely my fault. Amazing how little studying has to do with logic with some of these people.
I'm seriously considering moving to another state...
February 27th, 2006 at 4:53 pmIf that kook actually thinks God is his weapon's instructor, then I guess he uses a certain good book to rub himself with. He's just as crazy as O'Lielly, Bubble Boy,
February 27th, 2006 at 5:06 pmthe Runaway Bride and most of the Star Trek fans who have yet to leave Mom's basement and find themselves a date.
#55
February 27th, 2006 at 5:08 pmThanks! :)
I did move to a more progressive state, and it helped.....!
Still, what the younger folks seem to value most is the DEAL, (as am I getting a good one) even at anothers expense.
Becoming adept at manipulation and control are the skills many of them seem most interested in aquiring........
OOPs!
February 27th, 2006 at 5:10 pmI just let out my alter ego, didn't I?!!
At least it's better than relying Cheney's WHIG people.
And if the Mullahs relied on God in choosing the location of their sites, it just might work out. ;)
February 27th, 2006 at 5:31 pmI don't even know what to say about this one...
Is there anyone in this administration living in a world of tangible realities? Or is their world one of revelations, soothsayings, and magical thinking?
What a scary bunch to be in charge of the mightiest economy and military in the world. I fear for the world.
February 27th, 2006 at 5:58 pmBecoming adept at manipulation and control are the skills many of them seem most interested in aquiring……..
Comment by Howdy Neighbor — February 27, 2006 @ 5:08 pm
Nail on the head with that post! Scary true, as they would say... :)
Explains why they fight me when I require them to think for themselves, you know?
I actually had four try to bully me over a project that required thought. Four honors students. And when I was tired of repeating myself, I said I was done discussing it. A parent shows up today unannounced to discuss the matter. Except that she only gets "I'm not discussing this any futher" and her darling son must be defended against the mean new teacher. Yeah, that's why I became a teacher, to be mean to teenagers. Right.
This is my first year, and it has been trial by fire on so many levels. Thanks for the sage wisdom :)
February 27th, 2006 at 6:15 pmIs there anyone in this administration living in a world of tangible realities?
Nope.
What a scary bunch to be in charge of the mightiest economy and military in the world. I fear for the world.
Comment by Gregor Samsa — February 27, 2006 @ 5:58 pm
Yup.
:)
February 27th, 2006 at 6:16 pmHey, Jimbo, leave us Star Trek fans alone--a lot of us are out of the basement and actually contribute to society :)
Just ask Worfeus!
To me, anyone who claims that their god speaks to them is just as insane as Son of Sam. And people thought that Nancy Reagan was strange for consulting an astrologist!
February 27th, 2006 at 6:20 pm#63 I take it back. Sorry about the Star Trek insult. I like it too, especially Deep Space 9. :)
#61 You know, if any of these students try to test you again, ask them how much would they like to spend Saturday
February 27th, 2006 at 6:26 pmsitting in detention just for acting like self-serving prima donnas. And if they persist, tell them that you could put their parents in detention too. The parents are just as bad as their sorry spawns.
This is my first year, and it has been trial by fire on so many levels.
Comment by unbelievable — February 27, 2006 @ 6:15 pm
More honor students who are good at memorising but not at reasoning, eh? It sounds like you are on a straight path to sainthood...
Maybe you should tell those parents that you are just doing god's work when you fail a student. On second thought, I don't think they'll understand the irony.
February 27th, 2006 at 6:30 pmThe parents are just as bad as their sorry spawns.
Comment by JIMBO — February 27, 2006 @ 6:26 pm
The nut truly does not fall far from the nut tree...
February 27th, 2006 at 6:46 pmMore honor students who are good at memorising but not at reasoning, eh?
Bingo!
It sounds like you are on a straight path to sainthood…
If I were still Catholic... But I think they'd sooner excommunicate me now :).
Maybe you should tell those parents that you are just doing god’s work when you fail a student. On second thought, I don’t think they’ll understand the irony.
Comment by Gregor Samsa — February 27, 2006 @ 6:30 pm
Very funny! Don't temp me. I'm easily inclined toward sarcasm, you know! :)
Though the one today told me that God had only blessed her with her one special child (which explains why she babyfies him to the point that he pitches temper tantrums in high school because he is required to think and mommy has to show up to continue thinking for him... Nice future we're building, eh?)
February 27th, 2006 at 6:51 pmIf you only get through to one student, you are a sucess. Many of the others will remember your advice and example years on in the future, yet they will remember.
February 27th, 2006 at 7:01 pmI teach Primitive Living Skills.
If they can't start a fire by rubbing two sticks together, they get cold. If they can't make a stone tool, they go hungry.
Cuts thru a lot of the crap quickly.
Informally I practice "No child left behind"
I also practice "No child thrust forward into the line of fire as cannon fodder."
Keep up the good work folks!
I teach Primitive Living Skills.
If they can’t start a fire by rubbing two sticks together, they get cold. If they can’t make a stone tool, they go hungry.
Cuts thru a lot of the crap quickly.
Comment by Howdy Neighbor — February 27, 2006 @ 7:01 pm
How cool. I think we need more like you who understand the difference between valuable information instead of busy work. Excellent!
February 27th, 2006 at 7:30 pm"Three or more is a MOVEMENT!"- Arlo Guthrie
February 27th, 2006 at 7:34 pmOMG
February 27th, 2006 at 7:41 pm“Three or more is a MOVEMENT!â€- Arlo Guthrie
Comment by Howdy Neighbor — February 27, 2006 @ 7:34 pm
Good point!
February 27th, 2006 at 7:52 pmThe religious nuts and organized religion will be the end of us all.
February 27th, 2006 at 8:14 pmI will trust one of these dreaming witch doctors when he wins 5 times in a row. I'll start to trust his dreams or better that he is the one in charge of choosing the numbers.
February 28th, 2006 at 6:07 amOf course he's had WMD. Hell boy, we got the receipts.
May 15th, 2006 at 11:20 am