#276 I’ve been to Paris and Brussels. You’ll fit right in there.
Comment by Blue State Red

So have I and you’re right, I did like it there. The Council of Europe is an amazing attempt at unifying a continent that has suffered centuries of warfare. So too is the European Union. It is amazing and inspiring to see once avowed enemies working together for peace.

Santo – the Universe has a message for Mighty Aphrodite, (#270) should she care to listen.

Peace be with you all. I’m gonna celebrate having completed my last law exam until the Bar!

You guys cherry-pick statements from those who criticize the Iraq just the way the Bush administration cherry-picked the pre-invasion (non)intelligence. Are you trying to tell us that if the terrorists and Al Qaeda are paying attention to anti-war statements from the left, they haven’t likewise heard statements like George W. Bush’s pronouncements that bin Laden isn’t much on his mind, that the war on terror can’t be won, that it will take another president to end the Iraq War, etc? I would think such statements from the US’s Commander-in-Chief would be even more encouraging than those from a party out of power.

You guys cherry-pick statements from those who criticize the Iraq just the way the Bush administration cherry-picked the pre-invasion (non)intelligence. Are you trying to tell us that if the terrorists and Al Qaeda are paying attention to anti-war statements from the left, they haven’t likewise heard statements like George W. Bush’s pronouncements that bin Laden isn’t much on his mind, that the war on terror can’t be won, that it will take another president to end the Iraq War, etc? I would think such statements from the US’s Commander-in-Chief would be even more encouraging than those from a party out of power.

To Iam-a-Wrong-Idiot
So you’re back at the “liberal Supreme Court” justices (seven of whom were appointed by Repugnancan presidents) and the eminent domain spiel again, eh? I’ve already posted at least three times previously how George W. Bush himself used eminent domain to confiscate land in Arlington, TX for a new Texas Rangers stadium, which made himself and his fellow investors millions. If this bit of information hasn’t sunk into your thick head by now, you must either have one of the worst memories of anyone under 80 or else are being paid by gay blade Ken Mehlman to keep repeating GOP talking points no matter what:

“This is not the first time that a group of well-connected entrepreneurs has persuaded a municipality to seize private property in order to facilitate their planned development project. It happened in Arlington — Arlington, Texas, that is, and one of the entrepreneurs, albeit a small bore one, was our nominal president, G.W. Bush, at the time a failed, would-be oil man, but one with a magic — in Texas anyway — last name.

Kevin Phillips, a long-time Republican strategist turned apostate, describes the deal in his book, American Dynasty.

“In 1988, George W. also began angling for a role in the acquisition of the Texas Rangers baseball team, which was being sold by oil man Eddie Chiles, an old friend of his father’s. The deal did not go through easily, despite Bush’s love of the sport, but it finally concluded in 1989 on three pivots of cronyism. The first was the help in arranging meetings and financing given to Bush by baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth, a family friend. Number two was the investment participation of Texas billionaire Richard Rainwater, a major Reagan-Bush contributor.

“Last but not least was the arrangement by which the city of Arlington agreed to finance a new $191 million stadium for the Rangers with a bond issue paid for by a small sales tax increase. The stadium was to be deeded over to the baseball consortium in 12 years, after the Rangers group had paid $60 million in annual payments of $5 million.

“What sold investors was the highly rewarding stadium deal, which depended on the city of Arlington pushing the sales tax increase through in a special election and then stretching its power of eminent domain to seize the necessary land for what was mostly a private purpose.”

Bush and his cronies bought the team for $63 million. Bush’s contribution was a paltry $640,000, which got him 2 percent of the franchise. But the family name was his real contribution. His main function was not unlike that of retired baseball players who hire on as greeters at casinos in Las Vegas and Atlantic City.

In their book, Shrub, columnist Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose note that, “Not satisfied with the taxpayers picking up the tab on the construction of the (new) stadium, the ball team used its quasi-government sports authority to ‘take’ the 13 acres needed for the stadium complex at a price so low a state court had to step in on behalf of the unwilling ’sellers.’ ”

from the Press & Sun-Bulletin.

Dear Meg Mooch – You’ll be happy to know my darling little Aphrodites had alot of fun today at their respective games. (You poor thing – you seem to think each child having one game is overbooked – don’t get anything more strenuous or demanding than a cat – you would be in WAAAAY over your head if you had to attend to kids.) Happy weekend to you!!

****I couldn’t agree with you more, BSR!!! Socialists of all stripes do well in the capitols of moldy “Olde Europe”. Paris WOULD be a beautiful city – except it’s filled with Parisians- ha!

But watching the spoiled, obnoxious Parisian students riot regularly (until spring break!!!) provided the perfect explanatin of why French unemployment is so terrible. Compassionate conservatives should gently explain to moronic French youth that the only thing they are guaranteed is death and taxes – and in a socialist paradise you can be assured the taxes will be huge.

An aside for Toilet Mouth Papa – A case of Palmolive soap might clean that filthy mouth and typing fingers a bit….Did you read the New York Times article discussing the positive improvement in many of the poorest survivors of Hurricane Katrina. By leaving the Democratically controlled dung trap of poor New Orleans neighbourhoods, the NYT (who knew?) noted that refugees were seeing and climbing rungs up the ladder which entitlement programs had never shown them. The goal of international progressives and socialists is for everyone to be uniformily bland and/or miserable. And Toilet Mouth, THANK YOU for the poorly typed, boldly enhanced type – I can generally ignore more of your garbage than conventionally typed tripe.

Happy weekend!!!

Comment by meg_mac #212

meg_mac,

…I didn’t know he liked to get busy with…eeeeew …road kill…

Comment by mighty aphrodite #46

puny (ovaryless) hermaphrodite and resident Bushite who*e,

…it’s UNPRECEDENTED…

Comment by Zookeeper #19

Zookeeper,

I’ve seen/heard this sentiment a lot…

…who among us has such courage?

I’ve been to Paris and Brussels. You’ll fit right in there.

Well, let’s put it this way Nico, FDR would have your skinny little butt in Ft. Leavenworth 20 years for 1/10 of the content you’ve posted so far. You people don’t seem to understand the concept of war. It’s my sincere hope that the next president whomever HE is will start clamping down on anti-American fuckweasels that don’t mind at all they their “freedom of treason” kills Americans.

“To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American Public.” – Teddy Roosevelt (FDR)

What a dumbfuk