Arab Reactions to Obama’s Speech
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MEMRI has translations of Reactions in the Arab World to Obama’s Cairo Speech. Some are pretty reasonable, and others are … well …
310 comments
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MandyManners Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:29:20am |
What do those three mountains on the podium represent?
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Cato the Elder Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:29:44am |
I second FBV: Just don’t get it.
Evil Joo yanking away the microphone? Doesn’t make sense.
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_RememberTonyC Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:30:11am |
arab muslims have always been very kind towards Blacks, especially ones they consider apostates.
/
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_RememberTonyC Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:30:52am |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:31:11am |
re: #4 Cato the Elder
“Israel trying to disrupt the speech.”
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:31:31am |
It’s not supposed to make sense. It’s unreasoning, vicious hatred. No logic needed (or wanted).
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Truck Monkey Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:31:39am |
re: #1 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Splain the cartoon?
See the ‘hook nosed’ jew behind the wall pulling Barrys strings. The Arabs might one day be happy when the last jew disappears into the sea. Maybe.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:32:30am |
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Cato the Elder Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:32:34am |
re: #9 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
“Israel trying to disrupt the speech.”
Thanks.
Still makes no damn sense, but then neither does the Koran.
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lawhawk Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:32:52am |
One reaction that I thought was somewhat insightful was someone who saw the optimism in the fact that Obama is pursuing a peace deal this early in his Administration, rather than before leaving office (as a legacy builder).
The problem with that approach is this: Presidents will go for foreign policy when the domestic situation is screwed up - it’s a refuge, and none is greater than the ME Peace Process. You get to stand up before a crowd, make a few pronouncements, and move on. Everyone focuses on that, and ignores the domestic mess (like the 9%+ unemployment rate, and the ongoing failure of the porkfest to arrest the rising unemployment), massive deficits, and an ambitious spending program that is unsustainable.
Some, like Clinton, were able to jump on the peace process early in their administrations after others did the hard work - like in Oslo, where most of the work was done in backchannels in a sleepy Norwegian town instead of under the bright lights of Camp David, the White House, or other public locale.
And the fact is that he didn’t add anything to the process that will make it successful. He’s pushing the same nonsense and he’s still ignoring that one of the two parties to the conflict would like to see Israel destroyed.
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MandyManners Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:32:57am |
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Bob Dillon Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:33:08am |
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Sharmuta Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:33:16am |
All of the cartoons are disgusting- and predictable. No amount of fair words from any President is going to stop the anti-Semitism in the arab world.
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VioletTiger Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:33:18am |
I think the Arab world should quit while they’re ahead on the cartoon thing.
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MrSilverDragon Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:33:33am |
So, what are the movement lines in front of the lower region of suited representative of the Middle East supposed to mean? And why is he staring in that general direction?
Wait, I probably don’t want to know the answer.
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lawhawk Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:33:54am |
re: #9 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
“Israel trying to disrupt the speech.”
Israel trying to control the speech (and yanking the microphone the moment Obama says something it doesn’t like).
Illogical to say the least, but it’s typical of the anti-Israel anti-Semitic tripe found daily in Arab/Muslim papers around the world.
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Big Steve Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:34:13am |
So that first one, with Obama as the cowboy is pretty racially sterotypical what with drawing him with an obvious “endowment”.
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Truck Monkey Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:34:45am |
re: #2 MandyManners
What do those three mountains on the podium represent?
Cell phone coverage bars.
Can you hear me now?
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experiencedtraveller Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:35:37am |
The subject cartoon above is foul.
But the Evony advertisement cartoon on the right is fantastic!
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:35:39am |
re: #2 MandyManners
What do those three mountains on the podium represent?
Rocky mountains? How do Arab cartoonists score at geography?
(Wait, don’t answer, I know the answer.)
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iraqnophobic Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:35:46am |
Just figures that an Arab world would look clueless and sad … at least that makes sense.
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MandyManners Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:36:20am |
I’m struck by the demonization of the Iranians in the Lebanese cartoon.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:37:03am |
re: #27 iraqnophobic
Just figures that an Arab world would look clueless and sad … at least that makes sense.
It also makes sense that all three figures are male. (Women being irrelevant to world affairs, and all that.)
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Kragar Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:37:10am |
re: #25 experiencedtraveller
The subject cartoon above is foul.
But the Evony advertisement cartoon on the right is fantastic!
So how did we end up with that and the Muslim dating service?
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jcm Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:37:26am |
re: #28 MandyManners
I’m struck by the demonization of the Iranians in the Lebanese cartoon.
They know who pulls the Syrian’s strings.
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VioletTiger Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:37:56am |
re: #28 MandyManners
I’m struck by the demonization of the Iranians in the Lebanese cartoon.
Subtlety is not one of their strong suits—hence cartoons are over the top.
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Big Steve Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:38:03am |
re: #25 experiencedtraveller
The subject cartoon above is foul.
But the Evony advertisement cartoon on the right is fantastic!
some people can make anything into a boob thread!
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:38:33am |
re: #31 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
So how did we end up with that and the Muslim dating service?
Google advertising-fu.
Enough people say a keyword… an ad pops up.
Pretty damn smart… if it wasn’t for ….
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Eowyn2 Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:39:03am |
“We [do] hope that he will differ [enough from his predecessors] that he removes the hatred of Muslims and Arabs from American policy… and [we hope] that the Israelis, on both the right and the left, understand that peace is an international necessity and that the settlements, like the occupation, are an anomaly that must disappear…” [5]
There it is: The Occupation. The Phakistinians will refuse to live in peace even if the settlements are gone.
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jcm Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:39:14am |
re: #31 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
So how did we end up with that and the Muslim dating service?
Google ads, does a text index of a web site, since the word Muslim occurs a lot google sticks an related ad in.
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quickjustice Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:39:39am |
Oops! Caption is “Jews trying to disrupt Obama’s speech”!
My bad. And theirs.
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Eowyn2 Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:40:35am |
re: #3 Sharmuta
The Jews are in control.
and evil while the peaceful Arab world looks on in total astonishment.
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pat Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:41:29am |
Muslim Dating service. I checked out that ad when it started appearing on the blog I write for. The site is benign. A Muslim version of E Harmony.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:41:32am |
re: #43 Eowyn2
He’s got the whole world, as his head
He’s got the whole wide world, as his head….
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quickjustice Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:41:35am |
re: #28 MandyManners
Good point. The Sunni/Shia division runs deep. The Sunnis are terrified of Iranian attempts at hegemony in the region. If Obama had a strategic brain in his head, he’d exploit that.
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MacDuff Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:41:35am |
re: #42 taxfreekiller
oh, on the cartoon…
William Ayers wears glasses, so who is that with the string?
David Carradine? Sorry, couldn’t help myself.
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Eowyn2 Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:41:48am |
re: #31 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
So how did we end up with that and the Muslim dating service?
Its better than the google ad yesterday. We could all go to the Bill Ayers symposium/speach.
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Land Shark Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:41:54am |
I notice that even those who sound reasonable still completely deny or don’t mention that the Arab side has had more than it’s share of blame for the situation. Arabs are innocent victims, period. It’s all the US’s fault, or the West’s fault, or the Israeli’s fault….
Sigh.
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Kragar Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:42:40am |
re: #38 jcm
Google ads, does a text index of a web site, since the word Muslim occurs a lot google sticks an related ad in.
I understand how it works, I’m just trying to figure out we got that particular combination. I think we need more boob threads
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Truck Monkey Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:42:59am |
re: #45 ointmentfly
Hopefully for the world…. when Lil Kim locks Gore in a vault somewhere never to be heard from again.
Or giving him the Hans Brix treatment.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:43:17am |
re: #45 ointmentfly
I almost wrote something like that, but, don’t want ill to fall upon Mr. Gore.
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lawhawk Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:43:34am |
re: #36 taxfreekiller
ot
saw on drudge that Al Gore is thinking of going to N.Korea to talk them in to ending their nuke program,,
is there any way this could end well for any one…?
Hans Brix?
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MrSilverDragon Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:43:50am |
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quickjustice Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:44:21am |
re: #57 lawhawk
Ever see “Team America: World Police”, the motion picture?
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sbvft contributor Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:44:28am |
re: #36 taxfreekiller
ot
saw on drudge that Al Gore is thinking of going to N.Korea to talk them in to ending their nuke program,,
is there any way this could end well for any one…?
Who does he think he is, Jesse Jackson?
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KansasMom Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:44:33am |
re: #44 pat
Muslim Dating service. I checked out that ad when it started appearing on the blog I write for. The site is benign. A Muslim version of E Harmony.
Its not a dating service…..its a matrimonial site.
Arranged marriages have gone high-tech!
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MJ Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:44:39am |
It’s really no different than what the antisemitic and Fox contributor Michael Scheuer wrote at his column:
…For his part, Mr. Obama loyally stood by the traditions of the status quo U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East that Americans have suffered under for thirty-five years. First, Obama cleared his trip and speech with Prime Minister Netanyahu in Washington before departing; then he said in Cairo that the Israel-U.S. bond is unbreakable; and now he is finishing up his trip with a pilgrimage to a Nazi concentration camp. In other words, Obama made it crystal clear to all but the willfully blind that Israel’s interests come first for the U.S. government, and it surely is only simple-minded Americans and Muslims who would believe the White House-planted stories about how Obama’s decision not to visit Israel on this trip is a signal of his intention to be tough with Israel. (Re Obama’s statement that he views Israeli settlements as “illegitimate” — does anyone really think that the AIPAC-owned Congress will allow him to try to stop that which he considers “illegitimate”?)…
[Link: security.nationaljournal.com…]
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Mad Al-Jaffee Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:44:44am |
re: #36 taxfreekiller
ot
saw on drudge that Al Gore is thinking of going to N.Korea to talk them in to ending their nuke program,,
is there any way this could end well for any one…?
I would love to see the Team Americaversion of that meeting.
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Sabnen Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:44:51am |
All the Arab cartoonist have drawn his ears too big.
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:44:56am |
Interesting, no where, in any of the translated texts of the opinion pieces and comments, no where, did any of those source mention “two states.” One piece mentioned a Pali state, with out giving any indication if they agreed with an existing Israel.
They are ignoring the biggest elephant in the room.
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Cato the Elder Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:44:57am |
re: #38 jcm
Google ads, does a text index of a web site, since the word Muslim occurs a lot google sticks an related ad in.
Then how do you explain the semi-permanence of Ann “Orexia” Coulter’s evil skull-with-skin, seeing how this may be the first mention of her in a week?
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MrSilverDragon Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:45:03am |
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Eowyn2 Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:45:23am |
re: #36 taxfreekiller
ot
saw on drudge that Al Gore is thinking of going to N.Korea to talk them in to ending their nuke program,,
is there any way this could end well for any one…?
I call ‘bullshit’
If he goes it is to try to barter the freedom of the two reporters who work for his news station. He is going to pay to free them. Which he should since he probably sent them in anyway.
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MacDuff Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:45:43am |
re: #50 Land Shark
I notice that even those who sound reasonable still completely deny or don’t mention that the Arab side has had more than it’s share of blame for the situation. Arabs are innocent victims, period. It’s all the US’s fault, or the West’s fault, or the Israeli’s fault….
Sigh.
…….and we continue to play to their victimhood, ensuring not change but continuation of that status-quo of violence, tantrums and continuous seething.
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Gus Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:45:44am |
re: #36 taxfreekiller
ot
saw on drudge that Al Gore is thinking of going to N.Korea to talk them in to ending their nuke program,,
is there any way this could end well for any one…?
Actually, he may go to “free the American reporters.” The Drudge Report says nothing about “ending their nuke program.” The link reads as such: Al Gore may go to NKorea to help reporters…
[Link: www.foxnews.com…]
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sbvft contributor Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:46:08am |
re: #59 quickjustice
Ever see “Team America: World Police”, the motion picture?
Best scene of the whole film. It’s the only film I’ve ever actually bought.
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quickjustice Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:46:30am |
re: #62 KansasMom
I reported in depth on this several weeks ago. The Egyptian Muslim girl actually exposed her bangs for the photo. The U.S. Muslim girl, Fatima, not so much.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:46:42am |
re: #68 MrSilverDragon
My bad. Thought that was you. Sorry!
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Kragar Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:46:48am |
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:47:20am |
re: #67 Cato the Elder
Then how do you explain the semi-permanence of Ann “Orexia” Coulter’s evil skull-with-skin, seeing how this may be the first mention of her in a week?
Cato, not all the ads on this page are generated by Google. Some are “fed” by other ad pushing services, and not all are geared to keywords. Some of the ad are simply rotational and appeal to the general public of LGF and other conservative sites.
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MrSilverDragon Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:47:20am |
re: #75 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
My bad. Thought that was you. Sorry!
I may be a dick sometimes, but not that time. :)
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unrealizedviewpoint Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:48:01am |
re: #36 taxfreekiller
ot
saw on drudge that Al Gore is thinking of going to N.Korea to talk them in to ending their nuke program,,
is there any way this could end well for any one…?
I assume he helped delivered that bunch of money last time. Why not this time? /
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Cato the Elder Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:48:03am |
re: #67 Cato the Elder
Then how do you explain the semi-permanence of Ann “Orexia” Coulter’s evil skull-with-skin, seeing how this may be the first mention of her in a week?
Ignore that. Just checked the search results and lo! she’s drawn a lot of comment lately.
Bitch is a one-woman Christian Hezbollah.
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sbvft contributor Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:48:09am |
Kim Jung Il pwns Hans Blix
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Occasional Reader Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:48:20am |
Reposting from earlier thread:
Speaking of the Epoch-Making Obama Cairo Speech:
I have known Islam on three continents before coming to the region where it was first revealed. That experience guides my conviction that partnership between America and Islam must be based on what Islam is, not what it isn’t. And I consider it part of my responsibility as president of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.
Wouldn’t it be fun if at his next press conference, someone were to ask President Obama:
1) Do you consider Islam to be a “revealed” religion?
2) Does your Administration actually seek a “partnership” between the United States of America, and Islam? If so, do you also seek such partnerships with any other religions? And how do you reconcile this with the Establishment Clause?
3) Could you please point out the provision of Article II of the U.S. Constitution that describes one of the President’s responsibilities as “fighting negative stereotypes about Islam”? Assuming it isn’t there (hint: It’s not), and you have instead decided to take on this responsibility of your own accord, how do you reconcile THAT with the Establisment Clause?
I’m dreaming, I know.
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Eowyn2 Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:48:40am |
re: #59 quickjustice
Ever see “Team America: World Police”, the motion picture?
it was very popular with the military ncos and enlisted
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S'latch Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:48:44am |
I was unable to figure it out from the cartoon, but it apparently means “Jews Attempting to Disrupt Obama’s Address.”
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unrealizedviewpoint Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:48:57am |
re: #71 Gus 802
Actually, he may go to “free the American reporters.” The Drudge Report says nothing about “ending their nuke program.” The link reads as such: Al Gore may go to NKorea to help reporters…
[Link: www.foxnews.com…]
It’s a good thing. Let’s support the effort.
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Cato the Elder Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:48:59am |
re: #77 Walter L. Newton
Cato, not all the ads on this page are generated by Google. Some are “fed” by other ad pushing services, and not all are geared to keywords. Some of the ad are simply rotational and appeal to the general public of LGF and other conservative sites.
True. But see my #80. Should have done my damn research first.
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:49:05am |
re: #36 taxfreekiller
ot
saw on drudge that Al Gore is thinking of going to N.Korea to talk them in to ending their nuke program,,
is there any way this could end well for any one…?
Yews, if NK kept him.
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Occasional Reader Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:49:33am |
Re: The cartoon
Given the cartoon “movement” lines just in front of the Arab Globe character, doesn’t he appear to be doing The Pelvic Thrust?
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:49:46am |
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KansasMom Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:50:34am |
re: #73 quickjustice
I reported in depth on this several weeks ago. The Egyptian Muslim girl actually exposed her bangs for the photo. The U.S. Muslim girl, Fatima, not so much.
Sorry I missed your report. I did check out the site and noticed the very same thing. It was surprising, but then again not sure how much I want to expand upon what I found on an online Muslim ‘matrimonial’ site.
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MrSilverDragon Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:50:36am |
re: #88 Occasional Reader
Re: The cartoon
Given the cartoon “movement” lines just in front of the Arab Globe character, doesn’t he appear to be doing The Pelvic Thrust?
Well, there are times I feel like the Middle East is stuck in a Time Warp.
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:51:03am |
re: #89 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
By Yiminy?
Good, you understood that I meant to spell it that way. You got the joke, really. Good. (wally is tap dancing again)
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:51:33am |
re: #91 MrSilverDragon
That was just a tad rocky.
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Son of the Black Dog Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:51:58am |
re: #91 MrSilverDragon
Well, there are times I feel like the Middle East is stuck in a Time Warp.
That’s because it is.
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unrealizedviewpoint Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:52:01am |
Gore’s a brave man. Would you, a private citizen, go meet with that madman?
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Truck Monkey Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:52:03am |
re: #91 MrSilverDragon
Well
, there are times I feel likethe Middle East is stuck in a Time Warp.
FTFY
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Gus Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:52:15am |
re: #85 unrealizedviewpoint
It’s a good thing. Let’s support the effort.
I think so. As annoying as Gore can be at least this is something we can support. I don’t see anyone else making much of an effort to release these journalists at this time.
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S'latch Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:52:16am |
Maybe that Jew attempted to disrupt Obama’s address because he wanted to stop Obama from saying that “The United States does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements.”
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Occasional Reader Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:52:19am |
re: #91 MrSilverDragon
Well, there are times I feel like the Middle East is stuck in a Time Warp.
And there’s ample evidence of their having been driven in-say-ay-ayayay-ayn…
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:52:25am |
re: #90 KansasMom
Sorry I missed your report. I did check out the site and noticed the very same thing. It was surprising, but then again not sure how much I want to expand upon what I found on an online Muslim ‘matrimonial’ site.
I visited that site, got some emails even. I’m not sure why some of those woman would be so excited to tell me they had small flocks of sheep that would be at my disposal?
/
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SixDegrees Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:52:36am |
re: #67 Cato the Elder
Then how do you explain the semi-permanence of Ann “Orexia” Coulter’s evil skull-with-skin, seeing how this may be the first mention of her in a week?
Google tracks other things besides page content. Number of clicks on a given ad, and the history of the person loading the page correlated against other pages with Google ads that they’ve loaded (yes, they track such things) all come into play.
Google is evil.
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debutaunt Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:52:42am |
re: #82 Occasional Reader
Reposting from earlier thread:
Speaking of the Epoch-Making Obama Cairo Speech:
I have known Islam on three continents before coming to the region where it was first revealed. That experience guides my conviction that partnership between America and Islam must be based on what Islam is, not what it isn’t. And I consider it part of my responsibility as president of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.
Wouldn’t it be fun if at his next press conference, someone were to ask President Obama:
1) Do you consider Islam to be a “revealed” religion?
2) Does your Administration actually seek a “partnership” between the United States of America, and Islam? If so, do you also seek such partnerships with any other religions? And how do you reconcile this with the Establishment Clause?
3) Could you please point out the provision of Article II of the U.S. Constitution that describes one of the President’s responsibilities as “fighting negative stereotypes about Islam”? Assuming it isn’t there (hint: It’s not), and you have instead decided to take on this responsibility of your own accord, how do you reconcile THAT with the Establisment Clause?
I’m dreaming, I know.
Excellent!
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:53:16am |
re: #102 SixDegrees
Google tracks other things besides page content. Number of clicks on a given ad, and the history of the person loading the page correlated against other pages with Google ads that they’ve loaded (yes, they track such things) all come into play.
Google is evil.
And like I mentioned above, not every ad on this page is generated by Google.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:53:38am |
re: #83 Eowyn2
One of the things I love about that movie is my liberal friends and my conservative friends all appreciate it.
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SixDegrees Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:53:59am |
re: #91 MrSilverDragon
Well, there are times I feel like the Middle East is stuck in a Time Warp.
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MrSilverDragon Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:53:59am |
re: #97 Truck Monkey
FTFY
Well, I was just being frank, ‘n’ furter more, I think something needs to be done about all the riff raff. It makes me see magenta at times.
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jcm Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:54:15am |
Obama re: #67 Cato the Elder
Then how do you explain the semi-permanence of Ann “Orexia” Coulter’s evil skull-with-skin, seeing how this may be the first mention of her in a week?
There was a whole Coulter thread yesterday…
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Occasional Reader Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:54:18am |
The fourth cartoon from the top appears to depict The Muslim World as a one-eyed whale.
PAGING DR. FREUD
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KansasMom Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:54:27am |
re: #101 Walter L. Newton
I visited that site, got some emails even. I’m not sure why some of those woman would be so excited to tell me they had small flocks of sheep that would be at my disposal?
/
What did you list for your hobbies?!?
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Mad Al-Jaffee Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:54:44am |
re: #98 Gus 802
Maybe Gore is going to look for ManBearPig in NK.
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Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:54:58am |
re: #110 Occasional Reader
The fourth cartoon from the top appears to depict The Muslim World as a one-eyed whale.
PAGING DR. FREUD
Moby Dick?
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:55:35am |
re: #111 KansasMom
What did you list for your hobbies?!?
Sheep f*ing, why?
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revobob Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:55:44am |
re: #101 Walter L. Newton
I visited that site, got some emails even. I’m not sure why some of those woman would be so excited to tell me they had small flocks of sheep that would be at my disposal?Ewwwwwwwe!
/
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Eowyn2 Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:55:52am |
re: #82 Occasional Reader
thats playing hardball and he has no cup.
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MrSilverDragon Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:56:38am |
re: #112 buzzsawmonkey
It’s just a jump to the left
And then a step to the ri-hi-hi-hi-ght
Pull your sword from you hips
And swing with all your mi-hi-hi-hi-ght
But it’s the big bomb belt
That really drives you insa-a-a-a-ane
Let’s do the Time Warp again!
Let’s do the Time Warp again!
Confession… I was in a theatre cast of The Rocky Horror Picture Show for almost 3 years… played every character in the show, in costume (or lack thereof).
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Occasional Reader Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:56:43am |
And, regarding the first cartoon on the MEMRI page, of course what immediately springs to mind… well, to *my* mind… is Sheriff Bart.
Would that Obama sent Hamas a “candygram for Mongo!”.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:57:18am |
I like the American Cowboy Armed With Doves of Peace.
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:57:49am |
re: #91 MrSilverDragon
Well, there are times I feel like the Middle East is stuck in a Time Warp.
Well, madness takes its toll….
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Land Shark Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:58:04am |
re: #96 unrealizedviewpoint
Gore’s a brave man. Would you, a private citizen, go meet with that madman?
I think Al Gore is THE definition of an idiot and a boob, but I’ll give him some credit if he does go over to North Korea. That place gives me the willies. I’d never go there, I just know my smart ass attitude would get me in trouble. And from what I’ve read from people who’ve been over there, even if you’re not a smart ass you’re still at the mercy of whatever whims the scumbags who run that place have at that particular moment.
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sbvft contributor Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:58:08am |
I just finished reading “Guilty” last week. I didn’t know Bella Abzug was a supporter of Hitler. I mean, I know she wore crappy hats and stuff, but Hitler?
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Occasional Reader Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:58:17am |
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Gus Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:58:18am |
re: #113 Mad Al-Jaffee
Maybe Gore is going to look for ManBearPig in NK.
Now that’s always a possibility. If anything Manbearpig could be found in North Korea.
//
However, just to reiterate, the Gore-North Korea news has nothing to do with the NORKs nuclear weapons program.
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unrealizedviewpoint Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:59:17am |
re: #115 Walter L. Newton
Sheep f*ing, why?
//////////////////////////////////////
Why do they f**k their sheep at the edge of a cliff?
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MarineMomSue Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:59:33am |
re: #82 Occasional Reader
Obama Cairo Speech:
“I have known Islam on three continents before coming to the region where it was first revealed. That experience guides my conviction that partnership between America and Islam must be based on what Islam is, not what it isn’t. And I consider it part of my responsibility as president of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear…”
I’d be happy if Obama decided that it is part of his responsibility as president of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of the United States!. Now there is a change I could believe in!
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:59:54am |
re: #67 Cato the Elder
Then how do you explain the semi-permanence of Ann “Orexia” Coulter’s evil skull-with-skin, seeing how this may be the first mention of her in a week?
Lots of conservative trigger words.
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:00:32pm |
From the “PA daily”
and [we hope] that the Israelis, on both the right and the left, understand that peace is an international necessity and that the settlements, like the occupation, are an anomaly that must disappear.
Why do I think by “occupation”, they mean Jews in the mideast?
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nikis-knight Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:01:29pm |
re: #82 Occasional Reader
Reposting from earlier thread:Speaking of the Epoch-Making Obama Cairo Speech:
I have known Islam on three continents before coming to the region where it was first revealed. That experience guides my conviction that partnership between America and Islam must be based on what Islam is, not what it isn’t. And I consider it part of my responsibility as president of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.
Wouldn’t it be fun if at his next press conference, someone were to ask President Obama:
1) Do you consider Islam to be a “revealed” religion?
If the answer to 1 is yes, that would tend to make him an unusual sort of christian (of course, there was that loony multi-culti woman who claimed to be a christian pastor and a muslim at once. Notwithstanding….) But more likely it is the sort of wishy-washy political correctness that leads every news agency to sign on to Mohammed being a prophet, when that sort of begs the question of Islam’s absolute truth more than a little.
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doppelganglander Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:02:12pm |
re: #120 Dekar
Why are their cartoonists so bad at drawing?
I’m surprised they have cartoonists at all. Depicting Mohammad is off-limits, and the strictest Muslims don’t believe in depicting any people at all.
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Ben Hur Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:02:38pm |
Suprising that Aniken and Emperor Palpatine support the Ewoks.
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ointmentfly Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:02:47pm |
re: #106 unrealizedviewpoint
They were working for Al Gore’s little network when they were captured and became pawns. So it is in Al Gore’s best interest to buy them back and I blame him for thier capture.
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Kragar Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:03:24pm |
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MrSilverDragon Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:03:35pm |
re: #129 unrealizedviewpoint
Why do they f**k their sheep at the edge of a cliff?
This almost sounds like a joke that has an answer I don’t want to hear…
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dhg4 Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:04:05pm |
re: #14 lawhawk
One reaction that I thought was somewhat insightful was someone who saw the optimism in the fact that Obama is pursuing a peace deal this early in his Administration, rather than before leaving office (as a legacy builder).
The problem with that approach is this: Presidents will go for foreign policy when the domestic situation is screwed up - it’s a refuge, and none is greater than the ME Peace Process. You get to stand up before a crowd, make a few pronouncements, and move on. Everyone focuses on that, and ignores the domestic mess (like the 9%+ unemployment rate, and the ongoing failure of the porkfest to arrest the rising unemployment), massive deficits, and an ambitious spending program that is unsustainable.
Some, like Clinton, were able to jump on the peace process early in their administrations after others did the hard work - like in Oslo, where most of the work was done in backchannels in a sleepy Norwegian town instead of under the bright lights of Camp David, the White House, or other public locale.
And the fact is that he didn’t add anything to the process that will make it successful. He’s pushing the same nonsense and he’s still ignoring that one of the two parties to the conflict would like to see Israel destroyed.
Daniel Pipes likes to quote:
Irving Kristol memorably took the Latin proverb, Quem Iuppiter vult perdere, dementat prius (“Whom Jupiter wishes to destroy, he first renders mad”) and changed it to “Whom the gods would destroy they first tempt to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict.”
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:04:05pm |
re: #136 ointmentfly
They were working for Al Gore’s little network when they were captured and became pawns. So it is in Al Gore’s best interest to buy them back and I blame him for thier capture.
What were they doing there? Seeing how North Korea cuts down on its CO2 emissions?
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SixDegrees Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:04:28pm |
re: #104 Walter L. Newton
And like I mentioned above, not every ad on this page is generated by Google.
Actually, Google is pretty fussy about such things. They don’t like sharing your page with other ad services, and they will cancel your contract if another service’s code shows up on it.
There may be exceptions for single-purpose ads, though, where space is bought explicitly for one item.
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Syrah Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:04:33pm |
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experiencedtraveller Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:04:43pm |
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OldLineTexan Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:04:45pm |
re: #140 Kosh’s Shadow
What were they doing there? Seeing how North Korea cuts down on its CO2 emissions?
I hope Gore brings his own food; the Norks have emough famine problems already.
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_RememberTonyC Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:05:16pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:05:17pm |
-yeare: #125 sbvft contributor
I just finished reading “Guilty” last week. I didn’t know Bella Abzug was a supporter of Hitler. I mean, I know she wore crappy hats and stuff, but Hitler?
Huh?
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OldLineTexan Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:05:56pm |
The Islamic Shoe merchant’s journal must be Al-Bundy.
/
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:06:17pm |
re: #144 OldLineTexan
I hope Gore brings his own food; the Norks have emough famine problems already.
He’d better not bring Michael Moore with him, then. Moore will eat enough for the entire peasant population of North Korea.
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Son of the Black Dog Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:06:19pm |
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OldLineTexan Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:06:41pm |
re: #148 Kosh’s Shadow
He’d better not bring Michael Moore with him, then. Moore will eat
enough forthe entire peasant population of North Korea.
FTFY
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Truck Monkey Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:06:51pm |
re: #144 OldLineTexan
I hope Gore brings his own food; the Norks have emough famine problems already.
AlGore has enough stored fat so that he could survive 3 years without eating if he needed to.
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Occasional Reader Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:07:01pm |
re: #142 Syrah
It looks like a weird reference to Moby Dick.
Thanks for the hyperlink… er, actually, I had heard of Moby Dick… but in any case, the metaphor in this case seems off. Obama is shown as attempting to cheerfully offer the whale (or fish or manatee or whatever the hell it is) bait, rather than kill it.
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jcm Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:07:02pm |
re: #141 SixDegrees
Actually, Google is pretty fussy about such things. They don’t like sharing your page with other ad services, and they will cancel your contract if another service’s code shows up on it.
There may be exceptions for single-purpose ads, though, where space is bought explicitly for one item.
And CJ contract prevents him from disclosing much about it.
CJ needs to make some money, so I don’t worry about it much.
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nikis-knight Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:07:03pm |
re: #148 Kosh’s Shadow
He’d better not bring Michael Moore with him, then. Moore will eat enough for the entire peasant population of North Korea.
Then again, the entire population of NK is probably hungry enough that Moore would have to watch his step.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:07:29pm |
re: #133 nikis-knight
If the answer to 1 is yes, that would tend to make him an unusual sort of christian (of course, there was that loony multi-culti woman who claimed to be a christian pastor and a muslim at once. Notwithstanding….) But more likely it is the sort of wishy-washy political correctness that leads every news agency to sign on to Mohammed being a prophet, when that sort of begs the question of Islam’s absolute truth more than a little.
I think there are a lot of ‘revealed’ religions, ideas, etc. I dont have to personally sign on to all of them, but I’m willing to assume they were revealed to/for some people.
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_RememberTonyC Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:07:36pm |
re: #96 unrealizedviewpoint
Gore’s a brave man. Would you, a private citizen, go meet with that madman?
recklessness and bravery are not the same
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:07:45pm |
re: #155 SanFranciscoZionist
I think there are a lot of ‘revealed’ religions, ideas, etc. I dont have to personally sign on to all of them, but I’m willing to assume they were revealed to/for some people.
But I’m also not a Christian.
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ointmentfly Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:08:10pm |
re: #140 Kosh’s Shadow
What were they doing there? Seeing how North Korea cuts down on its CO2 emissions?
The N Koreans are just about perfect in Gore’s eyes when it comes to carbon emissions. They don’t have cars, heat, lights or refrigeration. Flatulence is the only greehouse gas in NK.
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:08:14pm |
re: #141 SixDegrees
Actually, Google is pretty fussy about such things. They don’t like sharing your page with other ad services, and they will cancel your contract if another service’s code shows up on it.
There may be exceptions for single-purpose ads, though, where space is bought explicitly for one item.
I looked at the source for this page, and there is direct calls to providers like Amazon, so, I suspect Charles does have ads on this page from mixed sources, not just Google.
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OldLineTexan Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:08:15pm |
re: #154 nikis-knight
Then again, the entire population of NK is probably hungry enough that Moore would have to watch his step.
Yeah, starving people will eat anything.
/
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:08:35pm |
re: #134 doppelganglander
I’m surprised they have cartoonists at all. Depicting Mohammad is off-limits, and the strictest Muslims don’t believe in depicting any people at all.
It’s varied an awful lot of the years, and in different places, though. Same in Judaism.
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Occasional Reader Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:08:52pm |
re: #159 ointmentfly
The N Koreans are just about perfect in Gore’s eyes when it comes to carbon emissions. They don’t have cars, heat, lights or refrigeration. Flatulence is the only greehouse gas in NK.
And even that, they manage to sharply curtail, by making sure there isn’t much food.
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_RememberTonyC Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:08:52pm |
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unrealizedviewpoint Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:09:11pm |
re: #136 ointmentfly
They were working for Al Gore’s little network when they were captured and became pawns. So it is in Al Gore’s best interest to buy them back and I blame him for thier capture.
Your logic is seriously flawed. I guess when Steve Centanni was captured and held in Gaza in’06 it was FOX’s fault?
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Kenneth Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:09:18pm |
re: #1 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Obama is speaking to the Arab World but he is being controlled by the Joooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo behind the curtain.
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S'latch Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:09:40pm |
The cartoons suggest the the Arab reaction to Obama’s speech is mixed, with some approving and some slightly critical.
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Kenneth Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:09:58pm |
re: #155 SanFranciscoZionist
“revealed” is a key word in Islam.
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debutaunt Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:09:58pm |
re: #166 Kenneth
Obama is speaking to the Arab World but he is being controlled by the Jooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooo behind the curtain.
Wizard of OZreal?
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:10:08pm |
re: #159 ointmentfly
The N Koreans are just about perfect in Gore’s eyes when it comes to carbon emissions. They don’t have cars, heat, lights or refrigeration. Flatulence is the only greehouse gas in NK.
But given the kimchee situation, that could be a real problem.
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nikis-knight Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:10:17pm |
re: #155 SanFranciscoZionist
I think there are a lot of ‘revealed’ religions, ideas, etc. I dont have to personally sign on to all of them, but I’m willing to assume they were revealed to/for some people.
There are enough contradictions between the two that to believe both are revealed (well, from the same source) is intellectual laziness of the sort that epitomizes multi-cultural pieties.
Of course, if someone doesn’t know much about either, then the confusion is understandable, if regretable.
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sbvft contributor Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:10:53pm |
re: #146 SanFranciscoZionist
In her book, Coulter states that Abzug was a supporter of Hitler.
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nikis-knight Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:11:00pm |
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Ben Hur Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:11:29pm |
I still can’t beleive that Brokaw asked The One what ISRAEL has TO LEARN from Buchenwald.
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Kenneth Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:11:31pm |
re: #167 Lawrence Schmerel
No, the “Arab World” is personified by the one Arab man with a bewildered look on his face. The Jew is behind the curtain controlling his puppet Obama.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:11:49pm |
re: #173 sbvft contributor
In her book, Coulter states that Abzug was a supporter of Hitler.
Does she provide any support for that? Because I’ve gotta tell you, that sounds pretty…odd…to me.
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OldLineTexan Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:12:08pm |
re: #175 Ben Hur
I still can’t beleive that Brokaw asked The One what ISRAEL has TO LEARN from Buchenwald.
Don’t trust whitey?
/
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Occasional Reader Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:12:08pm |
re: #175 Ben Hur
I still can’t beleive that Brokaw asked The One what ISRAEL has TO LEARN from Buchenwald.
You’re shi**ing me.
He did?
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:12:11pm |
re: #175 Ben Hur
I still can’t beleive that Brokaw asked The One what ISRAEL has TO LEARN from Buchenwald.
I think Israel’s got that one pretty much down.
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Lincolntf Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:12:42pm |
Obama thinks that his “talk your way out of anything” style is going to help him in the Mideast. He’s in for such a rude awakening. The psychotic Muslims who might hear his remarks don’t care about “nuance” and generational apologies, they want blood simply because blood is to be had.
Obama is alienating Israel at the same time that he’s emboldening the Islamic States bent on their (and our) destruction.
Surviving the B.O. era is going to be quite a challenge for Israel.
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jamgarr Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:12:51pm |
re: #175 Ben Hur
I still can’t beleive that Brokaw asked The One what ISRAEL has TO LEARN from Buchenwald.
Not only that! - What they have to learn about their treatment of the Palestinians!
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Kenneth Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:13:07pm |
re: #175 Ben Hur
not quite, he asked what Israel had to learn from Obama’s visit to Buchenwald. Because Obama’s visit was the most momentous event in the history of Buchenwald.
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Son of the Black Dog Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:13:07pm |
re: #175 Ben Hur
I still can’t beleive that Brokaw asked The One what ISRAEL has TO LEARN from Buchenwald.
How about. “Don’t trust your fate to people like Obama.”
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Pianobuff Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:13:13pm |
Is it just me, or is Obama entering a Duke Ellington phase?
(personally think the Duke is pretty cool, btw)
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ointmentfly Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:13:19pm |
re: #165 unrealizedviewpoint
Your logic is seriously flawed. I guess when Steve Centanni was captured and held in Gaza in’06 it was FOX’s fault?
To be honest, I have not seen any reports as to what they were doing in NK, but I have to assume they were not supposed to be in the country. And Centanni was captured by some splinter group of a splinter group but was in Gaza like many journalists probably at the invite of the Palestinians.
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Occasional Reader Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:13:52pm |
re: #183 Kenneth
not quite, he asked what Israel had to learn from Obama’s visit to Buchenwald. Because Obama’s visit was the most momentous event in the history of Buchenwald.
And what was Obama’s answer?
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S'latch Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:13:59pm |
re: #176 Kenneth
No. I was referring to the all the cartoons republished by Memri. And, apparently, the Jew behind the curtain is trying to disrupt Obama’s speech which suggests that the Arab cartoonist must have liked it.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:14:47pm |
re: #178 OldLineTexan
Don’t trust whitey?
/
The lord loves a working man. If it burns, see a doctor.
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Gus Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:14:54pm |
re: #187 Occasional Reader
And what was Obama’s answer?
I saw that this morning. Kind of threw me back.
BROKAW: What can the Israelis learn from your visit to Buchenwald? And what should they be thinking about their treatment of Palestinians?
OBAMA: Well, look, there’s no equivalency here.
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doppelganglander Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:14:57pm |
re: #176 Kenneth
No, the “Arab World” is personified by the one Arab man with a bewildered look on his face. The Jew is behind the curtain controlling his puppet Obama.
That’s what I thought at first, too. But then I noticed the lasso is around the microphone. It could be interpreted as Israel attempting to silence Obama, who is saying something Israel doesn’t want the Arab to hear. Then again, why does the Arab look confused? The whole thing is not very well thought out, IMO.
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opnion Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:15:05pm |
re: #182 jamgarr
Not only that! - What they have to learn about their treatment of the Palestinians!
That was the context, I heard it on the radio about an hour ago.
Even Obama said that he did not see the equivalence.
So, what does this say about Brokaw?
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Syrah Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:15:12pm |
re: #152 Occasional Reader
Thanks for the hyperlink… er, actually, I had heard of Moby Dick… but in any case, the metaphor in this case seems off. Obama is shown as attempting to cheerfully offer the whale (or fish or manatee or whatever the hell it is) bait, rather than kill it.
It was a bit of a stretch I know, but that was what the political cartoon suggested to me.
I may not like Obama much but I really can’t see him as Ahab.
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Truck Monkey Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:15:53pm |
re: #192 opnion
That was the context, I heard it on the radio about an hour ago.
Even Obama said that he did not see the equivalence.
So, what does this say about Brokaw?
He is a tool.
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doppelganglander Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:16:15pm |
re: #190 Gus 802
I saw that this morning. Kind of threw me back.
BROKAW: What can the Israelis learn from your visit to Buchenwald? And what should they be thinking about their treatment of Palestinians?
OBAMA: Well, look, there’s no equivalency here.
OMG, he’s RIGHT! Good for him, and shame on Brokaw.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:16:19pm |
re: #175 Ben Hur
You sure that wasn’t Art Buchwald?
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Ben Hur Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:16:42pm |
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Kenneth Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:16:51pm |
re: #187 Occasional Reader
to his credit, Obama rejected any suggestion of a parallel or equivalence. It was an astonishingly tastless question from Brokaw.
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wrenchwench Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:17:01pm |
re: #185 Pianobuff
Is it just me, or is Obama entering a Duke Ellington phase?
(personally think the Duke is pretty cool, btw)
First the wrong thread, now the wrong link….
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jamgarr Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:17:06pm |
re: #192 opnion
That was the context, I heard it on the radio about an hour ago.
Even Obama said that he did not see the equivalence.
So, what does this say about Brokaw?
I volunteer to be the guy at the network in charge of saying “WTF!?” to anchors when they say stuff like that.
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Gus Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:17:14pm |
re: #194 OldLineTexan
A thousand updings for Obama.
For sure. I almost fell off my chair when I heard Brokaw’s question.
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_RememberTonyC Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:18:13pm |
re: #175 Ben Hur
I still can’t beleive that Brokaw asked The One what ISRAEL has TO LEARN from Buchenwald.
here’s what they learned … when someone threatens to destroy you and even acts on it, YOU BETTER FUCKING BELIEVE THEM.
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Pianobuff Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:18:28pm |
re: #200 wrenchwench
First the wrong thread, now the wrong link….
Rats… you’re not getting an image of the Duke?
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KansasMom Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:18:40pm |
re: #190 Gus 802
I saw that this morning. Kind of threw me back.
BROKAW: What can the Israelis learn from your visit to Buchenwald? And what should they be thinking about their treatment of Palestinians?
OBAMA: Well, look, there’s no equivalency here.
A surprisingly good answer. Good for him (Obama, NOT Brokaw).
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sbvft contributor Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:18:42pm |
re: #177 SanFranciscoZionist
Does she provide any support for that? Because I’ve gotta tell you, that sounds pretty…odd…to me.
Bella Abzug also supported Stalin & Jim Jones. So says Ann. She has copious footnotes as always to back up her facts. I don’t have the book in front of me though.
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opnion Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:18:47pm |
re: #201 jamgarr
I volunteer to be the guy at the network in charge of saying “WTF!?” to anchors when they say stuff like that.
I wonder if Brokaw will try to “correct” his question, or just let it go.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:18:56pm |
re: #203 buzzsawmonkey
Obama wants the Israelis to submit to binding Arabitration.
I’d like a zippy new car, myself, in red.
And a cushy, high-paying job for my husband.
And all the Le Creuset stuff no one got us off our wedding list. Also in red.
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Kenneth Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:19:08pm |
re: #188 Lawrence Schmerel
yes, I see that. the “arab world” notices what the Jew is doing and is perturbed.
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wrenchwench Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:19:18pm |
re: #205 Pianobuff
Rats… you’re not getting an image of the Duke?
Nope. Click it yourself. What do you get?
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Truck Monkey Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:19:23pm |
re: #204 _RememberTonyC
here’s what they learned … when someone threatens to destroy you and even acts on it, YOU BETTER FUCKING BELIEVE THEM.
When Israelis say ‘never again’, I hope they really believe it and act accordingly.
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unrealizedviewpoint Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:19:36pm |
re: #186 ointmentfly
To be honest, I have not seen any reports as to what they were doing in NK, but I have to assume they were not supposed to be in the country. And Centanni was captured by some splinter group of a splinter group but was in Gaza like many journalists probably at the invite of the Palestinians.
(CNN) … Laura Ling and Lee are reporters for California-based Current TV, the media venture of former U.S. Vice President Al Gore.
The pair was reporting on the plight of North Korean defectors living along the border of China and North Korea when they were taken into custody on March 17.
North Korea said the reporters had entered the country illegally. The women were accused of “hostile acts” and charged with spying… read more
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Gus Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:19:52pm |
re: #206 KansasMom
A surprisingly good answer. Good for him (Obama, NOT Brokaw).
He was quick in his response too. Didn’t even give it a second thought.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:20:05pm |
re: #207 sbvft contributor
Bella Abzug also supported Stalin & Jim Jones. So says Ann. She has copious footnotes as always to back up her facts. I don’t have the book in front of me though.
Wow. You know, Stalin and Jim Jones, I could see maybe there might have been a connection. Hitler seems like a stretch. I suppose I’ll have to get a hold of a copy of the book and look over her stuff.
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jcm Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:20:16pm |
re: #203 buzzsawmonkey
Obama wants the Israelis to submit to binding Arabitration.
…. submit to a Arab Nation?
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_RememberTonyC Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:20:48pm |
re: #212 Truck Monkey
When Israelis say ‘never again’, I hope they really believe it and act accordingly.
word!
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Unakite Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:21:15pm |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:22:26pm |
Kudo’s to 0bama for his answer. Though, it would have been cool if he would have answered with, “What on Earth do you mean by that question, Tom?”
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:22:59pm |
re: #213 unrealizedviewpoint
(CNN) … Laura Ling and Lee are reporters for California-based Current TV, the media venture of former U.S. Vice President Al Gore.
The pair was reporting on the plight of North Korean defectors living along the border of China and North Korea when they were taken into custody on March 17.
North Korea said the reporters had entered the country illegally. The women were accused of “hostile acts” and charged with spying… read more
It’s a bit like when the Taliban were nabbing aid workers and accusing them of being missionaries.
I don’t care who they are, or what they were doing. Even if they drove a tank over the border and were eating the bodies of the border guards they shot when they were captured, I don’t care. They’re Americans, they’re in North Korea, they don’t wanna be, and if Al Gore can get them out, good on him.
We can discuss any stupid behavior on his or their part when we get them home.
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Unakite Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:23:19pm |
re: #159 ointmentfly
The N Koreans are just about perfect in Gore’s eyes when it comes to carbon emissions. They don’t have cars, heat, lights or refrigeration. Flatulence is the only greehouse gas in NK.
Don’t you have to eat to f*rt? :)
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Pianobuff Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:23:30pm |
re: #211 wrenchwench
Nope. Click it yourself. What do you get?
An image of Duke Ellington with a pencil-stache. What are you getting, I shudder to ask?
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unrealizedviewpoint Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:23:59pm |
re: #204 _RememberTonyC
here’s what they learned … when someone threatens to destroy you and even acts on it, YOU BETTER FUCKING BELIEVE THEM.
I tend to consider most threats received at face value. Unfortunately, many folks don’t, especially when that threat is not directly and immediately aimed at them.
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lawhawk Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:25:45pm |
re: #179 Occasional Reader
You’re shi**ing me.
He did?
Thankfully, Obama gave a good response. Brokaw is showing that he’d fit in well with the rest of the clowns at MSNBC.
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_RememberTonyC Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:26:08pm |
Many of the drawings, especially the “large schmekel” cartoon make Obama look like a minstrel. This is very offensive to me. but we won’t start any riots or anything.
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wrenchwench Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:26:40pm |
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Ben Hur Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:26:47pm |
What’s obvious is that Brokaw learned NOTHING from his trip.
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_RememberTonyC Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:27:56pm |
re: #223 unrealizedviewpoint
I tend to consider most threats received at face value. Unfortunately, many folks don’t, especially when that threat is not directly and immediately aimed at them.
when you have never been targeted, you slought many threats off. but when you have had to fight in the past, you do take threats seriously.
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Pianobuff Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:28:16pm |
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Occasional Reader Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:28:22pm |
re: #225 _RememberTonyC
Many of the drawings, especially the “large schmekel” cartoon make Obama look like a minstrel. This is very offensive to me. but we won’t start any riots or anything.
The “large schmekel” cartoon?
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ointmentfly Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:28:27pm |
re: #213 unrealizedviewpoint
Looks like they either mistakenly ventured into NK or went there on purpose. Either stupid or risky.
GOT IT - THEY GET TO GO HOME AND GORE STAYS! A gentleman like Gore would certainly agree to that…..
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dhg4 Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:28:30pm |
re: #18 Sharmuta
All of the cartoons are disgusting- and predictable. No amount of fair words from any President is going to stop the anti-Semitism in the arab world.
Judging by that cartoon, I guess some folks didn’t get the message.
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JustABill Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:29:15pm |
re: #35 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Google advertising-fu.
Enough people say a keyword… an ad pops up.
Pretty damn smart… if it wasn’t for ….
We need to test this theory….
Everyone repeat after me, MIDGET PORN, MIDGET PORN, MIDGET PORN.
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sbvft contributor Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:30:14pm |
MIDGET PORN, MIDGET PORN, MIDGET PORN
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wrenchwench Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:30:18pm |
re: #229 Pianobuff
Weird. It’s coming up ok for me. Ok, imagine it brought an image of Duke Ellington with a pencil-stache and…. aw…forget it. It was belabored anyway.
Heh. Better luck next time.
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_RememberTonyC Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:30:40pm |
re: #230 Occasional Reader
The “large schmekel” cartoon?
the one where they make his “schmekel” (package) look large ….
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Occasional Reader Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:30:45pm |
re: #219 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Kudo’s to 0bama for his answer. Though, it would have been cool if he would have answered with, “What on Earth do you mean by that question, Tom?”
Or just backhanded him.
(I lead a rich fantasy life.)
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JustABill Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:30:52pm |
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Lincolntf Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:31:18pm |
re: #223 unrealizedviewpoint
Threat denial is kind of anti-evolutionary, actually. You know the old saw about humans being afraid of noises in the grass because they used to be the sign of predators, then still being afraid of them when the predators were perceived to be “gone”?
It’s kind of like that. We still jump when we hear a hiss, but we don’t really expect a snake to be there. This time we’ve really got a snake and we’re ignoring the rustle in the weeds.
This goes for Israel (pardon the collective “we”, I’m not Jewish) and the U.S.
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Occasional Reader Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:31:20pm |
re: #237 _RememberTonyC
the one where they make his “schmekel” (package) look large ….
None of them look that way to me. Which do you mean?
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Kragar Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:32:14pm |
re: #233 JustABill
We need to test this theory….
Everyone repeat after me, MIDGET PORN, MIDGET PORN, MIDGET PORN.
No, just no.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:32:21pm |
re: #239 JustABill
(Something other than Little People Photography.)
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Occasional Reader Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:32:24pm |
re: #240 Lincolntf
You know the old saw about humans being afraid of noises in the grass because they used to be the sign of predators, then still being afraid of them when the predators were perceived to be “gone”?
Also, so they say, why we tend to like sweeping panoramas; easier to see predators approaching.
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Caboose Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:32:26pm |
re: #67 Cato the Elder
Then how do you explain the semi-permanence of Ann “Orexia” Coulter’s evil skull-with-skin, seeing how this may be the first mention of her in a week?
Does anyone else see a classic Alice Cooper when looking at Ann Coulter in those ads? All she needs is the mascara, top hat and a python and she would be the spitting image of Mr. “School’s Out for Summer”…
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Occasional Reader Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:32:53pm |
VICTORIA’S SECRET
VICTORIA’S SECRET
VICTORIA’S SECRET
(now that’s more like it)
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Mad Al-Jaffee Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:33:27pm |
re: #246 Occasional Reader
Biggie Smalls
Biggie Smalls
Biggie Smalls…
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_RememberTonyC Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:34:12pm |
re: #241 Occasional Reader
None of them look that way to me. Which do you mean?
The New American Cowboy cartoon
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Kragar Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:34:15pm |
CANDYMAN!
CANDYMAN!
CANDYMAN!
CANDYMAN!
CANDYMAN!
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:34:20pm |
re: #246 Occasional Reader
VICTORIA’S SECRET
VICTORIA’S SECRET
VICTORIA’S SECRET
Now, was that so hard?
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Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:34:23pm |
re: #232 dhg4
Judging by that cartoon, I guess some folks didn’t get the message.
Because the Juice snatched the microphone away!
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Danny Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:34:56pm |
I wonder what’s pulling in the “EVONY: Help! Save the Queen” ad with that big sword pointed at the woman’s boobies.
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Rancher Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:35:36pm |
Many Muslim commentators are now saying: This was a fine speech — what now? How will Obama fulfill the promises that all his listeners now fervently believe they heard? They have already forgotten the qualifications he laid down and the requests for compromise he sought from them. So it will be very hard for him to meet the expectations he has inevitably aroused on each of the specific issues he discussed.
What will they do when he doesn’t deliver?
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Occasional Reader Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:35:59pm |
Great. Now I’m seeing an ad showing Biggie Smalls wearing lingerie.
/
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Truck Monkey Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:36:02pm |
re: #252 Danny
I wonder what’s pulling in the “EVONY: Help! Save the Queen” ad with that big sword pointed at the woman’s boobies.
I am guessing the keyword might be ‘boob’.
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_RememberTonyC Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:36:22pm |
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Kragar Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:36:26pm |
re: #254 Rancher
What will they do when he doesn’t deliver?
Going to go out on a limb here and say, oh, I dont know, maybe SEETHE!
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Gearhead Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:36:30pm |
re: #245 Caboose
Does anyone else see a classic Alice Cooper when looking at Ann Coulter in those ads? All she needs is the mascara, top hat and a python and she would be the spitting image of Mr. “School’s Out for Summer”…
Usually, the words “book-pimping pit viper” come to mind - as well as “she’s looked better”.
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Kenneth Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:36:39pm |
OT: A very good video on D-Day from the Canadian Veterans Affairs website.
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brookly red Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:36:43pm |
re: #254 Rancher
What will they do when he doesn’t deliver?
same thing they always do… blame the jews.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:36:46pm |
re: #251 Alouette
Because the Juice snatched the microphone away!
I was thinking that looked more like OJ…
who genuinely is a villain…
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Occasional Reader Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:36:49pm |
re: #248 _RememberTonyC
The New American Cowboy cartoon
Hm. I don’t see it as an “outsized package”, by cartooning standards. Just a somewhat crudely-drawn human form.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:36:56pm |
re: #260 sbvft contributor
MEGAN FOX
MEGAN FOX
MEGAN FOX
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Unakite Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:37:12pm |
re: #252 Danny
I wonder what’s pulling in the “EVONY: Help! Save the Queen” ad with that big sword pointed at the woman’s boobies.
Probably booby threads.
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Syrah Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:37:23pm |
re: #164 _RememberTonyC
I may not like Obama much, but i just can’t picture him as Ahab. They are both tall and talk funny, but that is as far as the similarity goes.
Obama is merely wrong on most things. Ahab was broken.
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unrealizedviewpoint Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:37:24pm |
re: #231 ointmentfly
Looks like they either mistakenly ventured into NK or went there on purpose. Either stupid or risky.
GOT IT - THEY GET TO GO HOME AND GORE STAYS! A gentleman like Gore would certainly agree to that…..
You certainly hate Gore. What’s that about?
Serious question.
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Kenneth Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:37:40pm |
re: #254 Rancher
What will they do when he doesn’t deliver?
Deliver exactly what? More hugs? Empty platitudes? The One has a life time supply of that crap.
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KenJen Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:37:40pm |
This carton is probably offensive to Jews. Have they started rioting yet? Have they called for the head of the artist?
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_RememberTonyC Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:38:14pm |
re: #265 Occasional Reader
Hm. I don’t see it as an “outsized package”, by cartooning standards. Just a somewhat crudely-drawn human form.
fair enough …. but I do think they make him look like a minstrel.
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Danny Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:38:30pm |
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Gearhead Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:39:12pm |
THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME
THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME
THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME
- poof! -
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Lincolntf Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:39:24pm |
re: #271 KenJen
Only the Religion of Peace murders people/riots in the name of their faith. The rest of us are way behind in that category.
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Occasional Reader Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:39:39pm |
re: #272 _RememberTonyC
fair enough …. but I do think they make him look like a minstrel.
Maybe the artist is simply in her Minstrel Period.
/ducks
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_RememberTonyC Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:40:08pm |
re: #268 Syrah
I may not like Obama much, but i just can’t picture him as Ahab. They are both tall and talk funny, but that is as far as the similarity goes.
Obama is merely wrong on most things. Ahab was broken.
I didn’t intend it that way. I was just looking for some arabic connection to Moby Dick. I guess I’m not too clever.
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Unakite Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:40:12pm |
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NY Nana Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:40:39pm |
re: #190 Gus 802
BROKAW: What can the Israelis learn from your visit to Buchenwald? And what should they be thinking about their treatment of Palestinians?OBAMA: Well, look, there’s no equivalency here.
Obama was probably crying for the Fakestinians.
And no, I did not forget to put in a sarc mark…I am serious.
I do not feel that he deserved to sully Buchenwald, and am upset that Elie Wiesel accompanied him. There must be a feeling of betrayal on the part of the few remaining survivors, and anger in the minds of their families.
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ointmentfly Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:40:51pm |
re: #263 brookly red
same thing they always do… blame the jews.
I didn’t really hear about any goods that could be delivered…. it was all gas.
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Gus Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:41:29pm |
Tonight is The Night of Nights: D-Day Evening
65 years ago today.
Message from General Eisenhower:
Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force!
You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you. In company with our brave Allies and brothers-in-arms on other Fronts, you will bring about the destruction of the German war machine, the elimination of Nazi tyranny over the oppressed peoples of Europe, and security to yourselves in a free world.
Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well equipped and battle-hardened. He will fight savagely.
But this is the year 1944! Much has happened since the Nazi triumphs of 1940-41. The United Nations have inflicted upon the Germans great defeats, in open battle, man-to-man. Our air offensive has seriously reduced their strength in the air and their capacity to wage war on the ground. Our Home Fronts have given us an overwhelming superiority in weapons and munitions of war, and placed at our disposal great reserves of trained fighting men. The tide has turned! The free men of the world are marching together to Victory!
I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than full Victory!
Good Luck! And let us all beseech the blessing of Al mighty God upon this great and noble undertaking.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Supreme Allied Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF),
June 5, 1944
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Syrah Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:42:15pm |
re: #278 _RememberTonyC
I didn’t intend it that way. I was just looking for some arabic connection to Moby Dick. I guess I’m not too clever.
There was an old Ray Stevens song about Ahab…
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MrSilverDragon Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:42:43pm |
re: #233 JustABill
We need to test this theory….
Everyone repeat after me, MIDGET PORN, MIDGET PORN, MIDGET PORN.
No.
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_RememberTonyC Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:42:43pm |
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pingjockey Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:42:52pm |
re: #280 NY Nana
That had to be one of the vilest questions it has been my displeasure to hear.
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unrealizedviewpoint Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:43:26pm |
re: #271 KenJen
This carton is probably offensive to Jews. Have they started rioting yet? Have they called for the head of the artist?
Come to think of it, I can’t recall ever hearing anything resembling a Jewish equivalent of that Islamic condition known as Sudden Jihad Syndrome.
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_RememberTonyC Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:44:19pm |
re: #285 Syrah
There was an old Ray Stevens song about Ahab…
exactly! Ahab the A-Rab … today if that song we released, there would be a fatwa issued against all involved.
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J.S. Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:45:56pm |
re: #4 Cato the Elder
I believe it’s one of the usual thematic meme’s used in the Muslim/Arab world — that all U.S. Presidents are mere puppets of the Zionist master (it’s the Jooos who, in actuality, control the president.) Obama is stretching out his hand, in friendship — to the Muslim world — but that hand is controlled by Zionists/Jews…
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pingjockey Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:46:13pm |
re: #290 _RememberTonyC
I would consider it a badge of honor if I did something that pissed off an imam to issue a fatwa against me!
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_RememberTonyC Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:46:27pm |
re: #290 _RememberTonyC
exactly! Ahab the A-Rab … today if that song we released, there would be a fatwa issued against all involved.
here it is …
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ointmentfly Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:49:37pm |
re: #269 unrealizedviewpoint
You certainly hate Gore. What’s that about?
Serious question.
Oh now, lets don’t drop the “H” bomb. Were talking politics here. Al Gore has been on both sides of just about every issue I can think of. His only purpose in life has been to perpertuate his political relevance. He is a very shallow dude.
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unrealizedviewpoint Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:57:03pm |
re: #294 ointmentfly
Oh now, lets don’t drop the “H” bomb. Were talking politics here. Al Gore has been on both sides of just about every issue I can think of. His only purpose in life has been to perpertuate his political relevance. He is a very shallow dude.
Oh, you mean he’s a Democrat?
I don’t feel he merits the kind of hate that’s been earned by other dems like say Edwards, Murtha, Durbin et al.
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alegrias Fri, Jun 5, 2009 12:57:32pm |
re: #282 Gus 802
Tonight is The Night of Nights: D-Day Evening
65 years ago today.Message from General Eisenhower:
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Supreme Allied Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF),
June 5, 1944
* * * * * *
YIkes, Ike used the term “GREAT CRUSADE”. Wouldn’t be prudent!
Thank you for reminding us of the Greatest Generation’s courage and sacrifices to liberate millions from tyranny all over the world—millions of these members of the Greatest Generation were average decent people whose shoes Tom Brokaw isn’t fit to lick.
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jcm Fri, Jun 5, 2009 1:01:56pm |
re: #292 pingjockey
I would consider it a badge of honor if I did something that pissed off an imam to issue a fatwa against me!
I’d ask him to send me a certificate I could frame and hang on my wall.
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pingjockey Fri, Jun 5, 2009 1:04:40pm |
re: #298 jcm
Oh yeah! That would go right in the middle of my I love me wall. Flanked by the pictures of my cruiser and destroyer.
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NY Nana Fri, Jun 5, 2009 1:10:58pm |
re: #288 pingjockey
That had to be one of the vilest questions it has been my displeasure to hear.
Same here, and Brokaw was a disgrace, but this is, after all, the network of Brian Williams, who bowed to The One.
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J.S. Fri, Jun 5, 2009 1:11:29pm |
There was also the comment from the spokesperson for Abbas and the Palestinian Authority (note, not HAMAS). Abu Rdeina in Ramallah stated: “we believe that Israel must take Obama’s Speech today seriously”….Rdeina went on to claim that Obama was calling “for Israel to stop colonization, and for establishing a Palestinian state, and that Jerusalem is for Muslims and Christians…” yeah, that’s how the so-called non-terroristic Palestinian Authority interprets Obama’s speech.
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ihateronpaul Fri, Jun 5, 2009 1:57:55pm |
re: #11 Truck Monkey
See the ‘hook nosed’ jew behind the wall pulling Barrys strings. The Arabs might one day be happy when the last jew disappears into the sea. Maybe.
you mean fundamentalist arabs
stop making broad racist statements
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nikis-knight Fri, Jun 5, 2009 3:36:54pm |
re: #302 ihateronpaul
you mean fundamentalist arabs
stop making broad racist statements
You’re right; the secular rulers will be pissed that they lost their scapegoats, of course.
But the fundamentalist arabs who would cheer in the streets is a porportion that approaches a majority, I suspect.
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Flavia Fri, Jun 5, 2009 3:41:35pm |
#67 Cato the Elder
Then how do you explain the semi-permanence of Ann “Orexia” Coulter’s evil skull-with-skin, seeing how this may be the first mention of her in a week?
It’s a stupid assumption that people concerned with international, or just American, security are also automatically followers of hers. No matter what the overlap may be, it’s still a stupid assumption.
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Hawaii69 Fri, Jun 5, 2009 3:49:41pm |
re: #102 SixDegrees
Google tracks other things besides page content. Number of clicks on a given ad, and the history of the person loading the page correlated against other pages with Google ads that they’ve loaded (yes, they track such things) all come into play.
Google is evil.
Pretty standard practice. Clear out your Cookies now and then, and it’s not a problem.
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Throbert McGee Fri, Jun 5, 2009 4:47:04pm |
re: #84 Lawrence Schmerel
I was unable to figure it out from the cartoon, but it apparently means “Jews Attempting to Disrupt Obama’s Address.”
Not “attempting to disrupt.” Rather, “ready and able to disrupt” (the moment Obama says something not to the Joooos’ liking).
The message is that the entire speech was pre-approved and stamped with approval by the Global Zionist Shylocktopus, since otherwise they would’ve yanked Obama’s microphone.
And if the evil Zionists pre-approved the speech, it must be that the speech demanded no concessions from the Jews, but only from the poor suffering Arabs.
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Throbert McGee Fri, Jun 5, 2009 5:05:11pm |
The only surprising cartoon (at least mildly surprising) is the one that portrays both Israeli and Iranian hawks salivating over Obama’s speech.
Obviously, it’s not news that the mostly Sunni Arabs hate the mostly Shiite Persians. But I was slightly surprised by the apparent implication that Israel and Iran present essentially equal threats to the Arabs (the two hawks are of equal size, and swooping in side-by-side).
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ihateronpaul Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:17:58am |
re: #302 ihateronpaul
you mean fundamentalist arabs
stop making broad racist statements
Hey kenneth! No need to downding me for being against racism!
Thanks!
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Cugel Sat, Jun 6, 2009 3:41:01pm |
Just as an aside, the MEMRI site is terrific for people studying Arabic. They show translated clips of hard-line excess and encouraging liberal thinkers in the ME. And when you get a screaming match between a loony and a liberal moderated by (creepy little conspiracist) Dr.Fauzi, it makes for much more enjoyable study time than reading about fluctuations in oil prices or the usual boring text book dialogues.
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Ilan Toren Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:25:14pm |
I put a screen door on my house on Friday and now I’m compared to North Korea
In short that is the entire absurdity about this immoral comparison. And what of my government should Israelis wanting to put on screen doors be stopped or is it even possible? My neighbor building his house? Does the UN want to embargo the bricks and cement? I might add that that there are no restrictions on the Arabs across the way from building and nor would the US support such restrictions.
When Sharon proposed disengagement many people saw, as I did, that he was opening the door to this. If Sharon was half the leader his supporters made him out to be he would have never have agreed to the “Road Map” when it was forced down our throats and he certainly wouldn’t have let Israel’s reservations about building in existing communities to stay out of the official document. Dov Weisglass can write all the articles he wants now, but the US administration is still going to yell out ‘gotcha’. Also wrapping this argument around the term ‘natural growth’ is in itself misleading. Simply put communities are not static they have a constant need for renovations, and growth to accommodate changing needs.
After the 6 day war Israel initially took the line that Judea and Samaria was not occupied territory but land originally part of the Palestine Mandate that became Israel in 1948 and therefore legitimately part of Israel. This position has been consistently whittled away at with the nadir with Sharon and Olmert who essentially plead the Palestinian cause. It is going to take an Israeli leader with integrity and courage (and that doesn’t sound like Netanyahu) to correct the situation.
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Why Did More Than 1,000 People Die After Police Subdued Them With Force That Isn’t Meant to Kill? An investigation led by The Associated Press has found that, over a decade, more than 1,000 people died after police subdued them through physical holds, stun guns, body blows and other force not intended to be lethal. More: Why ... Cheechako
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Views: 581 • Comments: 1 • Rating: 5- A Closer Look at the Eastman State Bar DecisionTaking a few minutes away from work things to read through the Eastman decision. As I'm sure many of you know, Eastman was my law school con law professor. I knew him pretty well because I was also running in ...KGxvi
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The Pandemic Cost 7 Million Lives, but Talks to Prevent a Repeat Stall In late 2021, as the world reeled from the arrival of the highly contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus, representatives of almost 200 countries met - some online, some in-person in Geneva - hoping to forestall a future worldwide ... Cheechako
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Texas County at Center of Border Fight Is Overwhelmed by Migrant Deaths EAGLE PASS, Tex. - The undertaker lighted a cigarette and held it between his latex-gloved fingers as he stood over the bloated body bag lying in the bed of his battered pickup truck. The woman had been fished out ... Cheechako
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