Carter Meets with Hezbollah’s Spiritual Leader

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It’s just Jimmy Carter again, doing what he does — monitoring elections and hugging extremist leaders.

US President Barack Obama’s speech reaching out to Muslims had strong points, Lebanon’s most influential Shi’ite cleric told former president Jimmy Carter, but people were waiting for real results.

Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah made the comments Tuesday night during a meeting at his office with Carter, who was in Lebanon to monitor last weekend’s parliamentary elections.

In his speech in Cairo on June 4, Obama promised to work aggressively to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, called for a halt to Israeli settlement construction on lands claimed by the Palestinians and spoke of the need for a Palestinian state.

Fadlallah, widely believed to have been Hizbullah’s spiritual leader in the 1980s, is a harsh critic of US policies in the Middle East, which many Arabs believe are biased toward Israel.

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290 comments
1 reloadingisnotahobby  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:32:54am

No suprise!

2 Nevergiveup  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:32:56am

Well they both have white hair

3 Kenneth  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:33:35am

Nice picture, but which guy is Hezbollah's spiritual leader? The one on the right or the one on the left?

4 Kosh's Shadow  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:34:10am

I posted this back during the presidential primaries, when Carter met some Ham-ass leaders. It is out of date now, but I don't have time to rewrite it:

Carter, Mashaal Announce Plan for Mideast Peace

Damascus. (CNN – Caliphate-Nazi News)

Former President Jimmy Carter and Hamas Leader Khaled Mashaal announced the final solution for Mideast peace. Hamas and Syria have agreed to recognize the state of Israel, after Carter's plan is put into motion.

The plan involves the Israeli government being taken over by the UN and the US State Department. “This is the culmination of all the years of my presidency,” the Nobel Peace Prize winner Carter said. “We all agree the problem that is preventing peace in the Mideast is that Israel is run by Jews; therefore, by replacing their government with one that is willing to understand the concerns of their neighbors, there will be peace.”

The Jews will still have rights to a homeland, but they will be concentrated in the Negev. “The Jews were able to make the desert bloom, so they should be quite comfortable in the camps that will be constructed there,” said former President Carter.

Reaction from world leaders was strong approval.

US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice said “I salute former President Carter for his effort, and look forward to my new position as Prime Minister of Israel.” She then left just as the Israeli press arrived, having been forced to enter through the back door.

Barack Obama cheered the result. “I have known for 20 years that a solution like this was needed; finally there will be peace. I have offered former President Carter the position of Secretary of State, when I win the election.” He also said that he would now go under the name B. Hussein Obama.

Hillary Clinton also praised the deal but said “I had almost negotiated this deal, while under rocket fire, but the signed papers disappeared when I went to ask Bill about a stained blue burkha that I found under the desk in the meeting tent.”

John McCain, the Republican nominee for President, said something different, showing he is out of touch with world opinion.

“The UN, the Ummah of Nations, strongly supports this peace treaty.” Secretary General Ban Ki-Moonbat also said, “We have already recognized Mahmoud Abbas as the Israeli ambassador to the UN, and he will be moving in 'as soon as the stench is gone' from the rooms formerly occupied by Jews.”

The president of Iran, Ahmadinejad, said “We welcome this development, but we will not cease in our peaceful nuclear program as long as a single Jew remains alive.”

Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela, also praised the accord. “Venezuela is pleased the world has come to understand the problems of our world. We have started rounding up Venezuelan Jews to send them to the new camps in Israel.”

The Saudi Arabian government issued a statement that “In honor of these historic accords, we will call for a 'free gas' day once they are implemented. We will even give Jews free gas, but of a very special kind.”

Adolph Hitler could not be reached for comment.

5 reloadingisnotahobby  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:34:52am

He's holding Carters new book............
"1000 ways to enjoy Peanut Butter in the Bedroom"
An autograghed copy.........

6 soxfan4life  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:35:07am

re: #3 Kenneth


The one without the beard, the one with the beard is just the man in front. Kind of the Junior Soprano to Jimmy Carter's Tony Soprano.

7 SlartyBartfast  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:35:12am

Great picture! The Ayatollah seems to have that, "I-hate-being-touched-by-a-Kaffir" look on his face.

Carter probably thinks...no, strike that.

8 [deleted]  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:35:45am
9 MJ  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:35:50am

Carter feels left out since James von Brunn has taken spotlight away from his Jew-hatred.

10 NonNativeTexan  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:36:01am

When good intentions collide with no moral compass.
Not pretty.

11 AMER1CAN  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:36:07am

Which one is more a threat to American security and which one has done more to harm American interests?

12 Shug  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:36:15am

Next he visits Von Brunn in the hospital

13 theheat  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:36:15am
Carter, who was in Lebanon to monitor last weekend’s parliamentary elections.

Monitor this, you terrorist-loving senile old goat. (Grabs crotch.)

14 vxbush  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:36:20am

re: #8 buzzsawmonkey

Carter actually did endorse Yossi Beilin's Geneva Plan a few years ago as "the final solution to the problem of Mideast peace."

Which plan is this? Although given your bolded words, I think I can guess....

15 calvin coolidge  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:36:21am

Note to Jimmy: Those big husky guards with submachine guns at their ballot boxes are not there to assure a fair election.

16 Kosh's Shadow  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:36:57am

This article says
Carter: No Mideast peace without Hamas

Former President Jimmy Carter Thursday reiterated that there can be no peace between Israel and the Palestinians without involving Hamas.


And since Hamas won't agree to peace unless Israel is destroyed, the next "logical" step would be to say there can't be peace in the Mideast as long as Israel exists. I'm sure Carter believes this, but won't quite come out and say it.
We shouldn't let him back in the US.

17 Kragar  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:37:22am

Never a riderless horse around when you really want one.

18 alegrias  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:37:27am

Shameless leftist Carter. Worst President until Present Times.

19 zombie  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:37:30am

When Jimmy Carter was just a doddering old guy who built Habitat for Humanity houses, I respected him.

Then when he first started monitoring elections, I respected him.

But when he revealed that he favored the most totalitarian side in every election he monitored, I not only lost all respect for him --I realized that he had always felt this way, and I had been blind.

20 Baier  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:37:38am

//stay classy Jimmah!~

21 Ben Hur  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:38:01am
Fadlallah, widely believed to have been Hizbullah’s spiritual leader in the 1980s, is a harsh critic of US policies in the Middle East, which many Arabs believe are biased toward Israel.

Nice little white-wash there.

Trying to make a point without telling everyone that HE ORDERED THE ATTACK AGAINST THE US MARINE BARACKS.

22 itellu3times  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:38:09am

... the second time as tragedy, the third time as farce,

... and the sixteenth time as Jimmy Carter.

23 lawhawk  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:38:28am

Actually, I think the book he's holding is the Ayatollah's copy of Islamists for Dummies, which he proffered to Carter.

24 kynna  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:38:46am

Nasty old men.

25 Kragar  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:38:49am

re: #16 Kosh's Shadow

This article says
Carter: No Mideast peace without Hamas


And since Hamas won't agree to peace unless Israel is destroyed, the next "logical" step would be to say there can't be peace in the Mideast as long as Israel exists. I'm sure Carter believes this, but won't quite come out and say it.
We shouldn't let him back in the US.

I'm fairly assure if you remove Hamas and Hezzballah from the picture, you'll be a lot closer to achieving peace.

26 Creeping Eruption  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:39:14am

re: #23 lawhawk

Actually, I think the book he's holding is the Ayatollah's copy of Islamists for Dummies, which he proffered to Carter.

What do you mean? Jimmy was the ghost writer.

27 lawhawk  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:39:48am

re: #26 Creeping Eruption

The proofreader's copy?

28 [deleted]  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:39:55am
29 Kosh's Shadow  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:40:20am

re: #25 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I'm fairly assure if you remove Hamas and Hezzballah from the picture, you'll be a lot closer to achieving peace.

Yes, but that still won't be enough as long as most Arab states won't even shake hands with an Israeli, never mind recognize Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state.

30 razorbacker  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:40:26am

Does that translate as, "Enough of your empty promises. Now show me the dead Jews."?

They won't stop with the Jews. They never do.

31 Baier  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:40:26am

re: #25 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I'm fairly assure if you remove Hamas and Hezzballah from the picture, you'll be a lot closer to achieving peace.

I'm not so sure. It's the ideology and attitudes the groups represent. Hammas and Hezzallah are just expressions of a hate filled society.

32 NonNativeTexan  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:41:29am

We obtain peace in the middle east when the US and Israel
get together and state, "Hey guys, this is the way it is going
to be. We could not care less what the rest of the world thinks.
Live with it or die with it. Your choice"

33 Kosh's Shadow  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:41:44am

re: #28 buzzsawmonkey

The "Geneva Plan" was something cobbled together by a bunch of Israeli leftists and some of the Arabs. It basically endorsed the Saudi plan of creating a "Palestinian" state and giving the Arabs a "right of return" to Israel proper. You know, the usual.

The usual "we can't destroy Israel militarily, so we'll come up with a "peace" plan that will destroy Israel" plan. Yes.

34 Jetpilot1101  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:41:55am

Jimmy Carter is a douchebag.

35 Occasional Reader  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:42:02am

re: #19 zombie

But when he revealed that he favored the most totalitarian side in every election he monitored

Not that I doubt he was effectively doing this, but when did he "reveal" (overtly state?) this? I'd love a link, to wave at my Carter-enamored liberal acquaintances.

36 Kragar  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:42:17am

re: #29 Kosh's Shadow

Yes, but that still won't be enough as long as most Arab states won't even shake hands with an Israeli, never mind recognize Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state.

Make a visible, overwhelming and devastating example of Hamas and Hezzballah and cow the rest of the region into shutting their damn mouths about the issue.

37 Gearhead  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:42:20am

Wait 'till Jimmy tells him Obama plans to limit his compensation.

38 Shug  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:42:39am

Useful Idiot

emphasis on the idiot

39 MandyManners  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:44:11am

Go home, Jimmuh. There are cats to be killed.

40 unrealizedviewpoint  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:44:41am

Why not just go sit on some chair somewhere Jimmy?

41 NonNativeTexan  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:45:01am

re: #39 MandyManners

Send in the swimming rabbits!

42 zombie  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:45:13am

re: #35 Occasional Reader

Not that I doubt he was effectively doing this, but when did he "reveal" (overtly state?) this? I'd love a link, to wave at my Carter-enamored liberal acquaintances.

I meant, "revealed through his actions." I.e. of inevitably meeting with and praising the Islamist/communist/anti-American side in any election race (as in this instance). Naturally, Carter would never come out and openly state "I prefer totalitarianism."

43 SurferDoc  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:46:22am

Carter is a nozzle.

44 Green Helmet Guy  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:46:39am

Dimmuh!

or

Dhimmi Carter

Who knows maybe they'll give him the title of Grand A$$ahola

45 [deleted]  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:46:40am
46 Occasional Reader  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:46:47am

re: #42 zombie

Naturally, Carter would never come out and openly state "I prefer totalitarianism."

And yet, something's ringing a bell with me here... didn't he say something along the lines of, "I prefer meeting dictators because you only have to talk to one person"? Something like that?

Off to lunch.

47 kynna  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:47:12am

Carter has to have seen the catastrophe and horror of Hamas rule in his beloved Palestinian territories. They were blatant. Yet he still supports them.

With Hezbollah, the MSM has continued to whitewash, but the hate and violence is still very apparent.

I just don't get him. I'd say he's just a commie anti-semite, but he's worse than that. His continued support of Hamas shows he doesn't give a damn about the Palestinians or anybody else. Bizarre old man. Hate merchant.

48 ORD neighbor  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:47:35am

Dhimmi Cattah.

49 Shug  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:47:37am

I'll bet the good Imam washed his hands after touching the dirty kaffir.
then they all had a good laugh at the foolish American, and the money they get from the US taxpayers.

50 Occasional Reader  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:47:50am

Actually, before I go:

Can anyone think of ANY major world development at the moment that appears to be heading in the right direction?

Discuss.

51 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:47:50am

re: #12 Shug

Next he visits Von Brunn in the hospital

von Brunn has assumed room temperature.

52 Shug  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:48:41am

re: #51 Alouette

von Brunn has assumed room temperature.


shame

/

53 Kosh's Shadow  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:49:07am

re: #46 Occasional Reader

And yet, something's ringing a bell with me here... didn't he say something along the lines of, "I prefer meeting dictators because you only have to talk to one person"? Something like that?

Off to lunch.

Yes, but I can't find the quote right now.

54 reloadingisnotahobby  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:49:14am

re: #51 Alouette
Someone clamp his IV?

55 Cato the Elder  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:49:59am

That turban is really huge, even for an Ayatollah.

Hydrocephaly or brain tumor?

56 Kosh's Shadow  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:50:01am

re: #51 Alouette

von Brunn has assumed room temperature.

But his soul is finding it quite warm.

57 Douchecanoe and Ryan Too  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:50:07am

re: #47 kynna

Carter has to have seen the catastrophe and horror of Hamas rule in his beloved Palestinian territories. They were blatant. Yet he still supports them.

With Hezbollah, the MSM has continued to whitewash, but the hate and violence is still very apparent.

I just don't get him. I'd say he's just a commie anti-semite, but he's worse than that. His continued support of Hamas shows he doesn't give a damn about the Palestinians or anybody else. Bizarre old man. Hate merchant.

The man doesn't give a damn about anyone _but himself_. Therein lies the key to understanding Jimmy, along with many other America-haters and assorted creeps, is that they are so self-centered that they would sell out their own mothers for a chance to be the "next big thing". Jimmy's "next big thing" is achieving peace in the Middle East, which he knows will only happen if one side or the other is out of the picture. He has chosen to side against the Jews, and his actions make that abundantly clear.

58 [deleted]  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:50:11am
59 MandyManners  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:50:23am

re: #46 Occasional Reader

And yet, something's ringing a bell with me here... didn't he say something along the lines of, "I prefer meeting dictators because you only have to talk to one person"? Something like that?

Off to lunch.

Yes, he did. I *think* Charles had a post about it.

60 quickjustice  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:50:54am

Jimmy Carter holds another meeting with one of his moral peers.

61 sattv4u2  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:50:57am

re: #43 SurferDoc

Carter is a nozzle.

After just washing 3 cars and watering my front lawn I can tell you that nozzles are very useful

Carter, not so much

62 Gearhead  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:51:09am

re: #50 Occasional Reader

Actually, before I go:

Can anyone think of ANY major world development at the moment that appears to be heading in the right direction?

Discuss.

3-way competition in the smartphone wars? (Blackberry, Apple, Palm)

63 Shr_Nfr  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:51:13am

Spit.

64 MandyManners  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:51:18am

re: #51 Alouette

von Brunn has assumed room temperature.

He's dead? I saw on Fox about 30 minutes ago that he has been charged.

65 Noam Sayin'  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:51:23am

In a way, he's doing the world a favor by bringing actual evil into the limelight alongside the good.

The only problem is, only folks like us are willing to point out the truly evil things in the world.

66 sattv4u2  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:52:06am

re: #64 MandyManners

He's dead? I saw on Fox about 30 minutes ago that he has been charged.

maybe for his burial clothes he can wear a LAWsuit!

67 MandyManners  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:52:11am

re: #60 quickjustice

Jimmy Carter holds another meeting with one of his moral peers.

Here's another meeting.

68 Gearhead  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:52:12am

re: #64 MandyManners

He's dead? I saw on Fox about 30 minutes ago that he has been charged.

Maybe they were trying to revive him.

/rim shot

69 Jetpilot1101  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:53:02am

re: #67 MandyManners

Here's another meeting.

Mandy, I can't wait until those two meet again.

70 Kenneth  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:53:09am

The coming inflation, explained.

If you produce A LOT of goods and you do not increase the money supply, well then the value of the the dollars that are already existing goes up, in that those are the only dollars that can buy all the goods in the economy.

However, if you print off a ton of money, WITHOUT a proportionate increase in the amount of goods you produce in an economy, well that's MORE dollars chasing after fewer goods.

The second scenario is the one we face today.

With Our Lord Obama printing off money like there's no tomorrow; with the compensatory collapse in RGDP growth (on track to decrease by about 6% this year) we have a very simple "numerator/denominator" relationship that bodes ill for the nation;

The numerator (money supply) is going up.

While the denominator (RGDP growth) is going down.

Which will result in inflation.

71 Baier  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:53:20am

re: #51 Alouette

von Brunn has assumed room temperature.

Too bad. He should have faced justice.

72 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:53:43am

re: #19 zombie

When Jimmy Carter was just a doddering old guy who built Habitat for Humanity houses, I respected him.

Then when he first started monitoring elections, I respected him.

But when he revealed that he favored the most totalitarian side in every election he monitored, I not only lost all respect for him --I realized that he had always felt this way, and I had been blind.


(Going out on a speculative limb)

I have a sneaking hunch that Jimmy's trying to prove something to himself. I suspect he's trying (desperately) to build a legacy -- knowing, at least at a subconscious level, that his Presidency will be panned in the history books.

Maybe I'm over-thinking it, but that would explain the pathetic idiocy.

73 Creeping Eruption  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:53:52am

re: #50 Occasional Reader

Actually, before I go:

Can anyone think of ANY major world development at the moment that appears to be heading in the right direction?

Discuss.

Gen. McCrystal

74 Cato the Elder  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:53:55am

I'm really sorry von Brunn is dead. The trial of an 88-year-old ranting lunatic representing their cause is the thing the Stormfronters fear the worst.

I wouldn't be surprised if someone got in there and slipped him a terminal Mickey.

75 Nevergiveup  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:54:59am

re: #74 Cato the Elder

I'm really sorry von Brunn is dead. The trial of an 88-year-old ranting lunatic representing their cause is the thing the Stormfronters fear the worst.

I wouldn't be surprised if someone got in there and slipped him a terminal Mickey.

Nobody is reporting he is dead?

76 Creeping Eruption  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:55:17am

re: #73 Creeping Eruption

Gen. McChrystal

77 Cato the Elder  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:55:36am

re: #75 Nevergiveup

Nobody is reporting he is dead?

Someone said he's room-temperature, above. Checking now.

78 mikalm  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:55:42am

re: #68 Gearhead


/rim shot

Here - use this.

79 MJ  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:55:50am

Interesting...

...Von Brunn sometimes spoke of having fought for the wrong side in World War II, Blodgett said, and the two men sometimes attended meetings in Arlington County of the American Friends of the British National Party, which raised funds for the British white supremacist group...


MSNBC Video
80 Shug  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:55:59am

re: #71 Baier

Too bad. He should have faced justice.

methinks he will

;)

81 Nevergiveup  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:56:17am

re: #77 Cato the Elder

Someone said he's room-temperature, above. Checking now.

Yeah I saw that, but no news service is reporting that. I think they meant something else

82 Kenneth  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:56:55am

BTW, the book the mullah is giving Carter is titled,

"Islam, the Religion of Dialogue"

83 Cato the Elder  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:57:50am

re: #77 Cato the Elder

Someone said he's room-temperature, above. Checking now.

No mentions of his death on Google News search. Maybe "assuming room temperature" means something different than I thought?

84 Son of the Black Dog  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:58:03am

re: #72 pre-Boomer Marine brat

(Going out on a speculative limb)

I have a sneaking hunch that Jimmy's trying to prove something to himself. I suspect he's trying (desperately) to build a legacy -- knowing, at least at a subconscious level, that his Presidency will be panned in the history books.

Maybe I'm over-thinking it, but that would explain the pathetic idiocy.

His presidency will be irrelevant in the history books. It's already ignored.

85 reloadingisnotahobby  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:58:14am

re: #81 Nevergiveup
Either way he'll never live to see Justice on the earth!

86 A Man for all Seasons  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:59:04am

re: #74 Cato the Elder

I'm really sorry von Brunn is dead. The trial of an 88-year-old ranting lunatic representing their cause is the thing the Stormfronters fear the worst.

I wouldn't be surprised if someone got in there and slipped him a terminal Mickey.


Hi Cato.. I can't find any links on the web that he is dead...Just serious condition

87 FrogMarch  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:59:11am

I'm proud to say I've never liked Jimmy Carter. Back when I was a child - I thought he was a jerk.

(It was more than just intuition... but my intuition is rarely ever wrong.;-))

88 Creeping Eruption  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:59:13am

re: #83 Cato the Elder

No mentions of his death on Google News search. Maybe "assuming room temperature" means something different than I thought?

Likewise. My wife always says that your not dead until you are warm and dead.

89 sattv4u2  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 9:59:49am

OT ,, BREAKING ,, IKEA TO BUY GM

This is what you get when ordering a new vehicle

[Link: email.level3.com...]

90 gatorbait  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:00:33am

Carter is the quintessential American secular, progressive, liberal. Every culture and political ideology has equal value for these people who choose to ignore such trivial distinctions as commitment to mutilation of infants, enslavement of women, suicide murder of innocents, hiding behind human shields, and a pledge to conduct genocide. Does it not seem clear that Carter is no less evil than the despicable barbarians he embraces? He deserves to be rendered irrelevant by all right thinking people, even some on the left.

91 zombie  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:00:38am

re: #84 Son of the Black Dog

His presidency will be irrelevant in the history books. It's already ignored.

New editions refer to 1977-80 as "the waning years of the Gerald Ford era."

92 quickjustice  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:00:42am

Life is boring on the peanut farm. Meeting with terrorist spiritual advisers spices things up a bit.

93 Kenneth  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:01:01am

re: #50 Occasional Reader

Actually, before I go:

Can anyone think of ANY major world development at the moment that appears to be heading in the right direction?

Discuss.

Leftists lost recent elections in Europe & India. In the UK, the Labour Party is certain to lose the next election. Non-Islamist parties gained in Kuwait's recent elections. Hezbollah lost seats in Lebanon.

94 Kragar  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:01:24am

re: #92 quickjustice

Life is boring on the peanut farm. Meeting with terrorist spiritual advisers spices things up a bit.

Plus the sex is great.

95 alegrias  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:01:31am

re: #19 zombie

When Jimmy Carter was just a doddering old guy who built Habitat for Humanity houses, I respected him.

Then when he first started monitoring elections, I respected him.

But when he revealed that he favored the most totalitarian side in every election he monitored, I not only lost all respect for him --I realized that he had always felt this way, and I had been blind.

* * * * * *
Habitat for Humanity isn't even an efficient way to help poor homeless people.

Better to give people opportunities to learn, work & develop their own tools for self-sufficiency.

96 quickjustice  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:01:48am

Carter introduced "stagflation" into the economic vocabulary. Obama is reintroducing that concept.

97 Kosh's Shadow  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:01:51am

re: #84 Son of the Black Dog

His presidency will be irrelevant in the history books. It's already ignored.

No, he'll be remembered for putting the Ayatollah in charge of Iran and screwing up the Palestinians by supporting Arafat's return. And for helping convince the world that Arafat wasn't a terrorist and the Palis had the right to a state. And there's probably more.

98 Cato the Elder  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:01:58am

I guess Alouette is as reliable about fascist body temperatures as she is about who is or is not a JINO.

99 MandyManners  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:02:12am

re: #75 Nevergiveup

Nobody is reporting he is dead?

I've not seen a thing.

100 Kosh's Shadow  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:02:28am

re: #89 sattv4u2

OT ,, BREAKING ,, IKEA TO BUY GM

This is what you get when ordering a new vehicle

[Link: email.level3.com...]

Requires login. And probably a joke

101 John Neverbend  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:02:32am

re: #27 lawhawk

The proofreader's copy?

No, it's Amazon's 4,949,231th most popular book. Jimmuh and Fad la la are fighting over who'll be the first to review it.

The Book

102 soxfan4life  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:02:39am

re: #97 Kosh's Shadow

No, he'll be remembered for putting the Ayatollah in charge of Iran and screwing up the Palestinians by supporting Arafat's return. And for helping convince the world that Arafat wasn't a terrorist and the Palis had the right to a state. And there's probably more.


Don't forget the misery index.

103 MandyManners  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:02:55am

I'm watching Fox right now. Nothing other than that he's been charged.

104 MandyManners  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:03:10am

re: #102 soxfan4life

Don't forget the misery index.

Malaise.

105 A Man for all Seasons  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:03:21am

re: #99 MandyManners

I've not seen a thing.


Me neither! Hi Mandy! I had blackened chicken for lunch..Now i just want to sleep in my cube...Coffee! Stat!
:)

106 redstateredneck  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:03:26am

re: #103 MandyManners

I'm watching Fox right now. Nothing other than that he's been charged.

Same on the radio I'm listening to.

107 MandyManners  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:03:33am

Oh, being told by the president of the United States to wear a sweater.

108 sevoguy  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:03:38am

The Flip and Dip of the American LEFT:

Anyone getting the feeling that this is


JIMMY CARTER ALL OVER AGAIN.

109 quickjustice  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:03:48am

re: #51 Alouette

I think you're mistaken. The radio news just now reports that von Brunn has been criminally charged. The dead don't get charged.

110 debutaunt  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:03:53am

re: #104 MandyManners

Malaise.

Cardigan sweaters will again be big sellers?

111 MandyManners  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:04:02am

re: #105 HoosierHoops

Me neither! Hi Mandy! I had blackened chicken for lunch..Now i just want to sleep in my cube...Coffee! Stat!
:)

Racist!

112 Kenneth  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:04:16am

A former president meets with a Jew-hating spiritual adviser, while yesterday we heard from the the former Jew-hating spiritual advise of the current president.

There's an ugly symmetry in that.

113 zombie  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:04:30am

re: #95 alegrias

* * * * * *
Habitat for Humanity isn't even an efficient way to help poor homeless people.

Better to give people opportunities to learn, work & develop their own tools for self-sufficiency.

Yeah, I've noticed that however many free houses one gives to poor people, they stay poor! Even when you build huge housing developments of brand-new apartments and let former slum residents live there for free -- the slums are re-created in the new location! Who could have possibly guessed that outcome?

114 unrealizedviewpoint  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:04:33am

Carter is pretty damn old, 85 years. I guess when the time comes for his State Funeral we'll all need be gracious, as usual.

115 Kosh's Shadow  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:04:46am

re: #109 quickjustice

I think you're mistaken. The radio news just now reports that von Brunn has been criminally charged. The dead don't get charged.

True, but some people are dead after they're (electrically) charged, if you know what I mean.

116 MandyManners  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:04:46am

I can't watch this shit anymore. I'm switching to The Beverly Hillbillies.

117 redstateredneck  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:04:50am

re: #107 MandyManners

Oh, being told by the president of the United States to wear a sweater.

That was the coldest winter of my life. Worked at Ohio State and we had to keep the heat on fricken' 68 degrees in the big ole auditorium.
Brrrrr!

118 [deleted]  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:04:59am
119 MandyManners  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:05:03am

re: #112 Kenneth

A former president meets with a Jew-hating spiritual adviser, while yesterday we heard from the the former Jew-hating spiritual advise of the current president.

There's an ugly symmetry in that.

Good catch.

120 Son of the Black Dog  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:05:17am

re: #97 Kosh's Shadow

No, he'll be remembered for putting the Ayatollah in charge of Iran and screwing up the Palestinians by supporting Arafat's return. And for helping convince the world that Arafat wasn't a terrorist and the Palis had the right to a state. And there's probably more.

You're correct, but: The evil that liberals do is ignored by historians.
i.e., If the Iranians get the bomb it will be GWB's fault.

121 quickjustice  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:05:26am

re: #94 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Link, please! ;-)

122 Jimmah  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:05:26am

So this is the extremist endorsing asshole who has been giving me a bad name. (Btw in case anyone still doesn't know, my nick is an old real world nickname of mine, nothing to do with Carter)

123 MandyManners  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:05:40am

FCBBHO turned up the thermostat in the West Wing.

124 doppelganglander  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:05:55am

re: #114 unrealizedviewpoint

Carter is pretty damn old, 85 years. I guess when the time comes for his State Funeral we'll all need be gracious, as usual.

When the time comes, I'm going down to the Carter Center just to make absolutely sure he's dead. I will refrain from spitting because my mama brought me up better than that, but I'll be thinking about it.

125 Racer X  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:05:58am

re: #50 Occasional Reader

Actually, before I go:

Can anyone think of ANY major world development at the moment that appears to be heading in the right direction?

Discuss.

Lakers are up 2-1.

126 MJ  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:06:07am

re: #114 unrealizedviewpoint

Carter is pretty damn old, 85 years. I guess when the time comes for his State Funeral we'll all need be gracious, as usual.

The State Funeral should be held in Iran. After all, without him, where would the Mullah's be? Back in Paris.

127 Cato the Elder  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:06:13am

re: #122 Jimmah

So this is the extremist endorsing asshole who has been giving me a bad name. (Btw in case anyone still doesn't know, my nick is an old real world nickname of mine, nothing to do with Carter)

I had wondered about that. Good to know.

128 Kragar  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:06:24am

re: #121 quickjustice

Link, please! ;-)

And I thought I was bad.

129 soxfan4life  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:06:26am

re: #123 MandyManners

FCBBHO turned up the thermostat in the West Wing.


He only expects us to suffer, not him or his family.

130 itellu3times  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:06:35am

re: #70 Kenneth

The coming inflation, explained.

But y'know, just maybe not.

At least, we haven't seen any hyperinflation ... yet.

This is cuz so far, the mountain of money is being used to fill a chasm where a bunch of money suddenly evaporated. Net result is - no change.

Problem is if you keep those red-hot presses rolling just a few moments too long, the chasm fills up, overflows, and we get inflated to the moon in mere seconds.

131 SurferDoc  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:06:37am

re: #61 sattv4u2

After just washing 3 cars and watering my front lawn I can tell you that nozzles are very useful

Carter, not so much

That is the problem. He is a nozzle that is attached to nothing and therefore of no use.

132 Creeping Eruption  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:06:48am

re: #116 MandyManners

I can't watch this shit anymore. I'm switching to The Beverly Hillbillies.

Switching from one Hillbilly to another?

133 Cato the Elder  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:07:27am

re: #122 Jimmah

P.S. I keep meaning to have a talk with those young fellas over at the Cato Institute. They don't even try to get my take on things before issuing their multitudinous statements.

134 Kragar  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:07:36am

re: #50 Occasional Reader

Actually, before I go:

Can anyone think of ANY major world development at the moment that appears to be heading in the right direction?

Discuss.

Pakistani tribesmen have turned on the Taliban and are working with the military to hunt them down.

135 John Neverbend  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:07:59am

re: #114 unrealizedviewpoint

Carter is pretty damn old, 85 years. I guess when the time comes for his State Funeral we'll all need be gracious, as usual.

"De mortuis nil nisi bonum dicendum est." This sentence came to mind when I learned of the death of Edward Said. I couldn't find any "bonum", so I chose "nil".

136 Kenneth  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:08:02am

re: #123 MandyManners

I just know you're going to love this:

First lady got back

I'm a black woman who never thought I'd see a powerful, beautiful female with a body like mine in the White House. Then I saw Michelle Obama -- and her booty!

...what really thrills me, what really feels liberating in a very personal way, is the official new prominence of Michelle Obama. Barack's better half not only has stature but is statuesque. She has coruscating intelligence, beauty, style and -- drumroll, please -- a butt. Yes, you read that right: I'm going to talk about the first lady's butt.

137 Son of the Black Dog  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:08:19am

re: #89 sattv4u2

OT ,, BREAKING ,, IKEA TO BUY GM

This is what you get when ordering a new vehicle

[Link: email.level3.com...]

I've assembled stuff from Ikea, what a bitch.
Now, I have the Chevy assembly manual for the 1957 Corvette.
I just have to find all the parts at a GM going-out-of-business sale.

138 realwest  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:09:03am

re: #122 Jimmah
Yep, that is him. I was surprised when you first posted cause I thought it was a nic mocking Carter.
Course I realized fairly quickly that your comments are far too bright to have come from an admirer of Jimmah Carter!
Shame about your nic; I'll bet I'm not the only one who made that mistake!

139 israellycool  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:09:18am

Shi'ite head meets shi'ite head

140 Son of the Black Dog  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:09:49am

re: #102 soxfan4life

Don't forget the misery index.

Can't wait to see what the misery index is after 4 years of BHO's economic policies.

141 Jimmah  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:10:45am

re: #133 Cato the Elder

P.S. I keep meaning to have a talk with those young fellas over at the Cato Institute. They don't even try to get my take on things before issuing their multitudinous statements.

They tuk our jerbs jacked our nics!

142 Cato the Elder  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:10:48am

re: #136 Kenneth

I just know you're going to love this:

First lady got back

Barbara Bush had a goiter. I don't recall people with thyroid conditions making a big deal out of that. Maybe my memory is spotty. Liver-spotty.

143 realwest  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:11:10am

re: #134 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir) Excellent Kragar!

144 subsailor68  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:11:35am

OT, but really fun.

Barney Frank, This Interview is Over.

Basically the business anchor pointed out that the "shareholder participation" stuff linked to the government plan on pay/compensation etc. is an outdated model, as most stocks are held by mutual funds and so on, which are arms length orgs. Mom and pop aren't holding them individually to the extent they may have in the past.

Barney fumes, spits, whines, and basically tries to obfuscate. Then he declares it's over.

The anchor says "Good bye sir." (The unspoken, but clear, finish to that is "don't let the door hit ya on the ass on the way out, you dick.)

145 soxfan4life  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:12:18am

re: #140 Son of the Black Dog

Can't wait to see what the misery index is after 4 years of BHO's economic policies.

After 4 months it is horrific, 4 years will be catostrophic.

146 Jimmah  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:12:20am

re: #138 realwest

Yep, that is him. I was surprised when you first posted cause I thought it was a nic mocking Carter.
Course I realized fairly quickly that your comments are far too bright to have come from an admirer of Jimmah Carter!
Shame about your nic; I'll bet I'm not the only one who made that mistake!

Thanks! I do post about it once in a while to clarify because it does understandably get me 'funny looks' from time to time.

147 FurryOldGuyJeans  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:13:13am

Carter, while he was POTUS, was soundly humiliated in front of the entire world by radical Islam. His support for it since he was voted out just shows he is suffering from Stockholm Syndrome.

148 realwest  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:13:24am

re: #123 MandyManners

FCBBHO turned up the thermostat in the West Wing.


So that's why I've been so warm! I thought you turned DOWN the thermostat when you wanted it to be cooler!
:)

149 Egregious Philbin  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:14:18am

Jimmah Carter is like a good looking nun.

What's the use?

150 Jimmah  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:14:29am

Gotta dash out again. Later folks:)

151 A Man for all Seasons  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:14:36am

re: #146 Jimmah

Thanks! I do post about it once in a while to clarify because it does understandably get me 'funny looks' from time to time.


Well we have a 'that's mr. president to you' here..So why not a ' Make the crazy rabitt stop chasing me' nic.

152 Racer X  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:15:05am

re: #144 subsailor68

Barney Frank should be forced to share a jail cell with Chris Dodd, Franklin Raines, Jim Johnson, and Tim Howard. For a very long time.

153 realwest  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:15:08am

re: #133 Cato the Elder
Huh, and here I thought you founded and were the CEO of The Cato Institute!/

154 Kragar  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:15:18am

re: #149 Egregious Philbin

Jimmah Carter is like a good looking nun.

What's the use?

I disagree completely with that statement.

You can mastrubate while thinking about a good looking nun.

155 eschew_obfuscation  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:15:49am

re: #148 realwest

So that's why I've been so warm! I thought you turned DOWN the thermostat when you wanted it to be cooler!
:)

My wife and I have a running battle over how to describe making it colder in the summer.

I claim one does that by turning up the air conditioning.....meaning make it work harder/more.

She claims it is done by turning down the airc onditioning....meaning lower the setting on the thermostat.

Life is so confusing ;~)

156 Gearhead  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:15:49am

re: #144 subsailor68

Basically the business anchor pointed out that the "shareholder participation" stuff linked to the government plan on pay/compensation etc. is an outdated model, as most stocks are held by mutual funds and so on, which are arms length orgs.

Like most Democrat ideas, it plays well on the air, but has little to do with reality.

158 Cygnus  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:16:04am

The Ayatollah looks like he needs some of Jimmah's Preparation-H.

159 lawhawk  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:16:08am

It's yet another trip by Carter to Syria, and comes ahead that of President Obama's official envoy. Was this trip sanctioned by the Administration to lay groundwork? What kind of coordination between the Administration and Carter is going on and is Carter simply freelancing - in other words meddling in affairs that are no longer his to involve himself in as a private citizen?

160 realwest  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:16:09am

re: #146 Jimmah

Thanks! I do post about it once in a while to clarify because it does understandably get me 'funny looks' from time to time.


I'll bet! Shame too, cause your nic came before Carter!

161 freetoken  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:16:20am

re: #150 Jimmah

Gotta dash out again. Later folks:)

─┄┉━┅▬

162 unrealizedviewpoint  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:16:39am

re: #147 FurryOldGuyJeans

Carter, while he was POTUS, was soundly humiliated in front of the entire world by radical Islam. His support for it since he was voted out just shows he is suffering from Stockholm Syndrome.

Insightful diagnosis.

163 MandyManners  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:17:13am

re: #151 HoosierHoops

Well we have a 'that's mr. president to you' here..So why not a ' Make the crazy rabitt stop chasing me' nic.

Run, bunny!

164 Cygnus  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:17:15am

re: #55 Cato the Elder

That turban is really huge, even for an Ayatollah.

Hydrocephaly or brain tumor?

Lord Voldemort's face under there.

165 soxfan4life  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:17:21am

re: #152 Racer X

Barney Frank should be forced to share a jail cell with Chris Dodd, Franklin Raines, Jim Johnson, and Tim Howard. For a very long time.


How would you suggest we punish him? Something tells me Barney has prison cell fantasies in his head.

166 Creeping Eruption  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:17:24am

re: #159 lawhawk

Bingo.

167 unrealizedviewpoint  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:17:56am

re: #146 Jimmah

Thanks! I do post about it once in a while to clarify because it does understandably get me 'funny looks' from time to time.

I still shiver just a little every time I see one of your comments.
/

168 realwest  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:18:17am

re: #157 Kenneth

This picture is all you need to know about the media and their enabling relationship to terrorists.

Hey Kenneth, that can't be right - I don't see Fox or CNN there! Though of course I DO see the AP present!

169 A Man for all Seasons  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:19:51am

re: #157 Kenneth

This picture is all you need to know about the media and their enabling relationship to terrorists.


That was the..We are unclenching our fist news conference...

170 Son of the Black Dog  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:19:58am

re: #165 soxfan4life

How would you suggest we punish him? Something tells me Barney has prison cell fantasies in his head.

Women's prison?

171 realwest  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:20:00am

re: #159 lawhawk
Now hold on there lawhawk. You know how little respect I have for Obama, but really, do you think even Obama would use Carter to lay the groundwork?
Crap, Carter'd probably use carpet tiles instead of wood flooring!

172 alegrias  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:20:01am

OT
Live

Pres. Obama promising to do to healthcare, what he's done to the economy...yikes.

The crowd of Wisconsin people at the high school "town hall minus John McCain" actually believe him. (They've brought in tribal people too)

173 unrealizedviewpoint  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:20:16am

re: #154 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

very strange comment there Kragar. Yikes!

174 soxfan4life  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:20:41am

President just said you already subsidize health care, but you would be better off subsidizing this type of care instead. Why not make each individual responsible for themselves and their family.

175 MikeAlv77  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:20:58am

re: #71 Baier

Too bad. He should have faced justice.

Don't worry, he will face justice... just from the "Big Guy" and picking on his chosen people is not gonna be fun...

176 Cygnus  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:21:01am

re: #82 Kenneth

BTW, the book the mullah is giving Carter is titled,

"Islam, the Religion of Dialogue"

Are you sure it's not 'Die-a-lot'?

177 John Neverbend  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:21:05am

re: #144 subsailor68

OT, but really fun.

Barney Frank, This Interview is Over.

Barney fumes, spits, whines, and basically tries to obfuscate. Then he declares it's over.

What an abrasive tosser. He sounds like a Dalek.

178 soxfan4life  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:21:17am

re: #170 Son of the Black Dog


That might be cruel and unusual to Barney.

179 dhg4  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:21:34am

re: #28 buzzsawmonkey

The "Geneva Plan" was something cobbled together by a bunch of Israeli leftists and some of the Arabs. It basically endorsed the Saudi plan of creating a "Palestinian" state and giving the Arabs a "right of return" to Israel proper. You know, the usual.

Here for example is the section on refugess. You'll note, of course, that there's no mention of Jewish refugees.

180 subsailor68  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:21:47am

re: #156 Gearhead

Like most Democrat ideas, it plays well on the air, but has little to do with reality.

LOL! Yep. I'm getting more than a little bit tired of Barney's misplaced arrogance and combative b.s. He's not as smart as he thinks he is; he's made bonehead decisions too numerous to count (think CRA, Fannie Mae, etc.), and when someone legitimately calls him on things, all he does is whine.

He's an idiot.

181 Kenneth  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:21:56am

Our Historically Challenged President
A list of distortions. By Victor Davis Hanson

In his speech last week in Cairo, President Obama proclaimed he was a “student of history.” But despite Barack Obama’s image as an Ivy League-educated intellectual, he lacks historical competency, in areas of both facts and interpretation.

In the recent Cairo speech, Obama’s historical allusions were even more suspect. Almost every one of his references was either misleading or incomplete. He suggested that today’s Middle East tension was fed by the legacy of European colonialism and the Cold War that had reduced nations to proxies.

This first became apparent during the presidential campaign. Candidate Obama proclaimed then that during World War II his great-uncle had helped liberate Auschwitz, and that his grandfather knew fellow American troops that had entered Auschwitz and Treblinka.

Both are impossible. The Americans didn’t free either Nazi death camp. (Regarding Obama’s great uncle’s war experience, the Obama team later said he’d meant the camp at Buchenwald.)

Much of what Obama said to thousands of Germans during his Victory Column speech in Berlin last summer was also ahistorical. He began, “I know that I don’t look like the Americans who’ve previously spoken in this great city.” He apparently forgot that for the prior eight years, the official faces of American foreign policy in Germany were Secretaries of State Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice — both African-Americans.

In the same speech, Obama seemed to suggest that the world had come to together to save Berlin during the Airlift. In fact, it was almost an entirely American and British effort — written off by most observers as hopeless and joined by a handful of Western allies only when the lift looked like it might succeed.

But the great colonizers of the Middle East were the Ottoman Muslims, who for centuries ruled with an iron fist. The 20th-century movements of Baathism, Pan-Arabism, and Nasserism — largely homegrown totalitarian ideologies — did far more damage over the last half-century to the Middle East than did the legacy of European colonialism.

Obama gets his knuckles rapped by the Classics professor.

182 realwest  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:22:01am

re: #155 eschew_obfuscation LOL! Well in our apartment, if you turn down the thermostat, you make the A/C work harder and the apartment (ever so gradually) gets cooler!

183 [deleted]  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:22:37am
184 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:23:32am

re: #173 unrealizedviewpoint

very strange comment there Kragar. Yikes!

Maybe he watched "Heaven knows, Mr. Allison" last night.
(Deborah Kerr)

185 soxfan4life  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:23:59am

0 just said we will fix what is broken and follow what works then mentioned Congress in his next breath. Talk about what doesn't work.

186 realwest  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:24:00am

re: #181 Kenneth
Hey, thanks for the comment and link. Victor Davis Hanson sure knows his history and sure can write well!

187 Cato the Elder  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:24:14am

OT:

My dear old Mom forwarded me an email safety tip. Most of the time the stuff she passes along is either obvious, trivial or silly. But this one has potential.

It recommends keeping a set of your car keys on the bedside table, so in case of a panic situation you can set off the car alarm. Supposedly people will get annoyed and come check out the situation.

Where I live, car alarms don't even get a look out the window. When they go on for longer than a minute or so, people just shove in the earplugs and go back to sleep, or turn up the music.

I supposed it could be useful, but the lag time between the alarm going off and someone actually investigating to find your home has been invaded or you're lying there with a stroke could be an hour or more, depending on your neighborhood.

So I wrote back as follows:

Thanks. Once in a while these pass-it-on internet tips turn out to be something you haven't thought of before.

I also take a great deal of comfort in having a working mobile phone (for calling the police etc.), a functioning quadrupedal intruder alert (to wake me out of a too-sound sleep if someone starts to jimmy the door), and a 9-mm laser-sighted 15-round pistol (for welcoming any uninvited guests not impressed by dogs and car alarms while waiting for the police) on the bed beside me, at my feet, and under the pillows, respectively. All in all, I feel pretty safe.

My lines of defense, in proper order, are now:

Dog
Gun (at the ready when dog goes nuts)
Car alarm (noise may actually scare an intruder, though not a heart attack)
Phone (mainly for ambulance; the police will come in their own good time and take my useless statement after the perp has skedaddled, or help the ambulance boys haul him away if I've dealt with him myself)

I will fear no evil.

188 tradewind  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:24:19am

See, BHO is kinda like a small-g-god, as Evan said: he can be in two places at the same time. We got Carter here at home, and the other one messing around in the ME..... his spiritual home.

189 alegrias  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:24:27am

OT
Live

Pres. Obama invokes the Reagan years to take taxes on RICHEST Americans back to blah bla blah.

He wants "reform" NOW. He will not accept delay.

Bla bla bla.

Some will say it's too expensive...

190 Son of the Black Dog  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:24:56am

re: #184 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Maybe he watched "Heaven knows, Mr. Allison" last night.
(Deborah Kerr)

"Who ever looks at the face of a nun?"

191 sattv4u2  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:25:51am

re: #181 Kenneth

Much of what Obama said to thousands of Germans during his Victory Column speech in Berlin last summer was also ahistorical. He began, “I know that I don’t look like the Americans who’ve previously spoken in this great city.” He apparently forgot that for the prior eight years, the official faces of American foreign policy in Germany were Secretaries of State Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice — both African-Americans

But you know that Rice and Powell (when viewed as a conservative by the MSM) aren';t "real" blacks!

//lefty logic

192 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:26:57am

re: #190 Son of the Black Dog

"Who ever looks at the face of a nun?"

It's a bad habit.

193 realwest  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:27:09am

Well y'all it's been real, but I gotta run now. Hope you all have a great day and that I get the chance to see you all down the road!

194 [deleted]  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:27:10am
195 FurryOldGuyJeans  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:27:12am

Man accused of urinating on people at [gay pride] festival
Jun. 11, 2009 10:02 AM
Associated Press

FERNDALE, Mich. – A 31-year-old Detroit man faces a misdemeanor assault and battery charge after allegedly urinating on several people during an annual gay pride event. The Daily Tribune of Royal Oak reported the man had been drinking and was upset that he was splashed with water aimed at street dancers Sunday during the Motor City Pride Festival.

Police Lt. William Wilson said "he may have wanted to take revenge," turned and urinated on the leg of a man standing next to him.

196 Kenneth  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:27:25am

Obama Throws Muslim Women Under the Bus

Is it just me or has anyone else noticed how the North American mainstream media has consistently been mainstreaming the subject of Islam and veiled Muslim women as a friendly, feel-good kinda subject, nothing to be afraid of, something that may be “different” but that we are obligated to understand and accept? Specifically, the mainstream pro-feminist/pro-human rights media are arguing that Muslim women in hijab are “choosing” to face-veil themselves or to wear headscarves for religious reasons–and since North America is comprised of immigrants in search of religious freedom, such acceptance is actually part of our own tradition. We must understand that some Muslim girls and women are hurt, offended when we assume that they have been forced to veil when that might not be the case. Some Muslim girls are also quite happily attending women-only proms; they view hijab as “liberating” them from the sex object treatment reserved for uncovered women.

Hey, goes the unwritten subscript– these women are not terrorists. They are modest and kind, gentle and submissive, far more obedient than their (pesky, upstart) North American counterparts. Indeed, veiled or headscarved women can also be modern and educated–just the kind of citizens and immigrants who are, perhaps, more worthy than….your ordinary western slut.

197 alegrias  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:27:55am

OT
Live
Pres. Obama basically says this town hall is not rigged, questions aren't pre-selected. (I am not a crook!) Nixon redux.

198 KenJen  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:28:15am

re: #157 Kenneth

This picture is all you need to know about the media and their enabling relationship to terrorists.

Funny, I was just thinking the Grand Ayatollah looks like a giant microphone with that thing on his head.

199 dhg4  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:28:47am

re: #194 buzzsawmonkey

That's because the Arabs calling themselves "Palestinians" are the only people in the history of the world to be given inheritable refugee status.

Every other group displaced by world events sucked it up and decided to build lives for themselves. The "Palestinians" instead have sat on their asses collecting welfare from the world for 3 generations, producing as many children as possible to pass along their unique inherited status to.

I think that's 4 generation now :-(

but point taken!

200 AuntAcid  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:29:13am

re: #114 unrealizedviewpoint

Carter is pretty damn old, 85 years. I guess when the time comes for his State Funeral we'll all need be gracious, as usual.

HEH!

ATLANTA — Former President Jimmy Carter said Sunday he hopes to be buried in front of his home in Plains, the southwest Georgia town where he and his wife were born.

201 pegcity  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:29:41am

re: #195 FurryOldGuyJeans

as zombie has shown people at gay pride festivals seem to enjoy urinating on eachother

202 Macker  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:29:47am

Those Hezbos must really love octogenerian assholes....

203 Cygnus  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:29:50am

re: #192 pre-Boomer Marine brat

It's a bad habit.

Nun Pun!

OT - The ultimate nerd keyboard.

204 soxfan4life  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:30:15am

re: #191 sattv4u2


Much of what Obama said to thousands of Germans during his Victory Column speech in Berlin last summer was also ahistorical. He began, “I know that I don’t look like the Americans who’ve previously spoken in this great city.” He apparently forgot that for the prior eight years, the official faces of American foreign policy in Germany were Secretaries of State Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice — both African-Americans

But you know that Rice and Powell (when viewed as a conservative by the MSM) aren';t "real" blacks!

//lefty logic


The same folks who argue that Sarah Palin is not qualified to speak on womens issues but Barack Obama is.

205 MandyManners  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:30:17am

re: #200 AuntAcid

HEH!

ATLANTA — Former President Jimmy Carter said Sunday he hopes to be buried in front of his home in Plains, the southwest Georgia town where he and his wife were born.

I hope some cat uses it as a litter box.

206 ROPMA  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:30:24am

re: #187 Cato the Elder

You need a 12G pump shotgun.

207 FurryOldGuyJeans  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:30:38am

re: #200 AuntAcid

HEH!

ATLANTA — Former President Jimmy Carter said Sunday he hopes to be buried in front of his home in Plains, the southwest Georgia town where he and his wife were born.

The sooner he gets his Presidential coin, the better.

Just so he isn't helped along in reaching that goal, he needs to do it all on his own.

208 redstateredneck  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:30:58am

re: #195 FurryOldGuyJeans

Man accused of urinating on people at [gay pride] festival
Jun. 11, 2009 10:02 AM
Associated Press

Hate crime.

209 Kenneth  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:31:27am

Ayaan Hirsi Ali on Obama's Cairo speech:

President Obama's speech didn’t do much for Muslim women. He defended their rights in Western countries to wear the hijab. He didn’t touch on Muslim women being confined, being forced into marriages or being victims of honor killings: These traditions and principles in the Koran and in Islam are being practiced in the West. He didn’t address that.

I think he was just appeasing the Muslim world because they perceive--they have these notions that Muslim women in Western countries--are not allowed to wear the headscarf or cover themselves. I mean you can wear whatever you want in the United States.

In Egypt where he spoke, women who do not wear their veil in public are subjected to very obscene remarks on the street and even sexual assault. Nowadays, even if they are covered they become victims of the same things: That is, in public, in Egypt, as a woman, you run 80% of the time the risk of being assaulted simply because you are a woman walking down the street. They are forced into marriages; their testimony in countries where Sharia is law is just half of that of a man. They can be divorced with no rights. They need guardians, a married guardian or they cannot sign any legal papers. The President simply did not address Sharia or Islamic law in relation to women.

210 pegcity  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:31:29am

for the love of god won't this evil evil man just die already

211 Macker  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:31:34am

re: #191 sattv4u2

BUT But but...deys are Uncle Toms!

/

212 FurryOldGuyJeans  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:31:41am

re: #201 pegcity

as zombie has shown people at gay pride festivals seem to enjoy urinating on eachother

That article reminded me of Zombie and his photo essays.

213 doppelganglander  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:32:08am

re: #200 AuntAcid

HEH!

ATLANTA — Former President Jimmy Carter said Sunday he hopes to be buried in front of his home in Plains, the southwest Georgia town where he and his wife were born.

Don't worry, he'll get to lie in state at the Capitol, then at the Carter Center in Atlanta, before they finally plant him. Even for Plains, the front yard is pretty damn tacky.

214 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:32:10am

re: #200 AuntAcid

HEH!

ATLANTA — Former President Jimmy Carter said Sunday he hopes to be buried in front of his home in Plains, the southwest Georgia town where he and his wife were born.

For some reason, Napoleon's Tomb popped to mind when I read that.
/a "Memorial"

215 Kenneth  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:32:16am

re: #208 redstateredneck

Hate crime.

or lifestyle choice

216 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:32:44am

re: #207 FurryOldGuyJeans

The sooner he gets his Presidential coin, the better.

Just so he isn't helped along in reaching that goal, he needs to do it all on his own.

Putting his face on our soon-to-be hyper-inflated currency, like the $100,000,000 bill, would be more appropriate.

217 Macker  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:32:50am

re: #210 pegcity

It does no good to wish even someone as EVIL as Dhimmi Carter to die. Let God decide when He decides to do so.

218 Kosh's Shadow  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:33:04am

re: #207 FurryOldGuyJeans

The sooner he gets his Presidential coin, the better.

Just so he isn't helped along in reaching that goal, he needs to do it all on his own.

I'd consider it justice if he were visiting his Hamasshole friends when there is a work accident nearby.
But it isn't anything I suggest anyone actually cause, which is why I worded my statement that way.

219 MandyManners  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:33:18am

re: #205 MandyManners

I hope some cat uses it as a litter box.

Here's the letter to his SIL.

5/13/90

To Sybil,

Lamentably, I killed your cat while trying just to sting it. It was crouched, as usual, under one of our bird feeders & I fired from some distance with bird shot. It may ease your grief somewhat to know that the cat was buried properly with a prayer & that I’ll be glad to get you another of your choice.

I called & came by your house several times. We will be in the Dominican Republic until Thursday. I’ll see you then.

Love, Jimmy

220 Cato the Elder  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:33:54am

re: #194 buzzsawmonkey

That's because the Arabs calling themselves "Palestinians" are the only people in the history of the world to be given inheritable refugee status.

Every other group displaced by world events sucked it up and decided to build lives for themselves. The "Palestinians" instead have sat on their asses collecting welfare from the world for 3 generations, producing as many children as possible to pass along their unique inherited status to.

Yes, and this can't be said enough. The UN, spearheaded by UNWRA, has consciously created a permanent refugee "crisis" in collusion with the Palestinians' Arab "brothers", who have done everything in their power to keep the situation simmering, including bans on "Palestinians" becoming citizens of other Arab countries.

On can only conclude that the UN has never been interested in a normal settlement of the issue.

221 doppelganglander  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:33:56am

re: #219 MandyManners

No apology. Typical.

222 MandyManners  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:34:15am

re: #219 MandyManners

I always shoot a cat when trying to "sting" it.

223 FurryOldGuyJeans  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:34:29am

Judge rejects defense of car horn as free speech
Jun. 9, 2009 06:49 PM
Associated Press

EVERETT, Wash. - Being honked off doesn't give you a right to honk on, a judge told a woman who vented at a neighbor by leaning on her car horn at 6 a.m.

Helen Immelt of Monroe, Wash., expressed her anger in 2006 because the neighbor had complained to their homeowners association about her having chickens against the association's rules.

224 KenJen  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:35:01am

re: #201 pegcity

as zombie has shown people at gay pride festivals seem to enjoy urinating on eachother

They need to form their own urine nation and get the hell out of the U.S.

225 Dar ul Harb  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:35:01am

I wonder if Barack 0bama will work as hard at being an embarassing international disaster of an ex-President after he leaves office?

Somehow, I doubt it.

Carter's record may stand for a long time.

226 MandyManners  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:35:03am

re: #221 doppelganglander

No apology. Typical.

If I were Sybil, I would've throttled him.

227 subsailor68  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:35:34am

While President Obama is in Green Bay touting his health care ideas, he might want to take a moment to address some issues Michael Barone raises:

Qualms and Questions About Obama's Health Plan

Betcha he doesn't.

228 Macker  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:35:35am

re: #224 KenJen

The People's City-State of San Francisco?

229 MandyManners  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:35:43am

re: #223 FurryOldGuyJeans

Judge rejects defense of car horn as free speech
Jun. 9, 2009 06:49 PM
Associated Press

Had she never heard of the flaming bag of chicken shit?

230 Cygnus  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:35:57am

re: #219 MandyManners

May Basement Cat poop in your oatmeal, Jimmeh.

231 MandyManners  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:35:59am

w00t! BNP.

232 alegrias  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:36:16am

OT
LIVE
Ughh, Pres. Obama accusing Republicans of "playing the usual politics" on healthcare reform in Washington.

HELLO, Republicans aren't ALLOWED to participate in Obama's bogus Pelosi-controlled, Kennedy-staff written, proposal to "change" US healthcare.

233 MandyManners  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:36:26am

re: #230 Cygnus

May Basement Cat poop in your oatmeal, Jimmeh.

And pee in your shoes!

234 MandyManners  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:36:52am

And, eject a hairball onto your pillow. Steaming.

235 Cygnus  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:37:11am

re: #224 KenJen

They need to form their own urine nation and get the hell out of the U.S.

Somewhere out by the Urion Nebula would be a good location.

236 Kenneth  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:37:27am

re: #226 MandyManners

If I were Sybil, I would've throttled him.

I would have pressed charges. Killing a cat is a crime, unlawful discharge of a firearm, etc. Carter is a fucking asshole.

237 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:37:28am

re: #213 doppelganglander

Even for Plains, the front yard is pretty damn tacky.

re: #214 pre-Boomer Marine brat

For some reason, Napoleon's Tomb popped to mind when I read that.
/a "Memorial"

In the South, absolutely YES, which is precisely the reason for my 214.

He has a serious issue regarding "humilty".

238 lawhawk  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:37:48am

OT:

I think I just figured out who James Von Brunn really is.

He's Pink from The Wall:

Are there any queers in the theater tonight? Get 'em up against the wall! That one in the spotlight, he don't look right! Get him up against the wall! And that one looks Jewish... and that one's a coon! Who let all this riff raff into the room? That one's smoking a joint! And that one's got spots! If I had my way, I'd have all of you shot!
239 Racer X  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:37:56am

re: #200 AuntAcid

ATLANTA — Former President Jimmy Carter said Sunday he hopes to be buried in front of his home in Plains, the southwest Georgia town where he and his wife were born.

Will tomorrow be OK?

240 bloodnok  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:38:11am

re: #219 MandyManners

Here's the letter to his SIL.

5/13/90

To Sybil,

Lamentably, I killed your cat while trying just to sting it. It was crouched, as usual, under one of our bird feeders & I fired from some distance with bird shot. It may ease your grief somewhat to know that the cat was buried properly with a prayer & that I’ll be glad to get you another of your choice.

I called & came by your house several times. We will be in the Dominican Republic until Thursday. I’ll see you then.

Love, Jimmy

GAH!

I can't believe I'd never seen that before. I'd seen the term used here, but I assumed much less despicable circumstances.

241 callahan23  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:38:27am

re: #234 MandyManners

And, eject a hairball onto your pillow. Steaming.

And give you the four clawed permanent scar, that you so deserve, festering of course.

242 sattv4u2  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:38:51am

re: #232 alegrias

OT
LIVE
Ughh, Pres. Obama accusing Republicans of "playing the usual politics" on healthcare reform in Washington.

HELLO, Republicans aren't ALLOWED to participate in Obama's bogus Pelosi-controlled, Kennedy-staff written, proposal to "change" US healthcare.

"playing politics" ='s not agreeing that the gov't should be in charge of 1/8 th of our economy (health care)

243 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:38:54am

re: #225 Dar ul Harb

I wonder if Barack 0bama will work as hard at being an embarassing international disaster of an ex-President after he leaves office?

Somehow, I doubt it.

Carter's record may stand for a long time.

I'm not so sure.

244 Cygnus  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:39:04am

re: #241 callahan23

And give you the four clawed permanent scar, that you so deserve, festering of course.

And be sure it's you-know-where.

245 razorbacker  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:39:09am

re: #136 Kenneth

I just know you're going to love this:

First lady got back

I am so behind the times. I didn't even know that SirMixALot had a column.

246 jcm  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:39:34am

I HOPE EVERYONE WHO DIDN'T VOTE FOR GERALD FORD IS FUCKING HAPPY NOW!

HT Mandy.

247 callahan23  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:40:28am

re: #244 Cygnus

And be sure it's you-know-where.

Where it is embarrassing?
;-)

248 [deleted]  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:40:42am
249 redstateredneck  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:43:25am

re: #240 bloodnok

GAH!

I can't believe I'd never seen that before. I'd seen the term used here, but I assumed much less despicable circumstances.

Here's a shot of the actual letter. Sybil was his brother, Billy's (of Billy Beer fame) widow.

250 Former Belgian  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:43:28am

Seriously, how much lower can this pathetic parody of a past president (p4) get?

Off-topic: one of the Google ads showing on this page is for some whackjob's proposal of turning Israel and "Palestine" together into the 51st state, to be known as Canaan.

251 pegcity  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:43:45am

re: #248 buzzsawmonkey

Playmates
Come out and play with me
Hand o'er the economy
You'll get healthcare for free
Vote as I tell you
Like Gramscian whores
And we'll be jolly friends
Forevermore.

As a Canadian i can tell you that it sucks. try waiting 7 months to see a specialist. I ended up going to the Mayo clinic on our own dime.

252 pegcity  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:44:24am

re: #250 Former Belgian

Um ok, did he run that one by the people of Israel?

253 Cato the Elder  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:44:31am

re: #206 ROPMA

You need a 12G pump shotgun.

Got one of those, too.

I use the Beretta 9 as first weapon of choice because 1) under two pillows I don't even know it's there; 2) with a round in the chamber all I have to do is flick the nearly silent safety off to be ready to roll; 3) it's nice to be able to keep the lights off, place the dot on somebody's chest, and say quietly, "Look at that red spot. That's where the bullet will go in two seconds if you don't put your hands up." I see well in the dark.

Since I live in the city, I keep all my weapons safely stored. I have a full-size gun safe for everything but the Beretta. When it's not under the pillow at the ready, it's in a button-combination-activated small safe under the bedside table. No one can break into my house and make off with an easy booty of firearms.

The argument handgun vs. 12-gauge is as old as dirt, and everyone settles it individually. What I'd really like is to keep using the Beretta but have a push-button recording to play a realistic sound of a 12-gauge racking a round into the chamber. Ka-chunk! That alone often sends them scurrying.

254 doppelganglander  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:44:33am

re: #237 pre-Boomer Marine brat

In the South, absolutely YES, which is precisely the reason for my 214.

He has a serious issue regarding "humilty".

Have you ever heard the story about Charles de Gaulle's tomb? A worker during construction said he was surprised it wasn't as grand as he expected. Another worker responded, "Don't worry, he's sure he'll only be using it for 3 days."

255 SixDegrees  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:45:42am

re: #200 AuntAcid

HEH!

ATLANTA — Former President Jimmy Carter said Sunday he hopes to be buried in front of his home in Plains, the southwest Georgia town where he and his wife were born.

If I were Carter, I'd want to make sure I was interred above waist level.

256 VioletTiger  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:51:45am

re: #205 MandyManners

I hope some cat uses it as a litter box.


I have a few volunteers at my house! One is a 20-pound kitteh, who somewhat ironically, stays mostly in the basement.....

257 jcm  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:52:37am

re: #253 Cato the Elder

Got one of those, too.

I use the Beretta 9 as first weapon of choice because 1) under two pillows I don't even know it's there; 2) with a round in the chamber all I have to do is flick the nearly silent safety off to be ready to roll; 3) it's nice to be able to keep the lights off, place the dot on somebody's chest, and say quietly, "Look at that red spot. That's where the bullet will go in two seconds if you don't put your hands up." I see well in the dark.

Since I live in the city, I keep all my weapons safely stored. I have a full-size gun safe for everything but the Beretta. When it's not under the pillow at the ready, it's in a button-combination-activated small safe under the bedside table. No one can break into my house and make off with an easy booty of firearms.

The argument handgun vs. 12-gauge is as old as dirt, and everyone settles it individually. What I'd really like is to keep using the Beretta but have a push-button recording to play a realistic sound of a 12-gauge racking a round into the chamber. Ka-chunk! That alone often sends them scurrying.

Basic kit, a 12ga for home defense, a comfortable hand gun for on the go defense, and a rifle both serious defense situations and hunting if the need to put food on table should arise.

Each tool has a different function and is best in certain situations.

258 irongrampa  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:53:33am

re: #223 FurryOldGuyJeans

But desecration of our national symbol by burning is "free speech".

Go figure.

259 Cato the Elder  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:53:34am

Slight correction:

Carter Meets with Hezbollah's Hizbullah's His Spiritual Leader

There, that's better.

260 Kot Begemot  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:56:00am

"Monitoring" should really be in scare quotes in this post.

261 theheat  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 11:00:21am

re: #196 Kenneth

I proudly consider myself an uncommon Western slut, thank you very much. Add Yankee to that, just for good measure.

May my hair rays strike fear in the hearts of mortal men.

262 AuntAcid  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 11:02:42am

re: #239 Racer X

Will tomorrow be OK?

...it must be over and done with before Happy Hour. It's a Georgia tradition.

263 FurryOldGuyJeans  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 11:08:27am

Why can't old fart Jimmy be more like this?

At 85, George H.W. Bush plans another skydive
Jun. 9, 2009 12:22 PM
Associated Press

KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine - Former President George H.W. Bush plans to celebrate his 85th birthday Friday by making a parachute jump in Maine, where he has his summer home.

Jim Appleby, a Bush aide, said Tuesday that Bush will make a tandem jump with a member of the U.S. Army Golden Knights parachute team. Their landing zone is near a church in Kennebunkport.

264 enoughalready  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 11:19:09am

Am I the only one who thinks the ayayayayayatollah looks like Sid Haig in Devil's Rejects?

265 jvic  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 11:26:24am

It's hard to remember that ten years ago this looked like another American Century.

re: #50 Occasional Reader

Actually, before I go:

Can anyone think of ANY major world development at the moment that appears to be heading in the right direction?

Discuss.

I don't have time to discuss, but IMO the answer is, "Yes, there are some."

Unfortunately few of the positive developments involve the USA heading in the right direction.

As an American, I find that heartbreaking. As a member of the human race, I find it scary that America is becoming indifferent to its historic opportunities and responsibilities. On the other hand, it's highly probable that human progress will not grind to a permanent halt if the US collapses into stagnation or worse.

Our prospects looked bleak in the 1970s and it wasn't clear what could turn them around. I can't deny that today's future looks ominous--but I refuse to write this country off.

266 Land Shark  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 12:02:44pm

The only vote I have ever regretted was the first one I ever made for President in 1976, I voted for Jimmy Carter. I find the way he's behaved since leaving office, especially the last 8 years or so to be the most disgraceful ever by an ex-President. The way he has sucked up the the worst element in the Middle East to the point of effectively serving as their mouth piece at times, as well as undermining US foreign policy, makes me sick.

Compared to Jimmy Carter, every single ex-President before or since him is a towering example of dignity and class.

267 Buster  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 12:06:45pm

re: #19 zombie

When Jimmy Carter was just a doddering old guy who built Habitat for Humanity houses, I respected him.

Then when he first started monitoring elections, I respected him.

But when he revealed that he favored the most totalitarian side in every election he monitored, I not only lost all respect for him --I realized that he had always felt this way, and I had been blind.

Didn't Jimmy certify the reelection of our good friend in Venezuela, even though he knew it was rigged? He said something to the effect of not wanting to cause a kerfuffle...

268 Dekar  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 12:21:43pm

This guy makes me sick!

269 AZDave  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 12:23:48pm

re: #2 Nevergiveup

Well they both have white hair

And they both have shit for brains.

270 jvic  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 12:23:49pm

re: #266 Land Shark

Compared to Jimmy Carter, every single ex-President before or since him is a towering example of dignity and class.

And that includes Nixon & Clinton.

271 [deleted]  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 12:29:23pm
272 AZDave  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 12:30:24pm

re: #34 Jetpilot1101

Jimmy Carter is a douchebag.

That's not a nice thing to say about douchebags!

273 [deleted]  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 12:33:05pm
274 AZDave  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 12:44:01pm

re: #239 Racer X

Will tomorrow be OK?

How about 10 or 15 minutes from now?

275 jvic  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 12:45:02pm

re: #271 Iron Fist

Good post, Iron Fist. Well worth an overall upding.

Nevertheless, let me point out that it was Carter who appointed Paul Volcker to head the Fed and end the 1970s inflation. And iirc someone has recently noted that the beginnings of airline & transportation deregulation took place under Carter.

My guess is that he started out with good intentions but didn't have the political toughness, astuteness and competence to implement them. After he lost to Reagan, he refused to accept that his shortcomings were the cause. It ate at him and ate at him until he went over to the dark side.

276 odorlesspaintthinner  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 1:13:51pm

What is with that big happy moron friggin' smile whenever he meets with America-hating, Israel-hating scum!? Somebody switched off all the pride and honor buttons in that man's brain.

277 samsgran1948  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 1:59:56pm

re: #47 kynna

Carter has to have seen the catastrophe and horror of Hamas rule in his beloved Palestinian territories. They were blatant. Yet he still supports them.

With Hezbollah, the MSM has continued to whitewash, but the hate and violence is still very apparent.

I just don't get him. I'd say he's just a commie anti-semite, but he's worse than that. His continued support of Hamas shows he doesn't give a damn about the Palestinians or anybody else. Bizarre old man. Hate merchant.

By everything I've read and heard, Carter never got over the fact that he was not re-elected to a second term. Nor has he ever gotten over his mad that the Israelis refused to do things his way. Apparently, he honestly believes he is ever so much smarter and more knowledgable than everyone else, and any one who rejects his advice is to be despised as too stupid to live. He simply cannot abide people and nations that do not instantly fall down and worship him. (Gee, that sounds familiar . . . doesn't it?)

278 samsgran1948  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 2:26:06pm

re: #271 Iron Fist

I was in college in the late 60s. There was still a little of the Kennedy glow on the Democrat brand -- especially when Bobby made his run at the Presidency. But I never could wrap my head around the dreck the anti-war left was spouting. (Maybe it was because I was a history major before the history field was absorbed by the minions of the LLL.)

I remember reading in the newspaper about the mass burials of executed anti-Cong South Vietnamese found after the Tet offensive. (Which we won!) One story buried in the inside pages, never to surface again. You never heard the 3Ls talking about Viet Cong atrocities. It was always American atrocities. (That's one reason I am disgusted but never surprised by the depths of Muslim atrocities. Name it, and the Viet Cong has already done it.) And you sure as hell never heard about the killing fields of Cambodia or other Communist crimes until much, much later on.

After the fall of the Iron Curtain when actual historians started getting their paws on USSR KGB records, the numbers of Stalin's victims started coming out. But I already knew the final figure; it had been buried in page 38 news stories at least 10 years earlier. But the Left was shocked -- shocked, I tell you! -- to discover that Stalin and Co. had slaughtered 40 million of their own people.

The Left has always ignored hard facts and data that conflict with their world view. For them, these things never exist, are nothing but the lunatic ravings of hard right wingnuts.

279 captdiggs  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 2:26:25pm

Dhimmi being Dhimmi.

280 Yashmak  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 3:54:31pm
Fadlallah, widely believed to have been Hizbullah’s spiritual leader in the 1980s, is a harsh critic of US policies in the Middle East, which many Arabs believe are biased toward Israel.

Well, many Arabs are right. Our policies in the middle east ARE biased in favor of Israel, as they should be. Perhaps when the Palestinians elect a leadership which choses not to deny the right of Israel to exist, that spends at least a portion of its money on roads, hospitals, and schools, that doesn't advocate suicide bombing and rocket attacks on innocents, etc. etc. . . .perhaps that bias will deservedly shift.

For the time being, the bias is exactly as it should be.

281 Yashmak  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 4:03:04pm

re: #271 Iron Fist

but by the time I was old enough to notice they were evil through and through. They were just good at hiding it.

They don't even realize it, I think. It falls true for most liberals I personally know, that they truly don't understand the long term, or indirect impact of the policies they support. They don't understand how socialism subtly undermines the incentive to excel. They don't understand how government control of a business or enterprise inevitably leads to inefficiency, waste, and less 'bang for the buck', and how that relates to government run health care. When I have tried to explain such things, I've received responses from eyes glazing over, to (my favorite) "what does government health care have to do with socialism?"

I actually stop short of calling it evil, simply because ignorance and evil are not the same. Although it could be fairly said that ignorance does lead to a great many evils.

282 Dr. Shalit  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 4:34:07pm

Unfortunately Former President Carter has the same attitude towards this fellow as he had to the Ayatollah Khomeni. He must think of him as being the Muslim Equivalent of a Congregational Minister - as he did Khomeni. Would the former President GET IT. Congregationalism in the US freed Protestant Ministers to find the way that "worked best" for their community. In the "UMMAH" - such is NOT the same. That is quite enough.

-S-

283 blangwort  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 5:06:32pm

My favorite Carter quote about Sadat and Begin during the Camp David Accord Negotiations: "I don't understand why they can't sit down like two Christian men and work this out!"

Even back then, his mental prowess was not the greatest.

284 Pupdawg  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 5:15:45pm

re: #19 zombie

When Jimmy Carter was just a doddering old guy who built Habitat for Humanity houses, I respected him.

Then when he first started monitoring elections, I respected him.

But when he revealed that he favored the most totalitarian side in every election he monitored, I not only lost all respect for him --I realized that he had always felt this way, and I had been blind.

Sooner or later that same realization will open the eyes of some of the blind masses following Mr. Obama. I can only hope the damage BHO does in the interim will be reversible.
God bless and save the nation!

285 ex-DU Jimbo  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 5:19:52pm

A poster at ProSemiteUndercover summarized the intrinsic worth of Jimmeh's speechifyin':

To place his remarks in their proper perspective,

it helps to think of him as an unshaven and toothless old drunken bum mumbling to himself as he feeds the pigeons in Central Park.
286 nyc redneck  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 5:59:34pm

look at that exuberant stupid happy look on carter's ugly mug.
he is so proud.
his ridiculous , selfless enthusiasm to "make a difference."
and look at the weasely sly look on the face of that "spiritual leader".
he feels so fortunate to have the useful idiot, america's worst potus, carrying his water.

carter is hell bent on getting his jollies by helping the enemy.
he is disgraceful.

287 Alan K. Henderson  Thu, Jun 11, 2009 10:26:02pm

I guess Jimmy Carter is out of the running for getting cozy with BNP.

288 RalphShort  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 3:29:02am

Let's see, we keep "reaching out" to radical muslims, north korean commies and other assorted thugs and they keep building nuclear weapons, inciting hatred of us and threatening us.

I agree, we need a new strategy.

289 gregb  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 6:33:30am

Wait, I'm confused. Now Carter was the first Muslim president?

290 Alan K. Henderson  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:55:03pm

re: #289 gregb

Careful - by that same logic we could call Obama the first Weather Underground president.


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