Now Clinton Begs Iran to Unclench

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Oh, for Pete’s sake.

When did this kind of touchy-feely, please-don’t-hurt-me, infantile pleading to “unclench your fist” become the basis of America’s foreign policy? Never mind, I know: January 20, 2009.

Clinton Repeats Obama on Iran: ‘Reaching Out a Hand, but the Fist Has to Unclench’.

Secretary Hillary Clinton repeated President Barack Obama’s words on Iran from an interview last month with al Arabiya television.

“Iran has an opportunity to step up and become a productive member of the international community,” she said after a meeting with British Foreign Secretary David Miliband. “As president Obama said, we are reaching out a hand, but the fist has to unclench.”

On a day when Iran launches a satellite into orbit. This is pathetic.

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551 comments
1 Pastorius  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:47:01pm

Well, at least they are making the point that Iran is not a “productive member of the international community.”

2 FrogMarch  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:47:14pm

Hillary Clinton IS pathetic.

3 Desert Dog  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:47:22pm

The Iranians will look at this as weakness and will take this opportunity to walk all over Hillary and her boss, President Unicorn.

They will get nukes on his watch and there is very little he will do about it.

4 winston06  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:47:26pm

Clinton should come clean about his associations with the Iranian regime lobby in the US. Saeed Namazi is a well known Iranian regime lobbyist and Clinton donor.

5 winston06  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:47:54pm

re: #4 winston06

I meant HER too

6 Occasional Reader  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:48:03pm
Now Clinton Begs Iran to Unclench

That headline just caused me to shudder.

7 notutopia  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:48:28pm

Reach out a hand, unclench your fists,
now join hands, the world over, and we all play,
ring around the rosie….
This reaching out crap is so juvenile.

8 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:48:34pm

Maybe if we give Iran a bailout they’ll leave us alone?

/when wimps run countries.

9 gclaghorn  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:48:39pm

Oh, thank God! For a minute I was worried that Iran was planning evil deeds again, or something wacky like that. I’m sure glad Hillary took care of that sticky situation for us.

/

10 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:48:48pm

re: #4 winston06

It’s Hillary, not Bill. But you are absolutely right. Aren’t you Iranian? Or are you Iraqi, please forgive me for forgetting.

11 [deleted]  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:49:36pm
12 Nevergiveup  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:49:52pm

Fist unclenched? Hum? I guess that missile today was kinda like getting the finger?

13 Occasional Reader  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:50:02pm

Maybe Hillary could regale Ahmadinejad and the mullahs with “Have You Never Been Mellow?”. That might work.

14 Kragar  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:50:15pm

Kragaristan foreign policy: Yield or be made to.

15 Kragar  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:50:45pm

re: #8 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

Maybe if we give Iran a bailout they’ll leave us alone?

/when wimps run countries.

DONT GIVE THEM ANY IDEAS!

16 DeafDog  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:51:02pm

How can Iran do a Fist-bump if the fist is unclinched?

This is not an Obama-esque request!

17 Desert Dog  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:51:07pm

re: #11 buzzsawmonkey

Reagan: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”

Obama, followed by Clinton: “Mr. Ahmedinejad, unclench your fist!”

History repeats itself as low comedy.

Desert Dog: “Mr. Ahmedinejad, please go fu*ck yourself.”

18 jcm  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:51:25pm

Isn’t that what Clinton told Monica when they thought Hillary was coming through the door?

19 Tumulus11  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:51:25pm
‘As president Obama said, we are reaching out a hand, but the fist has to unclench.’


. Hillary forgot to say ‘Please’.

20 WhiteRasta  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:51:41pm

re: #11 buzzsawmonkey

It would be low comedy if it were not so damn dangerous.

I can see Osama bin Laden climbing out of his cave like a groundhog and saying, “Mmmmm four more years of jihad, me hearties.”

21 godfrey  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:51:56pm

Well, it worked so well for Carter!

22 LGoPs  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:51:56pm

Maybe she can unleash the “politics of personal destruction” on them. Sure worked over here……
/ Bitch

23 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:52:06pm

re: #15 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

DONT GIVE THEM ANY IDEAS!

Frighteningly possible.

24 jcm  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:52:07pm

re: #16 DeafDog

How can Iran do a Fist-bump if the fist is unclinched?

This is not an Obama-esque request!

Only for Michelle
Youtube Video

25 KibbyKat  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:52:09pm

No unicorns for Iran!

26 itellu3times  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:52:14pm

UNLEASH THE HILDABEAST!

27 stevieray  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:52:16pm

Pathetic.

Lefties truly do believe that everyone is really just like them — and if you are kind enough, gentle enough, and coo enough, the enemy’s inner humanities professor will rise to the surface bringing peace in our time.

With these clowns in charge, this tired old world is gonna get a whole hell of a lot uglier before it gets better… if it gets better.

28 [deleted]  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:52:19pm
29 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:52:23pm

re: #11 buzzsawmonkey

Obama, followed by Clinton: “Mr. Ahmedinejad, unclench your fist!”

Oh. Fist. First thing I thought of was sphincter.

30 Nevergiveup  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:52:23pm

re: #17 Desert Dog

Desert Dog: “Mr. Ahmedinejad, please go fu*ck yourself.”

But if he fucked himself, wouldn’t he then have to hang himself?

31 Scion9  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:52:27pm

Iran to US: Unclench your cheeks. Might help to bite down on something and grab your ankles too.

32 scottishbuzzsaw  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:52:28pm

re: #13 Occasional Reader

Maybe Hillary could regale Ahmadinejad and the mullahs with “Have You Never Been Mellow?”. That might work.

I could have gone the rest of my life without hearing that song again…

33 pink freud  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:52:29pm

I read “unclench” and “Hillary” and I think sphincter. What is wrong with me …

34 DeafDog  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:53:03pm

re: #25 KibbyKat

No unicorns for Iran!

Or pegasi!

35 Kragar  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:53:14pm

Its going to be so embarrassing during negotiations when the Iranian delegation grabs the American delegation, bum rushes them into the bathroom and gives them all swirlies.

36 pink freud  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:53:16pm

re: #29 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Oh. Fist. First thing I thought of was sphincter.

Kindred folks we are.

37 Bloodnok  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:53:17pm

Foreign policy by Dr. Fucking Phil.

38 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:53:19pm

re: #29 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

re: #33 pink freud

MMTA

39 DistantThunder  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:53:22pm

Maybe Bill has been telling her this all these years….

I’m just saying…….

40 formercorpsman  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:53:23pm

re: #4 winston06

It is interesting, and no doubt, Susan is a huge factor in that triangle as well.

Tangled web.

41 Creeping Eruption  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:53:32pm

re: #33 pink freud

I read “unclench” and “Hillary” and I think sphincter. What is wrong with me …

I think it is a common condition. I Don’t think it is unique to you.

42 [deleted]  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:53:33pm
43 ArmyWife  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:53:52pm

Ahmadinejad must think he died and went to heaven, skipping over that blowing up part of the contract. All that’s left is 72 virgins. At this rate, I suppose America will be delivering those, too.

44 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:53:56pm

re: #30 Nevergiveup

But if he fucked himself, wouldn’t he then have to hang himself?

It’s a win-win!

45 jhrhv  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:54:01pm

To look at Al-CNN or Koskids you wouldn’t even know Iran is almost ready to nuke the free world. Touchy feely head in the sand syndrome.

46 JohnSteele  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:54:02pm

It takes a village to raise a child and it takes a liberal to destroy America

47 KibbyKat  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:54:07pm

re: #34 DeafDog

Or pegasi!

Rainbows and lollipops will be dispensed on a case-by-case basis.

48 DistantThunder  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:54:25pm

Terrorist states are laughing at us.

49 Creeping Eruption  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:54:25pm

re: #45 jhrhv

To look at Al-CNN or Koskids you wouldn’t even know Iran is almost ready to nuke the free world. Touchy feely head in the sand syndrome.

But it is such nice, warm sand …

50 notutopia  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:54:34pm

Symbolism of the Raised Clenched Fist
en.wikipedia.org

docspopuli.org

51 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:54:52pm

Skittles! That’s what it is going to rain! Skittles!

52 formercorpsman  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:54:52pm

re: #4 winston06

Another thing. It certainly gives rise as to why Argentina has such friendly relations with the Persians as well.

53 bulwrk  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:55:00pm

Great we get a cheap Dr.Phil knock off as Secretary of State.

54 A Kiwi Infidel  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:55:02pm

And Dinnerjacket is going to listen to a woman, whose husband is an adulterer, how to run his country?

Reah, right!

55 jorline  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:55:09pm

This looks like a Target Ripe Thread…sorry i have to leave.

Later Lizards.

56 LGoPs  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:55:42pm

This reaching out a hand bullshit sounds like our new grand strategy is to play patti-cake with these fuckers…….

57 DistantThunder  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:55:57pm

Kwuait just ordered 5.2 million anti-radiation poisoning pills from nukepills.com

58 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:56:04pm

re: #53 bulwrk

Great we get a cheap Dr.Phil knock off as Secretary of State.

Prepare to get rolled.

59 Wishing  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:56:04pm

All I can hope is that the Iranians really piss her off.
They will then learn that you do not mess with the Clintons.
(hopefully, anyway)
Then again, what WOULD piss her off?

60 DeafDog  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:56:17pm

re: #24 jcm

gag

61 Bloodnok  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:56:37pm

Next tactic:

“Fine, don’t unclench. We didn’t want to reach out to you anyway. We’re leaving. YOU HEAR THAT? We’re leaving! We’ll do it, too! Going…..right…..now! Oh how I do love leaving! Leaving….right……NOW!”

62 [deleted]  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:56:46pm
63 Walter L. Newton  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:56:48pm

re: #51 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Skittles! That’s what it is going to rain! Skittles!

Cake!

64 Hobbes  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:56:56pm

re: #60 DeafDog

gag

Double gag.

65 godfrey  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:57:03pm

Look, the game here is to make Teheran look like meanies.

As if this isn’t Obvious to anyone paying even the remotest attention.

But then, maybe the Left *is* utterly clueless about this.

66 Kragar  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:57:07pm

re: #57 DistantThunder

Kwuait just ordered 5.2 million anti-radiation poisoning pills from [Link:

67 the1sgjohns  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:57:20pm

We are headed to a confrontation with Iran. Today we see the seeds of our invasion into Iran. I hate it but Obama is laying ground work now for an invasion in 4 years maybe more or less.

68 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:57:21pm

re: #63 Walter L. Newton

Shit. Then I’d vote for the assclowns too.

69 Kragar  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:57:26pm

re: #63 Walter L. Newton

Cake!

The cake is a lie

70 DistantThunder  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:57:31pm

re: #61 Bloodnok

Next tactic:

“Fine, don’t unclench. We didn’t want to reach out to you anyway. We’re leaving. YOU HEAR THAT? We’re leaving! We’ll do it, too! Going…..right…..now! Oh how I do love leaving! Leaving….right……NOW!”

And then she’ll throw an ashtray.

71 Spare O'Lake  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:57:48pm

re: #48 DistantThunder

Terrorist states are laughing at us.

Our only hope is that they croak from laughing so hard.

72 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:57:51pm

re: #65 godfrey

Look, the game here is to make Teheran look like meanies.

As if this isn’t Obvious to anyone paying even the remotest attention.

But then, maybe the Left *is* utterly clueless about this.

This just in… Yes. :-)

73 [deleted]  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:58:12pm
74 Walter L. Newton  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:58:13pm

re: #57 DistantThunder

Kwuait just ordered 5.2 million anti-radiation poisoning pills from [Link: www.nukepills.com…]

Suppositories?

75 albusteve  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:58:22pm

this whole mickey mouse administration is way over it’s multiple heads…people are gonna die as a direct result of boobs like BO and Clinton….they think it’s a game

76 So?  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:58:28pm

Unclench your girdle Hillary.

77 nyc redneck  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:58:31pm

how many times does iran have to say they just want to nuke israel, not become “a productive member of the international community”, before the leftist appeasers believe them.

78 Occasional Reader  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:58:35pm

re: #69 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

The cake is a lie

What about the floorpie?

79 FrogMarch  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:58:49pm

re: #37 Bloodnok

Foreign policy by Dr. Fucking Phil.

I prefer Dr. Phil to Hillary. He’d say - “Hows that Jew hatred working for you?”

80 Maximu§  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:58:51pm

I need a drink…..make that a double.

81 Walter L. Newton  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:58:56pm

re: #67 the1sgjohns

We are headed to a confrontation with Iran. Today we see the seeds of our invasion into Iran. I hate it but Obama is laying ground work now for an invasion in 4 years maybe more or less.

You hate what?

82 ArmyWife  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:59:07pm

So, can we organize our own house meetings and send this group emails with pages and pages of questions as to why they are, in fact, so blindingly stupid? It’s all part of the new process, right?

83 Bloodnok  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:59:11pm

re: #77 nyc redneck

how many times does iran have to say they just want to nuke israel, not become “a productive member of the international community”, before the leftist appeasers believe them.

Just words./

84 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:59:12pm

re: #67 the1sgjohns

We are headed to a confrontation with Iran. Today we see the seeds of our invasion into Iran. I hate it but Obama is laying ground work now for an invasion in 4 years maybe more or less.

The only “invading” that will be going on under this “dude” is out from Iran, not into it.

85 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:59:23pm

Gotta run. See y’all later!

86 FrogMarch  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:59:38pm

re: #79 FrogMarch

I prefer Dr. Phil to Hillary. He’d say - “Hows that Jew hatred working for you?”

(to the mad midget)

87 The Shadow Do  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:59:38pm

Looking forward to the upcoming smart diplomacy with Iran and related photo ops - A smiling Achmadinajad posing with Hillory (in full black bag).

88 [deleted]  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:59:41pm
89 Kragar  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:59:44pm

re: #78 Occasional Reader

What about the floorpie?

Couldn’t be any worse than Board Chow.

90 Walter L. Newton  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:59:54pm

re: #75 albusteve

this whole mickey mouse administration is way over it’s multiple heads…people are gonna die as a direct result of boobs like BO and Clinton….they think it’s a game

Steve, you’re falling for hyperbole, keep saying it “They know just what they are doing… They know just what they are doing”

91 WhiteRasta  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 2:59:54pm

re: #67 the1sgjohns

With all due respect, I believe you are gravely mistaken.

92 So?  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:00:08pm

Maybe Dinnerjacket will be invited to another US lib University where he can explain Allah’s satellite program.

93 iceman1960  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:00:11pm

This kind of diplomacy is going to accomplish one thing.
Getting a bunch of people killed.
This will be the Obama legacy mark my words.

94 Nevergiveup  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:00:21pm

re: #87 The Shadow Do

Looking forward to the upcoming smart diplomacy with Iran and related photo ops - A smiling Achmadinajad posing with Hillory (in full black bag).

Well I don’t know about anyone else, but I’d pay to see her in a burka.

95 DEZes  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:00:22pm

re: #75 albusteve

this whole mickey mouse administration is way over it’s multiple heads…people are gonna die as a direct result of boobs like BO and Clinton….they think it’s a game


I do believe they think all of us little people are expendable.
If a few million of us are killed its no skin of their noses.

96 godfrey  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:00:26pm

re: #75 albusteve

as long as their consciences remain ‘pure’ the rest of the world can go to hell, apparently

*spit*

97 DistantThunder  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:00:29pm

The scary thing is that Obama does not seem to have a Plan B. Reaching out was Plan Alpha and Omega. That’s all there is.

Where Have All the Cowboys Gone? Paula Cole

98 Dekar  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:00:31pm

re: #57 DistantThunder

Kwuait just ordered 5.2 million anti-radiation poisoning pills from [Link: www.nukepills.com…]

A day after Obama takes office… I don’t blame them

99 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:00:35pm

re: #80 Maximu§

I need a drink…..make that a double.

Bottle is up on the corner shelf.

Try not to drain it, plenty of others are in line.

100 the1sgjohns  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:00:39pm

re: #81 Walter L. Newton

I hate War. I retired (retired ready reserve) recently, but now my son and god son are of fighting age. I am scared the DEMOS are setting them up for a war in Iran for nothing, not even for oil.

101 JohnSteele  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:01:06pm

re: #67 the1sgjohns

We are headed to a confrontation with Iran. Today we see the seeds of our invasion into Iran. I hate it but Obama is laying ground work now for an invasion in 4 years maybe more or less.

Don’t hold your breath, its a waist of time you’ll just pass out and start breathing again anyway.

102 DEZes  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:01:13pm

re: #76 So?

Unclench your girdle Hillary.


Everyone stand back, no I mean way way back!
Shes gonna blow.

103 LGoPs  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:01:27pm

In my humble experience and observations, what the Middle Eastern countries understand is raw, unadulterated power. They might not like it but they respect it. As evidenced by the fact that almost all of their countries are controlled by strong men.
They see conciliation and negotiation as a sign of weakness, to be exploited. I know I’m having a blinding flash of the obvious but wanted to say it anyway……..

104 screaming_eagle  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:01:31pm

re: #77 nyc redneck

how many times does iran have to say they just want to nuke israel, not become “a productive member of the international community”, before the leftist appeasers believe them.

After the Third mushroom cloud.

105 itellu3times  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:01:36pm

re: #13 Occasional Reader

Maybe Hillary could regale Ahmadinejad and the mullahs with “Have You Never Been Mellow?”. That might work.

Maybe send Michael Phelps over there as special representative and bongmaster from the unicorn stables of the Obamatons. Y’know, kind of like Joseph Wilson, only stonier.

… if that’s possible

106 Walter L. Newton  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:01:44pm

re: #100 the1sgjohns

I hate War. I retired (retired ready reserve) recently, but now my son and god son are of fighting age. I am scared the DEMOS are setting them up for a war in Iran for nothing, not even for oil.

Clarify. Obama is setting himself up for a war because he is mis-handling things or because he wants to have a war with Iran?

107 Kragar  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:01:45pm

re: #102 DEZes

Everyone stand back, no I mean way way back!
Shes gonna blow.

Not a chance in Hell according to Bill

108 Lee Coller  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:01:51pm

Back when I was in Jr. High School there was this kid who would pick on me all the time for no reason at all. One day I walked up to him, held out my hand, and said, “I don’t know what you have against me, can’t we just be friends.” His fist clenched and I got a punch in the stomach (this is a true story). I learned a valuable lesson that day.

109 Spare O'Lake  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:01:56pm

re: #59 Wishing

All I can hope is that the Iranians really piss her off.
They will then learn that you do not mess with the Clintons.
(hopefully, anyway)
Then again, what WOULD piss her off?

Ahmadinejad offers her a smelly cigar.
BAM!…he’d never know what hit him.

110 So?  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:01:59pm

2012

2012

2012

111 [deleted]  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:02:03pm
112 LGoPs  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:02:03pm

re: #102 DEZes

Everyone stand back, no I mean way way back!
Shes gonna blow.

LOL………

113 So?  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:02:24pm

re: #102 DEZes

Everyone stand back, no I mean way way back!
Shes gonna blow.

…not Bill, that’s for sure.

114 FrogMarch  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:02:25pm

re: #90 Walter L. Newton

Steve, you’re falling for hyperbole, keep saying it “They know just what they are doing… They know just what they are doing”

also via Drudge… they say (in regards to cabinet positions)
WHITE HOUSE:

‘The bar that we set is the highest that any administration in the country has ever set’…


bwaaahaaaaaahaaaahaaaaaaa haaa ha

115 the1sgjohns  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:02:27pm

re: #91 WhiteRasta

I hope so, Rasta, but history is repeating itself. Maybe SOS Hillary will get the bitch slap going and Achmed the fist clencher will sit down. I just don’t think so.

116 Scion9  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:02:28pm

re: #95 DEZes

I do believe they think all of us little people are expendable.
If a few million of us are killed its no skin of their noses.

Losing wars is beneficial to their political ideology that prescribes total pacifism as the solution to all hostilities.

Any ground work being laid for a war with Iran will be put on ice until a Republican POTUS or Congress can enact it.

117 DEZes  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:02:32pm

re: #107 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

Not a chance in Hell according to Bill


I knew I left the door open for that one, but what the heck.

118 A Kiwi Infidel  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:02:38pm

re: #74 Walter L. Newton

Suppositories?


Now THATS entrepreneurialship.

119 [deleted]  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:02:44pm
120 the1sgjohns  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:03:15pm

re: #101 JohnSteele

:) thanks Jon. Whew!

121 gclaghorn  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:03:26pm

This just in on CNN:

Obama says, “I Screwed up”

/GASP! Surely our Dear Leader isn’t…imperfect?

122 itellu3times  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:03:32pm

Well, I’m going to consider this as the theater of the absurd.

Until something blows.

123 LGoPs  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:03:35pm

re: #75 albusteve

this whole mickey mouse administration is way over it’s multiple heads…people are gonna die as a direct result of boobs like BO and Clinton….they think it’s a game

Like I’ve often said….POTUS is not an entry level job……..for crying out loud.

124 DistantThunder  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:03:45pm

re: #108 Lee Coller

Back when I was in Jr. High School there was this kid who would pick on me all the time for no reason at all. One day I walked up to him, held out my hand, and said, “I don’t know what you have against me, can’t we just be friends.” His fist clenched and I got a punch in the stomach (this is a true story). I learned a valuable lesson that day.

And he thought he’d had a great day.

125 jhrhv  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:04:21pm

Some say it’s a thin line between cowardice and courage. It’s pretty clear what side of that line the current administration is on.

Is it still patriotic to bad mouth the administration?

126 Dianna  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:04:25pm

I think Charles said it all.

*Sigh*

127 godfrey  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:04:26pm

if Ahmad disses Hill, she can paint him as a patriarchal ass and galvanize Persian feminists

will she? I doubt it

128 Walter L. Newton  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:04:27pm

re: #119 taxfreekiller

Dear Obama,

Its not about lunch money any longer.

There are real mad dog killers alive and well with in Islam.

They do often act just as they say they will.

There is such a thing as getting your ass in a bind with the school yard bully, and the Chicago way is talk, lie and vote fraud, that is not what these sub-humans do.

Yours true,

facts from on the ground in the middle east

TFK - hey, are you back in the ME? (, call the nurse, meds needs adjustment)

129 DistantThunder  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:04:31pm

Obama stumbling through his interview with Chris Wallace on Fox.

130 FrogMarch  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:04:35pm

re: #67 the1sgjohns

We are headed to a confrontation with Iran. Today we see the seeds of our invasion into Iran. I hate it but Obama is laying ground work now for an invasion in 4 years maybe more or less.

Obama wants to avoid war at all costs. obama has his sights on turning American into a nanny socialist state. Where “fairness” runs through the streets, and we are all equally miserable.

131 Soona'  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:04:36pm

re: #82 ArmyWife

So, can we organize our own house meetings and send this group emails with pages and pages of questions as to why they are, in fact, so blindingly stupid? It’s all part of the new process, right?

Yes. That’s it. Organize a meeting. We don’t care what kind, just organize one.
//

132 Frank_Mtl  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:05:05pm

Sickening.

133 A Kiwi Infidel  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:05:24pm

re: #121 gclaghorn

This just in on CNN:

Obama says, “I Screwed up”

/GASP! Surely our Dear Leader isn’t…imperfect?

serious?

134 Maximu§  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:05:24pm

re: #92 So?

Maybe Dinnerjacket will be invited to another US lib University where he can explain Allah’s satellite program.

We all know that satellite is for Iranian children to receive Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network channels. Lets not jump to conclusions here…

/

135 the1sgjohns  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:05:35pm

re: #123 LGoPs

Sing it, I got the POTUS blues, I got the POTUS blues, I just watched another mistake on CNN and MSM neeeewwsss, so I got the POTUS blues.

136 Occasional Reader  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:05:36pm

re: #96 godfrey

as long as their consciences remain ‘pure’ the rest of the world can go to hell, apparently

*spit*

The classic “pacifist” position, that.

I have talked to self-described “pacifists” who unapologetically maintained that position (if not quite in those words).

(Of course, in my experience “pacifists” always seem to make an exception for Palestinians detonating themselves on Tel Aviv city buses. But you knew that.)

137 Dianna  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:05:37pm

re: #129 DistantThunder

Obama stumbling through his interview with Chris Wallace on Fox.

Big surprise there, huh?

138 Soona'  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:05:37pm

re: #105 itellu3times

Maybe send Michael Phelps over there as special representative and bongmaster from the unicorn stables of the Obamatons. Y’know, kind of like Joseph Wilson, only stonier.

… if that’s possible

Sean Penn?
/

139 Mich-again  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:05:39pm
“Iran has an opportunity to step up and become a productive member of the international community,” she said after a meeting with British Foreign Secretary David Miliband. “As president Obama said, we are reaching out a hand, but the fist has to unclench.”

Where f*ing planet have these people been living on the last 30 years?

140 DistantThunder  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:05:45pm

Grilling him on lobbyist, reminding him that Obama said he would make a “clean break” from lobbyists. Chris is good….

141 JacksonTn  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:05:50pm

Is it just me …or does Obama look like a kid playing as president? …I mean, with all due respect for the office, I just saw him on television talking with Chris Wallace …he looks like he is president of the student body of a high school …I am even stepping back from my ODS and really looking and listening …and WTF has this country done? …

142 MJBrutus  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:05:52pm

I’m having that “Mars Attacks” flashback all over again.

143 DeafDog  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:05:55pm

In other parts of the speech, Clinton seemed to borrow from Stevie Wonder. Said Ms. Clinton

Ebony And Ivory live together in perfect harmony, side by side on my piano keyboard, oh Lord, why dont we?

We all know that people are the same where ever you go. There is good and bad in everyone. We learn to live we learn to give each other what we need to survive together alive.

Where have I heard that before?

144 Nevergiveup  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:05:56pm

Now It Can Be Told: NPR Report Calls Al Qaeda “Decimated”
—Ace

Hm.

DrewM. notes that The Lightworker said the following at the first presidential debate:

…al Qaeda is resurgent, stronger now than at any time since 2001.
And now, having been in office for a week and a half — Al Qaeda is “decimated.”

As DrewM. says: Damn, he is good.

ace.mu.nu

145 Wishing  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:06:01pm

re: #121 gclaghorn

This just in on CNN:

Obama says, “I Screwed up”

/GASP! Surely our Dear Leader isn’t…imperfect?

Link?

146 gclaghorn  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:06:01pm

re: #133 A Kiwi Infidel

serious?

Yep. Wolf Blitzer just said it.

147 Kragar  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:06:02pm

re: #121 gclaghorn

This just in on CNN:

Obama says, “I Screwed up”

/GASP! Surely our Dear Leader isn’t…imperfect?

Oh, so they are starting a new weekly segment I see.

148 jcm  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:06:30pm

re: #110 So?

2012

2012

2012

Precisely in …..

149 Occasional Reader  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:06:34pm

re: #129 DistantThunder

Obama stumbling through his interview with Chris Wallace on Fox.

Next up; Chris Wallace gets a surprise IRS audit.

150 DistantThunder  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:06:35pm

Obama telling him to hold on….hold one Chris….

151 Walter L. Newton  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:06:37pm

re: #135 the1sgjohns

Sing it, I got the POTUS blues, I got the POTUS blues, I just watched another mistake on CNN and MSM neeeewwsss, so I got the POTUS blues.

The blues is another way of saying don’t come back.

152 albusteve  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:06:46pm

re: #90 Walter L. Newton

Steve, you’re falling for hyperbole, keep saying it “They know just what they are doing… They know just what they are doing”

I’m not falling for anything….they are boobs and worse and people are gonna die…if that’s what they want how does that change anything?

153 [deleted]  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:06:49pm
154 Wishing  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:06:51pm

re: #127 godfrey

if Ahmad disses Hill, she can paint him as a patriarchal ass and galvanize Persian feminists

will she? I doubt it

Persian feminists? That will be a massive following.

155 Occasional Reader  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:07:01pm

re: #121 gclaghorn

This just in on CNN:

Obama says, “I Screwed up”

/GASP! Surely our Dear Leader isn’t…imperfect?

This was said in reference to WHAT?

156 Ojoe  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:07:02pm

Good Luck Ms. Clinton.

157 gclaghorn  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:07:04pm

re: #145 Wishing

Link?

On CNN TV, with the big yellow “BREAKING NEWS” banner. Checked for a link; none yet.

158 BLBfootballs  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:07:06pm

You’ve got to love the name of the new satellite:

The telecommunications satellite — called Omid, or hope, in Farsi — was launched late Monday after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gave the order to proceed, according to a report on state radio.

Ah, a gentle Iranian satellite, named “Hope”. You can’t say they don’t have a sense of irony.

159 saberry0530  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:07:14pm

re: #110 So?

201210

201210

201210

(Republican controlled congress, impeachment hearings)

160 Scion9  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:07:16pm

re: #103 LGoPs

In my humble experience and observations, what the Middle Eastern countries understand is raw, unadulterated power. They might not like it but they respect it. As evidenced by the fact that almost all of their countries are controlled by strong men.
They see conciliation and negotiation as a sign of weakness, to be exploited. I know I’m having a blinding flash of the obvious but wanted to say it anyway……..

Tender handed, grasp the nettle, and it stings you for your pains. Grasp it like a man of mettle, and soft as silk it remains.

From an English nursery rhyme. There was a time where what you stated was just common sense.

161 DistantThunder  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:07:26pm

re: #150 DistantThunder

Obama telling him to hold on….hold one on Chris….

162 Dianna  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:07:33pm

re: #139 Mich-again

Where f*ing planet have these people been living on the last 30 years?

A really excellent question. I wish I could answer it.

163 The Shadow Do  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:07:34pm

re: #94 Nevergiveup

Well I don’t know about anyone else, but I’d pay to see her in a burka.

“Does this hefty bag make my butt look big?”

164 gclaghorn  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:07:56pm

re: #155 Occasional Reader

This was said in reference to WHAT?

Daschle’s resignation.

165 notutopia  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:08:01pm

re: #150 DistantThunder

Obama telling him to hold on….hold one Chris….

Does he want Chris to unclench his fist and join hands?

166 nyc redneck  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:08:03pm

this begging them to be ‘nice’ just doesn’t work.
think of theo van gogh as that deranged moslem attacked him.
as the roper was stabbing a note into his chest w/ a knife, theo asked can they “talk” abt. it.
these are monstrous people. they have expressed their monstrous desires.
who are we to say they don’t mean it?

we need to be giving iran ultimatums.
not asking them to “unclinch”

167 Bloodnok  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:08:03pm

Hillary: Could you at least ask them to apologize for killing US troops first?

/spit

168 scottishbuzzsaw  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:08:04pm

re: #142 MJBrutus

I’m having that “Mars Attacks” flashback all over again.

Do you have the Slim Whitman CDs ready?

169 Dekar  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:08:05pm

re: #158 BLBfootballs

You’ve got to love the name of the new satellite:

Ah, a gentle Iranian satellite, named “Hope”. You can’t say they don’t have a sense of irony.

They’re mocking our president and he’s oblivious to it

170 itellu3times  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:08:11pm

re: #123 LGoPs

Like I’ve often said….POTUS is not an entry level job……..for crying out loud.

Well, it is now.

Next president will be Sanjay Gupta, who will at least be working for minimum wage plus $25 per diem.

171 Racer X  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:08:14pm

“Here is my lunch money. Please unclench your fist.”

172 DistantThunder  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:08:16pm

Amateur Hour - Obama

173 formercorpsman  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:08:24pm

Unfortunate, we are witnessing what a tepid American administration is like for those never having the luxury of living through the Carter years.

This time around, the stakes are massive. A nuclear Iran with proxies situating in South America, North America, and almost 360 degrees around Israel.

We could not have picked a worse time to elect someone to cut their teeth with international diplomacy, and defense.

174 Dianna  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:09:01pm

re: #141 JacksonTn

Is it just me …or does Obama look like a kid playing as president? …I mean, with all due respect for the office, I just saw him on television talking with Chris Wallace …he looks like he is president of the student body of a high school …I am even stepping back from my ODS and really looking and listening …and WTF has this country done? …

We have voted - some of us - for the desired impossible.

We will get the disastrous possible, inevitably as the sun rises and night falls.

175 UberInfidel67  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:09:10pm

**OT** This is one of the best things I have read lately. It is kinda funny because it is so true. I hesitated to post it in the Links because I didn’t want it to go unnoticed. Sorry for the hijack!

standpointmag.co.uk

*snippet* When you stand back and look at it, the problem for all the other religions is that they just can’t seem to provide the eager young foot-soldiers that Islam can.

Really, check it out folks.

176 gclaghorn  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:09:10pm

re: #171 Racer X

“Here is my lunch money. Please unclench your fist.”

Well it makes sense. You have to unclench your fist so we can put my lunch money in your hand.

177 DistantThunder  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:09:18pm

Giving long answers in the lightening round - what a nerd. Bashing executives.

178 Paul  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:09:23pm

Diplomacy by cliche. God help us, it’s becoming a question of which city will be nuked first.

179 JacksonTn  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:09:25pm

Hey …does anyone have any good songs? ….I have been passing on some songs I get off of here …and …um …my friends are starting to think I have good taste in music …(yes, of course, I don’t tell them I got em here …)

180 itellu3times  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:09:42pm

re: #173 formercorpsman

Unfortunate, we are witnessing what a tepid American administration is like for those never having the luxury of living through the Carter years.

This time around, the stakes are massive. A nuclear Iran with proxies situating in South America, North America, and almost 360 degrees around Israel.

We could not have picked a worse time to elect someone to cut their teeth with international diplomacy, and defense.

Carter’s qualifications make him look like George Washington, compared to BHO.

181 DEZes  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:09:45pm

re: #163 The Shadow Do

“Does this hefty bag make my butt look big?”


Hillary could reemphasize her butt if she wore something large, like Wyoming!

182 LGoPs  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:10:02pm

re: #141 JacksonTn

Is it just me …or does Obama look like a kid playing as president? …I mean, with all due respect for the office, I just saw him on television talking with Chris Wallace …he looks like he is president of the student body of a high school …I am even stepping back from my ODS and really looking and listening …and WTF has this country done? …

You are exactly right. The guy’s biggest claim to fame was as a community organizer….aka professional agitator. And now he’s running the largest corporate entity in the history of the world………..
I still can’t fucking believe it……..

183 bulwrk  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:10:03pm

re: #150 DistantThunder

Obama telling him to hold on….hold one Chris….

Probably getting an urgent text telling him messiahs don’t make mistakes.

184 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:10:11pm

re: #130 FrogMarch

Obama wants to avoid war at all costs. obama has his sights on turning American into a nanny socialist state. Where “fairness” runs through the streets, and we are all equally miserable.

He’ll sign away whatever Iran demands for “Peace in our Time”.

Yes, we’ve seen this movie before.

185 itellu3times  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:10:13pm

re: #180 itellu3times

That’s on paper, I meant to add.

At the time.

When the world was young.

186 Mich-again  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:10:17pm

Obama and Hillary might as well be hoping and waiting for this fist to unclench.

187 Haole  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:10:23pm

Pee Wee Herman is more scary.

188 albusteve  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:10:25pm

re: #173 formercorpsman

Unfortunate, we are witnessing what a tepid American administration is like for those never having the luxury of living through the Carter years.

This time around, the stakes are massive. A nuclear Iran with proxies situating in South America, North America, and almost 360 degrees around Israel.

We could not have picked a worse time to elect someone to cut their teeth with international diplomacy, and defense.

the question is will the US stand behind Israel when they do the deed?

189 DistantThunder  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:10:34pm

We have an uninspired LAWYER for president.

Bring up the Rush quote…….Obama denies saying it…says it’s not the exact quote….

Chris asks him if he is thin-skinned!

190 saberry0530  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:10:41pm

re: #181 DEZes

Hillary could redeemphasize her butt if she wore something large, like Wyoming!

191 itellu3times  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:10:51pm

re: #188 albusteve

the question is will the US stand behind Israel when they do the deed?

yeah, and just how far behind?

/

192 Kragar  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:11:04pm

re: #187 Haole

Pee Wee Herman is more scary.

Just don’t eat the popcorn and you’ll be OK

193 DistantThunder  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:11:05pm

re: #182 LGoPs

You are exactly right. The guy’s biggest claim to fame was as a community organizer….aka professional agitator. And now he’s running the largest corporate entity in the history of the world………..
I still can’t fucking believe it……..

Political Operative

194 Scion9  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:11:16pm

re: #158 BLBfootballs

You’ve got to love the name of the new satellite:

Ah, a gentle Iranian satellite, named “Hope”. You can’t say they don’t have a sense of irony.

I’m not looking forward to when they launch “Change”.

195 albusteve  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:11:27pm

re: #179 JacksonTn

Hey …does anyone have any good songs? ….I have been passing on some songs I get off of here …and …um …my friends are starting to think I have good taste in music …(yes, of course, I don’t tell them I got em here …)

check out John Hiatt, and also the subdudes….lotsa good stuff

196 DEZes  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:11:32pm

De emphasize/ PIMF

197 thefallingman  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:11:36pm

Ever seen a fight between two people, one with open palm and the other with fists? I saw a couple of drunks do that once. Guess who won?

198 Occasional Reader  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:11:43pm

re: #177 DistantThunder

Giving long answers in the lightening round - what a nerd. Bashing executives.

Yes, damn those arrogant executives for throwing a $200 million party here in Washington to glorify themselves, during a recession of all times!

Oh, wait… that was Obama. Never mind.

199 Lord of the Pies  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:11:54pm

re: #186 Mich-again

Obama and Hillary might as well be hoping and waiting for this fist to unclench.

I always wondered why it is pointed at Canada and not at 8 Mile

200 jaunte  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:12:04pm

If the Iranians don’t unclench pretty soon, Obama can roll out the big tactic and tell them “I won.”

201 Occasional Reader  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:12:14pm

re: #189 DistantThunder

We have an uninspired LAWYER for president.

Bring up the Rush quote…….Obama denies saying it…says it’s not the exact quote….

Chris asks him if he is thin-skinned!

Oh, I DO hope they rebroadcast this… you’ve whetted my appetite!

202 DistantThunder  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:12:17pm

Biggest surprise of the presidency - is that every decision is BIG.

Good heavens….

203 jcm  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:12:21pm

re: #159 saberry0530

(Republican controlled congress, impeachment hearings)

I’d be happy with complete gridlock.

Like I’d always ask the Impeach Bush crowd….
What’s the charge?

204 JacksonTn  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:12:25pm

re: #195 albusteve

check out John Hiatt, and also the subdudes….lotsa good stuff

LOL …albusteve …I already forwarded your John Hiatt song from yesterday …I love the subdudes …Thanks! …

205 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:12:35pm

re: #186 Mich-again

Obama and Hillary might as well be hoping and waiting for this fist to unclench.

All joking aside, that is one cool bit of art.

206 WhiteRasta  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:12:45pm

re: #179 JacksonTn

Check out anything by the Cowboy Junkies. If you like sad, depressing songs.

www.cowboyjunkies.com

207 JohnSteele  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:12:58pm

re: #189 DistantThunder

We have an uninspired LAWYER for president.

Bring up the Rush quote…….Obama denies saying it…says it’s not the exact quote….

Chris asks him if he is thin-skinned!

That’s racist.

208 albusteve  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:13:06pm

it’s like going from Rocket football straight to the NFL

209 Bloodnok  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:13:07pm

re: #202 DistantThunder

Biggest surprise of the presidency - is that every decision is BIG.

Good heavens….

I am going to forget I just read that. Nothing personal DT.

210 [deleted]  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:13:08pm
211 [deleted]  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:13:15pm
212 bulwrk  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:13:23pm

Call me old fashioned but I’m more comfortable with the big stick approach to foreign relations.

213 Mich-again  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:13:37pm

re: #189 DistantThunder

We have an uninspired LAWYER for president.

What we have here is a dog who chased a car and caught it. Not sure what to do next.

214 DEZes  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:13:39pm

re: #190 saberry0530


Thanks for fixing that. updingy.
And ‘BLBfootballs” up yours!

215 DistantThunder  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:13:47pm

re: #209 Bloodnok

I am going to forget I just read that. Nothing personal DT.

The stuff of nightmares for sure.

216 jcm  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:13:50pm

re: #202 DistantThunder

Biggest surprise of the presidency - is that every decision is BIG.

Good heavens….

Did he say that ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

WTF DID HE THINK THE JOB WAS?
Community organizing?

217 reine.de.tout  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:14:01pm

re: #195 albusteve

check out John Hiatt, and also the subdudes….lotsa good stuff

The subdudes …

good suggestion.
Youtube Video

218 Kragar  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:14:18pm

re: #210 buzzsawmonkey

Put wheels on it, and you have a siege engine.

Or a Gay Pride float

219 albusteve  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:14:26pm

re: #204 JacksonTn

LOL …albusteve …I already forwarded your John Hiatt song from yesterday …I love the subdudes …Thanks! …

then move up to Sonny Landreth and Grace Potter…Bonnie Raitt is supreme

220 Mich-again  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:14:45pm

re: #210 buzzsawmonkey

Put wheels on it, and you have a siege engine.

Hollow it out and could be a Trojan Arm.

221 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:14:50pm

re: #210 buzzsawmonkey

Put wheels on it, and you have a siege engine.

Sweet.

222 screaming_eagle  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:14:51pm

re: #183 bulwrk

Probably getting an urgent text telling him messiahs don’t make mistakes.

Well you know he is at his best with a prompter.

223 Racer X  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:14:58pm

re: #179 JacksonTn

Duffy - Rockferry

224 saberry0530  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:15:05pm

re: #203 jcm

I’d be happy with complete gridlock.

Like I’d always ask the Impeach Bush crowd….
What’s the charge?

Being “present”!

225 Bloodnok  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:15:11pm

re: #216 jcm

Did he say that ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

WTF DID HE THINK THE JOB WAS?
Community organizing?

This is becoming a tired cliche, but Can You Imagine If Bush Had Said That?
(CYIIBHST)

226 DistantThunder  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:15:20pm

re: #216 jcm

Did he say that ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

WTF DID HE THINK THE JOB WAS?
Community organizing?

And he’s a “present” kind of guy…look what his decisions have wrought so far - circus - chaos - …

227 faraway  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:15:32pm

breitbart.com

Al-Qaida’s No. 2 criticized President Barack Obama for not mentioning Gaza in his inauguration speech, and urged Muslims around the world to target U.S. interests to avenge American backing of Israel’s offensive against Hamas.

228 Soona'  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:15:33pm

re: #173 formercorpsman

Unfortunate, we are witnessing what a tepid American administration is like for those never having the luxury of living through the Carter years.

This time around, the stakes are massive. A nuclear Iran with proxies situating in South America, North America, and almost 360 degrees around Israel.

We could not have picked a worse time to elect someone to cut their teeth with international diplomacy, and defense.

We will reap the consequences that an ignorant American electorate has sown.

229 Walter L. Newton  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:15:34pm

re: #201 Occasional Reader

Oh, I DO hope they rebroadcast this… you’ve whetted my appetite!

It’s on Fox, I’m not interested. I don’t care if Obama dropped trou’ on the show, I won’t support Fox.

230 Dianna  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:15:42pm

re: #179 JacksonTn

Hey …does anyone have any good songs? ….I have been passing on some songs I get off of here …and …um …my friends are starting to think I have good taste in music …(yes, of course, I don’t tell them I got em here …)

If you liked the 80’s, you might like This - with Allison Kraus

231 avanti  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:15:47pm

re: #201 Occasional Reader

Oh, I DO hope they rebroadcast this… you’ve whetted my appetite!

Chris Wallace was very fair in the interview, and his comments at the end were even a bit too respectful. Not the slightest negitive word.

232 saberry0530  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:15:50pm

re: #214 DEZes

Thanks for fixing that. updingy.
And ‘BLBfootballs” up yours!

:)

233 [deleted]  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:15:51pm
234 Occasional Reader  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:16:00pm

re: #218 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

Or a Gay Pride float

ROFL

235 albusteve  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:16:00pm

re: #217 reine.de.tout

The subdudes …

good suggestion.

[Video]

friends of mine….after like 120 shows

236 thefallingman  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:16:06pm

re: #179 JacksonTn
I’m listening to a lot of Black Keys lately. Love the powerful, Blues-infused stuff. And you can’t go wrong with Howlin’ Wolf, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Son House, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Robert Johnson…

237 screaming_eagle  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:16:23pm

re: #194 Scion9

I’m not looking forward to when they launch “Change”.

Then think how bad the “Yes We Can” will be.

238 Racer X  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:16:31pm

re: #121 gclaghorn

This just in on CNN:

Obama says, “I Screwed up”

/GASP! Surely our Dear Leader isn’t…imperfect?

Well, Biden said there was going to be a test.

FAIL

239 the1sgjohns  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:16:50pm

So some of you thought my prediction of the seeds of invasion was too much. But the fearless leaders thinks dashcle nomination was a BIG surprise. Hmm.

240 JacksonTn  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:17:03pm

re: #230 Dianna

If you liked the 80’s, you might like This - with Allison Kraus

Dianna …thanks …I love Allison …do you think she is Robert Plant’s lover? …I know they did an album and tour together recently ….

241 DEZes  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:17:06pm

re: #218 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

Or a Gay Pride float


Pass the Windex please.

242 Haole  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:17:24pm

re: #218 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

Or a Gay Pride float

I could make big money with that out here in San Fran.

////eewwww

243 brookly red  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:17:30pm

re: #237 screaming_eagle

Then think how bad the “Yes We Can” will be.

yes we did?

244 Dianna  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:17:41pm

re: #197 thefallingman

Ever seen a fight between two people, one with open palm and the other with fists? I saw a couple of drunks do that once. Guess who won?

The guy with the open palm? Because the guy using his fist probably managed to fracture several bones with the first punch.

245 The Shadow Do  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:17:54pm

re: #211 Iron Fist

Please doan’ beat me, Massa! Please doan’ beat me!

There, I’ve translated Clinton’s diplobable for you all. Obama would have to drop his drawers and bend over for Achamadinijad, and say “Have your way with me”, if he wants to get any more subserviant to Iran. And we all remember how well Carter playing the weak, put upon victim helped to work with Iran when he was President, don’t we?

Jimmy Carter, Part Deux. At best. And he’s been in office less than two weeks.

I think he’ll be leading the call to prayer in Tehran before this is all over, you know, just to show he really is a good guy and America is sorry and all.

246 faraway  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:17:59pm

India warns Obama over Kashmir

India has warned US President Barack Obama that he risks “barking up the wrong tree” if he seeks to broker a settlement between Pakistan and India over the disputed territory of Kashmir.

247 ArmyWife  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:18:08pm

re: #135 the1sgjohns

Am I wrong to assume the “1sg” was your rank?

248 thefallingman  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:18:15pm

re: #186 Mich-again
Joe Louis was the greatest boxer ever

249 dentate  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:18:20pm

And this statement came after meeting with Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Miliband, who is Jewish. Pleading from a Jew and a woman. I am sure the mullahs will be duly penitent.

250 Occasional Reader  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:18:23pm

re: #233 buzzsawmonkey

I don’t mind his being a lawyer—I just wish he understood how to joust in attorneyment.

And I just wish that this alleged former “Constitutional Law professor” demonstrated a basic understanding of the Constitution. You know, like how it’s not really supposed to provide “positive rights”, “economic justice”, free unicorns for everyone, etc.

I think he took our law school abbreviation of that class a bit too literally: “Con Law”.

251 screaming_eagle  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:18:31pm

re: #243 brookly red

yes we did?

OR

Oh no they really did.

252 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:18:40pm

re: #237 screaming_eagle

Then think how bad the “Yes We Can” will be.

That will be the chant of the poor asshole designated to run after the “Change” nuke missile to light the warhead’s fuse.

253 formercorpsman  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:18:40pm

re: #228 Soona’

Yeah, pretty much. As of day one.

The rose colored glasses have now corrected to 20/20, and the world is a dangerous place.

He smoked too much of his adulation here, thinking it will translate overseas.

We will be digging out of this hole for a very long time.

254 Viking6  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:18:43pm

This is what he should be doing.

globalsecurity.org

but intead we get the this

flickr.com

255 jcm  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:18:52pm

re: #224 saberry0530

Being “present”!

LOL!

I just don’t want to sound like the BDS crowd.
I could never get a charge out of the Impeach Bush crowd other than “Bush Lied.” That wouldn’t hold up to scrutiny.

If we are going nail a hide to the barn wall, we’d better make sure we have some cast iron nails.

256 the1sgjohns  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:19:07pm

re: #229 Walter L. Newton

Did they pee in your cornflakes? Seriously what did they do, that CNN, AP or MSM hasn’t already done…I mean have they forged documents or lied about stuff in the Middle East? Cause I have tuned a lot of them out this last year.

257 Occasional Reader  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:19:18pm

re: #229 Walter L. Newton

It’s on Fox, I’m not interested. I don’t care if Obama dropped trou’ on the show, I won’t support Fox.

Okily dokily.

258 albusteve  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:19:19pm

Little Feat


Youtube Video

259 Omega3  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:19:26pm

If you don’t unclench your fists. We’ll pry those finners open for you!

Peace, Love, DOPE!

260 Walter L. Newton  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:19:27pm

re: #246 faraway

India warns Obama over Kashmir

Why are so many countries, who thought this guy was the bees knees, now telling him to go shove it?

261 kansas  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:19:29pm

My fist is unclenched toward Iran. Unfortunately my middle finger is the only one that seems to have unclenched. Hate it when that happens.

262 UberInfidel67  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:19:44pm

re: #227 faraway The inagural speech was to the American people. Damn, these idiots think Gaza has to be a factor in everyone’s life at every moment in everyplace? Well shit, I went to the bank today. I forgot to yell “Free Gaza” on my way out. Also, when I took the garbage out to the dumpster, I forgot to put on my “peace scarf” and yell “From the river to the sea”. I am in a shitload of trouble now.

Ahhhhh these people are NOT human.

263 Mich-again  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:19:51pm

re: #248 thefallingman

Joe Louis was the greatest boxer ever

Way before my time but thats what I hear.

264 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:19:57pm

re: #3 Desert Dog

The Iranians will look at this as weakness…blockquote>

Amen.

The damage is done.

If, by chance, Obama is inclined to stand up to Iran at some point down the road, it will take an actual, full-blown, military strike to get the theocracy’s attention. Nothing he says will impress them.

He has butt-holed every last one of his peaceful-resolution options.

His legacy (as he probably envisions it) is utterly screwed.

265 the1sgjohns  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:20:26pm

re: #247 ArmyWife

You are sort of correct. I was a 1SG when I retired, which was my title. I am actually a Master Sergeant. I just had the tag name before I retired.

266 thefallingman  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:20:27pm

re: #244 Dianna

The guy with the open palm? Because the guy using his fist probably managed to fracture several bones with the first punch.


Actually, it was the guy who was still conscious at the end.

267 goddessoftheclassroom  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:20:31pm

re: #264 pre-Boomer Marine brat

MWAH!

268 jcm  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:20:33pm

re: #241 DEZes

Pass the Windex please.

No windex, will this work?

269 kansas  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:20:53pm

re: #248 thefallingman

Joe Louis was the greatest boxer ever

I’ve seen movies of Joe Louis. I think he was the best of his time. My opinion of the absolute best was Ali in his prime maybe even when he was Clay.

270 albusteve  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:20:56pm

re: #263 Mich-again

Way before my time but thats what I hear.

until Ernie Shavers….c’mon bro

271 screaming_eagle  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:20:56pm

re: #252 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

That will be the chant of the poor asshole designated to run after the “Change” nuke missile to light the warhead’s fuse.

Then the only hope is that bastard can’t run very fast.

272 brookly red  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:20:59pm

re: #244 Dianna

yang style?

273 Walter L. Newton  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:21:01pm

re: #257 Occasional Reader

Okily dokily.

Thank you for being so kind to me. I’m glad we could all just get along. Hugs.

274 DistantThunder  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:21:05pm

re: #246 faraway

India warns Obama over Kashmir

Reply froM Obama: Don’t you know who I am?

275 JacksonTn  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:21:21pm

re: #258 albusteve

Little Feat

[Video]

Thanks …Love them … I have seen them many times …subdudes too …they played Tipitina’s in New Orleans all the time …and the Jazz Festival …

276 Haole  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:21:23pm

If he won’t unclench, Pattycake is gonna hurt.

277 nyc redneck  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:21:28pm

the problem is, a strong potus could conceivably say this.
and leave the enemy guessing and scratching their heads.

a weak person like O has nothing to back up his words with.
he commands no respect. he is weak.
he has shown it to the world.
it is as if he is inviting an attack.

278 opnion  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:21:34pm

re: #231 avanti

Chris Wallace was very fair in the interview, and his comments at the end were even a bit too respectful. Not the slightest negitive word.

hi Avanti. Damn, I was hoping Chris Wallace would have said something like, :”Mr. President, do you see now why it is such a tragedy that we hav elected such an insipd empty suit, who just ran along the Affirative Action track his whole life?”

279 avanti  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:21:36pm

re: #212 bulwrk

Call me old fashioned but I’m more comfortable with the big stick approach to foreign relations.

I don’t mind us offering the carrot, and Israel wielding the stick. It has been suggested that we are trying the good cop bad cop thing, no idea if it’ll work.

280 Dianna  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:21:52pm

re: #240 JacksonTn

Dianna …thanks …I love Allison …do you think she is Robert Plant’s lover? …I know they did an album and tour together recently ….

Not a clue - but I hope not. Plant’s what, sixty something? She’s younger than I am. While there is something to be said for experience, I just cringe.

281 WhiteRasta  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:21:55pm

re: #249 dentate

Milliband is an ass-clown of the highest order. I don’t care what religion he is.

282 ArmyWife  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:21:55pm

...

283 kansas  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:21:56pm

re: #277 nyc redneck

the problem is, a strong potus could conceivably say this.
and leave the enemy guessing and scratching their heads.

a weak person like O has nothing to back up his words with.
he commands no respect. he is weak.
he has shown it to the world.
it is as if he is inviting an attack.

Bingo!

284 Occasional Reader  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:22:00pm

re: #248 thefallingman

Joe Louis was the greatest boxer ever

Reminds me of a line from the now-defunct Jamie Foxx Show:

“You think Mike Tyson could beat Muhammad Ali? Mike Tyson couldn’t even spell Muhammad Ali.”

285 DistantThunder  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:22:12pm

re: #277 nyc redneck

the problem is, a strong potus could conceivably say this.
and leave the enemy guessing and scratching their heads.

a weak person like O has nothing to back up his words with.
he commands no respect. he is weak.
he has shown it to the world.
it is as if he is inviting an attack.

Speak softly AND carry a big stick.

286 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:22:17pm

re: #271 screaming_eagle

Then the only hope is that bastard can’t run very fast.

That’s why they have to chant…

287 DEZes  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:22:28pm

re: #268 jcm

No windex, will this work?

That helped but now my monitor smells like Kibbles and Bits.
;)

288 Dianna  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:22:35pm

re: #246 faraway

Good for the Indians!

289 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:22:48pm

re: #264 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Shit, screwed up the formatting — everything from “Amen” on is mine

290 albusteve  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:22:58pm

re: #275 JacksonTn

Thanks …Love them … I have seen them many times …subdudes too …they played Tipitina’s in New Orleans all the time …and the Jazz Festival …

I’m an authentic Feat groupie….35yrs of gigs

291 Irenike  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:22:58pm

Hey Hillary, when the mullahs of Iran tell you and Comrade President Hussein to go take a flying fuck, what’s Plan B?

292 DistantThunder  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:23:05pm

Oprah and Michelle will fight his battles for him.

293 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:23:16pm

re: #279 avanti

I don’t mind us offering the carrot, and Israel wielding the stick. It has been suggested that we are trying the good cop bad cop thing, no idea if it’ll work.

We shouldn’t be the ones hiding behind Israel’s skirts.

294 Walter L. Newton  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:23:21pm

re: #268 jcm

No windex, will this work?

No, but it scared the shit out of Maisey.

295 Mich-again  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:23:35pm

Maybe Obama should send the mullahs a nice coffee table statue of “The egg of power” and some long-stem roses.

296 ArmyWife  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:23:42pm

re: #282 ArmyWife

I swear I wrote something in that post. Let me try again:

I thought it was odd you had the “sg” lower case in your nic - I was just checking to make sure I wasn’t making incorrect assumptions.

297 thefallingman  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:23:52pm

re: #269 kansas
I strongly disagree: 12 consecutive years undefeated world heavy weight champ, 25 title defenses, only gave it up when he retired. Ali ain’t got nothin’ like that.

298 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:24:25pm

re: #267 goddessoftheclassroom

MWAH!

MWAH!

(this thread’s subject has me in the same mood as that cat)

299 albusteve  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:24:28pm

Derek Trucks Band….


Youtube Video

300 Lincolntf  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:24:50pm

re: #291 Irenike

Assimilate in the name of the greater good?
The Constitution is a barrier to Peace, don’tcha know?

301 screaming_eagle  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:25:00pm

re: #286 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

That’s why they have to chant…


What that stupid drum beat shit the Shiite sing? Only morons on the planet that still needs a singer to lead there army.

302 bulwrk  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:25:00pm

re: #260 Walter L. Newton

Why are so many countries, who thought this guy was the bees knees, now telling him to go shove it?

Because experienced foreign leaders saw him for what he is a babe in the woods.They wanted him elected because they knew they could run circles around him.

303 The Shadow Do  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:25:02pm

re: #277 nyc redneck

the problem is, a strong potus could conceivably say this.
and leave the enemy guessing and scratching their heads.

a weak person like O has nothing to back up his words with.
he commands no respect. he is weak.
he has shown it to the world.
it is as if he is inviting an attack.

That is exactly what he is doing, and he will not see the punch until it lands.

304 faraway  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:25:31pm

re: #269 kansas

I’ve seen movies of Joe Louis. I think he was the best of his time. My opinion of the absolute best was Ali in his prime maybe even when he was Clay.

Ali is scum. He joined the Nation of Islam, taking the Muslim name “Muhammad Ali.” The Vietnam War then interrupted Ali’s career. In 1967, he was inducted into the military, but he refused to serve, saying his religious beliefs forbade him to fight. While some Americans praised Ali for risking prison to stand up for his beliefs, others called him a draft dodger and traitor.

305 Dianna  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:25:45pm

re: #272 brookly red

yang style?

Who knows?

I once ducked some idjit who missed his swing at a man and went off balance - he’d have hit me if I weren’t pretty good at ducking - and he punched a wood beam.

He broke a couple knuckles in addition to the straight bones in the back of his hand.

Damndest thing.

306 opnion  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:25:47pm

re: #293 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

We shouldn’t be the ones hiding behind Israel’s skirts.

Lt, from your mouth to Gods ears.

307 goddessoftheclassroom  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:25:47pm

re: #298 pre-Boomer Marine brat

MWAH!

(this thread’s subject has me in the same mood as that cat)

I hope this brightens your day!

308 jcw46  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:25:49pm

re: #160 Scion9

Excuse me, I don’t know WHAT species of nettle they’re referring to but the ones I’ve handled will cut you twice as bad if you “grasp it like a man of mettle” with your bare hands.

Please don’t be quoting poets who mostly look for rhymes over sense in their words.

More like: “treat the nettle gently and fairly and you’ll get bit but cut that f*cker down with a knife and plow it under and you’ll be okay”.

309 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:26:11pm

Two weeks. Two frigging weeks.

/where are we going to be in 4 years?

310 winston06  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:26:18pm

re: #10 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I am an Iranian

311 JacksonTn  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:26:19pm

re: #299 albusteve

Derek Trucks Band….

[Video]

Wow …that kid …glad he is still going at it …

312 kansas  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:26:42pm

re: #297 thefallingman

I strongly disagree: 12 consecutive years undefeated world heavy weight champ, 25 title defenses, only gave it up when he retired. Ali ain’t got nothin’ like that.

Kinda depends on the opposition I suppose. I was thinking Louis was simply before his time. When I used to see Ali fight, it was like he was so fast he could back away from a jab, and throw punches that I couldn’t see. I will defer to Joe, however.

313 Walter L. Newton  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:26:45pm

re: #302 bulwrk

Because experienced foreign leaders saw him for what he is a babe in the woods.They wanted him elected because they knew they could run circles around him.

Of course, I bet that’s what it was… clever, these world leaders. I wonder if Obama feels like a jerk yet?

314 winston06  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:26:50pm

re: #6 Occasional Reader

Their begging always begin with financial begging

315 ArmyWife  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:26:52pm

Another example of the product resulting from the bozo trifecta of Pelosi, Reid and Obama -

EU issues warning over Buy America plan

I believe we pointed this out early on - so the question is, if WE can spot this stuff from a mile of way, what the heck is going on with the actual leaders of this country?

316 albusteve  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:27:02pm

Susan Tedechi


Youtube Video

317 USBeast  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:27:06pm

Just a historical note: Youtube Video

318 formercorpsman  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:27:17pm

re: #279 avanti

Avanti, the only problem, is we have been offering carrots since 1979. It has never paid off.

Never.

The press refuses to actually be the press, and report certain things unless it fits their own political ideology.

Bill Clinton apologized to Iran when he was president.

I am not being condescending, read up on the history of Dulles, Mossedegah, etc.

It won’t work. It has not worked. It will not work.

This is why they feel comfortable pushing the envelope. Do you recall Kerry commenting while he was running for President, he would be willing to supply nuclear fuel to Iran if they declare it would be for peaceful purposes?

We already have a track record on giving dictatorships nuclear fuel.

I am seriously not trying to insult you, but do you realize what it looks like when you posts comments like this?

319 jcw46  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:27:24pm

re: #163 The Shadow Do

“Does this hefty bag make my butt look big?”

No, cause your legs are in proportion so you just look like that piano in the hefty bag commercial after it fell to the ground.

320 DistantThunder  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:27:33pm

re: #302 bulwrk

Because experienced foreign leaders saw him for what he is a babe in the woods.They wanted him elected because they knew they could run circles around him.

Except he is pissing on Europe with this American protectionism. They are appalled.

321 the1sgjohns  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:27:37pm

re: #296 ArmyWife

You would be correct. I was trying to be a kinder gentler 1SG online. It hasn’t work out for me much. :) 1sg seemed more approachable, you know, fist unclenched sort of. You know why 1SG’s carry coffee mugs around all the time? Cause carrying a PFC in your clutches would get remarks from the Chaplain. The coffee mug keeps your hands full.

322 ArmyWife  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:27:47pm

re: #309 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

It’s a mad dash to the bottom, isn’t it?

323 Lincolntf  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:27:50pm

re: #309 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

Hopefully we’ll be re-capping Obama’s meteoric rise and fall, while waiting for Romney’s Executive Orders to kick in.

324 CapeCoddah  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:27:55pm

Any MD’s on at the minute?

325 LGoPs  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:27:59pm

re: #291 Irenike

Hey Hillary, when the mullahs of Iran tell you and Comrade President Hussein to go take a flying fuck, what’s Plan B?

Plan B is to unleash that screeching harpy Helen Thomas on them. America’s secret weapon….the Predator Crone.

326 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:27:59pm

re: #307 goddessoftheclassroom

I hope this brightens your day!

:D … that helped
MWAH!

327 Soona'  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:28:05pm

re: #273 Walter L. Newton

Thank you for being so kind to me. I’m glad we could all just get along. Hugs.

LOL.

328 kansas  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:28:07pm

re: #304 faraway

Ali is scum. He joined the Nation of Islam, taking the Muslim name “Muhammad Ali.” The Vietnam War then interrupted Ali’s career. In 1967, he was inducted into the military, but he refused to serve, saying his religious beliefs forbade him to fight. While some Americans praised Ali for risking prison to stand up for his beliefs, others called him a draft dodger and traitor.

Was that the point? I thought we were arguing boxing, not traitorous assholes.

329 lifeofthemind  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:28:08pm

With what the Iranians intend to do to Obama he is the one who will have to unclench.

330 UberInfidel67  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:28:10pm

re: #298 pre-Boomer Marine bratNow THAT was funny. But I am beginning to worry about your unhealthy relationship with LOLZ.

331 Omega3  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:28:19pm

Scene: NSA Presidential briefing-Oval Office

Obama furiously scanning his BlackBerry…

Obama: Well, Has Iran unclenched their fist yet?

NSA: Not exactly. They launched a spy satellite. In 30 minutes we can tap it and use it against them or blow it up.

Obama: huh? Not now! I almost have my high score on BrickBreaker!

332 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:28:20pm

re: #301 screaming_eagle

What that stupid drum beat shit the Shiite sing? Only morons on the planet that still needs a singer to lead there army.

Nope, the “Yes we can” chorus… see back through our little thread, I might be old, but there is still a train of thought there. :-)

333 Walter L. Newton  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:28:22pm

re: #307 goddessoftheclassroom

Goddess - you said my little essay the other day was an answer to prayer. Did it help? DId it help something?

334 Mich-again  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:28:35pm

re: #319 jcw46

No, cause your legs are in proportion so you just look like that piano in the hefty bag commercial after it fell to the ground.

Looks more like raccoons fighting in a gunny sack.

335 winston06  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:28:41pm

re: #52 formercorpsman

Their former president was of Lebanese background

336 Occasional Reader  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:28:45pm

re: #315 ArmyWife

Another example of the product resulting from the bozo trifecta of Pelosi, Reid and Obama -

EU issues warning over Buy America plan

I believe we pointed this out early on - so the question is, if WE can spot this stuff from a mile of way, what the heck is going on with the actual leaders of this country?

Economic downturn, followed by a protectionist trade war… hey, I think we’ve seen this movie before.

Unbelievable.

337 jaunte  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:28:55pm

re: #315 ArmyWife

Smoot-Hawley 2, coming right up.

338 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:29:10pm

re: #313 Walter L. Newton

Of course, I bet that’s what it was… clever, these world leaders. I wonder if Obama feels like a jerk yet?

Can he? Seriously… he’s too busy playing at president.

339 formercorpsman  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:29:20pm

re: #310 winston06

Did you see my responses to you earlier in this thread?

340 Walter L. Newton  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:29:27pm

re: #321 the1sgjohns

You would be correct. I was trying to be a kinder gentler 1SG online. It hasn’t work out for me much. :) 1sg seemed more approachable, you know, fist unclenched sort of. You know why 1SG’s carry coffee mugs around all the time? Cause carrying a PFC in your clutches would get remarks from the Chaplain. The coffee mug keeps your hands full.

You know, they have therapy for that.

341 reine.de.tout  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:29:43pm

Letter from Paducah, Kentucky

“The word from utility workers with direct Katrina experience is that ice storm devastation to western Kentucky’s power grid is worse than that inflicted by the infamous Gulf Coast hurricane.
“We’ve got linemen here from southern Mississippi who were there when Katrina hit, who worked the area after the hurricane,” said Kevin Inglish, a spokesman for West Kentucky Rural Electric Cooperative Corp.”


…

What stands [out] to me [is that] there [are] no news anchors from any of the Big 3 or any cable news channel including Fox News; No Sheperd Smith or Greta or any satellite trucks to document the devastation or two hour gas lines or the mad rush for generators at Home Depot.
Unfortunately they also won’t document that no one is crying for the federal government or FEMA as everyone is just taking care of business without them thank you very much…
342 nyc redneck  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:30:02pm

re: #246 faraway

India warns Obama over Kashmir

india does not want that meddlesome inept goon giving them the lightworker uh-uh-uh routine .
they have important problems to deal w/.

343 kansas  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:30:15pm

re: #329 lifeofthemind

With what the Iranians intend to do to Obama he is the one who will have to unclench.

Yeah, unclench his asshole. re: #336 Occasional Reader

Economic downturn, followed by a protectionist trade war… hey, I think we’ve seen this movie before.

Unbelievable.



Unfortunately, Obama was studying gay and African studies at Harvard under his affirmative action grant and missed the movie.

344 jcm  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:30:15pm

re: #246 faraway

India warns Obama over Kashmir

Translation.
The One will be of no help in this matter, and will only make things worse.

Great start on world love Mr. President.
The thugs getting uppity, our friends saying thanks but no thanks.

345 avanti  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:30:19pm

re: #278 opnion

hi Avanti. Damn, I was hoping Chris Wallace would have said something like, :”Mr. President, do you see now why it is such a tragedy that we hav elected such an insipd empty suit, who just ran along the Affirative Action track his whole life?”

I didn’t expect that, but he did seem if anything more then fair. i.e., when asked about asked him about the joke he make about just watching Fox when he felt full of himself. Obama said that Chris was always gracious, and Chris tossed in his own dig at Fox by implying that might get him in trouble. Just trying to see it through the eyes on right. I loved the kid gloves treatment. :)

346 formercorpsman  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:30:25pm

re: #335 winston06

I’m talking Clinton appointments.

347 DistantThunder  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:30:35pm

re: #318 formercorpsman

Avanti, the only problem, is we have been offering carrots since 1979. It has never paid off.

Never.

The press refuses to actually be the press, and report certain things unless it fits their own political ideology.

Bill Clinton apologized to Iran when he was president.

I am not being condescending, read up on the history of Dulles, Mossedegah, etc.

It won’t work. It has not worked. It will not work.

This is why they feel comfortable pushing the envelope. Do you recall Kerry commenting while he was running for President, he would be willing to supply nuclear fuel to Iran if they declare it would be for peaceful purposes?

We already have a track record on giving dictatorships nuclear fuel.

I am seriously not trying to insult you, but do you realize what it looks like when you posts comments like this?

Nicely stated. In Battered Women’s Syndrome this is called “over-adaptation” trying to do everything to accommodate the batterer until the woman finally realizes - it’s not about what she is doing or not doing - it’s about the batterer’s very screwed up world-view and permission he gives himself to be violent.

348 jcm  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:30:45pm

re: #294 Walter L. Newton

No, but it scared the shit out of Maisey.

Sorry, Maisey!

349 brookly red  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:30:55pm

re: #305 Dianna

glad you were not hurt…

350 UberInfidel67  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:30:57pm

re: #304 faraway
IIRC Ali didn’t want to help the white people kill yellow people.

351 Kosh's Shadow  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:31:03pm

Hillary had better be careful reaching out her hand to Iran. They might chop it off.

352 [deleted]  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:31:04pm
353 opnion  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:31:07pm

re: #304 faraway

Ali is scum. He joined the Nation of Islam, taking the Muslim name “Muhammad Ali.” The Vietnam War then interrupted Ali’s career. In 1967, he was inducted into the military, but he refused to serve, saying his religious beliefs forbade him to fight. While some Americans praised Ali for risking prison to stand up for his beliefs, others called him a draft dodger and traitor.


“Dem Viet Congs didn do nuttin to me”
They were going to take him into the Army for 6 months & he would have done boxing exhibitions.
Howard Cossell & East Coast sports writers raved about how principaled he was. Ali got very reacis after he became a Black Muslim.

354 HoosierHoops  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:31:09pm

re: #197 thefallingman

Ever seen a fight between two people, one with open palm and the other with fists? I saw a couple of drunks do that once. Guess who won?

I learned this young..when someone punches or strikes out at you.. The most important thing to do..And I don’t care if you are Jackie Chan..You step back in a total defensive move..If they miss..The counter strike is awesome..
/Well not me..I’m running like a little girl screaming..I did a 10.0 in high school. I figure if they catch me I’m pretty much f*cked.

355 Occasional Reader  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:31:13pm

re: #337 jaunte

Smoot-Hawley 2, coming right up.

And any junior legislative assistant with even the thinnest knowledge of GATT/WTO should have been able to tell these supergeniuses that a “buy American” provision would violate our treaty obligations. This is not fucking rocket science.

Okay, I’m off to the gym, to lower my blood pressure.

356 morning star  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:31:17pm

re: #154 Wishing

Persian feminists? That will be a massive following.

It really would.

357 Soona'  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:31:31pm

re: #277 nyc redneck

the problem is, a strong potus could conceivably say this.
and leave the enemy guessing and scratching their heads.

a weak person like O has nothing to back up his words with.
he commands no respect. he is weak.
he has shown it to the world.
it is as if he is inviting an attack.

Chaos taught by Alinsky. Chaos as the only means to bring out that guy from the well. Shit! We’re screwed.

358 winston06  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:31:39pm

re: #40 formercorpsman

Yes. I read about this duo in a book called “Atomic Iran” by that crazy guy whose name I can not recall now. He has a book on “Obama nation”.

Jerome Corsi?

359 DistantThunder  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:31:51pm

re: #323 Lincolntf

Hopefully we’ll be re-capping Obama’s meteoric rise and fall, while waiting for Romney’s Executive Orders to kick in.

And reading in the NYT’s how Romney is “provoking” aggression around the world. That’s what batterer’s accuse their victims of “provoking” them.

360 screaming_eagle  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:31:53pm

re: #332 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

Got ya. I wasn’t sure if we were shifting thought trains.

361 winston06  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:32:15pm

re: #346 formercorpsman

Yes. He appointed Namazi to be US envoy to Argentina

362 the1sgjohns  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:32:18pm

re: #340 Walter L. Newton

Yeah, squeezing second Lts with the other hand

363 winston06  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:33:13pm

Yes, it was Jerome Corsi

364 formercorpsman  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:33:14pm

re: #358 winston06

Timmerman had some good stuff on this.

365 ArmyWife  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:33:14pm

re: #337 jaunte

Sigh - just sigh.

366 bulwrk  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:33:15pm

re: #320 DistantThunder

Except he is pissing on Europe with this American protectionism. They are appalled.

The Dems wrote a check with their mouths that he can’t cash,they’ll back him down.

367 jcw46  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:33:18pm

re: #233 buzzsawmonkey

I don’t mind his being a lawyer—I just wish he understood how to joust in attorneyment.

He’s courting disaster.

368 Walter L. Newton  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:33:21pm

re: #345 avanti

I didn’t expect that, but he did seem if anything more then fair. i.e., when asked about asked him about the joke he make about just watching Fox when he felt full of himself. Obama said that Chris was always gracious, and Chris tossed in his own dig at Fox by implying that might get him in trouble. Just trying to see it through the eyes on right. I loved the kid gloves treatment. :)

Well, you would. And you would have loved to have seen Chris give him a fist bump and a big hug, and give Obama a recipe to pass on the Michelle.

Half-full Avanti.

369 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:33:23pm

re: #360 screaming_eagle

Got ya. I wasn’t sure if we were shifting thought trains.

That happens to me all the time, hence I hang on for dear life.

370 winston06  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:33:34pm

re: #364 formercorpsman

My weblog is featured on Timmerman’s website ;-)

371 [deleted]  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:33:37pm
372 ArmyWife  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:33:43pm

re: #355 Occasional Reader

Work out for me, please!

373 formercorpsman  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:33:57pm

re: #361 winston06

Too much proximity for me.

374 Racer X  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:33:57pm

re: #352 buzzsawmonkey

Iran has been at war with us for 30 years. They have kidnapped our embassy personnel and held them hostage, they have murdered our citizens and supplied aid and materiel to others who have murdered our citizens, they have financed terrorists, they have sent their own soldiers against our troops in Iran, they have attacked our allies on the high seas, they are threatening an ally of ours (Israel) in the Middle East, and their nuclear ambitions are menacing the Arab nations there with which we have nominally friendly relations.

Yet we continue to pretend that they are not at war with us, and insist that we are not at war with them. Why are we so stupid?

DT summed it up nicely:

re: #347 DistantThunder

In Battered Women’s Syndrome this is called “over-adaptation” trying to do everything to accommodate the batterer until the woman finally realizes - it’s not about what she is doing or not doing - it’s about the batterer’s very screwed up world-view and permission he gives himself to be violent.

375 astronmr20  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:34:11pm

re: #246 faraway

India warns Obama over Kashmir

For all the time I spent in India and all the Bush-bashing I heard, it wasn’t until after Bush was gone did they admit that Bush was a good friend to India and this marked the end of a prosperous 8-year relationship and the beginning of the unknown (and this was just months after the insane press there blamed him for screwing them on the nuclear deal— the same deal where he made sure they went to the front of the line in order to get access to the technology that would rocket them to the developed world with regard to energy for their rapid growth- something no other country had been granted)

Something tells me, no matter how much bush-bashing had become an international sport- that a large portion of the world understands we are all now truly fucked.

376 nyc redneck  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:34:21pm

re: #303 The Shadow Do

That is exactly what he is doing, and he will not see the punch until it lands.

i fear you are right abt. that.
it is as if he is trying to make biden’s ominous prediction come true.

377 [deleted]  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:34:29pm
378 faraway  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:34:39pm

Obama interview translation: The ends justify the means. Daschle had a big job to do and it doesnt matter if he’s a tax cheat like the rest of my Cabinet.

379 goddessoftheclassroom  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:34:41pm

re: #333 Walter L. Newton

Goddess - you said my little essay the other day was an answer to prayer. Did it help? DId it help something?

{Walter L. Newton}

Yes, it did. As you know (I think), I’m in the process of a painful divorce. I’m 43, and I’m sometimes afraid that I’ll be on my own for the rest of my life. I’ve been praying for some direction on this issue: do I accept that a relationship is not in my future, or do I keep looking forward to having that one empty part of my life filled? Your essay appeared—out of left field, in a way. NO MATTER WHAT, it reminds me NEVER to settle for anything less that what’s right just for the sake of having a relationship.

Thank you.

380 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:34:48pm

re: #362 the1sgjohns

Yeah, squeezing second Lts with the other hand

Quite pleased you kept that “second” qualifier in there, Top. Appreciated.

381 Dianna  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:34:59pm

I’m off.

Take care, all.

I’m sure either Turn will talk about the meet, or I will.

382 winston06  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:35:09pm

re: #373 formercorpsman

Check this guy

english.iranianlobby.com

He is hunting these lobbyists

383 astronmr20  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:35:14pm

re: #352 buzzsawmonkey

Iran has been at war with us for 30 years. They have kidnapped our embassy personnel and held them hostage, they have murdered our citizens and supplied aid and materiel to others who have murdered our citizens, they have financed terrorists, they have sent their own soldiers against our troops in Iran, they have attacked our allies on the high seas, they are threatening an ally of ours (Israel) in the Middle East, and their nuclear ambitions are menacing the Arab nations there with which we have nominally friendly relations.

Yet we continue to pretend that they are not at war with us, and insist that we are not at war with them. Why are we so stupid?

Dinged, and favorited, sir.

384 opnion  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:35:18pm

re: #328 kansas

Was that the point? I thought we were arguing boxing, not traitorous assholes.

If we’re talking just boxing, Ali may have been the most athletic heavyweight ever. He did have trouble though with hard punchers. I saw him get decisions that he clearly did not deserve.
IMO, Joe Lewis or Rocky Marciano would have knocked him out.

385 [deleted]  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:35:32pm
386 DistantThunder  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:35:37pm

re: #374 Racer X

She either realizes it - or he kills her.

387 the1sgjohns  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:36:14pm

re: #380 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

Well, 1LT’s always had it figured out by then. Make good coffee too, no just kidding. I don’t let anybody touch my coffee pot. NOBODY,,,muuuawwwahhh.

388 Kragar  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:36:23pm

Ice Storm affecting hundreds of thousands of people.
His ethical cabinet imploding
Stimulus package getting flak from his own party
International community telling him to piss off

So Obama goes to talk 2d Graders

WASHINGTON (AP) - On the rockiest day of his young administration, President Barack Obama did what surely made him happy for a while.

He left.

With little notice, the president and first lady Michelle Obama bolted the gated compound of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. in their tank of a limousine on Tuesday. They ended up at a Washington public school, greeted by children who could not care less about the collapse of a Cabinet secretary nomination.

“We were just tired of being in the White House,” the president candidly told the gleeful second-graders at Capital City Public Charter School.

“We got out! They let us out!” Mrs. Obama said as the kids and their teachers laughed.

How cute. GET THE FUCK BACK TO WORK.

389 screaming_eagle  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:36:33pm

The One is on CBS is bullshit is covering the whole screen and I can’t even see him anymore.

390 avanti  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:36:53pm

re: #293 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

We shouldn’t be the ones hiding behind Israel’s skirts.

Nor should we be rushing to do the fighting to protect them from the bully next door when we live way across town. They are strong enough to do the ass kicking on there own, especially if we give them our best and biggest sticks.

391 thefallingman  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:37:15pm

re: #321 the1sgjohns
My 1SG doesn’t drink coffee…

392 derbigdog  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:37:15pm

Hillary [sitting on a park bench looking excitedly at the sunrise she spots Ahmadinejad approaching her] : Mr. Ahmadinejad please sit down with me.
Mr. Ahmadinejad: You are so happy, what are you doing?
Hillary [smiling ear to ear] : I am waiting for my unicorn! And if you will talk to me Mr. Obama said there would be one for you as well!
THE END

393 Jetpilot1101  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:37:20pm

How many village idiots is Obama going to appoint to his cabinet?

394 albusteve  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:37:25pm

re: #384 opnion

If we’re talking just boxing, Ali may have been the most athletic heavyweight ever. He did have trouble though with hard punchers. I saw him get decisions that he clearly did not deserve.
IMO, Joe Lewis or Rocky Marciano would have knocked him out.

could be…but Frazier and Norton and Foreman didnt do it….they all had the big punch

395 Racer X  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:37:27pm

re: #385 buzzsawmonkey

Battered Women’s Syndrome is bad enough for the US to be indulging in, but with Iran’s nuclear program at full-steam ahead, I fear that the batter may end up being extra-crispy.

I sure wish we had someone in the White House who is not afraid to hit back.

396 AuntAcid  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:38:00pm

re: #344 jcm

Translation.
The One will be of no help in this matter, and will only make things worse.

Great start on world love Mr. President.
The thugs getting uppity, our friends saying thanks but no thanks.

We’ll have put off our collective “Sally Field Moment” a little while longer.

397 formercorpsman  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:38:25pm

re: #382 winston06

Will do.

398 screaming_eagle  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:38:30pm

Hey the One is bragging up weatherizeing homes.

What a fucking moron.

399 [deleted]  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:38:30pm
400 HoosierHoops  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:39:04pm

re: #393 Jetpilot1101

How many village idiots is Obama going to appoint to his cabinet?

well I’m looking at the phone..It ain’t ringing..I’m totally bummed.
/ HI!

401 formercorpsman  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:39:27pm

Take it easy.

I’ll catch up later.

402 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:39:51pm

re: #390 avanti

Nor should we be rushing to do the fighting to protect them from the bully next door when we live way across town. They are strong enough to do the ass kicking on there own, especially if we give them our best and biggest sticks.

Rushing?

As Buzz said, they have been at war for us for 30 years. Hell, I was a young private when it all started. We’ve ignored them, cajoled them, bribed them, begged them, all the while hiding behind the Little Satan.

403 thefallingman  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:39:53pm

re: #393 Jetpilot1101
That depends on how many positions there are.

404 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:40:15pm

re: #391 thefallingman

My 1SG doesn’t drink coffee…

What kind of commie is he?

405 ArmyWife  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:40:40pm

re: #340 Walter L. Newton

For holding on to mugs? Or PFCs? Or LTs? Have you witnessed an upset 1SG? Not pretty. There was this poor female soldier who had gotten in a tiff with another soldier, she came to my husband’s office and I happened to be there, which is really odd because I hardly ever, EVER go to his office. Anyway, she comes in crying and I’m thinking get this girl a kleenex, sit her down and find out what’s wrong. Not him! Oh no! He starts yelling “PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER, SOLDIER!” and then a bunch of other stuff while this poor girl has her arms behind her back looking straight forward. Ay yi yi. I wanted a hole to swallow me up!

406 avanti  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:40:47pm

re: #368 Walter L. Newton

Well, you would. And you would have loved to have seen Chris give him a fist bump and a big hug, and give Obama a recipe to pass on the Michelle.

Half-full Avanti.

Well, the ABC interview is on now, and Obama is getting pushed harder. Not near as casual and light hearted.

407 thefallingman  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:40:50pm

re: #398 screaming_eagle
By jacking the thermostat up to 80, no doubt.

408 opnion  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:40:51pm

re: #400 HoosierHoops

well I’m looking at the phone..It ain’t ringing..I’m totally bummed.
/ HI!

You have no chance, bet ya did your taxes.

409 winston06  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:40:51pm

re: #401 formercorpsman

have a good day

410 Jetpilot1101  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:41:01pm

re: #400 HoosierHoops

well I’m looking at the phone..It ain’t ringing..I’m totally bummed.
/ HI!

What’s up? Every time I listen to an Obama interview I can’t get over his stammering. I know Bush was bad but good grief, can the man get one sentence out without saying “uh” a dozen times?

411 astronmr20  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:41:10pm

re: #388 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

Ice Storm affecting hundreds of thousands of people.
His ethical cabinet imploding
Stimulus package getting flak from his own party
International community telling him to piss off

So Obama goes to talk 2d Graders

How cute. GET THE FUCK BACK TO WORK.

Wow. “tired of being in the white house.” What is this? Day 16?

412 AuntAcid  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:41:22pm

re: #391 thefallingman

My 1SG doesn’t drink coffee…

…he’s got an IV?

413 Walter L. Newton  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:41:22pm

re: #379 goddessoftheclassroom

No, I didn’t know any of that but I’m glad that it said something to you. And hold on to it, because that sort of essay will speak to you differently, as you need it, as the months go by. I wrote it a number of years ago, and I review it at the beginning of every year. Single, married or partnered with someone, it speaks universally.

414 debutaunt  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:41:30pm

re: #172 DistantThunder

Amateur Hour - Obama

Now with more screen and more smoke.

415 jcw46  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:41:46pm

re: #348 jcm

Sorry, Maisey!

What?

416 albusteve  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:42:03pm

re: #400 HoosierHoops

well I’m looking at the phone..It ain’t ringing..I’m totally bummed.
/ HI!

ckeck this out….apolitical bro

Youtube Video

417 Kragar  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:42:06pm

re: #411 astronmr20

Wow. “tired of being in the white house.” What is this? Day 16?

He outlasted me. I was tired of him being in the White House after the first day.

418 screaming_eagle  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:42:17pm

re: #407 thefallingman

By jacking the thermostat up to 80, no doubt.

Do as I say, not as I do.

419 thefallingman  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:42:23pm

re: #404 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)
He apparently gave up coffee, booze, and cigarettes in his late 20s. I think he lives off the fear he instills in his juniors. Makes my job easier…

420 UberInfidel67  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:42:30pm

“We were just tired of being in the White House,” the president candidly told the gleeful second-graders at Capital City Public Charter School.

“We got out! They let us out!” Mrs. Obama said as the kids and their teachers laughed.

I for one would happily let them out of the White House…..forever.

421 opnion  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:42:34pm

re: #410 Jetpilot1101

What’s up? Every time I listen to an Obama interview I can’t get over his stammering. I know Bush was bad but good grief, can the man get one sentence out without saying “uh” a dozen times?

It’s his version of “ya know”

422 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:42:37pm

re: #414 debutaunt

Now with more screen and more smoke.

Mirrors! We demand mirrors!

423 HoosierHoops  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:42:42pm

re: #408 opnion

You have no chance, bet ya did your taxes.

Hi..If I thought that not paying taxes would get me a shot at running the United States Treasury..I’d be all over it.
What the hell was I thinking?

424 Soona'  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:42:54pm

re: #377 Ringo the Gringo

And if the fist doesn’t unclench?

Well then, Iran will get a strongly worded letter. Show them!

425 The Shadow Do  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:43:04pm

re: #350 UberInfidel67

IIRC Ali didn’t want to help the white people kill yellow people.

That is pretty much correct. “No Vietcong ever called me a n****r”

426 Jetpilot1101  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:43:22pm

re: #420 UberInfidel67

“We were just tired of being in the White House,” the president candidly told the gleeful second-graders at Capital City Public Charter School.

“We got out! They let us out!” Mrs. Obama said as the kids and their teachers laughed.

I for one would happily let them out of the White House…..forever.

Hopefully in 4 years we as Americans can show them the door.

427 Nevergiveup  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:43:36pm

re: #390 avanti

Nor should we be rushing to do the fighting to protect them from the bully next door when we live way across town. They are strong enough to do the ass kicking on there own, especially if we give them our best and biggest sticks.

It’s not that simple

428 thefallingman  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:43:38pm

re: #424 Soona’

Well then, Iran will get a strongly worded letter. Show them!


Wasn’t there a Cox and Forkum cartoon like that?

429 Walter L. Newton  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:43:50pm

BBIAW - got to go pay that Lizard back for lunch. Meeting him after he gets out of work. I’m still embarrassed.

430 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:43:51pm

re: #419 thefallingman

He apparently gave up coffee, booze, and cigarettes in his late 20s. I think he lives off the fear he instills in his juniors. Makes my job easier…

That’s better… which one in the photo is you?

431 debutaunt  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:44:25pm

re: #205 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

All joking aside, that is one cool bit of art.

Half a fist bump!

432 Lincolntf  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:44:36pm

re: #402 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

Not to mention alibi-ing for appeasement by pretending that “student uprisings” in town squares were going to ultimately reform Iran.
That school-of-thought has been thoroughly discredited, but I used to hear it all the time.

433 thefallingman  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:45:00pm

re: #430 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)
I’m on the left. My jarhead nephew is on the right.

434 astronmr20  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:45:14pm

re: #428 thefallingman

Wasn’t there a Cox and Forkum cartoon like that?

More or less:

coxandforkum.com

435 Scion9  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:45:15pm

re: #308 jcw46

The hairs on a nettle usually grow along a grain. You can crush them flat with your bare hand, if you have the callouses for it. Not that I intend to fisk a nursery rhyme for its content anyway.

436 Silhouette  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:45:34pm

re: #388 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

He was greeted with childlike faith for so long from his followers. “What will you do?,” they asked. “I will bring back hope for a better tomorrow,” he said, and the followers smiled and swooned and voted, while the GOP yelled, “Hope is not a plan!”

But then Jan 20th, and his followers said, “Great, this better tomorrow is finally here. Now, what exactly are you going to do?” They waited with expectant faces. “Uh, I’m going to bring back hope for a..” “Yes, yes,” the followers said, “but today is here. What specifically shall you do first?”

A long silence.

“Come on, Michelle. Let’s go see 2nd graders!”

437 opnion  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:45:36pm

re: #423 HoosierHoops

Hi..If I thought that not paying taxes would get me a shot at running the United States Treasury..I’d be all over it.
What the hell was I thinking?

See ,now we know. If I would have just used Turbo Tax.
Hey it screwed up the guy at Treasury (Guietner?)

438 UberInfidel67  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:45:42pm

BTW, as someone posted here about a week or so ago, If anyone notices that I upding their replies to me, it is just me saying I recognized your reply. Obviously we can’t high five each other in person……

439 albusteve  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:46:01pm

re: #429 Walter L. Newton

BBIAW - got to go pay that Lizard back for lunch. Meeting him after he gets out of work. I’m still embarrassed.

wear your Richard Nixon mask

440 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:46:24pm

re: #433 thefallingman

I’m on the left. My jarhead nephew is on the right.

I was thinking son, but still. Outstanding.

Still on duty, I take it? Can’t make out the branch, maybe Engineer?

441 [deleted]  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:46:31pm
442 WhiteRasta  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:46:43pm

re: #375 astronmr20

You raise and excellent point. It is thanks to Bush India has advanced from a third world swamp so rapidly.

443 [deleted]  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:46:44pm
444 avanti  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:46:57pm

re: #402 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

Rushing?

As Buzz said, they have been at war for us for 30 years. Hell, I was a young private when it all started. We’ve ignored them, cajoled them, bribed them, begged them, all the while hiding behind the Little Satan.

How many times has Israel kicked ass without us joining in the fight, why the need for us to to step up without them this time ? We need to stand with Israel, do all we can to help them, but if it comes to talking out the nukes, we should not be doing it alone.

445 thefallingman  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:46:58pm

re: #432 Lincolntf

Not to mention alibi-ing for appeasement by pretending that “student uprisings” in town squares were going to ultimately reform Iran.
That school-of-thought has been thoroughly discredited, but I used to hear it all the time.


Of course that works: just ask the students in Tiananmen Square.

446 goddessoftheclassroom  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:47:03pm

re: #441 MandyManners

I hope everyone who refused to vote for McCain because he wasn’t conservative enough are fucking happy now!

The lesser of two evils is still less evil.

447 astronmr20  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:47:14pm

re: #441 MandyManners

I hope everyone who refused to vote for McCain because he wasn’t conservative enough are fucking happy now!

Indeed.

…and a grand entrance from our most revered wordsmith! Welcome, MM.

448 oh_dude  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:47:22pm

Just walked in from the parking lot. Parked next to a car with a bumper sticker that read… “Biodiesel Powered- No war required.”

I considered it a little sign from God, that yes there are really stupid people around.

449 The Shadow Do  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:47:23pm

re: #384 opnion

If we’re talking just boxing, Ali may have been the most athletic heavyweight ever. He did have trouble though with hard punchers. I saw him get decisions that he clearly did not deserve.
IMO, Joe Lewis or Rocky Marciano would have knocked him out.

All would have been great fights, but no one put a glove on him in his prime. Later yes, he was punished.

450 Kragar  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:48:08pm

Hamas prepared for 1-year truce with open borders

Hamas officials said Tuesday they are ready to commit to a cease-fire with Israel for at least a year in exchange for a full opening of Gaza’s borders, as the group began a new round of truce talks with Egyptian mediators.

Counter proposal; Release Shalit and hide back in your fucking holes or we kill every fucker in Gaza who even looks sideways at Israel.

451 screaming_eagle  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:48:10pm

re: #445 thefallingman

Of course that works: just ask the students in Tiananmen Square.

Didn’t the One brag up Bejing during the campaign?

452 [deleted]  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:48:35pm
453 WhiteRasta  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:48:39pm

re: #388 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

The man is just so out of his league.

I had said, “give the man a chance” and I was ripped a new one on this very blog.

You all were right and I was wrong. Lord have mercy on us.

454 goddessoftheclassroom  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:48:47pm

re: #450 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

Hamas prepared for 1-year truce with open borders

Counter proposal; Release Shalit and hide back in your fucking holes or we kill every fucker in Gaza who even looks sideways at Israel.

I vote for yours!

455 eon  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:48:51pm

re: #389 screaming_eagle

The One is on CBS is bullshit is covering the whole screen and I can’t even see him anymore.

They’re running a taped interview with him on NBC News right now.

The sound coming out of my furnace blower is more coherent.

“I screwed up” (Did. You. Ever.)

“We have lots of outstanding people” (Example; Chu at Energy-an AGW “advocate”. Right.)

“This was a personal embarrassment for me” (Correct-a-mundo, Barry!)

“Our people are ethical and experienced” (Like Tim Geithner? The only thing more embarrassing than The One putting him up is that my soon-to-be-retiring senator, Voinovich, voted to confirm the yutz.)

Why is it I have this feeling that if a big flash of light and a mushroom cloud suddenly marked the (former) site of an American city, The One would immediately issue a statement saying that “Our foreign policy has been broadly successful, but obviously some elements need some fine-tuning”?

///

cheers

eon

456 [deleted]  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:48:51pm
457 opnion  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:49:03pm

Ok, a little Buddy Holly trivia.
There was an English band at the time that the music died, Johnny & tyhe Moondogs.
The band leader was so inspired that he wanted to model his band a little after Holly’s Crickets.
They became, I am sure that you guessed, The Beatles.

458 The Shadow Do  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:49:14pm

re: #394 albusteve

could be…but Frazier and Norton and Foreman didnt do it….they all had the big punch

Yup, Frazier broke his jaw and he still didn’t go down.

459 [deleted]  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:49:34pm
460 astronmr20  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:49:51pm

James Lileks translates Iran’s letter back to the United States:

Dear Infidel Crusader Zionist sock-puppet Saudi-lackey depoiler of Mesopotamia woman-touching pigdog fiendish (293 words excised) Shah-licking son of a toad’s offal: I trust this finds you well. I have much on my mind, and have taken the pen to unburden my breast. I have enclosed a self-addressed stamped envelope should you wish to reply.
(429 words concerning Jewish penetration of the Postal System excised)

… Do you not realize you are beaten, as a donkey is beaten, but knoweth not his donkeyhood is cursed? Your comics have turned against you in your own lair, and mock you without mercy. We have seen the videos of the Meal of the Correspondents, and we know how your left regards the men of the laugh as prophets and seers. It is only a matter of time before Johnny Carson (applause be upon him) returns from occlusion to request that you, Mr. President, take the Slauson cutoff, get out of your car, and cut off your Slauson, Hi-yo, salaam. And a third part of the Slauson shall be stained with the tears of the womenfolk, and (9323 words excised)…. etc, etc..

461 Kragar  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:49:57pm

re: #448 oh_dude

Just walked in from the parking lot. Parked next to a car with a bumper sticker that read… “Biodiesel Powered- No war required.”

I considered it a little sign from God, that yes there are really stupid people around.

Ask them how many people in third world countries starved to provide the grain for their bio-diesel fuel.

462 thefallingman  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:50:00pm

re: #440 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)
I’m Logistics. Started my life Field Artillery, but swapped branches when a girlfriend was talking to me and I, no shit, could not hear her over the ringing.

463 Bobblehead  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:50:00pm

Oh they might unclench the fist but the hand offered to us will have something a little more shocking than this Something maybe like this.

464 Bloodnok  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:50:20pm

re: #451 screaming_eagle

Didn’t the One brag up Bejing during the campaign?

He’s fond of their infrastructure and their boffo airports and trains.

465 goddessoftheclassroom  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:50:27pm

re: #461 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

Ask them how many people in third world countries starved to provide the grain for their bio-diesel fuel.

OMG, I was just about to write something like this—but you said it better.

466 Soona'  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:50:29pm

re: #441 MandyManners

I hope everyone who refused to vote for McCain because he wasn’t conservative enough are fucking happy now!

Amen to that!

467 debutaunt  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:50:39pm

re: #272 brookly red

yang style?

Brookly! Dianna has your long lost “n” !

468 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:50:50pm

re: #444 avanti

How many times has Israel kicked ass without us joining in the fight, why the need for us to to step up without them this time ? We need to stand with Israel, do all we can to help them, but if it comes to talking out the nukes, we should not be doing it alone.

Do the words Paper Tiger mean anything to you?

By all means take out those damn nukes solo. Inspire some fear into our enemies for a change, instead of again proving we are too filled with self-doubt to make a freaking decision and act.

What are they going to do, hate us more? Ooh, the world community will be sad. Screw them.

469 2by2  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:50:50pm

re: #417 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

He outlasted me. I was tired of him being in the White House after the first day.

That’s bad news:
(AP) President Barack Obama, and his wife, first lady Michelle Obama, read to second graders at Capital…
Full Image
“We got out! They let us out!” Mrs. Obama said as the kids and their teachers laughed.

showing that Ms Obama still has a huge chip on her shoulders: THE MAN let her out…………..this is the most powerful couple in the world, complaining about being powerless…………..

470 Bobblehead  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:51:04pm

re: #441 MandyManners

I hope everyone who refused to vote for McCain because he wasn’t conservative enough are fucking happy now!

I feel your anger!

471 Jetpilot1101  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:51:20pm

Ok so who wants to take a gander at what O-Bungle will screw up next?

472 doppelganglander  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:51:21pm

re: #448 oh_dude

Just walked in from the parking lot. Parked next to a car with a bumper sticker that read… “Biodiesel Powered- No war required.”

I considered it a little sign from God, that yes there are really stupid people around.

How big was the cloud of smug the car emitted? People dumb enough to burn food for fuel deserve neither.

473 Kragar  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:51:26pm

re: #452 ploome hineni

did they really say this?

Yes, They really said it.

Fucking pathetic.

When the going gets tough, go impress 2d Graders.

474 astronmr20  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:51:35pm

re: #448 oh_dude

Just walked in from the parking lot. Parked next to a car with a bumper sticker that read… “Biodiesel Powered- No war required.”

I considered it a little sign from God, that yes there are really stupid people around.

…Except for the wars that will surely erupt when the food crisis hits from burning corn for fuel.

475 screaming_eagle  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:51:45pm

re: #455 eon

Voinovich doesn’t even answer his phone. I haven’t gotten through to a live person yet this year.

476 [deleted]  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:52:10pm
477 nyc redneck  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:52:29pm

re: #388 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

Ice Storm affecting hundreds of thousands of people.
His ethical cabinet imploding
Stimulus package getting flak from his own party
International community telling him to piss off

So Obama goes to talk 2d Graders

How cute. GET THE FUCK BACK TO WORK.

omg, they fled the whitehouse and are joking abt. it to 7 yr. olds.
doesn’t it seem a little irresponsible and inappropriate to “joke” w/ 7 yr. olds and say “we got out, they let us out”.
he is the president of the united states.
we need a basic rule book for ass hats like him.
they are so undignified. i bet some of those 2nd graders were uncomfortable w/ their behavior.
kids know when the adults are weird.

478 Lord of the Pies  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:52:45pm

re: #441 MandyManners

I hope everyone who refused to vote for McCain because he wasn’t conservative enough are fucking happy now!

I voted for McCain (even though I thought he wasn’t conservative enough) and I’m fucking miserable!

Palin/Steele ‘12 if I’m still alive by then.

479 opnion  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:52:48pm

re: #449 The Shadow Do

All would have been great fights, but no one put a glove on him in his prime. Later yes, he was punished.

There really is no way to know, but during his carrer , even early on Ali had trouble in the ring with sluggers.
He could outbox everybody, but I do think that Marciano would have hunted him down & knocked him out.

480 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:52:48pm

re: #462 thefallingman

I’m Logistics. Started my life Field Artillery, but swapped branches when a girlfriend was talking to me and I, no shit, could not hear her over the ringing.

Good man… wear those ears with pride!

481 [deleted]  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:52:57pm
482 avanti  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:53:04pm

re: #427 Nevergiveup

It’s not that simple

Well, I’ve shared my opinion, what’s your best solution to the threat from Iran ? Stop talking and have the US take out the nuke program, have the Israelis do it, or what ?

483 brookly red  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:53:11pm

re: #467 debutaunt

Brookly! Dianna has your long lost “n” !

sure glad it ain’t being waisted…

484 [deleted]  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:53:24pm
485 AuntAcid  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:53:32pm

re: #448 oh_dude

Just walked in from the parking lot. Parked next to a car with a bumper sticker that read… “Biodiesel Powered- No war required.”

I considered it a little sign from God, that yes there are really stupid people around.

a vegetable in the tank and a vegetable behind the wheel

486 Lord of the Pies  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:53:45pm

9 updings away from 5,000 karma points!

487 screaming_eagle  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:53:54pm

re: #471 Jetpilot1101

Ok so who wants to take a gander at what O-Bungle will screw up next?

Breakfast.

488 albusteve  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:54:03pm

re: #449 The Shadow Do

All would have been great fights, but no one put a glove on him in his prime. Later yes, he was punished.

Norton broke his jaw and he finished the fight but lost…he knocked out both Frazier and Foreman altho beat the shit out of him….he was punished by Spinks and Berbick well after his prime….he’s a legend

489 opnion  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:54:13pm

re: #394 albusteve

could be…but Frazier and Norton and Foreman didnt do it….they all had the big punch

Good point., there really is no way to prove it one way or another.

490 HoosierHoops  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:54:35pm

re: #465 goddessoftheclassroom

OMG, I was just about to write something like this—but you said it better.

{goddess} are you here for a few ? I want to post something for you

491 eon  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:54:39pm

re: #432 Lincolntf

Not to mention alibi-ing for appeasement by pretending that “student uprisings” in town squares were going to ultimately reform Iran.
That school-of-thought has been thoroughly discredited, but I used to hear it all the time.

“Student protests” in Iran for the last three decades have generally been followed by a dearth of said students showing up for school in the days following.

The Revolutionary Guards regard such gatherings as a great way to find out who might be a problem down the road without having to work hard at it.

/As the old Japanese saying goes, “The nail that sticks up gets hammered down”. As Tom Clancy observed, “Hammers hurt.”

cheers

eon

492 Bobblehead  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:54:41pm

re: #475 screaming_eagle

Voinovich doesn’t even answer his phone. I haven’t gotten through to a live person yet this year.

I’ve tried to call Voinovich on many occasions. No response. The man is totally worthless as a Senator.

493 jcw46  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:54:43pm

re: #435 Scion9

The hairs on a nettle usually grow along a grain. You can crush them flat with your bare hand, if you have the callouses for it. Not that I intend to fisk a nursery rhyme for its content anyway.

Yeah, okay. The ones I was thinking of have these great big spines on them (hairs too) and they’re very stiff. No way can you grab those things without getting bit. Plus they break off and burrow into your skin. I’ll get my calluses from wielding a mattock or hoe thank you.

494 Maui Girl  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:54:44pm

I believe it’s time for our military to launch some unscheduled target practice.

495 albusteve  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:54:49pm

re: #458 The Shadow Do

Yup, Frazier broke his jaw and he still didn’t go down.

Norton broke his jaw

496 UberInfidel67  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:55:07pm

re: #448 oh_dude
Did you hit it with your car door? I would have.

497 screaming_eagle  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:55:37pm

re: #481 ploome hineni

after they get your vote, they sya fuck you

gimme my pension and car service

He announced he is retiring in 2 years.

498 J.S.  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:55:38pm

OT

I cannot believe the amount of air-time Obama is given each and every day — The One is on the air for hours each day (ditto for his wife and kids) — with the interviews, with the glad-handing, with the swooning press, with the softball questions, the fuzzy-warm kisses and hugs from the media, this is all growing increasingly nauseating…Meanwhile the blunders, stumbles, and outright mistakes made by Obama and his crew of half-wits continue to grow…

499 thefallingman  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:55:50pm

re: #448 oh_dude

Just walked in from the parking lot. Parked next to a car with a bumper sticker that read… “Biodiesel Powered- No war required.”

I considered it a little sign from God, that yes there are really stupid people around.


But he’s right. If we’d had biodesel engines back in the 40s, Germany would have never gone after the Soviet oilfields and Japan would have never gone after Manchuria. Right?

500 ArmyWife  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:56:04pm

re: #471 Jetpilot1101


Dear heavens, do you have something else?

501 UberInfidel67  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:56:11pm

re: #452 ploome hineni
I guess so. Someone posted the aticle up above.

502 The Shadow Do  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:56:36pm

re: #479 opnion

There really is no way to know, but during his carrer , even early on Ali had trouble in the ring with sluggers.
He could outbox everybody, but I do think that Marciano would have hunted him down & knocked him out.

Ali had the jab. Punchers ended up with very swollen faces trying to hunt him down.

503 avanti  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:56:44pm

re: #456 buzzsawmonkey

Why should Israel be doing it alone, when Israel has fewer soldiers, fewer resources, fewer friends/allies internationally—and Iran is at war with us too?

OK, so we should invade Iran now, rather then having Israel bomb the nuke processing sites ?

504 reine.de.tout  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:56:58pm

re: #501 UberInfidel67

I guess so. Someone posted the aticle up above.

Plus, it’s the topic of the next thread.

505 [deleted]  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:57:11pm
506 albusteve  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:57:20pm

re: #479 opnion

There really is no way to know, but during his carrer , even early on Ali had trouble in the ring with sluggers.
He could outbox everybody, but I do think that Marciano would have hunted him down & knocked him out.

he killed Liston twice…KO’d in the 1st the rematch….Liston had the hardest punch in history

507 screaming_eagle  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:57:22pm

re: #492 Bobblehead

I’ve tried to call Voinovich on many occasions. No response. The man is totally worthless as a Senator.

That’s why he is calling it quits. He knows he would lose.

508 astronmr20  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:57:23pm

re: #499 thefallingman

But he’s right. If we’d had biodesel engines back in the 40s, Germany would have never gone after the Soviet oilfields and Japan would have never gone after Manchuria. Right?

No, but much bigger and bloodier wars would have erupted over food, since “biodiesel” is the most asinine idea ever conceived since the submarine screen-door.

509 jcw46  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:57:57pm

re: #429 Walter L. Newton

BBIAW - got to go pay that Lizard back for lunch. Meeting him after he gets out of work. I’m still embarrassed.

After you give him the money, ask to hold a 20 till next week. :>

510 [deleted]  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:58:25pm
511 doppelganglander  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:58:59pm

re: #486 Alouette

9 updings away from 5,000 karma points!

I did my part!

512 albusteve  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:59:09pm

Ali was far and away the greatest heavyweight since WW2…maybe ever

513 logboy  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 3:59:13pm

re: #405 ArmyWife

For holding on to mugs? Or PFCs? Or LTs? Have you witnessed an upset 1SG? Not pretty. There was this poor female soldier who had gotten in a tiff with another soldier, she came to my husband’s office and I happened to be there, which is really odd because I hardly ever, EVER go to his office. Anyway, she comes in crying and I’m thinking get this girl a kleenex, sit her down and find out what’s wrong. Not him! Oh no! He starts yelling “PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER, SOLDIER!” and then a bunch of other stuff while this poor girl has her arms behind her back looking straight forward. Ay yi yi. I wanted a hole to swallow me up!

Thats awesome! Our 1SG would never yell, he was very soft spoken. But when he got that little half smile and that twinkle in his eye, you knew you were in trouble. Our last company smoking (for reasons still unknown to me) we did over 1,000 side straddle hops, among many other “reindeer games”. Don’t f—k with a good 1SG.

514 Truck Monkey  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 4:00:10pm

re: #471 Jetpilot1101

Ok so who wants to take a gander at what O-Bungle will screw up next?

Don’t have to look very far into the future for that. The American economy is frozen like the alternator on a ‘72 Plymouth and Obama is about to oversee the Plymouths junking.

515 thefallingman  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 4:00:49pm

re: #508 astronmr20

No, but much bigger and bloodier wars would have erupted over food, since “biodiesel” is the most asinine idea ever conceived since the submarine screen-door.


Damn, you almost make it sound like war is one of those inevitible events in human history…

516 astronmr20  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 4:00:49pm

re: #503 avanti

OK, so we should invade Iran now, rather then having Israel bomb the nuke processing sites ?

We won’t bomb shit, other than some “villages in the middle of the night” in Pakistan.

Israel would be in flames before the US would intervene at this point. Thankfully, they DO have the ability to stand up for themselves.

517 The Shadow Do  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 4:00:55pm

re: #495 albusteve

Norton broke his jaw

You are correct.

518 eon  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 4:01:25pm

re: #475 screaming_eagle

Voinovich doesn’t even answer his phone. I haven’t gotten through to a live person yet this year.

I think he’s figuring that if he makes nice with The One, when he leaves office next year, the new Governor (Lee Fisher, he imagines- yes, I know) will give him the job he’s apparently lusted after for decades. Gordon Gee’s.

Yes, I believe he wants to be the top guy at OSU.

/Well, I guess it pays about as well as being a Senator, and as long as he keeps the Alumni Association and Board of Governors happy, he never has to worry about running for re-election.

cheers

eon

519 WhiteRasta  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 4:01:27pm

re: #495 albusteve

Norton broke Ali’s jaw and Ali said, “Who is Ken Norton?”.

520 Maui Girl  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 4:04:01pm

“We were just tired of being in the White House,” the president candidly told the gleeful second-graders at Capital City Public Charter School.

“We got out! They let us out!” Mrs. Obama said as the kids and their teachers laughed

So quit! Please! Now! Unbelieveable. And none of what’s happening right now is huge. This guy cannot take the heat. We are so, well, you know…..

521 The Shadow Do  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 4:04:05pm

re: #519 WhiteRasta

Norton broke Ali’s jaw and Ali said, “Who is Ken Norton?”.

Tough to remember but I do believe Ali really punished/ended the career of Norton in a rematch.

522 Moonbat Serenade  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 4:04:46pm

It makes me angry to see Uncle Sam with his pants down around his ankles everywhere I look (with a possible exception being Iraq).

America has been hobbled by a sector of it’s own people who don’t realize how good they had it and yearn to change it into some pie in the sky bullshit that has never worked.

It’s time for the silent majority to find their voice and use it. It’s not too late…yet.

*steaming*

I’ll take The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Nation on the Planet for 100, Alex.

523 debutaunt  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 4:04:57pm

re: #379 goddessoftheclassroom

{Walter L. Newton}

Yes, it did. As you know (I think), I’m in the process of a painful divorce. I’m 43, and I’m sometimes afraid that I’ll be on my own for the rest of my life. I’ve been praying for some direction on this issue: do I accept that a relationship is not in my future, or do I keep looking forward to having that one empty part of my life filled? Your essay appeared—out of left field, in a way. NO MATTER WHAT, it reminds me NEVER to settle for anything less that what’s right just for the sake of having a relationship.

Thank you.

My daughter learned that she was much better off alone and that is when she met the man who is perfect for her. Be patient.

524 dgax65  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 4:07:06pm
Iran has an opportunity to step up and become a productive member of the international community

How is that? Maybe after a little Bush-style regime change they might be ready to join the international community.
What a pack of naive tools. Good luck with that strategy, Hillary. What are these idiots going to do when Achmadinnerjacket actually follows through on his threats? Blame the Bush administration, blame the Jooooos, blame the western world…….and nothing else. No retaliation, no action, nothing to teach other two-bit dictators a lesson. Hillary and her Foggy Bottom Gang will issue some sternly worded condemnations and that’s it. F’n idiots.

525 rightymouse  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 4:08:13pm

re: #475 screaming_eagle

Voinovich doesn’t even answer his phone. I haven’t gotten through to a live person yet this year.

SOB is retiring anyway. Good. What a useless RINO.

526 [deleted]  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 4:10:28pm
527 jcw46  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 4:11:02pm

re: #441 MandyManners

I hope everyone who refused to vote for McCain because he wasn’t conservative enough are fucking happy now!


Well, I did vote for McCain (I did throw up in my mouth a little) but don’t go blaming this moron’s election on those who couldn’t bring themselves to vote for someone who is a tepid conservative at best and a smart-ass know it all media whore who was so concerned to “play fair” and fumbled opportunity after opportunity so that he got his a$$ handed to him. McCain earned all those adjectives. He spent a lot of time cultivating that persona.

McCain LOST THE ELECTION. No one else made him decide to do the stupid egotistic fuddy-duddy things he did. He even got a 2nd wind from Sarah (a decision the results of which, I believe, surprised the sh!t out of him) and he p!ssed that away too. (he did it so badly that if I was some conspiracy nutjob, it woudn’t be hard to conjure up a scenario where he agreed to be a stalking horse for Obama in return for some unknown return favor or he’s got a cemetary in his closet and the O got the dope from the Hidabeast {which is why she’s now SoS})
No. No one should be blamed for deciding that their principles wouldn’t allow them to vote for someone they didn’t want as President.
We vote to elect a man and we hope and expect him to be the President. How can anyone vote for someone that they don’t feel is qualified for the job.

528 Perplexed  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 4:12:52pm

This is what happens when an otherwise sane group of people vote for someone just because he is unique. We get an unqualified for dog catcher and his political cronies in way over their collective heads. Our country will be lucky to survive the first year of having O at the helm.

529 jcw46  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 4:15:38pm

re: #446 goddessoftheclassroom

The lesser of two evils is still less evil.

You are faced with a choice;
You can be in a room 5 ft away from a 10kilo A-Bomb detonation.
OR
You can be in a room 5 kilometers away from a 10meg H-bomb detonation.

Either choice; YOU ARE TOAST!

Just a matter of degree. (pun intended)

530 avanti  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 4:15:44pm

re: #510 buzzsawmonkey

We say, “You stop the nuclear program, and have until next month to provide proof you have done so.” If/when they do not, we can bomb those sites at least as well as Israel can.

OK, thanks for your opinion, we just disagree on who should do the job if needed. I just feel that the threat is larger to Israel and them doing the deed has less of a downside risk.

531 Maui Girl  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 4:18:13pm

re: #482 avanti

Well, I’ve shared my opinion, what’s your best solution to the threat from Iran ? Stop talking and have the US take out the nuke program, have the Israelis do it, or what ?

Yes, yes and yes.

532 [deleted]  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 4:20:08pm
533 mattm  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 4:21:48pm

Who is still happy they wanted to show the GOP something and not vote McCain? Anyone.

534 Frumious Bandersnoop  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 4:24:13pm

Mandy: So right!

2012: Palin, Steele, Jindal -in any combination.

535 NY Nana  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 4:25:41pm

re: #441 MandyManners

And it is only 2 weeks into The One’s dictatorship Presidency.

I hope those who sat on their asses and refused to vote for McCain will take the responsibility for what they have done, not only to this country, but to their own children, grandchildren, and children yet to be born.

There is no such thing as a perfect candidate, and in this case, it was a simple matter of voting for the far lesser evil of 2 candidates.

We have been, up until January 20, 2009, a democracy unlike any other on this earth. Now? Sitting there with buyers’ remorse by those who were doped and duped enough into voting for Hussein is, to me, less deplorable that sitting at home, pouting, and saying ‘Hell, no, I won’t go to vote’…waaaah, I didn’t get the one I wanted so I am going to let whoever win.

Anyone who sat home because McCain was not a true Republican can take the blame for this. You could have made the difference.

We voted for McCain, and sat there sickened on election night. And now? We feel worse each day.

Thanks, Mandy, for just telling the truth.

536 [deleted]  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 4:27:06pm
537 jcw46  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 4:33:34pm

re: #535 NY Nana

You could have made the difference.

Could they have really? McCain lost by almost 8 million votes. Do you have a link showing polls/estimates of how many were not voting for McCain because he wasn’t the candidate they wanted?
(serious question).

538 RightKlik  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 4:33:44pm

How long before Iran starts taking hostages?

539 [deleted]  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 4:39:40pm
540 Kenneth  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 5:06:30pm

re: #538 RightKlik

How long before Iran starts taking hostages?

It sounds like they have taken the entire Obama administration hostage already.

541 Kenneth  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 5:15:30pm

re: #530 avanti

OK, thanks for your opinion, we just disagree on who should do the job if needed. I just feel that the threat is larger to Israel and them doing the deed has less of a downside risk.

How gracious of you to volunteer Israeli lives to protect you.

542 jcw46  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 5:37:32pm

re: #541 Kenneth

How gracious of you to volunteer Israeli lives to protect you.

avanti is an avowed liberal. Like all of them, he doesn’t get the “protect you” part as they believe that we can talk these murdering death-cult thugs into changing their religion and politics and anyway don’t they live over in the East somewhere?. Unfortunately, unlike the Russians, these people don’t want to LIVE their lives in peace. Their idea of being faithful is to go BLOW THEMSELVES UP if it will kill just one infidel.

I’ve said it before like others before me: You can’t TALK to people who are willing to die to make their point. The only thing we can do is help them meet their G!d as soon as possible and as many as possible.

543 Spiny Norman  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 5:39:14pm

Grand Ayatollah Ali Kameini’s reaction to Barry/Hillary’s request to Iran to “unclench their fist”.

/oldie, but a goodie

544 Spiny Norman  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 5:42:04pm

Phooey! We try again:

Grand Ayatollah Ali Khameini’s reaction to Barry/Hillary’s request to Iran to “unclench their fist”:

Youtube Video

/oldie, but a goodie

545 code red 21  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 5:43:55pm

The Jihadis have got BO figured out…he’s a mangina. And we are in big trouble.

546 avanti  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 6:20:21pm

re: #541 Kenneth

How gracious of you to volunteer Israeli lives to protect you.

I thought Iran was a neighbor of Israel and more threatened, or is only American blood and capital that should be shed to protect the planet from harm. Ayn Rand would be rolling in her grave at that philosophy.

547 kansas  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 6:54:36pm

re: #533 mattm

Who is still happy they wanted to show the GOP something and not vote McCain? Anyone.

The difference was the MSM. They’re still happy.

548 aboo-Hoo-Hoo  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 6:57:03pm

re: #539 Iron Fist

Their only real power card that they have is that they can threaten shipping through the Straites of Hormuz.

Then now is the time to get busy when untold millions of barrels of oil is either bobbing-around in tankers or sitting in tanks.

…but it ain’t gunna happen.

Not with Unicorn’s running around looking for patches of cotton candy.

549 soxfan4life  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 7:25:17pm

re: #545 code red 21

The Jihadis have got BO figured out…he’s a mangina. And we are in big trouble.

Even though the man allowed the government to spend like liberals, I miss George Bush so much.

550 Arby Dwiar  Tue, Feb 3, 2009 9:10:57pm

We’re such a long way from 1996…

I’ve always judged a country by its music…if anyone’s interested, here’s how passionate men used to compose/write music in this country: full of anger, life, passion, wherewithall:

Pretty Noose / Soundgarden

With regard to the topic of this thread, let me ask: Could this country even produce music like this anymore? Where are the angry men in this country when we need them? Anybody? Hello?

551 Smorgasbord  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 8:44:37pm

Confucius say, “Before you reach your hand out to your enemy, see what they have in there’s.” At least I am guessing he said something like that. Also, check out the other hand behind their back.


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