Boehner: Troop deaths in Iraq are ‘a small price.’
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Boehner: Troop deaths in Iraq are ‘a small price.’
In an interview on CNN today, Wolf Blitzer asked House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) about “the Americans who are killed every month” in Iraq and “how much longer” the “military commitment is going to require?” “The investment that we’re making today will be a small price if we’re able to stop al Qaeda here,” replied Boehner. As Atrios notes, the “small price” Boehner refers to is “3774 dead US troops and counting.” Watch it:
UPDATE: Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) has put out a statement today blasting Boehner’s comment, saying “no American should ever for even a moment think the cost of war is small.”
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So he said "if we are able to stop Al Qaeda here" --- as if Iraq is the make or break to Al Qaeda...
How much farther off could he be?
September 12th, 2007 at 8:32 pmDead soldiers = an investment. Talk about newspeak!
September 12th, 2007 at 8:32 pmYou can just see the greatness in that man-just ask Tweety.
September 12th, 2007 at 8:33 pmSpoken like a true war hero.
Thank you for your brave service John.
September 12th, 2007 at 8:34 pmBetter get on top of this progs:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20748524/
If people start to sense improvement in Iraq, you're in trouble.
September 12th, 2007 at 8:34 pm...and not a tear to be seen...prick
September 12th, 2007 at 8:34 pmIf boner were just a little bit smarter, a little bit braver and had a little more compassion he could be a troll.
September 12th, 2007 at 8:35 pmLets give Boner to them.
That'd be a small price.
September 12th, 2007 at 8:35 pmIf people start to sense improvement in Iraq, you’re in trouble.
Comment by paul — September 12, 2007 @ 8:34 pm
FU, you smarmy SH*T!
September 12th, 2007 at 8:36 pmWhy does no-Boehner hate the troops and love Delay/Abramoff?
September 12th, 2007 at 8:38 pmAh yes, John Boehner, what a dependable moron. Always good for a quote that sets the eyes rolling and jaw dropping.
September 12th, 2007 at 8:38 pm'a small price'
-for all that oil and all those no-bid contracts....Spoken like a true stockholder.
September 12th, 2007 at 8:40 pmBoner is human garbage.
isn't this cry baby boehner who couldn't stand the thought of not funding the war? what was he crying for? the money? or the soldiers?
September 12th, 2007 at 8:42 pmAhhh yes......The loathsome "surrender monkeys" at TP and MoveOver.org would have thrown in the towel before the North won the Civil War or the Allies trounced Germany and Japan.......
September 12th, 2007 at 8:43 pmringo?
(where'd he go?)
September 12th, 2007 at 8:44 pmIf people start to sense improvement in Iraq, you’re in trouble.
Comment by paul — September 12, 2007 @ 8:34 pm
All these constant 6 month extensions dont help that sense nor does the largely complacent 325,000 member INF.
September 12th, 2007 at 8:44 pmHERE'S BOEHNER CRYING.......WHAT A CHANGE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir1UABBe1v4
September 12th, 2007 at 8:45 pmAnd Wolf's follow-up question was ...
oh, yeah. Never mind.
All of our mass media is complicit.
September 12th, 2007 at 8:46 pmIf people start to sense improvement in Iraq, you’re in trouble.
Comment by paul #5
paul,
...we're already in trouble...
...ignorant sons of dogs and pig fu*kers like you...
...get to vote...
...and the rest of the world knows it...
...you and your kind are the enemy of every THINKING American...
...and until WE understand that...
...then you're right...
September 12th, 2007 at 8:47 pmAs long as there is Oil, there is hope.
September 12th, 2007 at 8:47 pmwould have thrown in the towel before the North won the Civil War or the Allies trounced Germany and Japan…….
Comment by dauntless diana
Fine. Please tell us how Iraq mirrors Germany and Japan, o wise one. In bullet form will do.
September 12th, 2007 at 8:48 pmComment by dauntless diana — September 12, 2007
Its the Bush plan to free the Muslims, dont you remember?
September 12th, 2007 at 8:48 pmIf 'troop deaths' are a small price, that must make amputated limbs just so much chump change.
September 12th, 2007 at 8:49 pmwould have thrown in the towel before the North won the Civil War or the Allies trounced Germany and Japan
Comment by dauntless diana
So now your an Islamo-Stalinist?
After all it was with Russias help we beat your friends up.
September 12th, 2007 at 8:52 pmThe loathsome “surrender monkeys†at TP and MoveOver.org would have thrown in the towel before the North won the Civil War...
Comment by *untless diana #14
...*untless d...
...somehow one get's the distinct impression that...
...THAT war ain't done yet...
...you conned'self-serving right wing, cuntfederate flag loving al Cracker inbred Bushite TRAITORS...
...are pushingthe rest of us to move for closure...
September 12th, 2007 at 8:52 pmBadmoonman,
or, better yet:
Chimp change.
Another coma. These people in "charge" leave me speechless.
September 12th, 2007 at 8:53 pmHey Bohner,could you mail me out a prospectus? I'd like to see the exact periodic return on investment for needlessly dead and injured soldiers.
September 12th, 2007 at 8:56 pmIts a good thing all that Iraqi oil is paying for this reconstruction in Iraq and that the dollars value is so high.
September 12th, 2007 at 8:58 pmTHEN------ Mr. Boehner needs to get a gun and go fight in Iraq. True Chickenhawk.
September 12th, 2007 at 8:59 pmWm
I teach high school, and I have some students in ROTC, and THEY question the admin's choices. And as much as I should not let a debate happen in my room, it happens anyway.
Point is, the youth challenge these things, no matter what side.
I do blieve there is hope. No one is taking things at face value. That's what is so great about the future generation.
September 12th, 2007 at 9:00 pmComment by dauntless diana
I guess the Aphrodite/Venus worship made her feel icky, so she switched to the goddess of chastity. Though I think the irony will be lost on Her Radiance; she's whored herself too much to be believeable as a chaste person.
September 12th, 2007 at 9:04 pmBONER is a crybaby chump.... i love his little toddler like tantrums..
September 12th, 2007 at 9:04 pmI teach high school, and I have some students in ROTC, and THEY question the admin’s choices. And as much as I should not let a debate happen in my room, it happens anyway. -PL
September 12th, 2007 at 9:06 pm
One more example of trivializing the sacrifice of our soldiers, and minimizing their deaths. And what do all troop death minimizers have in common, they sacrifice nothing and lead comfortable lives. Shameful and despicable.
September 12th, 2007 at 9:08 pmComment by Proglib — September 12, 2007 @ 9:00 pm
Not judging in anyway but why do you feel you should not foster debate in your classroom? I too teach and I appreciate the need to be careful, I also feel it is our responsibility to ask our learners to question assumptions and examine complex issues from multiple perspectives. Otherwise we might as well just indoctrinate them in the flavor of the month
September 12th, 2007 at 9:09 pmLessee...The Civil War was won when the Union Army occupied the whole of the South...
...when the opposing army surrendered and melted back into the countryside.
World war II ended when our troops rolled through the capital--and when the army surrendered.
By any of those criteria, the Iraq war's been over for four years.
September 12th, 2007 at 9:09 pmEven if we killed everyone in Iraq today and leveled the place, we STILL would not have "defeated" Al Qaeda. This is a different sort of enemy and conventional "warfare" is not going to work. Watching the 9/11 coverage yesterday (MSNBC ran it as it happened) I was struck by Bush saying that we would "immediately launch an investigation and go after the people who did this." Instead, we're bogged down in Iraq. Our military resources have been squandered for no good reason while the mastermind of the attacks on 9/11 is taunting us in yearly videos, free as a bird. It's sickening what the Republican party has done in the past 6 years.
And, comparing what's going on today with the Civil War and WWII shows an astonishing lack of intelligence. We don't want to "surrender", Bush has already done that, the day he launched the Iraq invasion instead of keeping our resources where they belonged, hunting bin Laden and Al Qaeda.
Republicans, Boehner included, are traitors to this country.
September 12th, 2007 at 9:11 pmComment by pbg — September 12, 2007 @ 9:09 pm
you're not thinking conservatively.
September 12th, 2007 at 9:12 pmI teach high school, and I have some students in ROTC, and THEY question the admin’s choices. And as much as I should not let a debate happen in my room, it happens anyway. -PL
Interviwer: “Do you think the surge makes sense?â€
Colin Powell: “You can surge all of the American troops you want, but they can’t stop this. Suppose I’m a battalion commander. My troops ask, “What do I do today, boss?†“Let’s go fight the Shia militias!†“What do I do tomorrow?†“Let’s go fight the Sunni insurgents!†“What do I do the day after tomorrow?†“Let’s go chase Al Qaeda!†“What do we do the day after that?†“We’re going to guard streets!†Our kids are fantastic. But this is not sustainable. Our surge can work only with an Iraqi political and military surge.â€
Comment by Zep Tepi — September 12, 2007 @ 9:06 pm
The conversation is out there, and I see it. It's refreshing to see that ourkids AREN'T all iPods and American Idol.
There are those out there that give a rat's ass. Discourse is needed between all to have a serious debate. It's out there, and it's happening, is what I'm saying.
I feel there is hope.
That's my point here.
September 12th, 2007 at 9:12 pmIt's a number.
-Tony Snow
September 12th, 2007 at 9:14 pmHe don't know them so their cost is small. And re: if people sense improvement we all better watch out . . . If Iraq became the poster child for democracy in the Middle East it will be in spite of, not because of, us, the US. You have no understanding of that region. Neither does our government. It holds a commodity, oil, and a lot of people who worship a religion you and yours couldn't begin to understand (any more than this Christian could begin to understand American evangelicals). I only wish things will get better in the next 6 months. With US forces there, it's pure wishful thinking.
September 12th, 2007 at 9:15 pmdbdass----
Not saying I don't foster it. I work in public schools, and if it's not meeting a curriculum standard, and an admin shows up, I may lose my job.
I let it in where it's relevant, acknowledge it, and move forward.
Unfortunately, I don't have that luxury.
September 12th, 2007 at 9:15 pm"On C-Span’s Washington Journal yesterday, Rep. Christopher Shays has a rare Republican moment of non-talking point candor. When asked by a caller why we are still in Iraq, Shays admits it’s because we just can’t let any other country control that oil."
-C&L
September 12th, 2007 at 9:16 pmIf Iraq is like the US civil war I take it the Islamo-fascists are the modern day Confederates.
Moqtada Jefferson Davis!
-GSD
September 12th, 2007 at 9:17 pmFunny thing is, when he thought so little of our troops lives he didn't shed one tear. For someone as emotional as him I guess it shows how little he regards our servicemen.
September 12th, 2007 at 9:17 pmI guess the Aphrodite/Venus worship made her feel icky....
Comment by barfly
If we look at what Yehoshua says of the star Al Rischa [star in Pisces] an Arabic name [Just wanted to rib V V with an ARAB word, she hates that.] that means 'cord' or 'knot', its also called a-piscium, or Alpha star [Actually it is two stars that revolve around each other every 720 years]
September 12th, 2007 at 9:22 pmWhat an odious human being!
He's saying your death would be a small price to pay for the chance of an absurdly unlikely outcome. Your children can die so that George Bush has the oh-so-likely chance to transform himself into the nation-building fairy who will waive his magic wand and transform Iraq into a less expensive version of Switzerland which sucks all the terrorism out of the world.
We must stop giving idiots like this the power to influence questions of life or death.
September 12th, 2007 at 9:25 pmGot It. Blood for Oil, Tears for Oil, No tears for Blood.
September 12th, 2007 at 9:26 pmI barely get to teach about Native Americans before I go onto Puritans.
Religion is cool, but "God" forbid we talk about ethnicity.....or ethnic cleansing.
Phumph.....
And the thing is, my class wants to know. WTF happened?! And what's happening now. And how does history repeat itself.
Eyes are open.
September 12th, 2007 at 9:26 pmI feel there is hope. That’s my point here.
Comment by Proglib — September 12, 2007 @ 9:12 pm
I understand, and agree. I was just pointing to a military leader, Powell in this case, that do question our leaders and that its good that the ROTC kids in your class do so as well.
September 12th, 2007 at 9:26 pmPut Boehner in the same sack of crap as O'Reilly, who made a similarly outrageous comment yesterday. When admitting that extending the Iraq war into next year might cause the deaths of another 1,000 soldiers, from the comfort of his studio, he said that it would be worth it - or words to that effect.
They are both boneheads, egotistical, despicable people, who should not be in public life.
September 12th, 2007 at 9:28 pmComment by Proglib — September 12, 2007 @ 9:15 pm
I hear you as I am in the public scools as well. Still we can not let ridiculous shit like NCLB and all the rest of the nonsense cause use to fail in our responsibility to teach the youth to think rather then parrot. I've already taken some heat for a discussion of stem cell research this year. I am at a point in my career where I am beginning to teach the children of former students and thus have a reasonable level of protection within the community. It has gotten weird of late though hasn't it. Socrates must be rolling over. Have a great year and do the right thing no matter what is thrown at you. We have been contractless for over three years now!
September 12th, 2007 at 9:30 pmPut Boehner in the same sack of crap as O’Reilly, who made a similarly outrageous comment yesterday.
Comment by Marie 51
...and Bushite propaganda who*e General Betraeus...
...AND S.C. Repulsivescum Senate TRAITOR Lindsey Graham...
September 12th, 2007 at 9:30 pmWe are $ucked. The Dem's will not stop the war because they are afraid to be called wimps. The Dem's are going to nominate Hillary ( the only person a Rethug can beat). Hillary Vs. Freddy Thompson. Today , 1 out of 3 Americans still think Saddam was behind 9/11. The middle class is slowly being destroyed and many of them are/will vote for the party doing it to them. It makes you want to scream and then we have these jack a$$ trolls that worship at the alter of this crime.
September 12th, 2007 at 9:32 pmYou can look at the Iraq situation and and see how the thought process of Repugs runs when you hold it up to the Terri Shiavo debacle. They will rant and rave on the importance of keeping "it" going and staying the course but even when all logic, science, history, professionals say that it's time to move on and let it go they will scream when you pull the plug and end it. They create the disaster and then they scream and cry when someone cleans up after them. The whole "republican voters follow daddy figures" is bull. They follow the kids that they are supposed to watch over and make excuses when they scream, cry and act up in the grocery line.
September 12th, 2007 at 9:34 pmProglib.
Do you somehow believe that Native Americans were peaceful before Puritans came to the new world?
September 12th, 2007 at 9:37 pmdbadass---Zep Tepi
I agree. I let the conversations go where they may. Where I can.
I have been looking ALL OVER for the speech that Jonathan Kozol gave to BCPS teachers. It is AMAZING. For "some reason" it's nowhere.
But he ripped Bush and NCLB a new one, and it was the most moving speech I ever heard.
If you teach in public schools, maybe you have heard of him.
If not, google him.
Anyway, I digress. Goodnight.
September 12th, 2007 at 9:39 pmI shouldn't have said when they act up in the grocery line...I have a one year old....I understand that situation. I should have said..."constantly" or something to that effect.
September 12th, 2007 at 9:39 pmPaul,
Yes.
Peoples' History of the Unitd Sates, Howard Zinn
September 12th, 2007 at 9:40 pmHe crys in effort to send more troops to Iraq and today says troop deaths are a small price to pay, thats one messed up way of thinking.
They should make politicians take pyshcological evaluations before allowing them into office.
September 12th, 2007 at 9:41 pmliberal partisanship in public schools - fantastic!
September 12th, 2007 at 9:44 pmDo you somehow believe that Native Americans were peaceful before Puritans came to the new world?
Comment by paul #56
...If they (Natives) killed each other for breakfast, lunch and dinner...
...they weren't bothering your Cracker a*s...
...they didn't invite you here to settle any internal disputes...
...and they sure as hell didn't deserve what you've done to them...
...JUST LIKE THE IRAQIS...
...you piece of dogsh*t...
...but mark you well...
...your karma...
September 12th, 2007 at 9:45 pmHeckuva Job, Johnnie.
You said the deaths and costs in Iraq "are a small price for us to pay if we are able to stop Al-Qaeda" there.
I say, the deaths and cost in Iraq are a HUGE PRICE for us to pay for allowing Al-Qaeda to become a strong force in Iraq.
Psst Johnnie: Al-Qaeda was not in Iraq before March 19, 2003.
September 12th, 2007 at 9:46 pmOh I just realized she is a Democrat and they do not run on “family valuesâ€.
Sorry for the post.
Comment by Flaco — September 12, 2007 @ 9:42 pm
And your point is that TP doesn't run a story on what? That she is giving back the money? I am not a Hillary fan at all. I hope she never gets close to the presidency but what are you ranting about? What has her campaign done wrong. The fund raiser seems to be rather busy in our judicial system at the moment. What else do you have to add to the story?
September 12th, 2007 at 9:47 pmJonathan Kozol gave to BCPS teachers. It is AMAZING. For “some reason†it’s nowhere. But he ripped Bush and NCLB a new one. -PL
Haven't heard of him, or this speech. I did read where George H W Bush, a school in Texas, said it didn't want Neil Bushs' Excite! learning program, which profits from the NCLB program. I thought that was kinda funny.
I will see if I can find that speech by Kozol, sounds interesting.
September 12th, 2007 at 9:47 pmDo you somehow believe that Native Americans were peaceful before Puritans came to the new world?
Comment by paul — September 12, 2007 @ 9:37 pm
Are you saying you are okay with ethnic cleansing?
September 12th, 2007 at 9:49 pm“The investment that we’re making today will be a small price if we’re able to stop al Qaeda here,†replied Boehner.
1. "...if we're able to stop al Qaeda here."
And, what if we're not? What do you call it then? "Pissin' in the wind"?
2. "...stop al Qaeda here."
Do you mean stop all of al Qaeda here? As if you can defeat al Qaeda in Iraq and it'll be a knockout blow to al Qaeda 'International'? Or do you mean just stopping "al Qaeda in Iraq" (which is merely a franchise and not the organization that attacked us on 9/11) and then still have al Qaeda in Pakistan, Afghanistan, the Philippines, Indonesia, etc. left to deal with?
Geez, Boehner, why don't you go mull that one over a little more? Take as much time as you need.
September 12th, 2007 at 9:51 pmPaul hates pubic schols...why?
Oppsed to dissent? Views not like his own? Broad spectrum of thought not allowed?
Paul...paul....paul....
September 12th, 2007 at 9:51 pmliberal partisanship in public schools - fantastic!
Comment by paul — September 12, 2007
The NCLB was co written by Ted Kennedy, Paul.
September 12th, 2007 at 9:53 pmBush's standing on war improves to 3 in 10?!!?!?
Wow, what an improvement.
Before the Patraeus report, a vast majority thought the surge wouldn't work in allowing the Iraqis to get on with forming their government.
Now only a super majority understand that no matter what small gains the small surge has achieved, the political solution is NO FREAKING CLOSER TO BEING SOLVED.
THe only bright spot is that diplomacy (i.e. Baker commisson, etal) got Sunni warlords to cooperate and thwart foreign fighters (i.e. not really Al Quaeda). But the Shia central government will need to shower them with gifts to keep them in the fold for now.
They really need to get that oil sharing agreement done to promote some economic stability and growth. Otherwise, stagnation will promote more segmentation.
September 12th, 2007 at 9:54 pmDo you somehow believe that Native Americans were peaceful before Puritans came to the new world? Comment by paul
The indians have always been in America, so they say, from the time of Panagea, and they managed not to destroy themselves for quite a long time. They also didn't get in boats and sail off to other countries and start wars and destroy other cultures. But I suppose you think the Vikings were friendly chaps.
September 12th, 2007 at 9:56 pm“The investment that we’re making today will be a small price if we’re able to stop al Qaeda here,†replied Boehner.
The worst part of this statement is that he doesn't even acknowledge that invading and occupying Iraq was what brought al Queda to Iraq inthe first place. They are there because we are there. If we go is there anyone who thinks that the Iraqis will let al Queda run their country like Afghanistan?
September 12th, 2007 at 9:56 pmNews flash for Mr. Boehner: Al Quaeda (i.e. responsible for 9-11) is not the same as "Al Quaeda in Iraq" (i.e. Boogeyman).
AQI core members are Answar Al Islam - a Kurdish, anti Saddam movement and opportunistic terrorists.
Ask the Turkmen about the "peaceful" Kurdish political groups.
September 12th, 2007 at 9:59 pmFinally, the truth about how they regard their own human lives...
September 12th, 2007 at 10:05 pmliberal partisanship in public schools - fantastic!
Comment by paul — September 12, 2007 @ 9:44 pm
What are you suggesting? Would you like to discuss serious issues relative to learning theory or just imply something?
September 12th, 2007 at 10:05 pmBoehner has shown himself to be a total disgrace of a human being on more than one occasion.
September 12th, 2007 at 10:06 pmBig papa...you made my day.
Im smiling like an idiot... :)
September 12th, 2007 at 10:06 pmCome on, this is a classic Boehner Boner, but you won't say that, will you? Too much of a cheap shot? Don't hold back. You aren't fooling us one iota. Let it out. You'll feel better.
September 12th, 2007 at 10:10 pm"Lessee…The Civil War was won when the Union Army occupied the whole of the South…By any of those criteria, the Iraq war’s been over for four years.
Comment by pbg "
True, but you forgot that out of the fall of the south came the rise of the KKK, who terrorised the south the the next 150+ years. killing innocent civilians, and doing their version of ethnic cleansing, in the name of god. I'm not arguing with you, just mentioning what popped into my head when I read your post. How long did union troops occupy the south during reconstruction? eventually we turned out back, as a country, on lynching (to our national shame) and Kennedy did have to send back in fedral troops to enforce the rule of law in the south. We may well be in Iraq for 100 years if we are really going to pacify the country. And that ain't going to happen, so let's get out now and stop putting off the bloodbath, it's going to happen anyway.
September 12th, 2007 at 10:11 pmFighting terrorism isn't worth much at all.
Fighting the common flu virus might be worth a few thousand deaths though.
Here's something to think about next time you hear a speech form a fear-mongering politician:
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Terrorist?
It should give you pause...
September 12th, 2007 at 10:12 pmI didn't expect much more from a guy who covered for a pedophile because he was a member of his party. Keep waxing Bush's balls with your tears Boner.
September 12th, 2007 at 10:22 pm"Finally, the truth about how they regard their own human lives…"
Comment by Juan C
With your heartfelt, sincere concern for American troops, you must still be wearing a hair-shirt mourning the 72,000,000 military, civilian and Holocaust deaths which occurred in WWII.....
September 12th, 2007 at 10:24 pmComment by dauntless diana — September 12, 2007 @ 10:24 pm
This statement shows how to properly pull a historical statement out of your arse to spin someone else's comment. I think that is on page 26 of the Troll Handbook.
September 12th, 2007 at 10:30 pm"With your heartfelt, sincere concern for American troops, you must still be wearing a hair-shirt mourning the 72,000,000 military, civilian and Holocaust deaths which occurred in WWII…..
Comment by dauntless diana"
Yes, you're right, those deaths were meaningless too. No one grieved them because the nation was not yet weakened by compassion. And, of course, we were actually fighting people who attacked us and our allies, not some random country that we thought we could kick a few times to make our leaders look tough.
September 12th, 2007 at 10:36 pmdumbass diana must have gotten tired of all the veneral disease jokes at her expense.
September 12th, 2007 at 10:37 pmComment by dauntless diana
More projectionism of the Coulter variety. Your just mad cause Bush is freeing the Muslims.
September 12th, 2007 at 10:41 pmDauntless diana, no. I am not.
Back on topic?
September 12th, 2007 at 10:43 pmI think that is on page 26 of the Troll Handbook.
Comment by dlet
They dont like reading "heavy books". 26 is too many.
September 12th, 2007 at 10:45 pmWith your heartfelt, sincere concern for American troops, you must still be wearing a hair-shirt mourning the 72,000,000 military, civilian and Holocaust deaths which occurred in WWII…..
Comment by dauntless diana — September 12, 2007 @ 10:24 pm
So Bush is Hitler? Is that what you're trying to say? We get it.
September 12th, 2007 at 10:46 pmThey dont like reading “heavy booksâ€. 26 is too many.
Comment by Juan C
Their books come on a roll and are conveniently hung next to the commode.
September 12th, 2007 at 10:47 pmi dont use the word often,but boner.,...you are a C**T!!!!.....i cant think of anything else to waste on this prick
September 12th, 2007 at 10:52 pmlooks like p was shot down at the pass. hehehehe
September 12th, 2007 at 10:53 pmTheir books come on a roll and are conveniently hung next to the commode.
Comment by dlet
I was thinking on a 10 minute tape with some Spice Girls song in the background.
September 12th, 2007 at 10:53 pmsmall price = penny candy
September 12th, 2007 at 10:53 pmWait a second!
Isn't Boehner the one involved in the Mark Foley scandal? Didn't he cover up Foley's actions. And when asked about it, he had a "press conference" with CHILDREN behind him. Coward!
And didn't he cry on the stand when asking for more funds last time?
What a pathetic DRAMA QUEEN cowardly phony!
How I wish the voters in his Ohio district would drop his sorry ass.
He's trash!
September 12th, 2007 at 10:55 pmWell, there's the proof. Ought to save that little taste of sciopathic behavior for when the righties aren't too sure that their leaders place low value on human life. Who hates the troops? The GOP. Case closed.
Closet open.
September 12th, 2007 at 10:56 pmdiana O' goddess of the hunt.
What does this mean, that you like to tear the tops off small animals?
September 12th, 2007 at 10:57 pmDiana, in greek Artemis, also became a moon goddess, okay, lol, Megan, your a moonbat.
[Joking]
September 12th, 2007 at 11:00 pmJack Ripper said: "[Iraq] doesn’t make us safer and it adds to the number of terrorists rather than helping the situation."
Doughbrained diana replied: "How many AlQeada members were killed last month in Iraq?? (tap…tap….tap…….)
Nobody knows, and that includes you. The concomitment question YOU must answer is: how many more Al Qaeda members were created last month in Iraq? (tap…tap….tap…….)
Please explain to us again how killing thousands upon thousands of innocent civilians will win over hearts and minds of the Middle East. Take all the time you want.
September 12th, 2007 at 11:01 pmTESTING! Comment by strato — September 12, 2007
Is that you MP? Failing again?
September 12th, 2007 at 11:03 pmI adore TP.
September 12th, 2007 at 11:07 pm...And he still didn't answer the question. HOW LONG are you willing to go? Looking for a duration in time here. Days, months, years, decades, etc...
~Sean
September 12th, 2007 at 11:07 pmComment by dauntless diana — September 12, 2007 @ 10:24 pm
Oh Mighty Aphrodite/Valiant Venus/Alexa morphs again. Same old speil, different handle..... *yawn*
Give it up Megan, try gracing a neo-Nazi rally - it seems to be your talent.
September 12th, 2007 at 11:13 pmO'Reilly is right there with Boehner in his thinking. O'Reilly says, eh, so another 1,000 soldiers might die...give Petraeus another year!
Too bad it isn't their chickenshit asses over there fighting. It's easy to spew war talk when you're safely inn your Faux News or DC offices, huh?
September 12th, 2007 at 11:18 pm#5 paul -- is that really all you guys are left with these days? You're thrilled that Bush has gone from 22% to 30% approval on Iraq?
Do you have any idea--any at all--how pathetic and desperate that sounds?
September 12th, 2007 at 11:18 pmI have lived in the shadow of war for 65 plus years, from toddler to retiree. Does not Boehner understand the suffering as those that you love die around you? I lost two uncles and three cousins in WWII. FDR attended each of their memorials. They were en mass, but he was sure to put aside his daily tasks in order to participate.
September 12th, 2007 at 11:18 pmmR. bOEHNER...f*ck your chickenhawk pansy ass...
September 12th, 2007 at 11:19 pmNever mind the gates of hell we opened which have so far killed half a million to a million Iraqis. Never mind the millions who have left the country or been displaced within Iraq. After all, they don't count. We are the world. Everything is a Coke commercial. Or an Exxon commercial.
The US has been, at minimum, directly responsible for 100,000 Iraqi deaths. We have allowed, through brute force, negligence, and greed, well over that. The Lancet in the UK is now counting 1 million deaths due to war or insurgent violence.
We have not secured weapons or explosives. It's just more thinning of the herd so that oil companies will finally get their agreements (giving 80% of Iraqi oil to corporations, not the citizens of Iraq).
God, these people are cold and hateful. Want to bomb Iran? Be very careful what you wish for.
How about impeachment?
September 12th, 2007 at 11:23 pmThe bravest rethuglicans are chickenshit, chickenhawk, cowards, who have never worn a uniform. They are great armchair rangers.
September 12th, 2007 at 11:24 pmTerry, whats up with you?
September 12th, 2007 at 11:24 pmBoner is a waste of oxygen. How about he sacrifice himself in Iraq. For that matter how about he sacrifice anything? Worthless stooge.
September 12th, 2007 at 11:25 pmThe US has been, at minimum, directly responsible for 100,000 Iraqi deaths.
Which means that Bush, who claimed to invade Iraq to save Iraqis from being killed by Saddam, has now killed as many Iraqi civilians as Saddam did.
Sad but true.
September 12th, 2007 at 11:35 pmWhat a disgrace. The whole Republican Party is a disgrace. You people in Ohio who voted for this guy are a disgrace.
September 12th, 2007 at 11:38 pmSaddam killed at least 300,000 Iraqis. BTW: Truman killed that many Japanese on two days to end WWII.
September 12th, 2007 at 11:40 pmSounds like Boner needs to get with Patraeus and coach him re: whether or not our involvement in Iraq is making America safer.
(snark, for those who may wonder...)
September 12th, 2007 at 11:45 pmMaybe he would like to PAY THE PRICE.....but no, another chickenhawk, big mouth, a hole.
September 12th, 2007 at 11:47 pmI have lived in the shadow of war for 65 plus years, from toddler to retiree. Does not Boehner understand the suffering as those that you love die around you? I lost two uncles and three cousins in WWII. FDR attended each of their memorials. They were en mass, but he was sure to put aside his daily tasks in order to participate.
Comment by WaltTheMan — September 12, 2007 @ 11:18 pm
Bush wouldn't even go out and welcome home our service men and women who were held captive in China for 11 days after their spy plane was forced into an emergency landing there.
Reason? He didn't want to disrupt the festivities.
What a f*cking worthless pathetic piece of....oh, never mind.
September 12th, 2007 at 11:49 pmWHats your point moron? 300,000 over decades. Yeah, thats pretty bad, but we've tripled that number in 4 years. Your stupidity still amazes me every time I read one of your posts. Why didn't you stay the course in Korea Jake? Did your leaders realize a lost cause? Too bad the current moron who's balls you love to wax doesn't possess their common sense.
September 12th, 2007 at 11:49 pmFor the record, Boehner served in the Navy during the Vietnam war. Next canard?
September 12th, 2007 at 11:49 pmBoner is such an idiot. We are not stopping al Queda in Iraq, we are MAKING al Queda in Iraq. And how someone could be so callous about the deaths of so many Americans is beyond the pale. I hope that the parents who have lost their sons and daughters let him know what they think about him.
September 12th, 2007 at 11:51 pmAlso for the record, I was responding to Arthur C's claim that Bush "killed" as many Iraqi civilians as Saddam did.
September 12th, 2007 at 11:52 pmIf people start to sense improvement in Iraq, you’re in trouble.
Comment by paul
All that means is that there are enough sheeple in this country on whom propaganda works. Very sad for our country.
September 12th, 2007 at 11:53 pmArtC. - Would you be so kind to provide us with the number of Iraqi civilians killed during the reign of Saddam Hussein? I wonder if Brian de Palma will be making a film about those poor people??
September 12th, 2007 at 11:53 pmSaddam killed at least 300,000 Iraqis. BTW: Truman killed that many Japanese on two days to end WWII.
Comment by Jake D. — September 12, 2007 @ 11:40 pm
Where are you getting those numbers, Jake? And why do two, or three, wrongs make a right in your sociopath's world? and doesn't the fact that Boehner served in the Navy make his comments even more despicable? Or did he have stateside duty babysitting AWOL Bush?
September 12th, 2007 at 11:53 pmThe worst part of this statement is that he doesn’t even acknowledge that invading and occupying Iraq was what brought al Queda to Iraq inthe first place. They are there because we are there. If we go is there anyone who thinks that the Iraqis will let al Queda run their country like Afghanistan?
Comment by dlet — September 12, 2007 @ 9:56 pm
Well, considering that an ineffective Iraqi government took a month-long vacation this summer, who knows...
(being sarcastic here...)
September 12th, 2007 at 11:54 pmAnyone else NOT on the "Ignore List"?
September 12th, 2007 at 11:55 pmArtC. - Would you be so kind to provide us with the number of Iraqi civilians killed during the reign of Saddam Hussein? I wonder if Brian de Palma will be making a film about those poor people??
Comment by dauntless diana — September 12, 2007 @ 11:53 pm
So now you want to equate Bush with Saddam, as well as Hitler? You're not doing him any favors, there, Double Dip. Not that I doubt the equivalencies, but...
September 12th, 2007 at 11:55 pmAnyone else NOT on the “Ignore List�
Comment by Jake D. — September 12, 2007 @ 11:55 pm
Anyone believe Jake isn't on the DEMENTIA LIST?
September 13th, 2007 at 12:00 am"So now you want to equate Bush with Saddam,..."
Not while you're still here to prove that the First Amendment protects the "disloyal" opposition......Merciful God!
September 13th, 2007 at 12:00 amWhen asked by a caller why we are still in Iraq, Shays admits it’s because we just can’t let any other country control that oil.â€
That's right, we can't let any other country control that oil, like Iraq. IT'S THEIR OIL FOR GODS SAKE. Who in the hell do we think we are trying to steal the natural resource a country is dependent upon for their survival. We have become beyond evil. And I say "we" because the sheeple are standing by and watching it happen. The only people speaking out are some progressives on the left.
I weep for what we have become.
September 13th, 2007 at 12:01 amI can't wait to see what the history books do to these clowns.
September 13th, 2007 at 12:02 amSaddam killed at least 300,000 Iraqis. BTW: Truman killed that many Japanese on two days to end WWII.
Comment by Jake D. — September 12, 2007 @ 11:40 pm
Remind us again, Jake, that as Saddam gassed his people, the Republicans in the White House looked the other way.
As for the Japanese deaths, not that I am condoning the actions responsible, but unlike Saddam and Iraq, they actually attacked America. Thanks for reminding us.
September 13th, 2007 at 12:02 amAlso for the record, I was responding to Arthur C’s claim that Bush “killed†as many Iraqi civilians as Saddam did.
Comment by Jake D. — September 12, 2007 @ 11:52 pm
For the record, Jake D. forgets that Saddam ruled for almost 30 years, so his deaths per year were much lower than those that have died under the 'rule' of America. But just IGNORE THE RECORD while DEFENDING BUSH'S BLOODY WAR!
September 13th, 2007 at 12:03 amOh, I guess Saddam was a great guy then because "his deaths PER YEAR were much lower than" now . . . LOL!!!
September 13th, 2007 at 12:05 amSaddam killed at least 300,000 Iraqis. BTW: Truman killed that many Japanese on two days to end WWII.
Comment by Jake D. — September 12, 2007 @ 11:40 pm
For the record, that number is disputed, human rights watch says Saddam killed between 250k-290k, over more than 20 years but estimated deaths as of Oct. 2006 was 426,369 to 793,663 under American control in only 3 years.
September 13th, 2007 at 12:06 amWhy does Jake and Megan ask these questions when they can google for them?
September 13th, 2007 at 12:07 amOh, I guess Saddam was a great guy then because “his deaths PER YEAR were much lower than†now . . . LOL!!!
Comment by Jake D. — September 13, 2007 @ 12:05 am
Oh, I guess your Bush is a great guy then, because you claim "he had fewer mass murders" LOL!!!
For someone that PRETENDS to be a retired lawyer, you sure a RETARDED JUVENILE LITTLE F*CKER!!!!
September 13th, 2007 at 12:07 amStrato - Their "fearless" leader had the guts to lob a few cruise missiles, kill an innocent aspirin factory janitor and issue a slew of indictments....must have scared the cr*p out of Osama!!
September 13th, 2007 at 12:08 amWhy does Jake and Megan ask these questions when they can google for them?
Comment by Zep Tepi — September 13, 2007 @ 12:07 am
The InterTUBES don't reach far enough of their RECTUMS to reach their BRAIN?
September 13th, 2007 at 12:08 amOh, I guess Saddam was a great guy then because “his deaths PER YEAR were much lower than†now . . . LOL!!!
Comment by Jake D. — September 13, 2007 @ 12:05 am
He was a great guy. There's a picture of Rummy shaking hands with him floating around; I'm sure you've seen it.
September 13th, 2007 at 12:08 amIncluding terrorists.
September 13th, 2007 at 12:09 amFor the Record, ONLY REPUBLICANS said Saddam was a GREAT GUY, while DISPUTING NUMBER OF DEATH STATISTICS WITH STUPID REMARKS INSTEAD OF FACTS.
September 13th, 2007 at 12:09 amOh, I guess Saddam was a great guy then because “his deaths PER YEAR were much lower than†now . . . LOL!!!
Comment by Jake D.
Every time I read one of Jake the Flake's posts I try to envision a Stanford Law School graduate who practiced law in California. My daughter just recently passed the bar in California, and was visiting last week. I showed her some of Jake the Flake's posts. Her reaction? "You have got to be kidding, there's no way that person ever graduated from Stanford and there is no way he ever practiced law, his critical thinking skills are non-existent".
I have to agree with my daughter. Jake the Flake as an attorney in California definitely does not compute. I really wish someone in the San Diego area would look up the Jake he claims to be. My bets on that person has no idea who this Jake the Flake idiot is.
September 13th, 2007 at 12:10 amIncluding terrorists.
Comment by Jake D. — September 13, 2007 @ 12:09 am
We weren't counting YOU - FOR THE RECORD...
September 13th, 2007 at 12:10 amWhy does Jake and Megan ask these questions when they can google for them?
Comment by Zep Tepi — September 13, 2007 @ 12:07 am
Maybe because when someone tells them to "Google" something, they make funny faces at the computer monitor???
September 13th, 2007 at 12:11 amComment by Jake D. — September 12, 2007
You talk about wars but this is a freedom operation. Bush wants to free the Muslims because your soOOoOOoOoo compassionate, right?
September 13th, 2007 at 12:11 amStrato - Their “fearless†leader had the guts to lob a few cruise missiles, kill an innocent aspirin factory janitor and issue a slew of indictments….must have scared the cr*p out of Osama!!
Comment by dauntless diana
It's a hell of a lot more than your "fearless" leader has done. The first thing your "fearless" leader did was to fly all of Osama's relatives out of the United States. Why did he do that? Why didn't he hang on to them. Why didn't he torture them to find out where Osama was? Was Bush in cahoots with Osama? One has to wonder considering the fact that he is still free 5 years later.
September 13th, 2007 at 12:13 amFor the record, the reason Jake CALLED SADDAM A GREAT GUY, is that most of those 250k were SUSPECTED COMMIES! That's why Rummie was such a Buddie of Saddam...
For the Record...
September 13th, 2007 at 12:13 amJakes worried about how many people innocent people died in japan and Iraq while Osama is not in either place.
Brilliant, Jake.
September 13th, 2007 at 12:14 amI have to agree with my daughter. Jake the Flake as an attorney in California definitely does not compute. I really wish someone in the San Diego area would look up the Jake he claims to be. My bets on that person has no idea who this Jake the Flake idiot is.
Comment by bilbogaggins — September 13, 2007 @ 12:10 am
If Jake WAS an attorney, he clearly has a case of LATE STAGE DEMENTIA at this point. Poor little b*stard didn't even understand the basic legal concept of STANDING. He reminds me of Mighty Aphrodite's HORRIBLE LACK OF GRASP of the law she PRETENDED to wield..
September 13th, 2007 at 12:15 amSaddam killed at least 300,000 Iraqis. BTW: Truman killed that many Japanese on two days to end WWII. -- Comment by Jake D.
Human Rights Watch reports that Saddam killed 100,000 Kurdish Iraqis. Another 500,000 are estimated to have died in Saddam's needless war with Iran i.e., non-civilian deaths attributable to needless war.
Like I said: 100,000 civilian deaths; which means that Bush, who claimed to invade Iraq to save Iraqis from being killed by Saddam, has now killed as many Iraqi civilians as Saddam did.
Q.E.D.
http://wais.stanford.edu/Iraq/iraq_deathsundersaddamhussein42503.html
September 13th, 2007 at 12:15 amSo many small prices.
September 13th, 2007 at 12:17 amhey could it be the military personnel volunteered? Gee I am going to go into the military but god forbid we have to fight anyone- I didnt sign up for the military to fight! when you libs care as much about a fetus who is vacuumed out of the womb ( who had no choice) vs the military who joined (via their own choice) you have no reason to assume what they think
September 13th, 2007 at 12:18 amStrato - Their “fearless†leader had the guts to lob a few cruise missiles, kill an innocent aspirin factory janitor and issue a slew of indictments….must have scared the cr*p out of Osama!!
Comment by dauntless diana
And your fearless leader ignored a PDB that indicated bin Laden was determined to strike; had a VP that refused to organize a terrorist task force; and refused to have a cabinet-level meeting on terrorism until a few days prior to 9/11.
On top of that, we are told by Rice that the Bush administration did "at least as much" as the prior administration when it came to tracking terrorists. Which means if the Clinton administration did nothing, then the Bush administration didn't do any better.
Heckuva job.
September 13th, 2007 at 12:19 amComment by dauntless diana
The truth is you dont care about that innocent janitor or innocent people in Iraq, and you care about the troops as much as Boehner and Nixon did when he cared more about politics and being elected than those 20,000 troops that died as a result of his 'peacewrecking'
September 13th, 2007 at 12:19 amWho cares what you think Jake D Fake, you are a paid per post troll anyway and of course a known liar.
September 13th, 2007 at 12:19 amComment by Kim — September 13, 2007
So Kim. Now that they know the real story, those people are voluntarily signing up for the military in massive numbers. Right?
September 13th, 2007 at 12:21 amWho cares what you think Jake D Fake, you are a paid per post troll anyway and of course a known liar.
Comment by Buck Fush
When you think about it, it's really sad that a retired attorney from California is reduced to having to learn a living being paid as a post-troll by the RNC. Your gig as an attorney must not have paid you much if you have to fund your retirement on posting to blogs.
September 13th, 2007 at 12:23 amBoehner: Troop deaths in Iraq are ‘a small price.’
Fscking Heartless B@stard.
September 13th, 2007 at 12:23 amArthur C.:
How many "civilian" deaths did FDR / Truman cause? Perhaps, in comparison to those death tolls, that's what Boehner meant by "small price"? At least it's not 58,219.
September 13th, 2007 at 12:24 amComment by Kim — September 13, 2007 @ 12:18 am
I suspect you are clinically insane. You are without a doubt a monstrous person, to care more for potential humans than for actual humans. It requires so much less actual, practicable compassion though, doesn't it. How convenient that must be for you, dear.
September 13th, 2007 at 12:25 amNot while you’re still here to prove that the First Amendment protects the “disloyal†opposition……Merciful God!
Comment by dauntless diana — September 13, 2007 @ 12:00 am
who's that? You? You like getting the troops killed/ You like shredding the Contitution? sounds like you're not very bright, even for the disloyal, treasonous, anti-American opposition. I will never, ever be loyal to a president or a party over my country, you whore.
September 13th, 2007 at 12:26 amhey could it be the military personnel volunteered? Gee I am going to go into the military but god forbid we have to fight anyone- I didnt sign up for the military to fight! when you libs care as much about a fetus who is vacuumed out of the womb ( who had no choice) vs the military who joined (via their own choice) you have no reason to assume what they think
Comment by Kim — September 13, 2007 @ 12:18 am
McClatchy recently estimated that there were about 30,000 insurgents in Iraq, and that about 7,000 of those are actually "terrorists."
That leaves 23,000 Iraqis that our 160,000 troops are fighting. Now, justify invading a country and fighting and killing a group of people that were no threat to the U.S. and are not terrorists.
September 13th, 2007 at 12:26 amFor the record, I was in the Army during the Korean war, I was an attorney for over 30 years, and I don't get paid to post here. I will still not resort to personal attacks against those who claim otherwise.
September 13th, 2007 at 12:28 amStrato - Their “fearless†leader had the guts to lob a few cruise missiles, kill an innocent aspirin factory janitor and issue a slew of indictments….must have scared the cr*p out of Osama!!
Comment by dauntless diana — September 13, 2007 @ 12:08 am
your "fearless" leader let osama attack on our soil, and did nothing about it. your straw man is a lie, and your loyalty to America non-existent. you should be tried and jailed for your treason.
September 13th, 2007 at 12:29 amArthur C.:
How many “civilian†deaths did FDR / Truman cause? Perhaps, in comparison to those death tolls, that’s what Boehner meant by “small price� At least it’s not 58,219.
Comment by Jake D. — September 13, 2007 @ 12:24 am
Well lets compare this.
First there's the fact that a COUNTRY attacked us when FDR responded, not a bunch of lawless thugs. The country was in a real, an immediate and a huge war of international proportions. As opposed to a FICTIONAL creation of a few fanatics that have been transformed into a bogeyman for COWARDLY LITTLE F*CKS like you!
Second, very few people died once we had secured the country, compared to bush were MOST have died AFTER the invasion.
Third, the invasion of Iraq was NOT a required affair, and there was no legitimate reason to do this.
To conflate a WAR OF SURVIVAL like WWII, with a WAR OF CONVENIENCE like Iraq is a DISSERVICE to all of the HONORABLE soldiers that fought in WWII! Then again, you're a DISHONORABLE LITTLE F*CK THAT DOESN'T DESERVE CITIZENSHIP - you TRAITOR!
September 13th, 2007 at 12:30 amHow are you gonna stop AL Qaeda 'here' [Time?] when Osama is not in Iraq Jake?
September 13th, 2007 at 12:30 amFor the record, I was in the Army during the Korean war, I was an attorney for over 30 years, and I don’t get paid to post here. I will still not resort to personal attacks against those who claim otherwise.
Comment by Jake D. — September 13, 2007 @ 12:28 am
For the record, you're a dishonorable f*ck, and a lying sack of sh!t! No one believes you, you LYING T*RD!
September 13th, 2007 at 12:30 amAnyone else NOT on the “Ignore List�
Comment by Jake D. — September 12, 2007 @ 11:55 pm
No, you've pretty much alienated or pissed off every normal human being here, Jake. Your work is done. Time to go away and never come back.
We're all pretty sick and tired of your willingness to defend tyrants and excuse every sort of heinous behavior, in your charming "independent" way -- which amounts to washing the balls of whatever Republican happens to be in a position of authority.
All of your childish "for the record" bullsh!t and the equally childish "you're on my ignore list because I never insult anyone, you Defeatocrats" bullsh!t.
Unlike many here, I'm perfectly willing to believe you're 75 years old and that you've spent your life sucking up to corporate clients and lying whenever you needed to in the service of those clients and then you've retired to the golf links to spend your time insulting people of honor and conscience. You're going to burn in Hell, Jake. You can take that to the bank.
God will not be mocked, Jake.
September 13th, 2007 at 12:30 amAt least it’s not 58,219.
Comment by Jake D. — September 13, 2007 @ 12:24 am
but you bastards are doing your level best to reach that.
September 13th, 2007 at 12:32 amGod will not be mocked, Jake.
Comment by gummitch — September 13, 2007 @ 12:30 am
Yet ironically, Jake was mocked by his own God, by being made into such a selfish, self absorbed TURD of a little dork!
September 13th, 2007 at 12:32 amGood old Jake. The 75-year-old who acts like a 12-year-old.
** Yawn **
September 13th, 2007 at 12:33 amFor the record, I was in the Army during the Korean war, I was an attorney for over 30 years, and I don’t get paid to post here. I will still not resort to personal attacks against those who claim otherwise.
Comment by Jake D
I hate to tell you this, Jake the Flake, no one cares about your "for the record", no one is keeping a record so what you say doesn't matter. And no one hear believes for one minute that you were in the army or that you ever were an Attorney. Your posts speak volumes as to your lack of education and lack of knowledge about the military. You are the only one here who believes the lies you tell. You should seek help for your condition.
September 13th, 2007 at 12:33 ammust have scared the cr*p out of Osama!!
Comment by dauntless diana
Funny that all these Osama videos didn't start till Georges watch. Osama must really be scared of the guy who doesn't think much about him, or care really where he is. But we must keep more troops in Iraq cause, well, Osama aint there!!
September 13th, 2007 at 12:33 amAt least it’s not 58,219.
Comment by Jake D. — September 13, 2007 @ 12:24 am
but you bastards are doing your level best to reach that.
Comment by ronjazz — September 13, 2007 @ 12:32 am
Without modern medicine, there would already be almost 30k dead.
September 13th, 2007 at 12:33 amFor the record, FDR attacked Africa after Pearl Harbor (last I checked, Africa did not attack us either, but that's where the enemy was). There's nothing I have to say to anyone who thinks this is a war of convenience.
September 13th, 2007 at 12:34 amGood old Jake. The 75-year-old who acts like a 12-year-old.
** Yawn **
Comment by Why are Republicans destroying America? — September 13, 2007 @ 12:33 am
Acts, sounds and COMPREHENDS like a spoiled 12-year-old (meaning he doesn't comprehend).
September 13th, 2007 at 12:34 amFor the record, I was in the Army during the Korean war, I was an attorney for over 30 years, and I don’t get paid to post here. I will still not resort to personal attacks against those who claim otherwise.
Comment by Jake D. — September 13, 2007 @ 12:28 am
For the record, Jake, you're a liar and a hypocrite. You constantly result to personal attacks and you repeatedly wrap yourself in a flag that you dishonor. Just because you may have been banging on a typewriter in Fort Dix in 1951 does not give you the right to insult real Americans, those of us who are trying to defend the republic from the tyrants and would-be dictators like your heroes in the Republican party.
The Founding Fathers would kick you to the curb, Jake. They'd see you for the terrified little freak that you are.
LOL all you want, Jake. You're going to burn.
September 13th, 2007 at 12:34 amWhat are you libs going to do now that President Bush is being praised by the American people more and more?!
Comment by strato
What the fu(k are you talking about? Who are these people who are praising Bush. Care to link to anything in the MSM that says that people are praising Bush. The only thing I have seen is that a few sheeple have bought his propaganda, but they sure are not "praising" him.
September 13th, 2007 at 12:35 amAt least it’s not 58,219.
Comment by Jake D. — September 13, 2007
Well we can put the compassionate republican myth safely to rest, thanks Jake. Now put on your depends thars hooker out there who need you!
September 13th, 2007 at 12:35 amFor the record, FDR attacked Africa after Pearl Harbor (last I checked, Africa did not attack us either, but that’s where the enemy was). There’s nothing I have to say to anyone who thinks this is a war of convenience.
Comment by Jake D. — September 13, 2007 @ 12:34 am
For the record, FDR attacked AXIS MILITARY FORCES in Africa. Last time I checked, when you're fighting a war with a STANDING ARMY, you fight where those ARMIES ARE WEAKEST!
So much for Jake's FAKE claim to have served in the military!!! Even the dumbest GRUNT in the world would get this point!!!!
Jake = COMPLETE RETARD!!!
September 13th, 2007 at 12:35 amFor the Record, Jake was SO RETARDED he didn't know North Africa was an AXIS TERRITORY when FDR ATTACKED!!! WHAT A RETARD!!! ROTFLMAO!!!
September 13th, 2007 at 12:36 amCripes Jake D Fake you are not 75 freaking years old, we have all read your stupid posts and crap, and noted your hours, you are full of crap Jake D Fake, you are 25-32 years old....we are not fooled, retard.
September 13th, 2007 at 12:36 amHow many “civilian†deaths did FDR / Truman cause? -- Jake D.
I notice you aren't even debating my main argument, that Bush has killed as many Iraqi civilians as Saddam did. I'll take that to mean you know I'm right, and you're wrong.
One more thing, doughbrain: Bush's invasion of Iraq is no WWII, Saddam was no Axis, and Bush sure as hell is no FDR.
Face it, Jake: the only reason Bush invaded Iraq was to give his poll numbers a boost. His idiotic plans backfired, and now the blood of 100,000 civilians is on Bush's hands, along with the blood of 4,000 US soldiers.
Horrible but true.
PS: Others here say that you claim to be a lawyer. I'm not calling you a liar, but if you're a lawyer, you're a piss-poor one.
September 13th, 2007 at 12:37 amFor the record, FDR attacked Africa after Pearl Harbor (last I checked, Africa did not attack us either, but that’s where the enemy was). There’s nothing I have to say to anyone who thinks this is a war of convenience.
Comment by Jake D. — September 13, 2007 @ 12:34 am
for the record, you sick piece of shit, FDR did not attack Africa. he attacked Rommel's forces in Africa. he did not "shock and awe" the civilians of North Africa and blow their families to smithereens. You are a worthless hunk of garbage to even try that shit, no wonder everyone hates you, and you have no friends, and have to come here with your pathetic liesa and fantasy life. You're disgusting.
For the record.
September 13th, 2007 at 12:38 amFor the Record, attacking Iraq after 911, would be like FDR attacking Ireland or Brazil because they 'might' someday sympathize with Hitler!!
For the Record, it's a GOOD THING the GOP wasn't running WWII!!!!
September 13th, 2007 at 12:38 amFor the record, FDR attacked Africa after Pearl Harbor (last I checked, Africa did not attack us either, but that’s where the enemy was). There’s nothing I have to say to anyone who thinks this is a war of convenience.
Comment by Jake D. — September 13, 2007 @ 12:34 am
You are either a liar or a moron. FDR "attacked" the Germans in Africa, you idiot. "Africa" did not attack us? WTF are you talking about?
Are you seriously arguing that the US "attacked" the continent of Africa after Pearl Harbor? Did we start doing bombing runs on the elephants?
Whatever meds you require to control your Alzheimer's, just send me the bill. I'm tired of reading your demented comments.
September 13th, 2007 at 12:38 amFor the Record, Jake didn't know Rommel was in Africa!!!
Good thing the GOP wasn't trusted to running WWII!!!
September 13th, 2007 at 12:39 amNow put on your depends thars hooker out there who need you!
Comment by Zep Tepi — September 13, 2007 @ 12:35 am
the hooker, dipshit diana, is here. I heard her bag of quarters rattling around.
September 13th, 2007 at 12:39 amWithout modern medicine, there would already be almost 30k dead.
Comment by michaelIsRetarded
And the truth is if Bush wasn't "cooking the books" on the number of dead, our number of dead would be more like 10,000. He only counts people who died with their boots on the ground in Iraq. If they died on a helicopter to Germany, or later from the wounds they suffered, for some strange reason they don't count. And then there are the soldiers who kill themselves because they can't live with the horrors they witnessed in Iraq.
He cooks the books on the number of dead soldiers the same way he is cooking the books on the number who are dead from sectarian violence in Iraq.
September 13th, 2007 at 12:39 amThere’s nothing I have to say to anyone who thinks this is a war of convenience.
Comment by Jake D. — September 13, 2007 @ 12:34 am
In that case, why not shut the f#ck up?
For someone who has nothing to say, you "say" an enormous amount of crap. Take your meds, hit the golf links, and GO AWAY. Soon you will die, and you will burn in Hell. Enjoy the golf while you can.
September 13th, 2007 at 12:41 amLOL all you want, Jake. You’re going to burn.
Comment by gummitch — September 13, 2007 @ 12:34 am
gummitch, truefully, we have no idea who Jerk D is, other than a hypocritical, totally disingenuous FRAUD. Could be any age, male or female. I personally feel there's no point in "arguing" the *sshole's "points", because they're so F-in' irrational. His comments rarely make any sense at all.
Attack Africa? What is this IDIOT talking about? The way "he" keeps stressing his age, Korea, blah-blah-blah, makes me feel someone is really, really working hard to sell a story here.
For all we know, Jerk D is a totally fabricated identity, and several different people are posting under the name, continuously.
What an F-in' POS this "person" is!
September 13th, 2007 at 12:41 amFor all we know, Jerk D is a totally fabricated identity, and several different people are posting under the name, continuously.
What an F-in’ POS this “person†is!
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — September 13, 2007 @ 12:41 am
All true. But Hell gapes for Jake, like a huge burning assh)le. Jake will be Dante's suppository.
September 13th, 2007 at 12:43 amFor the Record, it’s a GOOD THING the GOP wasn’t running WWII!!!!
You got that right. Rightwingers can't win wars because they don't have what it takes: regular contact with reality. They live in Fantasyland.
The GOP has never won a war. Ever. And regarding our F*ck-up-in-Chief: has any other President lost TWO wars?
September 13th, 2007 at 12:43 amThere’s nothing I have to say to anyone who thinks this is a war of convenience.
Comment by Jake D. — September 13, 2007 @ 12:34 am
there's nothing you CAN say, since we're right, and you're wrong. it is a war of aggression, for no good reason. It has made America weaker, not stronger, and put us all in more danger, not less. There is nothing to say to those who believe otherwise, because they're mental incompetents.
September 13th, 2007 at 12:43 amFor the record, FDR attacked Africa after Pearl Harbor (last I checked, Africa did not attack us either, but that’s where the enemy was). There’s nothing I have to say to anyone who thinks this is a war of convenience.
Comment by Jake D. — September 13, 2007 @ 12:34 am
Oh dear God. It does sound like Jake is trying to convince us, once again and just like Bush, that bin Laden had a foothold in Iraq and we just had to go in and get him.
As for this being a war of convenience, that is exactly what it is. There is evidence that Bush had his eyes on Iraq even before he became President. There is evidence that Bush and the rest of the gang was itching to invade Iraq only hours after the attacks on 9/11, one reason being that the had better targets. And that is exactly the act that made it convenient for them, for if Bush the candidate would have laid out a plan to take out Saddam and rid the world of terrorists during his 2000 campaign, the public would have never gone for it and he would have been trounced on election day. As well, this war of convenience has allowed him to provide no-bid contracts to all his, and Cheney's, buddies, who will have made billions in profit. It also guaranteed Bush a second term, because as I believe he once stated, Americans aren't too keen on electing a new president in the middle of a war. Other than tax cuts and SS reform, Bush would have likely been a lackluster president and would have had nothing to offer Americans.
September 13th, 2007 at 12:47 amThere’s nothing I have to say to anyone who thinks this is a war of convenience.
Comment by Jake D. — September 13, 2007 @ 12:34 am
You could have just truncated your statement to "There's nothing I have to say", and it would have been accurate for a change...
Only RETARDS don't KNOW this was a war of Convenience. Even the Pentagon has issued reports stating that the intelligence was 'cooked'!!! Only you f*ckers believe in the tooth fairy on this one!
September 13th, 2007 at 12:47 amTo note Jakes Fakieness, look at how fast he posts and how often, then note the language he uses, then notice the cut and paste style, now for those of you with relatives that are in their 70's can they sit at a computer for 8-12 hours a day posting at the speed of light on every thread that appears.....no they cannot....hence, Jake is a Fake.
September 13th, 2007 at 12:51 amAnyone else?
September 13th, 2007 at 12:53 amIf there is, I am a spry 75-year old, who has typed my entire adult life : )
September 13th, 2007 at 12:55 amComment by Buck Fush — September 13, 2007 @ 12:51 am
I don't know...Jack LaLanne seems to have a good bit of energy when he runs out to the audience in those juicer informercials. Who knows?
September 13th, 2007 at 12:55 amAnyone else?
Comment by Jake D. — September 13, 2007 @ 12:53 am
You've alienated EVERYONE with your HATE, LIES, DISTORTIONS and INCORRECT 'FACTS' (LIES). Who ELSE do you wish to alienate tonight - FAKEO?
September 13th, 2007 at 12:55 amYou're quite the actor Jake, but that still does not make you 75, your language in many of your posts give you away.
September 13th, 2007 at 12:56 amBeen to anymore anti-imigration rallies Jake?
September 13th, 2007 at 1:02 amFor the Record, the Pentagon Inspector General has already stated that the "Office Of Special Plans" under Rumsfeld distorted and fabricated intelligence in order to go to war.
The report "depicts a Pentagon that purposely manipulated intelligence in an effort to link Saddam Hussein to al-Qaeda in the runup to the U.S. invasion of Iraq."
For the Record, Jake Can't Read, so we have to cut the RETARD some slack! He didn't know Rommel was in Africa after all? How RETARDED can one fat *ss be?
September 13th, 2007 at 1:02 amIf there is, I am a spry 75-year old, who has typed my entire adult life : )
Comment by Jake D. — September 13, 2007 @ 12:55 am
If your brain was half as spry as your fingers, you wouldn't be a RETARDED LYING JACK*SS.
September 13th, 2007 at 1:03 amYou’re quite the actor Jake, but that still does not make you 75, your language in many of your posts give you away.
Comment by Buck Fush — September 13, 2007 @ 12:56 am
For the Record, there's no evidence that ANY GOP APOLOGISTS tell the truth about anything! ;)
September 13th, 2007 at 1:04 amFor the Record Jake, when your social and mental development strikes everyone as a snotty 12 year old, you have NO CHANCE of establishing credibility...
September 13th, 2007 at 1:05 amJake will be Dante’s suppository.
Comment by gummitch — September 13, 2007 @ 12:43 am
Yer makin' me laugh, gummitch... good one!
September 13th, 2007 at 1:08 amAnd regarding our F*ck-up-in-Chief: has any other President lost TWO wars?
Comment by Arthur C. — September 13, 2007 @ 12:43 am
Could I be so, so... bold, as to add one word to your comment, Arthur?
... has any other President lost TWO wars... SIMULTANEOUSLY?
September 13th, 2007 at 1:11 amFrom the Pentagon Inspector General Report:
"The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy developed, produced and then disseminated alternative intelligence assessments on the Iraq and al-Qaida relationship, which included some conclusions that were inconsistent with the consensus of the Intelligence Community, to senior decision-makers."
If there was a FAILURE OF INTELLIGENCE, it wasn't from the INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY, it was the GOP WINGNUT PARTISAN HACKS' - LACK OF INTELLIGENCE! Can you say RETARDS LIKE Jake Anyone?
September 13th, 2007 at 1:19 amWhat are you libs going to do now that President Bush is being praised by the American people more and more?
:D
September 13th, 2007 at 1:58 amI'm from Ohio, and I just one vote, but I will do all I can to get scum like this out of office, we have had it with these pretty boy,they don't care about you or me, do I feel safer, Hell No, just look at the mess the President and congress, senate has put this great country in.
When China and the other country start to collect on all the money we have borrowed for this war, I guess we will need all the mexican we can get, at a dollar a day, because our dollar is worth .18
dan horn
September 13th, 2007 at 2:55 amComment by michaelIsRetarded — September
You are really vulgar, please try to keep things civil.
September 13th, 2007 at 5:10 amBoehner should be ashamed of himself for making such insensitive comments about troop fatalities.
September 13th, 2007 at 5:17 amWow!
What planet does this humanoid live on? I could understand every word he said, it just didn't make any sense.
September 13th, 2007 at 5:24 amThe struggle against terrorism will be decided not in the United States but in Europe, not in Iraq but in Pakistan
September 13th, 2007 at 5:44 amYes, the invisible line is in front of us - The Internet - and they don't like it.
September 13th, 2007 at 5:45 amThe Internet has allowed the ordinary person to debunk the lies fed to us by the Establishment.
Many people who would not normally question the 'official' story have been able to do so using the Net to back up personal research.
Without the Net, we would not have been able to see just how duplicitous the government was about Iraq and the 'non-existent' WMD.
It is for that reason we see so many new 'names' on these threads. It is for that reason so many neocon campaign groups make their presence felt.
The government is fighting back on the new front line.
For an old guy like me it is nothing, but you youngsters should make sure this front line is one where you can count.
U.S.: 45 Taliban killed in Afghan clash
I find these reports strage
1. were there no wounded
2. do you shoot the wounded in the head on the ground
come on
September 13th, 2007 at 5:51 amGermany ? a pivotal player among three European nations to rein in Iran's nuclear program over the last two-and-a-half years through a mixture of diplomacy and sanctions supported by the United States ? notified its allies last week that the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel refuses to support the imposition of any further sanctions against Iran that could be imposed by the U.N. Security Council.
September 13th, 2007 at 5:58 amI am really tired from this war
September 13th, 2007 at 6:17 amNot to mention the billions of dollars, gallons of oil and millions of weapons simply lost. That's not stopping Al-Qaîda, that's funding it! People this stupid should not try to lie in public, it's so insulting....
September 13th, 2007 at 7:12 amAnd your kids are where, Sen. Boehner? If they are in Iraq, my apologies. If they are holed up in an MBA program somewhere, stfu.
September 13th, 2007 at 7:44 amFor the record, Rep. Boehner and his wife Debbie only have two daughters, Lindsay and Tricia -- women should not be allowed in combat -- YMMV.
September 13th, 2007 at 8:12 amSmall price to pay? Yeah..and it isn't Boehner or his Puppet Master in the Oval Office that is paying it.
September 13th, 2007 at 8:27 amWith one nuke potentially unaccounted for in the US after last weeks "anomaly" in the handling of nukes by our military, ships in the Persian Gulf on highest alert off the coast of Iran and a Command-wide stand-down of our Air Force scheduled for Friday,
LOOK WHO'S COINCIDENTALLY PLANNING TO BE PRESENT AT STRATCOM ON FRIDAY:
Vice President Dick Cheney, will take the White House's case to key political battleground states Friday. Cheney will speak about "the global war on terror" at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum in Grand Rapids, Mich., and deliver a speech at the U.S. Central Command and Special Operations Command headquarters at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa.
A "COINCIDENCE TOO FAR."
Take cover, Cheney's attack against the US launches tomorrow.
Remember where Cheney was on 9/11?
IN COMMAND:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=bDfdOwt2v3Y
September 13th, 2007 at 8:30 amcome on, Republicants, start attacking Boner... you would if he said this as a Democrat...
September 13th, 2007 at 8:49 amIsrael's Syria 'raid' remains a mystery
By Jonathan Marcus
Diplomatic correspondent, BBC News
An Israeli soldier rolls a tank in a firing zone in the Golan Heights
Israel has kept up a careful policy of silence over the accusations
During the early hours of last Thursday morning, a number of Israeli jets appear to have entered Syrian air-space from the Mediterranean Sea, possibly penetrating deep into the country.
Later unidentified drop tanks, which may have contained fuel for the planes, were found on Turkish soil near the Syrian border, indicating perhaps the Israeli jets' exit route.
The Syrian authorities are livid. They say that the aircraft were driven off but that they fired their weaponry into a deserted area.
The implication is that the planes effectively dumped their munitions so better to manoeuvre during their escape.
The Syrian government has briefed Western diplomats and complained to the United Nations.
But there have been no images of the empty countryside where the weapons are alleged to have landed.
Israeli sources are saying nothing.
Long-standing contacts are uncharacteristically silent, noting only that Israel's military censorship on this subject is as tight as they can ever remember.
September 13th, 2007 at 8:54 amDOes TP believe that the price is to high to stop terrorists?
September 13th, 2007 at 9:02 amObviously, Roger_Roger.
September 13th, 2007 at 9:08 amFor the record, Rep. Boehner and his wife Debbie only have two daughters, Lindsay and Tricia — women should not be allowed in combat — YMMV.
Comment by Jake D.
For the record, why? If the cause is so cruical to our nation's survival then women should fight along with men. If the war isn't that important than no one should fight.
Jake is a liar and a fraud. he is not 75. he never served in combat. he can't find korea on a map if there aren't names printed on the countries. he is a capricorn whose turn offs are honesty and compassion. his turn ons are other people dying in wars and toe tapping in the stall next to him in public rest rooms.
September 13th, 2007 at 9:09 amDOes TP believe that the price is to high to stop terrorists?
Comment by Roger_Roger
We're not fighting terrorists in Iraq. we were fighting them in Afghanistan, but bush decided to let bin Laden get away. for the bizillionth time.
September 13th, 2007 at 9:11 amI guess the Number 1 and 2 al Qaeda in Iraq weren't really in Iraq . . .
September 13th, 2007 at 9:21 amnumber 1- al queda in iraq is fighting the occupation in iraq. it didn't exist until we went there. all we've done in iraq is help bin laden open his first franchise.
number 2- bin laden is somewhere in afghanistan, or pakistan. get out your map and look at how far those countries are from iraq. I guess when bush attacks iran you'll claim that he's just moving our fighting forces into afghanistan by land. ..
September 13th, 2007 at 9:28 amI guess the Number 1 and 2 al Qaeda in Iraq weren’t really in Iraq . . .
Comment by Jake D.
Number 3- remind me again, how many times has bush claimed that we killed them? It seems like every couple of months there's a breathless press breifing about how number 1, or 2 has been killed. Usually when there's been a bad news cycle...
September 13th, 2007 at 9:33 amWhere are you jake? Did you need to take your metmuesil?
September 13th, 2007 at 9:33 amThis remark by Boehner offends me as much as Timothy McVeigh's remark about the children his bomb killed in Oklahoma being "collateral damage". In both cases, people have died needlessly for a completely unnecessary "cause".
I hope Boehner's constituents are paying attention, and vote accordingly in 2008.
September 13th, 2007 at 9:43 am… has any other President lost TWO wars… SIMULTANEOUSLY?
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — September 13, 2007 @ 1:11 am
No -- and this is because we have never before had a president stupid enough to engage in two lost causes simultaneously while losing focus on the real objective (finding OBL).
September 13th, 2007 at 9:47 amIf anyone wants to contact this fool and tell him what they think of him, here's the link:
http://johnboehner.house.gov/contact.asp
September 13th, 2007 at 10:00 amJake, you should quit guessing and start researching.
Boehner is a disgrace.
September 13th, 2007 at 10:08 amIt's always a small price to pay when you aren't paying.
September 13th, 2007 at 10:20 amThe whole “republican voters follow daddy figures†is bull. They follow the kids that they are supposed to watch over and make excuses when they scream, cry and act up in the grocery line.
Comment by dlet — September 12, 2007 @ 9:34 pm
Oh no, Republicans take their kids to the restroom and spank them if they don't listen. Liberals are the ones who refuse to "stifle the child's creativity or expression" by making them follow rules of behavior. ;)
September 13th, 2007 at 10:28 amUpright left. You sure you want to base your argument on "republicans in the restroom" thing?
September 13th, 2007 at 10:40 amHe's probably just talking from "first hand" ** snicker, snicker ** experience. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
September 13th, 2007 at 10:48 amUpright left. You sure you want to base your argument on “republicans in the restroom†thing?
Comment by hellinabucket — September 13, 2007 @ 10:40 am
Hell, is smut so attractive to you that you'll never be able to consider the word restroom again without thinking of gays? Folks who find that sort of thing distasteful don't really dwell on it. ;)
September 13th, 2007 at 10:57 amComment by The Republic of Stupidity — September 13, 2007 @ 10:48 am
Stupid, how in the world are you this fine morning, bud? ;)
September 13th, 2007 at 10:58 amupright left, you make generalizations and infer abosults and then get defensive. I don't think of restrooms as a gay hangout or a punishment chamber for kids.
Try looking at the world without a slanted view of liberal vs. conservative and you'll see most of us are somewhere in the middle.
Quit building walls and obstacles. We can discuss and differ on the more pressing issues of the day without a label.
September 13th, 2007 at 11:07 amComment by hellinabucket — September 13, 2007 @ 11:07 am
So you also had a problem with the generalization that I addressed in my first post, you just let that one slide? Good to know where we stand. ;)
"They (Republicans) follow the kids that they are supposed to watch over and make excuses when they scream, cry and act up in the grocery line."
Comment by dlet — September 12, 2007 @ 9:34 pm
Perhaps you should have directed your comment elsewhere. ;)
September 13th, 2007 at 11:14 amdidn't read that comment. And I agree that's a generalization that I don't adhere to.
There's great and piss poor parents in both political parties.
I can only speak for myself. I apologize for jumping the gun.
September 13th, 2007 at 11:28 amI'd like to see Boenhead say that to the families of the dead Americans. He'd be lynched, and rightfully so. THAT would a small price.
September 13th, 2007 at 11:39 amAw. Li'l Wrongie! Insults??? Yer supposed to be ** cough cough ** "better" than the rest of us, and where do we find ya? Hangin' out in the restroom w/ small children!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA... live w/ yer own words, *sswipe. ;-D!!!
September 13th, 2007 at 11:40 amI suspect you are clinically insane. You are without a doubt a monstrous person, to care more for potential humans than for actual humans. It requires so much less actual, practicable compassion though, doesn’t it. How convenient that must be for you, dear.
Comment by Arthur C.
typical lib- cant come back with a comment so you attack me personally
September 13th, 2007 at 12:07 pmThe Official Twelve Step Program For Liberals Other articles by this author
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"To think clearly is the first step towards political regeneration" -
George Orwell The Official Twelve Step Program For Liberals
Nancy Morgan
RightBias.com
September 12, 2007
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1. Admit that you are powerless and that your life is best managed by strict adherence to progressive ideology.
Congratulations for taking this, your first step towards recovery. You will soon find a new global community of friends that are just like you. Your first step requires you to surrender independent thinking and acknowledge the wisdom of the majority. It is essential you learn to disregard facts in favor of consensus. Consensus to be defined by your sponsor, the Democrat party.
2. Come to believe that the power of progressive ideas can restore you to popularity and boost your self-esteem.
This step opens a vista of new hope and, if completed successfully, will guarantee you instant popularity and numerous social opportunities. Please visit http://www.move-on.org for the most current definition of progressive ideas. Keep in mind, it is not necessary to actually believe in these ideas but you must learn to give the impression that you do. (For the learning challenged, this means it's OK to fake it.) Relax, have fun. You'll be amazed how easy it is to fool most people.
3. Make a decision to turn your will and your life over to the Democrat party.
This is a crucial step. It is necessary you learn how to take instruction and follow directions.This step can be complicated. Please access detailed instructions @ surrendernow.com (credit card required)
4. Make a fearless and searching inventory of all your Republican and conservative friends.
For help on this step, it is suggested you refer to Al Gore's book 'Earth in The Balance.' Inventory should include, but not be limited to, sins against the environment. Other examples include ownership of SUV's, belief in free markets, holding pro-life views, voting Republican, watching Fox News, and/or supporting the phony 'war on terror.'
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This step is crucial and mandatory. Past wrongs must include America's shameful legacy of slavery, oppression, patriarchy and unbridled greed (capitalism). To thoroughly master this step, it will be necessary to refer to the teachings of Ward Churchill, Karl Marx, Noam Chomsky and Hillary's college thesis. Other examples of America's shameful sins may be accessed @ Edwards2008.com (credit card required)
6. Be entirely ready to renounce America, conservatives and Republicans.
This step is an integral part of recovery. It must be practised every day. The good news is, you're now far enough along in your recovery to exercise some freedom in your choice of platforms. Letters To The Editor, bumper stickers and T-shirts are excellent ways to signal your renunciation of your old way of thinking. For the truly dedicated, a list of willing media outlets is available through FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy In Media) or simply google 'mainstream media.'
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8. Make a list of all conservatives you know and become willing to remove them from your life.
Exceptions can be made for family members, said exceptions not to exceed two years.
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September 13th, 2007 at 12:11 pmThis Republican blowhard should be sent to Iraq as an investment in that struggle -- god knows he's of no use to us here. Seeing this crybaby sack of sh*t on national television makes me want to vomit my digestive tract so I never have to eat again. How do idiotfux like this ever make it to office? Oh, that's right: any loyal party stooge can run for office in this retardnation. It's truly sad to think that this is the best our nation has to offer: John Boner, Representative Shortbus, a man for the ages.
September 13th, 2007 at 2:00 pmP.S. -- Thanks, Ohio. If you're state were any more creative, you'd be called "Ohiho." Unfortunately, and as demonstrated in your retard electoral choices, you lack the imagination for any such.
September 13th, 2007 at 2:26 pmAw. Li’l Wrongie! Insults??? Yer supposed to be ** cough cough ** “better†than the rest of us, and where do we find ya? Hangin’ out in the restroom w/ small children!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA… live w/ yer own words, *sswipe. ;-D!!!
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — September 13, 2007 @ 11:40 am
Insults? C'mon, stupid, all I did was ask how you're doing, bud. And I'll be waiting for a link to show that I've ever claimed to be better than anyone. However, considering your apparent love of bathroom humor and your fluency in vulgar language, maybe that link isn't necessary after all. ;)
September 13th, 2007 at 3:47 pmI don't suppose it occurred to anybody that Boehner might have been referring to the billions of dollars that Blitzer mentioned in the question rather than the lives of soldiers when he talked about the "investment"?
BLITZER: How much longer will U.S. taxpayers have to shell out $2 billion a week or $3 billion a week as some now are suggesting the cost is going to endure? The loss in blood, the Americans who are killed every month, how much longer do you think this commitment, this military commitment is going to require?
I agree that we have no business in Iraq, but I seriously doubt that a politician would say lost lives were a small price to pay even if he believed it.
September 13th, 2007 at 4:04 pmcontacted Congressman Boehner for comment on this episode; he is in Iraq now, but his staff has provided the following statement:
“Mr. Boehner went to Iraq this week to thank our troops for their service on behalf of our country and take a firsthand look at the progress on the ground that Democrats are so desperate to ignore. There isn’t a member of Congress who appreciates the sacrifices of our troops more, and Mr. Boehner had lunch with soldiers from his home state of Ohio today to thank them personally.
It’s apparent that Democrats and the Left are deeply afraid we are winning in Iraq now, and it’s clear they will do anything they can, including make false representations, to ensure our troops come home after defeat, not victory.â€
Boehner is right about at least one thing: it's jarring to see a 'defense' of our troops from those on the left who sit silently by when the attacks are coming from their own side. Where was TPM when Kerry accused U.S. troops of terrorizing Iraqi women and children? Or when MoveOn.org was sliming General Petraeus?
September 13th, 2007 at 5:38 pmI agree that we have no business in Iraq, but I seriously doubt that a politician would say lost lives were a small price to pay even if he believed it.
Comment by upright left — September 13, 2007 @ 4:04 pm
Oh really? I guess you forgot about Bush's infamous comma reference:
BLITZER: Let’s move on and talk a little bit about Iraq. Because this is a huge, huge issue, as you know, for the American public, a lot of concern that perhaps they are on the verge of a civil war–if not already a civil war–We see these horrible bodies showing up, tortured, mutilation. The Shia and the Sunni, the Iranians apparently having a negative role. Of course, al Qaeda in Iraq is still operating.
BUSH: Yes, you see — you see it on TV, and that’s the power of an enemy that is willing to kill innocent people. But there’s also an unbelievable will and resiliency by the Iraqi people…. Admittedly, it seems like a decade ago. I like to tell people when the final history is written on Iraq, it will look like just a comma because there is — my point is, there’s a strong will for democracy.
September 13th, 2007 at 11:06 pmWTF! hey, i don't like the guy but yall have misinterpreted his response. Sen Boehner was answering the 1st part of Wolf's question regarding the 3billion weekly expenditure. Boehner was NOT referring to the 2nd part of the question (the cost in american lives). Quit fashioning his words to fuel your flashpoint inclinations. Oh, and cut yourselves some slack cuz yall are way to wound up to make any sense.
September 15th, 2007 at 4:32 am