Comments on: Rep. Westmoreland Warns That Iraqis Won’t Just ‘Go Back to Tending Sheep and Herding Goats’ http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/14/iraq-goats/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:09:42 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Scrutiny Hooligans » Weepy Boehner Wets the Floor http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/14/iraq-goats/comment-page-2/#comment-3002924 Scrutiny Hooligans » Weepy Boehner Wets the Floor Sat, 31 Mar 2007 21:42:10 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/14/iraq-goats/#comment-3002924 [...] fat tears could be for all the Iraqi Goat Herders and Sheep Tenders mentioned by Republican Lynn Westmoreland, “Some people from the other side seem to believe that if we pull out of Iraq, the Iraqi people [...] [...] fat tears could be for all the Iraqi Goat Herders and Sheep Tenders mentioned by Republican Lynn Westmoreland, “Some people from the other side seem to believe that if we pull out of Iraq, the Iraqi people [...]

]]> By: BK http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/14/iraq-goats/comment-page-2/#comment-1776981 BK Sat, 17 Feb 2007 12:08:20 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/14/iraq-goats/#comment-1776981 Ya know, I bets this CongressCritter hardly eva beats his niggra's, or his wife and childrens. I hear him breakin wind, but can't figure which end is a doin the talkin, and which end is doin the breakin. I thank when they breaks wind, they calls it Break dancin down Jogeia way. Just spin and shit will do nicely Congressman, you really don't have to speak, or put up much more effort than that. If intelligent people want your opinion, they just switch on Faux Non News, Ya know, I bets this CongressCritter hardly eva beats
his niggra’s, or his wife and childrens.

I hear him breakin wind, but can’t figure which
end is a doin the talkin, and which end is doin
the breakin. I thank when they breaks wind,
they calls it Break dancin down Jogeia way.

Just spin and shit will do nicely Congressman,
you really don’t have to speak, or put up much
more effort than that. If intelligent people want
your opinion, they just switch on Faux Non News,

]]> By: mdhatter http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/14/iraq-goats/comment-page-2/#comment-1751254 mdhatter Thu, 15 Feb 2007 15:49:12 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/14/iraq-goats/#comment-1751254 Is he trying to pull the wool over their desert? Is he trying to pull the wool over their desert?

]]> By: TerrytheTurtle http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/14/iraq-goats/comment-page-2/#comment-1746319 TerrytheTurtle Thu, 15 Feb 2007 02:46:05 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/14/iraq-goats/#comment-1746319 <em>Some people from the other side seem to believe that if we pull out of Iraq, that the Iraqi people are going to go back to tending sheep and herding goats. Wait…. “go back”? Is that what the Iraqis were doing before the invasion? I thought they were a crafty, devious, and nefarious, WMD-making, Israel-hating, terrorist-supporting lot. Interesting how racist twists like Westmoreland usually see “the others” as a formidable threat and as inferior beings -at the same time. Comment by Gregor Samsa — February 14, 2007 @ 1:44 pm</em> Interestingly enough the same WMD-making, Republican Guard die-hards are now so incapable that they need (secular Sunnis that they are) to get all their gear from their Iranian (Shia Islamists who they hate) neighbors...? Has anyone looked at where all the IEDs are going off? In the Sunni triangle or the Shia area? Can you tell me why the Shia militias should trudge all the way to the Sunni triangle, unnoticed, to let off their IEDs? Or you will believe that Saddam's old guard and any Al Qaeda cadre that may exist, have decided to shelve their blood fued with the Shias just to use their Iranian-supplied IEDs on the Americans? Some people from the other side seem to believe that if we pull out of Iraq, that the Iraqi people are going to go back to tending sheep and herding goats.

Wait…. “go back”?

Is that what the Iraqis were doing before the invasion?

I thought they were a crafty, devious, and nefarious, WMD-making, Israel-hating, terrorist-supporting lot.

Interesting how racist twists like Westmoreland usually see “the others” as a formidable threat and as inferior beings -at the same time.

Comment by Gregor Samsa — February 14, 2007 @ 1:44 pm

Interestingly enough the same WMD-making, Republican Guard die-hards are now so incapable that they need (secular Sunnis that they are) to get all their gear from their Iranian (Shia Islamists who they hate) neighbors…? Has anyone looked at where all the IEDs are going off? In the Sunni triangle or the Shia area? Can you tell me why the Shia militias should trudge all the way to the Sunni triangle, unnoticed, to let off their IEDs? Or you will believe that Saddam’s old guard and any Al Qaeda cadre that may exist, have decided to shelve their blood fued with the Shias just to use their Iranian-supplied IEDs on the Americans?

]]> By: Karl http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/14/iraq-goats/comment-page-2/#comment-1746135 Karl Thu, 15 Feb 2007 02:06:41 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/14/iraq-goats/#comment-1746135 Georgia, wake up - you've got some real yahoos floating in Congress - between this bozo and the lazy bones who whined about working a full week, ay yi yi...your representation is hilarious. Better start asking some hard questions of your candidates. You're becoming a consistent laughing stock. Georgia, wake up – you’ve got some real yahoos floating in Congress – between this bozo and the lazy bones who whined about working a full week, ay yi yi…your representation is hilarious. Better start asking some hard questions of your candidates. You’re becoming a consistent laughing stock.

]]> By: Mora http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/14/iraq-goats/comment-page-2/#comment-1745993 Mora Thu, 15 Feb 2007 01:51:08 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/14/iraq-goats/#comment-1745993 Take heed: http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0214mccainrecall0214.html <strong>A petition in AZ is being taken in AZ to recall a Senator!</strong> <strong>Connecticut! Kentucky! Pennsylvania! Mississippi! and others Pay attention!</strong> Take heed:

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0214mccainrecall0214.html

A petition in AZ is being taken in AZ to recall a Senator!

Connecticut! Kentucky! Pennsylvania! Mississippi! and others Pay attention!

]]> By: JPark http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/14/iraq-goats/comment-page-2/#comment-1745956 JPark Thu, 15 Feb 2007 01:48:29 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/14/iraq-goats/#comment-1745956 Go back to teabagging desperate clergymen Westmoreland. You at least protect a few altar boys that way. Go back to teabagging desperate clergymen Westmoreland. You at least protect a few altar boys that way.

]]> By: Bluedog49 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/14/iraq-goats/comment-page-2/#comment-1745396 Bluedog49 Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:11:29 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/14/iraq-goats/#comment-1745396 Evidently, the Bush cultists think this will happen: Iraqi wife: The Americans are gone. Maybe we can begin to rebuild our house pretty soon. Iraqi husband: That will have to wait. I'm getting on the next plane to America. It's payback time! After all, didn't the Viet Cong immediately set out east on any boat they could get to bring it to us when we left Southeast Asia? Evidently, the Bush cultists think this will happen:

Iraqi wife: The Americans are gone. Maybe we can begin to rebuild our house pretty soon.

Iraqi husband: That will have to wait. I’m getting on the next plane to America. It’s payback time!

After all, didn’t the Viet Cong immediately set out east on any boat they could get to bring it to us when we left Southeast Asia?

]]> By: Democrat Soldier http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/14/iraq-goats/comment-page-2/#comment-1744834 Democrat Soldier Wed, 14 Feb 2007 22:33:33 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/14/iraq-goats/#comment-1744834 Why do elected Republicans hate our troops so much???? Neo-con values = screw our service members. Why do elected Republicans hate our troops so much????

Neo-con values = screw our service members.

]]> By: citizen_pain http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/14/iraq-goats/comment-page-2/#comment-1744332 citizen_pain Wed, 14 Feb 2007 20:49:38 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/14/iraq-goats/#comment-1744332 #33, GSD: WOW! The link you provided to the picture of the wounded Marine and his bride is maybe the most powerful image I have seen yet demonstrating the harsh reality of this unnecessary, ill begotten and ill fated war, thrust upon us by those that seek merely to secure profit for themselves and their business cronies. The dejected look of this once proud young Amercian, horribly disfigured, and his bride, who herself looks as if she is in a state of shock, gave me shivers up and down my spine. This is the TRUE reality of this war, and this picture should be posted all over the blogosphere to remind people of the carnage the neocons have created. #33, GSD: WOW! The link you provided to the picture of the wounded Marine and his bride is maybe the most powerful image I have seen yet demonstrating the harsh reality of this unnecessary, ill begotten and ill fated war, thrust upon us by those that seek merely to secure profit for themselves and their business cronies. The dejected look of this once proud young Amercian, horribly disfigured, and his bride, who herself looks as if she is in a state of shock, gave me shivers up and down my spine. This is the TRUE reality of this war, and this picture should be posted all over the blogosphere to remind people of the carnage the neocons have created.

]]> By: Raymond Funamoto http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/14/iraq-goats/comment-page-2/#comment-1744301 Raymond Funamoto Wed, 14 Feb 2007 20:43:18 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/14/iraq-goats/#comment-1744301 I quote from the incisive Blog "Down With Tyranny!" : "Lynn Westmoreland(R-GA) has one of the worst voting records of anyone in the House of Representatives. He is tied for dead last on every single category of Big Business kiss-up, everything that has to do with destroying public education, everything related to fair taxes, family planning, health care, housing, human rights and civil liberties, impartial justice, fairness for working men and women, and everything to do with war and peace. His voting record is stunning. A former crooked real estate developer he's among the 25 most extremist right-wing radicals in the entire Congress. Before being elected to Congress in a freak accident in 2004, he had been referred to as a 'braying jackass' by the Speaker of Georgia's House of Representatives." This blog also refers to this repugnant-repub Georgia cracker as "the dumbest man in the U.S. Congress"--I AM IN TOTAL ACCORD! I quote from the incisive Blog “Down With Tyranny!” : “Lynn Westmoreland(R-GA) has one of the worst voting records of anyone in the House of Representatives. He is tied for dead last on every single category of Big Business kiss-up, everything that has to do with destroying public education, everything related to fair taxes, family planning, health care, housing, human rights and civil liberties, impartial justice, fairness for working men and women, and everything to do with war and peace. His voting record is stunning. A former crooked real estate developer he’s among the 25 most extremist right-wing radicals in the entire Congress. Before being elected to Congress in a freak accident in 2004, he had been referred to as a ‘braying jackass’ by the Speaker of Georgia’s House of Representatives.” This blog also refers to this repugnant-repub Georgia cracker as “the dumbest man in the U.S. Congress”–I AM IN TOTAL ACCORD!

]]> By: All-American Hero http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/14/iraq-goats/comment-page-2/#comment-1744085 All-American Hero Wed, 14 Feb 2007 20:03:38 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/14/iraq-goats/#comment-1744085 I'm sure "MR." Speaker enjoyed your argument, sir. Excuse me while I go laugh out loud. I’m sure “MR.” Speaker enjoyed your argument, sir. Excuse me while I go laugh out loud.

]]> By: CoffinsDrapedWithFlags http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/14/iraq-goats/comment-page-2/#comment-1743986 CoffinsDrapedWithFlags Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:49:13 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/14/iraq-goats/#comment-1743986 Just tuned into CSPAN and listening to Rep Randy Forbes (R) from VA and he is comparing WWII Normandy invasion with our Iraq invasion. He wants us to "take that hill" like we did in Normandy. Is there a hill in Iraq that we should know about? This is great! The Republics are talking about everything <b>except</b> the Resolution. The best part is that the Democrats keep redirecting this debate. The Republics are looking stupid, as usual. Just tuned into CSPAN and listening to Rep Randy Forbes (R) from VA and he is comparing WWII Normandy invasion with our Iraq invasion. He wants us to “take that hill” like we did in Normandy. Is there a hill in Iraq that we should know about? This is great! The Republics are talking about everything except the Resolution. The best part is that the Democrats keep redirecting this debate. The Republics are looking stupid, as usual.

]]> By: Uncle Ho http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/14/iraq-goats/comment-page-2/#comment-1743983 Uncle Ho Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:48:55 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/14/iraq-goats/#comment-1743983 veritas; yup, I have read it, but it was years ago. veritas; yup, I have read it, but it was years ago.

]]> By: el chorizon http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/14/iraq-goats/comment-page-2/#comment-1743955 el chorizon Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:44:31 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/14/iraq-goats/#comment-1743955 GSD, Between Mexico, Spain and France, i think only the deranged cowboys in Sinaloa, MX would have them GSD,

Between Mexico, Spain and France, i think only the deranged cowboys in Sinaloa, MX would have them

]]> By: veritas http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/14/iraq-goats/comment-page-2/#comment-1743806 veritas Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:25:29 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/14/iraq-goats/#comment-1743806 Uncle Ho - Are you familiar with Arthur Schlesinger Jr.'s book from the 70's THE IMPERIAL PRESIDENCY?? It's a must read....nostalgic but oh so apropos today. When one considers that was was <em>de rigeur</em> in the 70's and considered vile and evil is trumped a thousand fold by this administration today....it illustrates the depths to which this country has descended since then. Uncle Ho – Are you familiar with Arthur Schlesinger Jr.’s book from the 70’s THE IMPERIAL PRESIDENCY?? It’s a must read….nostalgic but oh so apropos today. When one considers that was was de rigeur in the 70’s and considered vile and evil is trumped a thousand fold by this administration today….it illustrates the depths to which this country has descended since then.

]]> By: veritas http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/14/iraq-goats/comment-page-2/#comment-1743785 veritas Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:23:10 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/14/iraq-goats/#comment-1743785 Guess Rethugs have an intimate knowledge of sheep?? Guess Rethugs have an intimate knowledge of sheep??

]]> By: Juan C http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/14/iraq-goats/comment-page-2/#comment-1743733 Juan C Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:17:35 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/14/iraq-goats/#comment-1743733 Oops wrong thread, sorry. Oops wrong thread, sorry.

]]> By: Uncle Ho http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/14/iraq-goats/comment-page-2/#comment-1743636 Uncle Ho Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:04:51 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/14/iraq-goats/#comment-1743636 In 1967, another Westmoreland proclaimed we were winning in Vietnam. Arthur Schlesinger Jr called that Westy <em>"the most disasterous American general since Custer."</em> They are probably related. In 1967, another Westmoreland proclaimed we were winning in Vietnam. Arthur Schlesinger Jr called that Westy “the most disasterous American general since Custer.” They are probably related.

]]> By: Evil Spaniard http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/14/iraq-goats/comment-page-2/#comment-1743607 Evil Spaniard Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:01:33 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/14/iraq-goats/#comment-1743607 BTW, "decimate" comes from the "decimus", the 1/10 part of the production payed to to the Church by medieval peasants as tax. BTW, “decimate” comes from the “decimus”, the 1/10 part of the production payed to to the Church by medieval peasants as tax.

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