Nothing was confirmed because Syria got rid of the debris.

Blow it up.

re: #2 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

oops...again.

I didn't know one of those A's stood for Archeology.

"Stop! or I shall say 'Stop' again!"

We're shocked - shocked... blah, blah, blah...

"We have a confirmed maybe."

Move the U.N. to Brussels please.

I suppose that glowing when you visit the site is suspicious we need more investigation.

re: #7 IslandLibertarian

Oh wait, we can't do that.
Prada and Gucci New York might go under.

I wonder when the IAEA will discover that the sun comes up in the morning? (ass, both hands, flashlight)

The UN...The Peter Principle in action.

The intent of that site seemed pretty obvious when, following the air raid, they sent bulldozers in before ambulances.

re: #11 pingjockey

The UN...The Peter Principle in action.

That would be Pierre Principle.

AP: IAEA: Syrian site could have been nuclear reactor

Reuters: Syria site hit by Israel resembled atom plant: IAEA

AFP: IAEA unable to say if bombed Syrian site was nuclear reactor

AFP: the worst of the worst.

This just in, water is wet.

You don't say.

re: #13 Wishing
Merci.

re: #12 USCMSNE

The intent of that site seemed pretty obvious when, following the air raid, they sent bulldozers in before ambulances.

Well that's understandable since all ambulances were on loan to the Palestinians who were trying to sneak terrorists and weapons into Israel.

A Syrian complex bombed by Israel bore multiple features resembling those of a nuclear reactor

MULTIPLE features, not just one or two.

Annual salaries of $250k to figure out what the rest of the world has known since day one. Joke, complete joke.

I smell direct talks without preconditions!

that bright flash was *not* an illicitly produced nuclear weapon that the IAEA failed to detect.

it was just them discovering the blindingly obvious.

/nothing to see here people, now just move along please.

Is it still true that the IAEA has not caught one single violator in its entire history?

the report said “significant” amounts of uranium particles were found at the site by inspectors who checked it in June.

/ but,but,but it was naturally occurring uranium

snip: It said further investigation and greater Syrian transparency were needed.

Um, Syrian transparency? What is it?

Obama and the IAEA---Perfect Together!

No doubt the "strongly worded" letter is forthcoming.

re: #21 Sharmuta

I smell direct talks without preconditions!

too bad that isn't "Direct attacks without previous warnings."

re: #25 Wishing

snip: It said further investigation and greater Syrian transparency were needed.

Um, Syrian transparency? What is it?

When the Iranians pull their hand out of their sock puppet in Damascus.

How can comedians say they won't have good material for the next 4 years?

re: #25 Wishing

snip: It said further investigation and greater Syrian transparency were needed.

Um, Syrian transparency? What is it?

maybe they meant glass?

The IAEA is highly competent: any rogue regime (as long as they are muslim, mind you), can and will have an "undetected* nuclear program. It's in the bylaws.

Dear Leader™, please make the bad men go away. Please bring prosperity back to America. Thank you Dear Leader™.

Syria claims the traces of uranium found at the site were residue from Israeli missiles used to bomb the area.

The IAEA's inspectors had "not been able to establish the exact origin, because the particles were fairly small," the senior UN official said.

A second official said the report -- the IAEA's first since it dispatched a team of experts to investigate Dair Alzour in June -- was "not conclusive."

The IAEA was "assessing Syria's explanation of the origin of the uranium particles."

IAEA can't deal with "fairly small" particles?

Obama will be all gray haired in 4 years.

re: #30 NYCHardhat

How can comedians say they won't have good material for the next 4 years?

Actually already the hits keep coming and coming!
/they really should have a field day for the next four years...

re: #35 wrenchwench

You know...like atoms.

"The Jews bombed us with nuclear waste!"

re: #33 Racer X

Dear Mis-Leader™, please make the bad men go away. Please bring prosperity back to America. Thank you Dear Mis-Leader™.

/my preference...

And the EU will form a scientific panel to study the IAEA's possible conclusions. Report to follow after consultations with the Obama White House.

The UN is so inept.

*sigh*

re: #42 poopeedoo

And they sold the property next door instead.

re: #39 pat

"The Jews bombed us with nuclear waste!"

Lol!

Oh by the way:
" The confidential IAEA report"

Psss--don't tell anyone!

Hey Cali lizards your votes don't matter. State Supreme Court just said so. So now you're just like Wa. State. We vote, the court says umm no.

Wait, I thought Israel was going after a children's hospital!

/sarcasm

I don't know why this matters. Obama's going to rid the world of nooks anyway ;-)

re: #36 NYCHardhat

Why?
He's on THEIR side.

You're kidding, right? Obama is not really president is he? Tell me you're kidding.

It's times like this I want to say bad things about the United Nations that would no doubt get me reported to the Lizard King.

The report complained that the investigation had been "severely hampered by (Israel's) unilateral use of force"

You can't make this stuff up.

re: #48 pingjockey

Hey Cali lizards your votes don't matter. State Supreme Court just said so. So now you're just like Wa. State. We vote, the court says umm no.

What are you referring to? Tell me it's not prop 8...

re: #52 buzzsawmonkey

Crannies too?

I thought Crannie already died?

re: #41 Nevergiveup

And the EU will form a scientific panel to study the IAEA's possible conclusions. Report to follow after consultations with the Obama White House.

But somehow they leap into action within the week with global warming BS when NASA declares October the 10th hottest October in history. Albeit, while using Septembers temperature records vice the actual records from October. What a bunch of knuckleheads.

Yeah, significant amounts or uranium particles prove nothing, we need further investigation, more transparency is needed, the onus of verification is on Syria, investigation is severely hampered by (Israel's) unilateral use of force, blah blah blah.

What a fricking useless organization. Inspector Clouseau could do a better job investigating this for crying out loud.

re: #56 poopeedoo
Yep. State Supreme has agreed to hear 3 lawsuits over Prop. 8.

Now now.

British and Syrian intelligence organizations are now working together.

They are our ally.

They will provide stability.

The UN is obviously controlled by Zionists.

re: #51 CalBear84

I hope for the life of this country you are wrong. But I am scared to find out.

re: #60 pingjockey

Yep. State Supreme has agreed to hear 3 lawsuits over Prop. 8.

What's to worry about. I am sure the 9th circuit will stand behind the people's will?
/

re: #33 Racer X

Dear Leader™, please make the bad men go away. Please bring prosperity back to America. Thank you Dear Leader™.

But I want to call him Fearless Leader, after Rocky and Bullwinkle's nemesis.

/pretty please

re: #60 pingjockey

Yep. State Supreme has agreed to hear 3 lawsuits over Prop. 8.

Damn right wing bastards forcing their values on the rest of us!

Er, wait...

re: #60 pingjockey

Yep. State Supreme has agreed to hear 3 lawsuits over Prop. 8.

That's just great... Fabulous use of our taxpayer's money ~ that the state doesn't have.

UGH!

re: #48 pingjockey

Hey Cali lizards your votes don't matter. State Supreme Court just said so. So now you're just like Wa. State. We vote, the court says umm no.

What has happened to our country, when the people vote their minds and the high court has the GALL to overturn it? Hasn't this same thing happened before in Calif?

re: #28 redc1c4

too bad that isn't "Direct attacks without previous warnings."

That would be for Iran...

re: #48 pingjockey

These people won't rest until same-sex marriage is legal in CA.
It's a friggin joke.
We vote it down / courts overturn / repeat as needed.
It's like some banana republic...I'd laugh if I didn't live in CA!

re: #63 Nevergiveup
Mwahahaha! The Ninth Circus...hehehe...walking cluster fuck.

re: #64 taxfreekiller
So, tfk, how long do you give the US$ before it goes bust along with everything else?

re: #68 Wishing

What has happened to our country, when the people vote their minds and the high court has the GALL to overturn it? Hasn't this same thing happened before in Calif?

Yep...

Israel is presently in an official state of war with Syria and Iran.re: #60 pingjockey

Yep. State Supreme has agreed to hear 3 lawsuits over Prop. 8.

Best 2 out of 3?

Noted Ethicist Joy Behar: Criticizing Barack Obama Before He Takes Office is "Unpatriotic"
—Ace

After all, we haven't given him a chance.

[Link: ace.mu.nu...]

So SHUT UP!

re: #57 Nevergiveup

I thought Crannie already died?

That was grannie, grannie! sheesh

OK, I'll be waiting now for Seymour Hersh's apology then...(sound of crickets chirping)
[Link: www.newyorker.com...]

Seymour Hersh = fraud

If there was even an award for most inept international body it would have to be named The IAEA Award!

re: #68 Wishing

What has happened to our country, when the people vote their minds and the high court has the GALL to overturn it? Hasn't this same thing happened before in Calif?

Remeber the FLA Supreme Court trying to give the election to Gore?

re: #76 Wishing

That was grannie, grannie! sheesh

Never mind.

re: #68 Wishing

What has happened to our country, when the people vote their minds and the high court has the GALL to overturn it? Hasn't this same thing happened before in Calif?

The same thing will happen here in Connecticut next year. The Super court said gay "marriage" is ok. Now we have about 2 dozen groups getting together to put the same question CA had on the ballot ASAP. Going to waste about $100 million we don't have.

re: #68 Wishing
Don't know. IIRC we voted on term limits here in Washington state and it got tossed out by the courts. Buncha black robed vultures doing the bidding of the ruling class.

re: #74 Spare O'Lake

LOL...shall we make it best of 7?

re: #42 poopeedoo

The UN is so inept.

*sigh*

Yep except when it comes to art.
[Link: www.foxnews.com...]

re: #71 pingjockey

Mwahahaha! The Ninth Circus...hehehe...walking cluster fuck.

O.K...someone with a legal mind (as opposed to an illegal mind), how does a California constitutional ammendment become a federal case?

re: #78 Sharmuta

If there was even an award for most inept international body it would have to be named The IAEA Award!

hell, that's like re-naming the Oscar "Tom Hanks". He'd keep winning his own award.

re: #84 Suzette

Yep except when it comes to art.
[Link: www.foxnews.com...]

Their proprities are screwy, too.

re: #75 Nevergiveup
Ol' joy can s*&^ my (&*^& and &*^% plus &^%$!

re: #36 NYCHardhat

Obama will be all gray haired in 4 years.

Only his hairdresser will know for sure.

re: #84 Suzette

Vomit.

re: #82 pingjockey

Don't know. IIRC we voted on term limits here in Washington state and it got tossed out by the courts. Buncha black robed vultures doing the bidding of the ruling class.

We become more and more like Israel with every passing day.

Don't worry about the potential reactor folks, Obama says you can talk to these people and if you just understand them, everything will be OK.

Between this stuff and the market, we got big problems.

Let's not forget that while our Economy goes through trouble, we are still handing millions, if not billions over to the U.N.

re: #92 Wishing
What? Their courts overturn the will of the people too? Damn.

re: #20 Wishing

Annual salaries of $250k to figure out what the rest of the world has known since day one. Joke, complete joke.

Can I have that job, I would bet I have learned more here on LGF then all of the IAEA knows,

re: #94 WrathofG-d

The impossibility of reason?

re: #71 pingjockey

To put it lightly in fact.

re: #85 eschew_obfuscation

O.K...someone with a legal mind (as opposed to an illegal mind), how does a California constitutional ammendment become a federal case?

woops...nevermind...it's the state supreme court...(blushes in a legally blond sort of way).

re: #97 NYCHardhat

Unethical Nitwits

re: #75 Nevergiveup

Noted Ethicist Joy Behar: Criticizing Barack Obama Before He Takes Office is "Unpatriotic"
—Ace

After all, we haven't given him a chance.

[Link: ace.mu.nu...]

So SHUT UP!

I'm convinced that Joy Behar is Keith Olbermann in drag.

re: #62 NYCHardhat

I'm afraid to find out as well.
I think we are going to see 4 years of massive spending in congress, coupled with the whimpiest foreign policy since Carter.
Throw in an emasculation of the Patriot Act...

re: #95 pingjockey

What? Their courts overturn the will of the people too? Damn.

Match the Zero up with Olmert...bookends.

re: #96 BBev
But you'd be competant. The UN doesn't want competant people. They want people who appear to be competant.

re: #104 pingjockey

But you'd be competant. The UN doesn't want competant people. They want people who appear to be competant.

What, appear? A 10 year old would scoff!

“significant” amounts of uranium particles were found at the site by inspectors who checked it in June but it was not enough to prove a reactor was there and further investigation was needed.

In related news, the UN had moved forward on its investigation to see if voice can be transported over wire, another survey on the best way to resist Napoleon's empirical ambitions, but it still considering the effect ice had, if any, on the sinking of the Titanic.

Bill Ayers says we must abolish all prisons.

Does BHO agree? What to do with terrorists then - talk to them until they are no longer terrorists?

Hey is Obama still considering appointing Caroline Kennedy to the UN?

re: #94 WrathofG-d

Let's not forget that while our Economy goes through trouble, we are still handing millions, if not billions over to the U.N.

Wait until Obama springs his .07% payroll tax to relieve world hunger!

I think the phrase, *without preconditions*, comes out of Olmert's playbook.

re: #105 Wishing
Well they only have to satisfy a bazillion Muslims, the petty tyrants, etc... Not people with a functioning brain.

re: #94 WrathofG-d

Let's not forget that while our Economy goes through trouble, we are still handing millions, if not billions over to the U.N.

And they are handing it to third world dictators, who assure them that they will fairly distribute it to starving children.

re: #107 Racer X

Bill Ayers says we must abolish all prisons.

Does BHO agree? What to do with terrorists then - talk to them until they are no longer terrorists?

We'll find out if he closes GITMO.

re: #101 David Simon

I'm convinced that Joy Behar is Keith Olbermann in drag.

She is a creature.

re: #104 pingjockey

But you'd be competant. The UN doesn't want competant people. They want people who appear to be competant.

For that kind of cash I might be able to learn that ;-}

sarc/

re: #107 Racer X

Bill Ayers says we must abolish all prisons.

Does BHO agree? What to do with terrorists then - talk to them until they are no longer terrorists?

I think Billy meant (gawd, we have another billy in washington) he wanted to open ALL the prisons in the US.

This is the way the world ends:
Not with a bang, but a whimper.

re: #115 BBev
Ya don't want that cash, it is blood money.

re: #116 Wishing

I wonder how he would feel if he was raped? Would he still want all prisons open?

re: #118 pingjockey

Ya don't want that cash, it is blood money.

thats why I put the sarc/ at the end. I agree

re: #119 NYCHardhat

I wonder how he would feel if he was raped? Would he still want all prisons open?

um...my guess is that would depend. Was he clean, articulate? LOLOL

Now this may just be a coincidence, but financial markets worldwide went in the tank as soon as it became clear Obama would be the world leader.

I'm just sayin.

Just wondering, do we give the Somali pirates one day posting priveleges for "Talk like a pirate day" next year?

re: #107 Racer X

Bill Ayers says we must abolish all prisons.

Does BHO agree? What to do with terrorists then - talk to them until they are no longer terrorists?

We'll always have prisons. Except in some areas, it is the good people locked up and the criminals who rule the world.

Like where all the buildings have bars on their windows and the majority of the people lock themselves in after dark.

Obama's pal Ayers would have the whole world this way. Freedom for evil: prison for the good!

re: #121 Wishing
Oh jeez.

re: #90 taxfreekiller

100,000 of thousands of human sex slaves within.

$700,000,000 bail out of banks.

You have human slaves within America.

You have Bankers in your tax money aided and abetted by commies and crooks.

What will you do America, you are looking at yourselves, you can not help it, what do you see?

Sir, put down the bong and slowly back away.

re: #120 BBev
I saw that. Lots of innocent blood on the UNs hands.

re: #36 NYCHardhat

Obama will be all gray haired in 4 years.

We will all be gray haired.

Breaking News: In an effort to make the IAEA more efficient, from now on all appointments will be made by the UAW!

Happened in the Year 46 Obama.

Irrelevant.

re: #123 opnion

Just wondering, do we give the Somali pirates one day posting priveleges for "Talk like a pirate day" next year?

I spit coffee on keyboard ROFL

re: #122 Racer X

So how long of a recession are we looking at? 2 years? 3?

Shocked! Shocked I say! That a member of the United Nations might pursue illicit or illegal activities!

re: #122 Racer X

Now this may just be a coincidence, but financial markets worldwide went in the tank as soon as it became clear Obama would be the world leader.

I'm just sayin.

I think it was 3Wood who said the Dow was down 15% since he was elected.

re: #126 Ceemack

Sir, put down the bong and slowly back away.

*runs and steals said bong*

re: #123 opnion
Arrr. They not be for real pirates matey. They be askin' for ransom.

re: #128 debutaunt

I don't have any. Torn out from this past election.

re: #107 Racer X

Bill Ayers says we must abolish all prisons.

Personally I agree with Ayers.

What we should do. IMO.

re: #123 opnion

Just wondering, do we give the Somali pirates one day posting priveleges for "Talk like a pirate day" next year?

Gerrr them slimy bastards are not worth the salt in my crotch.

re: #134 Sharmuta

I think it was 3Wood who said the Dow was down 15% since he was elected.

I think it has gone from 9300 to under 8000 today since that tragic day.

re: #135 Ben Hur

Can I come?

re: #93 3 wood

Another bloodbath today. This is bad.

re: #62 NYCHardhat

I hope for the life of this country you are wrong. But I am scared to find out.

Nice avatar, very nice...(wipes drool off keyboard)

re: #136 pingjockey

Arrr. They not be for real pirates matey. They be askin' for ransom.

Yarrr, so that be a no then?

re: #134 Sharmuta

I think it was 3Wood who said the Dow was down 15% since he was elected.

Yep. And it's off 40% since 11 months ago. Slowest fricking market crash I've seen.

re: #143 A Kiwi Infidel

She is stunning isnt she?

re: #140 Nevergiveup

I think it has gone from 9300 to under 8000 today since that tragic day.

He single handedly wiped out the Clinton and Bush gains, and he hasn't even taken office yet!

re: #132 NYCHardhat

So how long of a recession are we looking at? 2 years? 3?

I'm not in an optimistic mood today.

/bad news

re: #27 johnnyreb

No doubt the "strongly worded" letter is forthcoming.

The IDF delivered one; it was duct-taped to one of the bombs.

Ha! The AQ 2nd in command called Obama a "House N***r. " Yep talks with no conditions are gonna work real well with the Islamists of any stripe.

re: #145 Honorary Yooper

Yep. And it's off 40% since 11 months ago. Slowest fricking market crash I've seen.

If only 0bama was this good at crashing hostile regimes as he is with crashing markets, what a world this could be, huh?

re: #139 BBev

Gerrr them slimy bastards are not worth the salt in my crotch.

Yaaar, but they be keepin their bucanners under their buckan hats.

re: #36 NYCHardhat

Obama will be all gray haired in 4 years.

Sure it'll take that long? I see him gray haired in two years while chain smoking.

re: #108 Nevergiveup

Hey is Obama still considering appointing Caroline Kennedy to the UN?

I don't know, but I could see him appointing Farrakhan as the ambassador to the Holy See.

/sarc

re: #141 Sharmuta

Can I come?

But of course.

The latest report by the International Atomic Energy Agency reveals that Iran is rapidly increasing its stockpile of enriched uranium, which could be rendered into weapons-grade material should Tehran decide to develop a nuclear device.

[Link: www.ft.com...] are moving forward, they are not making diplomatic overtures, they are accumulating low enriched uranium,” said Cliff Kupchan, an analyst at the Eurasia Group, a risk consultancy in Washington. “These guys are committed to their nuclear programme: if we didn’t know that, they just told us again.”

And the hits just keep on coming!

re: #144 opnion
Arrgh. Definetely avast.

re: #139 BBev

Gerrr them slimy bastards are not worth the salt in my crotch.

Crotch salt, nice.

I read the Indian Navy blew up a somalian pirate mother ship. Seems we need to learn from them how to deal with these bastards.

re: #148 Racer X

This may brighten your day.

IAEA serving up Syria's program to cover its ass on Iran's program?

re: #146 NYCHardhat

She is stunning isnt she?

In one word, YES.

re: #159 NYCHardhat

Love that avatar.

re: #162 Ben Hur

Love that avatar.

Get yea to the back of the queue.

Obama has said he may be looking to create a "team of rivals." But this stack-up of Clinton veterans in the Obama administration has already caused buzz that this may not be what some people were looking for when they voted for change. Buried in that Rasmussen poll was this nugget: "Despite the support for Clinton to be secretary of state, 70% of voters think Obama should reach out and appoint new people for his Cabinet rather than including more people who served in the Clinton administration."

HAHAHAHA

re: #160 Ben Hur
A little misdirection maybe. The IAEA can't do shit about Iran anyway. It'll be up to Israel. Prez. Obambi won't do anything about Iran.

re: #145 Honorary Yooper

Yep. And it's off 40% since 11 months ago. Slowest fricking market crash I've seen.

See the 2000-2002 bear market (or 74-75 etc.). This could - and probably will - get worse.

re: #159 NYCHardhat

This may brighten your day.

That "conflict of interests" (to say the least) is infinately more dangerous to the country than Cheney having once been the CEO of Haliburton.

re: #159 NYCHardhat

This may brighten your day.

The man who just keeps on giving...just watch out, however, if you hear the sound of a zipper!

re: #90 taxfreekiller

100,000 of thousands of human sex slaves within.

$700,000,000 bail out of banks.

You have human slaves within America.

You have Bankers in your tax money aided and abetted by commies and crooks.

What will you do America, you are looking at yourselves, you can not help it, what do you see?

This reminds me of an article about prostitution in yesterdays local paper here in CT. The lady was all on that women got big time sentences and the men were getting off lightly.

Well she went on to say that there were; "billions of women sold into sex slavery all over the world".

The US census estimates the worlds population as 6.73 billion. Assuming 50% are women, using her "billions" number on the low side of just 2 billion, one would assume that everyone would notice that two thirds of the worlds population of women are being sold into sex slavery. Maybe she meant millions? I don't know as I can't write a letter to the editor as they no longer acknowledge or publish mine. I am a bit too consertative for them I guess.

I guess when you are passionate about a subject as your original post was, you can just make up numbers and stats out of whole cloth.

re: #101 David Simon

I'm convinced that Joy Behar is Keith Olbermann in drag.

Keith Olbermann is Keith Olbermann in drag.

re: #153 Honorary Yooper

Sounds quite close to my life.

re: #168 A Kiwi Infidel

The man who just keeps on giving...just watch out, however, if you hear the sound of a zipper!

Bill Clinton should not be around other peoples wives, daughters or small pets.

re: #159 NYCHardhat

This may brighten your day.

From the link:

If Hillary Clinton is offered the Cabinet post, she'll be one of many reported Clinton administration retreads working in or with the Obama administration.

I got a laugh out of that one.

Change!

re: #173 Racer X

I got a laugh out of that one.

Change!

Is Monica coming ...Back?

re: #172 opnion

I cringe everytime some moonbat tells me he was the best POTUS since Lincoln.

re: #169 johnnyreb

But she has a Lancet study that says it is 4.8 billion women per year.

re: #169 johnnyreb

Maybe she was talking about marriage? How tacky.

complained that the investigation had been "severely hampered by (Israel's) unilateral use of force" and by a U.S. failure to hand over relevant intelligence until seven months after the bombing.

And they will get to complain for another 7 months before they actually DO
anything. What a farce for the IAEA.

re: #172 opnion

Bill Clinton should not be around other peoples wives, daughters or small pets.

...and goats

re: #164 NYCHardhat

Seriously, if anyone's jaw drops because there aren't Republicans in the administration, I'd like to slap them.

re: #174 Nevergiveup

Is Monica coming ...Back?

Blowing into a town near you.

re: #181 A Kiwi Infidel
Gaaah!

re: #180 SWPaul

Seriously, if anyone's jaw drops because there aren't Republicans in the administration, I'd like to slap them.

Do you consider Chuck Hagel a Republican?

re: #175 NYCHardhat

I cringe everytime some moonbat tells me he was the best POTUS since Lincoln.

He inherited an economy on the upswing. People remember the good economy.
There are people to this day will say that he had no relationship with Lewinsky.

re: #174 Nevergiveup

Is Monica coming ...Back?

Perhaps in Bill's organization; Hillary will be traveling quite a bit.

re: #181 A Kiwi Infidel

Knock off with the Monica jokes. 23 year old girl seduced by the President of the United States.

I still blame him.

re: #183 Nevergiveup

Do you consider Chuck Hagel a Republican?

He'd fit right in...he's an arrogant prick! (I'm trying to keep it clean since this is a family blog).

re: #183 Nevergiveup
I guess he's a repub. He sure as hell isn't a conservative.

re: #186 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Knock off with the Monica jokes. 23 year old girl young woman seduced by the President of the United States.

I still blame him.

re: #175 NYCHardhat

I cringe everytime some moonbat tells me he was the best POTUS since Lincoln.

Bill Clinton = Calvin Coolidge

re: #180 SWPaul

Seriously, if anyone's jaw drops because there aren't Republicans in the administration, I'd like to slap them.

Chuck Hagle is retireing from the Senate. Obama might tap him.

re: #174 Nevergiveup

Is Monica coming ...Back?

I doubt he returned the favor the first time around.

re: #186 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Knock off with the Monica jokes. 23 year old girl seduced by the President of the United States.

I still blame him.

It was the blue dress that did it !

re: #186 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Knock off with the Monica jokes. 23 year old girl seduced by the President of the United States.

I still blame him.

Duly reprimanded.

re: #183 Nevergiveup

I'm an Independent and I'm more Republican than Chuckie.

You know, I'm starting to think that we SHOULD talk to the leaders of countries like Iran and Syria without preconditions...something to the effect of "hopefully you have a nice shelter somewhere, because that will come in handy when the missiles and bunker-busters start raining down on your country in about 10 to 15 minutes from now."

You know, just something to "break the ice".

re: #184 opnion

He inherited an economy on the upswing. People remember the good economy.
There are people to this day will say that he had no relationship with Lewinsky.

sex isn't a relationship..
Right?
/

re: #186 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Knock off with the Monica jokes. 23 year old girl seduced by the President of the United States.

I still blame him.

Well, except for the whole "Look at my thong, Mr President, giggle giggle giggle" thing.

And wasn't she younger than 23 at the time?

re: #186 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Knock off with the Monica jokes. 23 year old girl seduced by the President of the United States.

I still blame him.

i think she was 21.
when he made his promises.
he is a sick predator.

re: #197 HoosierHoops

sex isn't a relationship..
Right?
/

It used to be.

*sigh*

re: #190 DeafDog

Bill Clinton = Calvin Coolidge

Bite your tongue.

Coolidge was a great president, who agreed in small government and personal liberty.

re: #180 SWPaul

Seriously, if anyone's jaw drops because there aren't Republicans in the administration, I'd like to slap them.

Hagel is being considered for Secretary of State...oh wait, you said Republicans.

re: #186 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Knock off with the Monica jokes. 23 year old girl adult female, fully responsible for her own actions, seduced by the President of the United States.

I still blame him.

It takes two to tango.

re: #186 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Knock off with the Monica jokes. 23 year old girl seduced by the President of the United States.

I still blame him.

FMV, Monica told her friends that she was going to Washington with presidential knee pads. It does not exonerate Clinton, but the whole thing was lying under oath in a sexual harssment suit, not the act per se.

I still have a set of unopened 'Monica' cigars.

I'll be smokin them at the end of American society (2 1/2 years from now)

or when i get old n' desperate.

re: #198 Ben Hur

Well, except for the whole "Look at my thong, Mr President, giggle giggle giggle" thing.

Then Mr. President says, "Get her the hell out of here." not, "Come up and see me sometime."

re: #191 opnion

Bush had Norman Mineta for Transportation Secretary. There's bound to be at least 1-2 Republicans in the administration. Chuckles is retiring, so he's going to need some sort of job.

Syria claims the traces of uranium found at the site were residue from Israeli missiles used to bomb the area.

The chinless ophthalmologist says what?

I'm gobsmacked.

re: #209 Spiny Norman

The chinless ophthalmologist says what?

I'm gobsmacked.

you were expecting honesty from this guy? I'm surprised !

Oops! Gotta run. BBL!

re: #176 Silhouette

But she has a Lancet study that says it is 4.8 billion women per year.

She most likely got those numbers from them. I remember their study on Meth use among teens in the US a few years ago. They said 50% of US teens would try Meth and over half of them would get hooked and die within 2 years.

With a US teen population (13-18) of about 20 million, you would think we would notice about 5 million teens every year dying from Meth abuse. Even the US DOJ quoted this study online in their newsletter IIRC.

They just make this crap up, get it in the papers, and then when called on it, they just make it disappear. And stupid people keep quoting them year after year.

re: #208 SWPaul

Bush had Norman Mineta for Transportation Secretary. There's bound to be at least 1-2 compliant, obsequious Republicans in the administration. Chuckles is retiring, so he's going to need some sort of job.

Fixed.

Obtained by Reuters, the report said “significant” amounts of uranium particles were found at the site by inspectors who checked it in June but it was not enough to prove a reactor was there and further investigation was needed.

You know- maybe a good place for the IAEA to start would be to look up the definition of "investigation" so that they learn what it is they're supposed to be doing.

re: #197 HoosierHoops

sex isn't a relationship..
Right?
/

Actually it is considered relations. But he said that it wasn't actually sex.
Boy would that be a come on line, 'Come on baby , you know it's not really sex."

re: #207 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Then Mr. President says, "Get her the hell out of here." not, "Come up and see me sometime."

That sh*t died with Reagan, I'm afraid.

The Office of the Presidency lost its...its...what's the word I'm looking for...respect (not great) as soon as Clinton went on MTV and was asked about boxers or briefs.

The Blind Mr Potato Speaks Again.

re: #204 victor_yugo

It takes two to tango.

Noted.

re: #208 SWPaul

Bush had Norman Mineta for Transportation Secretary. There's bound to be at least 1-2 Republicans in the administration. Chuckles is retiring, so he's going to need some sort of job.

I think so.

re: #216 opnion

Actually it is considered relations. But he said that it wasn't actually sex.
Boy would that be a come on line, 'Come on baby , you know it's not really sex."

There used to be a book about that.

She was a grown woman, not a girl.

That being said, he was more than twice her age.

AND there are reasons why many colleges have rules against proffessors dating students even though both are adults, why doctors cannot date patients, and why many many companies frown on, if not outright ban, dating between a boss and someone who answers to them. Too much opportunity for exploitation or other abuse in a dependant relationship.

re: #210 buzzsawmonkey

Buzzsaw, one of the things i'm learning is that you THINK everyone knows about the bible and how to play things by the ten commandments. But you'd be sorely wrong, and most people dont even know what they are now.

Dont make assumptions that these are the people you once knew as bible loving Americans. Chances are for most .. they are not.

re: #215 Sharmuta

Obtained by Reuters, the report said “significant” amounts of uranium particles were found at the site by inspectors who checked it in June but it was not enough to prove a reactor was there and further investigation was needed.

You know- maybe a good place for the IAEA to start would be to look up the definition of "investigation" so that they learn what it is they're supposed to be doing.

The sad truth is, they know they are enriched uranium particles and they have the capability to trace their origin, but won't (or, at least will never make it public).

My most memorable moment of Monicagate (anyone for alliteration?) was a co-worker launching into a total tirade of tarty terms.

Not that she wasn't a very outspoken person, anyway. But even in the hallway, she didn't care who heard the language she was using.

re: #214 Spiny Norman

Yeah, now that I think of it, I'm pretty sure Norman Mineta was dead for at least the last 2 years in the job.

re: #224 Spiny Norman
That is a fact. They don't dare do a real investigation. The truth could get them whacked.

I still stand by my prediction that Israel will strike Iran a few hours BEFORE his highness is inuagurated

there will be so much anguish and fear of retaliation
that 0bama will not be able to celebrate
he'll be sworn in and have to duck into a bunker and deal with a major, major crisis

oh, and Russia will annex Ukraine and Georgia as he says his final "I do"
though I am now doubting China will annex Taiwan at that point
or North Korea will attack the south
but that is still possible

/yes, I see gloom and doom

re: #222 Silhouette

there are reasons why many colleges have rules against proffessors dating students even though both are adults, why doctors cannot date patients, and why many many companies frown on, if not outright ban, dating between a boss and someone who answers to them.

Yes, that's one of the side benefits of losing one's job. ;-)

The Israelis have the esoteric, inside knowledge that tells them a squadron of F-15I fighters has more influence over the construction of undeclared nuclear reactors than UN inspectors do.

re: #227 buzzsawmonkey

Well you go around thinking that there are people who have the built in protections and parameters that have been set by anyone who went to church (or bible school) and learnt what was good and bad. The reality is over the last 40 years its been pushed to one side as being a 'side issue' and most people cant tie their own shoelaces, let alone know whats right from wrong based on biblical text.

re: #224 Spiny Norman

The sad truth is, they know they are enriched uranium particles and they have the capability to trace their origin, but won't (or, at least will never make it public).

Wait- you mean one investigation might dovetail into another ongoing investigation? Crap- the IAEA is really screwed now. They might have to figure something out about something, or some such.

Investigation is hard!

re: #210 buzzsawmonkey

Those of you who are quick to dismiss the Bible as a musty old book filled with contradictory stories and incomprehensible rules would do well to consider that it was the concepts contained in that very book, acting on time-release like a Contac capsule, that brought forth the liberty that we enjoy today, and that is the envy of the world. Those who enjoy that liberty can, as one of its aspects, choose to disregard the fountain from which it came--but they distance themselves from that fountain, and despise it as the wellspring of the freedom they enjoy, at their peril.

1000 updings! Beautifully said! Thank you!

re: #226 SWPaul

Yeah, now that I think of it, I'm pretty sure Norman Mineta was dead for at least the last 2 years in the job.

And of course Mineta was against profiling airline passengers. What an asshole.

re: #204 victor_yugo

It takes two to tango.

True but, the power of the office is mightily persuasive.

re: #229 Adrenalyn

/yes, I see gloom and doom

In the immortal words of Billy (Predator) "We're all gonna die".

re: #236 MandyManners

He abused his position.

re: #230 victor_yugo

Yes, that's one of the side benefits of losing one's job. ;-)

You can date EVERYONE!

/some restrictions apply. Void where prohibited. Your results may vary.

re: #234 Wishing

1000 updings?

YOU DO 'EM !

re: #202 Silhouette

Bite your tongue.

Coolidge was a great president, who agreed in small government and personal liberty.

I'll take your word on Silent Cal, since I wasn't actually there, but they were both president during boom years who didn't know much.

Because of Newt, Clinton did no harm to the economy. In fact, because of Newt, lots of pro growth strategies were implemented. It's a pitty that Clinton gets any credit, but that's the way the game is played.

re: #222 Silhouette

She was a grown woman, not a girl.

That being said, he was more than twice her age.

AND there are reasons why many colleges have rules against proffessors dating students even though both are adults, why doctors cannot date patients, and why many many companies frown on, if not outright ban, dating between a boss and someone who answers to them. Too much opportunity for exploitation or other abuse in a dependant relationship.

Clinton as a person in authority over Lewinsky met the strict definition of sexual harassment in the work place.
Using that standard the same could be said of Barack & Michelle at the law firm. She had authority over him

re: #217 Ben Hur

That sh*t died with Reagan, I'm afraid.

The Office of the Presidency lost its...its...what's the word I'm looking for...respect (not great) as soon as Clinton went on MTV and was asked about boxers or briefs.

Someone here noted recently that Reagan, Bush 41 and Bush 43 all kept their suit jackets on when in the Oval Office out of respect for the Presidency. Clinton, however, dropped trou.

re: #241 DeafDog

I'll take your word on Silent Cal, since I wasn't actually there,

Are you calling me old?

'Cuz I'll hit you with my walker, don't you think I won't.

re: #236 MandyManners

True but, the power of the office is mightily persuasive.

She was not coerced or pressured. She willingly played the mouse for the Chief Tomcat.

re: #238 Sharmuta

He abused his position.

And he continued to abuse it.

re: #216 opnion

Actually it is considered relations. But he said that it wasn't actually sex.
Boy would that be a come on line, 'Come on baby , you know it's not really sex."

That gives a new meaning to the best line out of the movie the whole nine yards.. ' Did you have sexual Congress with my wife?'

re: #235 Nevergiveup

And of course Mineta was against profiling airline passengers. What an asshole.

Yes, because his Japanese/American father was interned during WW 2.
If he couldn't get over that he should have resigned or been replaced after 9/11.

Appeals court to hear case dealing with seizure of players' samples

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I am sure happy they are taking care of IMPORTANT business?

re: #236 MandyManners

re: #238 Sharmuta

Clinton's Lewinsky problem was a perjury issue - forget about the sex!

He Lied to a court and he's supposed to be the chief law enforcement officer!

re: #240 Buster Bunny

1000 updings?

YOU DO 'EM !

But, but, but, I can only do ONE!

re: #241 DeafDog

Seriously, I think it is more correct to say Coolidge didn't DO much rather than didn't know much. And doing little was the correct action based on his correct understanding of America and how it works, and how it fails.

He was hands-off because he didn't believe the gov should interfere in the free market.

re: #244 Silhouette

:-)

re: #245 victor_yugo

She was not coerced or pressured. She willingly played the mouse for the Chief Tomcat.

No. 222 speaks for me.

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re: #250 DeafDog

re: #238 Sharmuta

Clinton's Lewinsky problem was a perjury issue - forget about the sex!

He Lied to a court and he's supposed to be the chief law enforcement officer!

I'm well aware of that. It doesn't change the fact he's a predator who abused his position to get a naive young woman to satiate his needs.

and, And, AND, he ordered pizza under false pretenses.

Pizza abuse must not stand.

re: #250 DeafDog

re: #238 Sharmuta

Clinton's Lewinsky problem was a perjury issue - forget about the sex!

He Lied to a court and he's supposed to be the chief law enforcement officer!

Thats it, but his supporters tried to obfuscate, 'It's just about sex"
Wrong sex was the subject matter , the issue was perjury.

all i have to say on the matter is

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re: #254 MandyManners

No. 222 speaks for me.

Who does #2 work for?

re: #252 Silhouette

Seriously, I think it is more correct to say Coolidge didn't DO much rather than didn't know much. And doing little was the correct action based on his correct understanding of America and how it works, and how it fails.

He was hands-off because he didn't believe the gov should interfere in the free market.

Right. Boom and Bust is the nature of capitalism, but folks hate the busts so we try to regulate them out.

re: #256 Sharmuta

I'm well aware of that. It doesn't change the fact he's a predator who abused his position to get a naive young woman to satiate his needs.

Don't forget the rape(s).

bbl

re: #256 Sharmuta

I'm well aware of that. It doesn't change the fact he's a predator who abused his position to get a naive young woman to satiate his needs.

The problem was, Monica Lewinsky wasn't the first, and not all the others were exactly willing.

re: #260 Ben Hur

Who does #2 work for?

Beats me.

re: #262 MandyManners

I haven't.