“In six years in office, President Bush has found a lot of things to be unacceptable — most recently, the situation in Iraq.” The Swamp has the full rundown.
to my ears, this is yet another example of bush’s paltry attempt to make up for his poor public speaking skills. it’s one of those stock, practiced lines that he trots out whenever he can’t think of anything authentic to say, but it makes him sound tough. i’ll refer readers to some of his other trademark stock phrases:
“I appreciate…”
“I’m looking forward to…”
“I understand…”
“Part of my job…”
“It’s hard work.”
This is a charade, folks! The only time a sociopath admits to making a mistake is when he uses it to justify an even bigger one! Does this chimp think people are idiots? hahahahah! He’s so totally delusional.
I don’t know a single soul who listened to the chimp’s latest drivel, do you?
And people will be watching movies instead of his ridiculous State of the Union address as well. It’s painful to watch the fool which he continues to make of himself. How’d he ever get elected? Ooops….forgot…..he stole both elections……but that’s another thread.
- first your corruption involved in enron
- then your deceptive clear skies
- and the healthy forests
- and all your constitution challanges
- and spying
- and opening mail
and what else have you accompblished;
- lots of arm twisting in congress
- lots of corrupt practices
and what is the ONLY thing george bush acts towards serving the people…
for now 6 years, all you can talk about is terrorists…. THAT’S IT!!!!!!!!!!
Do you know george bush since year 2002, 5 straight years when i read
anything on the news regarding george bush EVERYTHING is terrorists
NOTHING ELSE
george bush, you are unacceptable along with all your chronies…. completely corrupted and even your war games with iraq is totally
unacceptable affecting millions of people
well, there’s always mental health, so you can pop another tranquilizer
and spend more time on vacation than any president EVER
and for congress, the 109th most corrupt EVER along with 1 day work weeks
yes george bush, that is very unacceptable and everything is unacceptable
and for your contribution is screwing things up so bad it is unacceptable
you have yet to be impeached
enough to make you **** TOTALLY CORRUPT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Get used to it folks. Bush is not going to be stopped by anyone. He gets his ass handed to him in the midterm elections, he has a 25% approval rating, even his own party think she sucks dick, yet he acts in every way as if he won in a landslide. He will continue to piss away our country’s resources, lives, honor and money to defend his pitiful ego.
If we are lucky, he will be stopped before he kicks off WWIII, but that may even be too late.
Bush is deranged. He believes that he was chosen by God to kick some Muslim butt, how can a 25% approval rating compete with that?
The worst person ever. As far as damage to America, that is. There have been some bad actors over the years, but in terms of damage to our country, he is enemy number 1.
#5, ‘What the American people have to understand is’…
‘I decide’
Or, as Darth Cheney so eloquently stated yesterday on
Fux news; ‘My’ energy task force’…
But, we have plenty of words to describe this administration:
Unacceptable, Unbelievable, Unplanned, Unusual, Unbearable, Unfunded, Uncommon, Undereducated, (insert word here)…
now if we the people expected integrity and a correction to this
mess.
democratic congress…. just a repeat of 1994/1995
and what do these totally corrupted public servants talk about
- american family values
yeh right…. just 3 short years ago i thought corruption was a rarity,
FOLKS….. corruption absolutely is a reality and most likely what we
are witnessing is no different than the past 100 years
all the wonderful services bush provides to us. ya a bureaucracy is big,
inefficient, wasteful, and mistakes are made
but bush & the 109th are totally unacceptable and so far the 110th has
said it’s off the table, but we are going to serve the people and clean
up ethics, but the very next day, guess what…. fundraiser at $1000 plates
has congress accompblished anything yet in the 1’st 100 hours or are they
just setting up a situation that is conflictual to lobbyists and are we just
being minipulated again? we will certainly know within a year or two, but
so far that appears unacceptable too.
oh well, i guess it’s no different than the legacy since nixon…. yes bush
corruption/k street/all your chronies is very unacceptable
Also unacceptable: The fact that 800 million people go to bed hungry every night. It’s time to fight against global poverty and really commit to the Millennium Development Goals which were agreed on globally. The Borgen project says that it will cost a mere $19 billion annually to achieve one of these goals- the end to world hunger. That’s nothing compared to the over $300 billion we’ve spent on Iraq so far.
The world’s sole super power getting its arse handed to it by some men in night gowns is also unacceptable but watchyagonna do, right? You go to “war†with the Commander-In-Chief that you have, not the one you wished you had.
Causing 9/11 was unacceptable; creating this phoney baloney war on terrorism is unacceptable; your admininstration’s NON-response to Katrina was unacceptable; the rampant corruption in your adminstration is unacceptable; sending our sons and daughters to be killed for oil is unacceptable; your violating the constitution is unacceptable; your environment policy is unacceptable; opening our mail is unacceptable; wiretapping is unacceptable;
You SIRS : Darth Cheney and Dumbya are unacceptable.
absolutely, unacceptable, i am being directly affected by the
corruption of bushs civil rights, appointing corrupt judges in
reccess, are you getting law makers to follow the law, it’s
all rigged
yes bush all your cronyism and corruption is very unacceptable,
a compulsive liar, you screwed up new orleans, you can’t even
provide the essentials of service to this country.
enough now… :)
something tells me this is going to be a long long thread just to
see how everybody responds to georges vision everything is
unacceptable.
for one thing i know for sure, for the next 23 months what will
george bush talk about every day…. OF COURSE, terrorists
isn’t 5 long years long enough. NO……..
yeh right terrorists, but don’t forget cheney will go right through
the revolving door right to the private sector come 2008/2009
and george bush will live on with his contribution of 500 million
memorial.
yes george bush, totally unacceptable…….
and i guess WE THE PEOPLE will deal with the weakest dollar EVER
and generations of debt for georges, terrorists…. absolutely
VERY unacceptable
Once again, Think Progress clumsily attempts to further its clandestine agenda. And, once again, Think Progress succeeds only in making their agenda less clandestine.
I have to wonder if the last two years of reading non-fiction books has pricked a little hole in Bubble Boy’s cozy little faux-reality and forced him to recognize that life isn’t Dom Perignon, Filet Mignon and Caviar for every one else…
After you say something is unacceptable, and you are the President of the United States, you would think some of that “unacceptable” stuff would get fixed. What has Bush fixed?
The American Psychiatric Association needs to get their heads out of their collective butts and do something about this obviously sick man who has all of the hallmarks of serious psychiatric disease. Baker Act anyone??
…censorship on a reputed Progressive site is “unacceptable”…
…especially censorship on such a relevant, coherent and possibly enlightening (for those still in the dark) treatise on the criminal Bushite junta/right wing conned’selfservative agenda…
…isn’t that (Briseadh’s deleted post) what this site is supposed to be about?
I just posted a comment about 10 minutes ago in response to Troll’s request for other “Bushisms.” Didn’t show up. No foul language or any veiled attempt (you know…sh*t and all that). No 9/11 conspiracy theories. Yet I’ve posted other comments today on other threads and there was no problem.
This site has had problems ever since the threads on “Path to 9/11″ were posted. What’s up? Either there are tech problems and the administrators don’t care (I think this is alot of it…I’ve had posts to appear, disappear, and the re-appear at a later time), or they are putting in some manual labor and getting too selective on what they are and are not allowing to appear, or the filters are working overtime, or who the heck knows. May be a combo of all three.
Wow! It is so amazing! Phony Christian plucked turkey with chimpy eyebrows has accomplished so much through Devil worshipping! Yes God put him there! To punish us! The chimp has not scored a single point in these last 8 years hasn’t played a single tune right in all this time Yet he’s still in power! He has cheated all of us blind! He has mocked this great nation! but, he’s still there if i was to be in his proximity and with a gun i wouldn’t hesitate to go out there and do America and the World the great favor of wiping him out i want to see chimp choke in his own blood I can’t wait!!!
May be a combo of all three.
Comment by WC — January 15, 2007 @ 1:57 pm
They told us that they had some problems with their spam filter in December. I’ve noticed that it seems to store them in increments, and then post those in a cache simultaneously at timed intervals. I guess it cues and scans the posts for set criteria, and then releases them. It’s pretty noticable if you watch for it.
I’ve found that lengthy posts tend to do the disappear and re-appear thing or just never show up because they exceed some arbitrary word count.
I don’t know, I don’t think TP is intentionally messing with people (IRI had claimed that several times before he finally gave up). I think the site just became really popular and in a way to balance between the spam and valid posts, there have been glitches.
Judd has taken the time to email me to let me know that he’s banned someone who impersonated me. I don’t think he would have done that if he didn’t really care about us and want this to be a community, so in retrun, I look for the most logical answer. Growing Pains. Know it’s not as exciting as the other theories, but I think it’s the most likely.
Alright, that thumbsnap of the GWB in Photoshoped distortion is funny, but do you have any new ones?
Comment by ForTruth — January 15, 2007 @ 2:09 pm
Once again, Think Progress clumsily attempts to further its clandestine agenda. And, once again, Think Progress succeeds only in making their agenda less clandestine.
Comment by TripMaster Monkey
Briseadh and Trip, while it is really frustrating trying to post and not being able to, I guess that you are giving too much credit to Judd and his team as having a clandestine agenda (Trip´s words). I guess that they are really busy in order to be searching for your posts and deleting them just because they dont like you or beacuse these posts are “dangerous to the stablishment”. I think, again, that they have technical problems. We say that trolls dont have that problem, but really, how cant we know? I always post on Climate Change threads and some of them never get to the screen, I dont think steam reforming techniques to get hydrogen to be used in fuel cells are a disrupting information against the “clandestine agenda” and nonetheless they are deleted. But, of course, I could be wrong…please, keep posting.
A voice from Gitmo’s darkness THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE
JUMAH AL-DOSSARI is a 33-year-old citizen of Bahrain. This article was excerpted from letters he wrote to his attorneys. Its contents have been deemed unclassified by the Department of Defense.
January 11, 2007
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba — I AM WRITING from the darkness of the U.S. detention camp at Guantanamo in the hope that I can make our voices heard by the world. My hand quivers as I hold the pen.
In January 2002, I was picked up in Pakistan, blindfolded, shackled, drugged and loaded onto a plane flown to Cuba. When we got off the plane in Guantanamo, we did not know where we were. They took us to Camp X-Ray and locked us in cages with two buckets — one empty and one filled with water. We were to urinate in one and wash in the other.
At Guantanamo, soldiers have assaulted me, placed me in solitary confinement, threatened to kill me, threatened to kill my daughter and told me I will stay in Cuba for the rest of my life. They have deprived me of sleep, forced me to listen to extremely loud music and shined intense lights in my face. They have placed me in cold rooms for hours without food, drink or the ability to go to the bathroom or wash for prayers. They have wrapped me in the Israeli flag and told me there is a holy war between the Cross and the Star of David on one hand and the Crescent on the other. They have beaten me unconscious.
What I write here is not what my imagination fancies or my insanity dictates. These are verifiable facts witnessed by other detainees, representatives of the Red Cross, interrogators and translators.
During the first few years at Guantanamo, I was interrogated many times. My interrogators told me that they wanted me to admit that I am from Al Qaeda and that I was involved in the terrorist attacks on the United States. I told them that I have no connection to what they described. I am not a member of Al Qaeda. I did not encourage anyone to go fight for Al Qaeda. Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden have done nothing but kill and denigrate a religion. I never fought, and I never carried a weapon. I like the United States, and I am not an enemy. I have lived in the United States, and I wanted to become a citizen.
I know that the soldiers who did bad things to me represent themselves, not the United States. And I have to say that not all American soldiers stationed in Cuba tortured us or mistreated us. There were soldiers who treated us very humanely. Some even cried when they witnessed our dire conditions. Once, in Camp Delta, a soldier apologized to me and offered me hot chocolate and cookies. When I thanked him, he said, “I do not need you to thank me.” I include this because I do not want readers to think that I fault all Americans.
But, why, after five years, is there no conclusion to the situation at Guantanamo? For how long will fathers, mothers, wives, siblings and children cry for their imprisoned loved ones? For how long will my daughter have to ask about my return? The answers can only be found with the fair-minded people of America.
I would rather die than stay here forever, and I have tried to commit suicide many times. The purpose of Guantanamo is to destroy people, and I have been destroyed. I am hopeless because our voices are not heard from the depths of the detention center.
If I die, please remember that there was a human being named Jumah at Guantanamo whose beliefs, dignity and humanity were abused. Please remember that there are hundreds of detainees at Guantanamo suffering the same misfortune. They have not been charged with any crimes. They have not been accused of taking any action against the United States.
Show the world the letters I gave you. Let the world read them. Let the world know the agony of the detainees in Cuba.
I am glad you like the pic of GDumbya. Here’s one of the real President of the U.S. addressing the American people –> http://thumbsnap.com/v/VnH3TpVU.jpg
Email Senator Joseph Lie’berman (google us senate)…
…let him know that his decidion to ignore the Katrina debacle is “unacceptable”….
…here’s a form letter that may help…
Dear Senator Lieberman,
I was deeply troubled to hear that you have decided not to pursue hearings into the question of the disastrous failures of the FEMA/Bush administration/federal governmental response to Hurricane Katrina. The victims of that horrible storm were further victimized by a clearly “broken” government emergency management system. How can we “fix” the system if we do not examine its flaws, and the impact those flaws have on the victims it is designed to help? I realize that there are those in Congress who wish to protect the image of our government, and who don’t want to engage in partisan political blame games. However, this situation clearly demonstrated gross criminal negligence on the parts of many of the officials/agencies responsible to protect and serve the constituency in capacities that they (the officials/agencies) received compensation/funding for. Seeking accountability from those responsible for mismanaging this situation is critical in restoring the people’s confidence in their governmental institutions and officials.
If you refuse to do your duty then your name should/will certainly go down in history as an accomplice in covering up what is ostensibly government “criminal” wrongdoing. I urge you to reconsider your decision, and help rectify this catastrophic failure on the government’s part.
Comment by Briseadh na Faire — January 15, 2007 @ 1:32 pm
Hi BnF, here are some of the strange things that have happened with me while posting here at TP. Cache issue with Explorer where old threads come up and if I don’t refresh IE, new threads don’t come up. This is the only site that this happens with. I have cleared cache, ran diags, chkdsk…. doesn’t fail.
Site fails to load at all, and causes IE to crash…when I first started posting had no issues. If I run Ethereal I see that I get no response from TP server. Packet sniffing shows runt packets on the return path.
Deleted post…not some, but all in some cases. I don’t feel what I’m posting is controversial…I don’t slam Israel. In fact I support the Israeli people just not the “The Institute”… or factions of Mossad that have splintered.
Or how about this one of Dick the Prick hanging around his “undisclosed location” waiting for Jeff Gannon’s daily visit –> http://thumbsnap.com/v/pMPqjqXK.jpg
Comment by unbelievable — January 15, 2007 @ 2:08 pm
Thanks for the info. I guess like most of us, I got spoiled after seeing my posts appear instantly (and especially after visiting some sites that would post only after the administrators had reviewed it).
Briseadh and Trip, while it is really frustrating trying to post and not being able to, I guess that you are giving too much credit to Judd and his team as having a clandestine agenda (Trip´s words).
Thanks for the accreditation. ^_^
I guess that they are really busy in order to be searching for your posts and deleting them just because they dont like you or beacuse these posts are “dangerous to the stablishmentâ€.
First of all, I never accused the editors of TP of acting from personal reasons. It is my firm belief that this is business, not personal at all.
Second, I never claimed that our posts were deleted because of some “danger to the establishment” (whatever the ‘establishment may be). What I do claim is that there are certain topics that are verboten to be discussed on ThinkProgress, and that users who write posts concerning said topics have their posts summarily deleted, while users who persist in writing posts concerning said topics wind up banned. In the absence of any coherent explanation of why some posts are thus unacceptable while others are fine, including posts that clearly violate the listed Terms of Use of the site, I am forced to postulate a clandestine agenda.
I think, again, that they have technical problems. We say that trolls dont have that problem, but really, how cant we know? I always post on Climate Change threads and some of them never get to the screen, I dont think steam reforming techniques to get hydrogen to be used in fuel cells are a disrupting information against the “clandestine agenda†and nonetheless they are deleted.
I addressed this point a few weeks ago, but I don’t mind repeating myself.
We’re currently seeing two separate issues here regarding the ‘disappearing’ of posts. One issue, the one you reference, is that of posting a comment, only to find that it never sees the light of day. This, I will concede, is entirely likely to be a technical problem with the site, especially since the vast majority of posters who have complained of it (such as yourself) describe their posts (such as fuel cell technology), and it is clear that such posts do not fall within the ‘verboten’ topics I mentioned earlier.
The second issue…the issue which is plaguing posters like Briseadh, JTitor, and myself, is that of posts going through and being visible on the board (and sometimes even garnering a few replies) before being ‘disappeared’ without a trace. In the event of a post egregiously violating the Terms of Use on this site, they are erased and replaced by a (comment deleted by admin) message, but the ones that fall afoul of the clandestine agenda are deleted without a trace, incidentally changing the number of every succeeding post. It is usually only by comparing the numbers referenced by posters replying to older posts with the actual contents of that numbered post that one can discern that there was a comment deleted at all.
This is the behavior that Briseadh and I find so objectionable.
It has become nearly impossible to post thoughtful and well researched articles critical of Israel on Crooks & Liars. They deem everything to do with Israel as either “Conspiracy Theory” or “anti-Semitism” – both red herrings to justify CENSORSHIP IN AMERICA TO THE BENEFIT OF ISRAEL.
Thanks for the info. I guess like most of us, I got spoiled after seeing my posts appear instantly (and especially after visiting some sites that would post only after the administrators had reviewed it).
Comment by WC — January 15, 2007 @ 3:03 pm
I think that saying about us being creatures of habit is never more obvious than when things change… :D
Trueblue, The deleting of great poster’s like BnF has been going on for awhile…Mine are not special and have been deleted often, upsetting yes but not as important to me as BnF, Zooey, Unbelievable, Juan C, Wayne, Clyde, your’s and several other good posters…..It is like someone turning the light’s off when I’m in the middle of a great book, I divorced the last husband for simalar bad behavior… I would hope this bad behavior and sensorship would end and that TP would get rid of some of the troll’s, having said that my patience is again wearing thin and that’s why I have not been around much either..If it does not stop quickly most of us will leave and go to other site’s……Maybe that’s their aim to turn the sight into a reich winged troll blow….It certainly will not be progressive…..Blessings
This is the behavior that Briseadh and I find so objectionable.
Comment by TripMaster Monkey — January 15, 2007 @ 3:13 pm
So what is the agenda? For them to behave in accordance with one (intentionally deleting posts), there must be a reason. That’s the part I’m not getting. What agenda?
They’ve been pretty clear about not wanting the 9/11 stuff though, so deleting those posts should be expected by now. But I haven’t heard Judd make a stand about any other topics being verboten.
I’m trying to understand, but so far I don’t know what you think the agenda is specifically.
They don’t want the dots all connected in one place. They are protecting the globalist’s agenda, which is by definition a conspiracy (notice how they’ve all made that a dirty word?). These sites are not likely profitable on their own – so as always – follow the money.
WASHINGTON: US President George W. Bush has said the execution of Saddam Hussein was mishandled, admitting in private comments to US TV journalists that the ugly scenes during the former dictator’s hanging were second only to the Abu Ghraib scandal in terms of disastrous mistakes in Iraq.
The comments came as Mr Bush conceded in a television interview that the invasion of Iraq had greatly destabilised the country – although he insisted that Iraqis should still be grateful to the US for starting the war.
As the White House scrambled to stem a flow of Republican defections over Mr Bush’s plan to send another 21,500 troops to Iraq, Mr Bush again defended the invasion, saying that Saddam had been competing with Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon and had been making the region unstable.
But pressed on the issue, and told by a Fox News interviewer that Iraq was “much more unstable now”, Mr Bush replied: “Well, no question, decisions have made things unstable.”
He added: “I think history is going to look back and see a lot of ways we could have done things better. No question about it.”
But toppling Saddam was not a mistake. “We liberated that country from a tyrant. I think the Iraqi people owe the American people a huge debt of gratitude and I believe most Iraqis express that.”
As he spoke, senior administration officials fanned out to defend his controversial military “surge” strategy in the face of greater-than-expected popular and political opposition, particularly among Republicans.
At least 16 Republican senators have either publicly opposed the escalation plan, or voiced scepticism. The defections have increased the likelihood of a Democrat-led congressional resolution opposing the surge.
Although such a resolution would have no practical effect – as Commander-in-Chief Mr Bush is free to ignore Congress on troop deployments - it would lay the ground for potentially overwhelming opposition if violence in Baghdad were not quelled.
Carl Levin, Democrat chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, told CNN that such a resolution would also send a “very, very strong message to the Iraqis that they must resolve their differences. There is not a military solution here. There is only a political solution, and that is in the hands of the Iraqis.”
ONCE AGAIN EVERY DAY IRAN IS MENTIONED >>>>BETTER GET THIS DOG BACK ON HIS LEAD
RUCerious and Jay, I noticed several time’s you both mentioned bull shit bush must resign or be Impeached….Resignation by this delusional, drunk,druggie madman will never happen…He is like a rabid pit bull….We the people have to Impeach him or march on the white house and throw him and the rest of his administration out……They all need to go to prison for war crimes and crimes against humanety…..Just my thought’s….Blessings
Unacceptable is that you sleep surprisingly well with all those innocent souls on your account.
America is lost. It will take a complete rebuilt like in Germany after 1945 to get rid of everything that those fascists have done in damage.
I am absolutely convinced that the truth will come out one day. A truth that is indeed unacceptable because it shows the full extend of the ludicrousness of the neocons. Neofascists. Neonazis. Truth is
9/11 was an inside job planned and orchestrated by our government.
The Pentagon was blown up by a missile.
The Iraq war serves the war industry and corporate powers.
The civil war in Iraq was intended and orchestrated by neofascists and legislated by Brehmer.
The execution of Hussein was to serve the president’s thirst for blood.
The attack of Iran will happen under the same policy and serve the same people.
America has turned into a totalitarian regime.
Healthcare is unaffordable for the masses.
Education is reserved for the elite.
The debt is the nail in the coffin of the USofA.
Well, at the least, I now get why the people who think there’s a TP agenda are the same people who post in support of a 9/11 Inside Job even though they’ve been asked not to.
I don’t think it’s about not connecting the dots in one place. I think it’s about the credibility of both the dots and how they are being connected. I don’t blame TP for that.
Think about it from their perspective. Judd wants to be, and frankly, is a credible journalist. If he allows this site to be linked to highly contentious conspiracy theories, he loses the very thing he is trying to build, and TP gets labeled poorly. If I were him, I’d take the same position. I know that doesn’t make me popular with the group here who supports the Inside Job (I also oppose it due to a lack of credible proof), but I’m not here to be popular.
I’m not looking for anyone’s support, just making information available for you to draw your own conclusions.
My experience is that either you are with the theorists or you are a part of some “TP agenda”. I’m just a skeptic who thinks the far left and far right are missing the entire middle.
What do you know about Dov Zakheim and Kobi Alexander?
You might want to learn all you can about them.
Comment by ace — January 15, 2007 @ 4:15 pm
I can’t imagine the manpower it would take to read through every comment and decide what stays and what goes. Thus, my guess is that it’s a spam filter issue — whether key words, links, or IP addy (a tricky one since big ISPs use the same IP addys for many people).
And why 9/11 conspiracy theory posts get deleted … ? Not sure, but my guess is that TP is trying to posit itself as a legit source of news and commentary, and those comments make the site look like it’s frequented by left-wing whackos (not saying anyone who believes such theories are whackos … although I don’t buy them … I’m just sayin’ … ).
Bush IS unacceptable.
He has to go. While I have always favored impeachment, I understand that a rational, legal case has to be built first, and hearings are the first step toward removing him.
Bush is aware of that too, so he is taking steps toward his own goals of war expansion more quickly than hearings can be held and appropriations bills can be written and voted.
He needs to be stopped ASAP.
Yes, Bush is “unacceptable” on so many levels and is very much worse than that in so many ways.
There is the other unacceptable truth which has allowed Bush to assume the office of President of the United States.
American citizens through stupidity or ignorance or plain old fashioned brain-washing, voted for the bum. They accepted his many lies with the help of an obedient media and jumped right up on the BUSH/CHENEY 2004 bandwagon. For years they didn’t notice what was being taken from them, a little more each day. They lost their rights, their privacy, their economy, their honor and possibly their future. They supported this deceiver, this war criminal, this lying bastard because they thought he would be “a good guy to have a beer with.” It’s pretty clear now that if you don’t own a Corporation or a Country it’s unlikely you’ll be seeing that beer.
“The price of freedom is constant vigilance.”
That’s not just a saying, it’s the goddamn truth. Vigilance is the duty of every American to protect us from tyranny and oppression from within. Too many Americans have forgotten or never learned of that duty. They need to learn. How many of your friends know every sport score, the name of Brittany’s Ex, the winner of Survivor, but don’t know the least bit of the Constitution or the names of their Senators and Representatives?
Did you all know this nightmare is costing us 8 billion a month and thousands of people are dieing, ofcourse you do, I just wanted to remind you all of the importance of getting this maniac out of office..
Sorry it took so long to get back to reply, had a main water line rupture from the cold, had to shut the pump down and fix it…Blessings
I am guessing Wayne, and Jane, may have been affected by the power outage on the east coast, since we haven’t heard anything from them today. I hope they and everyone else over there are staying warm.
Sorry ace, I don’t do conspiracy anything. I need proof and a logic trail. It may exist, but I need to see it before I’ll support it.
Comment by unbelievable — January 15, 2007 @ 4:09 pm
It’s all around you unbelievable. If you mean that you need it spoon feed to you, then thats one thing. What if someone would have told you in 1999 that we would be on the brink of WWIII by 2007, because GWB seen it as a solution for American Security? Now look back prior to 1999 at those that had been saying that this was going to happen, I myself was calling them conspiracy nutjobs…not anymore.
“What if someone would have told you in 1999 that we would be on the brink of WWIII by 2007″
I would have said what’s taking so long! It should have started back when those ragheads held our citizens hostage in Iran! That’s the problem with you lefties, when we are smacked, you won’t smack back!
It should have started back when those ragheads held our citizens hostage in Iran! That’s the problem with you lefties, when we are smacked, you won’t smack back!
Comment by michael — January 15, 2007 @ 5:00 pm
Says this particular troll from the safety of his parent’s house, who is not willing to even enlist for the cause
Bravo, sir michael, bravo!
You’re one tough cookie, sitting in front of your parents computer, mightily flexing your biceps for all the world to see!
Unbelievable, not all 9/11 posts get automatically deleted. I’ve told Judd I’m researching the facts, and that as something new comes up, I will continue to post on the subject.
This, from an earlier thread:
9/11 was most likely committed by a faction within our own government.
Please try and explain the cell phone calls from the air….
Comment by Briseadh na Faire — January 15, 2007 @ 4:49 pm
You see, the technological equipment necessary to allow cell phones to make calls from a commercial aircraft wasn’t available in 2001. Only recently have a couple of European air carriers started to install the necessary equipment.
The cell phone calls could not have possibly been made as claimed.
That part of the “official” explanation has been proven false.
In 1999 when Bush was running for president while holding the office of govenor of the state of Texas, a fine reporter for the San Antonio Express News asked if he knew how much a loaf of bread costs. The reply, I don’t carry cash. Now that is unacceptable.
“I would have said what’s taking so long! It should have started back when those ragheads held our citizens hostage in Iran! That’s the problem with you lefties, when we are smacked, you won’t smack back! Comment by michael — January 15, 2007 @ 5:00 pm”
****Dear Judea angel-michael! I so agree with you! I mean, I hated how our *conservative* leaders like Reagan chose to negotiate with those Iranian terrorists, and sell them weapons to get back the hostages! That peanut farmer Carter did mount a military rescue, but the *conservatives* in the military wanted to *negotiate* and didn’t want to send troops. So they sent the least capable soldiers, and screwed up the whole thing!
I really wish we would stop negotiating with terrorists! Like we did for years with Al Qaeda, the Saudis and Pakistan. Too bad our *conservative* leaders get us into these messes! But I’m glad you’re here as a *fellow-conservative* to put the blame on the *libruls* where it *squarely* belongs! We are the party of accountability after all, and we want to make sure that we hold those *libruls* accountable for not stopping us from screwing up!
Just like those dems in this congress! Those damn *libruls* can’t come up with any ideas to save our *preznit*, so Iraq is all their fault!
Note to self and regular intelligent poster’s……The holiday has the school’s out….Working reich winged bigot’s and KKK parent’s are leaving their skin head troll children home alone. No big suprise……We can’t fix stupid nor eliminate bating to entertain these little basterd’s so just ignore…School is back in tomorrow…Blessings
Judd wants to be, and frankly, is a credible journalist. If he allows this site to be linked to highly contentious conspiracy theories, he loses the very thing he is trying to build, and TP gets labeled poorly.
Comment by unbelievable
I agree with that. 9/11 derails entire threads (perhaps, such as this one). There are a lot of people out there who claims something about a ghost plane. I think those are right-wing paid people in order to discredit valid doubts about the 9/11 events. The one who has the entire guilt that we discuss 9/11 is US government´s. There are so many unanswered issues, even after the Comission Report, and judging the POV that this government has regarding the value of life, that is almost impossible not to think there is something fishy. So, to anyone that think we are nutjobs, allow us the ability to doubt the official explanation.
but I’m not here to be popular.
but you are, lady. :)
- 2001 enron corruption
- rolling back enviromental laws
- rolling back pollution control
- deceptively labeling so called protection for the people
- loading your administration with cronyism
- sending 150,000 to serve in iraq
- babbling on only about terrorism
- lying through your teeth about new orleans
- complete disregard your ratings are now 25%
- NOW…. flirting with nuclear war
- sending 20,000 troops, planning 90,000 more
- telling a lie, lying about a lie
- deficits, free trade, national debt
- arm twisting in 109th congress
what else is there
- so many lies
- disregarding we the people doing the hell whatever you want
- rigging elections
- totally corrupting the judical system
- giving a d**n about anything expect your hearts desire
- most secrecy, abolishing epa library
yes bush, there certainly IS PLENTY that is unacceptable.
unfortunately we have to deal with your messes and YOU just
keep popping those tranquilizers and sitting at your ranch
but one thing absolutely is guarnteed
every morning apart from your evil works is a new day and what
is the only thing we’ve heard….. TERRORISTS!!!!!!!!
I think the morons who make up the 25% supporting Bush are finding TP and posting here — their willful ignorance and prejudice are extreme and senseless.
Saw this just now on crooksandliars.com from an interview with a member of the UK press:
[John] Bolton: Well look, the fundamental point is whether the civil war that exists now is going to continue or whether the Iraqis are going to decide to live together in one country.
““Says this particular troll from the safety of his parent’s house, who is not willing to even enlist for the cause†Dumb ass, I served in the United States Navy! Comment by michael — January 15, 2007 @ 5:30 pm”
****Dear angel michael, military god. That’s *excellent* news! I hope you weren’t part of that group of incompetents that allowed the Iran Hostage mission to go all FUBAR just to embarrass that peanut farmer. Since you’re experienced, I hope you’ll now enlist in the infantry to fight in Iraq? We need people that actually put their lives on the lines for their beliefs – and we both know we *conservatives* rarely do that. It’s so much easier to *serve* when there’s no Iraq, so you don’t want people to say you’re a *coward*, because you won’t fight now when our *preznit* needs you the most!
Get down, and sign up for the Army or National Guard. They really could use some experience soldiers that want to do more than fight *cowardly* behind the keyboard as I do daily!
“Judd wants to be, and frankly, is a credible journalist. If he allows this site to be linked to highly contentious conspiracy theories, he loses the very thing he is trying to build, and TP gets labeled poorly.
Comment by unbelievable”
****Dear unbeliever,
The problem with this theory is that we *believers* throw out conspiracy theories all of the time about how *libruls* let it happened, and Judd doesn’t mind that at all. But of course, the *biggest* conspiracy theory in the middle east is that the *mussod* knew it was going to happen and even helped it along logistically so we would have a *reason* to hate Islam.
You can see how a fellow *zionist* like Judd wouldn’t want that kind of discussion to happen. That’s just another case of *blame israel/america* first! Dam *libruls*!
It’s all around you unbelievable. If you mean that you need it spoon feed to you, then thats one thing.
This is exactly what I was talking about. Either we agree with you or we get called names and insulted. And then you wonder why it pisses off TP…
To you the connections might be acceptable. To me, they are a stretch. Has nothing to do with my cognitive abilities, so don’t insult my intelligence.
What if someone would have told you in 1999 that we would be on the brink of WWIII by 2007, because GWB seen it as a solution for American Security?
That’s not a conspiracy theory. It’s part of the American Empire which can be proven. Noam Chomsky and Gore Vidal have written several books on the matter that rely on patterns in American actions (logic).
Now look back prior to 1999 at those that had been saying that this was going to happen, I myself was calling them conspiracy nutjobs…not anymore.
Comment by JTitor — January 15, 2007 @ 4:51 pm
I’m not calling anyone anything. I just have a problem with those who call me names because I have problems with the main Alternative Theory as well as the Official Version and believe that the truth is more likely somewhere in between.
If you guys can’t respect liberals who don’t share your view, you shouldn’t be surprised when sites like TP don’t want you making such disparaging comments, or even discussing the issue as it has become a religion with many of its followers…
And yet another post of mine went out to ciber net….No matter, was just responding to the unfixable stupid’s…..Later, or maybe not, getting to be a total waste of my little time left……Blessings all
So, to anyone that think we are nutjobs, allow us the ability to doubt the official explanation.
This is a strawman that gets used a lot – that either you support one theory or another, when there are many other possibilities. And you know that.
but you are, lady. :)
Is that what it means when trolls frequently impersonate you? :)
Comment by Juan C — January 15, 2007 @ 5:27 pm
Juan you’ve been civil about this. And while we don’t agree on some things, I think we do agree that the debate of this between liberals must be respectful if there is to be debate.
The opposite reaction to force is resistance. Why America will never be a Christian nation.
Wrong, michael.
We debate until we finally realize that your only objective is to spew venom, THEN and only then do we say, “Please go away.”
Your sites, on the other hand, outright ban people who stray a fraction from the approved talking points.
You are allowed to still post here, as long as you keep to the terms.
you make belligerent comments in the hope of baiting someone, then rapidly change the subject. There is no debating with you, because you don’t debate.
BTW, it’s nice to know that most of your comments get deleted.
Comment by Zooey — January 15, 2007 @ 5:39 pm
MA said that his get deleted occasionally as well on the Bush thread.
Everyone – It’s not just liberals talking about conspiracies who are losing posts… It’s a technical issue most likely. So can we get back to discussing the issues? Or pounding the trolls? It’s like the Irish immigrant indentured servants bickering with the African slaves while the Southern Planation Owners were freely abusing both.
Thank’s trueblue I will check with Zooey, maybe she can give us each other’s email’s….No I am not amazing, but I thank you for thinking so…I am just resoursful and have many little talent’s like fixing pipes, training horses, hugging trees, loving life and all in it…You and all the next generation of progressives are the amazing one’s and indeed you will need to be……You will have to be the torch berrers for your children and beyond….Tough time’s make good tough people, you are part of that, I know you are up to the task…….Blessings
“We debate until we finally realize that your only objective is to spew venom”
That is NOT my objective! My objective is to challenge the ridiculous statements you liberals make such as “look at the shape the countrys (sic) in now”. I challenged the person to explain it. I’m sure I will wait a very long time before I get a sensible answer.
how about spiraling national debt, incompetent leadership, over-extended, and frankly worn our military, insecure ports, inability, or inaction to actually fight our enemies, etc… that elaborate enough, or do you need your faced rubbed in it a bit more?
Please you can spin it anyway you want, but that is the sum total of what you are doing. being belligerant. Please Micheal. Read the News The debt is out of control, the military is over extended. everything I stated above is fact, not some talking points.
The commenter known as “polyps” who made the statement, “look at the shape the countrys (sic) in now,†is a troll who came here to puke all over the place and stir things up.
If you’re here to debate, then fine, get started debating. It’s difficult to take you seriously when you open with words like “ragheads” and “lefties.”
If you guys can’t respect liberals who don’t share your view, you shouldn’t be surprised when sites like TP don’t want you making such disparaging comments, or even discussing the issue as it has become a religion with many of its followers…
Comment by unbelievable — January 15, 2007 @ 5:39 pm
First off, I nned to say sorry for saying you would want it spoon feed. That was wrong. Part of the issue is that I don’t know what you know, what you have read on the subject? Most of the comments I have seen have come from realible sorces that have backed up there facts. The issue that I have is what I hear are lies from this administration. The administration puts together a commission to investigate 9/11, 727 days after the event kicking and screaming. Then the comission report comes out and it is a whitewash. All I ask is that a impartial comission be assembled to reinvestigate. 9/11 is at the core of everything that is happening now and will be happening for some time to come. I would like to know the truth.
Supposed to warm up here after tomorrow Zoo. but they are expecting another snowfall. I guess I will find out more tomorrow. but the temps have been hovering in the low 30’s for about a week now. I am guessing Idaho is getting much the same thing.
It seems to me like I’ve heard this from you Dems before, like during the Reagan administration. We grew ot of it then just as we will grow out of it today.
“the military is over extended”
They are? How? Don’t reply with “read the news”. That’s not an answer. That tells me you can’t respond and are directing me to a newspaper.
“everything I stated above is fact”
Now listen, you made the statements not me. If you are going to make statements like these I assume YOU have facts to back them up.
““The debt is out of controlâ€
It seems to me like I’ve heard this from you Dems before, like during the Reagan administration. We grew ot of it then just as we will grow out of it today.Comment by michael — January 15, 2007 @ 6:38 pm”
****Isn’t it awful how those *libruls* whine about debt. Just look at how they were so scared of screwing our children, Clinton raised taxes and cut spending so we wouldn’t have to *grow* our debt. I’m not sure what you mean by *grow-into*, because economists point out that the debt is growing faster than the economy, so this means by 2040 our taxes will be twice what they are today to have the same level of government services. Is that the kind of *growth* you were thinking of – one in *my* taxes! Because that’s not what I want to see!
““the military is over extendedâ€
They are? How? Don’t reply with “read the newsâ€. That’s not an answer. That tells me you can’t respond and are directing me to a newspaper. Comment by michael — January 15, 2007 @ 6:38 pm”
****You mean like this one: Stretched by frequent troop rotations to Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army has become a “thin green line†that could snap unless relief comes soon, according to a study for the Pentagon.
““everything I stated above is factâ€
Now listen, you made the statements not me. If you are going to make statements like these I assume YOU have facts to back them up. Comment by michael — January 15, 2007 @ 6:38 pm”
****That’s right michael, hold them to posting facts, then ignore the facts when they’re posted. And don’t forget to keep making your own *unfactual* postings without backing them up! Keep these dam *libruls* off balance! Hold them to a higher standard than you’ve set for yourself! After all, they’re *losers*, and facts shouldn’t get in the way of our *victory*! We are god’s chosen people!
First off, I nned to say sorry for saying you would want it spoon feed. That was wrong.
Thank you.
Part of the issue is that I don’t know what you know, what you have read on the subject?
Quite a bit. Mostly internet stuff – things people posted links to here, and I had a student last year who burned me a cd on the current stuff to see what I thought.
I was also an architect for 14 years before I began teaching it, so the tower collapse aspect of the theory for me is a big thorn.
All I ask is that a impartial comission be assembled to reinvestigate. 9/11 is at the core of everything that is happening now and will be happening for some time to come. I would like to know the truth.
Comment by JTitor — January 15, 2007 @ 6:33 pm
I have no problems with that. I think it would answer a lot of questions and resolve some disputes. Give some people closure to the disconnects. But it won’t happen on Bush’s watch. It’s why we have to continue to be a united voice in the political arena for the next two years, and hope that we manage to get a candidate who willing to do that.
I’m not sure, however, that is is possoble to get an impartial candidate for president who isn’t a slave to the Corporations that fund their campaigns. Sad.
I am guessing Idaho is getting much the same thing.
Comment by Krazny
You’d be guessing wrong, my friend! We haven’t been near the 30s for over a week. Sometimes not out of the single digits. I hope that snow misses us, we still have all the snow that has fallen in the last couple weeks. Brrr…!
The debt was out of control with Reagan and Reaganomics turned into an utter failure, except for the top 1% of the country. GB1 just continued the Reagan doctrine and we saw what happened to that wuss.
Then Clinton came in and adjusted the tax structure (yes, he RAISED taxes on the wealthy and balanced out the tax burden) as much as possible and addressed our economic policy. We then entered into the most prosperous years this country had seen since the immediate aftermath of WWII. There have been some claims that the middle-class accumulated more wealth during the Clinton era than any time in US history, but obviously that is impossible to prove due to differing economies and dollar valuations, etc… However, the fact that such an argument can be credibly put forth is telling in and of itself.
Do you remember the word “Surplus”? It’s the opposite of “Deficit”, which is a bad thing by the way.
Then GBjr came in and returned things to the level of Reagan’s failure. Clear enough for you?
Think about it from their perspective. Judd wants to be, and frankly, is a credible journalist. Comment by unbelievable — January 15, 2007 @ 4:18 pm
UnB, that’s one reason why it’s confusing why TP allows posters like “sir” Greg Nevins to spew his crap, which does not contribute any information to the discussion. Some threads just have pages and pages of his diatribes, fould language and all, and the entire thread gets hijacked. I would assume that TP would NOT want their site to be a bunch of shouting matches between posters. An outsider checking some of the threads here would wonder why a lunatic asylum would have a website!
Give it to Mikey, he’ll try anything…
Comment by ForTruth — January 15, 2007 @ 6:49 pm
Same broken record if you ask me…
These neocons haven’t had any new material in a while.
At least Jason gets his tripe from reading, so there’s a hint of debate – albeit racist and misogynistic. People like Michael are still parroting FAUX Entertainment, which is served at about a seventh grade level, like all televised ‘news’ programs.
Give it to Mikey, he’ll try anything…
Comment by ForTruth — January 15, 2007 @ 6:49 pm
Same broken record if you ask me…
These neocons haven’t had any new material in a while.
At least Jason gets his tripe from reading, so there’s a hint of debate – albeit racist and misogynistic. People like Michael are still parroting FAUX Entertainment, which is served at about a seventh grade level, like all televised ‘news’ programs.
My guess it to showcase the lunacy of the right for those on the fence? To show that both sides are represented and this is the inane nonsense their side chooses to offer?
I can’t speak for Judd, but I could see how some of these trolls are a huge endorsement for Progressivism :D
Plus, it’s gotta be hard to monitor all these comments. The Bush on 60 Minutes thread was close to 700 last I noticed.
But I could be wrong. Just trying to give him the benefit of the doubt, because I think he’s earned that.
“because economists point out that the debt is growing faster than the economy”
Now you made this statement without telling us what economists! I could make a similar reverse statement also but if I did I would list the economists to support it.
“according to a study for the Pentagon”
For the Pentagon? By whom?
“then ignore the facts when they’re posted.”
I’ll make that decision WHEN you post some facts and stop with the rhetoric.
“because economists point out that the debt is growing faster than the economy†“Now you made this statement without telling us what economists! I could make a similar reverse statement also but if I did I would list the economists to support it. Comment by michael — January 15, 2007 @ 7:03 pm”
****Dear angel michael, you’ve mixed your *meat*aphors again. While I’m sure that many of those *economists* might approve of the current *debt-oriented* policies. Please quote for me a single economist that claims the debt is increasing at a rate slower than the economy?
““according to a study for the Pentagonâ€
For the Pentagon? By whom? Comment by michael — January 15, 2007 @ 7:03 pm”
****Good boy michael! Don’t supply a *single* resource to back up your *facts*, but demand that of others, even when they’ve already given you one! I’ll help you out my dear fellow conservative. Because I know how little work you’ll do, without an illegal alien helping you!
There’s much more where that came from, dear boy!
Andrew Krepinevich, a retired Army officer who wrote the report under a Pentagon contract, concluded that the Army cannot sustain the pace of troop deployments to Iraq long enough to break the back of the insurgency. He also suggested that the Pentagon’s decision, announced in December, to begin reducing the force in Iraq this year was driven in part by a realization that the Army was overextended.
““then ignore the facts when they’re posted.â€
I’ll make that decision WHEN you post some facts and stop with the rhetoric. Comment by michael — January 15, 2007 @ 7:03 pm”
****Great work michael – spoken like a true *conservative*. Don’t post any facts, but *demand* others to post them. Then when they do, pretend they didn’t! I use that technique all of the time! It’s called the deny, defuse, deflect, defend and defeat! It works really well as long as you ignore everything the other side posts – much as you’ve done!
My uncle *adolph* could have used you in *germany* to support the fatherland!
Michael – Remember when the Dems and St. TIp “Hiccough” O’Neill baited Bush the Elder into raising taxes and then shrieked, “He RAISED taxes!!” Getting facts from “libruls” can be trying – they try and they try, but often fall short…….
My “favourite” conspiracy “theory” is the Bush/Cheney / Cabal is responsible for 9/11. I am not an expert on modern skyscraper building techniques but I was fascinated by a program on the History Channel regarding the time frame of the collapse and the heat of the jet fuel. But the sad fact – certain “haters” out there refuse to believe that a guy with a building background could “mastermind” such destruction.
“******Zoooete – Spoken like a true “librulâ€â€¦â€¦ Comment by mighty aphrodite — January 15, 2007 @ 7:26 pm”
Because you *libruls* only rejoice when *conservatives* get banned. That’s the complete opposite of me, because I only rejoice when *libruls* get banned!
“Michael – Remember when the Dems and St. TIp “Hiccough†O’Neill baited Bush the Elder into raising taxes and then shrieked, “He RAISED taxes!!†Getting facts from “libruls†can be trying – they try and they try, but often fall short……. Comment by mighty aphrodite — January 15, 2007 @ 7:19 pm”
****Yeah, make sure you blame the *libruls* for losing that election. It didn’t matter that the economy sucked, bush was inept, and that there’s no way the public was going to believe a *librul* was going to cut taxes!
It’s just *easier* to blame *libruls* for making political accusations – because you know we *never* do that! We live by a higher standard! We only attack the military record of fellow conservative war heroes during campaign primaries!
“My “favourite†conspiracy “theory†is the Bush/Cheney / Cabal is responsible for 9/11. I am not an expert on modern skyscraper building techniques but I was fascinated by a program on the History Channel regarding the time frame of the collapse and the heat of the jet fuel. But the sad fact – certain “haters†out there refuse to believe that a guy with a building background could “mastermind†such destruction. Comment by mighty aphrodite — January 15, 2007 @ 7:19 pm”
****This is my favorite, because we all know it’s *Clinton’s* and that peanut farmer *Carter*’s fault! Those *libruls* are responsible for the downfall of civilization! They just don’t understand human nature, and the competition/cooperation nature of humans that necessitate separating out the weak from the strong – preferably through the use of big ovens or gas chambers!
It’s the BL FAMILY that owns a construction business, OBL has never worked in it nor has a formal education in it. But you are absolutely right about making that association regarding construction/demolition. Makes you wonder, though, why the Bush administration helped to rush the BL family out of the country to the safety of Afghanistan…er…Saudi Arabia immediately after nine eleven though. Doesn’t make sense now does it?
As far as Tip(sy) O’Neill is concerned (that’s what I called him), I would rather have a gin blossomed speaker than a naked-boy-page wrestling one like Hastert. Are you missing the paedophile already? Do you want him back so that you can send your children to be under his “care”?
“I am not an expert on modern skyscraper building techniques but I was fascinated by a program on the History Channel regarding the time frame of the collapse and the heat of the jet fuel. Comment by mighty aphrodite — January 15, 2007 @ 7:19 pm”
****I just want to re-enforce that the History Channel is *the* definitive source on Science, and aeronautics! That’s why I rely on its report *exclusively* for my *facts* that you *libruls* are all just unscientific!
“But the sad fact – certain “haters†out there refuse to believe that a guy with a building background could “mastermind†such destruction. Comment by mighty aphrodite — January 15, 2007 @ 7:19 pm”
****The 9/11 event just shows that those dam *librul* demolition companies that demolish buildings for a living are stealing our money! The collapse of these buildings *prove* that you just need one big explosion near the top of the building, and that it will collapse internally without any other help!
That’s why the demolition experts that do this for a living, are a bunch of thieving, lying fools! Who needs their *expertise*, the *history-channel* has already given me concrete scientific proof that demolishing a skyscraper is child’s play!
I’ll make that decision WHEN you post some facts and stop with the rhetoric.
Comment by michael — January 15, 2007 @ 7:03 pm
Hey Mikey, here are some facts which I will not post links to.
Over 3000 Americans killed in Iraq and close to 25,000 wounded.
Just like Reagan, Bush has turned a surplus to a large debt.
The Bush administration is corrupt and filled with incompetents.
GWB will go down in history as the worst American president.
Your an a$$wipe or fool-most likely both****find a link for that.
I’ll make that decision WHEN you post some facts and stop with the rhetoric.
Comment by michael — January 15, 2007 @ 7:03 pm
Hey Mikey, here are some facts which I will not post links to.
Over 3000 Americans killed in Iraq and close to 25,000 wounded.
Just like Reagan, Bush has turned a surplus to a large debt.
The Bush administration is corrupt and filled with incompetents.
GWB will go down in history as the worst American president.
Your an a$$wipe or fool-most likely both****find a link for that.
I’ll make that decision WHEN you post some facts and stop with the rhetoric.
Comment by michael — January 15, 2007 @ 7:03 pm
Hey Mikey, here are some facts which I will not post links to.
Over 3000 Americans killed in Iraq and close to 25,000 wounded.
Just like Reagan, Bush has turned a surplus to a large debt.
The Bush administration is corrupt and filled with incompetents.
GWB will go down in history as the worst American president.
Your an a$$wipe or fool-most likely both****find a link for that.
An important example that didn’t make it onto this list comes from the president’s 9/15/06 press conference. In this instance, Bush went so far as to suggest that even certain thoughts are unacceptable:
“If there’s any comparison between the compassion and decency of the American people and the terrorist tactics of extremists, it’s flawed logic. I simply can’t accept that. It’s unacceptable to think that there’s any kind of comparison between the behavior of the United States of America and the action of Islamic extremists who kill innocent women and children to achieve an objective.”
Roy, He was being kind – of course, it’s perfectly acceptable for you to think ANYthing you wish…..But please don’t criticize those of us who find “libruls” amusingly stupid (I surmise it’s acceptable to think Progs and Progettes are “amusingly stupid”) or pathetic. Pathetic Progs fall into the worldcantwait, Internationale, Revolutionary C*mmu^!st Party category. Another coalition I find Progs can cheer about is Huggo in Venezuela teaming up with Ahmindinejead. What a twosome!
“Pathetic Progs fall into the worldcantwait, Internationale, Revolutionary C*mmu^!st Party category. Another coalition I find Progs can cheer about is Huggo in Venezuela teaming up with Ahmindinejead. What a twosome! Comment by mighty aphrodite — January 15, 2007 @ 8:08 pm”
****Of course the part that pisses me off the most, is those *koranimals* used to be our *friends*, against the *commies*, so now I feel betrayed! Much like when I found out my husband was having sex in the public bathroom, when the George Michael tour was in town!
There would have been a day, when we conservatives would have cheered such a *shadow* of Bush that Iran’s preznit *achmed* makes! Now, he’s just another jew hater, that we have to put in an oven and gas to death!
“Hagette, please tell us your funny story about your dead child again. It’s been soooo long… Comment by Zooey — January 15, 2007 @ 8:16 pm”
****I just cooked the youngest one in a stew last week because she said she wanted me to put a *librul* spread of peanut butter on her sandwich! I keep a bunch of my husbands pekur juice in the freezer, I’ll just have another litter to replace her! All I can say is, she was *good-eats*!
“Hagette, please tell us your funny story about your dead child again. It’s been soooo long… Comment by Zooey — January 15, 2007 @ 8:16 pmâ€
****I just cooked the youngest one in a stew last week because she said she wanted me to put a *librul* spread of peanut butter on her sandwich! I keep a bunch of my husbands pekur juice in the freezer, I’ll just have another litter to replace her! All I can say is, she was *good-eats*!
Comment by I_am_mighty_aphrodite_and_a_zionist_fool — January 15, 2007 @ 8:21 pm
Discussing young Osama, “The father used to insist on his sons to go and manage some projects themselves.” “ome projects” is an understatement – the bin Laden Group has had wide ranging civil and commercial projects in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East……The entire article is fascinating – if you can get through it…..As for getting the binLaden’s out…..another old Prog conspiracy….I suppose you would have been happier if the family which has disowned their bombing brother, had been tortured and killed? What are you. a closet Repub?
And you clever Prog – linking Hastert to the gay-pedophile, Mark Foley….how amusing! It’s almost as funny as taking a drive with Senator Ted “Breast Stroke” Kennedy, or going to Barney Franks’ for a fun-filled evening with gay-hookers when Barney was gone and didn’t have a
clue! Toooo funny, Tubber
“because economists point out that the debt is growing faster than the economy†“Now you made this statement without telling us what economists! I could make a similar reverse statement also but if I did I would list the economists to support it. Comment by michael — January 15, 2007 @ 7:03 pmâ€
Under Democratic presidents, every income class did well but the poorest did best. The bottom 20% had average pretax income growth of 2.63% per year while the top 5% showed pretax income growth of 2.11% per year.
Republicans were polar opposites. Not only was their overall performance worse than Democrats, but it was wildly tilted toward the well off. The bottom 20% saw pretax income growth of only .6% per year while the top 5% enjoyed pretax income growth of 2.09% per year. (What’s more, the trendline is pretty clear: if the chart were extended to show the really rich — the top 1% and the top .1% — the Republican growth numbers for them would be higher than the Democratic numbers.)
Lets see from Forbes we see:
Postwar Presidencies Ranked By Six Measures Of Economic Performance, Where 1 Is Best. Who was the winner? Hmmmm…Bill Clinton. Who was the worst, hmmmm…GHB.
Hermaphrodite and that other as$hole here are the Economic breakdowns by party. This website puts the breaks to your spin that somehow republicans are better at economics….just another lie by the so called conservatives.
It seems to me like I’ve heard this from you Dems before, like during the Reagan administration. We grew ot of it then just as we will grow out of it today.
When is enough enough? Or rather when is it too much? Do you think perpetual, increasing debt is good? If so, explain.
Wow, I think Schmendrick was about the best laugh I have had in a while. So let me get this straight; those who say question the government, and we maybe we should consider what to do before doing it, are part of the Nazi brainwash cult who just react?
I think you need to either get off the meds, or up the meds, depending on where you are in your life. Oh well at least you aren’t ranting as much as the self styled mighty aphrodite. your posts are at least mildly coherant, not something I can say for her posts.
“because economists point out that the debt is growing faster than the economyâ€
Now you made this statement without telling us what economists! I could make a similar reverse statement also but if I did I would list the economists to support it.
Are you retarded? Not even your paid for neocon economists deny this. Dipshit.
You give the rest of us a bad name with your witchcraft
SAVE OUR TROOPS Briseadh na Faire
Stay away please
We can get alot more done WITHOUT YOU
Comment by NOT a Briseadh na Faire FAN at ALL — January 15, 2007 @ 9:14 pm
you should look up witchcraft, NOTAFAN… you’ll find it is an earth-centered religion/philosophy….not like the Hollywood witches at all.
Now, if you want to really get into it…one does not even have to cast “spells.” Focused intent can work “magick.” Manipulating physical objects can be fun and revealing (just ask Mighty A) but that is not necessary to witchcraft.
And you say “most posters here these days abhore it when you show up.” Name two.
Reptilian brains with no emotions are the Dems and Progs mindset
Yes…no emotions at all. Our concern for our young men and women that Chimpy sends off every day to get blown up in Iraq is all clearly feigned. However did you see though our clever deception?
Dolt.
Cause
Effect
Reaction
This is an unthinking and archaic mindset you people have going no here
Oh yes…believing that acts have consequences, and that the same actions performed over and over again will produce the same results (or lack therof) is certainly an ‘unthinking’ and ‘archaic’ mindset.
Idiot.
Someone needed the courage to step forward and tell you all what you are really all about and well I guess I am the courageous one
Well, schmendrick, if you were truly courageous, you’d be enlisting in the Army so you could go fight Chimpy’s war…but let’s not split hairs…
Your cultlike gathering here everynight is akin to nazi propaganda rallies back in the 30s and 40s
A self reliant and totally SELF sufficient group who gathers together at sundown everynight like the witchcraft seekers and UNGODLIES you people really are
Let me get this straight…you’re claiming that the traits of self-sufficiency and self-reliance are negative? That alone is so moronic that I don’t even need to discuss your use of the terms ‘witchcraft seekers’ and ‘UNGODLIES’. Sheesh.
The smart ones here have alreadfy left for good
They were able to overcome many months worth of brainwashing at the hands of you posters
But wait….I thought we were ’self-reliant’…doesn’t sound like a trait that goes well with ‘easily brainwashed’. If you can’t keep your rants consistent with reality, at least try to keep them internally consistent.
It is the too far gone and the crazies who remain here at think progress
Well, that explains you, anyway…
I can GUARANTEE you will not get very far
Don’t make promises you’re clearly not competent enough to keep, Junior.
Not if I can help it
(You can’t.)
And I am one dirty lowdown kneecappin unscrupulous bastard of an enemy to have against you
Promises, promises. From what I’ve seen so far, that’s all we’ll get.
… just sayin
Talk is cheap, schmendrick. Bring the noise (if you’re able).
#197 Not to be insulting but I find all of the “witch” crap just as insulting to the intelligence as the “Jesus rose from the dead” crap. It is all just lunacy.
Not to be insulting but I find all of the “witch†crap just as insulting to the intelligence as the “Jesus rose from the dead†crap. It is all just lunacy.
Comment by JPark — January 15, 2007 @ 9:54 pm
Actually, I prefer the term metaphysics. All I can say here is, from my personal experiences, it works. If you are open to that, and would like to know more, let me know.
Not to be insulting but I find all of the “witch†crap just as insulting to the intelligence as the “Jesus rose from the dead†crap. It is all just lunacy.
Comment by JPark — January 15, 2007 @ 9:54 pm
A friend of mine calls religion ‘the parachute’… which he says land mammals don’t exactly need, but some won’t give up ‘just in case’ there is a spiteful god that suddenly blinks them into a spiraling airplane to test their faith…
Though, I find people like Sharon Cox who is wiccan to not be religious, but more in harmony with nature – which I can respect. It’s that whole “Let’s crucify a man to be given pentance for a couple of people having once eaten an apple” that I have problems with… Especially when they are always crying foul that they can’t force the rest of us to think the same way.
Actually, I prefer the term metaphysics. All I can say here is, from my personal experiences, it works. If you are open to that, and would like to know more, let me know.
Comment by Briseadh na Faire
Actually, I dont believe in metaphysics. None of that has been proven by science, however, that doesnt mean it is NOT interesting. I admire the way that druids and indian tribes got in touch with themselves and nature. Perhaps the modern hi-tech man should learn a lot about this philosophy. I practice aikido and the world changes once you are inside the tatami. Science can describe it as heartbeats, body dynamics, force, etc. but science fails to grasp the real meaning of the art, of course.
BTW, I do NOT abhore you. :)
I don’t think that any person can alter the physical world or the metaphysical world with a thought.
Comment by JPark — January 15, 2007 @ 10:07 pm
Then, I take it, you have never made a cloud disappear….I used to feel the same way as you. As I said earlier, if you have an open mind and would like to know more, let me know.
Actually, I dont believe in metaphysics. None of that has been proven by science…Comment by Juan C — January 15, 2007 @ 10:18 pm
That’s why it’s called metaphysics….it is unprovable by “science.” Go back and research the tsunami of a year ago…how the native tribes knew to go to higher ground…and study shamanism.
They call me stormtrooper in my other blog because I have the ability to change people over to the correct way of thinking
Hoo boy…yeah, I just bet they do.
They probably call you ’stormtrooper’ because you are a faceless nobody who fires round after round after round, but never can seem to hit the target. ^_^
‘Schmendrick’ goes on to say a lot more, but it’s even more incoherent than what I quoted…yikes.
A few tips for you. Schmendrick:
– This is a political blog. Other posters might take you more seriously if you actually attempt to discuss the issues presented here.
– Just because you’ve managed to figure out the riddle of the childproof cap does not make it OK to ’sample’ your grandma’s medication.
And people will be watching movies instead of his ridiculous State of the Union address as well. It’s painful to watch the fool which he continues to make of himself. How’d he ever get elected? Ooops….forgot
Glad I have stayed out of this frey tonight…..Thank you for the compliment Unbelievable…We do have a lot in common, balance and earth first…Tree hugger’s make good friend’s, like the tree’s we tend to be steadfast…
The diffrences in all people should be honored and respected….Getting to know about people or thing’s removes fear and increases harmony…
I only have one thing to add tonight, been a long, cold, hard day to get through…..If all people from around the world stoped what they were doing at the same time and had one same thought at that moment, rather in the form of a prayer, wish or Blessing the thing they thought of would happen……How could it not……Look to the people around you, no matter their faith or no relegion, ask them what they think is the one most important thing for our world today….Then present them with this thought if you dare….Stop the war’s now…..Then maybe we can pick a day, pass the word around through the internet…Maybe a huge march or assembly at the same time…..Think on it..While we work for Impeaching these murders in our administration and cleaning up their mess we must get rid of all the evil that causes war’s..Banish and shun they will leave, they fear us……Blessings all…..
Mistress Z, methinks schmendrix dripped over here from huffpo. I recognize the linguistic (not to mention the “smegmaâ€).
Classic schoolyard.
Comment by RUCerious
I guess I shouldn’t have called it Schmendrick, since it took on the name. I should have called it Wank Off. Yes, this one has been here before, and fairly recently, I think.
“If all people from around the world stoped what they were doing at the same time and had one same thought at that moment, rather in the form of a prayer, wish or Blessing the thing they thought of would happen…”
The power of the mind is staggering. We should be so lucky…
Good Evening Zooey, how’s my favorite college student tonight.?….
It seem’s a bit warmer here..Hope the weather is improving for our Lady in the east. That would be you BTW……
So far my patch and cap on the water main is holding….It’s only Jan. and worry about the added snow forcasted and more cold…Had to take a nap and I never take nap’s, seemed to help.. Guess getting up at 4 A.M. and running all day was a bit over the top for this old woman…..
How are your young men doing.? Bet they are proud you are going to college….Not going to stick aound much tonight, to many flakes…..Supose some think the same of me…..LOL.. Like butt’s, every one has an opinion..And ofcourse there are the one’s that I piss off for my chit chat….Let’s see will I listen to Credence or Bocheli……LOL..Blessings and night all..Maybe
Go back and research the tsunami of a year ago…how the native tribes knew to go to higher ground…
Comment by Briseadh na Faire
They followed the elephants.
Thailand, January 2: Agitated elephants felt the tsunami coming, and their sensitivity saved about a dozen foreign tourists from the fate of thousands killed by the giant waves.
“I was surprised because the elephants had never cried before,” mahout Dang Salangam said on Sunday on Khao Lak beach at the eight-elephant business offering rides to tourists.
The elephants started trumpeting — in a way Dang, 36, and his wife Kulada, 24, said could only be described as crying — at first light, about the time an earthquake measured at a magnitude of 9.0 cracked open the sea bed off Indonesia’s Sumatra island.
To get a sense of the range of frequencies used by elephants it may be useful to compare them with the range used by humans. A typical male’s voice in speech fluctuates around 110 Hertz (Hz, or cycles per second), a female’s voice around 220 Hz and a child’s around 300 Hz(4).
Among elephants, a typical male rumble fluctuates around an average minimum of 12 Hz (more than 3 octaves below a man’s voice), a female’s rumble around 13 Hz and a calf’s around 22 Hz
I know this is tacky, but when I really think about the world we live in, the faces of dignity of people -frequently poor people cuz they have nothing to hide-, the waves in the ocean, the red of the sun when it is dusk, the rain, the mountains, the green of the plants and the dynamics and behavior of animals, I want to cry becuz I frequently forget about whats really important: all of us. I feel sad becuz Im missing all that beauty blinded by the little problems in my little shallow world of business, studies and cell phones. Sorry, I feel like a black musician playing blues.
Thank you Juan C…Great link….Many of us, as you know are capable of quieting our mind and are in tune to Mother earth…I have been gifted with many thing’s one of which is knowing way ahead of time when quakes are coming…..I also can smell the approach of rain hour’s before a cloud is even seen…..Can witch for water and know when an animal is sick long before most can detect a problem….My vet in Montana loved that I would call and he and I would stop problem’s that could of been deadly because I saw the very early subtle sign’s……I believe you must be a lot like that your self….You are loved, by me and many….Blessings
Sorry, I feel like a black musician playing blues.
Comment by Juan C
You sound like one, too. :)
That’s not tacky at all, Juan. We all forget what’s truly important every now and then, but we have you to remind us. You are a very compassionate person, and we all learn from you.
I believe you must be a lot like that your self….You are loved, by me and many….Blessings
Comment by Sharon Cox
You are a very compassionate person, and we all learn from you.
Comment by Zooey
Is this a conspiracy to make me cry? :)
Thank you for these moments. Good night.
Everything is a conspiracy theory until proven, right?
Another thing that gets me is the fact that the trolls
get to insult and spread mental trash without being
censored.
So much for the free speech.
As long as I am convinced that Operation Northwoods
was the plausible concept behind the events after 9/10
I will voice that opinion. And the fact that the great
leader gets annoyed about it shows it is absolutely
justified to share that ‘believe’.
Last but not least: Where is the difference between
religion and truth?
Everything that can’t be true is conspiracy, got it.
I am not some lunatic that hears the grass grow.
I connect dots, nothing else. And there are enough
dots out there to be connected.
To finalize my statement:
If a government is able to eliminate most evidence
of a specific event, does that make the event a theory,
or is the mere absence of hard evidence more likely to
amplify the doubt of the chronology of such event?
Hence, it is righteously so propagated by forementioned
trolls, that any theory about Bushes intentions and the way
the neocons have orchestrated the events leading to the
present situation, is nothing but a ‘conspiracy theory’.
Lee Harvey Oswald was just a disturbed person, that shot
JFK from the back through the chest into the head.
Unbelievable.
Fear based thought is often accompanied with greed, dominance, bigotry, hatred, self loathing and projected loathing on others…..More often than not people with delusions of grandure and jealousy do terrible thing’s to themselves and others…..Also people with fear based thought have a sophmoric attitude, example, if your their friend you can’t be mine……It’s to sad that many fear based thinking people try by force to make others think as they do..Many have addictive behavior, troll’s and bush have all of these same trait’s…..I think, and it is just my opinion these types have a wire short circuted in their brain and are not capable of learning beyond a certain level and few are able to love anything, least of all themselves….The more they scream their hate and push their way or the highway the more like extreme spoiled children they become……Often time out’s work, more often tough love, banishing and shunning work wonder’s….Blessings
I believe in interdependency.Thus said there must be an explanation for denial of the obvious. We call them trolls whereas it is more than apparent that those poor elements are totally disconnected from reality. Reality is not something stiff and immobile. It is based on the possibilities our minds allow us to perceive. That is generally spoken the reason why trolls dwell in a small dark space in the universe. Metaphorically light does not penetrate their mind. It is hate and willful ignorance, the
free choice of limitation and ignorance.
An Octopus is more intelligent than any participant, member or follower of a believe system that perceives dissidents as inferior.
Respect to all of You that show an honest effort to promote
a better world in which oppression and abuse are not an acceptable means to manage what life has given to us.
Respect to all of You that show an honest effort to promote
a better world in which oppression and abuse are not an acceptable means to manage what life has given to us.
I also want to know the truth about 9/11, and not have it suppressed. I am not a conspiracy theorist, I simply like to know the facts. And the facts, in this instance, do not add up. Really, to quite a staggering degree.
First of all, the pancake theory’s physical impossibility really does point to some sort of demolitions. There is absolutely no way, under physics, that a building can go into freefall, terminal velocity, whatnot, under the pancake theory. The math doesn’t even come close to working. Was it patient terrorists setting the whole thing up over months of time? I want to know. Was it a rogue faction within our government? I want to know.
Why were the stocks for all of the airlines used in the attacks traded 11x more heavily in the few days leading up to the attack? I really want to know that one, and I want to know who it was involved in those transactions. Follow the money. Basic Investigations 101. Those numbers are off the chart as far as anomalies go, yet the MSM refuses to go near then. But, the facts are there. Anyone can check the stock market and see the activity. It was real, and someone got very, very rich off of this horrible tragedy.
Speaking of getting rich off of the tragedy, why did Silverstein buy such an enormous insurance policy on the buildings so close to the attacks? Why did Silverstein, on camera, approve the demolition of the building, using a term ONLY used in professional demolition work? Why did firemen, also on camera, say they finally got word that they were “pulling the building”? “Pulling a building” is only used in those terms. It takes far, far longer than a few hours to set up such a demolition job.Coincidence? That is a more insane conspiracy theory than all of the stuff the UFO folks come up with.
Why the hell were our military conducting terror alert tests involving FLYING PLANES INTO BUILDINGS that very morning? Why did Dick Cheney insist that the Air Force stand down? How the hell did those planes stay in the air for so long, when there are countless instances of F-16s reaching planes off course in under 15 minutes with longer distances to travel to reach said off-course plane?
Do I think George W. Bush did it? No, I do not. Do I think Israel did it? No, I do not. That does not, however, mean I am willing to rule out rogue factions within the intelligence community in those and other countries. The Community, as they like to refer to themselves, consider themselves a separate entity from the governments and citizens alike that they are supposed to serve.
Honestly, to me, it seems like a combination of bait & switch on the stock market, combined with insurance scam. And a distinct possibility that Cheney wanted a Gulf of Tonkin to get the ball rolling on his decades-long agenda against Iraq and Iran. Does it sound crazy compared to the official story? Perhaps, but not really, to anyone who has seriously studied history. There have been numerous false flags in human history, including those that Americans participated in. This is all on the public record, and officially acknowledged by historians and the government alike.
We’ll never know until an actual investigation is put forth, however. We do know, for certain, that regardless of who committed that horrible atrocity, this Administration used it for their own political means. Even if that is their only role in the entire matter, that is unacceptable.
To those who absolutely don’t even want to look at the evidence, consider this: Do you think the many honorable, well-regarded members of the scientific community, and most of the people who want to know the truth LIKE the thought of such conspiracies being true? Because let me tell you, it f**king sucks. It absolutely sucks to think that there are people who could be so evil, and so two-faced about it all. I’d much, much rather we had concrete, publicly discussed and reviewed evidence directly linking terrorist cells to that tragic day. Sure, the conspiracy theorists who get off on everything being linked to some great, Illuminati-like uber-conspiracy do. But those of us just looking at the pieces of the puzzle and seeing SO MANY contradictions to the “official account” are most assuredly not having a good time.
Not trying to derail the conversation, sorry folks. But if any and all posts concerning anything not in the official story really are being deleted, that SHOULD cause concern amongst all of you honorable, rational human beings I know are out there just trying to understand this crazy thing called life as well.
Now you democrats know how us republicans felt back in WW2 when you democrats forced a war down our throats under false pretenses through Roosevelt
Comment by charles farson — January 16, 2007 @ 3:04 am
What astounding reasoning! One wrong deed (that saved the lives of millions and millions of people from genocide, and, of course, let us fight the fascists before they truly could achieve world domination) totally deserves another horribly wrong deed to level it all out! Especially when there is a (multi-)generational gap, and neither party has the same agenda it once did. Oh, and don’t forget, those Dixie-crats who up and left the Republican party (or were they kicked out; Who cares, right?)
There is one group that has always had the power to stop Blair’s compulsive subservience to George Bush: members of parliament. So far, the majority have acquiesced in every stage of Blair’s warmongering. On 24 January, Iraq will be debated and voted on in parliament. Stop the War has called for a lunchtime lobby of MPs, followed by an evening demonstration outside the House of Commons (details below). Between now and then we need to do everything possible to ensure that MPs know that they must not repeat their abject performance on 31 October 2006, when only 12 Labour MPs voted for an inquiry into the whole Iraq disaster.
Yes you fools have billions of dollars worth of bought and paid for media but it is like listening to a dead air microphone !
NO IDEAS !
You remind me of a spoiled kid with a rich daddy ( Soros ) .
You cant play drums for shit and you have been after daddy and after daddy so he buys you a drum set .
He also buys up all the companies who manufacture all the drum sets in the world .
So no one else gets a chance to play .
Now we all must bear the burden and the brunt of you and your wielding of your drumset ( blog time here )
The Preznit and his ideas haven’t worked. The Dems can’t give one to him because he doesn’t listen, kinda like Velma Ritter. Doesn’t she realize that MANY have tried to give the Decider a plan, he won’t even discuss them? You madam, are the FOOL and I guess a member of the “compassionate conservatives, who love war!!”
There is absolutely no way, under physics, that a building can go into freefall, terminal velocity, whatnot, under the pancake theory. The math doesn’t even come close to working.
Comment by Moderation — January 16, 2007 @ 2:57 am
Buildings are 95% air (it’s how you inhabit them). They only ever fall, like everything else that isn’t solid, at 32 ft per second squared (this means that they accelerate as they fall). Traditional explosives are not necessary… Though a plane filled with jet fuel that explodes could be considered the only necessary force. Physically it was enough.
I’ve studied physics, statics and engineering. I then practiced it for 14 years in the industry.
Comment by Velma Ritter — January 16, 2007 @ 8:03 am
Don’t start.
It’s not that the Dems don’t have a plan. They just don’t have one that Bush or the Repubs in the 109th agreed to. Murtha wanted to redepoy the troops, but oh no, we couldn’t do that.
Bush said that he’d pull out America’s troops if the Iraqi government asked. They asked. He ignored them. It’s on TP if you know how to use the search option.
Saw Katie Couric interview a commander on CBS News last week. He said that historically speaking, it takes about 10 years to quell an insurgency. Are you ready to commit our troops, including possibly one that is a member of your family or a friend’s family, to 6 more years of Iraqi occupation?
And what of Bush’s plan? Is he going to smack the Iraqis on the hands if his “new way forward” doesn’t work? Oh wait…the only negative thing that will happen if the Iraqis don’t take advantage of our escalation and stand up so that we can stand down will be that they will lose the support of the American people. Yeah…that’ll get them moving.
Bush Said He Would Withdraw U.S. Forces If The Iraqis Asked
On Monday, Iraqi political leaders called on the U.S. to set a timetable for withdrawal. In January, President Bush said that if asked by the Iraqis, U.S. forces would leave the country:
President Bush said in an interview on Thursday that he would withdraw American forces from Iraq if the new government that is elected on Sunday asked him to do so, but that he expected Iraq’s first democratically elected leaders would want the troops to remain as helpers, not as occupiers.
Bush has now been asked to withdraw. Will he stick to his word?
Comment by unbelievable — January 16, 2007 @ 8:53 am
As much as I respect you, since you’ve been a congenial and thoughtful poster for as long as I’ve been perusing TP, buildings do not just freefall without demolitions. Yes, buildings are mostly air. But a skyscraper is constructed of incredibly strong steel girders that don’t just melt or shatter, and certainly not in a unilaterally even spread across the width of a building. Even the weight of all that steel collapsing in upon itself simply does not allow for a freefall. One layer hits the next layer, which halts the freefall for just a moment. There is vastly more resistance in such a fall than air resistance, which is absolutely, 100% proven able to prevent an object from accelerating all the way to terminal velocity. That is one of the specific reasons why they have to use demolitions…to powderize the layers below the freefall as the building collapses in upon itself in such a manner as to prevent that resistance from occurring.
Next, there are virtually no instances of a fire, or even an explosion causing any building, much less a skyscraper, to collapse. In the extremely rare cases when they have, the buildings have been smaller, the fire far hotter than mere airline fuel burning off, and the fire has raged for far, far longer than those in the Towers. Moreover, the likelyhood of a building fire causing a skyscraper to fall straight down is incredibly tiny. A building is far more likely to fall at an angle, especially once the portion above the fire impacts the portion below the fire. That is another major reason for demolitions, to prevent the fall from straying. What’s more, the Towers were specifically designed to withstand temperatures far in excess of that airline fuel is capable of. Nearly twice as hot, in fact.
We are honestly supposed to believe that a fall with such incredibly small odds of occuring once happened not once, not twice, but three times in just a matter of hours? The statistical likelyhood of that occuring is…well, it’s just beyond staggering.
Like others here, I did not believe that there was a conspiracy of this sort for years after 9/11. But the evidence that something is severely amiss is just too overwhelming. The fact that the administration flat out refused any sort of investigation until long after the pieces of the building were sold off for scrap metal is downright frightening. I want to know who did it, why they did and, and how they did it. If it ends up being terrorists, again, awesome. But at this point, the answer that supports the evidence is far more depressing and frightening than Al Qaeda could ever hope to be. And that is just the physical evidence. That doesn’t even cover the possible insurance scam and insider trading informatio.
And this nation finds him and his administration “unacceptable”. So tit for tat; I am sure the Educator-In-Chief will understand this logic.
January 15th, 2007 at 11:32 amBush is unacceptable, so he must resign or be impeached with Cheney!
January 15th, 2007 at 11:33 amUnacceptable, that’s what you are, unacceptable, in every way.
Chimpys’ got a new theme song.
-GSD
January 15th, 2007 at 11:33 amGeorge W. Bush, you are unacceptable.
January 15th, 2007 at 11:36 amto my ears, this is yet another example of bush’s paltry attempt to make up for his poor public speaking skills. it’s one of those stock, practiced lines that he trots out whenever he can’t think of anything authentic to say, but it makes him sound tough. i’ll refer readers to some of his other trademark stock phrases:
“I appreciate…”
“I’m looking forward to…”
“I understand…”
“Part of my job…”
“It’s hard work.”
others?
January 15th, 2007 at 11:38 amI think unacceptable is the only big word Georgie Porgie knows!
January 15th, 2007 at 11:39 amThis is a charade, folks! The only time a sociopath admits to making a mistake is when he uses it to justify an even bigger one! Does this chimp think people are idiots? hahahahah! He’s so totally delusional.
January 15th, 2007 at 11:44 amI don’t know a single soul who listened to the chimp’s latest drivel, do you?
And people will be watching movies instead of his ridiculous State of the Union address as well. It’s painful to watch the fool which he continues to make of himself. How’d he ever get elected? Ooops….forgot…..he stole both elections……but that’s another thread.
January 15th, 2007 at 11:46 amits Unacceptable to have a president who does not know the meaning of Tribal sovereignty
DUH “its a Tribe thats sovereign”
January 15th, 2007 at 11:48 amThe fact that his “golden egg laying goose” is about to be taken away…
…is what Bushiva deems unacceptable…
…I hope it doesn’t take fifty years to break the story of how much these people have stolen…
…I realize that even on this website (among “informed” Progressives)…
…there are many who don’t believe this possibe (that Bushiva and L’il Dick)…
…no… that the President and Vice President of the U.S….
…have robbed us…
January 15th, 2007 at 11:52 amlisten….. you george bush are unacceptable
- first your corruption involved in enron
- then your deceptive clear skies
- and the healthy forests
- and all your constitution challanges
- and spying
- and opening mail
and what else have you accompblished;
- lots of arm twisting in congress
- lots of corrupt practices
and what is the ONLY thing george bush acts towards serving the people…
for now 6 years, all you can talk about is terrorists…. THAT’S IT!!!!!!!!!!
Do you know george bush since year 2002, 5 straight years when i read
anything on the news regarding george bush EVERYTHING is terrorists
NOTHING ELSE
george bush, you are unacceptable along with all your chronies…. completely corrupted and even your war games with iraq is totally
unacceptable affecting millions of people
well, there’s always mental health, so you can pop another tranquilizer
and spend more time on vacation than any president EVER
and for congress, the 109th most corrupt EVER along with 1 day work weeks
yes george bush, that is very unacceptable and everything is unacceptable
and for your contribution is screwing things up so bad it is unacceptable
you have yet to be impeached
enough to make you **** TOTALLY CORRUPT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 15th, 2007 at 12:08 pmGet used to it folks. Bush is not going to be stopped by anyone. He gets his ass handed to him in the midterm elections, he has a 25% approval rating, even his own party think she sucks dick, yet he acts in every way as if he won in a landslide. He will continue to piss away our country’s resources, lives, honor and money to defend his pitiful ego.
If we are lucky, he will be stopped before he kicks off WWIII, but that may even be too late.
Bush is deranged. He believes that he was chosen by God to kick some Muslim butt, how can a 25% approval rating compete with that?
The worst person ever. As far as damage to America, that is. There have been some bad actors over the years, but in terms of damage to our country, he is enemy number 1.
January 15th, 2007 at 12:09 pm#5,
‘What the American people have to understand is’…
‘I decide’
Or, as Darth Cheney so eloquently stated yesterday on
January 15th, 2007 at 12:15 pmFux news; ‘My’ energy task force’…
But, we have plenty of words to describe this administration:
Unacceptable, Unbelievable, Unplanned, Unusual, Unbearable, Unfunded, Uncommon, Undereducated, (insert word here)…
Things Bush said were unacceptable-
Katrina response: “unacceptableâ€
Sudan genocide “unacceptableâ€
North Korea Nukes: “unacceptableâ€
Iran Nukes: “unacceptableâ€
Catch & Release: “unacceptableâ€
DC’s Schools: “unacceptableâ€
Murder Rate in America: “unacceptableâ€
Inadequate barracks for our military: “unacceptableâ€
Lastly:
WMD in Iraq: “unacceptableâ€.
January 15th, 2007 at 12:17 pm(The only one lacking evidence; the only one acted upon)
now if we the people expected integrity and a correction to this
mess.
democratic congress…. just a repeat of 1994/1995
and what do these totally corrupted public servants talk about
- american family values
yeh right…. just 3 short years ago i thought corruption was a rarity,
FOLKS….. corruption absolutely is a reality and most likely what we
are witnessing is no different than the past 100 years
all the wonderful services bush provides to us. ya a bureaucracy is big,
inefficient, wasteful, and mistakes are made
but bush & the 109th are totally unacceptable and so far the 110th has
said it’s off the table, but we are going to serve the people and clean
up ethics, but the very next day, guess what…. fundraiser at $1000 plates
has congress accompblished anything yet in the 1’st 100 hours or are they
just setting up a situation that is conflictual to lobbyists and are we just
being minipulated again? we will certainly know within a year or two, but
so far that appears unacceptable too.
oh well, i guess it’s no different than the legacy since nixon…. yes bush
January 15th, 2007 at 12:19 pmcorruption/k street/all your chronies is very unacceptable
Also unacceptable: The fact that 800 million people go to bed hungry every night. It’s time to fight against global poverty and really commit to the Millennium Development Goals which were agreed on globally. The Borgen project says that it will cost a mere $19 billion annually to achieve one of these goals- the end to world hunger. That’s nothing compared to the over $300 billion we’ve spent on Iraq so far.
January 15th, 2007 at 12:21 pmThe smirking gun was High Treason on 9-11: that was, is and always will be… unacceptable…
January 15th, 2007 at 12:21 pmThe world’s sole super power getting its arse handed to it by some men in night gowns is also unacceptable but watchyagonna do, right? You go to “war†with the Commander-In-Chief that you have, not the one you wished you had.
January 15th, 2007 at 12:22 pmHere we go again…I try to post something pointing out how to some people, Bush has been quite acceptable, and TP won’t let the post show up.
GO FIGURE!
January 15th, 2007 at 12:25 pmNOW it shows up.
:-P
January 15th, 2007 at 12:27 pmReality.
January 15th, 2007 at 12:31 pmReality is unacceptable to Bush.
Causing 9/11 was unacceptable; creating this phoney baloney war on terrorism is unacceptable; your admininstration’s NON-response to Katrina was unacceptable; the rampant corruption in your adminstration is unacceptable; sending our sons and daughters to be killed for oil is unacceptable; your violating the constitution is unacceptable; your environment policy is unacceptable; opening our mail is unacceptable; wiretapping is unacceptable;
You SIRS : Darth Cheney and Dumbya are unacceptable.
January 15th, 2007 at 12:33 pmComment by Briseadh na Faire #15
GREAT POST!
…you should send it to the DNC…
…and we should demand it be printed in EVERY major periodical in the country…
…as a full page ad…
…for People For a TRUE Democracy…
January 15th, 2007 at 12:33 pmabsolutely, unacceptable, i am being directly affected by the
corruption of bushs civil rights, appointing corrupt judges in
reccess, are you getting law makers to follow the law, it’s
all rigged
yes bush all your cronyism and corruption is very unacceptable,
a compulsive liar, you screwed up new orleans, you can’t even
provide the essentials of service to this country.
enough now… :)
something tells me this is going to be a long long thread just to
see how everybody responds to georges vision everything is
unacceptable.
for one thing i know for sure, for the next 23 months what will
george bush talk about every day…. OF COURSE, terrorists
isn’t 5 long years long enough. NO……..
yeh right terrorists, but don’t forget cheney will go right through
the revolving door right to the private sector come 2008/2009
and george bush will live on with his contribution of 500 million
memorial.
yes george bush, totally unacceptable…….
and i guess WE THE PEOPLE will deal with the weakest dollar EVER
January 15th, 2007 at 12:39 pmand generations of debt for georges, terrorists…. absolutely
VERY unacceptable
then, there is the original:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/1/14/11345/5811
(I’m beginning to think TP is blocking my IP.)
January 15th, 2007 at 12:41 pmbig papa sez:
What post? Post #15 is by jimbo.
Once again, Think Progress clumsily attempts to further its clandestine agenda. And, once again, Think Progress succeeds only in making their agenda less clandestine.
January 15th, 2007 at 12:43 pm(I’m beginning to think TP is blocking my IP.)
Comment by Briseadh na Faire
Apparently you are not the only one.
January 15th, 2007 at 12:43 pmI have to wonder if the last two years of reading non-fiction books has pricked a little hole in Bubble Boy’s cozy little faux-reality and forced him to recognize that life isn’t Dom Perignon, Filet Mignon and Caviar for every one else…
Nah.
January 15th, 2007 at 12:44 pmat least the link to the original is up…for now.
time for this one to do some chores around the house.
January 15th, 2007 at 12:47 pmThanks for the link, Briseadh.
January 15th, 2007 at 12:49 pmAfter you say something is unacceptable, and you are the President of the United States, you would think some of that “unacceptable” stuff would get fixed. What has Bush fixed?
January 15th, 2007 at 12:49 pmThink Progress succeeds only in making their agenda less clandestine.
Comment by TripMaster Monkey — January 15, 2007 @ 12:43 pm
What agenda?
January 15th, 2007 at 12:50 pmYou go to “war†with the Commander-In-Chief that you have, not the one you wished you had.
Comment by Abby — January 15, 2007 @ 12:22 pm
LOL
January 15th, 2007 at 12:51 pmThe American Psychiatric Association needs to get their heads out of their collective butts and do something about this obviously sick man who has all of the hallmarks of serious psychiatric disease. Baker Act anyone??
January 15th, 2007 at 12:52 pmThis is ridiculous (and tragic)…
…what happened to Briseadh na Faire’s post #15?
…censorship on a reputed Progressive site is “unacceptable”…
…especially censorship on such a relevant, coherent and possibly enlightening (for those still in the dark) treatise on the criminal Bushite junta/right wing conned’selfservative agenda…
…isn’t that (Briseadh’s deleted post) what this site is supposed to be about?
…TP administrators should use better judgement…
January 15th, 2007 at 1:03 pmThinkProgress = TP = Thought Police
http://staff.washington.edu/dittrich/cyberwarfare.html
January 15th, 2007 at 1:32 pmsee also:
http://www.psycom.net/iwar.1.html
January 15th, 2007 at 1:34 pmComment by big papa —
Why do you think I haven’t been around lately?
January 15th, 2007 at 1:35 pmSick and tired of the crap.
Yo, Bush is unacceptable. He better stop that sh*t.
January 15th, 2007 at 1:40 pmAgain, thanks for the links, Briseadh.
Just wanted you to know I saw them before they get ‘disappeared’…
January 15th, 2007 at 1:41 pmAsk yourselves, why is it TP doesn’t want posts talking about how B-ush has served his b-ase so well?
January 15th, 2007 at 1:45 pmI just posted a comment about 10 minutes ago in response to Troll’s request for other “Bushisms.” Didn’t show up. No foul language or any veiled attempt (you know…sh*t and all that). No 9/11 conspiracy theories. Yet I’ve posted other comments today on other threads and there was no problem.
This site has had problems ever since the threads on “Path to 9/11″ were posted. What’s up? Either there are tech problems and the administrators don’t care (I think this is alot of it…I’ve had posts to appear, disappear, and the re-appear at a later time), or they are putting in some manual labor and getting too selective on what they are and are not allowing to appear, or the filters are working overtime, or who the heck knows. May be a combo of all three.
January 15th, 2007 at 1:57 pmWow! It is so amazing! Phony Christian plucked turkey with chimpy eyebrows has accomplished so much through Devil worshipping! Yes God put him there! To punish us! The chimp has not scored a single point in these last 8 years hasn’t played a single tune right in all this time Yet he’s still in power! He has cheated all of us blind! He has mocked this great nation! but, he’s still there if i was to be in his proximity and with a gun i wouldn’t hesitate to go out there and do America and the World the great favor of wiping him out i want to see chimp choke in his own blood I can’t wait!!!
January 15th, 2007 at 1:59 pmUnacceptable? Unacceptable?
It seems to me that the American public has more to complain about than GDumbya does.
A picture is worth a thousand words –> http://thumbsnap.com/v/6YvXAPG0.jpg
January 15th, 2007 at 2:03 pmMay be a combo of all three.
Comment by WC — January 15, 2007 @ 1:57 pm
They told us that they had some problems with their spam filter in December. I’ve noticed that it seems to store them in increments, and then post those in a cache simultaneously at timed intervals. I guess it cues and scans the posts for set criteria, and then releases them. It’s pretty noticable if you watch for it.
I’ve found that lengthy posts tend to do the disappear and re-appear thing or just never show up because they exceed some arbitrary word count.
I don’t know, I don’t think TP is intentionally messing with people (IRI had claimed that several times before he finally gave up). I think the site just became really popular and in a way to balance between the spam and valid posts, there have been glitches.
Judd has taken the time to email me to let me know that he’s banned someone who impersonated me. I don’t think he would have done that if he didn’t really care about us and want this to be a community, so in retrun, I look for the most logical answer. Growing Pains. Know it’s not as exciting as the other theories, but I think it’s the most likely.
Just my two cents worth…
January 15th, 2007 at 2:08 pmComment by WC
WC, trueblue, Briseadh …
I’d like to think that the “tech” explanation has validity…
…especially given the recent high profile exposure Jud has gotten on MSNBC…
…(I’d like to think) in large part due to our participation on this site…
…but there have been posts I’ve made that I felt were “censored” bec they rubbed some people (Podesta et al) the wrong way…
…I don’t believe that the TRUTH should EVER be censored…
…and make NO mistake, there IS only ONE truth (no matter what the situation)…
January 15th, 2007 at 2:09 pmAlright, that thumbsnap of the GWB in Photoshoped distortion is funny, but do you have any new ones?
January 15th, 2007 at 2:09 pmAlright, that thumbsnap of the GWB in Photoshoped distortion is funny, but do you have any new ones?
Comment by ForTruth — January 15, 2007 @ 2:09 pm
You see a picture?
January 15th, 2007 at 2:16 pmFrom Huff-Po,
Iraqi Gvt. Resisting Bush’s New Plan
January 15th, 2007 at 2:24 pmYou see a picture?
Comment by unbelievable
Yes I do.
January 15th, 2007 at 2:25 pmOnce again, Think Progress clumsily attempts to further its clandestine agenda. And, once again, Think Progress succeeds only in making their agenda less clandestine.
Comment by TripMaster Monkey
Briseadh and Trip, while it is really frustrating trying to post and not being able to, I guess that you are giving too much credit to Judd and his team as having a clandestine agenda (Trip´s words). I guess that they are really busy in order to be searching for your posts and deleting them just because they dont like you or beacuse these posts are “dangerous to the stablishment”. I think, again, that they have technical problems. We say that trolls dont have that problem, but really, how cant we know? I always post on Climate Change threads and some of them never get to the screen, I dont think steam reforming techniques to get hydrogen to be used in fuel cells are a disrupting information against the “clandestine agenda” and nonetheless they are deleted. But, of course, I could be wrong…please, keep posting.
January 15th, 2007 at 2:32 pmSomething else unacceptable, from the Guardian,
Iran target of US Gulf military moves
January 15th, 2007 at 2:34 pmA voice from Gitmo’s darkness THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE
JUMAH AL-DOSSARI is a 33-year-old citizen of Bahrain. This article was excerpted from letters he wrote to his attorneys. Its contents have been deemed unclassified by the Department of Defense.
January 11, 2007
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba — I AM WRITING from the darkness of the U.S. detention camp at Guantanamo in the hope that I can make our voices heard by the world. My hand quivers as I hold the pen.
In January 2002, I was picked up in Pakistan, blindfolded, shackled, drugged and loaded onto a plane flown to Cuba. When we got off the plane in Guantanamo, we did not know where we were. They took us to Camp X-Ray and locked us in cages with two buckets — one empty and one filled with water. We were to urinate in one and wash in the other.
At Guantanamo, soldiers have assaulted me, placed me in solitary confinement, threatened to kill me, threatened to kill my daughter and told me I will stay in Cuba for the rest of my life. They have deprived me of sleep, forced me to listen to extremely loud music and shined intense lights in my face. They have placed me in cold rooms for hours without food, drink or the ability to go to the bathroom or wash for prayers. They have wrapped me in the Israeli flag and told me there is a holy war between the Cross and the Star of David on one hand and the Crescent on the other. They have beaten me unconscious.
What I write here is not what my imagination fancies or my insanity dictates. These are verifiable facts witnessed by other detainees, representatives of the Red Cross, interrogators and translators.
During the first few years at Guantanamo, I was interrogated many times. My interrogators told me that they wanted me to admit that I am from Al Qaeda and that I was involved in the terrorist attacks on the United States. I told them that I have no connection to what they described. I am not a member of Al Qaeda. I did not encourage anyone to go fight for Al Qaeda. Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden have done nothing but kill and denigrate a religion. I never fought, and I never carried a weapon. I like the United States, and I am not an enemy. I have lived in the United States, and I wanted to become a citizen.
I know that the soldiers who did bad things to me represent themselves, not the United States. And I have to say that not all American soldiers stationed in Cuba tortured us or mistreated us. There were soldiers who treated us very humanely. Some even cried when they witnessed our dire conditions. Once, in Camp Delta, a soldier apologized to me and offered me hot chocolate and cookies. When I thanked him, he said, “I do not need you to thank me.” I include this because I do not want readers to think that I fault all Americans.
But, why, after five years, is there no conclusion to the situation at Guantanamo? For how long will fathers, mothers, wives, siblings and children cry for their imprisoned loved ones? For how long will my daughter have to ask about my return? The answers can only be found with the fair-minded people of America.
I would rather die than stay here forever, and I have tried to commit suicide many times. The purpose of Guantanamo is to destroy people, and I have been destroyed. I am hopeless because our voices are not heard from the depths of the detention center.
If I die, please remember that there was a human being named Jumah at Guantanamo whose beliefs, dignity and humanity were abused. Please remember that there are hundreds of detainees at Guantanamo suffering the same misfortune. They have not been charged with any crimes. They have not been accused of taking any action against the United States.
Show the world the letters I gave you. Let the world read them. Let the world know the agony of the detainees in Cuba.
January 15th, 2007 at 2:38 pmYes I do.
Comment by ForTruth — January 15, 2007 @ 2:25 pm
On TP?
January 15th, 2007 at 2:38 pmI am glad you like the pic of GDumbya. Here’s one of the real President of the U.S. addressing the American people –> http://thumbsnap.com/v/VnH3TpVU.jpg
January 15th, 2007 at 2:50 pmA bit off topic but relates to “unacceptability”…
Email Senator Joseph Lie’berman (google us senate)…
…let him know that his decidion to ignore the Katrina debacle is “unacceptable”….
…here’s a form letter that may help…
Dear Senator Lieberman,
I was deeply troubled to hear that you have decided not to pursue hearings into the question of the disastrous failures of the FEMA/Bush administration/federal governmental response to Hurricane Katrina. The victims of that horrible storm were further victimized by a clearly “broken” government emergency management system. How can we “fix” the system if we do not examine its flaws, and the impact those flaws have on the victims it is designed to help? I realize that there are those in Congress who wish to protect the image of our government, and who don’t want to engage in partisan political blame games. However, this situation clearly demonstrated gross criminal negligence on the parts of many of the officials/agencies responsible to protect and serve the constituency in capacities that they (the officials/agencies) received compensation/funding for. Seeking accountability from those responsible for mismanaging this situation is critical in restoring the people’s confidence in their governmental institutions and officials.
If you refuse to do your duty then your name should/will certainly go down in history as an accomplice in covering up what is ostensibly government “criminal” wrongdoing. I urge you to reconsider your decision, and help rectify this catastrophic failure on the government’s part.
January 15th, 2007 at 2:57 pmHi BnF, here are some of the strange things that have happened with me while posting here at TP. Cache issue with Explorer where old threads come up and if I don’t refresh IE, new threads don’t come up. This is the only site that this happens with. I have cleared cache, ran diags, chkdsk…. doesn’t fail.
Site fails to load at all, and causes IE to crash…when I first started posting had no issues. If I run Ethereal I see that I get no response from TP server. Packet sniffing shows runt packets on the return path.
Deleted post…not some, but all in some cases. I don’t feel what I’m posting is controversial…I don’t slam Israel. In fact I support the Israeli people just not the “The Institute”… or factions of Mossad that have splintered.
January 15th, 2007 at 3:00 pmOr how about this one of Dick the Prick hanging around his “undisclosed location” waiting for Jeff Gannon’s daily visit –> http://thumbsnap.com/v/pMPqjqXK.jpg
January 15th, 2007 at 3:00 pmComment by unbelievable — January 15, 2007 @ 2:08 pm
Thanks for the info. I guess like most of us, I got spoiled after seeing my posts appear instantly (and especially after visiting some sites that would post only after the administrators had reviewed it).
January 15th, 2007 at 3:03 pmThere’s crossing the Rubicon and then there’s crossing the rube.
It’s amazing how exactingly cyclical history is, especially to those who refuse to heed its lessons.
January 15th, 2007 at 3:05 pmJuan C sez:
Thanks for the accreditation. ^_^
First of all, I never accused the editors of TP of acting from personal reasons. It is my firm belief that this is business, not personal at all.
Second, I never claimed that our posts were deleted because of some “danger to the establishment” (whatever the ‘establishment may be). What I do claim is that there are certain topics that are verboten to be discussed on ThinkProgress, and that users who write posts concerning said topics have their posts summarily deleted, while users who persist in writing posts concerning said topics wind up banned. In the absence of any coherent explanation of why some posts are thus unacceptable while others are fine, including posts that clearly violate the listed Terms of Use of the site, I am forced to postulate a clandestine agenda.
I addressed this point a few weeks ago, but I don’t mind repeating myself.
We’re currently seeing two separate issues here regarding the ‘disappearing’ of posts. One issue, the one you reference, is that of posting a comment, only to find that it never sees the light of day. This, I will concede, is entirely likely to be a technical problem with the site, especially since the vast majority of posters who have complained of it (such as yourself) describe their posts (such as fuel cell technology), and it is clear that such posts do not fall within the ‘verboten’ topics I mentioned earlier.
The second issue…the issue which is plaguing posters like Briseadh, JTitor, and myself, is that of posts going through and being visible on the board (and sometimes even garnering a few replies) before being ‘disappeared’ without a trace. In the event of a post egregiously violating the Terms of Use on this site, they are erased and replaced by a (comment deleted by admin) message, but the ones that fall afoul of the clandestine agenda are deleted without a trace, incidentally changing the number of every succeeding post. It is usually only by comparing the numbers referenced by posters replying to older posts with the actual contents of that numbered post that one can discern that there was a comment deleted at all.
This is the behavior that Briseadh and I find so objectionable.
January 15th, 2007 at 3:13 pmIt has become nearly impossible to post thoughtful and well researched articles critical of Israel on Crooks & Liars. They deem everything to do with Israel as either “Conspiracy Theory” or “anti-Semitism” – both red herrings to justify CENSORSHIP IN AMERICA TO THE BENEFIT OF ISRAEL.
Do you get it yet?
January 15th, 2007 at 3:18 pmThanks for the info. I guess like most of us, I got spoiled after seeing my posts appear instantly (and especially after visiting some sites that would post only after the administrators had reviewed it).
Comment by WC — January 15, 2007 @ 3:03 pm
I think that saying about us being creatures of habit is never more obvious than when things change… :D
January 15th, 2007 at 3:30 pmGeorge Bush finds the situation in Iraq unacceptable? Normally I’d agree with him, but seeing as he caused the problem…
January 15th, 2007 at 3:31 pmTrueblue, The deleting of great poster’s like BnF has been going on for awhile…Mine are not special and have been deleted often, upsetting yes but not as important to me as BnF, Zooey, Unbelievable, Juan C, Wayne, Clyde, your’s and several other good posters…..It is like someone turning the light’s off when I’m in the middle of a great book, I divorced the last husband for simalar bad behavior… I would hope this bad behavior and sensorship would end and that TP would get rid of some of the troll’s, having said that my patience is again wearing thin and that’s why I have not been around much either..If it does not stop quickly most of us will leave and go to other site’s……Maybe that’s their aim to turn the sight into a reich winged troll blow….It certainly will not be progressive…..Blessings
January 15th, 2007 at 3:31 pmgot it already ace
January 15th, 2007 at 3:31 pm53: Thanks for posting the letter from Gitmo. Incredible.
The same treatment awaits dissidents (Liberals and Progressives) right here in good ‘ol Wyoming:
http://www.democracyforums.com/showthread.php?tid=297
Note that in the DHS “Swift Luck Greens†photos, the mine facility is known as the “East Annexâ€
This implies that the main facility is further west of this location.
I believe the “main†facility is the one referred to as the “Maximum Security†facility.
Rag Shoshone coal mine closed Thursday. August 30, 2000.
In 2000 – this was the production rate for the mine:
Tons of Coal Mined in 2000: 1,209,795
Number of Employees in 2000: 67
CYPRUS SHOSHONE COAL CORPORATION
HANNA WY 82327
Latitude: 41.92 Longitude: -106.521944
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_Inmate_Labor_Program
Civilian Inmate Labor Program -
http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/47/17936
Bush’s Mysterious ‘New Programs’
Read this guy’s take:
http://tinyurl.com/y48vxo
FIRST THEY CAME FOR THE MEXICANS, BUT I WAS NOT MEXICAN, SO I DID NOT SPEAK OUT.
NEXT THEY CAME FOR THE DRAFT DODGERS, BUT I WAS TOO OLD TO BE DRAFTED, SO I DID NOT SPEAK OUT.
THEN THEY CAME FOR ME.
January 15th, 2007 at 3:35 pmThis is the behavior that Briseadh and I find so objectionable.
Comment by TripMaster Monkey — January 15, 2007 @ 3:13 pm
So what is the agenda? For them to behave in accordance with one (intentionally deleting posts), there must be a reason. That’s the part I’m not getting. What agenda?
They’ve been pretty clear about not wanting the 9/11 stuff though, so deleting those posts should be expected by now. But I haven’t heard Judd make a stand about any other topics being verboten.
I’m trying to understand, but so far I don’t know what you think the agenda is specifically.
January 15th, 2007 at 3:36 pmunbelievable:
They don’t want the dots all connected in one place. They are protecting the globalist’s agenda, which is by definition a conspiracy (notice how they’ve all made that a dirty word?). These sites are not likely profitable on their own – so as always – follow the money.
Dots connected here:
http://www.plungerspeaks.blogspot.com
January 15th, 2007 at 3:42 pmHe’s not the only one with unacceptable on the mind.
The latest approval polls…
CNN/Opinion Research Corp. 1/11/07 35 approve, 62 diss 3? -27 diff
prev CNN 12/5-7/06 37, 57, 6, -20
AP-Ipsos 1/8-10/07 32, 65, *, -33
prev AP 12/4-6/06 33, 64, *, -31
USA Today/Gallup 1/5-7/07 37, 59, 4, -22
Prev USA/Gallop 12/8-10/06 38, 59, 4, -21
CBS 1/1-3/07 30, 63, 7, -33
Prev CBS12/8-10/06 31, 63, 6, -32
A drop in approval of 2,2,1 and 2
A rise in disapproval of 5,1,0 and 1
Looks like the American people are increasingly finding the chymp “unacceptable”.
Resignation or impeachment…
January 15th, 2007 at 3:45 pmSharon,
January 15th, 2007 at 4:03 pmYou are very kind.
Do you have anyone’s email address from TP?
Dictator’s hanging was botched: Bush
WASHINGTON: US President George W. Bush has said the execution of Saddam Hussein was mishandled, admitting in private comments to US TV journalists that the ugly scenes during the former dictator’s hanging were second only to the Abu Ghraib scandal in terms of disastrous mistakes in Iraq.
The comments came as Mr Bush conceded in a television interview that the invasion of Iraq had greatly destabilised the country – although he insisted that Iraqis should still be grateful to the US for starting the war.
As the White House scrambled to stem a flow of Republican defections over Mr Bush’s plan to send another 21,500 troops to Iraq, Mr Bush again defended the invasion, saying that Saddam had been competing with Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon and had been making the region unstable.
But pressed on the issue, and told by a Fox News interviewer that Iraq was “much more unstable now”, Mr Bush replied: “Well, no question, decisions have made things unstable.”
He added: “I think history is going to look back and see a lot of ways we could have done things better. No question about it.”
But toppling Saddam was not a mistake. “We liberated that country from a tyrant. I think the Iraqi people owe the American people a huge debt of gratitude and I believe most Iraqis express that.”
As he spoke, senior administration officials fanned out to defend his controversial military “surge” strategy in the face of greater-than-expected popular and political opposition, particularly among Republicans.
At least 16 Republican senators have either publicly opposed the escalation plan, or voiced scepticism. The defections have increased the likelihood of a Democrat-led congressional resolution opposing the surge.
Although such a resolution would have no practical effect – as Commander-in-Chief Mr Bush is free to ignore Congress on troop deployments - it would lay the ground for potentially overwhelming opposition if violence in Baghdad were not quelled.
Carl Levin, Democrat chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, told CNN that such a resolution would also send a “very, very strong message to the Iraqis that they must resolve their differences. There is not a military solution here. There is only a political solution, and that is in the hands of the Iraqis.”
ONCE AGAIN EVERY DAY IRAN IS MENTIONED >>>>BETTER GET THIS DOG BACK ON HIS LEAD
January 15th, 2007 at 4:05 pmSorry ace, I don’t do conspiracy anything. I need proof and a logic trail. It may exist, but I need to see it before I’ll support it.
January 15th, 2007 at 4:09 pmRUCerious and Jay, I noticed several time’s you both mentioned bull shit bush must resign or be Impeached….Resignation by this delusional, drunk,druggie madman will never happen…He is like a rabid pit bull….We the people have to Impeach him or march on the white house and throw him and the rest of his administration out……They all need to go to prison for war crimes and crimes against humanety…..Just my thought’s….Blessings
January 15th, 2007 at 4:09 pmUnacceptable is that you sleep surprisingly well with all those innocent souls on your account.
America is lost. It will take a complete rebuilt like in Germany after 1945 to get rid of everything that those fascists have done in damage.
I am absolutely convinced that the truth will come out one day. A truth that is indeed unacceptable because it shows the full extend of the ludicrousness of the neocons. Neofascists. Neonazis. Truth is
9/11 was an inside job planned and orchestrated by our government.
The Pentagon was blown up by a missile.
The Iraq war serves the war industry and corporate powers.
The civil war in Iraq was intended and orchestrated by neofascists and legislated by Brehmer.
The execution of Hussein was to serve the president’s thirst for blood.
The attack of Iran will happen under the same policy and serve the same people.
America has turned into a totalitarian regime.
Healthcare is unaffordable for the masses.
Education is reserved for the elite.
The debt is the nail in the coffin of the USofA.
Too much too say and do,
January 15th, 2007 at 4:10 pmtoo little time left.
Sorry ace, I don’t do conspiracy anything. I need proof and a logic trail. It may exist, but I need to see it before I’ll support it.
Comment by unbelievable — January 15, 2007 @ 4:09 pm
I made the logic trail available to you.
I’m not looking for anyone’s support, just making information available for you to draw your own conclusions.
What do you know about Dov Zakheim and Kobi Alexander?
You might want to learn all you can about them.
January 15th, 2007 at 4:15 pmWell, at the least, I now get why the people who think there’s a TP agenda are the same people who post in support of a 9/11 Inside Job even though they’ve been asked not to.
I don’t think it’s about not connecting the dots in one place. I think it’s about the credibility of both the dots and how they are being connected. I don’t blame TP for that.
Think about it from their perspective. Judd wants to be, and frankly, is a credible journalist. If he allows this site to be linked to highly contentious conspiracy theories, he loses the very thing he is trying to build, and TP gets labeled poorly. If I were him, I’d take the same position. I know that doesn’t make me popular with the group here who supports the Inside Job (I also oppose it due to a lack of credible proof), but I’m not here to be popular.
Thanks for the link. I think I get it now.
January 15th, 2007 at 4:18 pmI’m not looking for anyone’s support, just making information available for you to draw your own conclusions.
My experience is that either you are with the theorists or you are a part of some “TP agenda”. I’m just a skeptic who thinks the far left and far right are missing the entire middle.
What do you know about Dov Zakheim and Kobi Alexander?
You might want to learn all you can about them.
Comment by ace — January 15, 2007 @ 4:15 pm
I’ll look into it. Thanks for the explanation.
January 15th, 2007 at 4:22 pmOn the topic of censoring on TP:
I can’t imagine the manpower it would take to read through every comment and decide what stays and what goes. Thus, my guess is that it’s a spam filter issue — whether key words, links, or IP addy (a tricky one since big ISPs use the same IP addys for many people).
And why 9/11 conspiracy theory posts get deleted … ? Not sure, but my guess is that TP is trying to posit itself as a legit source of news and commentary, and those comments make the site look like it’s frequented by left-wing whackos (not saying anyone who believes such theories are whackos … although I don’t buy them … I’m just sayin’ … ).
My $.02 … keep the change.
January 15th, 2007 at 4:31 pmBush IS unacceptable.
January 15th, 2007 at 4:34 pmHe has to go. While I have always favored impeachment, I understand that a rational, legal case has to be built first, and hearings are the first step toward removing him.
Bush is aware of that too, so he is taking steps toward his own goals of war expansion more quickly than hearings can be held and appropriations bills can be written and voted.
He needs to be stopped ASAP.
What happened to BnF at #15?
January 15th, 2007 at 4:36 pmYes, Bush is “unacceptable” on so many levels and is very much worse than that in so many ways.
There is the other unacceptable truth which has allowed Bush to assume the office of President of the United States.
American citizens through stupidity or ignorance or plain old fashioned brain-washing, voted for the bum. They accepted his many lies with the help of an obedient media and jumped right up on the BUSH/CHENEY 2004 bandwagon. For years they didn’t notice what was being taken from them, a little more each day. They lost their rights, their privacy, their economy, their honor and possibly their future. They supported this deceiver, this war criminal, this lying bastard because they thought he would be “a good guy to have a beer with.” It’s pretty clear now that if you don’t own a Corporation or a Country it’s unlikely you’ll be seeing that beer.
“The price of freedom is constant vigilance.”
That’s not just a saying, it’s the goddamn truth. Vigilance is the duty of every American to protect us from tyranny and oppression from within. Too many Americans have forgotten or never learned of that duty. They need to learn. How many of your friends know every sport score, the name of Brittany’s Ex, the winner of Survivor, but don’t know the least bit of the Constitution or the names of their Senators and Representatives?
That is UNACCEPTABLE.
Just look where it has brought us.
January 15th, 2007 at 4:41 pm“He needs to be stopped ASAP.”
Why? He needs to be stopped doing what?
January 15th, 2007 at 4:42 pmTrueblue, Yep! I have Zooey’s and BnF’s……
Did you all know this nightmare is costing us 8 billion a month and thousands of people are dieing, ofcourse you do, I just wanted to remind you all of the importance of getting this maniac out of office..
Sorry it took so long to get back to reply, had a main water line rupture from the cold, had to shut the pump down and fix it…Blessings
January 15th, 2007 at 4:42 pm“thousands of people are dieing”
Who’s killing them?
January 15th, 2007 at 4:44 pmI am guessing Wayne, and Jane, may have been affected by the power outage on the east coast, since we haven’t heard anything from them today. I hope they and everyone else over there are staying warm.
January 15th, 2007 at 4:49 pmIt’s all around you unbelievable. If you mean that you need it spoon feed to you, then thats one thing. What if someone would have told you in 1999 that we would be on the brink of WWIII by 2007, because GWB seen it as a solution for American Security? Now look back prior to 1999 at those that had been saying that this was going to happen, I myself was calling them conspiracy nutjobs…not anymore.
January 15th, 2007 at 4:51 pm“What if someone would have told you in 1999 that we would be on the brink of WWIII by 2007″
I would have said what’s taking so long! It should have started back when those ragheads held our citizens hostage in Iran! That’s the problem with you lefties, when we are smacked, you won’t smack back!
January 15th, 2007 at 5:00 pmThat’s what’s wrong with you dumb ass war mongering chickenhawk republicans.
You think that war is a slap fight.
January 15th, 2007 at 5:06 pm“That’s the problem with you lefties, when we are smacked, you won’t smack back!”
You mean “that’s the problem with you /Christians/,” don’t you?
I’m not one, but I’m turning my other cheek now …
January 15th, 2007 at 5:06 pmIt should have started back when those ragheads held our citizens hostage in Iran! That’s the problem with you lefties, when we are smacked, you won’t smack back!
Comment by michael — January 15, 2007 @ 5:00 pm
Says this particular troll from the safety of his parent’s house, who is not willing to even enlist for the cause
Bravo, sir michael, bravo!
January 15th, 2007 at 5:07 pmYou’re one tough cookie, sitting in front of your parents computer, mightily flexing your biceps for all the world to see!
Who the hell are you michael? Who sold weapons to Iran to get our hostages released? The Reagan team. So shut the hell up.
January 15th, 2007 at 5:07 pmUnbelievable, not all 9/11 posts get automatically deleted. I’ve told Judd I’m researching the facts, and that as something new comes up, I will continue to post on the subject.
This, from an earlier thread:
Please try and explain the cell phone calls from the air….
Comment by Briseadh na Faire — January 15, 2007 @ 4:49 pm
You see, the technological equipment necessary to allow cell phones to make calls from a commercial aircraft wasn’t available in 2001. Only recently have a couple of European air carriers started to install the necessary equipment.
The cell phone calls could not have possibly been made as claimed.
That part of the “official” explanation has been proven false.
January 15th, 2007 at 5:08 pmIn 1999 when Bush was running for president while holding the office of govenor of the state of Texas, a fine reporter for the San Antonio Express News asked if he knew how much a loaf of bread costs. The reply, I don’t carry cash. Now that is unacceptable.
January 15th, 2007 at 5:09 pm“I would have said what’s taking so long! It should have started back when those ragheads held our citizens hostage in Iran! That’s the problem with you lefties, when we are smacked, you won’t smack back! Comment by michael — January 15, 2007 @ 5:00 pm”
****Dear Judea angel-michael! I so agree with you! I mean, I hated how our *conservative* leaders like Reagan chose to negotiate with those Iranian terrorists, and sell them weapons to get back the hostages! That peanut farmer Carter did mount a military rescue, but the *conservatives* in the military wanted to *negotiate* and didn’t want to send troops. So they sent the least capable soldiers, and screwed up the whole thing!
I really wish we would stop negotiating with terrorists! Like we did for years with Al Qaeda, the Saudis and Pakistan. Too bad our *conservative* leaders get us into these messes! But I’m glad you’re here as a *fellow-conservative* to put the blame on the *libruls* where it *squarely* belongs! We are the party of accountability after all, and we want to make sure that we hold those *libruls* accountable for not stopping us from screwing up!
Just like those dems in this congress! Those damn *libruls* can’t come up with any ideas to save our *preznit*, so Iraq is all their fault!
January 15th, 2007 at 5:10 pmComment by polyps — January 15, 2007 @ 5:15 pm
the above message was brought to you by the 28 to 30 percent who still believe Georgie Porgie is doing one heckuva job
Thank you for supporting the unsupportable!
January 15th, 2007 at 5:22 pmNow get out of your parents bedroom, moron!
Note to self and regular intelligent poster’s……The holiday has the school’s out….Working reich winged bigot’s and KKK parent’s are leaving their skin head troll children home alone. No big suprise……We can’t fix stupid nor eliminate bating to entertain these little basterd’s so just ignore…School is back in tomorrow…Blessings
January 15th, 2007 at 5:26 pmMartin Luther King day today ?
I am glad they shot that nigger where he stood that fateful warm and balmy day
He was nothing but a token nigger for you Democrats to garner votes
And look at the shape the countrys in now
Comment by polyps — January 15, 2007 @
Truly amazing!~
This racist/biggoted posting gets through, but any factual evidence linking Israel to 9/11 does not. Priorities, eh?
Israel is not a race, nor is it a religion. It is a country whose espionage and blackmail has led us to the bring of armageddon.
January 15th, 2007 at 5:27 pmJudd wants to be, and frankly, is a credible journalist. If he allows this site to be linked to highly contentious conspiracy theories, he loses the very thing he is trying to build, and TP gets labeled poorly.
Comment by unbelievable
I agree with that. 9/11 derails entire threads (perhaps, such as this one). There are a lot of people out there who claims something about a ghost plane. I think those are right-wing paid people in order to discredit valid doubts about the 9/11 events. The one who has the entire guilt that we discuss 9/11 is US government´s. There are so many unanswered issues, even after the Comission Report, and judging the POV that this government has regarding the value of life, that is almost impossible not to think there is something fishy. So, to anyone that think we are nutjobs, allow us the ability to doubt the official explanation.
but I’m not here to be popular.
but you are, lady. :)
Big Papa
January 15th, 2007 at 5:27 pmYou rule, sir.
lets update what is unacceptable —
- 2001 enron corruption
- rolling back enviromental laws
- rolling back pollution control
- deceptively labeling so called protection for the people
- loading your administration with cronyism
- sending 150,000 to serve in iraq
- babbling on only about terrorism
- lying through your teeth about new orleans
- complete disregard your ratings are now 25%
- NOW…. flirting with nuclear war
- sending 20,000 troops, planning 90,000 more
- telling a lie, lying about a lie
- deficits, free trade, national debt
- arm twisting in 109th congress
what else is there
- so many lies
- disregarding we the people doing the hell whatever you want
- rigging elections
- totally corrupting the judical system
- giving a d**n about anything expect your hearts desire
- most secrecy, abolishing epa library
yes bush, there certainly IS PLENTY that is unacceptable.
unfortunately we have to deal with your messes and YOU just
keep popping those tranquilizers and sitting at your ranch
but one thing absolutely is guarnteed
every morning apart from your evil works is a new day and what
is the only thing we’ve heard….. TERRORISTS!!!!!!!!
FOR FRIGGIN THE LAST 5 YEARS
THAT I BELIEVE IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE
ENOUGH TO MAKE ME/YOU **** :(
CORRUPT…. YES TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE
DROP DEAD LOSER :) THAT MIGHT MAKE THINGS FINALLY
ACCEPTABLE :)
January 15th, 2007 at 5:27 pmI think the morons who make up the 25% supporting Bush are finding TP and posting here — their willful ignorance and prejudice are extreme and senseless.
January 15th, 2007 at 5:29 pmPolyps like racism is a disease that needs removal.
Republican Congress,
Republican Senate,
Republican CHIMP.
“look at the shape the countrys (sic) in now.”
Yes, take a good look at where republicans have brought us.
Did a racist murder make things all better for you jackass?
Apparently not.
January 15th, 2007 at 5:30 pm“Says this particular troll from the safety of his parent’s house, who is not willing to even enlist for the cause”
Dumb ass, I served in the United States Navy!
January 15th, 2007 at 5:30 pmSaw this just now on crooksandliars.com from an interview with a member of the UK press:
January 15th, 2007 at 5:34 pm
““Says this particular troll from the safety of his parent’s house, who is not willing to even enlist for the cause†Dumb ass, I served in the United States Navy! Comment by michael — January 15, 2007 @ 5:30 pm”
****Dear angel michael, military god. That’s *excellent* news! I hope you weren’t part of that group of incompetents that allowed the Iran Hostage mission to go all FUBAR just to embarrass that peanut farmer. Since you’re experienced, I hope you’ll now enlist in the infantry to fight in Iraq? We need people that actually put their lives on the lines for their beliefs – and we both know we *conservatives* rarely do that. It’s so much easier to *serve* when there’s no Iraq, so you don’t want people to say you’re a *coward*, because you won’t fight now when our *preznit* needs you the most!
Get down, and sign up for the Army or National Guard. They really could use some experience soldiers that want to do more than fight *cowardly* behind the keyboard as I do daily!
January 15th, 2007 at 5:35 pm“look at the shape the countrys (sic) in now.â€
Unfortunately most of my posts get deleted but please explain what shape we are in that is so horrible?
January 15th, 2007 at 5:35 pmDumb ass, I served in the United States Navy!
Comment by michael — January 15, 2007 @ 5:30 pm
Well of course you did, mr. michael mcflexin, of course you did
the key word…served, as in past tense!
Re enlist for the cause, mr. mcflexin, re enlist!
January 15th, 2007 at 5:36 pm“Judd wants to be, and frankly, is a credible journalist. If he allows this site to be linked to highly contentious conspiracy theories, he loses the very thing he is trying to build, and TP gets labeled poorly.
Comment by unbelievable”
****Dear unbeliever,
The problem with this theory is that we *believers* throw out conspiracy theories all of the time about how *libruls* let it happened, and Judd doesn’t mind that at all. But of course, the *biggest* conspiracy theory in the middle east is that the *mussod* knew it was going to happen and even helped it along logistically so we would have a *reason* to hate Islam.
You can see how a fellow *zionist* like Judd wouldn’t want that kind of discussion to happen. That’s just another case of *blame israel/america* first! Dam *libruls*!
January 15th, 2007 at 5:38 pmUnfortunately most of my posts get deleted but please explain what shape we are in that is so horrible?
Comment by michael
That’s priceless, one troll responding to another.
BTW, it’s nice to know that most of your comments get deleted.
January 15th, 2007 at 5:39 pmIt’s all around you unbelievable. If you mean that you need it spoon feed to you, then thats one thing.
This is exactly what I was talking about. Either we agree with you or we get called names and insulted. And then you wonder why it pisses off TP…
To you the connections might be acceptable. To me, they are a stretch. Has nothing to do with my cognitive abilities, so don’t insult my intelligence.
What if someone would have told you in 1999 that we would be on the brink of WWIII by 2007, because GWB seen it as a solution for American Security?
That’s not a conspiracy theory. It’s part of the American Empire which can be proven. Noam Chomsky and Gore Vidal have written several books on the matter that rely on patterns in American actions (logic).
Now look back prior to 1999 at those that had been saying that this was going to happen, I myself was calling them conspiracy nutjobs…not anymore.
Comment by JTitor — January 15, 2007 @ 4:51 pm
I’m not calling anyone anything. I just have a problem with those who call me names because I have problems with the main Alternative Theory as well as the Official Version and believe that the truth is more likely somewhere in between.
If you guys can’t respect liberals who don’t share your view, you shouldn’t be surprised when sites like TP don’t want you making such disparaging comments, or even discussing the issue as it has become a religion with many of its followers…
January 15th, 2007 at 5:39 pm“look at the shape the countrys (sic) in now.â€
Nice try, I’m a bit past the age for a recruit, how about you?
January 15th, 2007 at 5:40 pmYou need someone to explain to you what’s wrong with our country?
Open your eyes and think for yourself for a change Michael. I’m not your mommy. Figure it out squid.
January 15th, 2007 at 5:41 pmEvery child left behind,
hemorhoids, polyps,
Now, that is unacceptable.
The price of freedom of speech, PRICELESS!!!!!
January 15th, 2007 at 5:41 pmComment by polyps — January 15, 2007 @ 5:15 pm
Enjoy your brief timehere at TP. You will be banished for that. As you should be.
January 15th, 2007 at 5:41 pmAnd yet another post of mine went out to ciber net….No matter, was just responding to the unfixable stupid’s…..Later, or maybe not, getting to be a total waste of my little time left……Blessings all
January 15th, 2007 at 5:45 pmSorry it took so long to get back to reply, had a main water line rupture from the cold, had to shut the pump down and fix it…Blessings
Comment by Sharon Cox —
You are an amazing woman… – has anyone told you that?
January 15th, 2007 at 5:46 pmAlso, let whomever know it’s ok for you to have my email address, if you’d like to chat.
:)
“BTW, it’s nice to know that most of your comments get deleted.”
Of course you are, that’s what liberals resort to when they are unable to debate!
January 15th, 2007 at 5:48 pm“Open your eyes and think for yourself for a change Michael. I’m not your mommy. Figure it out squid.”
I see nothing that bad. Are you not able to elaborate?
January 15th, 2007 at 5:50 pmSo, to anyone that think we are nutjobs, allow us the ability to doubt the official explanation.
This is a strawman that gets used a lot – that either you support one theory or another, when there are many other possibilities. And you know that.
but you are, lady. :)
Is that what it means when trolls frequently impersonate you? :)
Comment by Juan C — January 15, 2007 @ 5:27 pm
Juan you’ve been civil about this. And while we don’t agree on some things, I think we do agree that the debate of this between liberals must be respectful if there is to be debate.
The opposite reaction to force is resistance. Why America will never be a Christian nation.
January 15th, 2007 at 5:51 pmLater, or maybe not, getting to be a total waste of my little time left……Blessings all
Comment by Sharon Cox
Believe me, from my POV, you are not wasting your time.
January 15th, 2007 at 5:53 pmWrong, michael.
We debate until we finally realize that your only objective is to spew venom, THEN and only then do we say, “Please go away.”
Your sites, on the other hand, outright ban people who stray a fraction from the approved talking points.
You are allowed to still post here, as long as you keep to the terms.
January 15th, 2007 at 5:53 pmIs TP taking the day off today? No new threads.
January 15th, 2007 at 5:55 pmOf course you are, that’s what liberals resort to when they are unable to debate!
Comment by michael
Oh! You’re here to debate? Well, then — go ahead. Get started.
January 15th, 2007 at 5:56 pmFrankly micheal,
you make belligerent comments in the hope of baiting someone, then rapidly change the subject. There is no debating with you, because you don’t debate.
January 15th, 2007 at 5:58 pmBTW, it’s nice to know that most of your comments get deleted.
Comment by Zooey — January 15, 2007 @ 5:39 pm
MA said that his get deleted occasionally as well on the Bush thread.
Everyone – It’s not just liberals talking about conspiracies who are losing posts… It’s a technical issue most likely. So can we get back to discussing the issues? Or pounding the trolls? It’s like the Irish immigrant indentured servants bickering with the African slaves while the Southern Planation Owners were freely abusing both.
January 15th, 2007 at 5:58 pmJuan you’ve been civil about this.
January 15th, 2007 at 5:59 pmComment by unbelievable
Of course, I am. I dont wanna mess with you, lady. ;)
Later all…
Thank’s trueblue I will check with Zooey, maybe she can give us each other’s email’s….No I am not amazing, but I thank you for thinking so…I am just resoursful and have many little talent’s like fixing pipes, training horses, hugging trees, loving life and all in it…You and all the next generation of progressives are the amazing one’s and indeed you will need to be……You will have to be the torch berrers for your children and beyond….Tough time’s make good tough people, you are part of that, I know you are up to the task…….Blessings
January 15th, 2007 at 5:59 pm“We debate until we finally realize that your only objective is to spew venom”
That is NOT my objective! My objective is to challenge the ridiculous statements you liberals make such as “look at the shape the countrys (sic) in now”. I challenged the person to explain it. I’m sure I will wait a very long time before I get a sensible answer.
January 15th, 2007 at 6:00 pmOf course, I am. I dont wanna mess with you, lady. ;)
Later all…
Comment by Juan C — January 15, 2007 @ 5:59 pm
LOL… Later Juan!
January 15th, 2007 at 6:02 pmUmm micheal,
how about spiraling national debt, incompetent leadership, over-extended, and frankly worn our military, insecure ports, inability, or inaction to actually fight our enemies, etc… that elaborate enough, or do you need your faced rubbed in it a bit more?
January 15th, 2007 at 6:10 pm“you make belligerent comments in the hope of baiting someone, then rapidly change the subject.”
And you can provide an example of this?
January 15th, 2007 at 6:10 pmA, krazny, that’s a mouthful! I could just as easily spew out a bunch of similar propaganda without backing it up with some facts?
January 15th, 2007 at 6:15 pmHow about
“thousands of people are dieingâ€
Who’s killing them?
Comment by michael — January 15, 2007 @ 4:44 pm
or
“He needs to be stopped ASAP.â€
Why? He needs to be stopped doing what?
Comment by michael — January 15, 2007 @ 4:42 pm
Please you can spin it anyway you want, but that is the sum total of what you are doing. being belligerant. Please Micheal. Read the News The debt is out of control, the military is over extended. everything I stated above is fact, not some talking points.
January 15th, 2007 at 6:21 pm#129 – michael
The commenter known as “polyps” who made the statement, “look at the shape the countrys (sic) in now,†is a troll who came here to puke all over the place and stir things up.
If you’re here to debate, then fine, get started debating. It’s difficult to take you seriously when you open with words like “ragheads” and “lefties.”
January 15th, 2007 at 6:23 pmZooey,
January 15th, 2007 at 6:28 pmHey. How are you? Missed you earlier. Sent you an email.
Hope you had a great day at school.
;)
Krazny,
You and I are on the same wave length this afternoon.
Are you sending me some decent weather soon? ie – not so frickin’ cold.
January 15th, 2007 at 6:28 pmIf you guys can’t respect liberals who don’t share your view, you shouldn’t be surprised when sites like TP don’t want you making such disparaging comments, or even discussing the issue as it has become a religion with many of its followers…
Comment by unbelievable — January 15, 2007 @ 5:39 pm
First off, I nned to say sorry for saying you would want it spoon feed. That was wrong. Part of the issue is that I don’t know what you know, what you have read on the subject? Most of the comments I have seen have come from realible sorces that have backed up there facts. The issue that I have is what I hear are lies from this administration. The administration puts together a commission to investigate 9/11, 727 days after the event kicking and screaming. Then the comission report comes out and it is a whitewash. All I ask is that a impartial comission be assembled to reinvestigate. 9/11 is at the core of everything that is happening now and will be happening for some time to come. I would like to know the truth.
January 15th, 2007 at 6:33 pmSupposed to warm up here after tomorrow Zoo. but they are expecting another snowfall. I guess I will find out more tomorrow. but the temps have been hovering in the low 30’s for about a week now. I am guessing Idaho is getting much the same thing.
January 15th, 2007 at 6:37 pm“The debt is out of control”
It seems to me like I’ve heard this from you Dems before, like during the Reagan administration. We grew ot of it then just as we will grow out of it today.
“the military is over extended”
They are? How? Don’t reply with “read the news”. That’s not an answer. That tells me you can’t respond and are directing me to a newspaper.
“everything I stated above is fact”
Now listen, you made the statements not me. If you are going to make statements like these I assume YOU have facts to back them up.
January 15th, 2007 at 6:38 pmHope you had a great day at school.
;)
Comment by trueblue
No school! It’s MLK Day!
January 15th, 2007 at 6:47 pm““The debt is out of controlâ€
It seems to me like I’ve heard this from you Dems before, like during the Reagan administration. We grew ot of it then just as we will grow out of it today.Comment by michael — January 15, 2007 @ 6:38 pm”
****Isn’t it awful how those *libruls* whine about debt. Just look at how they were so scared of screwing our children, Clinton raised taxes and cut spending so we wouldn’t have to *grow* our debt. I’m not sure what you mean by *grow-into*, because economists point out that the debt is growing faster than the economy, so this means by 2040 our taxes will be twice what they are today to have the same level of government services. Is that the kind of *growth* you were thinking of – one in *my* taxes! Because that’s not what I want to see!
““the military is over extendedâ€
They are? How? Don’t reply with “read the newsâ€. That’s not an answer. That tells me you can’t respond and are directing me to a newspaper. Comment by michael — January 15, 2007 @ 6:38 pm”
****You mean like this one:
Stretched by frequent troop rotations to Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army has become a “thin green line†that could snap unless relief comes soon, according to a study for the Pentagon.
““everything I stated above is factâ€
Now listen, you made the statements not me. If you are going to make statements like these I assume YOU have facts to back them up. Comment by michael — January 15, 2007 @ 6:38 pm”
****That’s right michael, hold them to posting facts, then ignore the facts when they’re posted. And don’t forget to keep making your own *unfactual* postings without backing them up! Keep these dam *libruls* off balance! Hold them to a higher standard than you’ve set for yourself! After all, they’re *losers*, and facts shouldn’t get in the way of our *victory*! We are god’s chosen people!
January 15th, 2007 at 6:47 pmFirst off, I nned to say sorry for saying you would want it spoon feed. That was wrong.
Thank you.
Part of the issue is that I don’t know what you know, what you have read on the subject?
Quite a bit. Mostly internet stuff – things people posted links to here, and I had a student last year who burned me a cd on the current stuff to see what I thought.
I was also an architect for 14 years before I began teaching it, so the tower collapse aspect of the theory for me is a big thorn.
All I ask is that a impartial comission be assembled to reinvestigate. 9/11 is at the core of everything that is happening now and will be happening for some time to come. I would like to know the truth.
Comment by JTitor — January 15, 2007 @ 6:33 pm
I have no problems with that. I think it would answer a lot of questions and resolve some disputes. Give some people closure to the disconnects. But it won’t happen on Bush’s watch. It’s why we have to continue to be a united voice in the political arena for the next two years, and hope that we manage to get a candidate who willing to do that.
I’m not sure, however, that is is possoble to get an impartial candidate for president who isn’t a slave to the Corporations that fund their campaigns. Sad.
January 15th, 2007 at 6:48 pmGive it to Mikey, he’ll try anything…
January 15th, 2007 at 6:49 pmI am guessing Idaho is getting much the same thing.
Comment by Krazny
You’d be guessing wrong, my friend! We haven’t been near the 30s for over a week. Sometimes not out of the single digits. I hope that snow misses us, we still have all the snow that has fallen in the last couple weeks. Brrr…!
January 15th, 2007 at 6:49 pmWe are god’s chosen people!
Comment by _am_mighty_aphrodite_and_a_zionist_fool — January 15, 2007 @ 6:47 pm
Too funny…. LOL
January 15th, 2007 at 6:51 pm#140-michelle,
The debt was out of control with Reagan and Reaganomics turned into an utter failure, except for the top 1% of the country. GB1 just continued the Reagan doctrine and we saw what happened to that wuss.
Then Clinton came in and adjusted the tax structure (yes, he RAISED taxes on the wealthy and balanced out the tax burden) as much as possible and addressed our economic policy. We then entered into the most prosperous years this country had seen since the immediate aftermath of WWII. There have been some claims that the middle-class accumulated more wealth during the Clinton era than any time in US history, but obviously that is impossible to prove due to differing economies and dollar valuations, etc… However, the fact that such an argument can be credibly put forth is telling in and of itself.
Do you remember the word “Surplus”? It’s the opposite of “Deficit”, which is a bad thing by the way.
Then GBjr came in and returned things to the level of Reagan’s failure. Clear enough for you?
January 15th, 2007 at 6:52 pmThink about it from their perspective. Judd wants to be, and frankly, is a credible journalist. Comment by unbelievable — January 15, 2007 @ 4:18 pm
UnB, that’s one reason why it’s confusing why TP allows posters like “sir” Greg Nevins to spew his crap, which does not contribute any information to the discussion. Some threads just have pages and pages of his diatribes, fould language and all, and the entire thread gets hijacked. I would assume that TP would NOT want their site to be a bunch of shouting matches between posters. An outsider checking some of the threads here would wonder why a lunatic asylum would have a website!
January 15th, 2007 at 6:53 pmZoo,
I like it on the cold side, why I left California, but not that cold.
Cheers and stay warm, either with a nice fire, or a bottle of brandy, or both. just don’t get the brandy to close to the fire.
=)
January 15th, 2007 at 6:55 pmGive it to Mikey, he’ll try anything…
Comment by ForTruth — January 15, 2007 @ 6:49 pm
Same broken record if you ask me…
These neocons haven’t had any new material in a while.
At least Jason gets his tripe from reading, so there’s a hint of debate – albeit racist and misogynistic. People like Michael are still parroting FAUX Entertainment, which is served at about a seventh grade level, like all televised ‘news’ programs.
January 15th, 2007 at 6:56 pmGive it to Mikey, he’ll try anything…
Comment by ForTruth — January 15, 2007 @ 6:49 pm
Same broken record if you ask me…
These neocons haven’t had any new material in a while.
At least Jason gets his tripe from reading, so there’s a hint of debate – albeit racist and misogynistic. People like Michael are still parroting FAUX Entertainment, which is served at about a seventh grade level, like all televised ‘news’ programs.
January 15th, 2007 at 6:56 pmJane,
My guess it to showcase the lunacy of the right for those on the fence? To show that both sides are represented and this is the inane nonsense their side chooses to offer?
I can’t speak for Judd, but I could see how some of these trolls are a huge endorsement for Progressivism :D
Plus, it’s gotta be hard to monitor all these comments. The Bush on 60 Minutes thread was close to 700 last I noticed.
But I could be wrong. Just trying to give him the benefit of the doubt, because I think he’s earned that.
January 15th, 2007 at 7:01 pm“because economists point out that the debt is growing faster than the economy”
Now you made this statement without telling us what economists! I could make a similar reverse statement also but if I did I would list the economists to support it.
“according to a study for the Pentagon”
For the Pentagon? By whom?
“then ignore the facts when they’re posted.”
I’ll make that decision WHEN you post some facts and stop with the rhetoric.
January 15th, 2007 at 7:03 pmWell spoken, Jane!
January 15th, 2007 at 7:03 pmThanks, True! Gotta run, going home to feed the ‘kids’ and watch Keith. (The ‘feeding the kids’ part takes a while! Opening all those cans :-D)
Good night!
January 15th, 2007 at 7:10 pm“because economists point out that the debt is growing faster than the economy†“Now you made this statement without telling us what economists! I could make a similar reverse statement also but if I did I would list the economists to support it. Comment by michael — January 15, 2007 @ 7:03 pm”
****Dear angel michael, you’ve mixed your *meat*aphors again. While I’m sure that many of those *economists* might approve of the current *debt-oriented* policies. Please quote for me a single economist that claims the debt is increasing at a rate slower than the economy?
““according to a study for the Pentagonâ€
For the Pentagon? By whom? Comment by michael — January 15, 2007 @ 7:03 pm”
****Good boy michael! Don’t supply a *single* resource to back up your *facts*, but demand that of others, even when they’ve already given you one! I’ll help you out my dear fellow conservative. Because I know how little work you’ll do, without an illegal alien helping you!
There’s much more where that came from, dear boy!
““then ignore the facts when they’re posted.â€
I’ll make that decision WHEN you post some facts and stop with the rhetoric. Comment by michael — January 15, 2007 @ 7:03 pm”
****Great work michael – spoken like a true *conservative*. Don’t post any facts, but *demand* others to post them. Then when they do, pretend they didn’t! I use that technique all of the time! It’s called the deny, defuse, deflect, defend and defeat! It works really well as long as you ignore everything the other side posts – much as you’ve done!
My uncle *adolph* could have used you in *germany* to support the fatherland!
January 15th, 2007 at 7:11 pmLet’s look at what might be ACCEPTABLE:
The AG is impeached…
The VP is impeached…
Botch is impeached…
Condi is charged with war crimes…
Rumsfeld is charged with war crimes…
…sh*t. This list is endless.
January 15th, 2007 at 7:16 pmMichael – Remember when the Dems and St. TIp “Hiccough” O’Neill baited Bush the Elder into raising taxes and then shrieked, “He RAISED taxes!!” Getting facts from “libruls” can be trying – they try and they try, but often fall short…….
My “favourite” conspiracy “theory” is the Bush/Cheney / Cabal is responsible for 9/11. I am not an expert on modern skyscraper building techniques but I was fascinated by a program on the History Channel regarding the time frame of the collapse and the heat of the jet fuel. But the sad fact – certain “haters” out there refuse to believe that a guy with a building background could “mastermind” such destruction.
January 15th, 2007 at 7:19 pm“BTW, (Michael) it’s nice to know that most of your comments get deleted.”
Comment by Zooey
******Zoooete – Spoken like a true “librul”……
January 15th, 2007 at 7:26 pm“******Zoooete – Spoken like a true “librulâ€â€¦â€¦ Comment by mighty aphrodite — January 15, 2007 @ 7:26 pm”
Because you *libruls* only rejoice when *conservatives* get banned. That’s the complete opposite of me, because I only rejoice when *libruls* get banned!
See the difference, you *librul*?
January 15th, 2007 at 7:27 pmDid you get your cookie today Mighty.
How nice. One cookie per lie.
How bout you mikey. Did you get a cookie too.
Why don’t you losers get married and have some dumb fascist kids.
January 15th, 2007 at 7:29 pm“Michael – Remember when the Dems and St. TIp “Hiccough†O’Neill baited Bush the Elder into raising taxes and then shrieked, “He RAISED taxes!!†Getting facts from “libruls†can be trying – they try and they try, but often fall short……. Comment by mighty aphrodite — January 15, 2007 @ 7:19 pm”
****Yeah, make sure you blame the *libruls* for losing that election. It didn’t matter that the economy sucked, bush was inept, and that there’s no way the public was going to believe a *librul* was going to cut taxes!
It’s just *easier* to blame *libruls* for making political accusations – because you know we *never* do that! We live by a higher standard! We only attack the military record of fellow conservative war heroes during campaign primaries!
“My “favourite†conspiracy “theory†is the Bush/Cheney / Cabal is responsible for 9/11. I am not an expert on modern skyscraper building techniques but I was fascinated by a program on the History Channel regarding the time frame of the collapse and the heat of the jet fuel. But the sad fact – certain “haters†out there refuse to believe that a guy with a building background could “mastermind†such destruction. Comment by mighty aphrodite — January 15, 2007 @ 7:19 pm”
****This is my favorite, because we all know it’s *Clinton’s* and that peanut farmer *Carter*’s fault! Those *libruls* are responsible for the downfall of civilization! They just don’t understand human nature, and the competition/cooperation nature of humans that necessitate separating out the weak from the strong – preferably through the use of big ovens or gas chambers!
January 15th, 2007 at 7:31 pm#158-mighty aphrodite,
It’s the BL FAMILY that owns a construction business, OBL has never worked in it nor has a formal education in it. But you are absolutely right about making that association regarding construction/demolition. Makes you wonder, though, why the Bush administration helped to rush the BL family out of the country to the safety of Afghanistan…er…Saudi Arabia immediately after nine eleven though. Doesn’t make sense now does it?
As far as Tip(sy) O’Neill is concerned (that’s what I called him), I would rather have a gin blossomed speaker than a naked-boy-page wrestling one like Hastert. Are you missing the paedophile already? Do you want him back so that you can send your children to be under his “care”?
January 15th, 2007 at 7:37 pm“I am not an expert on modern skyscraper building techniques but I was fascinated by a program on the History Channel regarding the time frame of the collapse and the heat of the jet fuel. Comment by mighty aphrodite — January 15, 2007 @ 7:19 pm”
****I just want to re-enforce that the History Channel is *the* definitive source on Science, and aeronautics! That’s why I rely on its report *exclusively* for my *facts* that you *libruls* are all just unscientific!
“But the sad fact – certain “haters†out there refuse to believe that a guy with a building background could “mastermind†such destruction. Comment by mighty aphrodite — January 15, 2007 @ 7:19 pm”
****The 9/11 event just shows that those dam *librul* demolition companies that demolish buildings for a living are stealing our money! The collapse of these buildings *prove* that you just need one big explosion near the top of the building, and that it will collapse internally without any other help!
That’s why the demolition experts that do this for a living, are a bunch of thieving, lying fools! Who needs their *expertise*, the *history-channel* has already given me concrete scientific proof that demolishing a skyscraper is child’s play!
January 15th, 2007 at 7:44 pm******Zoooete – Spoken like a true “librulâ€â€¦â€¦
Comment by mighty aphrodite
Ouch! You have stung me with your razor wit. Now I’ll be up all night crying.
**eyes rolling**
January 15th, 2007 at 7:45 pmI’ll make that decision WHEN you post some facts and stop with the rhetoric.
Comment by michael — January 15, 2007 @ 7:03 pm
Hey Mikey, here are some facts which I will not post links to.
Over 3000 Americans killed in Iraq and close to 25,000 wounded.
January 15th, 2007 at 7:47 pmJust like Reagan, Bush has turned a surplus to a large debt.
The Bush administration is corrupt and filled with incompetents.
GWB will go down in history as the worst American president.
Your an a$$wipe or fool-most likely both****find a link for that.
I’ll make that decision WHEN you post some facts and stop with the rhetoric.
Comment by michael — January 15, 2007 @ 7:03 pm
Hey Mikey, here are some facts which I will not post links to.
Over 3000 Americans killed in Iraq and close to 25,000 wounded.
January 15th, 2007 at 7:47 pmJust like Reagan, Bush has turned a surplus to a large debt.
The Bush administration is corrupt and filled with incompetents.
GWB will go down in history as the worst American president.
Your an a$$wipe or fool-most likely both****find a link for that.
See the difference, you *librul*?
Comment by I_am_mighty_aphrodite_and_a_zionist_fool
I get it now. Thanks.
January 15th, 2007 at 7:47 pmI’ll make that decision WHEN you post some facts and stop with the rhetoric.
Comment by michael — January 15, 2007 @ 7:03 pm
Hey Mikey, here are some facts which I will not post links to.
Over 3000 Americans killed in Iraq and close to 25,000 wounded.
January 15th, 2007 at 7:47 pmJust like Reagan, Bush has turned a surplus to a large debt.
The Bush administration is corrupt and filled with incompetents.
GWB will go down in history as the worst American president.
Your an a$$wipe or fool-most likely both****find a link for that.
An important example that didn’t make it onto this list comes from the president’s 9/15/06 press conference. In this instance, Bush went so far as to suggest that even certain thoughts are unacceptable:
“If there’s any comparison between the compassion and decency of the American people and the terrorist tactics of extremists, it’s flawed logic. I simply can’t accept that. It’s unacceptable to think that there’s any kind of comparison between the behavior of the United States of America and the action of Islamic extremists who kill innocent women and children to achieve an objective.”
January 15th, 2007 at 7:47 pm#170 – Roy Eidelson
That’s right! Wasn’t that one of the statements that inspired a Keith Olbermann Special Comment?
January 15th, 2007 at 8:02 pmRoy, He was being kind – of course, it’s perfectly acceptable for you to think ANYthing you wish…..But please don’t criticize those of us who find “libruls” amusingly stupid (I surmise it’s acceptable to think Progs and Progettes are “amusingly stupid”) or pathetic. Pathetic Progs fall into the worldcantwait, Internationale, Revolutionary C*mmu^!st Party category. Another coalition I find Progs can cheer about is Huggo in Venezuela teaming up with Ahmindinejead. What a twosome!
January 15th, 2007 at 8:08 pm“Pathetic Progs fall into the worldcantwait, Internationale, Revolutionary C*mmu^!st Party category. Another coalition I find Progs can cheer about is Huggo in Venezuela teaming up with Ahmindinejead. What a twosome! Comment by mighty aphrodite — January 15, 2007 @ 8:08 pm”
****Of course the part that pisses me off the most, is those *koranimals* used to be our *friends*, against the *commies*, so now I feel betrayed! Much like when I found out my husband was having sex in the public bathroom, when the George Michael tour was in town!
There would have been a day, when we conservatives would have cheered such a *shadow* of Bush that Iran’s preznit *achmed* makes! Now, he’s just another jew hater, that we have to put in an oven and gas to death!
January 15th, 2007 at 8:15 pmHagette, please tell us your funny story about your dead child again. It’s been soooo long…
January 15th, 2007 at 8:16 pm“Hagette, please tell us your funny story about your dead child again. It’s been soooo long… Comment by Zooey — January 15, 2007 @ 8:16 pm”
****I just cooked the youngest one in a stew last week because she said she wanted me to put a *librul* spread of peanut butter on her sandwich! I keep a bunch of my husbands pekur juice in the freezer, I’ll just have another litter to replace her! All I can say is, she was *good-eats*!
January 15th, 2007 at 8:21 pm“Hagette, please tell us your funny story about your dead child again. It’s been soooo long… Comment by Zooey — January 15, 2007 @ 8:16 pmâ€
****I just cooked the youngest one in a stew last week because she said she wanted me to put a *librul* spread of peanut butter on her sandwich! I keep a bunch of my husbands pekur juice in the freezer, I’ll just have another litter to replace her! All I can say is, she was *good-eats*!
Comment by I_am_mighty_aphrodite_and_a_zionist_fool — January 15, 2007 @ 8:21 pm
ROTFL!!! That’s sweeeeeeet!!
January 15th, 2007 at 8:24 pm#164 – Tuber – Would FACTS and attributions help you admit you know very little of anything substantive? Google pbs – Osama bin Laden:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/binladen/who/bio
Discussing young Osama, “The father used to insist on his sons to go and manage some projects themselves.” “ome projects” is an understatement – the bin Laden Group has had wide ranging civil and commercial projects in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East……The entire article is fascinating – if you can get through it…..As for getting the binLaden’s out…..another old Prog conspiracy….I suppose you would have been happier if the family which has disowned their bombing brother, had been tortured and killed? What are you. a closet Repub?
And you clever Prog – linking Hastert to the gay-pedophile, Mark Foley….how amusing! It’s almost as funny as taking a drive with Senator Ted “Breast Stroke” Kennedy, or going to Barney Franks’ for a fun-filled evening with gay-hookers when Barney was gone and didn’t have a
January 15th, 2007 at 8:34 pmclue! Toooo funny, Tubber
“because economists point out that the debt is growing faster than the economy†“Now you made this statement without telling us what economists! I could make a similar reverse statement also but if I did I would list the economists to support it. Comment by michael — January 15, 2007 @ 7:03 pmâ€
Under Democratic presidents, every income class did well but the poorest did best. The bottom 20% had average pretax income growth of 2.63% per year while the top 5% showed pretax income growth of 2.11% per year.
Republicans were polar opposites. Not only was their overall performance worse than Democrats, but it was wildly tilted toward the well off. The bottom 20% saw pretax income growth of only .6% per year while the top 5% enjoyed pretax income growth of 2.09% per year. (What’s more, the trendline is pretty clear: if the chart were extended to show the really rich — the top 1% and the top .1% — the Republican growth numbers for them would be higher than the Democratic numbers.)
Lets see from Forbes we see:
Postwar Presidencies Ranked By Six Measures Of Economic Performance, Where 1 Is Best. Who was the winner? Hmmmm…Bill Clinton. Who was the worst, hmmmm…GHB.
Hermaphrodite and that other as$hole here are the Economic breakdowns by party. This website puts the breaks to your spin that somehow republicans are better at economics….just another lie by the so called conservatives.
The websites called eriposte , check it out.
January 15th, 2007 at 8:43 pmHey Mighty A.
Tell us the joke about your dead daughter again….I just LOVE it when a Conservative Bush Lover like yourself makes fun over her own child’s death!!!!!
/contempt
January 15th, 2007 at 8:43 pmWorth a look:
http://www.rawprint.com/images/Iran07a.pdf
at least someone in the stock market is looking ahead to the economic impact of the Iran war……….
January 15th, 2007 at 8:47 pmMighty A doesn’t like it when I show up….
January 15th, 2007 at 8:52 pmMighty A doesn’t like it when I show up….
Comment by Briseadh na Faire
The rest of us do. :)
January 15th, 2007 at 8:55 pm“I don’t think that word means what you think it means.”
January 15th, 2007 at 9:00 pm“I don’t think that word means what you think it means.â€
Comment by Fezzik
Actually, Inigo Montoya said that.
January 15th, 2007 at 9:08 pmWe can get alot more done WITHOUT YOU
Comment by NOT a Briseadh na Faire FAN at ALL
Get lost, Schmendrick.
January 15th, 2007 at 9:19 pm#189-Smalldick,
Whatever it is that you are smoking, either share it with the class or put it away. Your rant is nonsensical, but your threats are humorous.
January 15th, 2007 at 9:39 pmAnd I am one dirty lowdown kneecappin unscrupulous bastard of an enemy to have against you
… just sayin
Comment by Schmendrick
**yawn**
Don’t threaten me.
January 15th, 2007 at 9:39 pm“The debt is out of controlâ€
It seems to me like I’ve heard this from you Dems before, like during the Reagan administration. We grew ot of it then just as we will grow out of it today.
When is enough enough? Or rather when is it too much? Do you think perpetual, increasing debt is good? If so, explain.
January 15th, 2007 at 9:46 pmWow, I think Schmendrick was about the best laugh I have had in a while. So let me get this straight; those who say question the government, and we maybe we should consider what to do before doing it, are part of the Nazi brainwash cult who just react?
I think you need to either get off the meds, or up the meds, depending on where you are in your life. Oh well at least you aren’t ranting as much as the self styled mighty aphrodite. your posts are at least mildly coherant, not something I can say for her posts.
January 15th, 2007 at 9:48 pm“because economists point out that the debt is growing faster than the economyâ€
Now you made this statement without telling us what economists! I could make a similar reverse statement also but if I did I would list the economists to support it.
Are you retarded? Not even your paid for neocon economists deny this. Dipshit.
January 15th, 2007 at 9:48 pmSchmendrick is one tough chickenhawk. He couldn’t fight his way out of a wet paper bag. Kind of a pussy, really…just sayin’
January 15th, 2007 at 9:49 pmStay away please
We can get alot more done WITHOUT YOU
Comment by NOT a Briseadh na Faire FAN at ALL — January 15, 2007 @ 9:14 pm
you should look up witchcraft, NOTAFAN… you’ll find it is an earth-centered religion/philosophy….not like the Hollywood witches at all.
Now, if you want to really get into it…one does not even have to cast “spells.” Focused intent can work “magick.” Manipulating physical objects can be fun and revealing (just ask Mighty A) but that is not necessary to witchcraft.
And you say “most posters here these days abhore it when you show up.” Name two.
January 15th, 2007 at 9:51 pmKrazny,
Don’t call it Schmendrick, I called it that, and now it’s adopted the name. I don’tknow what you should call it, other than idiot.
January 15th, 2007 at 9:53 pmHoo boy…fresh troll meat. ^_^
Schmendrick sez:
Yes…no emotions at all. Our concern for our young men and women that Chimpy sends off every day to get blown up in Iraq is all clearly feigned. However did you see though our clever deception?
Dolt.
Oh yes…believing that acts have consequences, and that the same actions performed over and over again will produce the same results (or lack therof) is certainly an ‘unthinking’ and ‘archaic’ mindset.
Idiot.
Well, schmendrick, if you were truly courageous, you’d be enlisting in the Army so you could go fight Chimpy’s war…but let’s not split hairs…
Let me get this straight…you’re claiming that the traits of self-sufficiency and self-reliance are negative? That alone is so moronic that I don’t even need to discuss your use of the terms ‘witchcraft seekers’ and ‘UNGODLIES’. Sheesh.
But wait….I thought we were ’self-reliant’…doesn’t sound like a trait that goes well with ‘easily brainwashed’. If you can’t keep your rants consistent with reality, at least try to keep them internally consistent.
Well, that explains you, anyway…
Don’t make promises you’re clearly not competent enough to keep, Junior.
(You can’t.)
Promises, promises. From what I’ve seen so far, that’s all we’ll get.
Talk is cheap, schmendrick. Bring the noise (if you’re able).
January 15th, 2007 at 9:54 pm#197 Not to be insulting but I find all of the “witch” crap just as insulting to the intelligence as the “Jesus rose from the dead” crap. It is all just lunacy.
January 15th, 2007 at 9:54 pmSorry boys and girls but the TP censorship thing has reached my limit. Keep up the fight and I’ll see you on the other side. Later.
January 15th, 2007 at 9:55 pmOk, #197 is no longer #197. TP needs some new software.
January 15th, 2007 at 9:57 pmComment by JPark — January 15, 2007 @ 9:54 pm
Actually, I prefer the term metaphysics. All I can say here is, from my personal experiences, it works. If you are open to that, and would like to know more, let me know.
January 15th, 2007 at 10:02 pmWhat was deleted? It should have been that idiot making threats, but it wasn’t.
January 15th, 2007 at 10:03 pmNot to be insulting but I find all of the “witch†crap just as insulting to the intelligence as the “Jesus rose from the dead†crap. It is all just lunacy.
Comment by JPark — January 15, 2007 @ 9:54 pm
A friend of mine calls religion ‘the parachute’… which he says land mammals don’t exactly need, but some won’t give up ‘just in case’ there is a spiteful god that suddenly blinks them into a spiraling airplane to test their faith…
Though, I find people like Sharon Cox who is wiccan to not be religious, but more in harmony with nature – which I can respect. It’s that whole “Let’s crucify a man to be given pentance for a couple of people having once eaten an apple” that I have problems with… Especially when they are always crying foul that they can’t force the rest of us to think the same way.
January 15th, 2007 at 10:05 pmAnd all the posts with outright racial slurs.
January 15th, 2007 at 10:07 pm#202 I don’t think that any person can alter the physical world or the metaphysical world with a thought.
January 15th, 2007 at 10:07 pmAnd all the posts with outright racial slurs.
January 15th, 2007 at 10:07 pmActually, I prefer the term metaphysics. All I can say here is, from my personal experiences, it works. If you are open to that, and would like to know more, let me know.
January 15th, 2007 at 10:18 pmComment by Briseadh na Faire
Actually, I dont believe in metaphysics. None of that has been proven by science, however, that doesnt mean it is NOT interesting. I admire the way that druids and indian tribes got in touch with themselves and nature. Perhaps the modern hi-tech man should learn a lot about this philosophy. I practice aikido and the world changes once you are inside the tatami. Science can describe it as heartbeats, body dynamics, force, etc. but science fails to grasp the real meaning of the art, of course.
BTW, I do NOT abhore you. :)
Then, I take it, you have never made a cloud disappear….I used to feel the same way as you. As I said earlier, if you have an open mind and would like to know more, let me know.
January 15th, 2007 at 10:21 pmThat’s why it’s called metaphysics….it is unprovable by “science.” Go back and research the tsunami of a year ago…how the native tribes knew to go to higher ground…and study shamanism.
peace and blessings, Juan C.
January 15th, 2007 at 10:52 pmSchmendrick sez:
Hoo boy…yeah, I just bet they do.
They probably call you ’stormtrooper’ because you are a faceless nobody who fires round after round after round, but never can seem to hit the target. ^_^
‘Schmendrick’ goes on to say a lot more, but it’s even more incoherent than what I quoted…yikes.
A few tips for you. Schmendrick:
– This is a political blog. Other posters might take you more seriously if you actually attempt to discuss the issues presented here.
– Just because you’ve managed to figure out the riddle of the childproof cap does not make it OK to ’sample’ your grandma’s medication.
January 15th, 2007 at 10:52 pmAnd people will be watching movies instead of his ridiculous State of the Union address as well. It’s painful to watch the fool which he continues to make of himself. How’d he ever get elected? Ooops….forgot
Comment by Veritas
Oops…..forgot, the American people do not want to know the truth. Excuse the cliché, we can’t handle the truth!
January 15th, 2007 at 10:54 pmanything this idiot adiminstration touches, looks at, thinks about FAILS.
January 15th, 2007 at 11:17 pmYou’re funny, schmendrick.
Funny like a clown. ^_^
Thanks for the laugh, clown.
January 15th, 2007 at 11:17 pmTrip,
I think somebody is scraping the bottom of the clown car for this troll.
January 15th, 2007 at 11:24 pmMistress Z, methinks schmendrix dripped over here from huffpo. I recognize the linguistic (not to mention the “smegma”).
January 15th, 2007 at 11:29 pmClassic schoolyard.
Glad I have stayed out of this frey tonight…..Thank you for the compliment Unbelievable…We do have a lot in common, balance and earth first…Tree hugger’s make good friend’s, like the tree’s we tend to be steadfast…
The diffrences in all people should be honored and respected….Getting to know about people or thing’s removes fear and increases harmony…
I only have one thing to add tonight, been a long, cold, hard day to get through…..If all people from around the world stoped what they were doing at the same time and had one same thought at that moment, rather in the form of a prayer, wish or Blessing the thing they thought of would happen……How could it not……Look to the people around you, no matter their faith or no relegion, ask them what they think is the one most important thing for our world today….Then present them with this thought if you dare….Stop the war’s now…..Then maybe we can pick a day, pass the word around through the internet…Maybe a huge march or assembly at the same time…..Think on it..While we work for Impeaching these murders in our administration and cleaning up their mess we must get rid of all the evil that causes war’s..Banish and shun they will leave, they fear us……Blessings all…..
January 15th, 2007 at 11:38 pmBush/Cheney is unacceptable- by the USA and by the world.
January 15th, 2007 at 11:48 pmUncle Ho, did I ever tell you I Love You…Well I do in a brotherly sort of way, I can tell you have a great spirit…..Just wanted you to know..Blessings
January 16th, 2007 at 12:05 amMistress Z, methinks schmendrix dripped over here from huffpo. I recognize the linguistic (not to mention the “smegmaâ€).
Classic schoolyard.
Comment by RUCerious
I guess I shouldn’t have called it Schmendrick, since it took on the name. I should have called it Wank Off. Yes, this one has been here before, and fairly recently, I think.
Mistress Z? Hmmm, I like it. Heh.
January 16th, 2007 at 12:05 amOy, Sharon! Do I need to resurrect Yenta? Heh.
“If all people from around the world stoped what they were doing at the same time and had one same thought at that moment, rather in the form of a prayer, wish or Blessing the thing they thought of would happen…”
The power of the mind is staggering. We should be so lucky…
January 16th, 2007 at 12:13 amGood Evening Zooey, how’s my favorite college student tonight.?….
It seem’s a bit warmer here..Hope the weather is improving for our Lady in the east. That would be you BTW……
So far my patch and cap on the water main is holding….It’s only Jan. and worry about the added snow forcasted and more cold…Had to take a nap and I never take nap’s, seemed to help.. Guess getting up at 4 A.M. and running all day was a bit over the top for this old woman…..
How are your young men doing.? Bet they are proud you are going to college….Not going to stick aound much tonight, to many flakes…..Supose some think the same of me…..LOL.. Like butt’s, every one has an opinion..And ofcourse there are the one’s that I piss off for my chit chat….Let’s see will I listen to Credence or Bocheli……LOL..Blessings and night all..Maybe
January 16th, 2007 at 12:26 amGo back and research the tsunami of a year ago…how the native tribes knew to go to higher ground…
Comment by Briseadh na Faire
They followed the elephants.
Link
Link and awesome website
and study shamanism.
January 16th, 2007 at 12:30 ampeace and blessings, Juan C.
I will someday for sure. Thank you.
Hi Sharon,
I’m about to head out of here, too. I’m doing well. Trying to get back into the school frame of mind.
I was wishing for a real winter this year, and damn, did I get my wish! I’ll start wishing for an early spring…. :)
The men are doing well, and are back to doing their own thing now. Got my place cleaned up finally. I think I raised raccoons.
F*ck ‘em if they can’t stand a little banter late in the evening! Take care, dear lady.
January 16th, 2007 at 12:35 am#228 – That’s amazing, Juan.
January 16th, 2007 at 12:36 amYeah, yeah schmendrick. Same shit, different thread.
That’s how you give yourself away every time you change your name.
Just sayin’
January 16th, 2007 at 12:46 amThat’s amazing, Juan.
Comment by Zooey
I know this is tacky, but when I really think about the world we live in, the faces of dignity of people -frequently poor people cuz they have nothing to hide-, the waves in the ocean, the red of the sun when it is dusk, the rain, the mountains, the green of the plants and the dynamics and behavior of animals, I want to cry becuz I frequently forget about whats really important: all of us. I feel sad becuz Im missing all that beauty blinded by the little problems in my little shallow world of business, studies and cell phones. Sorry, I feel like a black musician playing blues.
January 16th, 2007 at 12:46 amThank you Juan C…Great link….Many of us, as you know are capable of quieting our mind and are in tune to Mother earth…I have been gifted with many thing’s one of which is knowing way ahead of time when quakes are coming…..I also can smell the approach of rain hour’s before a cloud is even seen…..Can witch for water and know when an animal is sick long before most can detect a problem….My vet in Montana loved that I would call and he and I would stop problem’s that could of been deadly because I saw the very early subtle sign’s……I believe you must be a lot like that your self….You are loved, by me and many….Blessings
January 16th, 2007 at 12:51 amSorry, I feel like a black musician playing blues.
Comment by Juan C
You sound like one, too. :)
That’s not tacky at all, Juan. We all forget what’s truly important every now and then, but we have you to remind us. You are a very compassionate person, and we all learn from you.
January 16th, 2007 at 12:55 amI believe you must be a lot like that your self….You are loved, by me and many….Blessings
Comment by Sharon Cox
You are a very compassionate person, and we all learn from you.
January 16th, 2007 at 1:06 amComment by Zooey
Is this a conspiracy to make me cry? :)
Thank you for these moments. Good night.
Everything is a conspiracy theory until proven, right?
Another thing that gets me is the fact that the trolls
get to insult and spread mental trash without being
censored.
So much for the free speech.
As long as I am convinced that Operation Northwoods
was the plausible concept behind the events after 9/10
I will voice that opinion. And the fact that the great
leader gets annoyed about it shows it is absolutely
justified to share that ‘believe’.
Last but not least: Where is the difference between
religion and truth?
Everything that can’t be true is conspiracy, got it.
I am not some lunatic that hears the grass grow.
I connect dots, nothing else. And there are enough
dots out there to be connected.
To finalize my statement:
If a government is able to eliminate most evidence
of a specific event, does that make the event a theory,
or is the mere absence of hard evidence more likely to
amplify the doubt of the chronology of such event?
Hence, it is righteously so propagated by forementioned
trolls, that any theory about Bushes intentions and the way
the neocons have orchestrated the events leading to the
present situation, is nothing but a ‘conspiracy theory’.
Lee Harvey Oswald was just a disturbed person, that shot
JFK from the back through the chest into the head.
Unbelievable.
http://home.debitel.net/user/andreas.bunkahle/defaulte.htm
I am not alone. Millions of people on this planet share the same ‘theory’.
January 16th, 2007 at 1:08 amFear based thought is often accompanied with greed, dominance, bigotry, hatred, self loathing and projected loathing on others…..More often than not people with delusions of grandure and jealousy do terrible thing’s to themselves and others…..Also people with fear based thought have a sophmoric attitude, example, if your their friend you can’t be mine……It’s to sad that many fear based thinking people try by force to make others think as they do..Many have addictive behavior, troll’s and bush have all of these same trait’s…..I think, and it is just my opinion these types have a wire short circuted in their brain and are not capable of learning beyond a certain level and few are able to love anything, least of all themselves….The more they scream their hate and push their way or the highway the more like extreme spoiled children they become……Often time out’s work, more often tough love, banishing and shunning work wonder’s….Blessings
January 16th, 2007 at 1:10 amI use to believe all thing’s are relevant, still do with one exception……Troll’s and small minded fear monger’s are not relevant at all..Blessings
January 16th, 2007 at 1:42 amI believe in interdependency.Thus said there must be an explanation for denial of the obvious. We call them trolls whereas it is more than apparent that those poor elements are totally disconnected from reality. Reality is not something stiff and immobile. It is based on the possibilities our minds allow us to perceive. That is generally spoken the reason why trolls dwell in a small dark space in the universe. Metaphorically light does not penetrate their mind. It is hate and willful ignorance, the
January 16th, 2007 at 2:34 amfree choice of limitation and ignorance.
An Octopus is more intelligent than any participant, member or follower of a believe system that perceives dissidents as inferior.
Respect to all of You that show an honest effort to promote
January 16th, 2007 at 2:43 ama better world in which oppression and abuse are not an acceptable means to manage what life has given to us.
Respect to all of You that show an honest effort to promote
January 16th, 2007 at 2:43 ama better world in which oppression and abuse are not an acceptable means to manage what life has given to us.
I also want to know the truth about 9/11, and not have it suppressed. I am not a conspiracy theorist, I simply like to know the facts. And the facts, in this instance, do not add up. Really, to quite a staggering degree.
First of all, the pancake theory’s physical impossibility really does point to some sort of demolitions. There is absolutely no way, under physics, that a building can go into freefall, terminal velocity, whatnot, under the pancake theory. The math doesn’t even come close to working. Was it patient terrorists setting the whole thing up over months of time? I want to know. Was it a rogue faction within our government? I want to know.
Why were the stocks for all of the airlines used in the attacks traded 11x more heavily in the few days leading up to the attack? I really want to know that one, and I want to know who it was involved in those transactions. Follow the money. Basic Investigations 101. Those numbers are off the chart as far as anomalies go, yet the MSM refuses to go near then. But, the facts are there. Anyone can check the stock market and see the activity. It was real, and someone got very, very rich off of this horrible tragedy.
Speaking of getting rich off of the tragedy, why did Silverstein buy such an enormous insurance policy on the buildings so close to the attacks? Why did Silverstein, on camera, approve the demolition of the building, using a term ONLY used in professional demolition work? Why did firemen, also on camera, say they finally got word that they were “pulling the building”? “Pulling a building” is only used in those terms. It takes far, far longer than a few hours to set up such a demolition job.Coincidence? That is a more insane conspiracy theory than all of the stuff the UFO folks come up with.
Why the hell were our military conducting terror alert tests involving FLYING PLANES INTO BUILDINGS that very morning? Why did Dick Cheney insist that the Air Force stand down? How the hell did those planes stay in the air for so long, when there are countless instances of F-16s reaching planes off course in under 15 minutes with longer distances to travel to reach said off-course plane?
Do I think George W. Bush did it? No, I do not. Do I think Israel did it? No, I do not. That does not, however, mean I am willing to rule out rogue factions within the intelligence community in those and other countries. The Community, as they like to refer to themselves, consider themselves a separate entity from the governments and citizens alike that they are supposed to serve.
Honestly, to me, it seems like a combination of bait & switch on the stock market, combined with insurance scam. And a distinct possibility that Cheney wanted a Gulf of Tonkin to get the ball rolling on his decades-long agenda against Iraq and Iran. Does it sound crazy compared to the official story? Perhaps, but not really, to anyone who has seriously studied history. There have been numerous false flags in human history, including those that Americans participated in. This is all on the public record, and officially acknowledged by historians and the government alike.
We’ll never know until an actual investigation is put forth, however. We do know, for certain, that regardless of who committed that horrible atrocity, this Administration used it for their own political means. Even if that is their only role in the entire matter, that is unacceptable.
To those who absolutely don’t even want to look at the evidence, consider this: Do you think the many honorable, well-regarded members of the scientific community, and most of the people who want to know the truth LIKE the thought of such conspiracies being true? Because let me tell you, it f**king sucks. It absolutely sucks to think that there are people who could be so evil, and so two-faced about it all. I’d much, much rather we had concrete, publicly discussed and reviewed evidence directly linking terrorist cells to that tragic day. Sure, the conspiracy theorists who get off on everything being linked to some great, Illuminati-like uber-conspiracy do. But those of us just looking at the pieces of the puzzle and seeing SO MANY contradictions to the “official account” are most assuredly not having a good time.
January 16th, 2007 at 2:57 amNot trying to derail the conversation, sorry folks. But if any and all posts concerning anything not in the official story really are being deleted, that SHOULD cause concern amongst all of you honorable, rational human beings I know are out there just trying to understand this crazy thing called life as well.
January 16th, 2007 at 3:00 amComment by charles farson
Slide back down the troll-poll. Yer stinkin’ up the joint . . .
January 16th, 2007 at 3:16 amIraqis will never accept this sellout to the oil corporations
January 16th, 2007 at 3:49 amWhat astounding reasoning! One wrong deed (that saved the lives of millions and millions of people from genocide, and, of course, let us fight the fascists before they truly could achieve world domination) totally deserves another horribly wrong deed to level it all out! Especially when there is a (multi-)generational gap, and neither party has the same agenda it once did. Oh, and don’t forget, those Dixie-crats who up and left the Republican party (or were they kicked out; Who cares, right?)
Imbecile. What a stupid basis to support a war.
January 16th, 2007 at 3:58 amIraqis will never accept this sellout to the oil corporations posted again due to trolls pushing down the interesting links with rhetoric
January 16th, 2007 at 4:39 amBritish troops may leave within a year, says Iraqi Vice-President
British troops could withdraw from Iraq within a year provided the Iraqi armed forces are reformed, says the country’s Vice President…….
January 16th, 2007 at 4:40 amTP could you please delete schmendrick posts – I find his manners and language deeply disturbing
January 16th, 2007 at 4:54 amAll Eyes on Parliament: January 24th
There is one group that has always had the power to stop Blair’s compulsive subservience to George Bush: members of parliament. So far, the majority have acquiesced in every stage of Blair’s warmongering. On 24 January, Iraq will be debated and voted on in parliament. Stop the War has called for a lunchtime lobby of MPs, followed by an evening demonstration outside the House of Commons (details below). Between now and then we need to do everything possible to ensure that MPs know that they must not repeat their abject performance on 31 October 2006, when only 12 Labour MPs voted for an inquiry into the whole Iraq disaster.
January 16th, 2007 at 5:10 amRev. Louis P. Sheldon is a criminal!!
Read about it here…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_P._Sheldon
January 16th, 2007 at 6:18 amRev. Louis P. Sheldon is a criminal!!
Read about it here…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_P._Sheldon
TVC = Traditional Values Crapola
January 16th, 2007 at 6:31 amSharon Cox; thanx. Trouble with the phone line over the last few days. With dial-up, no phone = no internet. :(
January 16th, 2007 at 7:18 amYes you fools have billions of dollars worth of bought and paid for media but it is like listening to a dead air microphone !
NO IDEAS !
You remind me of a spoiled kid with a rich daddy ( Soros ) .
You cant play drums for shit and you have been after daddy and after daddy so he buys you a drum set .
He also buys up all the companies who manufacture all the drum sets in the world .
So no one else gets a chance to play .
Now we all must bear the burden and the brunt of you and your wielding of your drumset ( blog time here )
The noise is deafening !
It is utter silencio from the
PARTY WITH NO IDEAS AND
NO IDEA WHAT IS EVEN GOING ON
Typical .
January 16th, 2007 at 8:03 amThe Preznit and his ideas haven’t worked. The Dems can’t give one to him because he doesn’t listen, kinda like Velma Ritter. Doesn’t she realize that MANY have tried to give the Decider a plan, he won’t even discuss them? You madam, are the FOOL and I guess a member of the “compassionate conservatives, who love war!!”
January 16th, 2007 at 8:48 amThere is absolutely no way, under physics, that a building can go into freefall, terminal velocity, whatnot, under the pancake theory. The math doesn’t even come close to working.
Comment by Moderation — January 16, 2007 @ 2:57 am
Buildings are 95% air (it’s how you inhabit them). They only ever fall, like everything else that isn’t solid, at 32 ft per second squared (this means that they accelerate as they fall). Traditional explosives are not necessary… Though a plane filled with jet fuel that explodes could be considered the only necessary force. Physically it was enough.
I’ve studied physics, statics and engineering. I then practiced it for 14 years in the industry.
The way the towers fell do not prove conspiracy.
January 16th, 2007 at 8:53 amComment by Soros Fuhrer Schmendrick — January 16, 2007 @ 6:56 am
I agree with those who feel that this person is not contributing to the discussion and is violating a host of site policy.
He should be tossed out with the rest of the trash.
January 16th, 2007 at 8:56 amComment by Velma Ritter — January 16, 2007 @ 8:03 am
Don’t start.
It’s not that the Dems don’t have a plan. They just don’t have one that Bush or the Repubs in the 109th agreed to. Murtha wanted to redepoy the troops, but oh no, we couldn’t do that.
Bush said that he’d pull out America’s troops if the Iraqi government asked. They asked. He ignored them. It’s on TP if you know how to use the search option.
Saw Katie Couric interview a commander on CBS News last week. He said that historically speaking, it takes about 10 years to quell an insurgency. Are you ready to commit our troops, including possibly one that is a member of your family or a friend’s family, to 6 more years of Iraqi occupation?
And what of Bush’s plan? Is he going to smack the Iraqis on the hands if his “new way forward” doesn’t work? Oh wait…the only negative thing that will happen if the Iraqis don’t take advantage of our escalation and stand up so that we can stand down will be that they will lose the support of the American people. Yeah…that’ll get them moving.
January 16th, 2007 at 9:45 amWTF is it with these trolls?! They’re getting worse and worse.
January 16th, 2007 at 10:00 amCome on, Velma. Bring it on! From TP, 11/22/05:
Bush Said He Would Withdraw U.S. Forces If The Iraqis Asked
On Monday, Iraqi political leaders called on the U.S. to set a timetable for withdrawal. In January, President Bush said that if asked by the Iraqis, U.S. forces would leave the country:
Bush has now been asked to withdraw. Will he stick to his word?
January 16th, 2007 at 10:48 amCome on, Velma. Say it with me.
“Bush is a liar!”
January 16th, 2007 at 11:36 amAs much as I respect you, since you’ve been a congenial and thoughtful poster for as long as I’ve been perusing TP, buildings do not just freefall without demolitions. Yes, buildings are mostly air. But a skyscraper is constructed of incredibly strong steel girders that don’t just melt or shatter, and certainly not in a unilaterally even spread across the width of a building. Even the weight of all that steel collapsing in upon itself simply does not allow for a freefall. One layer hits the next layer, which halts the freefall for just a moment. There is vastly more resistance in such a fall than air resistance, which is absolutely, 100% proven able to prevent an object from accelerating all the way to terminal velocity. That is one of the specific reasons why they have to use demolitions…to powderize the layers below the freefall as the building collapses in upon itself in such a manner as to prevent that resistance from occurring.
Next, there are virtually no instances of a fire, or even an explosion causing any building, much less a skyscraper, to collapse. In the extremely rare cases when they have, the buildings have been smaller, the fire far hotter than mere airline fuel burning off, and the fire has raged for far, far longer than those in the Towers. Moreover, the likelyhood of a building fire causing a skyscraper to fall straight down is incredibly tiny. A building is far more likely to fall at an angle, especially once the portion above the fire impacts the portion below the fire. That is another major reason for demolitions, to prevent the fall from straying. What’s more, the Towers were specifically designed to withstand temperatures far in excess of that airline fuel is capable of. Nearly twice as hot, in fact.
We are honestly supposed to believe that a fall with such incredibly small odds of occuring once happened not once, not twice, but three times in just a matter of hours? The statistical likelyhood of that occuring is…well, it’s just beyond staggering.
Like others here, I did not believe that there was a conspiracy of this sort for years after 9/11. But the evidence that something is severely amiss is just too overwhelming. The fact that the administration flat out refused any sort of investigation until long after the pieces of the building were sold off for scrap metal is downright frightening. I want to know who did it, why they did and, and how they did it. If it ends up being terrorists, again, awesome. But at this point, the answer that supports the evidence is far more depressing and frightening than Al Qaeda could ever hope to be. And that is just the physical evidence. That doesn’t even cover the possible insurance scam and insider trading informatio.
January 16th, 2007 at 5:30 pm