Comments on: Thompson: Osama Bin Laden Is ‘More Symbolism Than Anything Else’ http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/07/thompson-bin-laden/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:39:15 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Lora http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/07/thompson-bin-laden/comment-page-6/#comment-4067536 Lora Mon, 10 Sep 2007 06:50:19 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/09/07/thompson-bin-laden/#comment-4067536 # SORRY, LEFTIES!!!!!!!!!! STALINISM LOSES AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Comment by Mr P — September 7, 2007 @ 7:14 pm What does Stalinism have to do with this thread? And can you cite any leftist posters here who have expressed support for Stalin and/or Stalinism? I realize you loive to see your name in print (and read yourself talking), Mr. Pea-Brain, but most--if not all--of the time you only come across as a total jerk. #
SORRY, LEFTIES!!!!!!!!!!
STALINISM LOSES AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by Mr P — September 7, 2007 @ 7:14 pm

What does Stalinism have to do with this thread? And can you cite any leftist posters here who have expressed support for Stalin and/or Stalinism?
I realize you loive to see your name in print (and read yourself talking), Mr. Pea-Brain, but most–if not all–of the time you only come across as a total jerk.

]]> By: Tom Heneghan http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/07/thompson-bin-laden/comment-page-6/#comment-4066153 Tom Heneghan Sun, 09 Sep 2007 01:38:24 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/09/07/thompson-bin-laden/#comment-4066153 ... <strong>INSIDER INTELLIGENCE REPORT: </strong> <strong> Bush-bin Laden Tape a Fake - Bush’s Latest Trick </strong> http://blog.myspace.com/tom_heneghan_intel …

INSIDER INTELLIGENCE REPORT:


Bush-bin Laden Tape a Fake – Bush’s Latest Trick

http://blog.myspace.com/tom_heneghan_intel

]]> By: Bernard Quatermass http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/07/thompson-bin-laden/comment-page-6/#comment-4065721 Bernard Quatermass Sat, 08 Sep 2007 18:34:03 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/09/07/thompson-bin-laden/#comment-4065721 Quatermass: Fred Thompson Is ‘More Horsepuck Than Anything Else’ Quatermass: Fred Thompson Is ‘More Horsepuck Than Anything Else’

]]> By: Bernard Quatermass http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/07/thompson-bin-laden/comment-page-6/#comment-4065715 Bernard Quatermass Sat, 08 Sep 2007 18:32:03 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/09/07/thompson-bin-laden/#comment-4065715 "OMG, thanks, I actually snorted with laughter!:D" No problem, I will be sending an invoice. ;^) “OMG, thanks, I actually snorted with laughter!:D”

No problem, I will be sending an invoice. ;^)

]]> By: Jane E. Schneider http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/07/thompson-bin-laden/comment-page-6/#comment-4065461 Jane E. Schneider Sat, 08 Sep 2007 15:40:34 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/09/07/thompson-bin-laden/#comment-4065461 Odd, I can _see_ a picture of Fred at the top of this page but who is that holding him? Comment by Bernard Quatermass — September 8, 2007 @ 11:23 am OMG, thanks, I actually snorted with laughter!:D Odd, I can _see_ a picture of Fred at the top of this page but who is that holding him?

Comment by Bernard Quatermass — September 8, 2007 @ 11:23 am

OMG, thanks, I actually snorted with laughter!:D

]]> By: Bernard Quatermass http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/07/thompson-bin-laden/comment-page-6/#comment-4065441 Bernard Quatermass Sat, 08 Sep 2007 15:23:43 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/09/07/thompson-bin-laden/#comment-4065441 Odd, I can _see_ a picture of Fred at the top of this page but who is that holding him? Odd, I can _see_ a picture of Fred at the top of this page but who is that holding him?

]]> By: toasterhead http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/07/thompson-bin-laden/comment-page-6/#comment-4065395 toasterhead Sat, 08 Sep 2007 14:45:49 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/09/07/thompson-bin-laden/#comment-4065395 <i>Andrew Tilghman has a really good article in Washington Monthly online. It’s about Al Qaeda in Iraq, and the duffle bags full of ca$h we are delivering to the Sunni Shieks in Al Anbar. Amazingly, they are not attacking us lately. Google ” the myth of AQI” Comment by Badger — September 8, 2007 @ 10:17 am</i> Why Google when you can click: http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2007/0710.tilghman.html Abu Aardvark also has a great article today on the highway bandit we're working with in Anbar: http://abuaardvark.typepad.com/abuaardvark/2007/09/bush-and-abu-ri.html Andrew Tilghman has a really good article in Washington Monthly online. It’s about Al Qaeda in Iraq, and the duffle bags full of ca$h we are delivering to the Sunni Shieks in Al Anbar. Amazingly, they are not attacking us lately. Google ” the myth of AQI”

Comment by Badger — September 8, 2007 @ 10:17 am

Why Google when you can click: http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2007/0710.tilghman.html

Abu Aardvark also has a great article today on the highway bandit we’re working with in Anbar: http://abuaardvark.typepad.com/abuaardvark/2007/09/bush-and-abu-ri.html

]]> By: rfklives! http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/07/thompson-bin-laden/comment-page-6/#comment-4065376 rfklives! Sat, 08 Sep 2007 14:33:09 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/09/07/thompson-bin-laden/#comment-4065376 What was Fred doing with the pig? Getting ready to try and put lipstick on it? What was Fred doing with the pig? Getting ready to try and put lipstick on it?

]]> By: Badger http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/07/thompson-bin-laden/comment-page-6/#comment-4065360 Badger Sat, 08 Sep 2007 14:17:42 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/09/07/thompson-bin-laden/#comment-4065360 Andrew Tilghman has a really good article in Washington Monthly online. It's about Al Qaeda in Iraq, and the duffle bags full of ca$h we are delivering to the Sunni Shieks in Al Anbar. Amazingly, they are not attacking us lately. Google " the myth of AQI" Andrew Tilghman has a really good article in Washington Monthly online. It’s about Al Qaeda in Iraq, and the duffle bags full of ca$h we are delivering to the Sunni Shieks in Al Anbar. Amazingly, they are not attacking us lately. Google ” the myth of AQI”

]]> By: Jane E. Schneider http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/07/thompson-bin-laden/comment-page-6/#comment-4065351 Jane E. Schneider Sat, 08 Sep 2007 13:57:07 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/09/07/thompson-bin-laden/#comment-4065351 Comment by JoeCaribe — September 8, 2007 @ 9:55 am Sshh! I think that Badger wants the trolls to use their atrophied "common sense" and figure it out for themselves! ;-) Comment by JoeCaribe — September 8, 2007 @ 9:55 am

Sshh! I think that Badger wants the trolls to use their atrophied “common sense” and figure it out for themselves! ;-)

]]> By: toasterhead http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/07/thompson-bin-laden/comment-page-6/#comment-4065350 toasterhead Sat, 08 Sep 2007 13:57:03 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/09/07/thompson-bin-laden/#comment-4065350 <i>Really now, when would I actually say that “failure is actually a symbol of the GWB Admin.”? I don’t believe the Bush administration has failed in the war on terror. We have not had a terrorist attack on U.S. soil since the war on terror began. Looks like success to me. Comment by O. Bigfoot — September 8, 2007 @ 9:08 am</i> We have also not had a major earthquake, and shark attacks are down considerably. And al-Qa'ida has reconstituted itself to "pre-2001 strength," according to the last NIE. Do you credit the Bush administration for these things as well? And speaking of failure - I just wanted to remind everyone that Salem bin Laden, Usama's half-brother, was an investor in Arbusto, G.W. Bush's failed oil company. Really now, when would I actually say that “failure is actually a symbol of the GWB Admin.”? I don’t believe the Bush administration has failed in the war on terror. We have not had a terrorist attack on U.S. soil since the war on terror began. Looks like success to me.

Comment by O. Bigfoot — September 8, 2007 @ 9:08 am

We have also not had a major earthquake, and shark attacks are down considerably. And al-Qa’ida has reconstituted itself to “pre-2001 strength,” according to the last NIE. Do you credit the Bush administration for these things as well?

And speaking of failure – I just wanted to remind everyone that Salem bin Laden, Usama’s half-brother, was an investor in Arbusto, G.W. Bush’s failed oil company.

]]> By: JoeCaribe http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/07/thompson-bin-laden/comment-page-6/#comment-4065349 JoeCaribe Sat, 08 Sep 2007 13:55:04 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/09/07/thompson-bin-laden/#comment-4065349 Question #2 If Bin Laden really wants us to stay mired in Iraq, What would he say??? Comment by Badger — September 8, 2007 @ 9:47 am I think you know your own answers! Question #2 If Bin Laden really wants us to stay mired in Iraq, What would he say???

Comment by Badger — September 8, 2007 @ 9:47 am

I think you know your own answers!

]]> By: Badger http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/07/thompson-bin-laden/comment-page-6/#comment-4065347 Badger Sat, 08 Sep 2007 13:47:57 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/09/07/thompson-bin-laden/#comment-4065347 Question #1. Does Bin Laden want America to get out of Iraq? Terrorism experts agree that the best recruiting tool for Al Qaeda is the Iraq War. America is spending billions of borrowed dollars and losing American troops daily. Recruiting goals are not being met.The coalition of the willing has all but dissappeared....world opinion is almost universally against the Iraq war. Question #2 If Bin Laden really wants us to stay mired in Iraq, What would he say??? Question #1. Does Bin Laden want America to get out of Iraq?
Terrorism experts agree that the best recruiting tool for Al Qaeda is the Iraq War. America is spending billions of borrowed dollars and losing American troops daily. Recruiting goals are not being met.The coalition of the willing has all but dissappeared….world opinion is almost universally against the Iraq war.
Question #2 If Bin Laden really wants us to stay mired in Iraq, What would he say???

]]> By: JoeCaribe http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/07/thompson-bin-laden/comment-page-6/#comment-4065341 JoeCaribe Sat, 08 Sep 2007 13:30:35 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/09/07/thompson-bin-laden/#comment-4065341 Sounds like more success for the Bush Administration. Comment by O. Bigfoot — September 8, 2007 @ 9:08 am A symbol is a symbol is a symbol! Sounds like more success for the Bush Administration.

Comment by O. Bigfoot — September 8, 2007 @ 9:08 am

A symbol is a symbol is a symbol!

]]> By: O. Bigfoot http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/07/thompson-bin-laden/comment-page-6/#comment-4065337 O. Bigfoot Sat, 08 Sep 2007 13:12:26 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/09/07/thompson-bin-laden/#comment-4065337 "OBL speaks a hell of a lot more more truth than Bush Comment by Tobey Tall — September 7, 2007 @ 6:08 pm" Leave it to a liberal to believe OBL over our own elected government. Actually, I think OBL is in line to head up the Democrat Party when Howard Dean leaves....that ought to make you libs happy, eh? “OBL speaks a hell of a lot more more truth than Bush

Comment by Tobey Tall — September 7, 2007 @ 6:08 pm”

Leave it to a liberal to believe OBL over our own elected government.

Actually, I think OBL is in line to head up the Democrat Party when Howard Dean leaves….that ought to make you libs happy, eh?

]]> By: O. Bigfoot http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/07/thompson-bin-laden/comment-page-6/#comment-4065336 O. Bigfoot Sat, 08 Sep 2007 13:08:40 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/09/07/thompson-bin-laden/#comment-4065336 "The only important terrorists are the ones that get caught. Those that get away are merely symbolic. Similarly the only goals that matter are those that the GWB Admin meets, the rest are symbolic. Failure is actually a symbol of the GWB Admin. Comment by O. Bigfoot — September 7, 2007 @ 5:59 pm" Hey look! I'm posting even when I'm not here! Really now, when would I actually say that "failure is actually a symbol of the GWB Admin."? I don't believe the Bush administration has failed in the war on terror. We have not had a terrorist attack on U.S. soil since the war on terror began. Looks like success to me. As far as OBL being a "symbol". I would have to agree, since he hasn't done anything but make public relations tapes since 9/11. And if he is currently a symbol, it is only because the United States, through our war on terror, and our disruption of Al-Quada, has relegated him to a mere symbol. Sounds like more success for the Bush Administration. “The only important terrorists are the ones that get caught. Those that get away are merely symbolic. Similarly the only goals that matter are those that the GWB Admin meets, the rest are symbolic. Failure is actually a symbol of the GWB Admin.

Comment by O. Bigfoot — September 7, 2007 @ 5:59 pm”

Hey look! I’m posting even when I’m not here!

Really now, when would I actually say that “failure is actually a symbol of the GWB Admin.”? I don’t believe the Bush administration has failed in the war on terror. We have not had a terrorist attack on U.S. soil since the war on terror began. Looks like success to me.

As far as OBL being a “symbol”. I would have to agree, since he hasn’t done anything but make public relations tapes since 9/11. And if he is currently a symbol, it is only because the United States, through our war on terror, and our disruption of Al-Quada, has relegated him to a mere symbol.

Sounds like more success for the Bush Administration.

]]> By: JoeCaribe http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/07/thompson-bin-laden/comment-page-6/#comment-4065335 JoeCaribe Sat, 08 Sep 2007 12:55:56 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/09/07/thompson-bin-laden/#comment-4065335 Ok, let's take it slowly: US strikes Iran; price of oil goes to 100+ levels and world-wide middle class disappears from the scene as only the very rich will be able to survive. Last countries standing: Venezuela and Cuba,....... hurrayyy! Ok, let’s take it slowly: US strikes Iran; price of oil goes to 100+ levels and world-wide middle class disappears from the scene as only the very rich will be able to survive. Last countries standing: Venezuela and Cuba,……. hurrayyy!

]]> By: ccokz http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/07/thompson-bin-laden/comment-page-6/#comment-4065330 ccokz Sat, 08 Sep 2007 12:26:15 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/09/07/thompson-bin-laden/#comment-4065330 <a href="http://ccoaler.blogspot.com/2007/09/its-kind-of-magic.html" rel="nofollow">Great Bush video while hes at OPEC ah APEC</a> Great Bush video while hes at OPEC ah APEC

]]> By: toasterhead http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/07/thompson-bin-laden/comment-page-6/#comment-4065327 toasterhead Sat, 08 Sep 2007 11:52:26 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/09/07/thompson-bin-laden/#comment-4065327 <i>Let’s go through this slowly, again. Osama is in Pakistan. Pakistan has nukes. Pakistan’s leader doesn’t want us sneaking around in his country. We can’t afford to step on his toes, because he has nukes, and because any misstep there may cause less moderate people to take out Musharraf. Comment by DreamCrusher — September 8, 2007 @ 1:58 am</i> Don't we have special forces in Pakistan? I thought we had people working with the Pakistani military and ISI in the NWFP Let’s go through this slowly, again. Osama is in Pakistan. Pakistan has nukes. Pakistan’s leader doesn’t want us sneaking around in his country. We can’t afford to step on his toes, because he has nukes, and because any misstep there may cause less moderate people to take out Musharraf.

Comment by DreamCrusher — September 8, 2007 @ 1:58 am

Don’t we have special forces in Pakistan? I thought we had people working with the Pakistani military and ISI in the NWFP

]]> By: AmandaBlow http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/07/thompson-bin-laden/comment-page-6/#comment-4065322 AmandaBlow Sat, 08 Sep 2007 10:31:20 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/09/07/thompson-bin-laden/#comment-4065322 The Osama Bin Laden that appears on the latest video is a fake! Dumb ass Chimp keeps mocking this great nation. As if we were stupid or something. What a freak! Setting up the stage for terror, Bush desperately resorts to a video of a fake Osama Bin Laden. He thinks were stupid what a dumb ass ! How dare you Chimp! Guess what? we're not believing your lies nor those phony Bin Laden Videos! Loser Chimp! We're watching closely! The Osama Bin Laden that appears on the latest video is a fake! Dumb ass Chimp keeps mocking this great nation. As if we were stupid or something. What a freak! Setting up the stage for terror, Bush desperately resorts to a video of a fake Osama Bin Laden. He thinks were stupid what a dumb ass !

How dare you Chimp! Guess what? we’re not believing your lies nor those phony Bin Laden Videos! Loser Chimp! We’re watching closely!

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