Michael Yon comments on a New Bid to Eradicate al Qaeda.
Iraq continues to progress, but still some fighting.� Yet these days, al Qaeda in Iraq is like a piranha fish with no scales; it’s still alive and flopping around on shore, but the dwindling piranha school cannot be happy.
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Nevergiveup Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:11:06pm |
I just worry what will happen as we draw down.
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NYCHardhat Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:12:25pm |
I would just like to thank our troops home and abroad. Will the MSM let us celebrate success?
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OldLineTexan Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:13:47pm |
Now that Obama has "fixed" the stock market, he will turn his attention to "fixing" Iraq.
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Chicago Blonde Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:13:59pm |
re: #2 NYCHardhat
I hate to say it but no, probably not.
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Wyatt Earp Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:14:11pm |
Will someone please let harry Reid and Barack Obama know we won the war? Thank you.
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fish Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:14:46pm |
re: #3 OldLineTexan
Now that Obama has "fixed" the stock market, he will turn his attention to "fixing" Iraq.
Hope! Change!
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LGoPs Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:15:00pm |
re: #5 Wyatt Earp
Will someone please let harry Reid and Barack Obama know we won the war? Thank you.
And tell them loud and clear..."No thanks to you.....bastards"
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scottishbuzzsaw Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:15:22pm |
'Operation New Hope' will allow the local and provincial governments to begin projects focusing on restoring essential services to the citizens of Mosul," said Major Ramona Bellard, a U.S. military spokeswoman in northern Iraq.While Bellard described it as a joint operation between U.S. and Iraqi forces, Abdullah said local troops would call on their U.S. counterparts for backup "only when required."
Good news.
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OldLineTexan Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:15:34pm |
re: #5 Wyatt Earp
Will someone please let harry Reid and Barack Obama know we won the war? Thank you.
I do not think Harry Reid is capable of learning. However, I pray that President Barack Obama is the greatest student EVER.
/not holding my breath
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joncelli Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:15:34pm |
Time is short and there's still much to do. But we've come very far very fast. Put this one in the W column and let's figure out Afghanistan.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:16:45pm |
re: #2 NYCHardhat
I would just like to thank our troops home and abroad. Will the MSM let us celebrate success?
Very doubtful, unless it can be used as an excuse to magnify the greatness that is O.
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Chicago Blonde Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:18:29pm |
I know it's a fresh thread but I need to leave. Goodbye all, see you tomorrow.
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sattv4u2 Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:18:31pm |
re: #3 OldLineTexan
Now that Obama has "fixed" the stock market, he will turn his attention to "fixing" Iraq.
If he does for Iraq what he's done for the stock market they better re-erect that statue of Saddam that was toppled!
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:19:05pm |
re: #11 OldLineTexan
Let's just hope he never wins the Presidency.
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Wyatt Earp Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:19:08pm |
re: #8 LGoPs
And tell them loud and clear..."No thanks to you.....bastards"
Yeah, despite your best efforts and your attempts to smear General Petreaus.
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opnion Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:19:33pm |
re: #2 NYCHardhat
I would just like to thank our troops home and abroad. Will the MSM let us celebrate success?
No , the MSM can't allow that. BHO framed Iraq as the bad war & Afghanistan as the good war. I expect them to spin it, that Obama achieved the best possible outcome, but that the entire effort makes us less secure.
Obama will be made to look heroic on Afghanistan & if things go South, they'll just blame Bush.
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Ben Hur Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:20:03pm |
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Bloodnok Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:20:07pm |
re: #17 Wyatt Earp
Yeah, despite your best efforts and your attempts to smear General Petreaus.
Dems on the wrong side of history. AGAIN.
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sattv4u2 Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:20:08pm |
re: #12 joncelli
Time is short and there's still much to do. But we've come very far very fast. Put this one in the W column and let's figure out Afghanistan.
a "W" in "W"'s column
I sure do miss him, malapropism's and all
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Kosh's Shadow Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:20:36pm |
re: #3 OldLineTexan
Now that Obama has "fixed" the stock market, he will turn his attention to "fixing" Iraq.
And he is fixing both like one fixes a dog.
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Ben Hur Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:21:35pm |
re: #9 Peacekeeper
You just knew Obama would win the war.
"'Operation New Hope' will allow the local and provincial governments to begin projects focusing on restoring essential services to the citizens of Mosul," said Major Ramona Bellard, a U.S. military spokeswoman in northern Iraq.
It's all him.
Community organizing, and all.
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Wyatt Earp Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:21:47pm |
re: #20 Bloodnok
Dems on the wrong side of history. AGAIN.
It's starting to become a habit, isn't it?
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Amer-I-Can Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:22:25pm |
With Diane Feinstein blabbing her jaw and putting Pakistan in a bad light... anything is possible as we begin to withdraw.
God Bless you Michael Yon, and the troops that you so valiantly cover with your HONEST reporting. Safe travels to all.
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sattv4u2 Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:22:30pm |
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Jack Burton Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:22:36pm |
re: #22 Kosh's Shadow
And he is fixing both like one fixes a dog.
I was thinking more like how you fix a race horse with a broken leg, but since the Dow isn't 0 (yet), your version is probably better for now.
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nyc redneck Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:23:49pm |
it must gaul O and harry reid that the surge worked.
pres. bush was right.
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OldLineTexan Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:25:04pm |
re: #30 nyc redneck
it must gaul O and harry reid that the surge worked.
pres. bush was right.
They love the O in Gaul.
Harry Reid probably couldn't buy nookie there with ten thousand francs wrapped around his Biden.
/
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shiplord kirel Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:25:11pm |
It's not over. Ten dead so far this month, five in combat:
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Occasional Reader Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:25:49pm |
It's a good thing that Bush listened to Obama and did the troop surge, instead of listening to defeatists like McCain and Petraeus, who wanted to retreat.
That's what happened, right?
/
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Bloodnok Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:26:09pm |
re: #30 nyc redneck
it must gaul O and harry reid that the surge worked.
pres. bush was right.
Someone keep an eye on the goalposts. I have a feeling they are on the move. ("Well we shouldn't have been there in the first place and the cost was too great"//).
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shiplord kirel Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:26:24pm |
re: #31 OldLineTexan
They love the O in Gaul.
Harry Reid probably couldn't buy nookie there with ten thousand francs wrapped around his Biden.
/
.....and couldn't get laid in a monkey whorehouse if he owned a banana plantation.
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Wyatt Earp Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:26:40pm |
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OldLineTexan Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:26:52pm |
re: #33 Occasional Reader
It's a good thing that Bush listened to Obama and did the troop surge, instead of listening to defeatists like McCain and Petraeus, who wanted to retreat.
That's what happened, right?
/
Yes, we have always been at war with Eastasia.
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jamgarr Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:27:06pm |
re: #33 Occasional Reader
It's a good thing that Bush listened to Obama and did the troop surge, instead of listening to defeatists like McCain and Petraeus, who wanted to retreat.
That's what happened, right?
/
It willen have been post-revision.
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DaddyG Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:27:42pm |
re: #21 sattv4u2
a "W" in "W"'s column
I sure do miss him, malapropism's and all
You are waxifying nostalgical.
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OldLineTexan Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:28:12pm |
re: #36 Kragar (proud to be kafir)
Iraq is lost.
/Harry Reid
A simple case of projection. In Harry's case, bowel control.
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calcajun Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:28:22pm |
re: #22 Kosh's Shadow
And he is fixing both like one fixes a dog.
Damn you. I was going to say that. Oh well. There's nothing neutered under the sun./
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Wyatt Earp Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:28:36pm |
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Bloodnok Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:29:00pm |
BBL folks. I'm going to kick the rest of this workday in the ass. For Barry. For America.
/Look out 7200. We're comin' back.
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OldLineTexan Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:29:02pm |
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fish Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:30:20pm |
re: #13 FurryOldGuyJeans
Very doubtful, unless it can be used as an excuse to magnify the greatness that is O.
"After little more than a month in office Obama has taken the failure that was Iraq and turned it around..."
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Wyatt Earp Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:30:47pm |
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OldLineTexan Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:31:44pm |
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midwestgak Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:31:46pm |
OT I'm listening the the folks commenting at Obama's briefing on the Fiscal Responsibility Summit.
It's the same love fest that aired last night at the Academy Awards. Only difference is that today it's politicians on the stage.
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OldLineTexan Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:32:19pm |
re: #52 midwestgak
OT I'm listening the the folks commenting at Obama's briefing on the Fiscal Responsibility Summit.
It's the same love fest that aired last night at the Academy Awards. Only difference is that today it's politicians on the stage.
How is Obama's dress?
//////
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Wyatt Earp Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:32:19pm |
re: #51 OldLineTexan
Good thing you're not reine; that could have been embarrassing.
No, Reine is much, much hotter than I am.
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sattv4u2 Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:32:52pm |
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shiplord kirel Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:33:01pm |
re: #40 OldLineTexan
That's brutal. Can I use it?
Of course. I think I got it from Dennis Miller; my memory might be faulty but it is the kind of thing he would say anyway.
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OldLineTexan Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:33:04pm |
re: #54 Wyatt Earp
No, Reine is much, much hotter than I am.
So we'll just shake hands, then. And let us never speak of this again.
/
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lobo91 Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:33:26pm |
re: #32 shiplord kirel
It's not over. Ten dead so far this month, five in combat:
Actually, six of them died as a result of combat (four in one HMMWV, from the looks of it), and four from non-combat causes (accidents, most likely).
I'm surprised that I didn't hear about that IED strike earlier. Not many battalion commanders have been killed over there.
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itellu3times Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:34:12pm |
Can't we keep a few, on a reservation, selling Chinese-made jihadi souvenirs to the tourists?
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notutopia Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:34:22pm |
re: #6 winston06
michael yon is great
Yes he is! and so is his writing on the war coverage in the Middle East.
Please make a contribution to Michael Yon, so we can continue to support his talent, and in ensuring he will be able to financially afford to bring us the best in coverage!
[Link: www.michaelyon-online.com...]
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redc1c4 Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:35:03pm |
re: #44 calcajun
Damn you. I was going to say that. Oh well. There's nothing neutered under the sun./
oh balls: there's always something nude under the sun.
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OldLineTexan Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:35:20pm |
re: #59 itellu3times
Can't we keep a few, on a reservation, selling Chinese-made jihadi souvenirs to the tourists?
Let's sell a few to the Chinese as souvenirs. I have no reservation about that.
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debutaunt Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:35:36pm |
re: #52 midwestgak
OT I'm listening the the folks commenting at Obama's briefing on the Fiscal Responsibility Summit.
It's the same love fest that aired last night at the Academy Awards. Only difference is that today it's politicians on the stage.
Headline on Yahoo: "Freddie Mac hires team of lawyers to investigate its own lobbying."
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shiplord kirel Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:35:56pm |
I can't but help but wonder how much of this die-hard activity is attributable to the hope AQ was able to draw from the election of a "peace candidate," as well as to the defeatist rhetoric of charlatans like Reid? It has turned out to be a false hope so far, but the election in particular must have seemed like a gift from heaven, a last minute reprieve engineered by the jihad's media allies.
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lobo91 Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:36:05pm |
re: #50 Ben Hur
Is Yon a Reuters correspondent?
No. Yon is a former Special Forces member who writes independently from Iraq, Afghanistan, and a few other hot spots.
If he links a Reuters (or other MSM) dispatch, it's because he knows it's accurate.
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OldLineTexan Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:37:05pm |
re: #64 shiplord kirel
If A-Q in Iraq is getting hope and change from Obama, their stock will soon fall.
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Kosh's Shadow Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:37:20pm |
re: #59 itellu3times
Can't we keep a few, on a reservation, selling Chinese-made jihadi souvenirs to the tourists?
What would jihadi souvenirs be?
Suicide bomb belts. No explosives, though; just melamine.
Plastic head-chopping swords.
Hostage dolls with removable heads, to use with the swords. (I'll leave out one feature not to get in really bad taste.)
Fake IED's.
Korans, of course.
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DaddyG Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:38:24pm |
re: #67 Kosh's Shadow
What would jihadi souvenirs be?
Suicide bomb belts. No explosives, though; just melamine.
Plastic head-chopping swords.
Hostage dolls with removable heads, to use with the swords. (I'll leave out one feature not to get in really bad taste.)
Fake IED's.
Korans, of course.
Don't forget the gioant foam wagging finger and rage videos.
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apachegunner Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:38:44pm |
Hey from the San Juan Embassy Suites Resort & Casino having fun like a lizard should :>)
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Occasional Reader Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:39:03pm |
re: #68 DaddyG
Don't forget the gioant foam wagging finger
Ha!
What is it with the finger-wagging thing, anyway?
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OldLineTexan Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:39:17pm |
re: #68 DaddyG
Don't forget the gioant foam wagging finger and rage videos.
Osama ventriloquist dolls.
ps - don't let Teddy Kennedy order them. The last shipment was all wrong.
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Occasional Reader Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:39:29pm |
re: #69 apachegunner
Hey from the San Juan Embassy Suites Resort & Casino having fun like a lizard should :>)
Why do we have an Embassy in San Juan?
/
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DaddyG Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:39:52pm |
re: #70 Occasional Reader
Ha!
What is it with the finger-wagging thing, anyway?
My theory is that they are drying it off after squatting behind a sand dune.
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OldLineTexan Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:40:17pm |
re: #70 Occasional Reader
Ha!
What is it with the finger-wagging thing, anyway?
The human male's tail was lost to evolution, and it is exceedingly rude to wag the only other suitable appendage.
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Ward Cleaver Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:40:23pm |
Piranha School - is that what the WAB graduated from?
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WriterMom Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:40:30pm |
Here's WHERE YOUR TAX DOLLARS ARE GOING.
Jizyah to murderers and terrorists.
/have a nice day.
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opnion Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:40:38pm |
re: #69 apachegunner
Hey from the San Juan Embassy Suites Resort & Casino having fun like a lizard should :>)
I have stayed there.
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nyc redneck Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:41:20pm |
re: #52 midwestgak
OT I'm listening the the folks commenting at Obama's briefing on the Fiscal Responsibility Summit.
It's the same love fest that aired last night at the Academy Awards. Only difference is that today it's politicians on the stage.
O directed them to break up in little study groups and discuss their ideas and come back w/ reports. it really sounds like an exercise for 6th graders.
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Ben Hur Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:41:27pm |
re: #69 apachegunner
Hey from the San Juan Embassy Suites Resort & Casino having fun like a lizard should :>)
I was in PR last weekend.
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mikeymom Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:41:40pm |
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notutopia Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:41:48pm |
re: #60 notutopia
Yes he is! and so is his writing on the war coverage in the Middle East.
Please make a contribution to Michael Yon, so we can continue to support his talent, and in ensuring he will be able to financially afford to bring us the best in coverage!
[Link: www.michaelyon-online.com...]
How This Project is Funded
[Link: www.michaelyon-online.com...]
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Idle Drifter Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:42:07pm |
re: #3 OldLineTexan
Now that Obama has "fixed" the stock market, he will turn his attention to "fixing" Iraq.
Kinda like pouring water on a gasoline fire.
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OldLineTexan Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:42:19pm |
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DaddyG Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:42:31pm |
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apachegunner Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:42:36pm |
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OldLineTexan Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:42:58pm |
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Occasional Reader Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:43:14pm |
re: #79 Ben Hur
I was in PR last weekend.
I like the island Manhattan.
Smoke on your pipe, and put that in.
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apachegunner Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:43:18pm |
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apachegunner Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:44:09pm |
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Occasional Reader Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:44:18pm |
re: #85 apachegunner
sure glad we do OR
I have heard (but haven't been there) that the small islands of Mona, Culebra and Vieques are amazing, if you feel like getting out of the SJ area.
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midwestgak Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:44:34pm |
re: #78 nyc redneck
O directed them to break up in little study groups and discuss their ideas and come back w/ reports. it really sounds like an exercise for 6th graders.
HA
O is like a teacher that has no syllabus prepared so he asked his students to do it for him.
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mikeymom Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:44:41pm |
re: #87 Occasional Reader
I like the island Manhattan.
Smoke on your pipe, and put that in.
NOOOO! donnt use the s-word! am seriously jones-ing for a cig right now--day 5 off-gum aint cutting it today!
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apachegunner Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:44:58pm |
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OldLineTexan Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:45:41pm |
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Soona' Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:45:57pm |
re: #74 OldLineTexan
The human male's tail was lost to evolution, and it is exceedingly rude to wag the only other suitable appendage.
Not only rude, but sexist. The poor women have nothing to wag.
//
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apachegunner Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:46:03pm |
re: #90 Occasional Reader
I have heard (but haven't been there) that the small islands of Mona, Culebra and Vieques are amazing, if you feel like getting out of the SJ area.
yes, been to Vieuez and Mona, kinda like that name.
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Idle Drifter Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:46:37pm |
re: #76 WriterMom
Here's WHERE YOUR TAX DOLLARS ARE GOING.
Jizyah to murderers and terrorists./have a nice day.
OK, that's adding fuel to the fire akin to throwing Napalm on a city block fire.
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OldLineTexan Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:46:45pm |
re: #95 Soona'
Not only rude, but sexist. The poor women have nothing to wag.
//
Are the women in that culture allowed to wag?
I figured that was another men-only directive from Alan.
/
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lobo91 Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:46:48pm |
re: #64 shiplord kirel
I can't but help but wonder how much of this die-hard activity is attributable to the hope AQ was able to draw from the election of a "peace candidate," as well as to the defeatist rhetoric of charlatans like Reid? It has turned out to be a false hope so far, but the election in particular must have seemed like a gift from heaven, a last minute reprieve engineered by the jihad's media allies.
There probably is something to that.
AQ-I's support is drying up rapidly, and they're trying to pull off something spectacular in order to prove that they're still relevant.
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JCM Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:47:02pm |
Gee Whiz, I think Charles is obsessed! Another Iraq, Terrorism, Militant Islam, Al Qaeda thread!
When's he gonna' spend time on what's really important!
Like the Turtle Stack!
//////// uber sarc!
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OldLineTexan Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:47:26pm |
re: #100 JCM
Gee Whiz, I think Charles is obsessed! Another Iraq, Terrorism, Militant Islam, Al Qaeda thread!
When's he gonna' spend time on what's really important!
Like the Turtle Stack!
//////// uber sarc!
Write him a Happy Hate Mail!
/
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apachegunner Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:47:36pm |
havn't had time to look, did nobama cause a rise in the market today?
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OldLineTexan Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:47:53pm |
re: #102 apachegunner
havn't had time to look, did nobama cause a rise in the market today?
If you are standing on your head, yes.
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lobo91 Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:48:26pm |
re: #102 apachegunner
havn't had time to look, did nobama cause a rise in the market today?
Down another couple hundred.
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WriterMom Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:48:45pm |
re: #102 apachegunner
Are you for real? LOL. There was certainly activity, but not exactly what they had planned.
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Idle Drifter Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:49:06pm |
re: #95 Soona'
Not only rude, but sexist. The poor women have nothing to wag.
//
Are you looking in the right.....NO! BAD DRIFTER!
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Amer-I-Can Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:49:48pm |
re: #76 WriterMom
Here's WHERE YOUR TAX DOLLARS ARE GOING.
Jizyah to murderers and terrorists./have a nice day.
Sad, but not really as surprise. It's that "Spends money like a drunken sailor" syndrome.
No offense to any drunken sailors out there reading this post... you are different... aren't you?
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Soona' Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:49:50pm |
re: #98 OldLineTexan
Are the women in that culture allowed to wag?
I figured that was another men-only directive from Alan.
/
Maybe they can walk briskly to and fro, to and fro.
/
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apachegunner Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:49:56pm |
re: #105 WriterMom
Are you for real? LOL. There was certainly activity, but not exactly what they had planned.
suppose he'll fix it early in his second term huh?
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newsjunkie_ky Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:50:46pm |
re: #102 apachegunner
havn't had time to look, did nobama cause a rise in the market today?
Don't know, but I think he did in chrissy matthews.
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Last Mohican Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:50:48pm |
Well, Obama's a-spendin', and CNN's a-spinnin':
The Dow and S&P 500 tumbled to levels not seen in nearly 12 years Monday, as investors continue to worry that the government's efforts to slow the recession won't be sufficient.
That's right, CNN. Investors love the porkulus -- their only fear is that it might not be big enough. What they're asking for, begging for, really, is an even bigger spending package.
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Silvergirl Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:51:11pm |
"Yet these days, al Qaeda in Iraq is like a piranha fish with no scales; it's still alive and flopping around on shore, but the dwindling piranha school cannot be happy. The villagers have been helping to net them up and scale them."
I love this imagery. Go villagers!
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apachegunner Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:51:34pm |
re: #110 newsjunkie_ky
Don't know, but I think he did in chrissy matthews.
I am sure it would be easy for him to "do" Matthews wouldn't it.
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Amer-I-Can Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:51:41pm |
re: #92 mikeymom
NOOOO! donnt use the s-word! am seriously jones-ing for a cig right now--day 5 off-gum aint cutting it today!
Hang in there mikemom, it will get easier. I'm on day 53, the first two weeks sucked the worst, it isn't so bad now...
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scottishbuzzsaw Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:51:59pm |
re: #109 apachegunner
suppose he'll fix it early in his second term huh?
Just stopped by to cheer us up, huh? ;>)
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apachegunner Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:52:51pm |
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scottishbuzzsaw Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:54:29pm |
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mikeymom Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:54:58pm |
re: #114 Amer-I-Can
wow--53! good for you. actually, it hasn't been too bad--using gum this time instead of patch--seems to help having something in my mouth all the time- good luck to you!
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opnion Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:55:50pm |
re: #88 apachegunner
I make it here twice a year, working.
LUcky you. We stayed at the property that you are at & the Embassy Dorado about 25 miles West of you. Really liked both places.
Ya going to Farhado (sp) for the snorkeling boats?
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OldLineTexan Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:56:42pm |
re: #111 Last Mohican
Well, Obama's a-spendin', and CNN's a-spinnin':
That's right, CNN. Investors love the porkulus -- their only fear is that it might not be big enough. What they're asking for, begging for, really, is an even bigger spending package.
So we are finally back to the Clinton years.
OBAMA - MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
/yew kin go home now
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Occasional Reader Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:58:14pm |
re: #120 opnion
LUcky you. We stayed at the property that you are at & the Embassy Dorado about 25 miles West of you. Really liked both places.
Ya going to Farhado (sp) for the snorkeling boats?
Fajardo... Luminescent algae, right? I loved that.
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OldLineTexan Mon, Feb 23, 2009 1:59:26pm |
re: #122 Occasional Reader
Fajardo... Luminescent algae, right? I loved that.
It makes the floating polar bear corpses easier to spot.
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Kosh's Shadow Mon, Feb 23, 2009 2:01:03pm |
re: #121 OldLineTexan
So we are finally back to the Clinton years.
OBAMA - MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
/yew kin go home now
He won't be done until we're down to the Carter years.
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Caboose Mon, Feb 23, 2009 3:38:14pm |
0bama "fixing" the Iraqi situation will be akin to "fixing" your dog. De-nutted, de-motivated, painful and not fun at all. (The sun is over the yardarm; DRINK!)
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Ron Shaw Tue, Feb 24, 2009 8:45:00am |
All the aQ piranha need do is standby because soon Obama will provide plenty of fresh water for them to operate in...everyday as Obama gets more and more zombieotic support from his fellow Dems and a few swooning Republicans watch as our troops leave Iraq quickly for the flesh-eating fish to resume their terrorist ways.
I suspect a Clintonesque "Black Hawk Down" number (contingent) of handcuffed troops will be left for the murdering scum to feed upon. After this, we will be as gone as our Somali forces were during Clinton's admin. De-assing, retreat, capitulation, military failure, defeatism and shame are Democrats' ultimate wet dreams...Viet-Nam is their centerfold!
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