Comments on: Baghdad Disneyland contractor: Violence in Baghdad is like ‘drive-bys’ in LA. http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/05/baghdad-amusement-park-contractor-violence-in-baghdad-is-like-drive-bys-in-la/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:41:25 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: rockyroad http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/05/baghdad-amusement-park-contractor-violence-in-baghdad-is-like-drive-bys-in-la/comment-page-2/#comment-4946156 rockyroad Tue, 06 May 2008 07:48:33 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/05/baghdad-amusement-park-contractor-violence-in-baghdad-is-like-drive-bys-in-la/#comment-4946156 I's thinkin' I;m gonna stay in the White House . . . Terrorist an all. Crawford for daughter's weddin' then how much longer to I have to do this job?' Can i get me one of them rocket fired gernades? Critters just terrorizin'" Damn if I didn't see an armadillo . . . "Sir, armadillo are native to the area?" Why the hell aren't those SOB's on the endangered species list. We've killed just about all the rest. Do you understand? I am the president. I live here. I do not want these pesants around me. "sir, they are wildlife, not people." Awh hell, you know what I mean. Just get rid of them. I’s thinkin’ I;m gonna stay in the White House . . . Terrorist an all. Crawford for daughter’s weddin’ then how much longer to I have to do this job?’

Can i get me one of them rocket fired gernades? Critters just terrorizin’”

Damn if I didn’t see an armadillo . . .

“Sir, armadillo are native to the area?”

Why the hell aren’t those SOB’s on the endangered species list. We’ve killed just about all the rest. Do you understand? I am the president. I live here. I do not want these pesants around me.

“sir, they are wildlife, not people.”

Awh hell, you know what I mean. Just get rid of them.

]]> By: rockyroad http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/05/baghdad-amusement-park-contractor-violence-in-baghdad-is-like-drive-bys-in-la/comment-page-2/#comment-4946150 rockyroad Tue, 06 May 2008 07:36:15 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/05/baghdad-amusement-park-contractor-violence-in-baghdad-is-like-drive-bys-in-la/#comment-4946150 However, if Bush really wants to experience a war zone in America, he could take a page out of Jane Byrne's book and camp out in Cabrini Green for a few days . . . or Newark . . . or Oakland . . . or hell, just trot on out to Baghdad, it's just like LA, However, if Bush really wants to experience a war zone in America, he could take a page out of Jane Byrne’s book and camp out in Cabrini Green for a few days . . . or Newark . . . or Oakland . . . or hell, just trot on out to Baghdad, it’s just like LA,

]]> By: rockyroad http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/05/baghdad-amusement-park-contractor-violence-in-baghdad-is-like-drive-bys-in-la/comment-page-2/#comment-4946148 rockyroad Tue, 06 May 2008 07:32:02 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/05/baghdad-amusement-park-contractor-violence-in-baghdad-is-like-drive-bys-in-la/#comment-4946148 Actually, LA is a fine city . . . blockade. Actually,

LA is a fine city . . . blockade.

]]> By: rockyroad http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/05/baghdad-amusement-park-contractor-violence-in-baghdad-is-like-drive-bys-in-la/comment-page-2/#comment-4946144 rockyroad Tue, 06 May 2008 07:26:37 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/05/baghdad-amusement-park-contractor-violence-in-baghdad-is-like-drive-bys-in-la/#comment-4946144 Los Angeles already has Disney Land. Lot of good it did. Bush's taking crazy pills, would you really want him coming to a town near you? I's take LA as I found it. Anything Bush claims to want to fix is in dire need of a blockade. Los Angeles already has Disney Land. Lot of good it did.

Bush’s taking crazy pills, would you really want him coming to a town near you?

I’s take LA as I found it. Anything Bush claims to want to fix is in dire need of a blockade.

]]> By: Robt http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/05/baghdad-amusement-park-contractor-violence-in-baghdad-is-like-drive-bys-in-la/comment-page-2/#comment-4946130 Robt Tue, 06 May 2008 06:51:32 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/05/baghdad-amusement-park-contractor-violence-in-baghdad-is-like-drive-bys-in-la/#comment-4946130 So why not pull out of Iraq and invade Los Angeles ? So why not pull out of Iraq and invade Los Angeles ?

]]> By: justsayin http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/05/baghdad-amusement-park-contractor-violence-in-baghdad-is-like-drive-bys-in-la/comment-page-2/#comment-4945860 justsayin Tue, 06 May 2008 00:39:54 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/05/baghdad-amusement-park-contractor-violence-in-baghdad-is-like-drive-bys-in-la/#comment-4945860 I feel like I'm taking crazy pills! I feel like I’m taking crazy pills!

]]> By: rockyroad http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/05/baghdad-amusement-park-contractor-violence-in-baghdad-is-like-drive-bys-in-la/comment-page-2/#comment-4945630 rockyroad Mon, 05 May 2008 22:55:30 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/05/baghdad-amusement-park-contractor-violence-in-baghdad-is-like-drive-bys-in-la/#comment-4945630 Seems like post-Katrina New Orleans would be a more apt comparison . . . "eight officers were arrested during a six-month stretch last year on charges that ranged from shoplifting to theft to conspiracy to rob a bank ... In April 2004, 16-year veteran James Adams was booked with aggravated kidnapping, extortion and malfeasance after he was accused of threatening to arrest a woman unless she agreed to have sex with him." Still, it doesn't approach the level of violence in Iraq. It would just be an inappropriate comparison for US Iraqi contractors to make . . . seeing that Katrina was a disaster that occurred under Bush's watch that he did nothing meaningful to rectify. The homeless of New Orleans aren't getting a federally funded amusement park, like residents of Baghdad, they would really appreciate electric power, clean water and a stable infrastructure. Baghdad residents don't want Bush forces bombing their homes, Gulf Coast residents don't want Bush cronies raising their houses, in both cases so that they are left homeless while government contractors move in "purely for profit." Seems like post-Katrina New Orleans would be a more apt comparison . . . “eight officers were arrested during a six-month stretch last year on charges that ranged from shoplifting to theft to conspiracy to rob a bank … In April 2004, 16-year veteran James Adams was booked with aggravated kidnapping, extortion and malfeasance after he was accused of threatening to arrest a woman unless she agreed to have sex with him.”

Still, it doesn’t approach the level of violence in Iraq. It would just be an inappropriate comparison for US Iraqi contractors to make . . . seeing that Katrina was a disaster that occurred under Bush’s watch that he did nothing meaningful to rectify. The homeless of New Orleans aren’t getting a federally funded amusement park, like residents of Baghdad, they would really appreciate electric power, clean water and a stable infrastructure. Baghdad residents don’t want Bush forces bombing their homes, Gulf Coast residents don’t want Bush cronies raising their houses, in both cases so that they are left homeless while government contractors move in “purely for profit.”

]]> By: SP Biloxi http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/05/baghdad-amusement-park-contractor-violence-in-baghdad-is-like-drive-bys-in-la/comment-page-2/#comment-4945484 SP Biloxi Mon, 05 May 2008 21:32:49 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/05/baghdad-amusement-park-contractor-violence-in-baghdad-is-like-drive-bys-in-la/#comment-4945484 "Baghdad Disneyland contractor: Violence in Baghdad is like ‘drive-bys’ in LA." Ouch! Looks like somebody has been watching too much of the DVD movie, 'Boyz 'N the Hood.' “Baghdad Disneyland contractor: Violence in Baghdad is like ‘drive-bys’ in LA.”

Ouch! Looks like somebody has been watching too much of the DVD movie, ‘Boyz ‘N the Hood.’

]]> By: RUCerious http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/05/baghdad-amusement-park-contractor-violence-in-baghdad-is-like-drive-bys-in-la/comment-page-1/#comment-4945400 RUCerious Mon, 05 May 2008 20:54:47 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/05/baghdad-amusement-park-contractor-violence-in-baghdad-is-like-drive-bys-in-la/#comment-4945400 shoeless ~ on a roll today! #30 was priceless. shoeless ~ on a roll today! #30 was priceless.

]]> By: MapleStreet http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/05/baghdad-amusement-park-contractor-violence-in-baghdad-is-like-drive-bys-in-la/comment-page-1/#comment-4945292 MapleStreet Mon, 05 May 2008 20:01:09 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/05/baghdad-amusement-park-contractor-violence-in-baghdad-is-like-drive-bys-in-la/#comment-4945292 And the LA chamber of Tourism says ???? And the LA chamber of Tourism says ????

]]> By: shoeless http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/05/baghdad-amusement-park-contractor-violence-in-baghdad-is-like-drive-bys-in-la/comment-page-1/#comment-4945188 shoeless Mon, 05 May 2008 19:19:11 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/05/baghdad-amusement-park-contractor-violence-in-baghdad-is-like-drive-bys-in-la/#comment-4945188 <em>Saint Augustine Says: Hey, wait… how about locating Bush’s library there! </em> No, they can't put Bush's library there. Bagdad only has 6 hours of electricity per day. The paper shredders need to be running 24/7. Saint Augustine Says:

Hey, wait… how about locating Bush’s library there!

No, they can’t put Bush’s library there. Bagdad only has 6 hours of electricity per day. The paper shredders need to be running 24/7.

]]> By: FRANKCORNBREAD http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/05/baghdad-amusement-park-contractor-violence-in-baghdad-is-like-drive-bys-in-la/comment-page-1/#comment-4945164 FRANKCORNBREAD Mon, 05 May 2008 19:12:03 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/05/baghdad-amusement-park-contractor-violence-in-baghdad-is-like-drive-bys-in-la/#comment-4945164 A SKATEBOARD PARK IN BAGHDAD!!! In a country with no basic services (water, electricity, waste management) we will build it (we being us, the taxpayers of the US) and they will come. "Hey Mom, I'm going to the skateboard park over in the Green Zone." "What's a skateboard?" "It's a board with wheels. I got one from a nice soldier yesterday." "OK. Have fun. Get home before dark so your father doesn't shoot you by accident. Oh, and take some empty jugs with you so you can bring home some water." "Bye, Mom." EXCUSE ME BUT WTF IS GOING ON HERE! A SKATEBOARD PARK IN BAGHDAD!!!

In a country with no basic services (water, electricity, waste management) we will build it (we being us, the taxpayers of the US) and they will come.

“Hey Mom, I’m going to the skateboard park over in the Green Zone.”

“What’s a skateboard?”

“It’s a board with wheels. I got one from a nice soldier yesterday.”

“OK. Have fun. Get home before dark so your father doesn’t shoot you by accident. Oh, and take some empty jugs with you so you can bring home some water.”

“Bye, Mom.”

EXCUSE ME BUT WTF IS GOING ON HERE!

]]> By: Nashoba nowa http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/05/baghdad-amusement-park-contractor-violence-in-baghdad-is-like-drive-bys-in-la/comment-page-1/#comment-4944912 Nashoba nowa Mon, 05 May 2008 18:09:05 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/05/baghdad-amusement-park-contractor-violence-in-baghdad-is-like-drive-bys-in-la/#comment-4944912 No water, no electricity but they will have a Disneyland by damn, per George Bush, it will be a symbol to them of our "Great Occupation" and our soldiers will protect it for eternity....................................Yes Indeed..... No water, no electricity but they will have a Disneyland by damn, per George Bush, it will be a symbol to them of our “Great Occupation” and our soldiers will protect it for eternity………………………………Yes Indeed…..

]]> By: shoeless http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/05/baghdad-amusement-park-contractor-violence-in-baghdad-is-like-drive-bys-in-la/comment-page-1/#comment-4944902 shoeless Mon, 05 May 2008 18:04:24 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/05/baghdad-amusement-park-contractor-violence-in-baghdad-is-like-drive-bys-in-la/#comment-4944902 The ticket to National Guardland says that it is only good for admission one weekend a month. But, when you go inside, they shut the gates and lock you in for a full year. The ticket to National Guardland says that it is only good for admission one weekend a month. But, when you go inside, they shut the gates and lock you in for a full year.

]]> By: Yankeluh http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/05/baghdad-amusement-park-contractor-violence-in-baghdad-is-like-drive-bys-in-la/comment-page-1/#comment-4944890 Yankeluh Mon, 05 May 2008 17:56:32 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/05/baghdad-amusement-park-contractor-violence-in-baghdad-is-like-drive-bys-in-la/#comment-4944890 #4 Please don't give them any ideas. #4 Please don’t give them any ideas.

]]> By: zuch http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/05/baghdad-amusement-park-contractor-violence-in-baghdad-is-like-drive-bys-in-la/comment-page-1/#comment-4944880 zuch Mon, 05 May 2008 17:52:53 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/05/baghdad-amusement-park-contractor-violence-in-baghdad-is-like-drive-bys-in-la/#comment-4944880 The "Mortar Barrage Basement Rollercoaster" is reputedly going to be an "F-ticket" ride.... ;-) Cheers, The “Mortar Barrage Basement Rollercoaster” is reputedly going to be an “F-ticket” ride…. ;-)

Cheers,

]]> By: impeachcheneythenbush http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/05/baghdad-amusement-park-contractor-violence-in-baghdad-is-like-drive-bys-in-la/comment-page-1/#comment-4944866 impeachcheneythenbush Mon, 05 May 2008 17:47:28 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/05/baghdad-amusement-park-contractor-violence-in-baghdad-is-like-drive-bys-in-la/#comment-4944866 I'm sure the Iraqis will find this an adequate substitute (as will be the "Enterprise Zone") for hospitals, schools, power plants providing energy for 24 hrs./day,and water treatment facilities that are desperately needed there. And WHY the HELL would the Pentagon be supporting a project like this? This smells! I’m sure the Iraqis will find this an adequate substitute (as will be the “Enterprise Zone”) for hospitals, schools, power plants providing energy for 24 hrs./day,and water treatment facilities that are desperately needed there. And WHY the HELL would the Pentagon be supporting a project like this? This smells!

]]> By: Saint Augustine http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/05/baghdad-amusement-park-contractor-violence-in-baghdad-is-like-drive-bys-in-la/comment-page-1/#comment-4944858 Saint Augustine Mon, 05 May 2008 17:47:01 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/05/baghdad-amusement-park-contractor-violence-in-baghdad-is-like-drive-bys-in-la/#comment-4944858 Hey, wait... how about locating Bush's library there! What better place to collect and display the evidence of such a great president. Hey, wait… how about locating Bush’s library there! What better place to collect and display the evidence of such a great president.

]]> By: shoeless http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/05/baghdad-amusement-park-contractor-violence-in-baghdad-is-like-drive-bys-in-la/comment-page-1/#comment-4944788 shoeless Mon, 05 May 2008 17:24:23 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/05/baghdad-amusement-park-contractor-violence-in-baghdad-is-like-drive-bys-in-la/#comment-4944788 At the Hall of Presidents attraction, they have to fly the George W. Bush robot in, under cover of darkness after the park closes every night, then fly it back out before the park opens again. At the Hall of Presidents attraction, they have to fly the George W. Bush robot in, under cover of darkness after the park closes every night, then fly it back out before the park opens again.

]]> By: Saint Augustine http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/05/baghdad-amusement-park-contractor-violence-in-baghdad-is-like-drive-bys-in-la/comment-page-1/#comment-4944758 Saint Augustine Mon, 05 May 2008 17:16:15 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/05/baghdad-amusement-park-contractor-violence-in-baghdad-is-like-drive-bys-in-la/#comment-4944758 The New Hanging Gardens exhibit should be a contender for a Wonder of the World designation if they have a hologram of Saddam's hanging. The New Hanging Gardens exhibit should be a contender for a Wonder of the World designation if they have a hologram of Saddam’s hanging.

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