Who?

My guitar teacher would slap my hand and threaten to break my pinky finger if I placed it on the sound board.

I wish Tommy had been my guitar teacher.

re: #1 Hard Right

Who?

Ur sew meen.

Happy Fourth!

of July!

Smooth

Please don't tell Viacom that I watched.

Can I still watch the cute kitties on YouTube?

Advertising for his performances could read, "O come! O come! Emmanuel!"

74 Days, 3 Hrs, 24 Mins. till Tommy!

July 3, 1863.
Gettysburg Pennsylvania.
Pickett's Charge.

The brigades of Wilcox and Perry, exposed to a heavy artillery fire from the fresh batteries moved to Gibbon's front again, and, seeing the repulse of the assault to their left, fell back to the main Confederate line.

Out of the fifty-five hundred men which Pickett took into action, fourteen hundred and ninety-nine surrendered, two hundred and twenty-four were killed, and eleven hundred and forty were reported wounded. Pickett lost twelve out of fifteen battle flags. Pettigrew's division, in which there was one brigade of North Carolina troops , lost in killed and wounded eight hundred and seventy-four, and in missing five hundred. Trimble's two North Carolina brigades lost in killed and wounded three hundred and eighty-nine, and in missing two hundred and sixty-one. The two brigades of Perry and Wilcox together lost three hundred and fifty-nine. Pettigrew's brigade of North Carolina regiments, commanded by Colonel Marshall, lost in the charge five hundred and twenty-eight, of which number three hundred were killed and wounded; and the Twenty-sixth North Carolina of this brigade, which regiment suffered greater losses during the war than any other on either side of the conflict, went into this charge with two hundred and sixteen men, and returned with but eighty-four. The percentage of losses in killed and wounded in the assaulting column, taken as a whole, was not extraordinary for the civil war. The place assaulted was less formidable than Fort Fisher, which was taken later in the war by Union troops, and the assault itself was far less successful than that of Meade's division at Fredericksburg. Its complete failure was due to the thorough dispositions made to meet it, and it is improbable that the result would have been reversed if McLaws and Hood , whose attention was occupied by the appearance of the Union cavalry on their right, had participated in the assault. The tactical skill which had prevented the rout of the Third Corps from involving the whole army in a defeat on the second day of the battle, was exerted with equal success in supporting the center under attack on the third day.

re: #3 MandyManners

Ur sew meen.

I saw a guy with a pickup truck yesterday that had Emmanuel on it. Is that him? ;)

re: #10 Electron Shuffler

74 Days, 3 Hrs, 24 Mins. till Tommy!

Where?

re: #12 Hard Right

I saw a guy with a pickup truck yesterday that had Emmanuel on it. Is that him? ;)

I have no idea.

re: #14 MandyManners

Howdy Mandy! What's shakin'...

Just shut your arugula hole

re: #15 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Howdy Mandy! What's shakin'...

Well, I would say "my cute little tush" but that might not be appropriate.

re: #13 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Here in Cincinnati.
Sept 15th and 16th.
St. Xavier High School

re: #16 Typicalwhitey

Just shut your arugula hole

I don't have an arugala hole. I'm too poor.

re: #11 jcm

Nearly hub-to-hub artillery, and triple-shotted canister at the end.

Obambi is caving on Iraq:
[Link: hotair.com...]

Turkey's ruling party fights for survival in court

Turkey's Islamist-rooted ruling party Thursday presented its final defence in the country's highest court against charges that it had sought to undermine the secular system and should be closed down.

Stand by for major rioting if they lose.

re: #17 MandyManners

Well, I would say "my cute little tush" but that might not be appropriate.

You could'a done a "Norm" and said...

"Four cheeks and a couplea chins..."

re: #19 Hard Right

I don't have an arugala hole. I'm too poor.

I saw that on another site today and thought it was hilarious.

re: #24 Typicalwhitey

I saw that on another site today and thought it was hilarious.

It is pretty darned good. Wish McCain would actually use it.

re: #20 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Nearly hub-to-hub artillery, and triple-shotted canister at the end.

The Confederates made it across the wall in the center, before being thrown back. A very near thing.

I've seen 3 or 4 of these vids on here. This guy really grows on you.
Very impressive.

re: #20 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Nearly hub-to-hub artillery, and triple-shotted canister at the end.

Canister. Major owie.

re: #21 Typicalwhitey

Sounds like a thread to me. Holy Smack...Who's Markos gonna donate to now?

re: #25 Hard Right

It is pretty darned good. Wish McCain would actually use it.

I shall use it often and out of context just for fun lol

Good Guitar Player this Tommy Emmanuel. Very nice. Many guitarists, though not all tend to sing the notes they are playing. Johnny Lawrence, Jazz Guitar instructor @ Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor would do this when demonstrating a style or phrases in his class. it was/is very cool to watch & see.

Awesome stuff all around.

re: #29 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Sounds like a thread to me. Holy Smack...Who's Markos gonna donate to now?

Here is the money quote:

My 16-month timeline, if you examine everything that I’ve said, was always premised on making sure that our troops were safe,” he said. “I said that based on the information that we had received from our commanders that one to two brigades a month could be pulled out safely, from a logistical perspective. My guiding approach continues to be that we’ve got to make sure that our troops are safe and that Iraq is stable.”

He will use his visit to Iraq as an excuse to tack to the center on this.

Flip flop indeed!

re: #30 Typicalwhitey

I shall use it often and out of context just for fun lol

Maybe we try to make some other ones.

You arugala eating phony.
I got your arugala right here.
You can have my arugala when you pry it from my cold, dead, hand.

re: #34 Hard Right

Kiss my arugula.

The ’60s Begin to Fade as Liberal Professors Retire

The graph is particularly interesting. Note the category for Biology and Science. There used to be conservatives int the field but they're disappearing. Conservatives aren't doing very well in computers/engineering either.

bbiab

A comment on Hot Air, regarding Obambi...

"Clinton has been whispering in her ear. Whispering the things that Bush MADE her understand.

- The Cat"

Please tell me that person is also a Lizard and not just a Cat. Very cool.

re: #34 Hard Right

Maybe we try to make some other ones.

You arugala eating phony.
I got your arugala right here.
You can have my arugala when you pry it from my cold, dead, hand.

You want your arugala and eat it, too?

re: #35 MandyManners

Kiss my arugula.

You and the arugula you rode in on!

re: #35 MandyManners

Kiss my arugula.

Ouch.
That and arugala will get you a cup of coffee.
Cram it where the arugala doesn't shine.
Take this arugala and shove it.

Refine his policies lol

Does the idiot have a moral center at all?

re: #20 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Cannister shot, nasty stuff.
A couple of paliosimian newshounds got themselves killed a while back
by a Israeli tank firing a modern verrsion of a canister round.

BTW...saw Hancock today. NOTHING POLITICAL HAPPENED.

Good summer fare...not for the kiddies!

Are we having a hamster rebellion?

re: #43 Electron Shuffler

Cannister shot, nasty stuff.
A couple of paliosimian newshounds got themselves killed a while back
by a Israeli tank firing a modern verrsion of a canister round.

Wasn't it loaded with flechettes? Or is that the idiot media getting it wrong...again?

re: #45 Dianna

Are we having a hamster rebellion?

Check them for blue facepaint.

re: #47 Hard Right

Check them for blue facepaint.

Chipmonk voice..."FREEDOM! ! !"

Home run, Tommy.

re: #47 Hard Right

Check them for blue facepaint.

And Scottish accents.

re: #48 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Shut your arugula hole!

re: #51 Typicalwhitey

Chubby Vegan doesn't have an arugula hole!

Hello?

re: #46 Hard Right

Yep, modern verison, with flechettes.
I think the media had the story correct.
At least the comments with the video I saw were wrong.
Posted on either Youtube or LiveLeak.
Said that the shell malfunctioned. Nope, worked as advertised.

Via Michelle..Iraqis are "pimping their rides". Cool.

re: #52 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Chubby Vegan doesn't have an arugula hole!

Then stick it where the arugula doesn't shine! LOL

I saw the "shut your arugula hole" on another site and thought it was hilarious.
Sorry, I was just teasing you.

Are you going to eat all of that arugula? Mr Carter's rabbit is hungry.

OT

Saw Rush last night @ Post Gazette Amphitheatre in Pittsburgh, PA. If you're a Rush fan, don't miss this tour! This was the best show ever, and I've only seen them 23 times.

re: #26 jcm

The Confederates made it across the wall in the center, before being thrown back. A very near thing.

* * *

Almost to the Copse of Trees! It sure looked different from the Northern side, all those fences the Southerners had to overcome...awful awful Civil War.

Bless their souls.

Arugula talkin' to me?

Yep, we're in the midst of a hamster uprising.

You can tell by the skirl of uilean pipes

re: #56 Typicalwhitey

It's a great line. But I really like "pie hole"...I love pie.

re: #22 Bubblehead II

Turkey's ruling party fights for survival in court

Turkey's Islamist-rooted ruling party Thursday presented its final defence in the country's highest court against charges that it had sought to undermine the secular system and should be closed down.

Stand by for major rioting if they lose.

If they were to be approaching success in Islamizing Turkey, stand by for a coup by the armed forces.

re: #17 MandyManners

Well, I would say "my cute little tush" but that might not be appropriate.

I KNEW IT!

And BTW, today is Friday, here in NZ, and that mean:

May God Bless America on her Independence Day.

Also my brothers birthday, so I will to find him an appropriately naughty birthday card.

re: #58 sngnsgt

OT

Limbaugh ?

/

re: #36 Killgore Trout

The ’60s Begin to Fade as Liberal Professors Retire

The graph is particularly interesting. Note the category for Biology and Science. There used to be conservatives int the field but they're disappearing. Conservatives aren't doing very well in computers/engineering either.

You must be overjoyed.

Saw Rush last night @ Post Gazette Amphitheatre in Pittsburgh, PA. If you're a Rush fan, don't miss this tour! This was the best show ever, and I've only seen them 23 times.

Sponsored by "The Scooter Store"?

re: #11 jcm

Thanks for these, JCM. I read them.

Did you know that Obama's Church sings the Black National Anthem?

Trinity Bulletin

I bet $10,000 against a school bus that Barack X doesn't know the words to the real anthem.

re: #69 faraway

Did you know that Obama's Church sings the Black National Anthem?

It is a beautiful song. Don't have a problem with it. Went to predomenently black Elementary, Junior and Senior High Schools. Sang it at my church once.

re: #65 Shug

Limbaugh ?

/

NOT!

Rush!

He's a few bunches of arugula short of a salad

re: #67 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Sponsored by "The Scooter Store"?

DOH!

re: #8 cygnus

Can I still watch the cute kitties on YouTube?

They can throw me in jail, but I'm addicted to laughing babies.

re: #66 Cartman
More info here...
THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL VIEWS OF AMERICAN PROFESSORS

It's a troubling trend.

re: #58 sngnsgt

Saw them here in Cincinnati on Monday.
Great show except the sound crew had all of the instruments up way to loud for the first set. Sometimes drowned out the lyrics, made it hard to understand.

Funny saying on one of the crews shirts.
"Life is a freakshow, we just provide the lighting."

re: #61 Dianna

Yep, we're in the midst of a hamster uprising.

You can tell by the skirl of uilean pipes

That's my kind of alpha male. I see Gerard Butler in the movie.

re: #21 Typicalwhitey

Obambi is caving on Iraq:
[Link: hotair.com...]

Koskids are seething...

At what point does tacking to the center become selling out such that we are left with a candidate more like Clinton and less like the Obama I became excited about (once Edwards dropped)? Is it possible that we could be betrayed on the single most important issue of our time - ending this God damned war in Iraq and removing ALL our troops from that area?

I don't like what I'm seeing and want a clear avenue to both support Obama and hold him accountable...now and when he's our President.

heh.

re: #59 alegrias

There they sleep - on fields made immortal by their valor. More than a third of a century lies between them and us. What a change! And here we are tonight - Veterans of the Confederacy and Veterans of the Union - hosts and guests, at a common festive board in patriotic accord - brothers in a common citizenship - equal - sharing with equal pride the greatness and the lustre - North and South , has imperishably crowned this great Republic of freedom - all made possible, seemly, and hearty, by that great, unequaled achievement of our dead, in MAKING DEFEAT AS ILLUSTRIOUS AS VICTORY.
What more can we ask for our beloved dead than that all America honor their memory, and that the world and history acknowledge that their heroic deeds have exalted the greatness, the glory, and the fame of the nation.
-From Gettysburg- Pickett's Charge and Other War Addresses, by Judge James F. Crocker, in response to the toast: "Our Confederate Dead"

re: #26 jcm

The Confederates made it across the wall in the center, before being thrown back. A very near thing.

On the surface of it, yes, but (IMHO) those who made it into the Union lines were just too few in number to do "permanent" damage to the overall position.

I've had Bruce Catton's trilogy upon the Army of the Potomac for decades. Lost count of how many times I've read it.

re: #77 Bobblehead

I first found it in Ringo's Hell's Faire.

My only problem with it is that it's a song for hopeless battles.

re: #76 Electron Shuffler

LOL! I gotta look for that t-shirt!

re: #78 NJDhockeyfan

heh.

And I am over there fanning the flames...........

re: #83 Typicalwhitey

And I am over there fanning the flames...........

sweet! dude!

re: #56 Typicalwhitey

Then stick it where the arugula doesn't shine! LOL

I saw the "shut your arugula hole" on another site and thought it was hilarious.
Sorry, I was just teasing you.

I arugala in your general direction.

re: #75 Killgore Trout

Now I see. I sometimes can't tell where you're coming from on this "conservative" thingy. I guess I had assumed that you were all for getting them out of academia. My bad.

re: #47 Hard Right

Check them for blue facepaint.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

re: #64 A Kiwi Infidel

May God Bless America on her Independence Day.

(from Texas)
Thank you, Kiwi.

And thank you for Gallipoli.

Well I see from the previous thread that I better not watch the video.
How am I supposed to know whether stuff is copyrighted. Are they going to try and charge people pay-per-view prices for any videos they watched?
Talk about shooting self in foot. These media idiots don't want to try and understand the way things actually are and change their business model. They'd rather take everybody to court. How's that working for them? HMMMM?

Addendum: I just realized maybe the best thing is to have marathon viewing sessions they can't possibly take everybody to court. Can they? HMMMM?

re: #84 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

sweet! dudette!

fixed it for ya

re: #61 Dianna

Yep, we're in the midst of a hamster uprising.

You can tell by the skirl of uilean pipes

Send in the Koslims. Arrows cost money...

Arugula finish that?

re: #90 Typicalwhitey

fixed it for ya

Dude! You're an ette? Sweet!

Arugula too hungry for dinner at eight.

re: #91 Hard Right

A friend of mine wants to get his refletched. He's not happy.

The nutroots are going to go crazy!

The networks are starting to report that Obama is:

Refining Policy: Obama to Alter Timeline for Troop Withdrawals From Iraq?

That is the top story on abc.com

Never arugula with an Idiot.

Some one may come by and not be able to tell which is which.

re: #94 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Dude! You're an ette? Sweet!

I am a typical white woman lol

re: #78 NJDhockeyfan

heh.

That's not the Obama I once knew.

re: #98 WalterMitty

My mom always said:
I am in a battle of wits with an unarmed man

LOL

re: #62 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

It's a great line. But I really like "pie hole"...I love pie.

I love arugula. I love all kinds of fresh green stuff.

One thing missing from this performance of Mombasa - the "guitar percussion" that he's known for.

Reality is meeting Campaign promise reeeealllly early for Obambi.

The New Slogan ?

First time I've noticed it.

re: #79 Pullus Iulius

There they sleep - on fields made immortal by their valor. More than a third of a century lies between them and us. What a change! And here we are tonight - Veterans of the Confederacy and Veterans of the Union - hosts and guests, at a common festive board in patriotic accord - brothers in a common citizenship - equal - sharing with equal pride the greatness and the lustre - North and South , has imperishably crowned this great Republic of freedom - all made possible, seemly, and hearty, by that great, unequaled achievement of our dead, in MAKING DEFEAT AS ILLUSTRIOUS AS VICTORY.
What more can we ask for our beloved dead than that all America honor their memory, and that the world and history acknowledge that their heroic deeds have exalted the greatness, the glory, and the fame of the nation.
-From Gettysburg- Pickett's Charge and Other War Addresses, by Judge James F. Crocker, in response to the toast: "Our Confederate Dead"

* * *
It was hot as Iraq at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania--if you've ever been there in summer you know it must have been an awful four days.

Our country is amazing for having healed & forged a new Union dedicated to the proposition of government by the people, for the people, of the people.

Four Score and Seven Years Ago!

re: #64 A Kiwi Infidel

btw; re: other thread where you said you had gout.
Taking any antibiotics? My kidneys were acting up couple years ago and also had urinary tract infection. HAH! Taking the antibiotics eliminated whatever was causing the aching in my heels and fingers. Phew! I thought I was getting arthritis.

re: #97 Typicalwhitey

Best line at ABC comments:

Obama has that “new boyfriend” syndrome. Lots of excitement and he looked damn near perfect in those early days. You know, when you get to project on him all those traits you’re looking for beyond cute and smart - character, depth, humor, a moral center. As time goes on, he’s no longer the shiny new thing. He disses your best friend (behind her back of course), you begin to see his smarminess when he sucks up to your boss and he just doesn’t fit in or get your family’s zany, noisy humor - and he’s stopped trying. The ultimate deal breaker - you learn that he’ll do or say anything to get what he wants. You know the type - you’ve dated him or perhaps it’s your daughter or a good friend. He just never lived up to the promise of those first, early days. Best to heed the advice you’ve given or gotten - Lose him quick and move on.

re: #97 Typicalwhitey

The nutroots are going to go crazy!

The networks are starting to report that Obama is:

Refining Policy: Obama to Alter Timeline for Troop Withdrawals From Iraq?

That is the top story on abc.com

I like this comment:

By election time he'll be Barrack Osama Bush.

Posted by: CARMUDGEON 4:36 PM

The left is starting to find out they got hoodwinked.

re: #86 Cartman

Some of my best friends are conservative.
;)

I have a serious question

"I've always said that the pace of withdrawal would be dictated by the safety and security of our troops and the need to maintain stability. That assessment has not changed," said Obama. "And when I go to Iraq and have a chance to talk to some of the commanders on the ground, I'm sure I'll have more information and will continue to refine my policies."

If the pace of withdrawal would be based, at least somewhat, on what the commander say, then why is he JUST NOW going to go and ask them?

Have a happy Forth!
Especially the people freed from the hands of FARC.

Gota punch out / Eject

re: #88 pre-Boomer Marine brat

(from Texas)
Thank you, Kiwi.

And thank you for Gallipoli.

Ooooh, dont thank me. We didnt actually win that battle. But it is awesome to see so many young Kiwis on their OE arriving at Chunuck Bair, often in their thousands and camping out for the dawn rememberance service on ANZAC day, each year. "lest we forget"

Napoleon Bonaparte famously said an army marches on its stomach; but I say to you, uh, let the word go forth, that a national community service marches on arugula!

re: #101 Typicalwhitey

Mom used to promise to knock some sense into me.

'course, I wasn't smart enough to keep doing whatever it was I was doing, I was too scared.

Now just look at me.

For those who missed in the other night.

Here is a picture of the auditorium that Obama was at in Independence Missouri.

re: #102 MandyManners

Mandy..I direct you to post# 61. Please view the video. If I'm not mistaken, that video game hero is your kind of alpha male also.

re: #116 Typicalwhitey

For those who missed in the other night.

Here is a picture of the auditorium that Obama was at in Independence Missouri.

Must have been followed by a Major League Baseball game!

re: #107 jcw46

btw; re: other thread where you said you had gout.
Taking any antibiotics? My kidneys were acting up couple years ago and also had urinary tract infection. HAH! Taking the antibiotics eliminated whatever was causing the aching in my heels and fingers. Phew! I thought I was getting arthritis.

Still got it, bloody painful. I am takin ibruprofen for pain and anti-inflam.
Gout is caused by the white blood cells attacking the crystaline uric acid that accumulates in the joints. It builds up to a point that it "breaks" and the attack starts. Plenty of water to help flush.

re: #119 A Kiwi Infidel

GOUT SUCKS! In a hotel room for three days in Detroit, basically bedridden.

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR ALL LIZARDS!

You know the little plastic bag in the ice containers in hotel rooms? Use them. Neeeded a bedpan. it was handy!

re: #109 NJDhockeyfan

The left is starting to find out they got hoodwinked.

It's full-blown socialism, or nothing, for those loons. They won't even accept the watered-down version BHO is offering them.

re: #119 A Kiwi Infidel

Aren't you taking the prescription for it. Clears it up for me in a day or two.

re: #113 A Kiwi Infidel

Ooooh, dont thank me. We didnt actually win that battle. But it is awesome to see so many young Kiwis on their OE arriving at Chunuck Bair, often in their thousands and camping out for the dawn rememberance service on ANZAC day, each year. "lest we forget"

I thank you anyway. It was a demonstration of courage. (It was also a demonstration of reasons for standing Generals against the wall, but ....)

Related to it, my current frustration is being unable to find the Aussie movie "The Lighthorsemen" in widescreen DVD which will play on our video system here. I've got the VHS, but it's not widescreen. What I'm looking for doesn't exist.

re: #111 Typicalwhitey

I have a serious question.
If the pace of withdrawal would be based, at least somewhat, on what the commander say, then why is he JUST NOW going to go and ask them?

He didn't want reality to interfere with the primary campaign.

re: #11 jcm

The price the south paid for having r.e.lee as commander of the army of no.virginia.sad really,normally such a move,he would have turned his head away in contempt.

re: #120 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

sounds crazy but i heard eating fresh cherries helps relive the worst of the pain from gout...any truth to it?

re: #125 Boondock St. Bender

The price the south paid for having r.e.lee as commander of the army of no.virginia.sad really,normally such a move,he would have turned his head away in contempt.

Excuse me. Your meaning isn't clear.

Tommy Emmanuel - very, very, nice.
Thank you.

re: #126 Boondock St. Bender

Yep. But not fresh. Canned, fresh, juice...cherrys help with the uric buildup.

Stay away from organ meats (ewwww anyway), asparagus. And watch beer intake.

re: #119 A Kiwi Infidel

I realize that. I don't know the mechanism but the antibiotics are useful along with the other treatment regimen. I saw someone else comment on the same treatment on that thread and have read that the inflammation caused by the uric acid acts as a focal point for something that the antibiotics helps lessen. I know they worked for me. Took like 2 days of 2 daily doses of 500mg amoxicillin and relief. Just a friendly suggestion as I'm no Doctor, I just know how painful and debilitating it can be. Good luck!

Preemptive Happy July 4 wishes to all!

(I still get all sentimental when I watch this.)

And I won't tell Viacom you watched.

re: #131 transient

Oh yeah...Franklin suffered from gout.

An idle question I thought today--does anyone know where the word "Muslim" comes from? Most names for religions/ethnic groups come from the founder or some other early member, or else some geographical feature.

re: #131 transient

Preemptive Happy July 4 wishes to all!

(I still get all sentimental when I watch this.)

And I won't tell Viacom you watched.

"We're sorry, this video is no longer available"

Am I going to be sued because I clicked the link?

Muslim

re: #134 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Worked for me.

re: #134 pre-Boomer Marine brat

WHAT?!

I clicked on the link and it worked...not sure why it's not working for you.

re: #134 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Attempted ogling with intent to enjoy.

re: #11 jcm

re: #79 Pullus Iulius

First a very Happy 4th of July to all!

I watched and listened to the CNN coverage of the rescue of Betancourt, the three brave Americans and the eleven brave Columbian Soldiers / Law enforcement officers. I heard Ms. Betancourt's comments and wondered about her desire to open a dialog with what's left of FARC. She, I thought, took great pains to protect the individuals who were charged with guarding her and the others.

Reflecting upon the great carnage that was the War Between The States, and the aftermath of Reconstruction, I am struck by the innate goodness of most combatants. In the instance of the Civil War, Thank G-d that there was a Frontier, where the defeated Southerners and war weary soldiers from both sides, could go to make a new life - many of the soldiers who served in the Calvary were ex-confederates - their officers Northerners. How difficult it must have been for former enemies to learn to trust and depend upon each other in a new land.

All I can say is G-d Bless America! And G-d Bless all you wonderful Lizards, too.

re: #136 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Worked for me.

Thanks.
Wierd. Now it's working.

I thank you anyway. It was a demonstration of courage. (It was also a demonstration of reasons for standing Generals against the wall, but ....)

Exactly, actually Blackadder WW1 mocked the intelligence of those generals very well.

re: #127 pre-Boomer Marine brat

sorry,lee was an exellent commander.a sledge hammer assault across open terratory wasn't something he was known for.he would normally try to use maneuver.(or a strong defence,then follow up with a swift counter attack once his enemy was spent)longstreet tried to talk him out of it,and lee would have none of it.my point being that that assault was below what a commander like lee would have been expected to do.

re: #143 Boondock St. Bender

Lee was getting desperate - or at least he was under great pressure. The economic power of the North and the lack of war-making industry in the South had a lit to do with his tactics of necessity.

re: #142 ploome hineni

whereas Marx suffered from hidradenitis suppurativa

30 million people died and millions more enslaved because Marx had BOILS! Argghh.

re: #129 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

oh,thanks.i always wondered if that was true.staying away from organ meats won't be a problem(hot dogs are made from hooves lips and old boots ..right?)bbut the beer....that would be tougher.

re: #96 Dianna

A friend of mine wants to get his refletched. He's not happy.

Sounds like a personal problem (rimshot)

re: #130 jcw46

Thanks for the encouragement. The Dr didnt offer antibios as a treatment. I will see how I go over the weekend. I am allergic to penicillin as well, so that doesnt help.

re: #141 A Kiwi Infidel

Exactly, actually Blackadder WW1 mocked the intelligence of those generals very well.

Looking at a small table covered in dirt and grass

"Sir, here is the land we captured today"

"Good good, whats the scale of this map?"

No, sir, this is the land we captured today."

Looking forward to one of my 4th of July traditions; popcorn and The Patriot with Mel Gibson.

Happy 4th everyone! God Bless America!

re: #143 Boondock St. Bender

sorry,lee was an exellent commander.a sledge hammer assault across open terratory wasn't something he was known for.he would normally try to use maneuver.(or a strong defence,then follow up with a swift counter attack once his enemy was spent)longstreet tried to talk him out of it,and lee would have none of it.my point being that that assault was below what a commander like lee would have been expected to do.

Now I understand. Yes, from a certain perspective, Meade pulled a Fredricksburg on him.

/Stuart should have been cashiered

re: #143 Boondock St. Bender

It became, on the North's side, a war of attrition. A very similar approach to the one that FDR and the Allies used in WWII. Overwhelm the Axis from the Cornucopia of Industry that was the USA.

re: #122 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Aren't you taking the prescription for it. Clears it up for me in a day or two.

No, I did try to lower the uric acid levels a few years ago with alopurinol, it was like a poison for me. I reacted with a rash after 3 days so knocked that off.

re: #141 A Kiwi Infidel

Exactly, actually Blackadder WW1 mocked the intelligence of those generals very well.

Blackadder was fantastic!

re: #146 Boondock St. Bender

If it wasn't for beer, I'd weigh 140 lbs.

re: #147 ploome hineni

sometimes it boils down to that

/sorry

*jealousy!*

re: #156 Hard Right

Blackadder was fantastic!

Hugh Laurie was hysterical!

I'm off very soon, and I don't know if I'll be back this weekend, so: Have a lovely 4th!

re: #159 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Hugh Laurie was hysterical!

I liked Baldric

re: #159 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Hugh Laurie was hysterical!

Victorious pelvic thrusts!

re: #153 pre-Boomer Marine brat

yes one of the few times he failed lee.but it was catastophic.

re: #160 Dianna

Have fun!

re: #135 jcw46

Muslim

Thanks, I'm sure I knew that at one time.

re: #160 Dianna

I'm off very soon, and I don't know if I'll be back this weekend, so: Have a lovely 4th!

Lovely Dianna, you took the words out of my mouth. So I'll just say "ditto" and hope not to get railed against for using a hoary catchphrase...

Bwahaha, there's pork in Baghdad, before Arugula!

"...Meanwhile, Der Spiegel has an encouraging report on Iraq:

Pork is available in Baghdad once again. Not just in the Green Zone, where US diplomats can enjoy their spare ribs and Parma ham, but also across the Tigris River, in the real Baghdad, at "Al-Warda" on Karada Street. Bassim Dencha, 32, one of the few Christians remaining in Iraq and the co-owner of Baghdad's finest supermarket, has developed a supply line from Syria. As a result, he now has frozen pork chops and bratwurst arranged in his freezers, next to boxes of frozen French fries and German Black Forest Cakes. And the customers are buying.

This is certainly good news, but pork chops, bratwurst and Black Forest cake are a distinctly German way of measuring progress.

****
snipped from James Taranto's excellent daily

[Link: online.wsj.com...]

re: #109 NJDhockeyfan

The left is starting to find out they got hoodwinked.

More like he's trying to hoodwink the rest of us. So Obama changes his Iraq strategy (among other things) within a month of winning the primary? There's a good chance he'll change it right back if he wins the election.

He's saying anything that will help him get elected, unlike McCain who won't say anything that will help him get elected.

re: #163 Boondock St. Bender

yes one of the few times he failed lee.but it was catastophic.

* * *
Anything like supposed ally Turkey cutting off our northern entry point into Iraq in 2003? Talk about catastrophic.

re: #169 KingKenrod

More like he's trying to hoodwink the rest of us. So Obama changes his Iraq strategy (among other things) within a month of winning the primary? There's a good chance he'll change it right back if he wins the election.

He's saying anything that will help him get elected, unlike McCain who won't say anything that will help him get elected.

* * *
I kind of like McCain's "WE will not surrender, they will."

Or Cindy McCain's "I've ALWAYS been very proud of my country."

Works for me.

re: #139 Conservative in Liberal Hands

Reflecting upon the great carnage that was the War Between The States, and the aftermath of Reconstruction, I am struck by the innate goodness of most combatants.

I wonder often whether we modern Americans would join hands for the nation, after the example of our forefathers. Whether we, today, would see that we are more the same than we are different.

re: #154 Conservative in Liberal Hands

It became, on the North's side, a war of attrition. A very similar approach to the one that FDR and the Allies used in WWII. Overwhelm the Axis from the Cornucopia of Industry that was the USA.

Lincoln called Grant east because Grant had proven his ability to do what needed to be done -- get hold of wily Bobby Lee and not let go, grind the Army of Northern Virginia down mercilessly.

Petersburg may look like a stupid way to have fought the war, but by the time it was over, Joe Johnston had been forced to retreat into North Carolina and Sheridan had scraped the Shenandoah Valley clean. Lee's AofNV was all that was left.

re: #160 Dianna

I'm off very soon, and I don't know if I'll be back this weekend, so: Have a lovely 4th!

Have a wonderful weekend!

re: #20 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Nearly hub-to-hub artillery, and triple-shotted canister at the end.

[Link: www.fototime.com...]

re: #170 alegrias

* * *
Anything like supposed ally Turkey cutting off our northern entry point into Iraq in 2003? Talk about catastrophic.

No. Nothing like it.

Stuart led Lee's cavalry. His job was to get intelligence. He chose to take his men off in a spectacular, but useless, ride clear around the Union Army. He led them smack out of the Gettysburg campaign.

/Lee had to fight blind

re: #176 pre-Boomer Marine brat

No. Nothing like it.

Stuart led Lee's cavalry. His job was to get intelligence. He chose to take his men off in a spectacular, but useless, ride clear around the Union Army. He led them smack out of the Gettysburg campaign.

/Lee had to fight blind

In much of Sherman's campaign, the South wasted huge amounts of time looking for Sherman's supply lines before they realized what he was doing and by then, it was too late.

re: #175 BuddyG

[Link: www.fototime.com...]

Impressive, but ... with respect ... nothing like the gun lines on top of Cemetary Ridge that day.

re: #145 jcw46

30 million people died and millions more enslaved because Marx had BOILS! Argghh.

Doesn't Abu Hamza, that one-eyed, hook-handed Moslem have the same disease?

re: #145 jcw46

30 million people died and millions more enslaved because Marx had BOILS! Argghh.

Gout really makes me grumpy!

re: #178 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Indeed, it's comes aways since 1863.

i had a nice arugula salad for lunch. don't hate me. i grew it myself.
(i'm not paying $12. a pound for that stuff)

Breaking on drudge:

"Sharia law SHOULD be used in Britain, says UK's top judge"

Chinese assault vehicles

That's what the caption says.....

The Tiananmen Square pic just wouldn't have been the same.

Happy 4th of July to all Americans.
You are a wonderful people and a great nation - celebrate! (01:24 if you can't wait for it)

re: #183 sbvft contributor

Breaking on drudge:

"Sharia law SHOULD be used in Britain, says UK's top judge"

Don't know how to ding that one. So I'll tell you...

One up for you for bringthing this to our attention.
One down for the Judge.

Lest someone mis-understand what I meant.

re: #120 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR ALL LIZARDS!

You know the little plastic bag in the ice containers in hotel rooms? Use them. Neeeded a bedpan. it was handy!

(important note to self: bring own ice bucket to hotels from now on.)

re: #183 sbvft contributor

'It is possible in this country for those who are entering into a contractual agreement to agree that the agreement shall be governed by a law other than English law.'

Yeesh.

re: #172 Pullus Iulius

given the reaction to 9/11 i would like to think we would.we love to bicker but we do come together in a crisis.

re: #187 kywrite

You must be the only one who noticed that. Ha! Total truth be told, I took it with me and threw it away.

re: #183 sbvft contributor

Breaking on drudge:

"Sharia law SHOULD be used in Britain, says UK's top judge"

Linky?

And he's always said that he's never said that this withdrawal would be without any possibility of alteration based on events on the ground. That would not be a prudent thing to do for any president.”

Obama throws his Iraq withdrawl plan under the bus.

re: #26 jcm

The Confederates made it across the wall in the center, before being thrown back. A very near thing.

You are correct, and had they succeeded, the next step was to march directly on to Washington DC and hang Lincoln.

We forget on what a small fulcrum history turns, at times.

re: #190 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

You must be the only one who noticed that. Ha! Total truth be told, I took it with me and threw it away.

Oh, I noticed but I was too squicked out to comment.

re: #191 MandyManners

[Link: www.dailymail.co.uk...]

Lord Phillips said that any sanctions must be 'drawn from the laws of England and Wales'. Severe physical punishment - he mentioned stoning, flogging or the cutting off of hands - was 'out of the question' in Britain, he said.

Well, that's a relief.

re: #194 MandyManners

Squicked?

re: #139 Conservative in Liberal Hands

Reflecting upon the great carnage that was the War Between The States, and the aftermath of Reconstruction, I am struck by the innate goodness of most combatants.

Two armies faced off at Appomattox. The ragged remnants of the great Army of Northern Virginia had been run to ground. As Lee rode into the town to meet with Grant, men of the opposing forces began walking out to meet each other inbetween the lines.

Grant offered Lee the kind of terms which Lincoln had requested months before, in a meeting outside Petersburg. Officers were to keep their sidearms. Each enlisted men was allowed to take a horse. Sherman did the same with Johnston further south.

Hearing of it, the Radical Republicans were irate, but there was nothing they could do. It might have been, in a way, Lincoln's final gift to his country.

re: #195 sbvft contributor

[Link: www.dailymail.co.uk...]

He's a blooming idiot.

Here is the link to Obamas with drawl toss.

re: #197 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Squicked?

Squeamish + Ick = squick.

re: #199 MandyManners

"Apalling" as the Brits like to say.

re: #189 Boondock St. Bender

since the donks have been on the bush hatred for 7 years i think after the next al quada attack the donks will blame the gop not the terrorists.

re: #198 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Two armies faced off at Appomattox. The ragged remnants of the great Army of Northern Virginia had been run to ground. As Lee rode into the town to meet with Grant, men of the opposing forces began walking out to meet each other inbetween the lines.

Grant offered Lee the kind of terms which Lincoln had requested months before, in a meeting outside Petersburg. Officers were to keep their sidearms. Each enlisted men was allowed to take a horse. Sherman did the same with Johnston further south.

Hearing of it, the Radical Republicans were irate, but there was nothing they could do. It might have been, in a way, Lincoln's final gift to his country.

Sherman was actually brought before a Congressional hearing to account for himself and faced accusations of treason for doing this at the time.

re: #177 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

In much of Sherman's campaign, the South wasted huge amounts of time looking for Sherman's supply lines before they realized what he was doing and by then, it was too late.

And, Richmond put Hood in command of the forces defending Atlanta. Hood was a slugger. He went in slugging. Sherman could slug harder.

Joe Johnston was given the impossible task of trying to pick up the pieces.

re: #198 pre-Boomer Marine brat

i always enjoy the story of when the confederates were marching past the victorious army of the north,the northern soildiers snapped to attention to honor thier confederate adversaries.

AOL has a poll question today:
Is Obama politically ruthless?
73% Yes
21% No
6% Not sure

[Link: news.aol.com...]
This poll tends to lean heavily to the left.
Maybe the information about him is getting out in spite of the MSM.

re: #203 yochanan

anger and outrage has a way of shutting up the kooks.9noone likes to be told to STFU to their face in public,with the implied threat of violence if the STFU isn't heeded.

re: #204 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

Sherman was actually brought before a Congressional hearing to account for himself and faced accusations of treason for doing this at the time.

Booth was the best friend the Radical Republicans had.

re: #207 seekeroftruth

Well he flip-flopped on Iraq today so there's not much denying it.

re: #210 Killgore Trout

Was just reading the link that filetandrelease posted about his flip flop. Not surprised, but his base is going to go nuts.

re: #209 pre-Boomer Marine brat

sadly,lincolns assassination was the worst thing that could have happened to the south.his policy was "let em' up easy".

re: #211 seekeroftruth

The Koskidz are in denial about it. It's still sinking in.

re: #213 Killgore Trout

I question the timing......

typical koz kid whenever anything happens

re: #206 Boondock St. Bender

i always enjoy the story of when the confederates were marching past the victorious army of the north,the northern soildiers snapped to attention to honor thier confederate adversaries.

Yes. The Army of the Potomac would have gladly drawn and quartered Ambrose Burnside ... after giving full miltary honors to those lean men in gray.

photo from article: "The Sharia Council of Britain: (from right to left) Dr Suhaib Hasan, Maulana Abu Sayeed and Mr Mufti Barabatullah preside over marriage cases at their headquarters earlier this year"

Some courtroom. 4 goons round a conference table. Stick a fork in the UK - itz done. Oh well, I'm glad my ancestors had the foresight to high tail it out of there.

re: #200 filetandrelease

Here is the link to Obamas with drawl toss.

Mark my words, he will end up somewhere to the right of Attila the Hun if that's what he thinks it will take to get elected.

i am glad my grand parents so fit to live the u.k. at the time they left mainly for econ. reasons now there are personal safety reasons to leave as well.

re: #216 sbvft contributor

Your ancestors dinner table conversation one evening lo those many years ago...

I thinkest that thee Islam hoard may be moving to England. And our good king will offer unto them all matters of acquiescence and public aide. I beseech ye good father and husband, shall we away to the colonies?

One of the most interesting stories of the Civil War was how the war began and ended on the property of the same man.

Mr. MacLean owned the property on which the first battle of Manassas occurred, and when the second battle came, he pulled up stakes and moved to someplace a little quieter, in Appamatox. 4 years later he awakens to find the armies once again assembled on his property. Only this time, to negotiate peace, for which he volunteered his parlor, gladly.

re: #217 ploome hineni

Well. I can't blame him.

You ever seen how those English bitches dress in public?

They deserve to be stoned.

Jews have additional divorce law but it is in additional to the national law not instead of it.

A religious Jew gets a civil devoice and then goes and gets a religious devoice the two are completely sept.

re: #217 ploome hineni

WTF!

Is this sonuvabitch (1) a chattering-class dilettante, or (2) a stalking horse for the BNP?

The BNP must be simply overjoyed at the prospects for recruitment.

re: #222 rawmuse

yes,the war started in his front yard,and ended in his parlor....

re: #193 rawmuse

You are correct, and had they succeeded, the next step was to march directly on to Washington DC and hang Lincoln.

We forget on what a small fulcrum history turns, at times.

How true, one of the reasons I like Gettysburg as a moment in history. So many small things, each could have affected the out come of the battle. None of the individuals could know at the time how crucial their moment of decision would be historically.

re: #216 sbvft contributor

Keep a sharp eye out in the US. Too often, I see social engineering experiments getting their Hartford tryouts in Canada and the UK, before getting floated here. Already there's de facto plural marriage in Northern Virginia. Will instant message divorce and the rest of sharia be far behind?

re: #222 rawmuse

One of the most interesting stories of the Civil War was how the war began and ended on the property of the same man.

Mr. MacLean owned the property on which the first battle of Manassas occurred, and when the second battle came, he pulled up stakes and moved to someplace a little quieter, in Appamatox. 4 years later he awakens to find the armies once again assembled on his property. Only this time, to negotiate peace, for which he volunteered his parlor, gladly.

I did not know that!

re: #61 Dianna

Yep, we're in the midst of a hamster uprising.

You can tell by the skirl of uilean pipes

Thank you for this! Off to see if I can buy the CD or legally download it somewhere. That song is great!

re: #224 yochanan

Yes despite the numerous claims by racists and anti-Semites, Jews have learned to live within the Country's laws while still holding true to their religious principles.

Despite the fact that Jews have been in the United States since its Revolution against England, they have never asked the Christian majority to change the laws of the Country to submit to Halacha.

Islam should do the same. Get along or go home.

re: #213 Killgore Trout

The Koskidz are in denial about it. It's still sinking in.

There's a bunch of them that are doing something on Obama's website -
they're upset with the FISA vote flip flop. Not sure if Koskidz are involved yet. When they see this change about Iraq, it's going to get interesting.
Here's the link for the stuff they are doing on the website. - I thought I read that there is up to 17,000 of them now.
[Link: newsbusters.org...]

Ever see old pictures of Civil War Veteran reunions?.... Peg-legs, missing arms, eye patches everywhere. Civil War hospitals were hell on Earth, and the poor doctors most of the time could do nothing but apply a saw...

I humbly request a 4th of July American History (History of the Independence) thread. Either today or tomorrow.

re: #224 yochanan

Exactly. Just like Catholic annulments. It's in addition to the civil law. It only applies to voluntary members of the religious community and is not enforced by secular government.

re: #231 WrathofG-d

well there was the whole issue of sunday blue laws which jews opposed as for us sunday is just another day.

Is this the TNDT?

/instead of the fndt

I heard Mark Steyn said a few weeks back - (in speaking about his situation via the Human Rights Commission & other attacks on free speech in the West of late) - that there's "nowhere left to go" . That America was the "end of the line" for him. Cherish our freedom this Fourth of July fellow lizards.

I'll see your Tommy and raise you a Leo.

re: #222 rawmuse

One of the most interesting stories of the Civil War was how the war began and ended on the property of the same man.

Mr. MacLean owned the property on which the first battle of Manassas occurred, and when the second battle came, he pulled up stakes and moved to someplace a little quieter, in Appamatox. 4 years later he awakens to find the armies once again assembled on his property. Only this time, to negotiate peace, for which he volunteered his parlor, gladly.

I love that little bit of history.

AP reporting that Larry Harmon died, he was Bozo the Clown.
Heart failure.

re: #236 yochanan

I am not aware of this controversy. But if I assume that I would not have fought against it, as I understand that I am a "guest" in a Christian country.

re: #228 Pullus Iulius

Amen.
It's not a problem happening OVER THERE. (someplace else)
It's here, too.

OT:
I bet eating here is the bomb

What America means to me is embodied in Rush Limbaugh and Charles Johnson. How many people throughout history have been tarred and feathered, and even murdered for doing what they do?

America means that Rush can take on Harry Reid, Al Gore, and even Bill Clinton, without fear of physical retribution. Charles can highlight the CBS fraud that was intended to swing a presidential election.

I feel overwhelmed with gratitude for the dedication, the talent and the patriotism of these gentlemen. Through them the average person, like me, has the opportunity to reach thousands and even millions.

Happy 4th of July.

Got a bit of work to do lizards. Enjoy your evening, keep your arms and hands inside of the vehicle. Look both ways before crossing the street. And finally, you'll put your eye out with that!

re: #242 WrathofG-d

I am not aware of this controversy. But if I assume that I would not have fought against it, as I understand that I am a "guest" in a Christian country.

Uh, no. You're not. This is a nation founded on relgious freedom.

Later, Lizards!

re: #233 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Ever see old pictures of Civil War Veteran reunions?.... Peg-legs, missing arms, eye patches everywhere. Civil War hospitals were hell on Earth, and the poor doctors most of the time could do nothing but apply a saw...

Here's a few reunion photos from 1912 and around that time. I don't see many injuries, but these are the ones that lived 47 years past the end of the war, so probably the most robust of the veterans.

Still, interesting to look at.

People I knew and talked to knew these people. History is so close and touchable sometimes.

re: #233 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Ever see old pictures of Civil War Veteran reunions?.... Peg-legs, missing arms, eye patches everywhere. Civil War hospitals were hell on Earth, and the poor doctors most of the time could do nothing but apply a saw...

Yes. The musket and rifle balls of the day were nothing like our M-16 "poodle shooter" bullets. They made a helluva mess of whatever they hit.

America Why I Lover Her.
The Duke.

re: #242 WrathofG-d

wrath,we're all in this together.

it wasn't that long ago i worked in a kosher butcher shop we were not supposed to do wholesale work on sunday because the state inspectors did not work on sunday.

re: #247 MandyManners

Religious freedom YES, but that doesn't mean that it isn't a Country that is predominantly Christian and run (mostly) on Christian principles.

Such as taking ones hat off when they enter a building. Or not working on Sunday.

re: #252 Boondock St. Bender

Yes. I agree. I didn't say "Christian ONLY" Country.

re: #242 WrathofG-d

I am not aware of this controversy. But if I assume that I would not have fought against it, as I understand that I am a "guest" in a Christian country.

NO NO NO. It is a question of promoting social cohesion by all people being equal before the law and one basic set of laws for everyone.

re: #249 Silhouette

Here's a few reunion photos from 1912 and around that time. I don't see many injuries, but these are the ones that lived 47 years past the end of the war, so probably the most robust of the veterans.

Still, interesting to look at.

People I knew and talked to knew these people. History is so close and touchable sometimes.

Now I understand something like 95% of battle wounds are treatable.

re: #236 yochanan

well there was the whole issue of sunday blue laws which jews opposed as for us sunday is just another day.

A LOT of people other than Jews opposed them. And when Jews opposed them for religious reasons I think they were wrong to do so.

I myself liked them, even though back then I was an agnostic.
I lstill ike the idea of having one day off from getting and spending.
Sunday is the traditional day for that in the West.
I like tradition. I like preserving our culture that way.

I lived briefly in a NJ neighborhood that was 99% Jewish and they opened stores and banks on Sunday. But they were closed sundown Fri thru Saturday.
I liked that just fine.
It never occurred to me to whine about it.

re: #245 DistantThunder

And to you, sir!

Fourth of July G..gle graphic: **==

Nah, they would not go that far.

re: #250 pre-Boomer Marine brat

i once had a black powder rifle it was 50 cal. which would explain some of the types of wounds

re: #257 DistantThunder

Now I understand something like 95% of battle wounds are treatable.

Thank heavens, because the g-g-grandson of one of those men in that CSA reunion photo was recently in an IED explosion in Iraq. And thanks to a few months treatment in the US hospital in Germany, now he is whole, well, and home with his family.

re: #250 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Yes. The musket and rifle balls of the day were nothing like our M-16 "poodle shooter" bullets. They made a helluva mess of whatever they hit.

You'll see in may battle field pictures, bodies will be partial disrobed. Frequently a soldier would be hit and not die instantly, they would remove clothing to find the wound, chest or stomach wounds would be lethal either through bleeding or later infection. The was no way to remove wounded quickly from the field of battle, and even when they did medicine of the time could not help with someone bleeding out, or a later infection.

“War is all hell,”
Sherman

G**=le this !

re: #242 WrathofG-d

I am not aware of this controversy. But if I assume that I would not have fought against it, as I understand that I am a "guest" in a Christian country.

I can understand your point ... however ... I just up-dinged Mandy's #247.

re: #261 yochanan

i once had a black powder rifle it was 50 cal. which would explain some of the types of wounds

I saw a battle photo of an insurgent who had been hit with fire from a 50 cal. I saw his neck, his ears held together by a U shaped loop of skin where his face and head used to be.

Shock and Awe!

re: #242 WrathofG-d

I am not aware of this controversy. But if I assume that I would not have fought against it, as I understand that I am a "guest" in a Christian country.

You're not a "guest." No more than any other citizen.
But if you have respect for the majority's cultural traditions....assuming they are not hateful and violent ones....
good for you!