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Kristol Offers Neoconservative Prescription For America’s Woes: ‘Be Happy!’»

kristol223412.jpgIn Time Magazine yesterday, Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol wrote a rosy piece on why Americans should get over their “adolescent moodiness” and embrace the “heartening developments” of the past six years.

In the op-ed, Kristol came to the conclusion that “no other people in human history have ever had it quite so good” as Americans. But in reaching that false conclusion, Kristol severely distorts and even lies about major developments:

Claim #1: There have been “very limited terrorist successes in Europe or even in the Middle East.” Between 2005 and 2006, international terrorist attacks increased 29 percent, reported U.S. intelligence. Forty-five percent of the attacks took place in Iraq. Between 2004 and 2005, international terrorist attacks tripled to nearly 10,000, in part due to the war in Iraq.

Claim #2: “We’ve had 5 1/2 years of robust economic growth.” Today, the top one percent of earners have a greater share of national income than at any time since 1920. Wage growth has slowed to a crawl, and “overall pace of job creation, which has slowed compared to prior years, is barely enough to keep pace with population growth.”

Claim #3: “The balance sheet is uncertain” in Iraq. Since January, violence “has increased in most provinces” and U.S. and Iraqi forces “have been unable to diminish rising sectarian violence contributing to the volatile security situation,” says a recent Pentagon report.

Kristol’s policy prescriptions have failed time and time again. In 2003, he claimed there was a “pop psychology” that “the Shia can’t get along with the Sunni. … There’s almost no evidence of that at all.” He advocated escalation, provided “optimistic” depictions of violence in Iraq, and supported the war so the U.S. can bomb Iraq and Syria.




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238 Responses to “Kristol Offers Neoconservative Prescription For America’s Woes: ‘Be Happy!’”

  1. LandSurveyor Says:

    I don’t understand why Kristol and Brooks can’t be fact checked before they willingly lie. I jusy don’t get it.


  2. Fan_of_Man Says:

    lol, what a douche bag.


  3. Kay Says:

    I think he and Laura drink the same Koolaid or at the very least, share the same pharmacist.


  4. Rich Deermeat Says:

    Billy don’t be a hero….
    Don’t be a fool with your life.
    Go pound sand Mr. Crystal


  5. Flaco Says:

    2100+ days since a domestic attack on US soil.

    Thanks President Bush!!!


  6. toasterhead Says:

    Adolescent moodiness? I thought it was a national malaise!


  7. Zooey Says:

    Oh no! Now I have that stupid song running through my head!

    “Don’t worry, be happy…..”

    Kristol is an Un-American F*ckwit.


  8. ToxicEd Says:

    What a retard. Oops, that’s an insult to the truly mentally disabled. Hypocrite. Liar. Charlatan.


  9. Tom Says:

    Note to little Billy –> “Don’t worry; be clueless”.


  10. LandSurveyor Says:

    This is twice in one week he has shown outright contempt for Americans.
    But he still gets daily face time on cable.


  11. mroom Says:

    I can hear Bobby McFerrin performing “Don’t worry, Be happy.” That was inane too (though Bobby McFerrin is not).


  12. TerrytheTurtle Says:

    2100+ days since a Continental Army attack on British soil.

    Thanks Lord Cornwallis!!!

    Comment by George III — October 19, 1781 @ 2:17 pm

    There, F*cko, I fixed it for you.


  13. geoman77 Says:

    The Candy Man makes everything he bakes
    Satisfying and delicious
    talk about your childhood wishes
    You can even eat the dishes
    Who can take tomorrow?
    Dip it in a dream
    Separate the sorrow and collect up all the cream
    The Candy Man can because
    He mixes it with love and makes the world taste good
    A candy man, a candy man, a candy man
    Makes the world taste good

    Yay! I feel GOOD!


  14. Ringo Says:

    Neoconservative Prescription For America’s Woes: ‘Be Happy!’
    ———————————————————————————–

    NeoLefty Prescription For Americas Woes: ‘ Whine, Cry, Make hysterical accusations against your own country, Call anyone who disagrees with you a Fascist or a Racist ‘


  15. mroom Says:

    Wasn’t it Jon Stewart who recently asked if anyone has ever been seen actually buying The Weekly Standard?


  16. owlbear1 Says:

    Ah, but he is glowing white so he can’t be telling a lie in a national publication…


  17. toasterhead Says:

    I can hear Bobby McFerrin performing “Don’t worry, Be happy.” That was inane too (though Bobby McFerrin is not).

    Comment by mroom — July 6, 2007 @ 2:19 pm

    The album he did with Chick Corea is amazing.


  18. BaritoneWoman Says:

    Kristol is one wing short of a fairy.


  19. Buck Fush Says:

    Kristol-meth!
    Explains it all.


  20. Flaco Says:

    Kristol is an Un-American F*ckwit.

    Comment by Zooey
    ————————————-
    Mommy why do you swear so much?
    Can’t you be like other mommies?


  21. STFU Says:

    #

    2100+ days since a domestic attack on US soil.

    Thanks President Bush!!!

    Comment by Flaco — July 6, 2007 @ 2:17 pm

    Hey Flucko, I consider every act of violence terror, so it’s been .0008 seconds since our last attack, and violence is on the rise in this country.

    What a coincidence .0008 seconds is how long your GF said you last in bed. No wonder wackos like you think sex is only for creation, and not fun.


  22. BottomBoy Says:

    Heh. Kristol’s always been good at this. Never fails to get under your skin while delivering good news to our own moron wing. We create the reality which you will then study - judiciously.


  23. barfly Says:

    OK, I’ll start the sing-along:

    Though the war has no end in sight
    Be happy
    Though we’re spied on day and night
    Be happy…


  24. SGT Higgins Says:

    “Kristol came to the conclusion that “no other people in human history have ever had it quite so good” as Americans”

    Yeah, see? So what’s with all the complaining? IMPEACH!, IMPEACH! According to some guy in the Bush Admin. you’ve all got it better than anyone ever has! And by God, he should know!

    Now, TP’ers…”should get over their “adolescent moodiness” and embrace the “heartening developments” of the past six years.”, if you can do this, you’ll truly be progressing. Where you’ll be progressing TO is anyone’s guess, though.


  25. lynn Says:

    The answer is….Kristol, Rush, Laura!!!

    The Question:
    The Pharmacist for the following people is a multimillionaire?


  26. Britisher Says:

    Robust economy? Record national debt, zero net job growth (therefore no increase in the tax-base), increased living costs, lower real wages, lower GDP growth than half a dozen European nations… etc, etc.

    Kristol is of course is touting assets and not liabilities, as usual.


  27. Tom Says:

    So he was wrong in the beginning. He is wrong through the middle. And he is still wrong today. Quick question for TP: If you screwed up every portion of your job and your analysis was incorrect at every turn, would you still be employed? I didn’t think so. Why does kristol still have an audience?


  28. owlbear1 Says:

    Lauging and pointing isn’t ’studying judiciously’ to anybody but a Bushie…


  29. BottomBoy Says:

    #26: WTF? Our unemployment rate is less than 5% wheras in Europe it’s typically oer 10%.


  30. Chris W Says:

    2100+ days since a domestic attack on US soil.

    Thanks President Bush!!!

    Comment by Flaco

    I guess you’re not including the times when one of you freaks bomb an abortion cllinic, right assface?


  31. Evil Spaniard Says:

    Kristol Offers Neoconservative Prescription For America’s Woes: ‘Be Happy!’


  32. Evil Spaniard Says:

    Kristol Offers Neoconservative Prescription For America’s Woes: ‘Be Happy!’

    Yet another drugged hippy.


  33. STFU Says:

    Why does kristol still have an audience?

    Comment by Tom — July 6, 2007 @ 2:28 pm

    Right Wing Christians will believe ANYTHING!!!


  34. Ringo Says:

    For the typical narcissistic Lefty, no news is good news unless it’s bad news.


  35. Zappatero Says:

    well, at least he’s balanced out by Krauty!


  36. DRxJ Says:

    Mommy why do you swear so much?
    Can’t you be like other mommies?

    Comment by Flaccid — July 6, 2007 @ 2:24 pm

    No offense, flaccidio, but with your young age, it’s more than likely that one of the hippies here actually had consensual intercourse with “your mommie”
    (see, I also can play the Not Going To Post Anything Relevent To This Thread game)


  37. Katie Says:

    There is only one thing that can be said about Kristol - he’s an idiot. I don’t understand why anyone gives him a platform to spout his blather considering the fact that he is NEVER correct in what he predicts and what he says are usually gross distortions of the truth.


  38. BlueArkansas Says:

    Dear William Kristol,

    You have betrayed your father and the ideals of this nation. To coin a phrase, go f*ck yourself!


  39. barfly Says:

    “For the typical narcissistic Lefty,”

    Coming from a syncophant, that can only be a compliment.


  40. Tom Says:

    #26: WTF? Our unemployment rate is less than 5% wheras in Europe it’s typically oer 10%.

    Comment by BottomBoy

    Thoughtful people would not compare our unemployment rate with another country - let alone another continent. It doesn’t work that way. And rather than simply look at how many of us are working - you may want to consider what types of jobs are available for those who wish to work. yeah, go get a job at Mcdonalds or sweep floors - all kinds of jobs, huh? Problem there is they only pay a little north of minimum wage. We all know the minimum wage is not enough for most anybody to survive on. So I value your words, I just don’t know what idea you wanted to express.


  41. Flaco Says:

    People who bomb any clinics are put in jail asshat.


  42. DRxJ Says:

    2100+ days since a domestic attack on US soil.
    Thanks President Bush!!!
    Comment by Flaccid — July 6, 2007 @ 2:17 pm

    How convenient that you forget the Anthrax attacks!
    Hey flaccidio, tell your mommie I said “hi”. Trust me, she’ll remember!
    (wink wink)


  43. Evil Spaniard Says:

    #29: WTF? Our unemployment rate is less than 5% wheras in Europe it’s typically oer 10%.

    Comment by BottomBoy — July 6, 2007 @ 2:30 pm

    Oh, yes, those wonderful jobs that can’t pay health insurance for 44 milion americans. I’m so envyous. Not.


  44. Ben B Says:

    I think the last link in the text should say “bomb Iran and Syria” not “bomb Iraq and Syria”


  45. Zooey Says:

    Mommy why do you swear so much?
    Can’t you be like other mommies?
    Comment by Flaco

    Shut the f*ck up, and get back in your closet.


  46. BottomBoy Says:

    #40: So you really think that it would be better to have people on welfare instead of encouraging them to take one or two minimum wage jobs instead?


  47. Tom Says:

    People who bomb any clinics are put in jail asshat.

    Comment by Flaco

    And people who invade sovereign nations stay in the WH? Why is that fair?


  48. Flaco Says:

    see, I also can play the Not Going To Post Anything Relevent To This Thread game

    Comment by DRxJ
    ————————————-
    then talk to your girlfriend Zooey


  49. STFU Says:

    #

    For the typical narcissistic Lefty, no news is good news unless it’s bad news.

    Comment by Ringo — July 6, 2007 @ 2:31 pm

    For the ignorant right-tards; good news is that which contains no facts, or continues to support their delusional vision of a world with virgin births, and great floods, and adam and eve, you know making us all the result of inbreeding, and in your case maybe thats true.


  50. BottomBoy Says:

    Manners, Flaco, manners…


  51. Evil Spaniard Says:

    #46: So you really think that it would be better to have people on welfare instead of encouraging them to take one or two minimum wage jobs instead?

    Comment by BottomBoy — July 6, 2007 @ 2:35 pm

    …or three or four full time, minimum wage jobs and still not have money to meet ends…

    Sure, the paradise.


  52. Flaco Says:

    And people who invade sovereign nations stay in the WH? Why is that fair?

    Comment by Tom
    ——————————
    Ask your buddy Clinton he served 2 terms


  53. wow! Says:

    #40: So you really think that it would be better to have people on welfare instead of encouraging them to take one or two minimum wage jobs instead?

    Comment by BottomBoy

    Everybody is entitled to an executive paying job regardless of skill or work ethic or qualifications.


  54. Bush is Corrupt. Says:

    Kristol: If you want to see Americans enjoying peace and prosperity, just look at the Clinton presidency. Outshines Bush on every front. Whereas Bush has failed by nearly every measure, Clinton succeeded. Jobs + Growth + Peace + Lower Poverty + Stock Market Boom = Happiness.

    Thank you, President Clinton. Our prayers were answered.


  55. BottomBoy Says:

    #51: Then you’ve got a problem with spending. The point is that welfare should be only the last resort and not an occupation.


  56. Flaco Says:

    #53
    Heh


  57. The Joker Says:

    I’m doing good economically.
    I have a great job, nice Townhome and a great car!
    I’m also seeing 3 different females!
    Life is great for me!
    No complaints on my personal Economic situation.
    However I agree Bush sucks!
    He’s a Saudi agent.
    Impeach him!


  58. ann Says:

    #29: WTF? Our unemployment rate is less than 5% wheras in Europe it’s typically oer 10%.

    Comment by BottomBoy — July 6, 2007 @ 2:30 pm

    You do realize that the 5% number is a skewed statistic based only on those who receive unemployment benefits, right? If your eligibility period expires and you still haven’t found work, you aren’t counted as unemployed anymore.


  59. Flaco Says:

    #54

    do not forget the 800,000 Rwandana


  60. Krazny Says:

    Not really BB, I think it would be better to have people working a job, where they can afford a mortgage, buy food, and take care of themselves and their families, but thanks for the red herring it was tasty.

    On topic. Kristol has been wrong about everything, I don’t know why he or the national review is even talked about anymore.


  61. BottomBoy Says:

    #53: That seems to be the consensus in the fringe left. It doesn’t really matter if someone sets up a company, borrows a lot of money and takes all the risks. Somehow everyone in the company should be equal. Doesn’t make sense to me.


  62. owlbear1 Says:

    So you really think that it would be better to have people on welfare instead of encouraging them to take one or two minimum wage jobs instead?
    ====
    So “Become a corporation” instead of finding a “Good paying Job”?
    Sound advice.


  63. Bush is Corrupt. Says:

    #59: Hell, Bush killed that many Iraqis by his own actions.


  64. DRxJ Says:

    then talk to your girlfriend Zooey

    Comment by Flaccid — July 6, 2007 @ 2:36

    Well thank you, flaccidio, but Zooey is a friend, who happens to be a girl, who I happen to have conversations with.
    You? Get the F! outta your basement. There is a whole world to explore!
    Trust me, your “mommie” knows!


  65. Not Canadian Says:

    Don’t you just love bullsh*t Neocon talking points, otherwise known as STRAIGHT-OUT LIES.


  66. Bush is Corrupt. Says:

    #61: Can you show me an example of where Dick Cheney set up a company, borrowed a lot of money, and took all the risks before he became CEO of Halliburton. I’ll wait for the answer.


  67. Happy Tutsi Says:

    Thanks Bill for the memories!


  68. Evil Spaniard Says:

    #55: Then you’ve got a problem with spending.

    Yeah, right, because a minimum, full time wage job gives so much money to play with…

    The point is that welfare should be only the last resort and not an occupation.

    Comment by BottomBoy — July 6, 2007 @ 2:39 pm

    The point is that universal healthcare isn’t welfare, not some coins thrown to a beggar, but a right.


  69. Happy Tutsi Says:

    #54

    Thanks Bill for the memories!


  70. leftcoast Says:

    #26 lynn,
    I sat here looking at this piece of garbage Kristol wrote and thought I must respond; but to what? It’s all nonsense. Then I saw your post.
    The answer hit me; the medicine cabinet.
    So, I went to mine. I feel better now. “Itchycoo Park” “Its all too beautiful”.


  71. Mr. Roboto Says:

    BottomBoy,
    When Clinton was President he made sure everyone had a high paying job!
    He ordered companies to hire people and pay higher wages!
    He didn’t let companies outsource jobs or move out factories!
    Clinton was the man!
    He made sure everyone got paid!
    Hillay 08!


  72. hellinabucket Says:

    Flaco needs more fiber because he is full of shit.


  73. DRxJ Says:

    I’m also seeing 3 different females!
    Comment by The Joker — July 6, 2007 @ 2:40 pm

    How are they “different”? Are they not breathing? Or do they have a certain appendage between their legs that has you jealous, but intrigued?
    Inquiring minds really, really don’t want to know!


  74. owlbear1 Says:

    It doesn’t really matter if someone sets up a company, borrows a lot of money and takes all the risks. Somehow everyone in the company should be equal. Doesn’t make sense to me.
    ========
    So what about the guy who didn’t do any of that and still gets $40 million a year? He took NO RISKS, HE BORROWED NO MONEY!


  75. Tom Says:

    #40: So you really think that it would be better to have people on welfare instead of encouraging them to take one or two minimum wage jobs instead?

    Comment by BottomBoy

    It’s funny. I looked at my words. I even had my boss look at my words. Neither of us could read where your comment would be appropriate. My position was not judge people working or wishing to work. My position was in not comparing dis-similar economies (USA vs Europe). I for one would always encourage people to work rather than rely on welfare (even two or three jobs). Your point there is correct. But still, even working people have trouble due to many factors related to lower wages, lack of health insurance, lack of transportation, etc…Thoughtful people would look at the gap being created which accounts for the difference between the highest paid and the lowest paid workers. the gap is expanding faster than ever - with no end in sight. Strong employment decreases elements of terrorism and creates strong self worth in people - just what the world needs now, no?


  76. Flaco Says:

    What trailer park does Zooey live in DRxj?


  77. Mr. Roboto Says:

    Evil Spaniard.
    Why does Bush unlike Clinton not make companies pay higher?
    Clinton made sure the companies paid well.
    Why is Bush heartless!
    Hillary 08!


  78. Styve Says:

    What steps can be taken to silence this idiot’s voice on the airwaves? He is the prototypical GOP lickspittle, lying SOB!! What a caricature of a man!!


  79. The Joker Says:

    DRxJ ,
    You’re a paya hata!
    I’m seeing 3 seperate women!
    Sound better hater?


  80. BottomBoy Says:

    The point is that universal healthcare isn’t welfare, not some coins thrown to a beggar, but a right.

    That’s not what we’re talking about. If you’ve got two minumum wage jobs and still can’t afford critical healthcare, food and a roof over your head, you’re wasting money somewhere.


  81. DRxJ Says:

    You’re a paya hata!
    Comment by The Joker Joker JOKER!!! — July 6, 2007 @ 2:47 pm

    Well, you are correct. In all my experiences, I’ve never actually had to “pay” for sex (although some would argue that we all pay for sex, directly or indirectly). So, I guess you could conclude I’m a “paya hata”


  82. Mr. Roboto Says:

    Evil Spaniard,
    What Amendment does it say the government has to provide Healthcare?
    If it’s there then private health is unconstitutional!
    We should sue to make the government pay for it!
    Also I believe Car insurance is a right!
    The government should pay for it!


  83. Tom Says:

    And people who invade sovereign nations stay in the WH? Why is that fair?

    Comment by Tom
    ——————————
    Ask your buddy Clinton he served 2 terms

    Comment by Flaco

    Flaco - Bloggers who have been around a while always know when others run out of gas in their arguements. Do you know what tips us off? CLINTON IS NOT IN OFFICE ANY LONGER! Jeebus, can you not bring yourself into our time zone and argue present day issues? Bloggers can tell when you hit bottom - and you did just now.


  84. Flaco Says:

    ace where are u man?

    Do not be afraid of this Jew Kristol.


  85. Evil Spaniard Says:

    Comment by Mr. Roboto — July 6, 2007 @ 2:46 pm

    Mr. Repucko, you’re not an actor, isn’t? Your impersonations of (even histrionics) Democrats/Liberals/progressists (wich is it, I don’t get it) are at best, lame, often dull, and always non-sensical. Or maybe you’re impersonating a Republican. Then, congratulations, you do it perfectly.


  86. veritas Says:

    Google William Kristol as well as his fascist grandfather, Irving Kristol to see what he’s been drinking - pure fascism!

    He’s a card-carrying member of PNAC - those thugs who will be found to have culpability for 911, The Patriot Act, and everything that has taken this country down the tubes over the past 6 months.

    Sure, life has been nothing short of marvelous for these elitists - raping the public and making money hand over fist with all of their criminal deals and activities!
    Sure!

    Kristol is a rabid follower of Leo Strauss. Google Leo Strauss, the grandfather of fascism if you really want to see why William Kristol is so smug!


  87. The Joker Says:

    DRxJ,
    I meant Playa hata!
    You with you get the amount of women I can!
    You loser!


  88. SGT Higgins Says:

    #40: So you really think that it would be better to have people on welfare instead of encouraging them to take one or two minimum wage jobs instead?

    Comment by BottomBoy

    BB, If it’s all the same to you….please don’t ever ‘have my back’.
    How big of you to suggest that someone should work 16 hours a day in order to make ends meet.

    Everybody is entitled to an executive paying job regardless of skill or work ethic or qualifications.

    Comment by wow!

    Wha? Executive pay no matter the skill level or WORK ETHIC or qualifications? That’s just loopy.


  89. Aimee Says:

    Be docile, be submissive, be obedient and passive, be happy.


  90. Tom Says:

    Kristol is a rabid follower of Leo Strauss. Google Leo Strauss, the grandfather of fascism if you really want to see why William Kristol is so smug!

    Comment by veritas

    Veritas is wise - and correct.


  91. Flaco Says:

    Right on Mr. Roboto

    I have a right to a iPhone too, with a lifetime abortion rights for my 7 girlfriends


  92. Evil Spaniard Says:

    #93 Evil Spaniard,
    What Amendment does it say the government has to provide Healthcare?
    If it’s there then private health is unconstitutional!
    We should sue to make the government pay for it!
    Also I believe Car insurance is a right!
    The government should pay for it!

    Comment by Mr. Roboto — July 6, 2007 @ 2:49 pm

    I fully agree with the Government paying for a mental institution internment for you. Life long. It’s a service to the public.


  93. veritas Says:

    Hi Tom!
    Slap those ignorant trolls down to size! Kudos to you! You’re right…when they run out of anything credible on their side of the ledger (which is next to nothing these days….slim pickins’ for sure) they either change their moniker and think we can’t recognize their style or begin to utter maniacal, trite, irrelevant drivel.


  94. Mr. roboto Says:

    Evil Spaniard,
    Shouldn’t care insurance be a right too!
    How about rent or a Mortgage.
    Heck the government should take of me!
    Why should I work!


  95. veritas Says:

    Seriously, if I were William Kristol, I wouldn’t be so smug right now. The fact is that the information about his complicity in everything from 911 to the present debacle in Iraq (he was one of the infamous “Architects”) is going to bite him where the sun don’t shine. His charade days are over and the public is onto his gig.


  96. BottomBoy Says:

    Ok. It’s Friday afternoon. Time to go home, make some dinner, have a couple of beers and watch “V for Vendetta” with my boyfriend. Have a good weekend everybody.


  97. Mr. Roboto Says:

    Yew the governemnt should provide us with boats!
    It’s my right to own a boat!
    The Ocean is free why not a boat Mr. Mexican?


  98. Flaco Says:

    how’s your vagina doing today veritas?


  99. Mr. Roboto Says:

    veritas,
    Kristold commited 9/11?
    He’s a genious!
    I thought Al-Qaeda did it!
    I must of been wrong.
    I knew it was the Jews!
    It’s always the Jews!
    I wish Hitler had finished them off!


  100. DRxJ Says:

    Life is great for me!
    Comment by The Jok’er , Pok’er, then Left’er — July 6, 2007 @ 2:40 pm

    Here in lies the problems of the right wing trolls (and the extreme right):
    It’s always about “me, me, me!”
    Meanwhile, 3400+ families will never see their Sons/Daughters and Fathers/Mothers ever again. Countless more are severly injured. Elsewhere, children are being abused, families are going hungry…etc.

    But as long as you have YOUR car, YOUR house, YOUR fantasy girlfriends, then everything is A-okay!


  101. Tom Says:

    Thanks Veritas - Its getting harder to argue the issues as mr Bush’s ratings drop. I guess any port in a storm, huh?


  102. owlbear1 Says:

    That’s not what we’re talking about. If you’ve got two minumum wage jobs and still can’t afford critical healthcare, food and a roof over your head, you’re wasting money somewhere.
    ===========================
    How does a CEO earn $40 million dollars a year and the Cooks only earn $18,000?


  103. CT_V1 Says:

    No, William, they’d rather ‘Be Hippie!’


  104. Flaco Says:

    Right on Mr. Roboto

    I have a right to a iPhone too, with lifetime abortion rights for my 7 girlfriends.
    It’s in the Constitution ya know!!!


  105. BottomBoy Says:

    #102: CEO runs the company. Cooks don’t.


  106. The Joker Says:

    Tom,
    Progressive is a front for Stalinism!
    So you’re a follower of Uncle Joe!
    Great man he was killing 20 Million people!
    What a true Progressive!


  107. DRxJ Says:

    You with you get the amount of women I can!
    Comment by The Toker — July 6, 2007 @ 2:51 pm

    Dude! Pass that $hit over here!
    Whatever you’re smokin’, it’s gotta be killer!
    Is it Jamaican?


  108. owlbear1 Says:

    CEO’s run companies? How?


  109. Evil Spaniard Says:

    #97 (and other idiocies before)

    Yew the governemnt should provide us with boats!
    It’s my right to own a boat!
    The Ocean is free why not a boat Mr. Mexican?

    Comment by Mr. Roboto — July 6, 2007 @ 2:54 pm

    The many times I said it, I said UNIVERSAL healthcare. Where you see the word “free”? What makes you think that paying taxes AND a private insurance healthcare is being smarter than paying only taxes to have healthcare?

    BTW, Mexican? Not close.


  110. Flaco Says:

    #99

    ace will be showing up any minute
    you mentioned jew and 9/11 together
    His anti-jew-software will notify him


  111. The Joker Says:

    DRxJ,
    “Meanwhile, 3400+ families will never see their Sons/Daughters and Fathers/Mothers ever again. Countless more are severly injured. Elsewhere, children are being abused, families are going hungry…etc.”

    I don’t worry about others!
    I’m only out for myself!
    That’s how you make it life!
    I’m a loser like you who cries over Dafur or the latest dumb cause.
    I take care of my home 1st!
    Yes the 3 Women in my life would be fantasy to you!
    You’re stuck with Palmela loser!
    Ha ha ha!


  112. veritas Says:

    All of the Straussians are being outed….finally!

    Check out the book by Shadia B. Drury, “LEO STRAUSS AND THE AMERICAN RIGHT” and you will see that these thugs who are taking the kudos for inventing something new are simply whining plagiarists! Leo Strauss, Fascist Father of the Neo-Cons, had it all down pat back in the 60’s and early 70’s (he died in 1973).

    Prior to old Leo The Fascist’s death, however, he managed to push through some 100+ PhD’s….who are now scattered through the country’s philosophy departments….in the Federalist Society….and the Bush Administration. The PNAC (those responsible for 911 and the Patriot Act) are all “Straussians”.

    Chief among Straussian proteges is none other than the fraud, Paul Wolfowitz!! Imagine that??!!

    Judge Clarence Thomas, Robert Bork and guess who???? None other than the neo-propagandist and former Dan Quayle Chief of staff:: THE ONE AND ONLY…….(DRUMROLL)……WILLIAM KRISTOL!!

    But let’s certainly not fail to out the others here: former Sec’y of Education William Bennett, William Buckley, former Reagan Admin. official Alan Keyes, white house bio-ethics advisor Francis Fukuyama, John Ashcroft and William Galston….

    Let’s bring all of these criminals to justice!


  113. owlbear1 Says:

    Those cooks have to generate $40 million of revenue before the company sees a dime.

    The cooks are the ones producing the product. HOW does the CEO earn his $40 million?


  114. Wilco Says:

    Joker, I thought Progressives were a cover for Iran?
    You’re confusing me.


  115. pgw Says:

    “Meanwhile, 3400+ families will never see their Sons/Daughters and Fathers/Mothers ever again.”

    tell them that Bill Kristol said they “should get over their ‘adolescent moodiness’”


  116. BottomBoy Says:

    #113: Those cooks wouldn’t be generating that revenue without the CEOs that run the infrastructure that actually employs those cooks. Do you think those jobs just appear out of nowhere. Do you think the corporation just appears out of nowhere? Do you think it would still stand if the CEOs left?


  117. Wilco Says:

    Joker, you’ve said the Left is for Iran and the Right is for the Saudis, and the entire country is controlled by Muslims.


  118. Mr. Roboto Says:

    Mr. Mexican,
    I agree with you totally!
    I think Bill Gates should get governmnet healthcare too!
    Heck why not Trump!
    I alos don’t miond paying higher taxes.
    heck If I’m broke at least I see a doctor for free.
    I want the government to give me a car!
    It’s my right!


  119. Wilco Says:

    Would it still stand if the cooks left?


  120. veritas Says:

    People like William Kristol will never have a clean conscience and, if there is a hell, they will suffer the firest for a very long time.


  121. TerrytheTurtle Says:

    Comment by pgw — July 6, 2007 @ 3:03 pm

    Bill also said on Fox that he thought American families could afford to sacrifice a few more sons and daughters. Even Chris Wallace went ballistic when he heard that.


  122. Kapricious Says:

    owlbear1. It boils down to this: there are always more people who’re capable of beings cooks and fewer of those who’re capable of doing what CEOs do. That’s why cooks are paid less.


  123. veritas Says:

    And the photo on this thread epitomizes the swine that Kristol, the neo-nazi, really is - smirking like a jacka$$! That smirk will be handily wiped off as he trots himself into jail one day.


  124. The Joker Says:

    Wilco,
    Progressives are Stalinists with slick labeling.
    They are controlled by Iranina Muslims.
    I wasn’t trying to get deep today!

    I see the fake Spaniard is on!
    Como estas Maricon?


  125. BottomBoy Says:

    #121: Exactly.


  126. Larry Seiferth Jr. Says:

    Kristol needs to remove his smug attitude toward the American People or remove himself to voluntary exile in Dubai, where the neo-cons have been scouting out refuge from prosecution for years.


  127. owlbear1 Says:

    You STILL haven’t explained what it IS that CEO’s DO!

    Stop dodging the question!


  128. Mr Roboto Says:

    veritas,
    Don’t diss Nazis!
    They hate Jews like you, I and other leftists.
    I wish Hitler would’ve wiped out the Jews!
    There would be a more peaceful world!
    Heil Hitler!


  129. Tom Says:

    Tom,
    Progressive is a front for Stalinism!
    So you’re a follower of Uncle Joe!
    Great man he was killing 20 Million people!
    What a true Progressive!

    Comment by The Joker

    Since I am an educated man, I always consider peoples words and how they pertain to myself and the world around me. And since I am an educated man, I looked at your words and tried very hard to make sense of them. I could not. YOU claim progessives are communist. YOU don’t cite any authority except YOU. YOU presume to label me (and millions of your neighbors) as a communist because we embrace change and a sense of fairness. YOU have decided things that your intellect is not built to withstand. YOU have written mental checks your brain cannot cash. It is unfortunate that people like yourself cannot see the damage you are doing to your reputation in the blogosphere. Anyway, I am glad you can write the english language. At least that is a start. Sheesh, please don’t have any children - they deserve much better than YOU.


  130. The Joker Says:

    Honestly I have a question for you Stalinsist.
    As someone who doen’t like the Right or the Left, why do you Leftists think your party is holier than thou?


  131. The Joker Says:

    Tom,
    Where’s Jerry?
    “YOU presume to label me (and millions of your neighbors) as a communist because we embrace change and a sense of fairness. ‘

    That’s what the Stalinists claimed!
    Progress and the new Man!
    You guys are supporters of the Islamists cause!
    That’s why Ahmadinejad is always praised here on this site.
    If that’s Progress, no thanks!


  132. BottomBoy Says:

    #126: Wikipedia has a decent entry.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceo

    CEO is in charge of total management . In contrast to cooks, plumbers and construction workers, it is impossible to to assign specific tasks for such a high level position. They are just in charge of everything - the buck stops on their desk. It’s the same thing as in academia when it comes to professors. They run the lab, only a handful of people could keep all those balls in the air at the same time and that’s why they’re paid more than a post-doc. A research group can’t exist without professor or the postdocs and students, but profs get paid more because they can’t be replaced. Postdocs and students can be. The same goes for cooks.


  133. dogjudge Says:

    Just think, in 563 days folks such as Kristol are going to become history.

    Is there any doubt that their credibility will disappear when George W. Bush disappears?


  134. hellinabucket Says:

    Nice Friday smackdown Tom. Well placed and deserved.


  135. owlbear1 Says:

    CEO is in charge of total management . In contrast to cooks, plumbers and construction workers, it is impossible to to assign specific tasks for such a high level position. They are just in charge of everything - the buck stops on their desk.
    =======

    So the same things the typical housewife does but with other peoples’ money?


  136. Evil Spaniard Says:

    I see the fake Spaniard is on!
    Como estas Maricon?

    Comment by The Joker — July 6, 2007 @ 3:06 pm

    That’s reflexive? I guess so.

    BTW, I’m waiting for the “magic bullet” question to demonstrate that I’m a False Spaniard.

    And, If you’re so proud of your heritage as you say (though you dishonor it), use accents and opening question marks, as in

    ¿Cómo se puede ser tan tonto como tú y seguir respirando?

    or, if you prefer your rotten spanglish mumblings

    chingue tu madre, jackass

    And, finally, no one believes your wannabe macho ramblings with a woman, much less with several ones.

    Se cree el maricón, que todos son de su condición


  137. owlbear1 Says:

    Plus she cooks.


  138. BottomBoy Says:

    #134: Sort of, yes, if your imaginary housewife is responsible for thousands of employees and billions of dollars.


  139. Tom Says:

    Honestly I have a question for you Stalinsist.
    As someone who doen’t like the Right or the Left, why do you Leftists think your party is holier than thou?

    Comment by The Joker

    Again, thoughts without attribution. Accusations without proof. Claims without support. Maybe if you read your own words and considered what they indicate as to your ability to communicate - you might just answer your own question. Compared to your example of thoughtful writing - a small pile of mulch would have created a much better point. If you think the left is holier than thou (we aren’t) you may want to stop writing as that just gives us plenty of reason to think we might be. Are there more like you at home (please no God).


  140. The Joker Says:

    hellinabucket,
    I love you delusion.
    See my response to Tom.
    Fairness and Change was the Stalinist motto!
    That makes yiou guys Stalinist.
    I also see a Totalitarian impulse among “Progressives” to silence all who oppose you!
    That’s Stalinism!
    If the show fits wear it!


  141. DRxJ Says:

    And, If you’re so proud of your heritage as you say (though you dishonor it), use accents and opening question marks, as in
    ¿Cómo se puede ser tan tonto como tú y seguir respirando?
    And, finally, no one believes your wannabe macho ramblings with a woman, much less with several ones.
    Se cree el maricón, que todos son de su condición
    Comment by Evil Spaniard — July 6, 2007 @ 3:16 pm

    GAME! SET! MATCH!
    Well done!


  142. Evil Spaniard Says:

    Oh, The Joker believes that he’s a great latin rapper.

    Silly, brainless teeny.


  143. DRxJ Says:

    I love you delusion.
    If the show fits wear it!
    Comment by The Toker — July 6, 2007 @ 3:17 pm

    Seriously, what the hell are you smoking? It appears to really mess up your limited brain cells, and you have no others for back up.
    Lay off the pipe, dude!


  144. The Joker Says:

    Tom ,
    Ha you can’t answer anything!
    You Leftists believe you are better than everyone.
    In your twisted mind You guys are right everyone else wrong!
    You guys are bunch of isolated lilly white suburban upper class fools who had everything handed to you by Mommy and Daddy!
    You guys don’t know what it’s like to make it on your own!
    So in your guilt you dream of a utopian societ were everyone will be provided and taken care of like you!
    Sorry buddy, that aint reality!
    Ask the Russians!


  145. Evil Spaniard Says:

    GAME! SET! MATCH!
    Well done!

    Comment by DRxJ — July 6, 2007 @ 3:19 pm

    *Bows*

    BTW, you understand castilian, caballero?


  146. SGT Higgins Says:

    YOU presume to label me (and millions of your neighbors) as a communist because we embrace change and a sense of fairness.

    Comment by Tom

    See, it’s that ’sense of fairness’ that gets you labelled a communist. Socialism is all about the ‘greater good’ and redistribution of wealth. Some of your posters have been talking about it here, today as a matter of fact.

    No one argues (well, that may not be entirely true) against folks being paid a livable wage, what they argue is the idea of taking from the rich (just because they have ‘more’) and re-distributing it to the poor (the have-nots).


  147. powkat Says:

    God, I hate this smug SOB - that non-stop smirk and his serene conviction that he is a superior being just make we want to smack him. I’ll bet he got the snot pounded out of him in high school.

    Hey Bill, wanna go water boarding?


  148. owlbear1 Says:

    Yes, wouldn’t it be amazing to see what my “imaginary housewife” could do running your “Imaginary Corporation”?

    Have a good weekend.


  149. The Joker Says:

    Evil Spaniard,
    “use accents and opening question marks”
    I don’t use an online translation tool like you you fraud.
    You ain’t no Spaniard!
    You liar!
    You’re Pro-Muslim and support the Stalinsist Whites attempts to turn us Latins into ignorant uneducated serfs!
    Like they did with the Blacks!

    Porque to eres un traidor a tu raza?
    Sique Mamando los cojones del los Anglos!
    Como se sabe eso espermas?


  150. DRxJ Says:

    BTW, you understand castilian, caballero?
    Comment by Evil Spaniard — July 6, 2007 @ 3:22 pm

    Nope, sorry, just cutting and pasting.
    but I do have friends that live in Majorca (totally irrelevent, I know)


  151. The Joker Says:

    DRxJ ,
    Finished with Palmala loser!
    Ha! I’m seeing my Greek Hottie tonight!
    Ha ha!
    What are you doing hanging with Palmala again loser and thinking about Zooey!
    What a loser!


  152. DRxJ Says:

    Ha! I’m seeing my Greek Hottie tonight!
    Comment by The Poker — July 6, 2007 @ 3:26 pm

    What’s his name?


  153. Tom Says:

    Tom ,
    Ha you can’t answer anything!
    You Leftists believe you are better than everyone.
    In your twisted mind You guys are right everyone else wrong!
    You guys are bunch of isolated lilly white suburban upper class fools who had everything handed to you by Mommy and Daddy

    And still again, he illustrates my point perfectly. “Thank you sir, may I have another?” I got all day joker - bring it on!


  154. The Joker Says:

    DRxJ ,
    You’re invented friends!
    You haven’t even left your Lilly white suburb!


  155. Madison Mel Says:

    Tell ya what, Bill. You give me all your money. All of it. And you refrain from saying stupid stuff like this for the remainder of eternity.

    And THEN I’ll be happy. ‘K? Deal?


  156. Grand Moff Texan Says:

    there was a “pop psychology” that “the Shia can’t get along with the Sunni. … There’s almost no evidence of that at all.”

    Wha … ? What cosmetology school did Kristol graduate from?

    He should get his money back.
    .


  157. The Joker Says:

    Tom,
    You make my point!
    You Leftists are delusional rich kids!
    Total loses!


  158. Tom Says:

    See, it’s that ’sense of fairness’ that gets you labelled a communist.

    Comment by SGT Higgins

    I get labeled by a nutjob as a communist and YOU support it? My sense of fainess has nothing to do with the type of government we (or any other country) has. My sense of fairness has nothing to do with politics, per se. Workers who bring more to the table, or take greater risks should be paid more. Why would anybody better themselves if we all got the same money? We wouldn’t. Nobody is claiming the cook should get more than the CEO (unless the cook IS the CEO). Some could argue that the CEO earning 1800 times what the average worker receives may be excessive - maybe, maybe not. That’s not my call. Again, I would caution you against presuming to know anything about me - certainly to the degree where you label me (or anybody) a communist. You make yourself appear foolish.


  159. DirtyFuckingHippie Says:

    2100+ days since a domestic attack on US soil.

    Thanks President Bush!!!

    Comment by Flaco — July 6, 2007

    !~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Another bedwetter that, in all probablility, was completely unaffected by 911……………………..with the exception of course the new expense of buying plastic sheets.


  160. Tom Says:

    Total loses!

    Comment by The Joker

    Uhmmm. I believe you meant “losers”. I mean really sir. You can’t even insult me correctly.


  161. DirtyFuckingHippie Says:

    For the typical narcissistic Lefty, no news is good news unless it’s bad news.

    Comment by Ringo — July 6, 2007
    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Well, by all means, let’s keep up the progress.

    Soon we’ll ALL be defined by the amazing mediocrity that BushCo has displayed!


  162. DRxJ Says:

    Ha! I’m seeing my Greek Hottie tonight!
    Comment by The Poker — July 6, 2007 @ 3:26 pm

    Really? Good for you! What’s his name?


  163. Karim Says:

    What is this fool smoking?


  164. kipmartin Says:

    someone said we liberals were Stalinists. i dont think so. i love making money, am a TOTAL believer capitalist economics, and i am a hard core liberal. i see no conflict.

    people like flaco, patrick1, and others are startingto get nervous because they are becoming increasingly aware of the fact that they elected a moron for president who ran the who conservative thing into the ground. even most ols school conservatives are having difficulty with this Big Spending brand of conservatism.

    seriously–you guys had the upper hand for a while and the country gave GW a chance. now your own people are bailing on him. why do you think thats the case? how could so many generals get discusted with him? how could so many republican reps and senators get to the point where they had to stop drinking the koolaid? and why do almost 80% of the people in this country dislike that little monkey in the White House? could it be that you are supporting someone who is actually a VERY BAD PRESIDENT?

    i see that a majority of people now want to impeach that Satanic vice president we have. how did that happen? the ‘liberal media’? or was it the day Rush Limbaugh said he was done ‘carrying water’ for the administration?

    mark my words–even the King Bush apologist du jour, Wm. Kristol will bail before its over. Mary Maitlin has. Rush has. ill bet you even Georg Sr. has, privately. Rice is even concerned. so if thats the case–and it is, you must be too.

    you are on a sinking ship and im sorry, im enjoying watching you scream at me as the water rises paste your chin…


  165. Jeremy Says:

    Hehe….nice one, Evil Spaniard. Granted, I didn’t understand a word of what you wrote (Ich habe Deutsch gerner als Spanische…), but hopefully old Joker got the meaning clear.

    Oh, and Joker?

    Du hast Brettern vor dem Kopf, und Frauen haben dich nicht gern. ;)


  166. The Joker Says:

    “Du hast Brettern vor dem Kopf, und Frauen haben dich nicht gern. ”

    Don’t understand that that bararian tongue!


  167. ForTruth Says:

    Flaco’s security argument is all he’s got left, and its not even that good. Open ports- check

    Open borders- check

    Poor ratings on TSA- check

    FEMA sucks- check

    Government showed to be unable to respond to large scale disaster- check

    Poor grades for DHS- check

    Stirring up hornets nest in ME to get more terrorists on board- check

    Outing CIA agents working on WMD issues- check

    Resisting getting off the ME oil- check

    Yeah I feel so safe now.


  168. Evil Spaniard Says:

    #149 Evil Spaniard,
    “use accents and opening question marks”
    I don’t use an online translation tool like you you fraud.

    It’s called “having brains and orthographic expertise in the own language” in nerdy circles. Oh, and an Spanish keyed keyboard helps.

    You ain’t no Spaniard!
    You liar!

    Double negative, therefore I’m Spaniard. Well, if we count “You Liar!” it’s a triple negative, or if we use Occam’s Razor, you’re simply stupid and in a mistake.

    You’re Pro-Muslim

    No, I’m anti-violence from any side.

    and support the Stalinsist Whites

    I have yet to see a Stalinist White in this board, and I’m coming here since 2003.

    attempts to turn us Latins into ignorant uneducated serfs!

    You’re the only turning yourself in an uneducated serf by lockstepping so much the Republican party and their way of life.

    Like they did with the Blacks!

    You ever heard of the Black Panthers? And they weren’t the servile rightwing nitwit you’re.

    Porque to eres un traidor a tu raza?

    Wich is it? I’m a traitor to my race? Now you say that I’m not a Fake Spaniard? A fourth negative? And “Spanish” isn’t a race, but a mix. Read your history. Oh, and to the “whites” reading this interchange, yours isn’t either a pure race. Britain, Germany, Poland, or Ireland suffered a good bunch of invasions along the years. So much for the “purity of blood”.

    Sique Mamando los cojones del los Anglos!

    Spanish orthography lesson #1 for bums: proverb and article contractions. Some proverbs followed by articles can be contracted in a single word. So, “del” is a contraction of “de” (proverb) and “el” (masculine singular), Lesson #2, putting two articles in line is WRONG, specially if you are referencing a different number and/or genre. So “del los” is WRONG WRONG WRONG, dum bass. Lesson #3: Do the ph#cking favor of not changing g per q. It makes you look very analphabetic. And “Anglos”? Please. Even in the white majority of the USA the “Anglos” are a minory. There are a lot of germans, poles, irish and mixed descendants. It’s a bad word even for slang. Oh, and “mamando” (sucking), although it sounds harsher than “chupando” (licking), it’s innacurate because the cojones haven’t a hole in them that can produce any liquid.

    Como se sabe eso espermas?

    This only phrase hurts my eyes beyond all your faulty messages. How can you produce so many inaccuracies in a phrase so short? I can’t even understand what you say, if not for the previous babbling phrases.

    Comment by The Joker — July 6, 2007 @ 3:25 pm

    Well, it’s friday night over here, teenie, so I’ll not spare any time more with your inanities. So long. Stay Straight.


  169. Jeremy Says:

    It’s funny, Joker. That ‘barbarian tongue’ is the mother language of the language you’re writing in now, and it’s the mother tongue of the Fascist movement, of which you are a member of. “Neocons über alles!”


  170. RUCerious Says:

    One thing Bully Crystal is wrong about, the balance sheet in Iraq is
    Halliburton = multi-billions
    US Taxpayers = screwed.


  171. Jeremy Says:

    (Well, there’s also Italian, which Mussolini spoke, but Joker wouldn’t know that. After all, er hat Brettern vor dem Kopf. :) )


  172. cl_Oregon Girl Says:

    26: WTF? Our unemployment rate is less than 5% wheras in Europe it’s typically oer 10%.

    Nobody uses the household survey anymore idiot. The real interest is in the payroll survey. Only fucktards like you cite the unemployment rate.


  173. Tom Says:

    Today is not going well for you, is it joker? That’s ok. The sun will rise tomorrow and you can begin anew spreading your unique brand of crapola.


  174. Mr. President Says:

    OK

    What are you Lefties smoking today?!?!?!?!

    Did you score some of the chronic from Al Goracle Jr.!!?!?!!

    BWaHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH


  175. Mr. President Says:

    Comment by Jeremy — July 6, 2007 @ 3:54 pm

    No you idiot!!!

    Latin and Greek are!!!

    Not German!!!!!!!!

    ahhh… you Leftist idiots crack me up sometimes!!!!!


  176. CT_V1 Says:

    Yo, Mr. P!


  177. RUCerious Says:

    The English language does not derive from Latin or Greek. The Romance languages do, including French, Italian and Spanish.
    Get a clue Jakers.


  178. Mr. President Says:

    Whats up CT?!


  179. ronjazz Says:

    Ahmadinejad has more compassion and humanity than Bush ever will or did, which isn’t a compliment. Bush has killed many thousands of innocents, as well as several thousand Americans. Only Stalinist rightwingers would think that’s a positive accomplishment. And no CEO is worth $40 million unless he or she started the company. This is just white Republicans on welfare. The welfare state is alive and well in the corporate boardrooms and lobbying offices of Amerika. Kristol deserves 5 in the noggin, to quote another insane righty.


  180. Mr. President Says:

    Comment by RUCerious — July 6, 2007 @ 3:59 pm

    Typical Lefty Ignorance.


  181. CT_V1 Says:

    You haven’t been missing much, Mr. President. The posts have been lame, even according to TP’s communist standards.


  182. tarazan Says:

    Shame on TIME magazine to have Kristol as one of its writers. A zealot how never was right on anything.

    Rememebr last year when TIME magazine chose YOU as THE PERSON OF THE YEAR,then TIME turned around and hired a guy like Kristol.
    TIME now is embedded in the PNAC project…


  183. RUCerious Says:

    It’s a shame a troll has to use multiple posts under two different names to have a conversation with itself.
    There are medications that can treat multiple personality disorders.
    Mr Pee and CT-Vn


  184. Mr. President Says:

    I know CT,

    I was hoping for more, but I see that TP is fabricating “stories” just to keep their Islamo-loving Stalinist supporters happy.

    I mean “Giuliani Doesn’t Know about Vietnam” what kind of stupid thread is that ?!?!?


  185. Marty Didier Says:

    Oh wait, eventually we will all learn what these “Neocon’s” have really been up to and I guarantee that NO ONE WILL LIKE IT. Right now there are books filled with lies and much more. But there are other layers of WORSE STUFF that’s totally unbelievable and astounding that guarantee to make us all sit up on the edge of our chairs and wonder “How the hell did we ever allow this to ever happen to us?” How I know is because I was in a family for more than 26 years that is part of this.


  186. Mr. President Says:

    ronjazz,

    You are Muslim ass-sucker!!
    Typical Islamo-loving Stalinist!
    Why do you want to see America fail?
    If you think Ahmedinijad is so great why don’t you move to iran?


  187. RUCerious Says:

    Typical Lefty Ignorance.

    Comment by Mr. President — July 6, 2007 @ 4:00 pm

    As a language, English is derived from the Anglo-Saxon, a West Germanic variety, although its current vocabulary includes words from many languages. The Anglo-Saxon roots can be seen in the similarity of numbers in English and German, particularly seven/sieben, eight/acht, nine/neun and ten/zehn. Pronouns are also cognate: I/ich; thou/Du; we/wir; she/sie.

    You really are a dumbfu(k, aren’t you?


  188. Michael Says:

    #29 -

    The 1.5 million people in US jails (7 times more than in the EU) are not considered “unemployed” in the US, nor are the millions who have stopped looking for a job. (Go check the US govt definition of unemployment.)

    Once you get rid of distortions like this, you’ll find that the unemployment rates in the US and the EU are roughly the same. Labor force pariicipation in France is actually HIGHER than it is in the United States. So is social mobility - people born poor who move up.

    And if we didn’t have 2 million people in the Armed Forces, our unemployment rate would be even higher.


  189. onceler Says:

    why has no one put a hit out on Kristol yet? or any of these bastards? how do you fuck over this many people and live to tell about it, let alone gloat in their faces?


  190. CT_V1 Says:

    Comment by Mr. President

    I forgot to post “Project much? x343″ onto that post. TP’s assertion is that Giuliani doesn’t know that troops were withdrawn from Vietnam. Giuliani was railing against the use of a timetable because it would aid the enemy; it didn’t indicate a knowledge gap.

    What a stupid assumption, even for TP, to make.


  191. Jeremy Says:

    Err, ‘Stalinist Right-Wingers’? Let me fix that for you. ‘Nazi Right-Wingers’. Stalin’s economic philosophy was strongly left-wing — ultimate political control over the economy. Hitler and Mussolini were strong Right-Wing in the economic sector — both of them wanted hands off the Economy. But they did share something in common, along with Dubya. Both were intensely for the idea of taking control of the Citizen’s lives.

    Oh, and Mr. P? Next time you want to spout off bullshit? Go to Wiki first.

    “English is a West Germanic language originating in England, and the first language for most people in Australia, Canada, the Commonwealth Caribbean, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States (also commonly known as the Anglosphere). It is used extensively as a second language and as an official language throughout the world, especially in Commonwealth countries such as India, Pakistan and South Africa, and in many international organisations.”

    Will make you look less like an idiot. If you ment that English has been influenced by Latin and Greek during its development, you’d be closer on the mark, but German is English’s closer relative than either of those two languages.


  192. davix.x.machina Says:

    I don’t understand why Kristol and Brooks can’t be fact checked before they willingly lie. I jusy don’t get it.

    B & K are not lying, unless you’re using an old, outdated, bourgeois definition of ‘truth’ — a statement comporting with reality.

    The ‘truth’ of an utterance is a function of whether it supports the Party and its leading role as Vanguard of the Revolution.

    A ‘lie’ is a statement that does not advance the interests of the Party.

    Brooks and Kristol are simply providing this new, revolutionary kind of truth.

    And sailing the seas still depends on the Helmsman.


  193. Wayne Says:

    teh Great picture of him at BillKristol.com

    :)


  194. Mr. President Says:

    CT,

    I guess TP is trying to weed out anyone who has a brain, so that all who are left will be the mindless followers of Islamo-Stalinism.


  195. Screamin' Demon Says:

    Wasn’t it Jon Stewart who recently asked if anyone has ever been seen actually buying The Weekly Standard?

    Comment by mroom — July 6, 2007 @ 2:20 pm

    It was Keith Olbermann.


  196. Styve Says:

    Veritas~

    You hit the nail on the head in focusing on the Neoconservative principles of Strauss. Francis Boyle had a very interesting piece on Infowars in January, and I have excerpted below.

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    http://infowars.net/ articles/ january2007/ 050107Boyle.htm

    Leading Academic: Neo-Nazis Have Signed Us Onto WWIII
    Destroying World Order: Analysing the war In Iraq and the Middle East with Dr Franics A Boyle

    Steve Watson & Alex Jones
    Infowars.net
    Friday, January 5, 2007

    Alex Jones was joined on air this week by eminent American Professor, Dr Francis A Boyle, to discuss the current situation in Iraq, the wider implications for International Relations and the ruthless mentality of the Straussian neoconservatives that have seized global power in the twenty first century.

    Boyle is a leading American professor, practitioner and advocate of international law. He was responsible for drafting the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989, the American implementing legislation for the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention. He served on the Board of Directors of Amnesty International (1988-1992), and represented Bosnia- Herzegovina at the World Court. Professor Boyle teaches international law at the University of Illinois, Champaign. He holds a Doctor of Law Magna Cum Laude as well as a Ph.D. in Political Science, both from Harvard University.

    “There is the other factor of deliberately stirring up animosity between the Shia and the and the Sunni, which this lynching was also designed to do.” Boyle said.

    Dr Boyle went on to say that National Security Advisors and leading Neocon hawks Elliott Abrams and Stephen Hadley gave the green light to deliberately stir up sectarian tensions, not only in Iraq between the Shia and the Sunni, but also in the Muslim world. So they picked the holiest day, Eid al-A