U.S. deaths near grim Memorial Day mark.
By on May 26th, 2007 at 11:06 pm
U.S. deaths near grim Memorial Day mark.
“Americans have opened nearly 1,000 new graves to bury U.S. troops killed in Iraq since Memorial Day a year ago. The figure is telling — and expected to rise in coming months. In the period from Memorial Day 2006 through Saturday, 980 soldiers and Marines died in Iraq, compared to 807 deaths in the previous year.”
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The hands of George W. Bush are dripping with their blood.
May 26th, 2007 at 11:09 pmWhy?
May 26th, 2007 at 11:14 pmAnd those are the official numbers. I’ve been told many deaths aren’t included in that total if the soldier died later from combat injuries. One would need to see the stats and compare them and see if average non-combat deaths for years before Iraq remain constant or have spiked.
May 26th, 2007 at 11:15 pmWith each loss I am more devastated, enraged at this murderious administration and vow to never vote for any enabeler’s that are backing this genocide of the Iraqi people and our troop’s..So mote it be…Blessings
May 26th, 2007 at 11:18 pmIf opposing money for the troops in a time of war is necessarily anti-military and un-American, why did Bush reject war funding less than a month ago? -Josh Marshall
Cooperative Research states that “assuming 4,000 of the options were bought by people with advance knowledge of the imminent 9/11 attacks, these ‘insiders’ would have profited by almost $5 million. The firm that handled the purchase of many of the put options on United Airlines, the Bank of Alex Brown, was headed by ‘Buzzy’ Krongard until 1998. Krongard was the deputy director of the CIA during G.W.Bush’s first four years. Tom Flocco reported on July 16, 2002 that European reporters found most of the suspicious pre-September 11th trading“Passed through Deutsche bank and Alex Brown investment division by means of a procedure called portage, which assures the anonymity of individuals making the transactions.†This issue cannot be discounted, overlooked, or debunked as a conspiracy theory. The questions remain: Who put in the calls for these options, and are the calls tied to Krongard, the CIA, the alleged terrorists, or others?”
“9/11 Synthetic Terror is the strongest of the 770+ books I’ve reviewed here at Amazon, almost all non-fiction. I’m forced to conclude that 9/11 was at a minimum allowed to happen as a pretext for war, and that there is sufficient evidence to indict Cheney, Rove and others of a neo-conservative neo-Nazi coup d’etat and kick-off of an engineered “clash of civilizations”. Author Webster Tarpley links Samuel Huntington, author of “Clash of Civilizations” with Leo Strauss, the connecting rod between Nazi fascists and the neo-cons. This is, without question, the most important modern reference on state-sponsored terrorism, and also the reference that most pointedly suggests that select rogue elements within the US Government, most likely led by Dick Cheney with the assistance of George Tenet, Buzzy Kronguard, and others close to the Wall Street gangs, are the most guilty of state-sponsored terrorism. Tarpley draws on historical examples of US fabrication of threats, e.g. bombing of USS Maine in Havana Harbor, LBJ’s Bombing of the U.S. Liberty in the Gulf Of Tonkin, Operation Northwoods, etc, etc, etc.
It’s an undeniable fact that the U.S. Government has been willing to kill its own citizens and fabricate attacks as part of “moving the public”. The author suggests that there is quite a bit of evidence that the hijackers had been trained at US military bases, protected by the CIA and FBI, and that the end result of their actions, including controlled flying into buildings and controlled demolitions bringing down three towers, one of which was not hit at all, all suggest a US-based conspiracy. The author is compelling on the conflicts of interest of each of the 9/11 Commissioners and key staff; he is conclusive in his damnation of their performance and their refusal to be tough with NORAD, the FAA, and many other Executive groups that refused to cooperate; and conclusive in his suggestion that all actual evidence points to the Pentagon being hit by a missile rather than by any airplane. The author is especially compelling in condemning Rudy Guilliani as part of the conspiracy and complicit with the extreme right, charged with cleaning up the crime scene. Instead of making the area off-limits, Gulliani moved aggressively to “scoop and dump” to the point that the NYC Firefighters rioted.
I sit here, a 54-years old, liberally educated, with two graduate degrees, from war college, a life overseas, with 150 IQ or so, the number #1 Amazon reviewer for non-fiction, a former Marine Corps infantry officer, a former CIA clandestine case officer, founder of the Marine Corps Intelligence Center, and I believe it. I believe it enough to want a full investigation that passes the test of the 9/11 families as well as objective outside observers. I believe it sufficient to indict Dick Cheney and other neo-cons. The Executive is now in the service of corporations that benefit from High Crimes and Misdemeanors, rather than in the service of the American people who suffer great ill from these terrible misdeeds. My bottom line: Justice has not been done, and this book, together with Crossing the Rubicon, is a major reason why I believe that eventually Cheney and others must be brought to justice. The people now have a digital memory and collective intelligence. Bin Laden Dead or Alive? Mission Accomplished? Civil Liberties at home, Democracy abroad? Just who are we kidding? More to the point, who are we betraying if not ourselves? – Robert Steele.”
Steele is about as insider establishment as they come. If this is his statement, it’s clear that everyone knows or is about to understand that far from any genuine Liberty or Freedom, we live in a cohesive media/military/corporate/government/banking/techno-control cage run by phenomenally deviant criminals. The next part of their “plan” involves despicable illegal radio “brainchips” for mind control and directed-energy “behaviour modification” which crooked dentists and others have already implanted in millions of innocent Americans, in concert with NSA supercomputers containing Constitutionally protected data “stolen” in “data thefts” and thousands of koolaid-drinking “patriots” who think they have a right to behave like little nazi brownshirt vigilantes. Wake up, America. The GOP is a party teeming with lying pathological petty tyrants encouraged and supported by corrupt politicians and illegal operators stealing trillions of your dollars to fund a war of terror on you.
May 26th, 2007 at 11:36 pmThere is no progress. The war has maintained an average of almost 3 combat deaths per day with about 20 wounded per day. The surge has done nothing to improve these odds. Add combat fatigue to the health of the rest of the troops and you have a broken military.
May 26th, 2007 at 11:38 pmwhy is it ‘ grim ‘ ?
May 26th, 2007 at 11:41 pmKnock it off 911Truth. Either just post a link or shut up.
May 26th, 2007 at 11:41 pmAnd the chickenshit chickenhawk warmongering bootlickers cheer as if it is a football game. Every supporter of the crime family should endure a fire fight and mortar or rocket attack to see how it feels to shit your pants with fear. They do not understand in their towers of cowardice…it is someone else who must do their dirity work. Their heroes are cowards who want to do away with Geneva Convntion and they want to use torture. These people are no better that any other tyrant in the world.
May 26th, 2007 at 11:45 pmPersonally, I despise the focus on the bodycount of U.S. soldiers who, after all, are there voluntarily (and voted to reelect the Chief War Criminal by about 80%).
It is the Iraqi deaths that are the most tragic. After all, no one in Iraq asked for this Heart of Darkness that America has reigned down upon them.
May 26th, 2007 at 11:53 pmbdrube, they are not in Iraq voluntarily. Joining the armed forces does NOT automatically mean they are forever cannon fodder for a crooked administration. Especially after the fourth deployment!!! So…get a clue.
May 26th, 2007 at 11:56 pmComment by 911Truth — May 26, 2007 @ 11:36 pm
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One of the reasons “lib” and “Dem” are used in a derogatory way.
May 27th, 2007 at 12:01 amMr. President. So, you take one person (that is annoying me as a lefty) and using your broad brush for your own purposes. Typical.
May 27th, 2007 at 12:03 amExactly. Read the previous news item about the Draft, dbrube. The ‘volunteer’ army is being broken by this unDecider. The terms of the contract have been broken again and again. And these men and women will never be the same again. They will be lost souls in America and a contant reminder in the years to come of the folly of this White House.
May 27th, 2007 at 12:04 amHey Prez. Knock it off with the broad bush…the world is not black and white…that is a crime family falacy.
May 27th, 2007 at 12:05 amMr. President, would you like to be equated to Michael because you are both right of center?
May 27th, 2007 at 12:08 amMr. President, would you like to be equated to Michael because you are both right of center?
Comment by JPark
Well, using Mr P’s own brush, it would be appropriate.
May 27th, 2007 at 12:12 amMr. President, would you like to be equated to Michael because you are both right of center?
Comment by JPark — May 27, 2007 @ 12:08 am
no. but what would/should you call “911truth”?
May 27th, 2007 at 12:12 amMr. President, did you not notice that I had already dressed him down?
May 27th, 2007 at 12:15 amComment by Zooey — May 27, 2007 @ 12:12 am
I answered your question on the other thread, did you read it before it was taken down?
May 27th, 2007 at 12:17 amno. but what would/should you call “911truth�
Comment by Mr. President
Personally, I would call him “911Truth” — and I would ask him to stop with the boldface.
May 27th, 2007 at 12:17 amMr. President, liberals are not sheep. We have our views and you know damned well that we don’t follow lockstep with whatever our “leaders” say. That is apparantly very different than conservatives, as far as I can tell. 911Truth is pointless. I am not sure why you try to smear us all with him since there has not been one positive remark about his cutting and pasting and many negative posts.
May 27th, 2007 at 12:18 amMr. President, did you not notice that I had already dressed him down?
Comment by JPark — May 27, 2007 @ 12:15 am
No, I followed the link to his “esoterica”, or whatever, site. Sorry, I did not realize you had told him to cut it out.
May 27th, 2007 at 12:18 amI answered your question on the other thread, did you read it before it was taken down?
Comment by Mr. President
I have seen nothing from you on that thread since my response to you at 11:43.
May 27th, 2007 at 12:19 amI am not sure why you try to smear us all with him since there has not been one positive remark about his cutting and pasting and many negative posts.
Comment by JPark — May 27, 2007 @ 12:18 am
I’m not trying to smear anyone, I’m just saying that 911t is out there representing the left, just as Michael is the right, and both serve as bad examples for the rest of the members of their groups. I did not realize that you had already scoulded 911t, so I thought that it was acceptable to just spew shit like that all over the page. I apologize, for now I realize that 911’s paranoid crap does not fly.
May 27th, 2007 at 12:23 amMr. President. Considering 911Truth has been shot down by several of us I really don’t think you can honestly say he is representing us. I haven’t seen you disavow yourself from Michael’s views.
May 27th, 2007 at 12:28 amMay their souls rest in peace.
http://OsiSpeaks.com or http://OsiSpeaks.org
May 27th, 2007 at 12:32 amMr. President. Considering 911Truth has been shot down by several of us I really don’t think you can honestly say he is representing us. I haven’t seen you disavow yourself from Michael’s views.
Comment by JPark — May 27, 2007 @ 12:28 am
Well, I haven’t *really* seen Michael express a view. His tactics don’t really involve “debating” in the true sense of the word.
May 27th, 2007 at 12:35 amEh, you’ve got me there, Mr. President.
May 27th, 2007 at 12:38 amI really don’t think you can honestly say he is representing us.
Comment by JPark — May 27, 2007 @ 12:28 am
I don’t, I just think he gives you a bad rep. by claiming to hold the same beliefs that some of the “libs” on this site do. And I am not saying that all Dems or Libs think the same, they obviously don’t, but sometimes it is the extreme cases that ruin the rep for everyone. (Take communism for example)
May 27th, 2007 at 12:39 amBut before you jump to conclusions about the left, Mr. President, you might want to note the responses to certain people. Unless 911Truth starts using his own mind and stops using bold he is not going to be popular here. Never think that lefties are sheep that will agree just because it is a popular position. It doesn’t happen.
May 27th, 2007 at 12:40 amRep. Pelosi and Sen. Reid have destroyed the Democratic Party by caving to Bush on continued funding of the Iraq debacle quagmire. America may not survive the Bush Regime, because the economy is on the verge of complete collapse.
May 27th, 2007 at 12:42 amNever think that lefties are sheep that will agree just because it is a popular position. It doesn’t happen.
Comment by JPark — May 27, 2007 @ 12:40 am
Well for the most part I agree, however, there are people who follow the crowd on both sides left and right, and those are the dangerous people: the ones who don’t use their own minds.
May 27th, 2007 at 12:44 am“I don’t, I just think he gives you a bad rep. by claiming to hold the same beliefs that some of the “libs†on this site do. And I am not saying that all Dems or Libs think the same, they obviously don’t, but sometimes it is the extreme cases that ruin the rep for everyone. (Take communism for example)”
I am not sure what we lefties can do about that other than what we already do. We police our own. If posters are out of line we let them know but then we don’t censor them, we just tell them what we think. Righties, however, have people like Ann Coulter and Michael Savage who are never challenged by the right. There is never an anti-Coulter post by a righty despite the fact that she is psychotic (and probably doesn’t even believe the crap she spouts). It is all taken as fact.
May 27th, 2007 at 12:44 amJay, I have been depressed over the Democrats spinelessness for days. I am at a loss as to what to do. I am sending money to John Edwards. I can think of nothing else.
May 27th, 2007 at 12:45 amanti-Coulter post by a righty despite the fact that she is psychotic (and probably doesn’t even believe the crap she spouts). It is all taken as fact.
Comment by JPark — May 27, 2007 @ 12:44 am
actually, if you consider me a righty, I posted an anti-coulter post today, let me go find it
May 27th, 2007 at 12:46 am“Well for the most part I agree, however, there are people who follow the crowd on both sides left and right, and those are the dangerous people: the ones who don’t use their own minds.”
That is true but you should know better about most TP posters by now.
May 27th, 2007 at 12:46 amThis my post #203 from the “Protesters barred from Cheney’s speech” thread:
Dude… Michael… why do you have a link to anncoulter.kom on your handle…?
Comment by Mr. President — May 26, 2007 @ 7:27 pm
May 27th, 2007 at 12:50 amKABUL – A U.S. navy show of force on Iran’s doorstep is “greatly alarming†for the region and the United States risked a bloody quagmire if it invaded Iran, a state-run Afghan newspaper said on Saturday.
A large flotilla of U.S. ships entered the Gulf on Wednesday in a dramatic show of military muscle, adding to pressure on Iran to abandon its nuclear ambitions, which the West says are an attempt to develop atomic weapons
May 27th, 2007 at 12:51 amOne of the reasons “lib†and “Dem†are used in a derogatory way.
Comment by Mr. President — May 27, 2007 @ 12:01 am
And the post is pretty unbelievable until you get to this part that describes the behavior of you trolls to a tee -
“and thousands of koolaid-drinking “patriots†who think they have a right to behave like little nazi brownshirt vigilantes.”
May 27th, 2007 at 12:52 amAnd the post is pretty unbelievable until you get to this part that describes the behavior of you trolls to a tee -
“and thousands of koolaid-drinking “patriots†who think they have a right to behave like little nazi brownshirt vigilantes.â€
Comment by shane — May 27, 2007 @ 12:52 am
So, are saying that you condone the nonsense, so long as 911T ridicules the right?
May 27th, 2007 at 12:55 amJPark > I have been sending faxes to members of Congress for over 3 years and have decided to give up on doing it any longer. I sent my last faxes on Friday. I like Kucinich, but Pelosi wants him destroyed, just like she did to my Rep. Cynthia McKinney in Georgia. GOP has decided to destroy Rep. Ron Paul because he is against Iraq war.
I would like to be optimistic, but it looks very bad now.
May 27th, 2007 at 12:55 amSo, are saying that you condone the nonsense, so long as 911T ridicules the right?
Comment by Mr. President — May 27, 2007 @ 12:55 am
No I meant what I said, that the description of the “patriots’ matches the behavior of many of the trolls that tell us we are doomed, that our fates are already sealed. Have you not seen any of those posts?
May 27th, 2007 at 1:00 amComment by shane — May 27, 2007 @ 1:00 am
Seen ‘em! I’ve written ‘em!
May 27th, 2007 at 1:01 amJay, I am all for destroying that racist, class-warrior Ron Paul as well. There is a reason he is a Republican. Kucinich would make a great pres though. It is amazing how the Republicans have skewed American perception in the last 30 years. JFK would be an unelectible left wing loonie these days.
May 27th, 2007 at 1:02 amComment by shane — May 27, 2007 @ 1:00 am
So has Jay Randal… the troll!
“I would like to be optimistic, but it looks very bad now.
Comment by Jay Randal — May 27, 2007 @ 12:55 am”
May 27th, 2007 at 1:02 amMr. President, you might want to reread shane’s posts. She did not defend 911Truth’s posts. She does rightly recognize the trend of a lot of trolls.
May 27th, 2007 at 1:03 amLOL President > you are a slap happy fool. The US is collapsing as we type these posts, but you can believe everything is OK as it falls. Only trolls on here are Bush lover idiots.
May 27th, 2007 at 1:05 amComment by JPark — May 27, 2007 @ 1:03 am
I don’t take anything the 911t says seriously, s/he’s talking about computer chips in people’s brain’s and then moves on to rightys being Nazi or something… the whole thing is nonsense, paranoid twaddle.
May 27th, 2007 at 1:10 amPresident > Go read the “Rise and Fall of the Third Reich” book and read that all fascistic nations go down to ruin.
May 27th, 2007 at 1:10 amLOL President > you are a slap happy fool. The US is collapsing as we type these posts, but you can believe everything is OK as it falls. Only trolls on here are Bush lover idiots.
Comment by Jay Randal — May 27, 2007 @ 1:05 am
That maybe so.
All bush lovers may be trolls, but all trolls are not bush lovers. I am a troll who does not love bush.
May 27th, 2007 at 1:12 amComment by Jay Randal — May 27, 2007 @ 1:05 am
Oh, and post #46 was supposed to be sarcastic, because shane had said that it is the “trolls that tell us we are doomed”, and then you posted “I would like to be optimistic, but it looks very bad now”, I did not really mean that you were a troll.
May 27th, 2007 at 1:14 amSeen ‘em! I’ve written ‘em!
Comment by Mr. President — May 27, 2007 @ 1:01 am
So the fact that you trolls feel that way lends a certain credibility to the entire post. Or are you saying that you’re all bluster?
May 27th, 2007 at 1:15 amPresident > Go read the “Rise and Fall of the Third Reich†book and read that all fascistic nations go down to ruin.
Comment by Jay Randal — May 27, 2007 @ 1:10 am
author = William L. Shirer ??
May 27th, 2007 at 1:15 amComment by JPark — May 26, 2007 @ 11:41 pm
I took the time to read 911Truth’s lengthy post. It was informative and helpful. Some people do not bother to follow links, others gloss over lengthy posts. You are free to do as you choose.
But why criticise a poster when the message is right? 911Truth’s post wasn’t that of a troll, yet you treated it as if it was. Your comment reminded me of when I posted a diary over at dailykos back in March. I was angry enough to use CAPS. Most of the comments to that diary complained about the use of caps, rather than commenting on what I had to say. I found it disheartening, and have hardly posted over there since then.
May 27th, 2007 at 1:17 amThe Chimp lovers are as deluded as Magda Goebbels in the last days of the Third Reich. They don’t see just how badly Chimpy George and Gimpy Dick have left the nation.
So sad.
America began with a King George and we’re going out with King George The Turd.
-GSD
May 27th, 2007 at 1:18 amMr. President, most trolls ARE Naziesque. They are unquestioning of an abusive authority. They are unquestioning of unaccountable wiretapping and are unquestioning of any loss of rights guaranteed by the Constitution. They are unquestioning of allowing torture. Whether you agree with 911Truth on anything else he is almost right about trolls. They may not be Nazis but damned if they wouldn’t use the “I was just following orders” excuse. Sorry, that is NOT an excuse.
May 27th, 2007 at 1:19 amSo the fact that you trolls feel that way lends a certain credibility to the entire post. Or are you saying that you’re all bluster?
Comment by shane — May 27, 2007 @ 1:15 am
I don’t quite follow?
I say what I feel regarding a specific topic, often times I am cynical and pessimistic, but I say what I mean. It has nothing to do with what the other trolls post.
May 27th, 2007 at 1:19 amBnF, sorry, but 911Truth is cutting and pasting opinion pieces. I am not a fan. Do you appreciate it when righties do it?
May 27th, 2007 at 1:20 amYes president that is the author. Real trolls defend Bush and spread gloom that attacking Dubya might end the world, but actually our own DEmocratic leadership are making it happen.
May 27th, 2007 at 1:20 amComment by Briseadh na Faire — May 27, 2007 @ 1:17 am
So you read this:
“it’s clear that everyone knows or is about to understand that far from any genuine Liberty or Freedom, we live in a cohesive media/military/corporate/government/banking/techno-control cage run by phenomenally deviant criminals. The next part of their “plan†involves despicable illegal radio “brainchips†for mind control and directed-energy “behaviour modification†which crooked dentists and others have already implanted in millions of innocent Americans”
and took it seriously???
?????????
May 27th, 2007 at 1:23 amBush’s people grinder going full blast, mangling bodies into corpses with astonishing speed.
May 27th, 2007 at 1:24 amAnd not an erect spine in the Congress to slow it down, until maybe, just maybe, September.
Shit.
Yes president that is the author. Real trolls defend Bush and spread gloom that attacking Dubya might end the world, but actually our own DEmocratic leadership are making it happen.
Comment by Jay Randal — May 27, 2007 @ 1:20 am
I’ll check out the book, thanks for the recommendation.
May 27th, 2007 at 1:24 amI took the time to read 911Truth’s lengthy post.
Comment by Briseadh na Faire — May 27, 2007 @ 1:17 am
As did I and found it interesting in a way most long posts like that aren’t. And as I posted the description of the vigilantes seems to explain the presence of our trolls perfectly. And many of them post that liberals are doomed, that we’re all on the verge of some catastrophic change where the neocons will have us all under control.
May 27th, 2007 at 1:24 amPelosi took off to Greenland as fast as she could Friday afternoon, because she knew she betrayed her own party. As for Reid he has fled to his home in the Nevada desert to hide out for 2 weeks.
May 27th, 2007 at 1:26 amI don’t quite follow?
I say what I feel regarding a specific topic, often times I am cynical and pessimistic, but I say what I mean. It has nothing to do with what the other trolls post.
Comment by Mr. President — May 27, 2007 @ 1:19 am
You responded that you wrote the kind of posts where trolls imply that we are at their mercy. That they already have complete control and we liberals are going to suffer. Or did you not understand the original reference I made. Kind of hard to see how you missed it.
May 27th, 2007 at 1:28 amAnyone else wanna bet 911Truth is Ace/Plunger?
May 27th, 2007 at 1:29 amshane > some Bush lover trolls like “valiant venus” want to become Concentration Camp guards and personally have us gassed to death. They are Brownshirts, but they would be wise to read the book I recommended to President guy, because some of the Nazi supporters were put into the camps too.
May 27th, 2007 at 1:30 amand thousands of koolaid-drinking “patriots†who think they have a right to behave like little nazi brownshirt vigilantes. Wake up, America. The GOP is a party teeming with lying pathological petty tyrants encouraged and supported by corrupt politicians and illegal operators stealing trillions of your dollars to fund a war of terror on you.
Mr. President – this is the part I said rang true because the trolls here often threaten us with their ultimate power. And YOU said you often made those posts. Are you backpedalling now?
May 27th, 2007 at 1:31 amRU, that is a good guess. Nice of BnF to give it the old college try defending him. Maybe we can get MORE cut and pasters.
May 27th, 2007 at 1:31 amJP, careful what you ask for, even foolin around!
May 27th, 2007 at 1:40 amWe got enough basket cases on this site…
I have to say JPark that those threatening brown shirt trolls are my pet peave. But Mr. President seems to have gone missing on that subject now.
May 27th, 2007 at 1:41 amShane, that type is annoying but from experience if you take a good dose of testosterone they are pretty worthless. The ones that bother me are the ones that will spout talking points day after day and have no capacity for logic. Don’t be too hard on Mr. President. I do think he uses his mind sometimes and he actually showed some sympathy at the betrayal by the Dems on the war funding bill. I may be a fool but he isn’t too bad.
May 27th, 2007 at 1:47 amJust a reminder for Bush’s Brownshirt trolls: On June 30, 1934 the Nazi Bownshirt leaders, also know as the SA, were arrested in a purge by Hitler himself. It was called “The Night of the Long Knives” and the leader of the SA, Ernst Roehm, was arrested by Hitler and executed. Those who are firebrands for Bush might suffer the same fate.
May 27th, 2007 at 1:47 amI had totally forgotten about the long knives, Jay. It doesn’t matter though. The sheep don’t know they have been sheared until it is too late. History isn’t a priority for the right wing authoritarians.
May 27th, 2007 at 1:51 amBownshirt? LOL I mean Brownshirt > my typing is bad tonight, but the Dem betrayal in the Congress has agitated me.
May 27th, 2007 at 1:53 amHere’s the latest poll from CBS News on Iraq
CBS News/New York Times Poll. May 18-23, 2007. N=1,125 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3 (for all adults).
“Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling the situation with Iraq?”
Approve Disapprove Unsure
ALL adults
23 72 5
Republicans
54 40 6
Democrats
4 93 3
Independents
19 77 4
Notable that the independents are 77% disapproving…
May 27th, 2007 at 2:02 amHere are a few examples of followers of Hitler who he decided to eliminate on Night of the Long Knives: Father Bernhard Stempfle, who helped Hitler to write his book “Mein Kampf > he was shot to death.
Kurt von Schleicher, a former Chancellor of Germany who helped Hitler to come to power > shot to death with his wife.
Gregor Strasser, one of the first members of the Nazi Party > executed.
I could go on and on listing of the faithfull to Hitler he decided to murder. Bush’s followers would be wise to look it up on Google.
May 27th, 2007 at 2:05 amChimpy and Shotgun Dick are the Warpigs that Ozzy Osbourne sang about.
Oh Lord yeah!
-GSD
May 27th, 2007 at 2:05 amJust before Ernst Roehm, the leader of the Brownshirts was executed, he screamed “Mein Fuhrer, mein Fuhrer!” as Theodor Eicke, later to become commandant of Dachau concentration camp, shot him dead.
May 27th, 2007 at 2:11 amHow many of his followers were murdered on orders of Hitler during long knives purge? Around 250, but some claim up to 1,000. The rest of the 4 million Brownshirts were forced to enlist in the German Army and most of them died on the Russian front eventually.
This is an historic tale that Bush lovers should be aware & learn from.
May 27th, 2007 at 2:20 amI apologize, for now I realize that 911’s paranoid crap does not fly.
Comment by Mr. President — May 27, 2007 @ 12:23 am
I must admit you won some of my respect with that.
Now back to the topic you have got the Iraq war. Only two answers that I can see: 1 Introduce a draft, and treble troop numbers. 2: Cut your losses and leave.
1: The people of America are not willing to do, as it would entail real sacrifice for a cause which they point blank don’t believe in.
2: Will mean a genocide, but the longer you remain the worse the genocide will be.
Right now Bush, the Republicans and the Democrats are dithering over the decision, and consequently things are getting worse. Either do, or don’t do, these half measures are just wasting everybody’s time and money.
It is time for a decision to be made.
May 27th, 2007 at 6:29 amWith all the quality of a Wakypedia article, but still readable:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Long_Knives
May 27th, 2007 at 6:43 am1000 American lives is a fraction of the number of Iraqi lives lost over that same period!
All lost because of the illegal overthrow of the government of a SOVEREIGN nation, and the chaos that it unleashed.
Q: Are the HYPOCRITES who believe that American lives are worth more than Iraqi lives, gonna mention that in their Memorial day speeches?
A: Of course not!
May 27th, 2007 at 6:55 am2: Will mean a genocide. The problem is worse. Will the Saudi’s Jordanians, and Syrians sit by and watch a Sunni Massacre??Will Iran sit by and watch the Shiites get massacred ???
May 27th, 2007 at 6:56 amBush has opened a pandora’s box in the world’s energy supply.
1000 more US death since last Mem Day, huh !
Hey how anout this headline from Reuters ?– Israeli killed in Palestinian rocket attack
can you beleive ONE israeli got killed ? and you are talikng bout 8 more US deaths yeasterday ? come on ONE israeli is gone !!!
yeah !! and if you want to throw in thouse countless Iraqis lossing their lives on daily bases, but we don’t have to worry about it though…
ONE more Israeli….
May 27th, 2007 at 8:56 amTo learn more about “The Night of the Long Knives” go to http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/roehm.htm
May 27th, 2007 at 10:25 amI would like to say Good Morning to you all, even though there is a genocide going on in Iraq
May 27th, 2007 at 11:00 amHey TP…You scrubbed my entire post except the first line….What’s with that.?// I get scrubbed with no swear word’s…Oh I forgot I mentioned LEBANON….
May 27th, 2007 at 11:04 amHey TP…You scrubbed my entire post except the first line….What’s with that.?// I get scrubbed with no swear word’s…Oh I forgot I mentioned LEBANON….
Comment by Sharon — May 27, 2007 @ 11:04 am
That doesn’t bode well for the rest of the day does it? Can you give us a hint what your post was about?
May 27th, 2007 at 11:37 amGood Morning Shane, this will likely be my last post here for awhile, maybe for good…My post was about a lot, all the losses since 2000,9/11. Katrina, Iraq, yes even Lebanon…Ooooh I said the bad L word for TP…Let’s see if this post’ make’s it…Men women and children dieing all over the world because the drunk druggie took our milatary and used them like a bat to a hornet’s nest..
Mentioned the Mr.Pres poster and bordum of many of the troll’s..
May 27th, 2007 at 11:50 amActknoledged the post’s of 9/11 truth…..Just more of my rambling’s..It was my usual lengthy one shot insightful plead to make people think…No matter, I think sometime’s TP joines other media types and want’s to lead us instead of truly inform…And all to often they allow or incourage the monoply of some troll’s to try and keep their site active…..You have a nice day, week, month, year..Will peak in, maybe and I do injoy reading you…..Blessings
Sharon > Keep coming back to post on here. Do not let a glitch drive you away. TP has cyber attackers who are able to delete posts and steal peoples names too. The fight against the Bush Regime requires everyone to keep plugging away no matter what.
May 27th, 2007 at 12:20 pmSharon, please know that the progressive posters here all look forward to hearing from you and need to hear the important things you have to say. And my favorites are when you are on a rant. Please don’t give up on TP and please go to a newer thread to let regulars know that your long post was deleted in case others don’t come back to this one.
May 27th, 2007 at 1:04 pmI just heard CNN report that ten soldiers had died this weekend. It is often not clear if I am hearing them compile the list from the past two days of if these are ten more.
May 27th, 2007 at 1:40 pmHow many more of these headlines; how many more families torn apart; how many more before Bush&Co are drummed out of office?
Tomorrow afternoon, Lord willing, I plan to gather with others in front of the Texas State Capitol) to publicly mourn the 980 troops (plus how many others the current corrupt president causes to be killed between Saturday and Monday afternoon at 6:30 PM [CDT]) who have lost their lives since last Memorial Day.
We will also mourn with equal sadness all the uncounted Iraqi non-combatants who died in that same period.
That is something to remember on Memorial Day, and all year long.
May 28th, 2007 at 12:31 am