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Percentage of Americans who believe that Congress should allow funding only with a time limit (58 percent) or block all funding for the war in Iraq (9 percent), according to a new CBS poll. Fully 69 percent believe the escalation in Iraq has either made conditions worse (26 percent) or made no impact (43 percent), compared to 25 percent who believe it’s made conditions better.
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LOL — only 9% want to block all funding?!
April 15th, 2007 at 10:21 amMeanwhile, back at the surge:
Two car bombs exploded minutes apart in a busy Baghdad market in a mainly Shiite district Sunday, killing at least 18 people, police said.
http://news.yahoo.com/ s/ ap/ 20070415/ ap_on_re_mi_ea/ iraq
April 15th, 2007 at 10:25 amFor the record, no Americans were killed by those two car bombs. As I’ve said before, better to fight the terrorists there than here.
April 15th, 2007 at 10:29 amOnly 9% of those polled were thinking clearly? Too much Prozac being prescribed in the US.
April 15th, 2007 at 10:29 amtop o’ the mid-mornin to ya Jake! Just now crawling out of bed?
April 15th, 2007 at 10:31 am(I’ve been at work since 7am. For an idea of my boredom earlier, check out the Webb thread, around comment 72((ish)) and beyond…)
As Congressman Dennis Kucinich correctly points out, the Democrats cannot claim that they oppose the war if they do not support cutting off the funds. The Democrats have the power to stop the occupation. They were put in power last November because they promised they were going to end the illegal occpation of Iraq. It is long past the point that they keep their promise that they made to the American people. Congress-do your job-end this unnecessary occupation and bloodshed-cut off the funds-now.
April 15th, 2007 at 10:31 amAs for the poll results, I’m glad 25% at least realize the surge has made conditions better. Still, with all the media bias,, I would have thought more than 9% by now would want block all funding for the war in Iraq. I mean, come on, Feingold, his staff, and those who post here = 9%. That’s pretty pathetic. And here, I thought I was the one in the tiny minority. Gotta go finish the LA Times and watch Russert now.
April 15th, 2007 at 10:32 amLOL - only 33% believe we should have no time limit and fight an endless war forever?! Well I guess you can fool some of the people all of the time. BTW, Jake, who is the enemy in Iraq?
April 15th, 2007 at 10:32 ambetter to fight the terrorists there than here
Problem is, the terrorists are here.
http://www.newamericancentury.org/statementofprinciples.htm
April 15th, 2007 at 10:32 amCheck The Washington Post for Gonzales’ latest excuse for his acts against our Constitution and America/Americans. Filthy lying whore.
April 15th, 2007 at 10:33 amFor the record, even I believe that Congress should allow funding only with a time limit as well — how does January 21, 2009 sound as a compromise?
April 15th, 2007 at 10:33 amComment by Jake — April 15, 2007 @ 10:29 am
So if they weren’t Americans then they must have been terrorists? Jake, how does policing a civil war between the Sunnis and the Shiites in Iraq keep Saudis from flying planes into our buildings?
April 15th, 2007 at 10:34 am“I don’t think that the majority of the Democrats in Congress want to leave America’s fighting forces in harm’s way without the resources they need to defend themselves,” Cheney said on the CBS program “Face the Nation.”
Right. That’s Bush’s job!
-troops sent to Iraq without sufficient equipment.
April 15th, 2007 at 10:36 am-troops sent to Iraq without sufficient armor.
-troops sent to Iraq without sufficient weapons.
-troops sent to Iraq without sufficient ammunition.
-troops sent to Iraq without completing their training.
How’s it hangin’ whiteyfresh?! You’ve always been very civil to me. Too bad some other people have questions for me, though. They should have thought about that BEFORE resorting to personal attacks and/or refusing to answer MY questions — see you around.
April 15th, 2007 at 10:36 amCheck this: 0% of Bush Admin policies have resulted in positive results for America.
Not to worry, things are looking up.
Sheesh.
April 15th, 2007 at 10:37 amHere is the remaining 33%: Here.
April 15th, 2007 at 10:37 amJake, you are an ugly person. You have ugly in your soul.
April 15th, 2007 at 10:39 amAs for the poll results, I’m glad 25% at least realize the surge has made conditions better.
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Comment by Jake — April 15, 2007 @ 10:32 am
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How? We have had numerous American deaths every day since the surge began. Violence against our troops has increased. This is not left-wing propoganda. This is documented fact. Turkey is considering a strike against Iraq and a Northern invasion because of the PKK Kurdish Workers Party attacking them across their border. Conditions have gotten worse in Southern Iraq where Shiite cleric al-Sadr and his Mehdi Army are in control. Or is this what you consider success? Who is the enemy in Iraq Jake?
April 15th, 2007 at 10:40 am15 - 100% of Bush Admin policies have resulted in greater profits for War Profiteers and the rest of His base.
April 15th, 2007 at 10:40 amjAKE:LEAVING ALREADY??
April 15th, 2007 at 10:41 am“better to fight the terrorists there than here”
So Jake, when will you be enlisting?
April 15th, 2007 at 10:41 amOh Jake - please, please answer our questions. Ever since you started giving us the silent treatment, we haven’t been able to eat or sleep. What will we do without you? Whatever will we do…? Everybody loves Jake!
April 15th, 2007 at 10:42 amFor the record, here’s Jake from the other day, responding to me, after putting me on his mythical “ignore list”:
“The FIRST job of the government is to PROTECT the people.” Jake
“Um, I thought it was to uphold the Constitution? Or has that changed since 9/11?”
Comment by barfly — April 13, 2007 @ 4:22 pm
And here’s Jake, responding to me, and thus destroying the integrity of his precious ignore list:
“For the record, if all the People are killed by terrorists with suitcase nukes, it matters no longer to uphold the Constitution.” Comment by Jake — April 13, 2007 @ 4:24 pm
And the “list†dies a well deserved death - or do you think I won’t follow you around from thread to thread, posting this?
Jake’s newest dodge is “For the record … ” when he answers you, while seeming not to.
How juvenile.
April 15th, 2007 at 10:42 amThey should have thought about that BEFORE resorting to personal attacks and/or refusing to answer MY questions — see you around.
Comment by Jake — April 15, 2007 @ 10:36 am
Jake, you are just helping me out. Anyone reading these threads sees me constantly poking holes in everything you state and you just sitting there with no response. Who is the enemy in Iraq Jake? Don’t worry if you can’t answer. I was there for more than a year, and I can’t tell you who the enemy is.
April 15th, 2007 at 10:44 am0. The perrcentage of the American population who know who the enemy is in Iraq.
April 15th, 2007 at 10:46 amAs TP ‘ers can clearly see, Jake’s list is bogus; he answers people on the list, while trying to make it appear that he isn’t answering them. How long will he keep this up, now that he’s been revealed? We’ll see, as I’ll be tracking him around, to show everyone who might happen upon TP that Jake is a flake.
April 15th, 2007 at 10:49 amComment by chris L
Watch his “for the record” comments; that where he talks to those on his “list.”
April 15th, 2007 at 10:51 amMeanwhile, Carl Levin is this week’s FOX democrat.
Did anyone hear Juan Williams this week blaming blacks for racists remarks against blacks? On NPR. With Steve Inskeep.
April 15th, 2007 at 10:51 amchris L: I know!! Its El Quaieda, no, no, wait…Islamo Jihad-facsististimos!..no, that’s been shot down too. OOH! People who hate our freedom! that MUST be it. Right? RIGHT?
**snarkiness in full effect**
April 15th, 2007 at 10:53 amWhat is the mission in Iraq? What do our tank drivers, artillerymen, and infantry soldiers need to accomplish before they can come home? How long will this war go on? Victory means exit strategy, and our president needs to tell us what that exit strategy is.
April 15th, 2007 at 10:53 amMeanwhile, Carl Levin is this week’s FOX democrat.
Did anyone hear Juan Williams this week blaming blacks for racists remarks against blacks? On NPR. With Steve Inskeep. —
April 15th, 2007 at 10:54 am#11: That’s actually kind of freakin funny…..
April 15th, 2007 at 10:55 am“I think it’s also important for the president to lay out a timetable as to how long they will be involved and when they will be withdrawn.â€
April 15th, 2007 at 11:04 am11 - only if you personally accompany the military officers as they tell parents and loved ones of their son’s/daughter’s/husband’s/wife’s/father’s/mother’s death between today and January 21, 2009.
Their loved one will have died, just so Bush’s War won’t end on Bush’s watch. Their lives will be extinguished, just so Bush can falsely claim He was winning the war, and falsely lay the blame for His fiasco on someone else.
You can explain to them your compromise which postponed doing the right thing in Iraq, and, as a result, their loved one got blown to bits. You can give them the flag from the coffin, and thank them for their loved one’s sacrifice.
Plan on visiting 3-4 (or more) families a day, 7 days a week, from now until then. That’s over 2,000 visits, 2,000 more American women and men blown to pieces, 2,000 more families destroyed. 2,000 more mothers clutching a flag instead of their son or daughter.
April 15th, 2007 at 11:17 amhmmm. 25% say the escalation is “working”, but for some reason those same folks don’t want to redeploy american soldiers 11 months from now.
April 15th, 2007 at 11:24 am[…] Des Browne said. Psychology of Bush’s and Blair’s ’stay the course’ Iraq war policy: here. Comments […]
April 15th, 2007 at 11:45 am[…] Des Browne said. Psychology of Bush’s and Blair’s ’stay the course’ Iraq war policy: here. Comments […]
April 15th, 2007 at 11:45 amComment by Jake — April 15, 2007 @ 10:32 am
… Gotta go finish the LA Times and watch Russert now.
Glad to hear that you’re paper trained at last. Do you really need the whole Sunday paper before 11AM?
April 15th, 2007 at 12:56 pmLISTEN DUDE…….
THERE SHOULDN’T BE
ANY
FUNDING
WHATSOEVER……….
IT WILL END UP IN SOMEONES ROLL ROYCE
OR A YACHT
OR A FREEZER
OR OFF SHORE
BECAUSE
IT’S
ALL
DOG
GONE
TOTALLY
CORRUPT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FOR
ALL
THE
WONDERFUL
SERVICES
WE
ALL
GET
CAN’T GET THEM
DOESN’T MATTER…………
ENOUGH TO DOG GONE
P
April 15th, 2007 at 1:00 pmU
K
E
LOL — only 9% want to block all funding?!
LOL. YES, and fully 67% blocking or FUNDING ONLY WITH A TIMELINE.
And “jake” the DOMESTIC TERRORIST, who threatened to blow up the NYT on THESE BOARDS, will NEVER answer:
WHY did Bush and Cheney REFUSE TO TESTIFY UNDER OATH and
SWEAR TO GOD TO TELL THE TRUTH about their involvement with 9/11, the Bin Ladens, and the SAUDI TERRORIST FINANCIERS.
But WHAT can you expect from a DOMESTIC TERRORIST like “jake”?
LOL!!
April 15th, 2007 at 1:00 pm#32 Thanks, whiteyfresh.
April 15th, 2007 at 1:09 pmLISTEN DUDE
I AGREE
WE GET HALF
AND
YOU GET HALF
BECAUSE ALL THE DESPERATELY NEEDED SERVICE YOU NEED
TRY TO GET THEM
BET YOU CAN’T
BECAUSE
PAY FOR TOMS KNOWS LISA KNOWS TIM KNOWS
CHAIRS ARE EXPENSIVE LIKE $25,000 SILK COVERED CHAIRS
AND SO ARE YACHTS FOR A NICE DEFENSE CONTRACT
PAY $200 FOR A ITEM WORTH $15 BECAUSE OF ALL THE PARASITES
AND LEECHES TOO, POLITICAL PARASITES/LEECHES
FAST TALKING
SMOOTH TALKING
AND WE AREN’T TALKING ABOUT A COUPLE OF DOLLARS
ALWAYS RUNNING OUT OF MONEY
HARDLY HAVE ANY MONEY
BUDDY…. SURE WE CAN OVER INFLATE IT 200,300,1000%
AFTER ALL THE ELF’S POT, AND ONCE THEY ARE DONE
IT’S
A
BUNCH
OF EMPTY IOU’S… BUT I PAID SS
DOESN’T MATTER
VACUUM CLEANER SNAKE OIL BUSH LOADS UP HIS MOTORCADE
SELLING OUT HIS SWINDLER, PARASITES AND BROKERAGE BUDDIES
ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU
P
U
K
E
NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NO MORE FUNDING, A BUNCH OF PARASITES/POLITICAL LEECHES
April 15th, 2007 at 1:23 pmDUDE………..
IT’S
RIGGED
MAN
RIGGED
FUNDING ENDS UP IN SOME PARASITES POCKET
DUDE
IT ENDS UP IN SHINY NEW COMPUTERS BECAUSE
OF ALL THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY INVOLVING
BUSH
CHENEY
ROVE
GONZALES
ERASE HARD DRIVES… WHAT’S THE USE, 25 DUMPSTERS ORDERED
ALL PERFECTLY GOOD COMPUTERS GO IN THE TRASH BECAUSE WE
HAVE TO GET RID OF EMAILS
NO
MORE
DOG
GONE
FUNDING
THAT IS THE QUICKEST WAY TO TAKE WHAT’S WORTH
$1 AND MAKE IT WORTH ONE PENNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NO
MORE
FUNDING
UNTIL THE CORRUPT POLITICAL LEECHES ARE TOLD
STAY
AT
HOME
AND THERE’S SOME SERIOUS CRIMINAL REFORM, THEN ONCE
ALL THE SWINDLERS ARE GONE… THEN FUNDING CAN BE
REINSTATED
JIMBO DUDE ALWAYS SPEAKS TRUTH DUDE……….
BECAUSE IT’S RIGGED DUDE RIGGED :)
April 15th, 2007 at 1:32 pmDUDE………..
IT’S
RIGGED
MAN
RIGGED
FUNDING ENDS UP IN SOME PARASITES POCKET
DUDE
IT ENDS UP IN SHINY NEW COMPUTERS BECAUSE
OF ALL THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY INVOLVING
BUSH
CHENEY
ROVE
GONZALES
ERASE HARD DRIVES… WHAT’S THE USE, 25 DUMPSTERS ORDERED
ALL PERFECTLY GOOD COMPUTERS GO IN THE TRASH BECAUSE WE
HAVE TO GET RID OF EMAILS
NO
MORE
DOG
GONE
FUNDING
THAT IS THE QUICKEST WAY TO TAKE WHAT’S WORTH
$1 AND MAKE IT WORTH ONE PENNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NO
MORE
FUNDING
UNTIL THE CORRUPT POLITICAL LEECHES ARE TOLD
STAY
AT
HOME
AND THERE’S SOME SERIOUS CRIMINAL REFORM, THEN ONCE
ALL THE SWINDLERS ARE GONE… THEN FUNDING CAN BE
REINSTATED
JIMBO DUDE ALWAYS SPEAKS TRUTH DUDE……….
BECAUSE IT’S RIGGED DUDE RIGGED :)
SEE….
YOU SCRATCH MY BACK
&
I’LL SCRATCH YOUR BACK
WITH A
April 15th, 2007 at 1:33 pmYACHT
OR
A
MANSION
The preceding rants were brought to you by the letter “U” and the number 9%.
April 15th, 2007 at 4:25 pmWhen will jake serve his country by going to Iraq and fighting? For the record, the answer is never: he is a new age republican coward who would rather have other people die or be maimed for life than admit he and the man he voted for is wrong. So much for bush’s era of resposniblity…
April 15th, 2007 at 4:25 pmFor the record, I served in the Army during the Korean War.
April 15th, 2007 at 4:31 pmDid anyone hear Juan Williams this week blaming blacks for racists remarks against blacks? On NPR. With Steve Inskeep. —
Comment by jeff #31
jeff,
Juan Williams has been a regular on the Fox right wing Bushite Propaganda network for how long?
…if you gave that self-hating Ceeracka wannabe a pill to turn himself White…
…he’d eat the bottle…
…he’s a closet Armstrong Williams, Jesse Peterson, and J.C.Watts…
…all rolled into one…
April 15th, 2007 at 5:09 pm#
For the record, I served in the Army during the Korean War.
Comment by Jake — April 15, 2007 @ 4:31 pm
#
For the record, I served in Baghdad during Operation Iraqi Freedom from 2003 to 2004. What is our military mission in Iraq, Jake. Who is the enemy? The mission of the Korean war was to fight the spread of communism. The enemy was the North Korean military.
April 15th, 2007 at 5:13 pmAnyone ELSE who did not resort to personal attacks and/or answered my questions?
April 15th, 2007 at 5:16 pm#
Anyone ELSE who did not resort to personal attacks and/or answered my questions?
Comment by Jake — April 15, 2007 @ 5:16 pm
#
When did I do either of these? What was your MOS in the Army, Jake? Who is the enemy in Iraq? Don’t feel bad if you can’t answer that last question. No one can.
April 15th, 2007 at 5:20 pmFrom WashingtonPost today:
“On the afternoon of July 8, 2006, four private security guards rolled out of Baghdad’s Green Zone in an armored SUV. The team leader, Jacob C. Washbourne, rode in the front passenger seat. He seemed in a good mood. His vacation started the next day.
“I want to kill somebody today,” Washbourne said, according to the three other men in the vehicle, who later recalled it as an offhand remark. Before the day was over, however, the guards had been involved in three shooting incidents. In one, Washbourne allegedly fired into the windshield of a taxi for amusement, according to interviews and statements from the three other guards.”
Looks like Blackwater is starting to eat their own.
April 15th, 2007 at 5:28 pmFor the record, the only ways to get on the “Ignore List” is to resort to personal attacks and/or refuse to answer my questions — all I ask for is Common Courtesy — but, I don’t keep track of what day and time people get added to the IGNORE List. I’m sorry, but I won’t answer any more questions once you get added to the IGNORE List. That would kinda defeat the whole purpose of the IGNORE List.
April 15th, 2007 at 5:36 pmComment by Jake — April 15, 2007 @ 5:36 pm
You do realize you are actually helping everyone on your ignore list don’t you? We can post anything we want without you refuting anything. By the way, my daughter has an ignore list too. She is nine years old.
April 15th, 2007 at 5:43 pmAnyone else?
April 15th, 2007 at 5:52 pmEveryone, time to ignore “jaKE” the DOMESTIC TERRORIST who has THREATENED TO BLOW UP THE NY Times.
He is another TRAITOR and COWARD like
MURDERER Bush the TRAITOR coxucker PUNK.
who will BURN IN HELL.
See you in hell “TERRORIST jake” (cause I’LL be THERE…),
Mr. Bush
April 15th, 2007 at 6:46 pmMURDEROUS WAR CRIMINAL
TRAITOR to the USA
great moments in troll history:
“Anyone NOT on the “Ignore List†wants to discuss the specifics of how an OB/GYN can examine the hymen on females, or any other possible options, let me know.
Comment by Jake — April 13, 2007 @ 11:05 pm”
April 15th, 2007 at 7:46 pmFor the record, I never threatened to blow up the NYT building, and the discussion about “proving virginity” came up in an abstinence-only thread.
April 15th, 2007 at 7:52 pmFor the record, “jake” IS a DOMESTIC TERRORIST and DID threaten to blow up the NYT Building.
PROOF:
http://thinkprogress.org/ 2007/ 04/ 13/ we-are-trying-to-muddy-the-coverage/ #comment-3702200
So, “jake” IS a TRAITOR, LIAR, and DOMESTIC TERRORIST…
See you in hell “jake” (cause I’LL be THERE…),
Mr. Bush
April 15th, 2007 at 8:47 pmMURDEROUS WAR CRIMINAL
TRAITOR to the USA
#56 And you were certifiable in both threads. Crazy as a loon.
April 15th, 2007 at 11:22 pmIf anyone NOT “certifiable” or on the “Ignore List†wants to discuss HOW to prove one’s virginity then, let me know.
April 15th, 2007 at 11:55 pmFor the RECORD, “jake” is a DOMESTIC TERRORIST, and has threatened to blow up the NY Times.
Just like TRAITOR Bush the MURDERER coxucker PUNK.
See you in hell “jake” (cause I’LL be THERE),
Mr. Bush
April 16th, 2007 at 12:14 amMURDEROUS WAR CRIMINAL
COXUCKER PUNK TRAITOR TO THE USA
(For the RECORD)
Pls stay in Iraq, pleassse stay in Iraq, pleassssee stay in Iraq.
Pls don’t build new schools or roads or rebuild New Orleans or improve health care.
Pls just stay in Iraq and become a failed state back home. Better still fight Iran!
hahaahahahahahahaah
April 16th, 2007 at 5:43 amOh!!! And please change the law so that Bush can win another term!! pleeeaaasseeee!
We love him!!!
hahaahahahahaahah
April 16th, 2007 at 5:50 amWith enemies like this (i.e. Bush), who needs friends!!!
Hahahaahahahaahah
April 16th, 2007 at 6:10 am