What a surprise.

I'm shocked. SHOCKED, say I.

Do these ISI elements think that this is going to bode well for their cause?

/

No surprise here. Now the real question is "Was Hamid Gul involved?" I think that's as close to the ISI as this is going to get. Hamid Gul's contingent of ex-ISI had kids in Lal Masjid, some of them were ringleaders.

They are some of the few people who still maintain contacts within all terror groups in Pakistan, and are able to coordinate crossover missions from the urban to rural groups.

So does this revelation actually surprise anyone here. And question number 2 does the confirmation now bear scrutiny given the Prank calls recently made detailing an Indian Attack to Paki Intelligence.

[Link: www.foxnews.com...]

Charles is up early!

Uh oh:

Pakistan military taking control

CONCERN grew in India yesterday that the Pakistan army had taken charge of the country's response to the Mumbai terror attacks and effectively staged a coup against the country's nascent democracy.

Fears of a full-scale resumption of power by the army in Islamabad lie behind India's relatively cautious response to the crisis, despite New Delhi's insistence that elements in Pakistan orchestrated the slaughter in Mumbai.

In a dramatic manifestation of the Pakistan army's role in the drama, the civilian Government reneged on its agreement with India to send the chief of the top spy agency, General Shuja Pasha, to New Delhi to help with the investigation. The army countermanded the deal.

And it has been disclosed that the chief of the army, General Ashfaq Kayani, despatched his personal aircraft to New Delhi in the middle of the night to pick up Pakistan's Foreign Minister, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, who was on an official visit to India at the time of the attacks.

Diplomatic sources said Mr Qureshi was told by General Kayani to get back to Islamabad and that the army chief's aircraft was being sent to bring him home.

The army, which has ruled Pakistan for most of its 61 years as an independent nation, revels in confrontations with India.

One analyst in New Delhi wrote yesterday: "It could be that the ultimate aim of this entire exercise (the Mumbai attacks) would be for the military in Pakistan to take power again in the name of dealing with an India crisis." (emphasis added)

re: #11 Shiplord Kirel
well - there you have it

And what will India do...

History :
Remembering Pearl Harbor
[Link: plasma.nationalgeographic.com...]

Geez...is Charles up early, or did he just get in real late and decide to blog?

re: #12 taxfreekiller See there is proof of gobal warming even the snow is on fire.

Three militants shot dead in Jammu and Kashmir

and on it goes, no ISI here - no move on

India will be left with no option but to conduct aerial operations against targets in Pakistan if Government does not act fast, says US Senator John McCain

10, 9, 8

Journos are fond of speculating about the likely fallout from a crisis. This time, it might be all too literal.

re: #11 Shiplord Kirel

I'll give that report the 24 hour rule, it probably contains some facts but lots of speculation. Kayyani was trained at West Point, and so far he's been a big supporter of civilian gov't even though they aren't his party.

re: #12 taxfreekiller

sunrise over snow with pink

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mt taylor...60mi due west of albuquerque is covered with snow...taos is open for business

re: #15 flipflop

He could have written it last night and just dated and timed it to post now.

A missing 17-year-old girl was found hiding in a closet at a male teacher's home near Chicago after he told police he didn't know where she was — prompting officers to arrest him on a charge he lied to them.

Eric Wood, 24, who teaches at Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Waukegan, Ill., was charged only with obstructing justice in the bizarre case surrounding the disappearance of the girl.

At least she was found and seemed to be there voluntarily.

Shiplord: check spinoffs, interesting developement

Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, economic meltdown, looming Indo-Pak war.

Obama may be wondering by now if he will be struck by a plague of boils or a rain of frogs before inauguration day.

Pakistani origins of these murderers was never really doubtful. The big outstanding questions are-- was ISI involved in their training, how many Western nationals were involved, who are the contacts in UK & the US/Canada, and does anyone have the steel to do something about all this?

re: #26 Shiplord Kirel
He hasn't even made it past the Electoral College yet...I'll agree, he has to be feeling like the Pharao...LOL.

re: #26 Shiplord Kirel

Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, economic meltdown, looming Indo-Pak war.

Obama may be wondering by now if he will be struck by a plague of boils or a rain of frogs before inauguration day.

Don't worry he will blame it all on GB.

re: #27 dahozho

does anyone have the steel to do something about all this?

crux that

Is this the coalescing of the crisis that Biden said would test the One®?

re: #14 notutopia

And what will India do...

History :
Remembering Pearl Harbor

0bama: "Can I solve this by throwing a former acquaintance or family member under a bus? Whaddya mean, 'no'?"

re: #14 notutopia
The post didn't...sorry
India to retaliate
[Link: www.foxnews.com...]

Later all time to head home be safe.
Rustler

re: #31 Gang of One

Is this the coalescing of the crisis that Biden said would test the One®?

it could be the whopper...we're gonna need james bond, indy jones, dirk pitt and tony romo to get this one settled

India's 911...

A daily quoted McCain as saying that he believed it could be a "matter of days" before India carried out surgical air strikes if Pakistan did not act on the evidence provided to it on elements linked to the attacks.

Good morning all y'all - from a COLD (30 degrees, feels like 21 degrees, going up to 43 degrees) but bright and sunny Charlotte!
I hope you are all doing well today! I get my new computer installed and etc. this afternoon! YEA!
LOL!

The One® might want to develop a taste for this band -- for the coming crisis.

I thought that the Mumbai terrorists were Buddhists sent by the Dalai Lama! RoP'ers from Pakistan! Now thats a shocka.
/

re: #27 dahozho

(D)oes anyone have the steel to do something about all this?

Maybe former senator 0bama will get tough like his hero Jimmy Carter and boycott the Olympics. That'll show 'em!

Bomb found in Indian nursing home - the Jihadi's are going to try to create more incidents in the next few days.

BO's new anthem...

Lieberman and McCain are in Islamabad now.

re: #36 kafir lover

This should come to a head under GWB-if it's left to simmer until BO is sworn in, then it'll boil over/explode. IMHO!

I'm glad that's cleared up...I was starting to think the attack really followed the MO of the Amish. They always target Jews doing charity work and children.

/Spit

... And, in other news, Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead ...

re: #43 Thanos

Lieberman and McCain are in Islamabad now.

Patsy Graham too

re: #41 Thanos

Bomb found in Indian nursing home - the Jihadi's are going to try to create more incidents in the next few days.

Escalation during the US presidency transition period -

As for the news, I understand that Shiplord Kirel and Thanos - both of whom I admire tremendously, seem to disagree on whether or not there's been a coup in Pakistan.
From what I can glean from the TV news and from a Pakistani friend who is right now somewhere over the Atlantic on his way "home" to see his family in Lahore, Pakistan - he just texted me - the story is TRUE. General Ashfaq Kayanisent a Pakistani civilian plane to New Delhi to bring back the Paki Foreign Minister as he "no longer speaks for Pakistan" and that the US had to intervene to stop India from attacking Pakistan either yesterday or early today our time.
I've asked my friend to stay in touch but don't know enough geek to know what he can and can't send from the aircraft itself - he may have been at JFK terminal when he text-messaged me at 8:32 AM today.

He's a pockystonny.

OT, Charles, can you recommend a book on learning CSS? I want to learn how to use it, in making my website. It seems the newfangled rage.

re: #43 Thanos

Lieberman and McCain are in Islamabad now.

I just cant help but have the W. Newton syndrome with regard to Pakistan...

'Mumbai terrorists sought to provoke Indo-Pak crisis’
[Link: www.dailytimes.com.pk...]
...Curtis maintains that Barack Obama's recent assertion that the US should try to help resolve the Kashmir issue so that Pakistan can focus on reining in militancy on its Afghan border is “misguided”. Raising the spectre of international intervention in the dispute could fuel unrealistic expectations in Pakistan for a final settlement in its favour. Such expectations could encourage Islamabad to increase support for Kashmiri militants to push an agenda it believed was within reach.

re: #47 akak

Someone needs to be there cause that place is out of control. I know that's well understood here...tinderbox with nukes.

Your text to link...

re: #41 Thanos

Yeah, there were more than ten. This is gonna take awhile.

Thank you WWII Vets. If not for the greatest generation, we would not be the greatest nation.

I heard a panel of WWII Vets talking about their war experiences at Iwo Jima. I was sick for days at what I heard that the Japs did to our wounded captured soldiers.

re: #57 jelo

I think Debka is right this time round - they will try in/out without being detected.

They will get little flak & can still accomplish their objective.

re: #11 Shiplord Kirel
That is bad bad news.

Remember Pearl Harbor Day.

A day that shall live in infamy, unless you are part of the MSM.

re: #37 realwest

I get my new computer installed and etc. this afternoon! YEA!
LOL!

Realwest - Great news! Between your new computer and Charles' new server I expect you'll be able to see into the future, now. If so, please report back some lottery numbers.

re: #51 realwest

As for the news, I understand that Shiplord Kirel and Thanos - both of whom I admire tremendously, seem to disagree on whether or not there's been a coup in Pakistan.
From what I can glean from the TV news and from a Pakistani friend who is right now somewhere over the Atlantic on his way "home" to see his family in Lahore, Pakistan - he just texted me - the story is TRUE. General Ashfaq Kayanisent a Pakistani civilian plane to New Delhi to bring back the Paki Foreign Minister as he "no longer speaks for Pakistan" and that the US had to intervene to stop India from attacking Pakistan either yesterday or early today our time.
I've asked my friend to stay in touch but don't know enough geek to know what he can and can't send from the aircraft itself - he may have been at JFK terminal when he text-messaged me at 8:32 AM today.

Any major conflict between these two nuclear nations must be stopped at almost all costs.

Oh and sorry if this has been posted prior to this, but NEVER FORGET what happened this day 67 years ago, when the Japanese attacked PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii, which thrust the US into World War II.
On Fox and Friends the three idiot talking heads were all a twitter about how FDR "either did or didn't know" about the attacks ahead of time. They then showed a kinescope of FDR in the Oval Office talking on the radio to America, early in the morning of the day he gave his famous speech to Congress.
Then these three "newscasters" - with a collective age of under 100 and apparently IQ's to match said gee can you imagine how it would have been waking up and hearing and seeing that on your television that day?
THERE WAS NO TV BACK THEN you dingbats!

ALWAYS REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR!

re: #59 ciaospirit

Agreed. I've been thinking a lot since yesterday about my paternal gr-father-- USN officer, was at Tarawa and Guadalcanal (sp?). He was on one of the first ships to land at Nagasaki after the big ones dropped. He never wanted recognition for his service-- "We just did what had to be done."

I miss him.

AIR RAID ON PEARL HARBOR X THIS IS NOT DRILL

Saudi Arabia has deployed some 100,000 security personnel to keep order during the hajj. Thousands of them patrolled the route to Mina on foot and in vehicles.

Religion of peace.
[Link: www.breitbart.com...]

Good Morning Real, It's cold and snowing here in New Hampshire.

re: #64 Erik The Red
I agree, but if you go to the spinoff links, Thanos has put up some interesting quotes from McCain, Graham and Lieberman who are all apparently in Lahore right now and one of them, from McCain, iirc, was that this was India's "9/11" and it's difficult for the US to tell India NOT to go into another nation after the terrorists who waged such terror on India.
I have a VERY BAD feeling that this is not going to turn out well.
The good news is that if General Ashfaq Kayani is pro-western and has, apparently, not exactly enjoyed "good relations" with the ISI and although Thanos knows a LOT MORE about this than I do, I still think that coups' or not, the ISI is more sympathertic to Islmic Jihad than we either know or are willing to admitt. I hope that Ashfaq Kayani works with India to root out ALL of those who supported the Mumbai bombings or I fear we WILL see an attack by India on Pakistan - one which could well develop into a nuclear exchange.

More than 160 US, NATO vehicles burned in Pakistan

/with friends like that!

re: #66 dahozho

Agreed. I've been thinking a lot since yesterday about my paternal gr-father-- USN officer, was at Tarawa and Guadalcanal (sp?). He was on one of the first ships to land at Nagasaki after the big ones dropped. He never wanted recognition for his service-- "We just did what had to be done."

I miss him.

My dad was Okinawa. Waiting for orders to storm mainland Japan. He said his group was part of the first that would go in and he said he surely would have been killed. Thank God for the A-bomb. It saved thousands of lives on both sides.

re: #67 Geepers

AIR RAID ON PEARL HARBOR X THIS IS NOT DRILL

Cool.

re: #65 realwest

My father's ship left Pearl Harbor the day before the strike.
Later in the war, his ship was bombed and went down at Midway. He was a strong swimmer and survived. Many of his shipmates did not make it.
He never never talked about it. I only know because my mother told me.

re: #66 dahozho

And I miss my Dad. His unit liberated 2 concentration camps, and he got tasked to be an interpreter when they found the first one. After they found the 2nd, he was shuttling between the 2. Dad was a First generation Polish American, and spoke fluent Polish. He never talked about the war, let alone his time as an interpreter. I found out from an Uncle, and from his Unit History Manual. Not many of these guys left...Say a prayer of remembrance for those killed then, and those who've died since. They made the world a better place.

More trash removal please.

Good morning all.

re: #70 realwest

I agree, but if you go to the spinoff links, Thanos has put up some interesting quotes from McCain, Graham and Lieberman who are all apparently in Lahore right now and one of them, from McCain, iirc, was that this was India's "9/11" and it's difficult for the US to tell India NOT to go into another nation after the terrorists who waged such terror on India.
I have a VERY BAD feeling that this is not going to turn out well.
The good news is that if General Ashfaq Kayani is pro-western and has, apparently, not exactly enjoyed "good relations" with the ISI and although Thanos knows a LOT MORE about this than I do, I still think that coups' or not, the ISI is more sympathetic to Islamic Jihad than we either know or are willing to admit. I hope that Ashfaq Kayani works with India to root out ALL of those who supported the Mumbai bombings or I fear we WILL see an attack by India on Pakistan - one which could well develop into a nuclear exchange.

I agree, and the people of India are surly pissed off and who would not be. You know if Pakistan or a group affiliated with Pakistan attacked America like that there would be a response.

re: #70 realwest

I agree, but if you go to the spinoff links, Thanos has put up some interesting quotes from McCain, Graham and Lieberman who are all apparently in Lahore right now and one of them, from McCain, iirc, was that this was India's "9/11" and it's difficult for the US to tell India NOT to go into another nation after the terrorists who waged such terror on India.
I have a VERY BAD feeling that this is not going to turn out well.
The good news is that if General Ashfaq Kayani is pro-western and has, apparently, not exactly enjoyed "good relations" with the ISI and although Thanos knows a LOT MORE about this than I do, I still think that coups' or not, the ISI is more sympathertic to Islmic Jihad than we either know or are willing to admitt. I hope that Ashfaq Kayani works with India to root out ALL of those who supported the Mumbai bombings or I fear we WILL see an attack by India on Pakistan - one which could well develop into a nuclear exchange.

Strong words from McCain and all. I hope this can be contained if not the world is in for a bumpy ride. I wonder what "The One" has to say. Oh what a dangerous world we are living in.

re: #62 3 wood
Good morning 3 wood - back in those days, the MSM was no where NEARLY as bad as it is today - for example, most Americans didn't know FDR had polio and was a cripple - but today's MSM don't have a fucking clue as to what this day is in our history.
Oh, I suppose some of the MSM know about the attack on Pearl Harbor, but as I indicated in my #65 they have no idea what this date MEANS in our history.

re: #69 BBev Hi BBEV! How much snow are you getting - a lot, a little ?

re: #65 realwest

Oh and sorry if this has been posted prior to this, but NEVER FORGET what happened this day 67 years ago, when the Japanese attacked PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii, which thrust the US into World War II.
On Fox and Friends the three idiot talking heads were all a twitter about how FDR "either did or didn't know" about the attacks ahead of time. They then showed a kinescope of FDR in the Oval Office talking on the radio to America, early in the morning of the day he gave his famous speech to Congress.
Then these three "newscasters" - with a collective age of under 100 and apparently IQ's to match said gee can you imagine how it would have been waking up and hearing and seeing that on your television that day?
THERE WAS NO TV BACK THEN you dingbats!

ALWAYS REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR!

Realwest -

Yes there was - Experimental to be sure, like HDTV a couple of years ago.
1939 was the first year of what might be called "Commercial TV." World War II put an end to it until after the war. The British had it too, and took it off the air in the midst of a cartoon. When they came back on the air after the war, an announcement was made about being sorry for the interruption and the cartoon was resumed from where it was stopped.

-S-

re: #80 realwest

Hi BBEV! How much snow are you getting - a lot, a little ?

Just a little, Good news on the home front I hope, The Doc's are going to look into putting in a pain pump into Wifee.

re: #59 ciaospirit
Good morning to you ciaspirit. "I was sick for days at what I heard that the Japs did to our wounded captured soldiers."
All I can say is that the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army learned and improved upon those lessons from the Japanese.

re: #67 Geepers
Good morning my friend - thank you very much for that link. I hope you're doing well today.

re: #74 yah

My father's ship left Pearl Harbor the day before the strike.
Later in the war, his ship was bombed and went down at Midway. He was a strong swimmer and survived. Many of his shipmates did not make it.
He never never talked about it. I only know because my mother told me.

I've heard many stories like that, some of them within my own family. They felt that protecting their country was a duty and a privilege and no deed, however brave or heroic, was to bragged about. Simply amazing.

re: #76 FrogMarch

More trash removal please.

Good morning all.

Hee, hee. I saw that this morning. Still have a smile on my face.

Incredible! Pakistanis? I was sure it was the Oxfordshire Garden Club behind this— hiding their malicious agenda for world conquest behind hot tea and finger sandwiches.

re: #81 Dr. Shalit
Sorry if I wasn't clear, Dr. Shlit, but FDR did not make any televised announcements about the attack on Pearl Harbor, though the butt-head trio on Fox and Friends don't seem to realize that.

re: #83 realwest

Good morning to you ciaspirit. "I was sick for days at what I heard that the Japs did to our wounded captured soldiers."
All I can say is that the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army learned and improved upon those lessons from the Japanese.

That makes me sick, too.

re: #82 BBev
Man, I sure hope they do - I can't believe all the pain your wife has had to endure for so long now. Best wishes and prayers for her and for you, my friend.

I do NOT care that the Pakistani military taking control of the nation.

First it rids the Islamic state of this farcical facade, of being a help instead of the hindrance it has been...and honestly will continue to do so.

I mean, who birthed the Taliban?

Who shelters and in fact protects Mullet Omar, bin Laden, Zawahiri, the Taliban?

Who is doing their damnedest to destabilize a fragile Afghanistan?

Who is the main giver of aid and comfort to damn near, if not all Islamic terrorist's?

I wouldn't in the least doubt that instead of making their Islamic states a focal point, the Saudis and the Persians are giving financial aid. They are opponents of each other...Sunni/Shia...Their goal is the same...Islamic domination of the world.

ALL being under the control of the military will do is allow this to be firmly and permanently attached to the nation, while it still exists.

What the SANE world must do...IS have enough balls to act.

Unfortunately, the SANE have been cowed by this cult. It is time to correct that, by hanging a really big bell, on the cult that "cowed" it.

re: #90 realwest

Man, I sure hope they do - I can't believe all the pain your wife has had to endure for so long now. Best wishes and prayers for her and for you, my friend.

Thank You

re: #85 Bobblehead

I've heard many stories like that, some of them within my own family. They felt that protecting their country was a duty and a privilege and no deed, however brave or heroic, was to bragged about. Simply amazing.

My dad refuses to be called a hero. He says the heroes are the guys who didn't come home.

There's a WWII vet in my area, and I see him driving his red rag-top Pontiac LeMans -- I think it is a vintage 1968. His license plate says Iwo Jima, and he has a USMC decal on the car. At a stop light a few years back, I signaled to him to roll down his window. I asked him if he was a vet of that island and he said he was. I thanked him profusely, and told him that I could only hope to be half the man he is. To all vets, thank you for your service, your sacrifice and for assuring me the right and the opportunity to say this, here and now.

/my .02 dollar for this day

re: #88 realwest

Sorry if I wasn't clear, Dr. Shlit, but FDR did not make any televised announcements about the attack on Pearl Harbor, though the butt-head trio on Fox and Friends don't seem to realize that.

That's the trouble with poorly researched information and rumors—if you repeat them enough, they begin to get a semblance of legitimacy.

Because of our military heroes, BHO can do this.

Obama goes upscale in Hawaii for holiday

While he tells the rest of us to sacrifice.

re: #79 realwest

Oh, I suppose some of the MSM know about the attack on Pearl Harbor, but as I indicated in my #65 they have no idea what this date MEANS in our history.

I think not only do they not know what it means, some are dissapointed that the Pearl Harbor attack was not more successful.

By the way, 7 degrees here this morning.

I see the Giants are playing the Eagles.

If I'm Coughlin, I blitz McNabb on 1st down, I blitz him on 2nd down, I blitz him on 3rd down, if he goes for it on 4th down I blitz him again.

Get a hit on McNabb every play and you will win easy.

re: #11 Shiplord Kirel

Uh oh:

Pakistan military taking control

Not impossible, but sounds a bit conspiratorial.

It would require such a complicated proxy operation -- the military, persuading suicidal terrorists to do their bidding in India, to lead to a certain global and local reaction, setting up circumstances for... etc... -- that it seems more likely the military would simply grab the power outright.

Thi is OT, but I am desperate! I'm n my lpatop because my PC is dead! I know I got a virus, I suspect it was attached to a game on a microsoft site since I got a Noron detectes a threat warning and an active x control bar at the same time...I wasn't fas enough.

Anyway, I thought it was my Norton giving me a warning, so when I clicked the button to get rid of te virus, I got the active x control wants to run bar...and even though I didn't run active x, IE started opening window after window.

So I shut down.

Now, when I start up, I select Last known good configuration and I keep getting put back to the select operating system to start screen...

I think my hard drive is wiped. This totally sucks..

How do I fix this?

Thanks in advance, and pardon the bad spelling...I'm not used to the key board on this lap top.

re: #91 Elcid With respect Elcid, we HAVE to tread very carefully around Pakistan, they do have nuclear weapons and missiles with which to "deploy" them - even if those missiles can't reach us, they can reach all of India and those nuke warheads could be put upon any ship coming into any port city in the US.
And I can tell you that the Pakistanis are not about to let themselves be "invaded" as indicated by Obama, without doing everything they can do to preserve their national sovereignty - and please do not forget that Pakistan and China have mutual aid treaties.
Sending in the Armed Forces could lead to a world wide disaster of unprecedented proportions.

WASHINGTON, Dec 6: The United States is planning to send the names of some Pakistani individuals and Pakistan-based groups to the UN Security Council for tightening sanctions against them.

The issue came up at a briefing on Friday when a reporter asked deputy spokesman Robert Wood to confirm if the US had already sent the names of some Pakistani individuals, including several retired ISI officials, to the Security Council for addition to the UN terrorist sanctions list.

“I’m not going to comment on names that we may or may not submit to the UN,” said Mr Wood. “It wouldn’t be appropriate for me to do at this point.”

He said he would reveal the details when the list is sent.

Once the list of an individual or a group is added to this list, all UN members are required to freeze without delay the funds and other financial assets or economic resources of designated individuals and entities.

UN members are also required to prevent the entry into or transit through their territories by designated individuals.

The member nations are also required to prevent the direct or indirect supply, sale and transfer from their territories or by their nationals outside their territories, or using their flag vessels or aircraft, of arms and related materiel of all types, spare parts, and technical advice, assistance, or training related to military activities, to designated individuals and entities.

re: #12 taxfreekiller

sunrise over snow with pink

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web cams are not Democrats yet
truth via your eyes, its cold

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The web cam. We did have a nice sunrise. It was pink.
Actually tax, we are a little behind on our snow fall. Still, Global warming alarmists can bite us.

Good morning all! Just under zero here in the Northland. I let the dog out for her morning business, as usual, she greeted me upon her return by pushing her nose in my crotch (I need to start wearing a cup!)

Moving to another thread: has anyone considered that the actions by the terrorists in Mumbai (last I heard is that they were trying to ratchet up the tension between Pakistan and India to a war footing) might actually hae the opposite impact, with India & Pakistan actually working in conjunction to ferret out Islamofascists and crush their tiny heads?

re: #96 ciaospirit

Because of our military heroes, BHO can do this.

Obama goes upscale in Hawaii for holiday

While he tells the rest of us to sacrifice.

Ya think someone is packing up all the "Office of the President-Elect" signs and stickers for the trip? I do, too...

re: #97 3 wood Well I'm not sure I agree with you that some in the MSM " are dissapointed that the Pearl Harbor attack was not more successful."
But you could be right about that - I remember Duranty and the NY Times/Stalin and the USSR.
As for the game today, the Giants can win their division if they beat the Eagles - I just hope we can overcome Plaxico - not losing him as a receiver, but as a source of distraction in the locker room. Not to mention the OLB who "must not be named"'s part in all that bullshit.

re: #91 Elcid

I oppose the military taking control, we've seen more action in the frontiers since the civ gov't took over than when Mushy was in control. The Jihadi heads are being attacked, it's not the punitive show expeditions that Musharraf used to mount. There are daily attacks from both sides, it's full on civil war in the frontiers though not many are paying attention.

re: #93 ciaospirit

My dad refuses to be called a hero. He says the heroes are the guys who didn't come home.

Truly a common opinion. My dad flew B-24's in a special group that did night time airdrops to the Partisans in Yugoslavia. He never talked about it. It was common for him to talk about the funny things that happened, but never the serious. After the folks passed, I found their wartime letters to each other. Very eye-opening. I just wish they'd been more forthcoming in Life.

Prosperity is just around the corner.

Obama Plans Largest Building Program Since 1950s

Dec. 6 (Bloomberg) -- President-elect Barack Obama said he’ll make the “single largest new investment” in roads, bridges and public buildings since the Eisenhower Administration to lift the sagging economy and create jobs.

Obama, in his weekly radio speech today, said his plan to create or preserve 2.5 million jobs will also include making public buildings more energy efficient, repairing schools and modernizing health care with electronic medical records.

“We won’t just throw money at the problem,” he said. “We’ll measure progress by the reforms we make and the results we achieve -- by the jobs we create, by the energy we save, by whether America is more competitive in the world.”

Here comes the Politburo.

Here's my write up on the current situation FWIW

[Link: noblesseoblige.org...]

re: #94 Gang of One
Good on you for thanking him.
I don't know where America keeps getting the Armed Forces we have had since our nation was born, but God bless them one and all.

re: #91 Elcid

I'm thinking that our "alliance" with Pakistan may be one of convenience while dealing with Afghanistan and Iraq rather than any particular trust that they are trying to rid themselves and the world of terrorists and their enablers.

There is also the nuclear problem. The two small nukes released on Japan destroyed two small cities and killed about a quarter of a million people. While the US would likely either respond in kind or with unlimited conventional war if the Pakis attacked us or an ally so, it would not repair the devastation of such an attack.

Foxnews.com is saying that the 10 terrorists were elite commandos trained by the Pakistani army. The source for this story is an Indian diplomat, so consider the source.

re: #96 ciaospirit

“Obamas and the families of two or three friends” I wonder if that means Ayers, Wright and some Chicago gangsters?

While he and his “friends” are sunning themselves in a multi million dollar holiday property on a beach he expects the rest of us to turn down the heat for the winter and put more air in our tires.

/hypocrite

re: #99 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

Will it boot to safe mode? (tap F8 while booting)

re: #105 realwest

As for the game today, the Giants can win their division if they beat the Eagles - I just hope we can overcome Plaxico - not losing him as a receiver, but as a source of distraction in the locker room. Not to mention the OLB who "must not be named"'s part in all that bullshit.

I bet there are a lot of guys in the Giants locker room who are fed up with Burress and his antics and glad he's not on the field.

Nobody is good enough to compensate on the field for all that disruption to the team.

I think the Giants are a better "team" without him.

I don't often question the timing but on this one I do, we've known that Hamid Gul's deposed ISI faction has been trafficking in terror for years, why are we acting now? I would suspect his faction's involved with the Mumbai attacks.

For those of you who don't know who Hamid Gul is, he's virulently anti-Israel, and the original source of the 9/11 troofer movement. I hate to send you to Fisk's shithole site, but that's where his post 9/11 interview is: [Link: www.robert-fisk.com...]

Good Morning, and a solemn remembrance of that "Day Which Will Live Infamy" Dec. 7, 1941; 67 years later.

A good book by someone in the intelligence services who was breaking the codes in the days before the attack.
And I was there"" : Pearl Harbor and Midway--breaking the secrets by Edwin T. Layton it lays out what we knew, and who knew what and when. Bottom line it's historians after the war who had access to all the information that said Roosevelt knew before had. That not the truth. We had enough information, but it was scattered and fragmentary and no one had the whole picture.

re: #110 realwest

Good on you for thanking him.
I don't know where America keeps getting the Armed Forces we have had since our nation was born, but God bless them one and all.

Absolutely, Real. When I do come across some of our service people in the odd restaurant, bar, market, etc., I realize that there are still American youth who 'get it'. My faith in this country is always renewed when I see them and get a chance to talk with them.

re: #113 Clemente

No, I tried that first thinking

My dad can fix this, but I don't want to wait a week to get my comp back, and my mom's been sick so he's tending to her. I figure I should learn to fix this if I can.

re: #115 Thanos

I don't often question the timing but on this one I do, we've known that Hamid Gul's deposed ISI faction has been trafficking in terror for years, why are we acting now? I would suspect his faction's involved with the Mumbai attacks.

For those of you who don't know who Hamid Gul is, he's virulently anti-Israel, and the original source of the 9/11 troofer movement. I hate to send you to Fisk's shithole site, but that's where his post 9/11 interview is: [Link: www.robert-fisk.com...]

That guys a total nutter. Good thing he is not in a position of power...oops, he is!

re: #112 jhrhv

“Obamas and the families of two or three friends” I wonder if that means Ayers, Wright and some Chicago gangsters?

While he and his “friends” are sunning themselves in a multi million dollar holiday property on a beach he expects the rest of us to turn down the heat for the winter and put more air in our tires.

/hypocrite

He is justified in his luxury because he is the 0ne guiding us into the brave new world. He is the plan, the vision—he needs his rest.

The grimy masses, toiling away at thankless jobs, should joyfully sacrifice some of their gruel and beans and a few lumps of coal to see this new day dawn.

The problem is unpatriotic people like you, not the 0ne.
Don't be so selfish.

re: #117 Gang of One
Amen to that one. Amen.

re: #117 Gang of One

Absolutely, Real. When I do come across some of our service people in the odd restaurant, bar, market, etc., I realize that there are still American youth who 'get it'. My faith in this country is always renewed when I see them and get a chance to talk with them.

We are not the only ones proud. Have you ever tried to buy a meal or a drink for some soldiers? Every time I've tried, I've been told someone else has already taken care of it. I am very proud of our men and women in uniform. They are the finest ever fielded.

Mortgage rates keep dropping.

Treasuries Gain a Fifth Week, Driving Yields to Record Lows

Yields on two-, 10- and 30-year securities fell to the lowest levels since the Treasury began regular sales of the debt. Three-month bill rates lingered at 0.01 percent, the least since January 1940. The difference between two- and 10-year note yields narrowed to the smallest amount since September after Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the central bank may buy Treasuries to target long-term interest rates to revive the economy.

“You’ve rallied to points that are unprecedented from T- bills to 30-year bonds,” said Jamie Jackson, who oversees government debt trading at RiverSource Investments in Minneapolis, which manages $90 billion of bonds. “That’s obviously pricing in a pretty dire economic environment.”

The yield on the 10-year note plummeted 22 basis points, or 0.22 percentage point, this week to 2.71 percent, according to BGCantor Market Data. It touched 2.505 percent yesterday, the lowest since at least 1962 when the Fed’s daily records on the note began in 1962, and since 1954 on a monthly basis. The 3.75 percent security due in November 2018 climbed 1 29/32, or $19.06 per $1,000 face amount, to 109.

One item that is being missed by the MSM (surprise, surprise) is that forgeign capital is flocking to the US and buying up property hand over fist. US real estate is seen as a bargain and a safe haven for wealth.

That is one reason why you see the dollar gaining strength relative to the pound and other currencies. I also think you will see real estate values gaining some strength in the near term due to this and the low mortgage rates.

One more silver lining in all the clouds out there, remember that all these dropping energy, materials and labor costs translate to larger profit margins. So, even if you have sales dropping 5%, many companies have seen a much larger drop tot heir costs, which should translate into profits.

Also, bear in mind that in about 6 weeks the MSM will start reporting good news.

Mr. Cold Cash got the boot.

Yay!

re: #118 The Pulchritudinous Patriot Do y'all have a restore point? If so, can you go to it, then run the Norton? Also, do you remember what that damed active x message was?
(NB: this information comes to you courtesy of someone who's a true GeekTard but has picked up a few pointers from agents from the Geek Squad who have been here so often that I have a cot set up for 'em!).

re: #123 3 wood

On Drudge now

I wish I was awash with cash, because I would be buying up houses like crazy.

re: #119 Desert Dog

That guys a total nutter. Good thing he is not in a position of power...oops, he is!

Well it's a shadow position, however if anyone knows where the Egyptian Dr and Uncle Binny are, it's him.

re: #125 taxfreekiller

Allowing Pakistan to fester inside the body is just like never getting an x-ray for cancer, you think its not growing because you refuse to look,
Pakistan is a world cancer and it grows. Iran was allowed to grow, and the result is clear. Why allow another cancer to grow, one more added to the Saudi, Russian, China, N. Korea, mastication, not making s decision is a decision and they are watching. We keep reeling out rope in hope,
they make ready at the end of the rope to jerk us into the sea of death.

/dispense some medicine

re: #116 JCM

I remember reading a memoir by a guy who got blown off one of the ships at the first attack, managed to swim ashore and spent the rest of the day swimming back out and dragging guys to shore to save them as fast as he could.

He lost count of how many he helped that day, nobody was worrying about that.

Many years later he went back and fond the spot on shore that he had operated from that day.

re: #112 jhrhv

“Obamas and the families of two or three friends” I wonder if that means Ayers, Wright and some Chicago gangsters?

While he and his “friends” are sunning themselves in a multi million dollar holiday property on a beach he expects the rest of us to turn down the heat for the winter and put more air in our tires.

/hypocrite

Two bit hypocrite. How come his Georgian revival mansion on the South Side of Chicago wasn't good enough for the Holidays? Think of the carbon he could have saved not taking that private jet and running those movable glass walls. Especially since he's so concerned about your carbon footprint and my carbon footprint.

re: #31 Gang of One

Is this the coalescing of the crisis that Biden said would test the One®?

®? or ™?

re: #127 Desert Dog

I wish I was awash with cash, because I would be buying up houses like crazy.

I have some relatives in Ireland who converted their available cash from pounds to dollars last summer and bought up a bunch of property in Florida. I helped them a bit with the transactions when I was over there.

A lot of people are doing that.

The Gov't they have right now in Pakistan might be corupt, but it's the closest thing they've had to a sane civilian gov't in ages. The Taliban and AQ hate them, and there are daily assassinations of gov't coalition members and tribals in ANP and PPP. It's to the point that the gov't has realized that it's now them or us, and I really do think they are going to continue the war against the extremists in Pakistan, which is a full blown civil war going un-reported.

re: #127 Desert Dog

On Drudge now

I wish I was awash with cash, because I would be buying up houses like crazy.

Interesting cities they pick.

The trip would focus on California, particularly San Francisco and Los Angeles, where big Chinese populations might make his clients more comfortable, but might also include Nevada.

Restrictions on taking money out of China would be an obstacle, he added, but some potential investors had an overseas connection such as a foreign passport that would make it easier.

re: #126 realwest

I can't even get into the system to do a restore, it keeps going to the boot menu and when I select the mode, it appears to boot..it goes to the Dell screen then it goes to the boot menu again. It's looping between the two.

re: #105 realwest

As for the game today, the Giants can win their division if they beat the Eagles - I just hope we can overcome Plaxico - not losing him as a receiver, but as a source of distraction in the locker room. Not to mention the OLB who "must not be named"'s part in all that bullshit.

Plaxico Burress' action which resulted in his self-inflicted injury only proves that he is yet another in a long line of "Give Me The Damn Ball!" wide receivers, whose head between their legs is bigger than the one between their shoulders.

re: #128 Thanos

Gen. Gul? I wonder if the writers of Star Trek Deep Space 9 made the Cardassians "Guls" on purpose? Probably a coincidence. But, there is an resemblence between the two: Gul Dukat - Ge. Gul

re: #120 David IV of Georgia

The grimy masses, toiling away at thankless jobs, should joyfully sacrifice some of their gruel and beans and a few lumps of coal to see this new day dawn.

The problem is unpatriotic people like you, not the 0ne.

Harry Reid thinks you smell bad, too.

great headline:
Mark Steyn: "Jews Get Killed, But Muslims Feel Vulnerable"

Sadly, I expect that the typical Obama voter has no idea of the gravity of the situation between India and Pakistan. (Heck, Obama probably has no idea!) BHO was propelled into the White House based on some weird world-view that all we need to do as a nation is "be nice" and...

The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

Somewhere I read a commentary that projected the next four years would be more bloody than the last due to the apparent weakness of our president. (Darned if I can find it.) Unfortunately, the world may turn bloody sooner than later.

re: #138 Desert Dog

Gen. Gul? I wonder if the writers of Star Trek Deep Space 9 made the Cardassians "Guls" on purpose? Probably a coincidence. But, there is an resemblence between the two: Gul Dukat - Ge. Gul

Maybe so :)

re: #131 ciaospirit

Two bit hypocrite. How come his Georgian revival mansion on the South Side of Chicago wasn't good enough for the Holidays? Think of the carbon he could have saved not taking that private jet and running those movable glass walls. Especially since he's so concerned about your carbon footprint and my carbon footprint.

He is just your average guy with a 1.5 million dollar home that he got at a reduced price from a mobster. At least he had the time to strongly condemned that attacks in Mumbai while planning his holiday from the office of the POTUS-elect.

/ I just threw-up a little.

re: #125 taxfreekiller

Allowing Pakistan to fester inside the body is just like never getting an x-ray for cancer, you think its not growing because you refuse to look,
Pakistan is a world cancer and it grows. Iran was allowed to grow, and the result is clear. Why allow another cancer to grow, one more added to the Saudi, Russian, China, N. Korea, mastication, not making s decision is a decision and they are watching. We keep reeling out rope in hope,
they make ready at the end of the rope to jerk us into the sea of death.

Although I seemed cautious in #111 when I discussed Paki nukes, the problem won't go away by ignoring it. We may need to do a bit of Reagan-Libyan diplomacy.

re: #27 dahozho

Pakistani origins of these murderers was never really doubtful. The big outstanding questions are-- was ISI involved in their training, how many Western nationals were involved, who are the contacts in UK & the US/Canada, and does anyone have the steel to do something about all this?

Yes, a few, the phone records will help, and probably not.

The least India could do is to harden her targets so that a repeat wouldn't be so easy. Arm the police, at least the ones that will have combat duties. Train them, at least to the extent of setting up firing ranges and funding ammo for training. Buy radios for the coast guard, so that when a coast guard cutter intercepts an attack ship and is overpowered, the news of that gets back to HQ. Buy night vision equipment and more such goodies for the commandos so that 100 Indians against 4 Pakistani terrorists in a hotel isn't an even fight that can drag on for days.

Train harder, because courage in combat grows out of the barrel of training. Untrained men, even if they are naturally brave as these things go, get rattled in combat and perform poorly. [George Washington said as much of his own American revolutionary war army.]

To attack Pakistan in a reprisal raid without taking any defensive measures would be like a boxer who jabs with one arm but leaves the other hanging at his side instead of keeping it up at guard.

re: #125 taxfreekiller
Good morning my friend - as I've said above and many times over the last several months (since Obama said he would invade Pakistan) the major problem in dealing with Pakistan is that we KNOW Pakistan has nuclear weapons and we are not sure - if we ever really were - where the hell they all are; what we do know about Paki's nukes is that they are guarded by the Paki military - and they are NOT loyal to the democratic government, but rather to General Kayani.
And while I'm tempted to strongly agree with Thanos that to think the Mumbai attacks were carried out to give the Pakistan military an excuse to pull off a coup is somewhat farfetched, to say the least, the fact is that the Pakistani Military have apparently pulled off a coup - though I doubt they had anything to do with the Mumbai bombers or bombing. I think the Pakistani military simply saw this as a chance - a reason - to pull off a coup.

re: #135 ciaospirit

Restrictions on taking money out of China would be an obstacle, he added, but some potential investors had an overseas connection such as a foreign passport that would make it easier.

Believe me, there are plenty of ways to wash the cash and get around that, For a minor handling fee.

Not a problem.

re: #130 3 wood

I remember reading a memoir by a guy who got blown off one of the ships at the first attack, managed to swim ashore and spent the rest of the day swimming back out and dragging guys to shore to save them as fast as he could.

He lost count of how many he helped that day, nobody was worrying about that.

Many years later he went back and fond the spot on shore that he had operated from that day.

Lots of amazing stories from that day. Lt. Ken Talyor, one of a handful American pilots to get airborne. Dori Miller a cook who took over a machine gun on the West Virginia.

re: #134 Thanos

The Gov't they have right now in Pakistan might be corupt, but it's the closest thing they've had to a sane civilian gov't in ages. The Taliban and AQ hate them, and there are daily assassinations of gov't coalition members and tribals in ANP and PPP. It's to the point that the gov't has realized that it's now them or us, and I really do think they are going to continue the war against the extremists in Pakistan, which is a full blown civil war going un-reported.

The question is: Will the people fighting on behalf of the government continue to do so? These coup rumors indicate that they may not. And I think we need to find an alternate supply route in Afghanistan posthaste. If things get bad in Pakistan, we might find Karachi closed to us. Or worse, there might not be a Karachi.

re: #118 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

No, I tried that first thinking

My dad can fix this, but I don't want to wait a week to get my comp back, and my mom's been sick so he's tending to her. I figure I should learn to fix this if I can.

Go here, run the online scan in the lower right corner of the page, you have to accept the active x popup there when it comes.

re: #148 JCM

Lots of amazing stories from that day. Lt. Ken Talyor, one of a handful American pilots to get airborne. Dori Miller a cook who took over a machine gun on the West Virginia.

Lots of heros from that war: Every read about the actor Eddie Albert? Amazing stuff.

World War II

Albert served as a lieutenant in the United States Coast Guard in the Pacific during World War II. A genuine war hero, he was awarded the Bronze Star for his actions during the Battle of Tarawa in 1943, when, as a landing ship pilot, he rescued several hundred wounded Marines while under heavy enemy machine-gun fire. He later described some of these events during a short interview in a segment of a program about the war, which appeared on the History Channel. He also discussed it with Col. Ollie North on his series, War Stories (FOX). Albert returned from the war a different actor with a darker screen persona, although it would take another ten years before he became better known to audiences.

re: #148 JCM

I've often thought of the courage of that guy, swimming back out from safety into burning water and often with bullets flying around to try and save other guys.

Talk about courage.

I'm humbled at the thought.

re: #145 lostlakehiker

In WWII, Allied ships only had to broadcast three letters "QQQ" to let someone know that they were being attacked. If they had time, they would then give their latitude and longitude and other information.

re: #108 3 wood

Prosperity is just around the corner.

Obama Plans Largest Building Program Since 1950s

Here comes the Politburo.

Making public buildings more energy efficient isn't a bad idea just because a democrat proposed it. What's a bad idea is to have buildings that cost too much to operate, and just levy enough taxes to run them anyway, because you aren't willing to make an investment in bringing the building up to par.

re: #106 Thanos

I oppose the military taking control, we've seen more action in the frontiers since the civ gov't took over than when Mushy was in control. The Jihadi heads are being attacked, it's not the punitive show expeditions that Musharraf used to mount. There are daily attacks from both sides, it's full on civil war in the frontiers though not many are paying attention.

re: #111 David IV of Georgia

I'm thinking that our "alliance" with Pakistan may be one of convenience while dealing with Afghanistan and Iraq rather than any particular trust that they are trying to rid themselves and the world of terrorists and their enablers.

There is also the nuclear problem. The two small nukes released on Japan destroyed two small cities and killed about a quarter of a million people. While the US would likely either respond in kind or with unlimited conventional war if the Pakis attacked us or an ally so, it would not repair the devastation of such an attack.

Foxnews.com is saying that the 10 terrorists were elite commandos trained by the Pakistani army. The source for this story is an Indian diplomat, so consider the source.

I understand both points...and I'm really not trying to be argumentative...Just discussion points.

In coming back to post at LGF after a long absence, I see the rabid savaging of different DISCUSSION points, ra^ther just good plain old varying views.

YES, I played my part in that stupidity, when a regular. That's why I prefer to post links, versus join "discussions".

I guess MY point was and I apologize if I did not make it more clear...To me evidently, clarity is what I look for in a fine glass of wine.

Staying on subject...ME? Phhfffttt!

Anyway, I have no doubt that the Islamists will eventually hang a mushroom cloud over some city, if 'they' are allowed to do so. I'd ra^ther it be over Islamabad, then say over New Delhi, London OR Atlanta, GA.

re: #149 Dark_Falcon

I don't believe the coup rumors, I'm giving that the 24hour rule.

Kayani met with Gilani over the Mumbai situation, the war in the frontiers, and other matters yesterday, which is probably what's driving the speculation. With McCain and Lieberman in Pakistan I was expecting this. You have to remember how inimical all the political parties in Pakistan are to each other to understand how these rumors get spun out there.

There's a third player in the region being ignored as well. China holds a chunk of the Kashmir, and although they are counseling calm they are also holding war games with India right now.

re: #138 Desert Dog

Gen. Gul? I wonder if the writers of Star Trek Deep Space 9 made the Cardassians "Guls" on purpose? Probably a coincidence. But, there is an resemblence between the two: Gul Dukat - Ge. Gul

Actually, a "Gul" is a Cardassian equivalent rank to Captain. Their Glinns are Commanders, and Legates are Admirals.

Cardassian Ranks

re: #150 Thanos

Go here, run the online scan in the lower right corner of the page, you have to accept the active x popup there when it comes.

I don't think he can do that. His computer won't boot up.

re: #153 3 wood

I've often thought of the courage of that guy, swimming back out from safety into burning water and often with bullets flying around to try and save other guys.

Talk about courage.

I'm humbled at the thought.

No doubt, the guys who climbed into boats to go ashore on those islands or at Normandy, the guys who climbed in those D-day planes to jump behind enemy lines.

Un-common courage was a common virtue.

re: #122 Desert Dog

We are not the only ones proud. Have you ever tried to buy a meal or a drink for some soldiers? Every time I've tried, I've been told someone else has already taken care of it. I am very proud of our men and women in uniform. They are the finest ever fielded.

So true! They very humbly thank me, and tell me that there are elleventy-hundred people already buying them something. And they then thank me for understanding their commitment. Best. Americans. Ever.

re: #150 Thanos

I cant even get online to do this...I'm curently working on my business laptop. The infected compy is my home PC.

If my hard drive is wiped, is there a way to get to IE if I cant make it off the boot menu?

re: #156 Elcid

Hey, I'm not trying to be argumentative either, just giving my pov on the situation. That's what a discussion takes, differing pov's.

re: #159 boogberg

I don't think he can do that. His computer won't boot up.

Missed that part.

Pakistan is the new focus in the GWOT. The Taliban is there, Al-Queda is there, the bastards that planned and plotted the Mumbai attack are there. I hope Obama figures out a way to get that problem solved. This is one instance where the world must come together and stop this nonsense.

The Pashtuns in the territories want be autonomous and left alone to do as they please without much interference from the Pakistan government. If they kept all that crap within the borders of Pakistan, it would their problem, not ours. The fact is now though, they are reaching out all over the world. If you do that, you better get ready for someone to respond in kind eventually. I am not sure what must be done, but going in there and FINALLY cleaning out the shit is something that will have to be done one day. The Pakistan government is not up to it, the UN is not up to it, NATO is not up to it. Russia? China? There is only one country that has the ability to clean out that giant rats nest...unfortunately, it is us. And, the only way that will happen is if we get the support of the world. If Pakistan did not have nukes, I think we'd be in there already.

re: #118 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

Ugh. If it won't boot the hard drive, you may need to repair your windos installation from your XP cd.

re: #162 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

I cant even get online to do this...I'm curently working on my business laptop. The infected compy is my home PC.

If my hard drive is wiped, is there a way to get to IE if I cant make it off the boot menu?

No. If it won't boot, you're stuck. Best to take the PC to a store that does computer repairs.

re: #162 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

I cant even get online to do this...I'm curently working on my business laptop. The infected compy is my home PC.

If my hard drive is wiped, is there a way to get to IE if I cant make it off the boot menu?

Do you get any errors on boot? A series of beeps? Does the fan spin up and stop or nada?

Just as India is rising in the world to become a modern regional power, perhaps they will have the steel to do what America won't do.

re: #158 Macker

Actually, a "Gul" is a Cardassian equivalent rank to Captain. Their Glinns are Commanders, and Legates are Admirals.

Cardassian Ranks

Can you speak Klingon? :-)

I never knew that, but I love the Star Trek series...except that last one, Enterprise, it was baaad. I hope this new movie coming out in the summer is good...the trailer makes me wonder what kind of movie it will be.

re: #132 Macker

®? or ™?

™ I suppose ...

/But aren't they the same?

re: #165 Desert Dog

The world will not support us. Cheap anti-americanism is too easy for them, and too much of the world doesn't really understand the threat.

re: #162 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

If you see the OS selection screen, your hard drive's not wiped. Repair should work, but takes time.

More on the coming Politburo.

Report: 'Car Czar' Proposed to Oversee Auto Bailout

A proposed government "car czar" would oversee any bailout of U.S. automakers under terms being negotiated by the White House and Congress for extending billions in emergency loans to the auto giants, Reuters reported.

Sources familiar with the plan for oversight by an official within the executive branch said Saturday conditions were not final as Democratic leaders and the White House tried to cut a deal.

One leadership aide said both sides favored creation of a "car czar" role to ensure proposed conditions were met, Reuters reported. The funds are designed to last until March, giving the incoming Obama administration and the new Congress time to consider the issue anew.

Racing to seal a deal with the White House, Democratic congressional leaders dispatched aides Saturday to draft an emergency $15 billion aid package to pull Detroit's Big Three automakers from the brink of collapse.

Capitol Hill leaders prepared to sell yet another bailout to a skeptical Congress. It is an uphill battle: The anger is fresh over how the Bush administration used the $700 billion Wall Street rescue fund and lawmakers are questioning whether the once-mighty auto giants can survive.

You will get a "bridge loan" to get through the first month or two of the Obama coronation.

To be followed by more infusions of taxpayer cash as needed.

The Democrats have created a vote factory using the taxpayer checkbook.

Welcome to the Chicago Way.

re: #166 Clemente

Ugh. If it won't boot the hard drive, you may need to repair your windos installation from your XP cd.

Yep, find the restore disks for the laptop if you can't get it to go into safe mode. One last thing to try before going there is to hit F2 or whatever calls up your BIOS command screen during reboot and run through the settings there to see if anything got jiggered. See if it recognizes the HD there, if it doesn't then it could be a hard drive or cable problem.

re: #163 Thanos

Hey, I'm not trying to be argumentative either, just giving my pov on the situation. That's what a discussion takes, differing pov's.

I know. That is exactly what is needed...I didn't take (at least I hope I didn't...see my clarity defintion) as argumentative. It works both ways with me...LOL.

This is a tremendously wonderful medium, (when it works, as I see a Lizard with techie probs) but there is a fault...one cannot hear, or see...OK cripes, TWO faults.

re: #156 Elcid

I haven't seen you in some time, have you been OK? Glad to see you around.

While I think we should be cautious, I don't think we should give up our liberty or that of the world just to avoid a mushroom cloud here or abroad. Sooner or later I think we will have to do something to rein in Pakistan.

When I mentioned the US nukes on Japan in WW II, I think that it was a justified act of war given the situation. Some people—I'm not referring to you—seem to forget how horrific a nuclear bomb, even tiny ones, are. That's why I brought up those bombs as something to consider.

re: #160 JCM

No doubt, the guys who climbed into boats to go ashore on those islands or at Normandy, the guys who climbed in those D-day planes to jump behind enemy lines.

Un-common courage was a common virtue.

I found out just before he died that my Dad was one of those guys the parachuted behind German lines to listen in on radio traffic and try to get gleaned intelligence on troop movements out. Dad grew up in a fluent German speaking neighborhood in Detroit and could speak/understand it very well.

He never talked about it until just before the end.

Here's Bill Roggio on the matter:

[Link: www.longwarjournal.org...]

re: #108 3 wood

Prosperity is just around the corner.

Obama Plans Largest Building Program Since 1950s

Here comes the Politburo.

I found Friday's stock market action disappointing. The job numbers come in much worse than anyone imagined and the market goes up nearly 300 points. Apparently, the market thinks that since the job numbers were much worse than expected, the government will come through with more and bigger bailouts. To me the thought that the government will be coming up with more and bigger bailouts should be a reason for the market to go down. Has Wall Street given up on capitalism? I imagine in the end Wall Street thinks they can make a quick buck off all that government spending and doesn't give a rat's butt that in the end it's going to have a long lasting negative impact.

re: #177 David IV of Georgia

I haven't seen you in some time, have you been OK? Glad to see you around.

While I think we should be cautious, I don't think we should give up our liberty or that of the world just to avoid a mushroom cloud here or abroad. Sooner or later I think we will have to do something to rein in Pakistan.

When I mentioned the US nukes on Japan in WW II, I think that it was a justified act of war given the situation. Some people—I'm not referring to you—seem to forget how horrific a nuclear bomb, even tiny ones, are. That's why I brought up those bombs as something to consider.

I said earlier in the tread that nuclear is not an option. It will be the end of days. Do I have the answer? NO I don't but nuclear it is not.

re: #178 3 wood

I found out just before he died that my Dad was one of those guys the parachuted behind German lines to listen in on radio traffic and try to get gleaned intelligence on troop movements out. Dad grew up in a fluent German speaking neighborhood in Detroit and could speak/understand it very well.

He never talked about it until just before the end.

I can't image. I spent years as a firefighter. Running into burning buildings is more fun than dangerous (seriously folks) and lasts only a short while. Jumping behind enemy lines, where the peril is constant and of unknown duration! Simply amazing.

re: #157 Thanos
"There's a third player in the region being ignored as well. China holds a chunk of the Kashmir, and although they are counseling calm they are also holding war games with India right now."
Huh? What about China's treaties with Pakistan? Can't believe Red China would side with a democratic India over a truly muddled but mostly "safe" ally like Pakistan.

Good article, if totally unsurprising.

re: #174 3 wood

More on the coming Politburo.

Report: 'Car Czar' Proposed to Oversee Auto Bailout

You will get a "bridge loan" to get through the first month or two of the Obama coronation.

To be followed by more infusions of taxpayer cash as needed.

The Democrats have created a vote factory using the taxpayer checkbook.

Welcome to the Chicago Way.

It's pay to play. Union labor first.

re: #118 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

If you like, shoot me an email, and we can sort this off-thread.

re: #179 Thanos

Here's Bill Roggio on the matter:

[Link: www.longwarjournal.org...]

Wow, a new word of the day: Deobandism

I have not heard of that, thank you, Thanos

I found this article by Charles Allen: Wahhabism and the origin of fear

re: #123 3 wood

I envision that the majority of highrises and multidwelling apartment complexes will be owned by other than Americans. This is being legally assumed by willing legal Americans who are underright the corp or trust that makes the purchases on their behalf. The purchases are usually made in CASH. We do have US laws in place to restrict foreigners from land purchases.
Foreign land buying restricted
[Link: www.fin24.com...]
Land For Sale
[Link: progressivefarmer.landwatch.com...]
I am greatly concerned about the American breadbasket. There have been unusually high numbers of multithousand acre parcels being sold at high dollar value recently. We need to pay heed to these transactions as our grains and food sources and biofuel resources could end up in hands of foreigners who do not have the US vested interest as their primary % INTEREST 3wood. So, don't get too excited about the mortgage rates declining or about the property and land sales increases yet...
Ag ground is pure gold these days. But with price tags hitting the $7,000/acre mark in some parts of the Midwest, how long can this golden age last for Americans to purchase it?
[Link: progressivefarmer.com...]

re: #180 gregg

re: #108 3 wood

Prosperity is just around the corner.

Obama Plans Largest Building Program Since 1950s

Here comes the Politburo.

I found Friday's stock market action disappointing. The job numbers come in much worse than anyone imagined and the market goes up nearly 300 points. Apparently, the market thinks that since the job numbers were much worse than expected, the government will come through with more and bigger bailouts. To me the thought that the government will be coming up with more and bigger bailouts should be a reason for the market to go down. Has Wall Street given up on capitalism? I imagine in the end Wall Street thinks they can make a quick buck off all that government spending and doesn't give a rat's butt that in the end it's going to have a long lasting negative impact.

The last time it was tired it was a bust...
New Deal or Raw Deal?: How FDR's Economic Legacy Has Damaged America

re: #183 realwest

If Pakistan becomes a failed state China will side with India, they are trying to fend off some of the Russian influence with their new Nuke plant deal.

re: #187 Desert Dog

Wow, a new word of the day: Deobandism

I have not heard of that, thank you, Thanos

I found this article by Charles Allen: Wahhabism and the origin of fear

The Deobandi Wahhabbists are the most virulent strain of Islam today, that's why I take Darul Uloom's "Fatwah against Terrorism" with several large grains of salt.

re: #181 Erik The Red

I said earlier in the tread that nuclear is not an option. It will be the end of days. Do I have the answer? NO I don't but nuclear it is not.

It should be an option. We should we continue to suffer because Pakistan can't get its act together? I would favor the use of a small nuke on a city in Taliban territory. Such an act of terror might cow the population of the region into quiescence.

re: #149 Dark_Falcon

The question is: Will the people fighting on behalf of the government continue to do so? These coup rumors indicate that they may not. And I think we need to find an alternate supply route in Afghanistan posthaste. If things get bad in Pakistan, we might find Karachi closed to us. Or worse, there might not be a Karachi.

There is no real alternative to running supplies through Pakistan. If the balloon goes up in Pakistan and they close off that supply route, it'll be time for the new Xenophon to show his stuff. We'll have to withdraw our forces from Afghanistan. Simplest way out would be North through Turkmenistan to the Caspian, by water to Baku in Azerbaijan, then by land to Turkey, a NATO member.

If for some reason that's closed, then next simplest would be if Pakistan agreed to our transit of their territory. Ask India and Pakistan to put the port of Ormara out of bounds for their war, and everything north and west of it. We'd have a long cross country march across mountainous desert, but it's not impassable.

Worst case---we have to fight our way out. Pakistan wouldn't have much to spare from its fight with India, so even a small force ought to be able to make its way without running into anything it couldn't handle.

re: #140 FrogMarch

great headline:
Mark Steyn: "Jews Get Killed, But Muslims Feel Vulnerable"

Great article!

re: #177 David IV of Georgia

I've been getting older...'tis a much nicer word the rotting, thank you...:)

There is no doubt of the horror of nukes. In fact in a silly ass attempt to open a closed rabid mind, I emailed Senor Ahmadinejad...and suggested that he study two pictures. One Hiroshima. Two Nagasaki.

'Cause if this mad insect keeps looking down a well for a mommie mahdi and just happens to miscalculate, he could be looking at Tehran.

The answer I did receive, was in Farsi, of course...after a good Aussie friend and linguist translated...all it was, WAS (gosh just about a Clintion'ism)...a friggin' form letter.

re: #178 3 wood Whoa, my friend, was your dad in the OSS or was this a purely Army type operation he was involved in?

re: #192 Dark_Falcon

I don't think nuking a country with their own nukes is a wise thing to do. I don't think nuking anyone today is a wise idea. It would be a very temporary fix and it would come back to bite us very hard IMHO.

But, we have to do something there...it is the cancer of the world right now. And, we need some chemo, stat

re: #173 Clemente

If you see the OS selection screen, your hard drive's not wiped. Repair should work, but takes time.

Thanks, I am bringing it to daddys today...

re: #179 Thanos
From your link: "Contrary to President Zardari's claims, the LET is no "stateless actor." In fact, the LET is and always was a creature of the ISI."
Methinks, notwithstanding it's "offical position" that the ISI is in fact a "stateless actor" in the sense that neither the Civilian government (if there still is one) nor the Military truly are "in charge" of the ISI.

From Roggio's article:

Zardari was partly right. In all likelihood, neither he nor his supporters had anything to do with the attacks. So, if you define the "state of Pakistan" as the president and his immediate cohorts, his words ring true. Of course, there is more to Pakistan's government, including its Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the powerful military intelligence organization over which Zardari exerts little control. And there are good reasons to suspect that the ISI had a hand in the Mumbai attacks, which killed more than 180 people and wounded nearly 300.

The United States and India have named the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LET) terror organization as the main perpetrator of the attacks. Indian authorities captured the lone gunman to survive the assault, and he reportedly admitted being trained by the LET. India also claims to have intercepted phone conversations between the Mumbai attackers and one of the LET's leaders in Pakistan. The full investigation will take some time to unfold, so it is too early to name all of those responsible. It is, however, a safe bet that the LET was heavily involved.

Contrary to President Zardari's claims, the LET is no "stateless actor." In fact, the LET is and always was a creature of the ISI.

Throughout the war against Soviet forces in Afghanistan in the 1980s, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and the United States, as well as other states, all sponsored the Afghan resistance fighters or mujahedeen. But Saudi Arabia and Pakistan were principally responsible for creating and sponsoring the most radical Islamic terrorist groups within the mujahedeen's ranks. This nexus is what first gave us Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda and, later, Mullah Omar's Taliban.

One of Bin Laden's first forays in Pakistan was in the Chitral region where he basically worked for Zia Al Haq to "Sunni-ize" the region. Yes, there was a bit of genocide.

re: #192 Dark_Falcon

It should be an option. We should we continue to suffer because Pakistan can't get its act together? I would favor the use of a small nuke on a city in Taliban territory. Such an act of terror might cow the population of the region into quiescence.

The use of nuclear is opening a can of rotten worms in that region. The USA has the upper hand when it come to morality and ethics. I would not like us to lose that over this regional conflict. I know the region has a bigger "picture" but still. If it gets down to us or them so be it.But until then...

re: #170 Desert Dog

Can you speak Klingon? :-)

I never knew that, but I love the Star Trek series...except that last one, Enterprise, it was baaad. I hope this new movie coming out in the summer is good...the trailer makes me wonder what kind of movie it will be.

I am a Star Trek purist. I prefer TOS, TNG, and DS9. V'ger is where they started to really fluctuate, and I started watching other science fiction on TV. Enterprise is even weaker, indeed.
And don't even get me started on the JJ Abrams film. They can't even get the damn USS Enterprise right!

And Klingon: I know only a few words and/or phrases:
jol yIchu: Beam Me Up!
baH: Fire!
Qapla': Success!
nuqneH: What do you want?

re: #140 FrogMarch

great headline:
Mark Steyn: "Jews Get Killed, But Muslims Feel Vulnerable"

Mark Steyn also has a new Hit Single.

re: #198 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

Thanks, I am bringing it to daddys today...

Take all the discs it came with, and any OS upgrade discs you've used.

re: #192 Dark_Falcon

It should be an option. We should we continue to suffer because Pakistan can't get its act together? I would favor the use of a small nuke on a city in Taliban territory. Such an act of terror might cow the population of the region into quiescence.

Peshawar hopefully will be locked down, if India does move.

re: #201 Erik The Red

The use of nuclear is opening a can of rotten worms in that region. The USA has the upper hand when it come to morality and ethics. I would not like us to lose that over this regional conflict. I know the region has a bigger "picture" but still. If it gets down to us or them so be it.But until then...

I know the arguments. I don't really advocate the use of a nuke. But for the life of me I don't see how some these regions can be pacified otherwise. I don't know what can be done conventionally.

Pearl Harbor Remembrance day. I salute the fortitude of that generation of Americans who fought the war to its conclusion. I fear they are the last of their kind.

re: #181 Erik The Red

I said earlier in the tread that nuclear is not an option. It will be the end of days. Do I have the answer? NO I don't but nuclear it is not.

When I mentioned nuclear bombs, I was referring to the Pakis perhaps using them, not any Western power. Even in retaliation against a first strike on our soil, I would hesitate to use them. They tend to be the murder-suicide option.

re: #202 Macker

I am not as big a purists as you, but I love those show and most of the movies. I actually liked Voyager, there were some very good episodes on that program. I think TNG was the best version, but I still watch the original every time I see it...that is the one I grew up with!

re: #206 Dark_Falcon

I know the arguments. I don't really advocate the use of a nuke. But for the life of me I don't see how some these regions can be pacified otherwise. I don't know what can be done conventionally.

Nor do I but god help us if we are the one that drops the first one. I could see some merit in dropping one on Iran as a sign of the US intentions.

re: #202 Macker

Ah, Klingon.

Qab sos'lich quch(my spelling may b off): Your mother has a smooth forehead.

/Yeah I was a trekkie/trekker

re: #198 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

Thanks, I am bringing it to daddys today...

That's probably best.

Just one more tip. Once it boots, run scans with MBAM, Spybot, and the online scanner Thanos linked, and let them fix everything they find.

re: #206 Dark_Falcon

But for the life of me I don't see how some these regions can be pacified otherwise.

Cause and consequence. The cause is tyranny. The consequence is terrorism, agitation and other forms of manifest evil.

re: #207 maddogg

Pearl Harbor Remembrance day. I salute the fortitude of that generation of Americans who fought the war to its conclusion. I fear they are the last of their kind.

The troops are the same, brave, unyielding, loyal, selfless, patriotic, and willing to give the last full measure. From Lexington to Fallujah, and every point in between it the soldiers, sailors, marines and everyone else who's served underarms has not let us down.

It's the REMF's in DC who've screwed the troops, any time we've failed it's been because a feckless fucker in Washington has set the conditions for failure.

re: #180 gregg

I found Friday's stock market action disappointing. The job numbers come in much worse than anyone imagined and the market goes up nearly 300 points. Apparently, the market thinks that since the job numbers were much worse than expected, the government will come through with more and bigger bailouts.

I think Friday's late rise was more the short sellers buying back out of their short positions for the weekend so they would not spend the weekend chewing their fingernails.

I also actually think the market is a bit oversold.

re: #210 Erik The Red

I hope we never have to drop another one...I think we should never do a preemptive nuclear strike...unless we have undeniable evidence. What we should do is tell any would be nuclear terrorists or government that any kid of nuclear attack against the USA will result in the complete destruction of the country or host country.

re: #211 BlueCanuck

When V'ger frakked up (there's your hint) Tuvok's blook during a first season shoot, and never corrected it, that was when I started watching Babylon 5.

re: #213 experiencedtraveller

Cause and consequence. The cause is tyranny. The consequence is terrorism, agitation and other forms of manifest evil.

I know the cause. What I cannot find is a cure that will work quickly enough for America to be able to use it. True reform in Pakistan would be the work of decades and we don't have that long.

re: #216 Desert Dog

I hope we never have to drop another one...I think we should never do a preemptive nuclear strike...unless we have undeniable evidence. What we should do is tell any would be nuclear terrorists or government that any kid of nuclear attack against the USA will result in the complete destruction of the country or host country.

I agreen100% but that country/government has got to respect the US administration. will we have that when "The One" is President?

I think Coldplay has some splainin to do: Did Coldplay copy Joe Satriani?.

One other noteworthy item - The Frontier Post usually carries several news items from Quetta, thought to be the nexus of AQ and TTP terror in Pakistan. Lately the Quetta section has been a blank.

Good morning, lizards.
Crawling back onto the blog this morning after a really nasty and extended bout of illness.

I see on one of the hater sites this morning that Charles has been accused of creating a "police state of mind" here at LGF.

So what the hell is a "police state of mind", exactly?
Anyone care to translate?

/not fluent in stupidese

re: #214 JCM

The troops are the same, brave, unyielding, loyal, selfless, patriotic, and willing to give the last full measure. From Lexington to Fallujah, and every point in between it the soldiers, sailors, marines and everyone else who's served underarms has not let us down.

It's the REMF's in DC who've screwed the troops, any time we've failed it's been because a feckless fucker in Washington has set the conditions for failure.

That is true. I wasn't talking about the troops. They are the equal of any that came before them. I was talking about the American Public, and the politicians who take their ques from them. They no longer have the grit to continue in the face of hardship until victory is complete.

re: #217 Macker

I rarely watched it at all. I paid more attention to Bablyon 5 during the DS9 era. Especially with all the space battles. To me it seemed like they were copying JMS.

re: #182 JCM

Jumping behind enemy lines, where the peril is constant and of unknown duration! Simply amazing.

Yeah, they'd come looking for him too.

They way I found out about all this is he started having breathing problems about 6 months before he died.

I suggested he get checked out for bronchitis, and he mentioned that where he had pain was where he got shot in the ribs during the war, like you would mention that you were going to get the mail.

I started at the phone and said "What?"

That's when it all came out.

Mom had given me bits and pieces of the story as a kid, but I did not know the extent of it.

Like I say, I am humbled.

re: #224 maddogg

That is true. I wasn't talking about the troops. They are the equal of any that came before them. I was talking about the American Public, and the politicians who take their ques from them. They no longer have the grit to continue in the face of hardship until victory is complete.

Whew! I hope you were!

re: #223 Irish Rose

Good morning, lizards.
Crawling back onto the blog this morning after a really nasty and extended bout of illness.

I see on one of the hater sites this morning that Charles has been accused of creating a "police state of mind" here at LGF.

So what the hell is a "police state of mind", exactly?
Anyone care to translate?

/not fluent in stupidese

It means that Mr. Johnson won't let just anyone post their crap on HIS website. Waaa!

re: #216 Desert Dog

I hope we never have to drop another one...I think we should never do a preemptive nuclear strike...unless we have undeniable evidence. What we should do is tell any would be nuclear terrorists or government that any kid of nuclear attack against the USA will result in the complete destruction of the country or host country.

Agreed. The certain expectation of a MASSIVELY disproportionate response to use of WMD on American territory should be in the front of the minds of those who'd contemplate such attacks.

re: #220 ploome hineni

That's a common plot device in Japanese Anime. I know of at least 5 of them dating from the 90's to current day that have that as a living arrangement.

re: #221 gregg

I think Coldplay has some splainin to do: Did Coldplay copy Joe Satriani?.

Wow, I knew that tune sounded familiar! If you ever get the chance to see Joe, DO IT! He is incredible! Cold Play? eh, I can take them or leave them

re: #188 notutopia

3wood. So, don't get too excited about the mortgage rates declining or about the property and land sales increases yet...

So who said they were excited. I'm reporting facts and making economic observations.

re: #223 Irish Rose

Good morning, lizards.
Crawling back onto the blog this morning after a really nasty and extended bout of illness.

I see on one of the hater sites this morning that Charles has been accused of creating a "police state of mind" here at LGF.

So what the hell is a "police state of mind", exactly?
Anyone care to translate?

/not fluent in stupidese

Translation from Moonbat to Anti-Idiotarian:

"police state of mind" = "Charles wouldn't let me say whatever I wanted without consequence. He enforced rules on me, therefore he's a Nazi."

You can watch full episodes of Star Trek: TOS on Fancast.

re: #196 realwest

3 wood Whoa, my friend, was your dad in the OSS or was this a purely Army type operation he was involved in?

Army.

re: #207 maddogg
I will certainly join you in your salute to "The Greatest Generation" for they did indeed do virtually miraculous things.
But I believe their legacy lives on - I truly mean it when I say that American Troops have - since WWII continually displayed the kind of "quiet courage" that their counterparts in WWII displayed. That American Troops have been used as political pawns, including, perhaps especially when there were relative periods of peace in the world (think 1975-9/11/01) when these troops needed help and medical care and couldn't get it, is, regretfully, a matter of political habit.
When there's a war on, EVERYONE (or those with functioning brain cells) loves the troops. After the war, almost everyone forgets them. Wish I had Kipling's "Tommy" to recite here.
But my main point is that American troops have always been there when needed and have always done their best.
I know not where we continually find these wonderful people when we need them, but pray and believe, that we continue to do so.

re: #223 Irish Rose

Hiya Rose! Purrr.

re: #226 3 wood

So many of came home and just went about their lives.

re: #216 Desert Dog

I hope we never have to drop another one...I think we should never do a preemptive nuclear strike...unless we have undeniable evidence. What we should do is tell any would be nuclear terrorists or government that any kid of nuclear attack against the USA will result in the complete destruction of the country or host country.

A WMD attack against the US would be sufficient reason to retaliate in kind. Whether we choose to do so or not is a different matter. One Mk-53 should do the trick, or twenty B-83s on most small to medium sized countries.

Even if we've completely taken nukes off the table as an option, we should never allow other countries to know that.

Email to a madman…Reply from said madman.

Just in case, there are doubters...:)

Loco Mama's "QUICK EATS FAST"

/no comment

re: #214 JCM
JCM - I unwittingly said the same thing - albeit not as elegantly as did you, in my #236. GMTA!

re: #136 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

I can't even get into the system to do a restore, it keeps going to the boot menu and when I select the mode, it appears to boot..it goes to the Dell screen then it goes to the boot menu again. It's looping between the two.

Hi! Do you have the OS disk? If you do, there is a chance you can do a repair.

re: #238 JCM

So many of came home and just went about their lives.

As best they could. My favorite Uncle woke up every night covered in sweat for 25 years. He was a glider pilot on Europe.

re: #236 realwest

Kipling's "Tommy"

Last stanza:

You talk o' better food for us, an' schools, an' fires, an' all:
We'll wait for extry rations if you treat us rational.

Don't mess about the cook-room slops, but prove it to our face
The Widow's Uniform is not the soldier-man's disgrace. -

For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Chuck him out, the brute!"
But it's "Savior of 'is country," when the guns begin to shoot;

An' it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' anything you please;
But Tommy ain't a bloomin' fool - you bet that Tommy sees!

re: #239 David IV of Georgia

A WMD attack against the US would be sufficient reason to retaliate in kind. Whether we choose to do so or not is a different matter. One Mk-53 should do the trick, or twenty B-83s on most small to medium sized countries.

Even if we've completely taken nukes off the table as an option, we should never allow other countries to know that.

But what about the MSM? They would be the first to report that the nuclear option is off the table.

My admiration for an American Soldier does not ebb and flow dependent upon the era they are from.

Collectively they are the toughest sons of bitches on the planet, and I admire them greatly.

OH...NO, I did NOT leave off the capital A's, the madmen must have a thing for capital A's, for 'they' let the NON capitalized a's alone.

re: #245 Clemente

They don't make poets like him anymore. He said it better than any of us ever could.

re: #218 Dark_Falcon

I know the cause. What I cannot find is a cure that will work quickly enough for America to be able to use it. True reform in Pakistan would be the work of decades and we don't have that long.

We glared at the nuclear armed Russian communists for 60 years.

Granted the Russians weren't sending suicide squads to shoot up Paris...

My point is that there are some elements in Pakistan whom we can support for our advantage.

re: #25 taxfreekiller

Dear America,

You will have a Kennedy in your Senate.

Democrat Commies

We have no choice. It's in the Bible
Numbers 6:24
" A Kennedy will bless you and watch over you."

re: #240 Elcid

Email to a madman…Reply from said madman.

Just in case, there are doubters...:)

What did the reply say?

Peace on Earth. Good will toward men.

(Putting up the Xmas tree with carols playing on the stereo. Feels good.)

re: #233 Dark_Falcon

Translation from Moonbat to Anti-Idiotarian:

"police state of mind" = "Charles wouldn't let me say whatever I wanted without consequence. He enforced rules on me, therefore he's a Nazi."

Actually the comment was made by an ex-lizard... who also thinks that the rest of us here are a bunch of cowards, ass-kissers, crippled thinkers and intellectual sado-masochists.

/and we swear too much, too ;)

re: #252 Dark_Falcon

Yes I couldn't decipher it either.

re: #250 experiencedtraveller

We glared at the nuclear armed Russian communists for 60 years.

Granted the Russians weren't sending suicide squads to shoot up Paris...

My point is that there are some elements in Pakistan whom we can support for our advantage.

Who in the long run? We supported Saddam and Bin Laden in that region for a reason. Who do we pick and for how long can we trust them?

re: #216 Desert Dog
I usually abhor war of any kind - it is truly one of the biggest evils mankind engages in, but God Help me, I am not of a mind to "turn the other cheek" or seek dialog with anyone who attacks the United States - nuclear or otherwise.
And as for terrorist's using nukes against us, former LGFer reaganite - who's expertise in bombs is undisputed - has said out here many times that every bomb - including nuclear - leaves "fingerprints" where the explosives came from, where the detonation device came from, how it got to where it was exploded, all of it is TRACEABLE, even if the different component parts come from a variety of sources. And God help Iran or Pakistan or any other terrorist enabling state who assists terrorists in using one or more nukes or dirty bombs against us.
In such an event, I'm afraid I'd feel and show no mercy whatsoever.

re: #250 experiencedtraveller

We glared at the nuclear armed Russian communists for 60 years.

Granted the Russians weren't sending suicide squads to shoot up Paris...

My point is that there are some elements in Pakistan whom we can support for our advantage.

There are such elements and I do favor supporting them. What I question is whether they can reign in the crazies before said crazies set off a WMD somewhere in the West and leave us no choice but to nuke them.

re: #244 maddogg

As best they could. My favorite Uncle woke up every night covered in sweat for 25 years. He was a glider pilot on Europe.

From what my grandfather said about WW II glider pilots, he ought to be covered in sweat—that was a suicide job. My grandfather was a paratrooper. He got to see the results of (crash) landing gliders first hand.

re: #41 Thanos

Bomb found in Indian nursing home - the Jihadi's are going to try to create more incidents in the next few days.

what cowards. these barbarians are despicable.
what's next day care centers.
these sob's are pure evil.

re: #242 realwest

JCM - I unwittingly said the same thing - albeit not as elegantly as did you, in my #236. GMTA!

It the fact that we always seem to have the young men and women willing to go do these hard things that keeps me optimistic.

Despite the economy, Obama, the left and all that.

We always have these amazing men and women. That tells me there is a family that raised them. The you start looking at those families and those around them. All kinds of ordinary folks, doing ordinary things, day in day out. Going to work, practicing their faith, raising kids, participating in community. That's America, it doesn't matter what's up in DC, or what the talking heads say or the proclamations from the ivory towers.

They go quietly daily about the business of being American.

Come the end of the day, the politicians, pundits, intelligencia and have nothing to say about it.
It's ordinary Americans doing all those little things who make us what we.