ThinkFast: July 9, 2007
ThinkFast: July 9, 2007
With the “last pillars of political support among Senate Republicans for President Bush’s Iraq strategy…collapsing,” debate within the White House “is intensifying over whether Mr. Bush should try to prevent more defections by announcing his intention to begin a gradual withdrawal of American troops from the high-casualty neighborhoods of Baghdad and other cities.”
The Washington Post reports “the Iraqi government is unlikely to meet any of the political and security goals or timelines President Bush set for it in January when he announced a major shift in U.S. policy.” Defense Secretary Robert Gates today canceled a visit to Latin America so he can participate in policy meetings in advance of a report to Congress July 15 on the results of the escalation.
A New York Times source says the massive bombing in Amerli, Iraq, this weekend killed 155 people, making it now “the worst single bombing in the war (the March bombing in Tal Afar killed 152).” In Amerli, “almost everyone seemed to have lost relatives or friends, if not entire families.”
Newsweek’s Michael Isikoff reports that Bush’s decision to commute Libby’s sentence was done in part to avoid “a fracture with the vice president.” Also, Bush reportedly instructed his counsel Fred Fielding to see “if there was compelling evidence that might contradict the jury’s verdict that Libby had lied to a federal grand jury.”
“Attacks on supply convoys protected by private security companies in Iraq have more than tripled as the U.S. government depends more on armed civilian guards to secure reconstruction and other missions.”
“Crews stayed on the offensive against major blazes around California and other Western states” this weekend, as Utah experienced its “largest-ever wildfire, at 283,000 acres,” and “ferocious” fires “scorched parts of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana and Oregon.”
“The Bush administration has failed to fill roughly a quarter of the top leadership posts at the Department of Homeland Security, creating a ‘gaping hole’ in the nation’s preparedness for a terrorist attack or other threat, according to a congressional report to be released today.”
In an op-ed entitled “Spineless on Sudan,” Nicholas Kristof writes Bush has “turned away” from Darfur. “For years, Mr. Bush’s aides have discussed whether he should give a prime-time speech on Darfur to ratchet up the pressure; he still hasn’t. Laura Bush just completed a four-nation swing through Africa, but she didn’t include a visit to any of the areas affected by the Darfur crisis.”
This weekend’s Live Earth concerts broke a record “for an online entertainment show by generating more than nine million internet streams, Microsoft web portal MSN said.”
And finally: The new White House briefing room will reopen on July 15. The refurbished quarters “will have 49 leather chairs (which, incidentally, are slightly wider than the old ones). Asbestos has been removed, and presumably, so have the rodents that once prowled in the shadows.”
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“…Asbestos has been removed, and presumably, so have the rodents that once prowled in the shadows.â€
The rodents now have the podium, and they’re not taking questions.
July 9th, 2007 at 9:13 amGeorge Stephanopoulos is a scumbag.
You know, it is bad enough that an Independent voter is willing to stay home in 2008.
If I have the chance to vote for Ron Paul or Kucinich I will. I will not vote for the status quo anymore. No way.
Go to CNL and watch George Stephanopoulos dress down Ron Paul. It’s disgusting.
July 9th, 2007 at 9:16 am“Bush’s decision to commute Libby’s sentence was done in part to avoid ‘a fracture with the vice president.’”
TP, I think you have chosen the wrong preposition. The sentence should read “to avoid a fracture by the vice president.”
July 9th, 2007 at 9:19 am“Bush reportedly instructed his counsel Fred Fielding to see “if there was compelling evidence that might contradict the jury’s verdict that Libby had lied to a federal grand jury.â€
Well, so much for “respecting the jury’s verdict”. Another lie from the Liar in Chief.
Bush commuted Libby’s sentence for one reason and one reason only, to buy his future silence.
I am very angry with Lahey for saying that calling Libby back as a witness is of no use. That’s horse pucky. All Congress needs to do is to give Libby immunity and they can bring him back and force him to testify. If he still can’t find his memory or continues to lie, they can throw his ass in jail for contempt of congress.
As usual, the Democrats are wimping out again.
July 9th, 2007 at 9:19 amMetallica: Terrorist threat?
Metallica singer James Hetfield was investigated by UK airport officials who believed he was a terrorist this week, it has been claimed. The star was barred entry to Luton airport on Thursday and questioned by staff who were concerned about his appearance. Fears that Hetfield might be involved in terrorism were apparently founded on his “Taliban-like beard”, according to The Times. He was allowed to leave the airport after a brief interrogation, when he persuaded officials that he was a rock star. Metallica play Live Earth at Wembley Stadium in London tomorrow, before headlining the venue for their own show on Sunday evening.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/dotmusic/20070706/ten-metallica-terrorist-threat-31c8aba.html
July 9th, 2007 at 9:19 amFTC Abandons Net Neutrality
By: Nicole Belle via crooks and liars
This is bad, bad news for all of us…
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has decided to abandon net neutrality and allow telecoms companies to charge websites for access. The FTC said in a report that, despite popular support for net neutrality, it was minded to let the market sort out the issue.
This means that the organisation will not stand in the way of companies using differential pricing to make sure that some websites can be viewed more quickly than others. The report also counsels against net neutrality legislation.
Information Week via Save The Internet:
…“the FTC sided with high-speed Internet providers such as AT&T and Verizon,†and trotted out once again hollow justifications like “such rules could stifle innovation†and “â€This report recommends that policy makers proceed with caution in the evolving, dynamic industry of broadband Internet access, which generally is moving toward more – not less – competition,†which it probably…copied from industry propaganda.[..]
Afraid of the potential stifling of information to you? Good. Then go to Save The Internet dot com and see what you can do to fight. There are literally only days left for you to get your voice heard.
July 9th, 2007 at 9:21 amReligion of Piece Strikes again, ALL PRAISE ALLAH
July 9th, 2007 at 9:21 am“Bush’s decision to commute Libby’s sentence was done in part to avoid ‘a fracture with the vice president.’
Comment by Clyde the Ripper — July 9, 2007 @ 9:19 am
maybe fracture is slang for “shot in the face”?
July 9th, 2007 at 9:22 am“If I have the chance to vote for Ron Paul”
Before you would consider voting for Ron Paul, please look up his voting record. I find it amazing that people will say they will vote for Ron Paul or Dennis Kucinich. They are as different as night and day. There is no comparison between the two other than their stance on Iraq.
July 9th, 2007 at 9:22 amSheehan Threatens To Run Against Pelosi
Cindy Sheehan, the slain soldier’s mother whose attacks on President Bush made her a darling of the anti-war movement, has a new target: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Sheehan, who announced in late May that she was departing the peace movement, said she decided to run against Pelosi unless the congresswoman moves to oust President Bush in the next two weeks.
July 9th, 2007 at 9:24 amJust heard that Cindy Sheehan has decided to run against Nancy Pelosi, if Nancy fails to process the impeachment of our President Bush.
I thought Cindy was moving to Canada ….
Anyways, I am happy to see Cindy has managed to keep her face, and Nancy’s, in the news, so that we never forget what Democrats really stand for.
July 9th, 2007 at 9:26 amWhat #1 said.
And yeah, I see “fracture” yet I read “hunting accident”.
July 9th, 2007 at 9:26 amhttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/07/09/politics/main3030205.shtml
July 9th, 2007 at 9:26 amLink to Sheehan story.
Comment by Fan_of_Man — July 9, 2007 @ 9:19 am
A new class of crime: “Flying while bearded”
July 9th, 2007 at 9:26 amA couple of observations:
1. If support for Bushney’s Iraq strategy is collapsing like mad, why does every major Republican candidate for president support staying the course? I would think that the door is wide open right now for somebody to run for the Repub nomination on a “get us out of Iraq” platform.
2. Bush pardoned Libby to avoid a “fracture with the vice president”? Can’t we just say that this president is afraid of his veep and does everything the veep tells him to?
July 9th, 2007 at 9:27 am“Bush reportedly instructed his counsel Fred Fielding to see “if there was compelling evidence that might contradict the jury’s verdict that Libby had lied to a federal grand jury.â€
What prevented Libby’s lawyers from presenting that evidence during the trial?
Maybe the fact that the evidence doesn’t exist? Y’know, like the evidence for them WMDs?
July 9th, 2007 at 9:27 amComment by Jason M. Hendler — July 9, 2007 @ 9:26 am
How’s the Ivy League there, woman-hater?
July 9th, 2007 at 9:28 am“The Bush administration has failed to fill roughly a quarter of the top leadership posts at the Department of Homeland Security, creating a ‘gaping hole’ in the nation’s preparedness for a terrorist attack or other threat, according to a congressional report to be released today.â€
And that is a bad thing?! I still have plenty of duct tape and plastic left over from their last big announcement. I don’t need them, we don’t need more do nothing Federal Authorities!
July 9th, 2007 at 9:28 amNewsweek’s Michael Isikoff reports that Bush’s decision to commute Libby’s sentence was done in part to avoid “a fracture with the vice president.†Also, Bush reportedly instructed his counsel Fred Fielding to see “if there was compelling evidence that might contradict the jury’s verdict that Libby had lied to a federal grand jury.â€
It is sad that I return from vacation and TP spews a report that has no credibility. TP, do you have proof that this was the purpose for commutation of Libby’s sentence? Also, regarding the war in Iraq, it is too early to measure the status of the Iraq war. This is a war that will take years before we receive favorable results. TP, Libs, stop politicizing the war.
July 9th, 2007 at 9:31 am5. Comment by Fan_of_Man
Did you read where the 70 year old woman got a beat down by the Police for having too much brown in her lawn.
They demanded Id from her, on her property, and she had the “nerve” to ask them why. When she went to call her son to help settle it, they “subdued” her. “Quit Resisting!!”
can you say Fascist Police State?
July 9th, 2007 at 9:33 amNamesake Terry Jones on Bush Libby:
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17986.htm
July 9th, 2007 at 9:33 amThe apple never falls far from the tree. Just as nothing succeeds like success, nothing fails like failure. Anything growing from the Bush Administrtion is destined to fail.
July 9th, 2007 at 9:34 am#20, no i didnt hear that… do you have a link on that story?
July 9th, 2007 at 9:34 am“The Bush administration has failed to fill roughly a quarter of the top leadership posts at the Department of Homeland Security, creating a ‘gaping hole’ in the nation’s preparedness for a terrorist attack or other threat, according to a congressional report to be released today.â€
Comment by Smart Fellar
What they don’t tell you is that there is a “gaping hole” because they keep getting busted on “To Catch a Preditor”.
July 9th, 2007 at 9:35 amhere it is;
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6282348.stm
enjoy
July 9th, 2007 at 9:36 amHer name is Betty Perry. Lives in Utah
July 9th, 2007 at 9:37 amJason Misogynist Hendler (President of the DSBU club),
Your posts are pathetically predictible!
Still angry towards women, I see. you know, a little kindness and respect towards the opposite sex may end your 40 years of celibacy.
Here, on ThinkFast, are numerous threads regarding the world today, mostly dealing with men, and you shy away from posting.
July 9th, 2007 at 9:37 amBut bring up two women that have made politcial agendas that drive you absolutely bat $hit, as well as the fact that they, along with every other women in the world, would having nothing to do with you, and suddenly, you buzz and post, like flies on horse manure.
Again, your predictible posts are pathetic, as are your assertions of education, wealth, and power!
TP, Libs, stop politicizing the war.
Comment by Daryll — July 9, 2007 @ 9:31 am
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0527-11.htm
Why do you bear false witness, St Darryl?
July 9th, 2007 at 9:38 am#25, HOLY CRAP! those cops must have been beat up everyday of their school lives….
July 9th, 2007 at 9:38 amLatest Newsweek poll shows the same numbers as last month.
July 9th, 2007 at 9:40 amApproval for the chymp at 26%, disapproval at 65% and WTF, how should I know at 9%.
Heckuva job, a$$h@
I gues that would produce a “fracture” with the Vice President; if they carted him off for High Crimes and Treason.
Chimpy could only get his marching orders on visiting day.
July 9th, 2007 at 9:40 amoops, this one :
http://archives.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/09/25/daschle.cheney.iraq/
July 9th, 2007 at 9:40 amThe asbestos was hauled off to Darth Cheney’s office pantry, for his mid morning snack.
July 9th, 2007 at 9:41 amLord Satan, your minion Daryll is here spreading fear, lies, and hatred. Please send this demon back down to hell.
Daryll, umm the army needs you. Grab an M16, put down your stupid bible and fight you F_CKING COWARD!
July 9th, 2007 at 9:41 am“Vice President Dick Cheney told Des Moines voters on September 7, 2004, “It’s absolutely essential that eight weeks from today, on November 2, we make the right choice, because if we make the wrong choice, then the danger is that we’ll get hit again, and we’ll be hit in a way that will be devastating from the standpoint of the United States, and that we’ll fall back into the pre-9/11 mindset, if you will, that — in fact — these terrorist attacks are just criminal acts, and that we are not really at war. I think that would be a terrible mistake.”
Go flagellate yourself St Darryl.
July 9th, 2007 at 9:42 amTP, Libs, stop politicizing the war.
Comment by Daryll
Are you kidding? Remember Cheney saying if you vote for the Democrats, the Terrorists Win?
Do you remember Billo calling Dems Defeat-O-Crats?
Short memory there, Daryll. But I guess that is a survival skill for you now.
July 9th, 2007 at 9:43 amAs usual, our parody religion troll Daryll swallows instead of spits out the BS regarding the war.
July 9th, 2007 at 9:44 amDon’t you remember your favorite cartoon SecDef saying the war would take weeks, maybe months?
Why did he lie to you, D? Why do you swallow?
“The Washington Post reports “the Iraqi government is unlikely to meet any of the political and security goals or timelines President Bush set for it in January when he announced a major shift in U.S. policy”
The Iraqi government concludes that since the Busheviks won’t hold anyone accountable for anything, that they can afford to skate. Why should they? No one has ever held George W Bush accountable for anything – you failed in your parenting, Babs and George – thanks a lot.
July 9th, 2007 at 9:45 amTP, Libs, stop politicizing the war.
Comment by Daryll — July 9, 2007 @ 9:31 am
All wars are political. It takes a special kind of naivete to think otherwise.
July 9th, 2007 at 9:46 am#35 Guess Cheney’s Cabal is planning another attack! So what else is new. We know about 911.
July 9th, 2007 at 9:48 amPass The Popcorn!
By: Nicole Belle via crooks and liars
Breaking exclusive: Judge lifts injunction on ‘DC Madam’ phone records.
Judge Kessler has lifted the injunction on the phone records. From Judge Kessler’s Order: “Defendant in this case possesses a list of telephone numbers…that has generated much controversy and speculation. The Government has twice applied to this Court…for Temporary Retraining Orders preventing Defendant from selling the List.
The Court granted those applications, in order to preserve the status quo, and,…held a hearing to give Defendant an opportunity to respond. Upon consideration of the pleadings,…and the oral argument, the Court concludes the Defendant’s request to quash the Temporary Retraining Orders should be granted.â€
Ooooh, this could be good…
***Maybe now we can confirm the rumor that Dick Cheney is on the list!
July 9th, 2007 at 9:49 amLord Satan, your minion Daryll is here spreading fear, lies, and hatred. Please send this demon back down to hell.
Daryll, umm the army needs you. Grab an M16, put down your stupid bible and fight you F_CKING COWARD!
Comment by STFU
Hey STFU, the Taliban needs your help in destroying America from within. Oh wait… you’re already doing that.
July 9th, 2007 at 9:50 amAlso, regarding the war in Iraq, it is too early to measure the status of the Iraq war. This is a war that will take years before we receive favorable results. TP, Libs, stop politicizing the war.
Comment by Daryll
What kind of little self absorbed monster are you? Ready to commit “years” of someone else’s suffering and pain for what? To be right about your “party’” intentions with the war?
What kind of “us vs them” mindset is that?
You are a terrorist. You are the same as the Islamist. The only difference is, they have the courage to go fight for themselves.
Stay out of this place
July 9th, 2007 at 9:50 amHmmmm,
The White House is supposed to turn over documents on the fired US Attorneys in about 10 minutes…
Any odds on that happening?
July 9th, 2007 at 9:52 amWith talking points erupting from both sides of their mouths, which will it be: Instilling fear by allowing another attack?? Or using “we’re safer now” due to our illegal spying, preemptive striking, etc.??
Or perhaps it will be “see, we told you so” when the next attack occurs? They’re painting themselves into a compact little corner right now.
The bottom line for them is this: What will get us back into the white house and controlling congress in 08?? And, from the looks of it right now, they’re in a corner which they cannot get out of before 08.
Their strategists must be going bonkers trying to decide what to do. Either way: It’s a lose/lose situation for the GOP in 08.
July 9th, 2007 at 9:52 amHey STFU, the Taliban needs your help in destroying America from within. Oh wait… you’re already doing that.
Comment by 20wordsor less — July 9, 2007 @ 9:50 am
Really? Gee 65% of Americans think you all have frigged this country up, we’re trying to repair the damage. And why aren’t you over there fighting? You’re letting the taliban win by hiding behind your keyboard, when YOU should join the Army. And don’t give me crap about having served already, age, etc. Blackwater needs you too.. So strap on that M16 and start fighting coward.
July 9th, 2007 at 9:53 amOoooh, this could be good…
***Maybe now we can confirm the rumor that Dick Cheney is on the list!
Comment by Larry from C
Oh great. We can get a hookers phone records to distract the masses, but we can’t get emails from the VP’s office that are Public Record to see if War Crimes have been committed.
July 9th, 2007 at 9:53 amPoverty In State Of North Carolina
Monday 9th of July 2007
by Jay Randal
I went on a road trip to mountains of North Carolina, Friday of last week, and came upon widespread areas of poverty around the cities of Franklin and Waynesville.
I drove from Stone Mountain up Route 23 passing the picturesque Rabun Gap Nacoochee school, stopping to eat at Dillard Manor House, then crossed the Georgia border into the Appalachian mountains of North Carolina.
The scenary is spectacular as you cross the border, but then you notice the dilapidated houses hidden among the trees, which are here and there at first, and become more numerous as you drive past Franklin northward.
There are pockets of prosperity, such as Waynesville downtown business district, but upon driving Route 276 over Cold Mountain towards Hendersonville you pass severe poverty stricken area of blighted dwellings.
The poverty in North Carolina is an outrage, so GOP Gov. Michael Easley should be ashamed, and the two GOP Senators Elizabeth Dole and Richard Burr need to be replaced for doing nothing to help poor citizens.
(Jay Randal, political activist and writer in Georgia, USA.)
PS: For those who do not believe me, then drive the route I describe above and see the severe poverty in North Carolina for yourselves.
July 9th, 2007 at 9:53 amWhat is the adage?? People who speak with forked tongue….I can’t recall the rest.
July 9th, 2007 at 9:53 amSweet! My two favorite whipping boyz, St.Daryll of Sexual Confusion, and Jason Misogynist Hendler, Master DSBU are here! It truly is going to be a wonderful day!
It is sad that I return from vacation and TP spews a report that has no credibility. TP, do you have proof that this was the purpose for commutation of Libby’s sentence?
July 9th, 2007 at 9:55 amBack from Heterosexual Deprogramming Camp so soon? Lucky us! As for the no credibility, take that up with Newsweek’s Michael Isikoff, as he’s the one who actually wrote about it. TP is just reporting what he wrote.
Also, regarding the war in Iraq, it is too early to measure the status of the Iraq war. This is a war that will take years before we receive favorable results. TP, Libs, stop politicizing the war.
Man, your cult must be so proud. You’re a hypocrit of the highest order.
3500+ are dead in a war that has lasted over 4 years, and you want to receive “favorable results”? Too late, my little sexually confused ditto head. Most of us thinkin’ types knew before going in that this “occuptation” would be a cluster fck that would stir a huge hornet’s nest in the Middle East. WE WERE NOT WRONG!!!
…and who has politicized the war? 70% of the US population wants our troops home. Let me repeat, THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES WANT THIS OCCUPATION TO END, NOW!!! so, yes, it needs to be politcized, just not the in-your-face fear mongering the right did regarding 9/11.
Man, in must suck to be so confused regarding your sexual desires, and then to not have the ability to think on one’s own, but to blindly follow whatever your cult says…..YIKES!
HIJACK ALERT! #48 Freeze out this troll now.
July 9th, 2007 at 9:55 amThe bottom line for them is this: What will get us back into the white house and controlling congress in 08?? And, from the looks of it right now, they’re in a corner which they cannot get out of before 08.
Their strategists must be going bonkers trying to decide what to do. Either way: It’s a lose/lose situation for the GOP in 08.
Comment by veritas
Do you think we have time? Do you think they will just continue on till Jan 20 2009? Knowing the next Pres. will pull us out?
You think all the oil rights for Mobil and Shell will be safe with no Troops to protect them?
They won’t wait. and neither can we.
July 9th, 2007 at 9:56 amVeritas…
‘Get forked?’
‘Have trouble swallowing?’
‘Have trouble speaking?’
‘Remind me of Dick Cheney?’
July 9th, 2007 at 9:57 amWhat kind of little self absorbed monster are you? Ready to commit “years†of someone else’s suffering and pain for what? To be right about your “party’†intentions with the war?
What kind of “us vs them†mindset is that?
You are a terrorist. You are the same as the Islamist. The only difference is, they have the courage to go fight for themselves.
Stay out of this place
Comment by willyloman
Need proof of how unhinged the left is? Look no further. Fine example of twisted logic and tortured reasoning willyloman.
July 9th, 2007 at 9:57 amHey STFU, the Taliban needs your help in destroying America from within. Oh wait… you’re already doing that.
Comment by 20wordsor less — July 9, 2007 @ 9:50 am
No, people like you and the US Federal Government are doing a fine job without any help from anyone else.
How does it feel to ignore the Constitution?
July 9th, 2007 at 9:58 amWith the “last pillars of political support among Senate Republicans for President Bush’s Iraq strategy…collapsing,†debate within the White House “is intensifying over whether Mr. Bush should try to prevent more defections by announcing his intention to begin a gradual withdrawal of American troops from the high-casualty neighborhoods of Baghdad and other cities.â€
We can’t believe a thing Bush says. He would tell us troops are being withdrawn while he is actually increasing the numbers deployed. How would we know, really?
July 9th, 2007 at 9:58 amNo hijack troll for post 48 > I took a trip to North Carolina and saw severe poverty. Shame on all the Representatives and Senators for that state.
July 9th, 2007 at 10:00 amPicture caption:
Pope George blesses the troops.
July 9th, 2007 at 10:01 am“In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti…”
Cheney is a creep:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cip0jbZWzY&mode=related
July 9th, 2007 at 10:01 amlook at the sneer on the bald guy’s face in the picture.
He’s the only one there old enough to remember what a Commander in Chief really is.
July 9th, 2007 at 10:03 amYou mean the Tal Afar that Laura Ingraham touted as a great success?
http://mediamatters.org/items/200606020001
July 9th, 2007 at 10:05 amYou are a terrorist. You are the same as the Islamist. The only difference is, they have the courage to go fight for themselves.
Stay out of this place
Comment by willyloman — July 9, 2007 @ 9:50 am
Great post.
July 9th, 2007 at 10:07 amAnother blog has reported on the LIve Earth concert and noted that Melissa Etheridge gave a remarkably memorable performance for 20 minutes — which precisely reflects my opinion also. I continued to flip back and forth between the broadcasting channels, and I didn’t even come upon a replay of the Etheridge segment. The media would have non-viewers believe that Madonna was the star; no slam against Madonna, but in fact, I didn’t see one MSM report even mentioning Etheridge.
July 9th, 2007 at 10:07 am“They are calling this the cleanest war in all of military history,…They stress they’re fighting a regime and not the people, using smart bombs, not dumb, older munitions. But there have been and will be accidents. … And there’s a new weapon in this war: Arab media, especially Al Jazeera. It’s on all the time, and unlike American media, it hardly reflects the Pentagon line. Its critics say it accentuates civilian casualties and provokes outrage on the Arab street.”
-NBC Anchor Brian Williams, April 2003
July 9th, 2007 at 10:08 amAnd that is a bad thing?! I still have plenty of duct tape and plastic left over from their last big announcement. I don’t need them, we don’t need more do nothing Federal Authorities!
Comment by Smart Fellar
Hey, you should send your plastic and duct tape to the White House so George can use it to cover up the gaping hole in homeland security. I think it was the first gaping hole that told us to run out and get the stuff in the first place.
July 9th, 2007 at 10:10 amBefore you would consider voting for Ron Paul, please look up his voting record. I find it amazing that people will say they will vote for Ron Paul or Dennis Kucinich. They are as different as night and day. There is no comparison between the two other than their stance on Iraq.
Comment by katie — July 9, 2007 @ 9:22 am
Yes!! Ron Paul makes sense to some on a few issues, but for the most part he is antithetical to the Democratic philosophy. His voting record, if people would look it up, indicates that he is certainly not someone most Democrats would be happy to see in the White House.
July 9th, 2007 at 10:10 amOoooh, this could be good…
***Maybe now we can confirm the rumor that Dick Cheney is on the list!
Comment by Larry from C
I gotta wonder if Daryll’s on the list.
July 9th, 2007 at 10:14 amIt is sad that I return from vacation and TP spews a report that has no credibility. TP, do you have proof that this was the purpose for commutation of Libby’s sentence? Also, regarding the war in Iraq, it is too early to measure the status of the Iraq war. This is a war that will take years before we receive favorable results. TP, Libs, stop politicizing the war.
Comment by Daryll
Ooh, Daryll had a vacation, down in the Florida Keys weren’t you girlfriend?
All it takes is common sense to figure out why Bush commuted Libby’s sentence, probably why you can’t figure it out.
And, this war already has taken many years with no favorable results, that’s why even the Republicans in Congress are calling for an end. Why are those Republicans not calling for an end, like the presidential candidates, politicizing the war?
July 9th, 2007 at 10:14 amBUSH HAS INVOKED EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE (again) CONCERNING TWO WHITE HOUSE AIDES TESTIFYING BEFORE SENATE COMMITTEE.
July 9th, 2007 at 10:16 amBut bring up two women that have made politcial agendas that drive you absolutely bat $hit, as well as the fact that they, along with every other women in the world, would having nothing to do with you, and suddenly, you buzz and post, like flies on horse manure.
Comment by DRxJ
Makes me think Jason is Mr. President, he hates women also.
Did you go to Taste of Chicago? We went to the Milwaukee Festival, should have met you at the Taste instead.
July 9th, 2007 at 10:18 amThe new White House briefing room will reopen on July 15. The refurbished quarters “will have 49 leather chairs (which, incidentally, are slightly wider than the old ones).
I guess when you have an administration as full of shite as this one a little extra room is needed.
July 9th, 2007 at 10:19 amAs I recall, the concept of “Executive” privilege extends only to Executives, like the pres and veep. Not to staffers and clerks regarding conversations not including the pres and veep.
July 9th, 2007 at 10:19 amHmmm….
DRxJ ~ nice whuppin on # 50…
July 9th, 2007 at 10:20 amDaryll > go join Bush’s crusade in Iraq or shut your homophobic yapper.
July 9th, 2007 at 10:21 amWhy do you swallow?
Comment by RUCerious
Because Darryl has certain “sexual proclivities”,
July 9th, 2007 at 10:22 amDUH.
What a nice picture: “Georgie Mingling With The Troops”
Why are they applauding? Do they have shock wires attached to their genitals?
July 9th, 2007 at 10:22 amHey STFU, the Taliban needs your help in destroying America from within. Oh wait… you’re already doing that.
Comment by 20wordsor less
I assume you’re referring to the Christian Taliban here at home. Are they going to bomb Oklahoma City again?
July 9th, 2007 at 10:24 amDaryll,
“TP, do you have proof that this was the purpose for commutation of Libby’s sentence?”
Funny that you would ask for proof of this claim, yet your claim that God exists, you require no proof of whatsoever.
July 9th, 2007 at 10:24 amHIJACK ALERT! #48 Freeze out this troll now.
Comment by veritas
Just how do you hijack an open thread?
July 9th, 2007 at 10:26 amCaption Contest:
Chimpy: “And then I gave Saddam some ‘way of the Shaolin’ – like that there Chuck Norris would”
July 9th, 2007 at 10:29 amI assume you’re referring to the Christian Taliban here at home. Are they going to bomb Oklahoma City again?
Comment by shane
No they are just going to bombs legal clinics and kill doctors…oh and call for the assasination of Heads of State……oh and say that our own citizens are to blame for natural disasters that kill them because they like to party a little and all the while screwing their misttresses on boats, stealing money, lifting 2 tons with their legs…..etc.
July 9th, 2007 at 10:33 amshane.
July 9th, 2007 at 10:34 amYes, Taste of Chicago was fun, but we didn’t show up until 7:30, and everything shuts down at 9pm. Not enough time to really indulge on food and liquid libations!
Next year we plan on getting there earlier!
Ron Paul is a right wing extremist on most issues. He is an anti-tax anti-government fanatic. But a few months ago, out of the blue, a small group of his supporters showed up at TP to push Ron Paul as a progressive candidate. Don’t be fooled.
Maybe they aren’t even Ron Paul supporters. Maybe the RNC or Rove is behind it, trying to divide the opposition by fooling some of them into voting for a hopeless non-Democrat candidate.
July 9th, 2007 at 10:34 amCaption Contest;
This is the “Right” hand? Yep. Nailed it.
July 9th, 2007 at 10:35 amReally? Gee 65% of Americans think you all have frigged this country up, we’re trying to repair the damage. And why aren’t you over there fighting? You’re letting the taliban win by hiding behind your keyboard, when YOU should join the Army. And don’t give me crap about having served already, age, etc. Blackwater needs you too.. So strap on that M16 and start fighting coward.
Comment by STFU
65% of Americans have succumbed to the constant barrage from the left leaning, crisis-oriented media. The old adage of repeating a lie often enough and long enough certainly applies here.
You really ought to stop repeating the lame argument of “If you support the war then why aren’t you there?” That kind of logic doesn’t work in any area of life. If you support your local police department, then strap a badge and a 9mm. If you support your state’s highway department, then grab an orange vest and a shovel.
Calling other people cowards from the safety of your own keyboard makes you what? A hero? A patriot? No. It indicates that you’re divorced from reality—especially your claims of trying to repairthe damage . How does conducting yourself as a foul-mouthed imp on a liberal blog repair anything?
July 9th, 2007 at 10:39 amAnd that is a bad thing?! I still have plenty of duct tape and plastic left over from their last big announcement. I don’t need them, we don’t need more do nothing Federal Authorities!
Comment by Smart Fellar — July 9, 2007 @ 9:28 am
How brave of you to crawl out from under your bed, so soon after that last orange alert, to share that with us… Thanx
July 9th, 2007 at 10:40 amInteresting article on the Green Revolution and how it actually spikes an economy. Unlike all the dittoheads that speak doom and gloom on if we ween ourselves off of unreplenishable resources for energy.
July 9th, 2007 at 10:43 am65% of Americans have succumbed to the constant barrage from the left leaning, crisis-oriented media.
Curse those facts, they must have a “liberal bias”.
The old adage of repeating a lie often enough and long enough certainly applies here.
Saddam, WMD, mushroom clouds, 9-11, ….. was this the lie you were thinking of
July 9th, 2007 at 10:43 amDang…can’t link things from this computer…on vacation and all.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6283986.stm
July 9th, 2007 at 10:44 amDang. I can’t link from this computer…on vacation and all.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6283986.stm
July 9th, 2007 at 10:45 am.
20wordsor less,
“65% of Americans have succumbed to the constant barrage from the left leaning, crisis-oriented media. The old adage of repeating a lie often enough and long enough certainly applies here.”
Funny, considering you are trumpeting the lie of the ‘liberal’ media over and over again.
Now that we know that conservatives own the radion to the tune of 90%, you are still going to shout that lie?
July 9th, 2007 at 10:46 amSweet! My two favorite whipping boyz, St.Daryll of Sexual Confusion, and Jason Misogynist Hendler, Master DSBU are here! It truly is going to be a wonderful day!
It is sad that I return from vacation and TP spews a report that has no credibility. TP, do you have proof that this was the purpose for commutation of Libby’s sentence?
Back from Heterosexual Deprogramming Camp so soon? Lucky us! As for the no credibility, take that up with Newsweek’s Michael Isikoff, as he’s the one who actually wrote about it. TP is just reporting what he wrote.
Also, regarding the war in Iraq, it is too early to measure the status of the Iraq war. This is a war that will take years before we receive favorable results. TP, Libs, stop politicizing the war.
Man, your cult must be so proud. You’re a hypocrit of the highest order.
3500+ are dead in a war that has lasted over 4 years, and you want to receive “favorable results� Too late, my little sexually confused ditto head. Most of us thinkin’ types knew before going in that this “occuptation†would be a cluster fck that would stir a huge hornet’s nest in the Middle East. WE WERE NOT WRONG!!!
…and who has politicized the war? 70% of the US population wants our troops home. Let me repeat, THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES WANT THIS OCCUPATION TO END, NOW!!! so, yes, it needs to be politcized, just not the in-your-face fear mongering the right did regarding 9/11.
Man, in must suck to be so confused regarding your sexual desires, and then to not have the ability to think on one’s own, but to blindly follow whatever your cult says…..YIKES!
Comment by DRxJ — July 9, 2007 @ 9:55 am
DRxJ, so you are stating that we should redeploy our troops, let the terrorist organizations/insurgents claim victory, and give them an option to fight us on our soil. Wow, you have just proven your lack of patriotism. Also, journalists cannot be trusted. I can guarantee you that Tony Snow would deny Isikoff’s claim.
July 9th, 2007 at 10:46 am“I think you reserve impeachment for grave, grave breeches, and intentional breeches of the president’s authority,…I believe if we began impeachment proceedings we will be engulfed in more of the politics that has made Washington dysfunction,…We would once again, rather than attending to the people’s business, be engaged in a tit-for-tat, back-and-forth, non-stop circus.”
“There’s a way to bring an end to those practices, you know: vote the bums out,…That’s how our system is designed.”
- Barack Obama June 2007
*** Mr. Obama, the Constitution MUST be defended. It must be returned, once again, as the law of the land. NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT. Without it Democracy ceases to exist. Additionally Mr. Obama, we don’t want YOU, or any other future President, to claim the powers Mr. Bush has claimed.
July 9th, 2007 at 10:50 am20wordsorless sez:
And out comes the old “Liberal Media” chestnut. Despite being debunked on an almost daily basis, idiot trolls like you constantly try to play this card, not seeming to realize that every time you do, you demonstrate you have nothing of substance to offer.
Indeed it does…you Kool-aid drinkers have bought the “Liberal Media” lie lock, stock, and barrel. Just don’t expect us to be as myopic as you…critical thinking tends to interfere with the wholesale acceptance of such ridiculous premises.
July 9th, 2007 at 10:50 amAlso, journalists cannot be trusted. I can guarantee you that Tony Snow would deny Isikoff’s claim.
Comment by Daryll
Wait a sec….wasn’t Tony Snow a “journalist” somewhere before he landed his latest gig? Does that mean we can’t trust him?
Also, aren’t the insurgents Iraqis? if they win they would win their own country back…wouldn’t they? Isn’t that what we want? We had a Civil War and one side won and here we are. Don’t we want the same glorious history for them? Whay don’t you want Iraq to win?
July 9th, 2007 at 10:51 amDRxJ ~ nice whuppin on # 50…
Comment by RUCerious
Oh yes! DRxJ is quite the savage! I hope he didn’t break a nail typing his blustering, anit-war, pro-homo rant.
July 9th, 2007 at 10:55 amOh yes! DRxJ is quite the savage! I hope he didn’t break a nail typing his blustering, anit-war, pro-homo rant.
Comment by 20wordsor less — July 9, 2007 @ 10:55 am
What bridge were you born under boy? I’ve never seen such a sissyass troll…
July 9th, 2007 at 10:58 am*** Mr. Obama, the Constitution MUST be defended. It must be returned, once again, as the law of the land. NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT. Without it Democracy ceases to exist. Additionally Mr. Obama, we don’t want YOU, or any other future President, to claim the powers Mr. Bush has claimed.
Comment by Larry from C
I agree. his quote shows you his priorities. it’s almost like the Dem. Candidates don’t want Impeachment because then we wont be voting against the current administration.
It’s as if they want to keep them in place to help with the election cycle.
July 9th, 2007 at 10:59 amYou folks listen to the public? Here in New Mexico, when Senator Domenici jumped ship on winning in Iraq, the public outcry was tremendous. Now the word out of Albuquerque (which has the most population therefore has the political power) is that Domenici is perhaps “beatable” by a Republican contender. And folks, this is New Mexico. Not entirely a bastion of Republican support (but where Bush managed to win twice.)
I listened to Domenici’s waffling live on the radio the other day when he called in to an Albuquerque radio station, and the calls from the public were running about 8-2 against him for his waffling on the issue.
Regardless of what is said here, the folks on the street know what “backbone” is, and what “backbone” isn’t.
July 9th, 2007 at 11:02 amDRxJ, so you are stating that we should redeploy our troops, let the terrorist organizations/insurgents claim victory, and give them an option to fight us on our soil. Wow, you have just proven your lack of patriotism. Also, journalists cannot be trusted. I can guarantee you that Tony Snow would deny Isikoff’s claim.
Comment by St. Daryll of Man Luv — July 9, 2007 @ 10:46 am
Let’s make one thing clear here, Daryll…Don’t you ever, EVER, put words in my mouth as to what I said! And never, EVER question my partriotism! While you worry your pretty little head about homosexual butt sex, and “hippie libs”, my family donates clothing, toiletries, and other necessities to the troops. While you pray for God to strike down those who you disagree (gays, libs), I pray for peace in the region, and for the safety of our troops. While you wish to burn all homo luvin’ sinners and hippies, I want a son/daughter to not grow up without a father/mother. While you worry and fret about your perceived heritage, I worry about our future generations.
You’ve go nothing on me, and you never will. While I jokingly call out your homo-eroticism, as well as your cult, I’ve never questioned you love of country, and you will be wise to offer me the same courtesy!
As for the Tony Snow comparison, me thinks no debate is needed on dat! (…and if you cannot reason why, then you really do need help)
July 9th, 2007 at 11:05 amOK, correction here.
I was wrong. Bush didn’t win New Mexico in 2000. I lived in Arizona then, and Bush won there.
Bush did win New Mexico in 2004.
When I’m wrong, I’ll admit it.
July 9th, 2007 at 11:09 am#96
Comment by 20wordsor less
I have never understood this idea that many trolls here have that being anti-war is a bad thing. Are you a “pro-war” person that woul dlike to see the earth embroiled in constant conflict? Do you get a woody sitting in front of the TV watching the news and seeing the bodies and blood strewn across the screen? I would ask you to explain this to me but I doubt you have the introspective powers to do so. So many people like you do not.
July 9th, 2007 at 11:09 amOh yes! DRxJ is quite the savage! I hope he didn’t break a nail typing his blustering, anit-war, pro-homo rant.
Comment by 20wordsof nothing— July 9, 2007 @ 10:55 am
Ohh, good one! You da (wo)man!
July 9th, 2007 at 11:09 am(ps, is anit-war similar to anit-wit?)
Indeed it does…you Kool-aid drinkers have bought the “Liberal Media†lie lock, stock, and barrel. Just don’t expect us to be as myopic as you…critical thinking tends to interfere with the wholesale acceptance of such ridiculous premises.
Comment by TripMaster Monkey
Oh boy… another self-proclaimed critical thinker. If you would get over yourself for one minute and take a stab at some old fashioned objectivity, you’d be amazed at how much wholesale acceptance in the fashioning of your own views. I think Jesus said it the best, “You strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.”
July 9th, 2007 at 11:23 am65% of Americans have succumbed to the constant barrage from the left leaning, crisis-oriented media. The old adage of repeating a lie often enough and long enough certainly applies here.
You really ought to stop repeating the lame argument of “If you support the war then why aren’t you there?†That kind of logic doesn’t work in any area of life. If you support your local police department, then strap a badge and a 9mm. If you support your state’s highway department, then grab an orange vest and a shovel.
Calling other people cowards from the safety of your own keyboard makes you what? A hero? A patriot? No. It indicates that you’re divorced from reality—especially your claims of trying to repairthe damage . How does conducting yourself as a foul-mouthed imp on a liberal blog repair anything?
Comment by 20wordsor less — July 9, 2007 @ 10:39 am
20 brain cells or less:
Left leaning media.. OMFG, where are the pictures of Caskets? the stories of soldiers with their arms, legs, eyes missing. Where are the daily stories about the almost million dead. 2.5 million displaced. Where was this left leaning media when Bush was trumpeting the war?
The local police has stricter recruitment rules, thus we won’t see you there either eh? As for strapping on a 9mm, why yes I do own one. And come into my house, and you might get a chance to meet it. So I’m even better than the cops for providing my personal security. And what gives me the right to tell you to join up is because it’s you cowards, all of you who run around beating the war drum, yet wont fight, why is that? Practice what you preach.
Calling people like you cowards, makes me an American. Cowards like you run around calling us Taliban. Hah, you wouldn’t know a true American value if it hit you upside your empty head. Pussies like you beating the war drum for a war where not even ONE of the 9-11 hijackers was from Iraq. You cowards come here spewing the same crap for the last few years. You’ve been wrong about everything every time. Wake up to reality, put down your bible, turn off Rush, Fox and look around. The world trusts Russua more than America.. Why is that?
July 9th, 2007 at 11:25 amEven our last two biggest allies are pulling out of Iraq, why is that?
Because they know this battle is lost, it was lost from the start. You can’t win a war that was started based on lies. Just ask Hitler.
Also, journalists cannot be trusted…
And Daryll is fine with no free press. What a goddamn disappointment you are to our Founding Fathers.
“The only security of all is in a free press. The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted freely to be expressed. The agitation it produces must be submitted to. It is necessary, to keep the waters pure.” –Thomas Jefferson to Lafayette, 1823. ME 15:491
July 9th, 2007 at 11:25 amI think Jesus said it the best, “You strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.â€
Comment by 20wordsor less
There just has to be a Rove-Gannon joke in there somewhere.
July 9th, 2007 at 11:26 amFisrt of all; this is not a “war”. it is an illegal occupation of another nation.
it is a Resource Grab and market creating venture. Nothing else. Calling it a war gives it legitimacy that many here and abroad don’t give it.
And yes, dlet, there are people out there who think a permanent military ecconomy is helpful to a nation. There are those who think it is the definition of fascism, as well. I fall into the latter group.
July 9th, 2007 at 11:26 amComment by 20wordsor less — July 9, 2007 @ 11:23 am
Your posts are exceeding 20 words.
That makes you a liar.
Liars have no credibility.
Goodbye and have a nice life.
July 9th, 2007 at 11:38 am…You’ve been wrong about everything every time. Wake up to reality, put down your bible, turn off Rush, Fox and look around…
Comment by STFU
Translation: Abandon your values and believe everything you hear. Accept the reality that the media and TP create for you and be like me—an angry and profane punk who needs to have his butt kicked.
July 9th, 2007 at 11:40 amAbandon your values and believe everything you hear. Accept the reality that the media and Rush create for you and be like me—an angry and profane punk who needs to have his butt licked.
Comment by 20wordsof nothing — July 9, 2007 @ 11:40 am
Wow, with me just changing two words, I’ve summarized your right wing persona!
July 9th, 2007 at 11:43 amYou’re very welcome!
Have a wonderful, hate filled day!
You can’t win a war that was started based on lies. Just ask Hitler.
Comment by STFU — July 9, 2007 @ 11:25 am
Beautiful!
July 9th, 2007 at 11:43 am20wordsorless sez:
Actually, a fair amount of other critical thinkers here would vouch for me on this point…there’s no need for me to “self-proclaim” anything…especially that which is self-evident.
In addition to saying absolutely nothing, this “sentence” isn’t even a complete sentence at all. Congrats, dolt. You’ve outdone yourself.
And he tops off the idiocy with a pithy quote from his magic book, that he seems to think is somehow relevant to the issue at hand. How positively Darrylesque.
Here’s a Bible passage that more accurately applies to this issue, and your treatment of it:
Think on that, the next time you eat your lunch all by yourself.
July 9th, 2007 at 11:44 amTranslation: Abandon your values and believe everything you hear. Accept the reality that the media and TP create for you and be like me—an angry and profane punk who needs to have his butt kicked.
Comment by 20wordsor less — July 9, 2007 @ 11:40 am
Oh yes! 20wordsor less is quite the savage! I hope she didn’t break a nail typing her blustering rant.
July 9th, 2007 at 11:45 amComment by 20wordsor less — July 9, 2007 @ 11:23 am
Your posts are exceeding 20 words.
That makes you a liar.
Liars have no credibility.
Goodbye and have a nice life.
Comment by unbelievable
Unbelievable—just another way of saying; implausible, unlikely, improbable far-fetched, doubtful, questionable. Whereas you had to extrapolate in order to come to your misguided conclusion, I only had to use your name for mine. I guess that makes you less credible than me. By the way—I do have a nice life.
July 9th, 2007 at 11:49 amUnbelievable—just another way of saying; implausible, unlikely, improbable far-fetched, doubtful, questionable.
Consider the moniker is a response to people like you, sure those all equally apply to you neocons.
Whereas you had to extrapolate in order to come to your misguided conclusion, I only had to use your name for mine. I guess that makes you less credible than me.
No, it makes you assume things that aren’t true, therefore making you not only not credible, but quite foolish and silly.
By the way—I do have a nice life.
Comment by 20wordsor less — July 9, 2007 @ 11:49 am
I seriously doubt it. People who have nice lives don’t spend hours in the opposing view’s blogs trying to insult them. The people who do that are looking for a means to assuage the fact that they don’t like themselves very much and feel better by putting other people down.
July 9th, 2007 at 12:08 pmThen go to Save The Internet dot com and see what you can do to fight. There are literally only days left for you to get your voice heard.
Comment by Larry from C — July 9, 2007 @ 9:21 am
I did, and then emailed everyone I know to do that same…
July 9th, 2007 at 12:16 pmtripmaster monkey says;
Actually, a fair amount of other critical thinkers here would vouch for me on this point…there’s no need for me to “self-proclaim†anything…especially that which is self-evident.
What is self-evident with you is your smug and loathsome manner. You’re condescending and arrogant. Critical thinking would be at the very bottom of the list of your self-evident virtues.
In addition to saying absolutely nothing, this “sentence†isn’t even a complete sentence at all. Congrats, dolt. You’ve outdone yourself.
Agreed. That sentence was rather incoherent.
Here’s a Bible passage that more accurately applies to this issue, and your treatment of it:
Psalms 26:4
I do not sit with deceitful men,
nor do I consort with hypocrites
What are you trying to say here? Your ripping Psalms 26:4 from its context doesn’t make any sense. Let’s establish a little context here;
1 Vindicate me, O LORD,
for I have led a blameless life;
I have trusted in the LORD
without wavering.
2 Test me, O LORD, and try me,
examine my heart and my mind;
3 for your love is ever before me,
and I walk continually in your truth.
4 I do not sit with deceitful men,
nor do I consort with hypocrites;
This is David, king of Israel speaking of himself, before the Lord. Are you suggesting by your focus on verse 4 alone that this somehow applies to me? Say it isn’t true! You can’t be trying to use the Bible against me can you? Let me see if I can follow you on this… Who are the decietful men that I supposedly sit with? and who are the hypocrites that I’m evidently consorting with? In order for verse 4 to even remotely apply to me, you would first have to establish who the deceitful men were that David was talking about, and who the hpocrites were. Then you would have to know who I sit with and who I consort with, and then you look for any parallels. Until then I must conclude that your critical thinking skills are woefully lacking, and I dismiss your use of Pslams 26:4 as a glittering jewel of collasal ignorance.
I could have posted several scriptures in response to you, but decided to let you slide.
July 9th, 2007 at 12:28 pm…You threatening me? I live in Denver, how about you? Let’s meet up. Or you all words and no action like usual? Practice what you preach you pussy…
comment by STFU
Grow up! I’ve already wasted enough time with you, why on earth would I go out of my way to meet up with you? Your immature taunts are reminiscent of my junior high days—after the bullies got their butts kicked, they would return in greater numbers for some retaliation. I suspect it would be the same with you.
July 9th, 2007 at 12:43 pmNot that I’m defending STFU, as he/she could do that on their own, but a couple of sentences to address:
Grow up! I’ve already wasted enough time with you
Comment by 20wordsof Shiite— July 9, 2007 @ 12:43 pm
Yet you still posted another paragraph. Please, can’t you just follow your own statements?
why on earth would I go out of my way to meet up with you
I dunno, to actually grow some cajones, p’haps?
Your immature taunts are reminiscent of my junior high days
Wow, your memory can recall things from way back last year?
after the bullies got their butts kicked, they would return in greater numbers for some retaliation
July 9th, 2007 at 12:53 pmso how often did you have to get your right wing cronnies to return and beat up a “tree-huggin’ hippie”?
Not that I’m defending STFU, as he/she could do that on their own, but a couple of sentences to address:
Grow up! I’ve already wasted enough time with you
Comment by 20wordsof Shiite— July 9, 2007 @ 12:43 pm
Yet you still posted another paragraph. Please, can’t you just follow your own statements?
why on earth would I go out of my way to meet up with you
I dunno, to actually grow some cajones, p’haps?
Your immature taunts are reminiscent of my junior high days
Wow, your memory can recall things from way back last year?
after the bullies got their butts kicked, they would return in greater numbers for some retaliation
so how often did you have to get your right wing cronnies to return and beat up a “tree-huggin’ hippie�
Comment by DRxJ
What is this—a playground? I can only shake my head at the level of maturity being displayed here. I haven’t checked in here in a while, but I remember a time when DRxJ used to post some intelligent sounding comments. What happened? Was your name hijacked or did you finally come out of the closet?
July 9th, 2007 at 1:00 pmWhat is this—a playground? I can only shake my head at the level of maturity being displayed here
Comment by 20wordsof Bulshevik — July 9, 2007 @ 1:00 pm
which would have been a proper post, had it not been followed by this:
did you finally come out of the closet?
I remember a time when 20wordsorless used to post 20 words or less.
July 9th, 2007 at 1:07 pmWhat happened? Did you get banned and have to change your posting name to a space between or and less?
Comment by 20wordsor less — July 9, 2007 @ 12:28 pm
Yet another post completely devoid of substance, dolt. well done.
I’m sure I might seem “smug”, “loathsome”, “condescending”, and “arrogant” to you…it’s obvious that in addition to your inability to think critically, you have several other issues concerning your self-esteem and sense of worth.
Just remember, dolt, Jesus loves you. Everyone else holds you in contempt, but at least Jesus loves you.
It’s supremely amusing that you don’t even try to correct your earlier incomplete sentence, but you seem to think that the Bible passage I quoted to you is worth twenty-six lines of refutation. Amusing also is that you seem to have completely missed my point, trying to cast yourself in the role of David instead of the role I implied – the role your behavior has assigned you to.
It’s clear that you’re not going to get it unless I draw you a map, so here it is:
You are the hypocrite, dolt. You are the deceitful man. You are the one who supports the lies that this administration and their faithful mouthpieces in the corporate media spew, and then, in an act that can only be described as rank hypocrisy, you twaddle on about the “Liberal Media”. You are the one whose posts consist entirely of lies and ad homenim attacks, and yet you have the gall to quote Jesus Christ in an attempt to support those lies and attacks.
You’re a disgusting excuse for a human, and a manifest waste of skin. You have my pity.
July 9th, 2007 at 1:08 pmtripmastermonkey says,
Yet another post completely devoid of substance, dolt. well done.
it’s obvious that in addition to your inability to think critically, you have several other issues concerning your self-esteem and sense of worth.
just remember, dolt, Jesus loves you. Everyone else holds you in contempt, but at least Jesus loves you.
It’s clear that you’re not going to get it unless I draw you a map, so here it is:
You are the hypocrite, dolt. You are the deceitful man. You are the one who supports the lies that this administration and their faithful mouthpieces in the corporate media spew, and then, in an act that can only be described as rank hypocrisy, you twaddle on about the “Liberal Mediaâ€. You are the one whose posts consist entirely of lies and ad homenim attacks, and yet you have the gall to quote Jesus Christ in an attempt to support those lies and attacks.
You’re a disgusting excuse for a human, and a manifest waste of skin. You have my pity.
Comment by TripMaster Monkey
Wow! talk about a post with virtually no substance, and filled with ad homenim—you’ve outdone yourself. Actually, this is pretty typical of your comments. I’ts not a matter of perception my friend, you are indeed smug, loathsome, arrogant, and condescending. That would be evident to any fair-minded reader. You’re also quite good at verbal bullying, and because of it, you think you win your arguments. It is I who pities you.
July 9th, 2007 at 1:34 pmComment by 20wordsor less — July 9, 2007 @ 1:34 pm
So…no refutation of anything I said.
You know, dolt, if you wanted to say “I know you are, but what am I?”, you could have done so much more succiently.
July 9th, 2007 at 1:42 pmOh I see Jason M. Hendler and Daryll are back. I haven’t seen them in a long time. Back from their tours of duty in Iraq, no doubt. Hey soldiers! How’s the surge going?
July 9th, 2007 at 2:17 pmSo…no refutation of anything I said.
You know, dolt, if you wanted to say “I know you are, but what am I?â€, you could have done so much more succiently.
Comment by TripMaster Monkey
Why should I bother? I refuted your use of Psalms 26:4. The verse had nothing to do with me or my views. You basically found a verse in the Bible that had the word hypocrite in it, and you tried to use it against me. Did you rescind your comment? No! You stepped up the personal attacks and continued to force your tortured interpretation onto me. I’ve explained my position many times in the past; I’m not going to spend a lot of time in trying to refute anyone here for the reason I just stated—you refuse to stand corrected. I visit this site occasionally, and most of the time I shake my head at the comments being posted, and then leave. But sometimes, I see an arguement that is so illogical that it demands a response. Before long I have people coming out of the woodwork—taking up the illogical standpoint just to attack me. Then there’s you—No doubt you recognize my handle, because as soon as I pop up—it draws your attention. Let’s get something straight, shall we? I have no misconceptions of changing anyone here, so don’t have any about changing me. There’s nothing wrong with me visiting TP occasionally, and I will do it on my terms. I don’t have to debate the issues to the same degree that you do. I just don’t want to put that much energy into a message board. It has proven to be a big waste of time. I prefer to keep things surface level—pointing out the weaknesses of arguments, and the flaws in logic. You don’t have to agree, and you don’t have to like it. STFU in Denver doesn’t like it, and he wants to meet somewhere so he can beat me up. I expect better from you. You’re a smart guy—you should use your powers for good.
July 9th, 2007 at 2:22 pmHow to know when someone is bull$hitting?
I now provide a perfect examples:
I visit this site occasionally, and most of the time I shake my head at the comments being posted, and then leave. But sometimes, I see an arguement that is so illogical that it demands a response. Before long I have people coming out of the woodwork—taking up the illogical standpoint just to attack me
Comment by 20wordsof bull$hit — July 9, 2007 @ 2:22 pm
but what was his first cordial, and non combative post regarding me? Well, let’s take a looksee back from this morning, shall we?
Oh yes! DRxJ is quite the savage! I hope he didn’t break a nail typing his blustering, anit-war, pro-homo rant.
Comment by 20wordsor less — July 9, 2007 @ 10:55 am
Oh yeah, nothing personal or being attacked there, eh 20words?
…and what was your very first post here?
Hey STFU, the Taliban needs your help in destroying America from within. Oh wait… you’re already doing that.
Comment by 20wordsor less — July 9, 2007 @ 9:50 am
Oh that’s right, a baseless character attack. STFU was not even addressing you, yet you “suddenly” logged on and called him/her unAmerican.
Quit your b*tch and moan whine fest about how you only post to offer an opposing view, then get “attacked” by us lefties.
July 9th, 2007 at 2:42 pmYou commenced with attacks, and then hid under the guise of “all you leftards do is attack”
That would make you what? Say it with me…..A hyp-o-crit!
Very good.
DRxj
Your ability to read and comprehend is somewhat lacking isn’t it. Here was my first post for today.
Lord Satan, your minion Daryll is here spreading fear, lies, and hatred. Please send this demon back down to hell.
Daryll, umm the army needs you. Grab an M16, put down your stupid bible and fight you F_CKING COWARD!
Comment by STFU
Hey STFU, the Taliban needs your help in destroying America from within. Oh wait… you’re already doing that.
Comment by 20wordsor less
You will note that I am using the same argumentation that STFU is, minus the gratuitous personal attacks and profanity. Same tactic but reversed direction—it shows the absurdity of things.
My comment about you was as follows—
Oh yes! DRxJ is quite the savage! I hope he didn’t break a nail typing his blustering, anit-war, pro-homo rant.
Comment by 20wordsor less
This was in response to—
DRxJ ~ nice whuppin on # 50…
Comment by RUCerious
I read your nice whuppin in #50 and it was exactly that—a blustering , anti-war, pro-homo rant. My comment was in response to RUCerious for thinking that you did such a good job—you didn’t.
There’s more than one way of pointing out illogical arguments my friend, I happen to like using sarcasm and the same argumentation against the person who used it in the first place—to see if they’re sharp enough to get it. They’re usually not.
You’re also quite mistaken. I’m not whining and moaning about being attacked—I’ve been here long enough to know how things work. I expect to be harassed by you guys, and my feelings aren’t hurt in the least. It seems to me that you object to my giving a little of that back. Kinda sensitive aren’t ya?
July 9th, 2007 at 3:13 pmoh now it’s the “absurdity of things” argument. Kinda like the reverse reverse psychology. Or better yet, it’s the employer getting caught stealing funds, only to decry that he was doing it to show how easily it could be done.
July 9th, 2007 at 3:24 pmAgain, it’s all relative bull$hit!
Had you posted, “STFU, I totally disagree with you, and here’s why….” then you would be respected, and a debate would ensue.
Instead, you came out swinging, and when you were counter attacked, you hid behind your mama’s skirt, and played victim.
To that, you get no respect (and no soup!)
But if you really wanna play hardball, please defend Rove’s quotes in the above thread
mkay?
Awww… poor crybaby! I’m not playing the game they way you think I should. I got news for you pal, disagreeing and still being respected does not go hand in hand here… no matter how you do it. I’ll admit that it’s kind of funny to see how you guys dish it out, but you can’t take it. What’s the matter? The comment about your broken fingernail hit too close to home?
July 9th, 2007 at 3:49 pm2100+ days with no domestic trerrorist attack on US soil!
Thanks President Bush!!!
For TPers it’s just another great day at the mall. Have fun shopping!
July 9th, 2007 at 5:27 pmNo other president could have mismanaged this war like Bush. While republicans who are abandoning Bush’s Iraq policy may be doing so to benefit themselves politically, they realize how wrong this policy is. Thus, they must now vote with democrats to put pressure on Bush to change course.
While our soldiers are fighting and dying on the front lines we see no progress from the Maliki government that continues to make false promises while our troops die. Where is the oil law that they said they would pass? What is going on with the de-baathification progress which needs to be implemented? When do they intend to make changes to their Constitution to bring more Sunnis into the government? Instead they went on vacation.
The bombing in Amerli is proof that the surge has failed. The Libby commutation will further hurt Bush because no one is above the law and with this commutation Bush is clearly saying that Libby is.
July 9th, 2007 at 5:47 pmThe TV ratings are in!
Live Earth was a bust!
The main three-hour American TV broadcast on NBC averaged a meager 2.7 million viewers, ranking as the least-watched U.S. program on Saturday night and falling below NBC’s summer prime-time Saturday average, Nielsen Media Research reported on Monday.
The overall numbers amounted to a small fraction of the 2 billion people that Live Earth organizers had hoped to reach through TV, radio and Internet coverage of the event, spearheaded by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore
July 9th, 2007 at 8:36 pm