KFC In Fallujah Not the Real Deal
Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 3:49:46 pm PDT
That “KFC” fast-food restaurant in Fallujah turns out to be unauthorized by Colonel Sanders.
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Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 3:49:46 pm PDT
That “KFC” fast-food restaurant in Fallujah turns out to be unauthorized by Colonel Sanders.
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Occasional Reader Wed, Aug 6, 2008 3:52:19pm |
Oh, that tears it. Send the Marines back in!
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doriangrey Wed, Aug 6, 2008 3:53:14pm |
Oh god somebody please tell me it was a Chinese knockoff and they were selling Mookie Magic chicken....
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noshariaincanada Wed, Aug 6, 2008 3:53:41pm |
it wouldn't be real chicken even if it was KFC ...
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so.cal.swede Wed, Aug 6, 2008 3:53:49pm |
well was it
a) a faux story?
b) a real restaurant using KFC branding unauthorized?
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Occasional Reader Wed, Aug 6, 2008 3:54:07pm |
Operation Enduring Trademark
"On my command, unleash hell."
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Ojoe Wed, Aug 6, 2008 3:55:07pm |
Maybe it is run by Lipton's tea
Finger Lipton Good
and a faster bucket ... Brisk
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Boondock St. Bender Wed, Aug 6, 2008 3:55:09pm |
re: #5 noshariaincanada
oh god not that old myth...
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reno911 Wed, Aug 6, 2008 3:56:08pm |
Capitalism and the required rule of law are not always in congruence.
Damn, I love spell checker.
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Ojoe Wed, Aug 6, 2008 3:56:49pm |
Before there was KFC there was:
Don't cook tonight
Call Chicken Delight
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Silhouette Wed, Aug 6, 2008 3:57:11pm |
I thought I detected only 10 herbs and spices
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Occasional Reader Wed, Aug 6, 2008 3:57:20pm |
But what about the sporks? Were they at least real?
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the jinxmedic Wed, Aug 6, 2008 3:57:52pm |
A lot of Fox-haters on that link.
Stop the hate!
/
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nyc redneck Wed, Aug 6, 2008 3:58:15pm |
i'd like to see a plate of that impostorous stuff.
but i can't imagine eating it.
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snowcrash Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:00:09pm |
re: #4 doriangrey
ROFL. Free range? Original or extra crispy?
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Padre Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:00:13pm |
Reminds me of how my best buddy from college would bring all these unauthorized cassette tapes from S.A. (Dad worked for Aramco) Much money to be made in fabrication. Just ask the Chinese.
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anotherindyfilmguy Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:01:15pm |
Some in a foreign country using trademarked US images and name etc without permission from the US owners to make money?
/Truly shocking...
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CapeCoddah Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:02:14pm |
Anybody remember Robin Williams Live at the Met? He did a great piece on Khadaffi. "Col Khadaffi's bomb in a bucket, come on down, bring the kids, get a grenade."
It was hilarious, but I cant find it on you tube.
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doriangrey Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:03:19pm |
re: #22 Padre
Reminds me of how my best buddy from college would bring all these unauthorized cassette tapes from S.A. (Dad worked for Aramco) Much money to be made in fabrication. Just ask the Chinese.
I had a dorm mate like that, he was the biggest asshole I have ever met. Jamie somethin or ruther... Asshole stole my passport..........
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doriangrey Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:04:13pm |
re: #21 snowcrash
ROFL. Free range? Original or extra crispy?
If its for Mookie it needs to extra extra crispy......
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Padre Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:04:13pm |
re: #25 CapeCoddah
Truly some of Williams' finest. Especially at the end.
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CapeCoddah Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:06:22pm |
re: #29 Padre
Anyone who has not seen that concert, it is worth the money.
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Ringo the Gringo Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:06:24pm |
The fact that they are using an iconic American brand name in Fallujah - even if it is unauthorized - still speaks volumes about how much the situation has turned around.
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HBob Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:07:04pm |
Franchise Frowns in the Face of Facts in Fallujah Fake Fried Fowl Fiasco
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Silhouette Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:07:13pm |
It took me a second to figure out what they were implying, but I understand now that because the restaurant with the KFC sign does not have an association with the real KFC in any way, this somehow proves the Fox News presents false news, Republicans lie, and Fallujah is still a hot bed of conflict.
It's their fautography/memogate moment! They've caught Fox "manufacturing" news. How proud they must be.
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The Other Les Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:07:50pm |
I saw a photo of one the plastic shopping bags they used. It was obviously not a correct corporate logo bag.
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CommonCents Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:08:07pm |
Who gives a crap. It's Fallujah, there is a chicken place (that looks famaliar), our soldiers can get food there, chickens are being fried not people. That's progress in my book.
Next.
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CommonCents Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:08:34pm |
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unclassifiable Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:09:51pm |
Was it this KFC?
The guy is ordering the Fallujah Special: Chicken roasted in semtex.
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CommonCents Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:09:55pm |
The fact that there was an Obama thread on the same blog as a chicken story is just plain racist.
/
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ted Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:10:11pm |
OMG. Another faux story exploded.
Bush Lied, KFC Fried.
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CapeCoddah Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:10:57pm |
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Occasional Reader Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:12:26pm |
re: #32 HBob
Franchise Frowns in the Face of Facts in Fallujah Fake Fried Fowl Fiasco
Sanders Savages Sinister Sunni Simulacrum!
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Bubblehead II Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:12:52pm |
re: #4 doriangrey
You got a thing about fried rats don't you? :-)
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faraway Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:13:16pm |
Behead those who sell finger lickin good dark meat.
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doriangrey Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:14:10pm |
re: #42 Bubblehead II
You got a thing about fried rats don't you? :-)
It's my Olympic spirit showing through.....
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solomonpanting Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:15:59pm |
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faraway Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:17:17pm |
Wait a minute, didn't Paris Hilton have the KFC guy (Col. Sanders) on her video? Maybe there's a connection.
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Bubblehead II Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:17:46pm |
re: #44 doriangrey
Ok, but protein is just protein. Just ask Charlton Heston.
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faraway Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:19:16pm |
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jorline Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:20:50pm |
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rwmofo Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:21:48pm |
Maybe the Colonel can authorize this woman to smile one day.
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doriangrey Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:21:58pm |
re: #51 faraway
Yet another connection to Paris Hilton.
Paris doesn't have fake breasts, she don't have any breasts at all....
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Bubblehead II Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:24:13pm |
re: #52 jorline
You sure it wasn't the oil field? Ya know with all that drilling going on......
/yes I know. It was bad, but you just knew someone was going to say it.
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Killian Bundy Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:25:10pm |
re: #54 doriangrey
Paris doesn't have fake breasts, she don't have any breasts at all....
/maybe so, but she's got feet like Sasquatch
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solomonpanting Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:25:11pm |
re: #54 doriangrey
Paris doesn't have fake breasts, she don't have any breasts at all....
That fell flat. Now, if she were to inflate her......
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Mardukhai Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:26:17pm |
And who cares what that dork has on her chest?
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apachegunner Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:27:13pm |
Can't we work in a phallic spin to this conversation?
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GeeWiz Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:27:31pm |
re: #23 Ojoe
Wow, that brings back memories from earlier days. They had some great ribs too.
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solomonpanting Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:28:09pm |
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LEGION Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:29:10pm |
Hope they use the right saturated fats in their oils. The looney libs have screwed with the formula here and it tastes like dreck now. Don't go there anymore- deep sigh.
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jorline Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:29:35pm |
re: #57 solomonpanting
That fell flat. Now, if she were to inflate her......
Inflate? Remember to check the pressure with your Obama tire gage.
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faraway Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:29:46pm |
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apachegunner Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:30:08pm |
re: #61 solomonpanting
Uhhhhhhhhhhh, I've read hours of it on LGF the last few days geeeesh.
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wrenchwench Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:30:58pm |
The International Committee of the Red Cross is also annoyed by "misuse" of their trademark.
So ... Should Colombia Give the Hostages Back to the Terrorists? [Andy McCarthy]
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Spiny Norman Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:31:17pm |
re: #6 so.cal.swede
well was it
a) a faux story?
b) a real restaurant using KFC branding unauthorized?
The answer clearly is "b", but the dipshit readers of TPM are convinced "Faux Newz" made it all up to convince their "gullible" viewers that the situation in Iraq is somehow "improved", when "everyone" knows it's a "complete failure".
Did I miss any DKos/Democrat talking points?
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faraway Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:33:09pm |
I think the new Paris video makes people realize Paris looks as smart as Obama when she talks about policy.
Just reinforces Obama's celebrity.
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Killgore Trout Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:33:18pm |
For those who were wondering about the religious affiliation of the Greyhound bus decapitator......
Accused bus killer worked at a church
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doriangrey Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:33:29pm |
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faraway Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:34:59pm |
re: #70 Killgore Trout
For those who were wondering about the religious affiliation of the Greyhound bus decapitator......
Accused bus killer worked at a church
I bet the dead guy on the bus said he believed in evolution.
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Ojoe Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:35:48pm |
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Mr. E. Train Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:35:49pm |
Come on down to KFC and try our fallafal snackers! They're chicken-lickin' good!
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zombie Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:35:53pm |
I don't think this is much of a huge story. All over the third world, local "entrepreneurs" try to emulate this or that American or European corporate product -- either a direct faux pirated imitation (like a fake Gucci handbag, or this fake KFC), or a subtly different knockoff ("Coke-a-Cola" etc.). Just a way to attract customers.
Actually, the very fact that an American restaurant chain would be seen as such high status that it was worth copying is good news in itself: it shows the Iraqis value Americanism and American products.
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jorline Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:36:16pm |
re: #73 faraway
I bet the dead guy on the bus said he believed in evolution.
that's a dinger faraway
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doriangrey Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:36:29pm |
re: #69 faraway
I think the new Paris video makes people realize Paris looks as smart as Obama when she talks about policy.
Just reinforces Obama's celebrity.
Or make Obama look as stupid and vapid as Paris Hilton...
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zombie Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:37:27pm |
re: #70 Killgore Trout
For those who were wondering about the religious affiliation of the Greyhound bus decapitator......
Accused bus killer worked at a church
Doesn't necessarily mean he was a Christian, or was religious.
The jury's still out on this one. My guess for his religion is: the Church of Paranoid Schizophrenia.
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Ojoe Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:37:59pm |
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Killgore Trout Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:38:43pm |
re: #80 zombie
Yeah, looks like a psychotic episode.
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faraway Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:39:08pm |
re: #79 doriangrey
Or make Obama look as stupid and vapid as Paris Hilton...
That's what I was trying to say. I blame my public school education.
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Mr. E. Train Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:39:33pm |
Hmm.. Paris, Obama? Does that mean that if a secret Obama sex tape came out he would win the election?
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doriangrey Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:39:37pm |
re: #82 Ojoe
She will get the Pro Hot vote
In Italy Cicciolina got elected, no foolin'.
Good, because every vote for her is a vote for John McCain. Since she is legally to young to be a legitimate candidate.
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zombie Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:39:49pm |
re: #6 so.cal.swede
well was it
a) a faux story?
b) a real restaurant using KFC branding unauthorized?
A real restaurant using a fake KFC sign to sell more product.
The story itself was real enough -- it's just that the fake sign was sufficient to fool some Marines and MSM members. It's not like it was a fraudulent story from the get-go -- though I'm sure it will be spun that way by the moonbats.
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faraway Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:40:55pm |
re: #87 Mr. E. Train
Hmm.. Paris, Obama? Does that mean that if a secret Obama sex tape came out he would win the election?
Finger, lickin ... oh, never mind.
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solomonpanting Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:41:17pm |
re: #87 Mr. E. Train
Hmm.. Paris, Obama? Does that mean that if a secret Obama sex tape came out he would win the election?
Nope. What happens in Paris, stays in Paris.
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vonzeitgeist Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:42:40pm |
I knew this as soon as I saw the picture. Once, I saw a Hard Rock Cafe made of thatch and corrugated aluminum!
It's still not the Falluja I knew!
I guess I have spent too much time in the third world.
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Catttt Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:42:43pm |
OT
MSM (an opinion thing) trying to say Senator McCain is "sexist" for going to Sturgis. (an American institution)
What about the naked/semi naked women? Are they "sexist"?
Harumph.
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faraway Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:43:08pm |
I have to say, Paris put out the best campaign video of the year so far.
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Killgore Trout Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:43:33pm |
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Mr. E. Train Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:43:44pm |
I vote that this year, in addition to the 3 scheduled debates, the two main contenders for the office also compete in a Jeopardy episode, an American gladiator contest and a "Yo' Mama" insult off.
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Ojoe Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:45:32pm |
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doriangrey Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:47:18pm |
re: #100 Ojoe
Senator McCain is American for going to Sturgis.
Get a clue, MSM.
Nope, anyone who actually loves America is evil and needs to suffer...
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Libs are Mental Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:48:05pm |
re: #92 solomonpanting
Nope. What happens in Paris, stays in Paris.
Unless there is a Sony night vision camera around.
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Spiny Norman Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:48:13pm |
re: #90 zombie
A real restaurant using a fake KFC sign to sell more product.
The story itself was real enough -- it's just that the fake sign was sufficient to fool some Marines and MSM members. It's not like it was a fraudulent story from the get-go -- though I'm sure it will be spun that way by the moonbats.
One of the knuckleheads at TPM seems to think the whole thing is a fake - there isn't even any Iraqi ripoff of the KFC logo and our guys set it up - and is calling for an investigation of the "politicization of the military".
Gotta weed out the "right-wingers" in the USMC, I guess...
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doriangrey Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:48:14pm |
re: #92 solomonpanting
Nope. What happens in Paris, stays in Paris.
Cough cough, not according to her porno videos...
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Noam Sayin' Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:48:35pm |
re: #90 zombie
A real restaurant using a fake KFC sign to sell more product.
The story itself was real enough -- it's just that the fake sign was sufficient to fool some Marines and MSM members. It's not like it was a fraudulent story from the get-go -- though I'm sure it will be spun that way by the moonbats.
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Mr. E. Train Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:48:41pm |
re: #100 Ojoe
Senator McCain is American for going to Sturgis.
Get a clue, MSM.
Middle America often clings to their Harley's, raucous out door BBQs and hot topless girlfriends. A vote for Obama is a vote to end such barbaric, un-pc behavior.
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faraway Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:48:49pm |
I want to see Cindy McCain fulfill her promise to enter the Miss Buffalo Chip pageant.
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Ojoe Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:49:22pm |
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IslandLibertarian Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:49:39pm |
"I believe ... that this war is lost, and this surge is not accomplishing anything, as is shown by the opening of this fraudulent restaurant in Iraq." Harry Ried
/It's a finger lickin' quagmire!
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big L Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:49:40pm |
why in the world would she make "That" video?
She is pretty smart to manage all those paying gigs.
And she had a great explanation.
/amazed
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Kragar (proud to be kafir) Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:50:34pm |
Kragaristan's positions is the Colonel's secret blend of herbs and spices should be shared with the world. If not, Kragaristan will immediately begin work on its own secret herb and spices project unless certain of our other demands are met.
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Spiny Norman Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:50:37pm |
re: #94 Catttt
OT
MSM (an opinion thing) trying to say Senator McCain is "sexist" for going to Sturgis. (an American institution)
What about the naked/semi naked women? Are they "sexist"?
Harumph.
No, they're "exploited and too stupid to know it".
/womyns studies
:^þ
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Mr. E. Train Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:52:05pm |
Paris's sex tape did more to make her a celeb than anything else. Having a sex tape 'accidentally' released is an almost sure ticket to stardom among generation Y.
And thus Western civilization crumbles a bit more.
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loveguru Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:53:03pm |
ah, that not Kentucky Fried Chicken ..... thats khasib Fried Chicken..
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Mr. E. Train Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:53:04pm |
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Ojoe Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:53:36pm |
re: #116 Mr. E. Train
Well yes and no, you see here some impetus toward reproduction do you not?
In islam it is all in a sack
then they blow you up
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Catttt Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:54:03pm |
re: #100 Ojoe
Senator McCain is American for going to Sturgis.
Get a clue, MSM.
Topless beaches in France are chi chi and Euro and cool.
Topless (all-American) bikers are - sexist. I detect grasping at - - - - straws by the MSM.
Truly, sexism is mutilation of genitals of young girls with rusty knives.
Sexism ISN'T women going topless because they want to do so.
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J.S. Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:54:10pm |
re: #70 Killgore Trout
I believe that in this instance, Li's psychiatric assessment is of greater importance than his "religion" (whatever that was)...There have also been further updates (clarifications) on this story. A few days ago it was reported (and believed) that Li was "an immigrant" who had lived in Canada for 4 years. Now, (with his most recent court appearance), it's been determined that Li is a Canadian citizen and that he has lived in Canada for 7 years...(there's a span of time which is still unaccounted for). (He worked at the church in Winnipeg for approx. 6 months, then left Winnipeg, Manitoba for Edmonton, Alberta. There are also reports that he spent some time in a psychiatric ward in Alberta.)
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Ojoe Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:54:49pm |
Google "harley beer holder" on images.
not work safe
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Airedale Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:55:13pm |
Wasn't there a fatwa by a Shia cleric stating Iraqi's shouldn't sell food to 'occupiers'?
Well,
Looks like the sunni's of Fallujah use "branding" to do just the opposite LOL
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Dr. Shalit Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:56:40pm |
re: #15 Tigger2005
FFC
Fallujah Fried Cat.
"Tigg" -
All 'y'all beat me to it - I was thinking "Iraqi Fried Rat!"
-S-
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Slumbering Behemoth Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:56:53pm |
Asked how KFC was working with the military, Lecureuil wrote only that: "Concerning the military, we have a long-standing and excellent relationship with them as we have quite a few KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut stores in military bases outside the US."
I won't touch fast food, I just do not like it. But if I did like it, I would be patronizing these spots much more often based on the above statement.
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Kragar (proud to be kafir) Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:58:16pm |
re: #127 Slumbering Behemoth
I won't touch fast food, I just do not like it. But if I did like it, I would be patronizing these spots much more often based on the above statement.
Over on the base I work at, we got KenTacoHut. Its all 3 menus at one place.
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Catttt Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:58:43pm |
re: #126 Dr. Shalit
"Tigg" -
All 'y'all beat me to it - I was thinking "Iraqi Fried Rat!"
-S-
Rat sounds good.
Cat sounds bad. :D
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GeeWiz Wed, Aug 6, 2008 4:59:16pm |
re: #118 Mr. E. Train
HURRAY! Your average!
Thanks, I think. Boy I come here and hope that I may increase my knowledge so my ego can be inflated (channel BHO) and now I'm told that I'm average. How can I explain that to my children who expect me to be God?
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unclassifiable Wed, Aug 6, 2008 5:00:43pm |
re: #112 Kragar (proud to be kafir)
We are going to send you a nasty letter threatening to cut off your supply of 11 herbs and spices unless you send us a letter back with a question.
Then we will have to meet and get back with you.
UN Spice Herb Proliferation Commitee
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doriangrey Wed, Aug 6, 2008 5:01:04pm |
re: #126 Dr. Shalit
"Tigg" -
All 'y'all beat me to it - I was thinking "Iraqi Fried Rat!"
-S-
Dont make me Magic chicken you.....
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doriangrey Wed, Aug 6, 2008 5:02:10pm |
re: #130 GeeWiz
Thanks, I think. Boy I come here and hope that I may increase my knowledge so my ego can be inflated (channel BHO) and now I'm told that I'm average. How can I explain that to my children who expect me to be God?
Just tell them you are smarter than Paris Hilton, and they will love and respect you...
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Kragar (proud to be kafir) Wed, Aug 6, 2008 5:03:37pm |
re: #131 unclassifiable
We are going to send you a nasty letter threatening to cut off your supply of 11 herbs and spices unless you send us a letter back with a question.
Then we will have to meet and get back with you.
UN Spice Herb Proliferation Commitee
Could you please take a few steps to the left? Just stand inside that box on the floor there. PERFECT!
/activates trapdoor
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lifeofthemind Wed, Aug 6, 2008 5:05:29pm |
That's OK Saunders wasn't a real Colonel.
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Perplexed Wed, Aug 6, 2008 5:06:59pm |
Now the lawyers will descend upon the eatery. The Iraqis thought that having the US military over there was bad, just wait for the devastation the lawyers bring (something along the lines of Biblical plagues).
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Silhouette Wed, Aug 6, 2008 5:07:27pm |
re: #135 lifeofthemind
That's OK Saunders wasn't a real Colonel.
I don't think Dr Pepper ever went to medical school.
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thepresenceusmc Wed, Aug 6, 2008 5:08:23pm |
It's actually an enlightened metaphor for the war. In the cause of freedom, justice, and the American way, we have launched an optional war that pretends to uphold all of the traditional values, but which has made a mockery of those traditions.
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Slumbering Behemoth Wed, Aug 6, 2008 5:08:46pm |
re: #128 Kragar (proud to be kafir)
Over on the base I work at, we got KenTacoHut. Its all 3 menus at one place.
I think it's pretty awesome that they provide their services to U.S. military bases overseas.
Like I said, if I could stand fast food I would be throwing more money their way.
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doriangrey Wed, Aug 6, 2008 5:09:09pm |
re: #136 Perplexed
Now the lawyers will descend upon the eatery. The Iraqis thought that having the US military over there was bad, just wait for the devastation the lawyers bring (something along the lines of Biblical plagues).
Yea, which is worse, a plague of locus or a plague of lawyers
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Spiny Norman Wed, Aug 6, 2008 5:09:38pm |
re: #116 Mr. E. Train
Paris's sex tape did more to make her a celeb than anything else. Having a sex tape 'accidentally' released is an almost sure ticket to stardom among generation Y.
And thus Western civilization crumbles a bit more.
Those tapes certainly didn't hurt her career in, umm... whatever her "career" is.
I wonder if some of our more progressive institutions of higher learning will start offering degree programs in "celebrity".
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unclassifiable Wed, Aug 6, 2008 5:10:50pm |
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GeeWiz Wed, Aug 6, 2008 5:11:25pm |
re: #133 doriangrey
LMAO! BTW, I sense that you are feeling better. At least I hope that you are. Since my children think I am God, I command you to heal thyself.
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Perplexed Wed, Aug 6, 2008 5:12:42pm |
re: #141 doriangrey
Plague of lawyers is much worse than a plague of locusts. The locusts leave after they've eaten everything. The plague of lawyers would have the dead disinterred for the gold and silver just because the dead once ate at the eatery.
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lifeofthemind Wed, Aug 6, 2008 5:13:09pm |
Was watching The News Hour. Judy Woodruff has two guests, one a left wing Arab female journalist the other a left wing academic, going over what a disaster Iraq is and why the surge wasn't a real success. Not even the usual sacrificial third seat for a trained Republican or trained moderate. The theme was that since the Iraqi Parliament went on a 5 week break without passing an election law they are worthless hacks who deserve to be cut off by the Americans. No comment on how the Democrats in the US Congress just went off on vacation without passing an energy bill.
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Kragar (proud to be kafir) Wed, Aug 6, 2008 5:13:17pm |
re: #144 unclassifiable
Jokes on you!
Now you are ronery!
BTW we contacted our brethren at the UN Trapdoor Proliferation Committee. We noticed on the way down that your trap door did not have one of their inspection tags. For shame. Another nasty letter for you!
HAHA! We helped appoint the current Chairman for the UNTPC. We are currently making sure the US and Israel are being held accountable for their trapdoor technology while our program can continue unharmed.
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lifeofthemind Wed, Aug 6, 2008 5:15:18pm |
re: #141 doriangrey
Yea, which is worse, a plague of locus or a plague of lawyers
If they were really dumb they'd have offended Disney. That outfit probably has better guns than the Iraqis.
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A Kiwi Infidel Wed, Aug 6, 2008 5:16:13pm |
KFC = MSG give...........me..............bad...............h ead.............ache.
Cant.............eat............
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doriangrey Wed, Aug 6, 2008 5:16:28pm |
re: #145 GeeWiz
LMAO! BTW, I sense that you are feeling better. At least I hope that you are. Since my children think I am God, I command you to heal thyself.
Yup, might even make it back to work tomorrow... Kind of scared to find out what kind of mess my knuckleheads have been making for the last two and a half days though...
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lifeofthemind Wed, Aug 6, 2008 5:18:29pm |
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unclassifiable Wed, Aug 6, 2008 5:20:38pm |
HAHA! We helped appoint the current Chairman for the UNTPC.
I knew it.
You work on the Obama campaign!
You put him there didn't you?
I know your dirty little secret now! How your anointed one will build the super secret gigantic "H&C" trap door and spring it on the US.
We're on to you Kragar and we will hunt you and your minions to the ends of the earth.
But first a nice lunch at Inn on the Green with the other members of the UN Secret World Domination Proliferation Committee. Care to join us?
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jorline Wed, Aug 6, 2008 5:28:46pm |
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GeeWiz Wed, Aug 6, 2008 5:44:59pm |
re: #151 doriangrey
Trust me on this, I really, really know that feeling!
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Spiny Norman Wed, Aug 6, 2008 5:50:55pm |
re: #136 Perplexed
Now the lawyers will descend upon the eatery. The Iraqis thought that having the US military over there was bad, just wait for the devastation the lawyers bring (something along the lines of Biblical plagues).
Many years ago I read an magazine article about what the trial lawyers have done to civil court system and the accompanying illustration was of a descending swarm of locusts in three-piece suits carrying briefcases.
=^0
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Wendya Wed, Aug 6, 2008 5:57:37pm |
re: #56 Killian Bundy
/maybe so, but she's got feet like Sasquatch
/cough
I'm 3" taller but have the same shoe size (11). I'd look pretty freaking stupid with little barbie doll feet.
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GeeWiz Wed, Aug 6, 2008 6:10:13pm |
re: #151 doriangrey
The hour is late on the East Coast and I must crawl out of bed in the AM to prevent the disaster you will deal with so I wish all "weet dreams".
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Dustyvet Wed, Aug 6, 2008 6:12:14pm |
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William Wed, Aug 6, 2008 6:57:30pm |
Basically a moot point. It's a famous American-branded store titled "KFC" with a picture of Colonel Sanders and selling fried chicken to the Iraqi people.
A clear success for Western Civilization.
A clear loss for the losers at "Talking Points Memo" performing the "investigative" work of our enemies in an attempt to discredit a clear sign of American success in Iraq.
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Throbert McGee Wed, Aug 6, 2008 7:40:28pm |
re: #76 zombie
I don't think this is much of a huge story. All over the third world, local "entrepreneurs" try to emulate this or that American or European corporate product
Including Brooklyn! When I lived in Park Slope (1997-2003), the following mom & pop restaurants were within walking distance of me:
Kansas Fried Chicken
Kennedy Fried Chicken
JFK Fried Chicken
...and last but not least...
K o nt o cky Fried Chicken
(Yes, in the last example, it was obvious that the outdoor sign had originally said "Kentucky," because the two o's didn't quite match the rest of the letters.)
I should emphasize that none of them ripped off KFC's color scheme or the Colonel branding -- just the name.
And the type of fried chicken take-out places I'm talking about were definitely an NYC institution -- invariably they would have gyros/doner/shawarma plus a range of deep-fried snacks (such as "Jalapeño Poppers") in addition to the chicken 'n' biscuits.
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The Other Les Wed, Aug 6, 2008 7:43:55pm |
Photo of obviously fake KFC bag.
(Sorry, I went off and took a nap.))
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Throbert McGee Wed, Aug 6, 2008 7:57:09pm |
re: #161 William
Basically a moot point. It's a famous American-branded store titled "KFC" with a picture of Colonel Sanders and selling fried chicken to the Iraqi people.
By the way, if you are familiar with the Arabic alphabet it's easy to sound out the words on the store's sign:
mlk ad-djaaj al-kntaakii
Note that in Arabic, as in Hebrew, short vowels are generally not written, though certain long vowels are. And since I don't speak Arabic, I have no idea where the short vowels would go, so there are probably a few missing in my transliteration!
But anyway, al-kntaakii is obvious, and a little Googling reveals that djaaj means "chicken," so mlk can presumably be translated as "fried."
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Throbert McGee Wed, Aug 6, 2008 8:04:50pm |
re: #163 The Other Les
Aha -- following up on my #164, the Arabic word I couldn't identify, mlk, has got to be malik -- meaning "king," not "fried." (Note the crown design on the Iraqi KFC bag.)
Thus, the Arabic name of the restaurant in full is malik ad-djaaj al-kntaakii -- translating to "King of Chickens from Kentucky," or something approximately like that.
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Hard Right Wed, Aug 6, 2008 9:05:46pm |
re: #69 faraway
I think the new Paris video makes people realize Paris looks as smart as Obama when she talks about policy.
Just reinforces Obama's celebrity.
Goes to show that you can look smart with a teleprompter and someone else giving you orders.
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Hard Right Wed, Aug 6, 2008 9:11:01pm |
re: #116 Mr. E. Train
Paris's sex tape did more to make her a celeb than anything else. Having a sex tape 'accidentally' released is an almost sure ticket to stardom among generation Y.
And thus Western civilization crumbles a bit more.
That leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
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hurricane567 Wed, Aug 6, 2008 10:58:17pm |
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery? Also, KFC stinks on ice, try Popeye's instead
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valdez Thu, Aug 7, 2008 4:14:25am |
...you can piss off the Kurds, you can mess with the Sunni, you can even double cross the Shiite, but woe onto those bring tread on the trademark of an American corporation!
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BohicaTwentyTwo Thu, Aug 7, 2008 8:04:46am |
The anti-globalization leftists should be happy about this.
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