Godzilla!

Michael Yon -- the original and still the best citizen journalist!

kuchi or coochie?

I support the troops in Afghanistan. This is one of the few things Obama has done that I support -- increase pressure on the Taliban.

Funny how the Left in general voted for Obama for the specific reason that he was anti-war -- and what'd they get out of it? More war! An escalation!

Oh, the irony.

Great photos! Michael Yon is a true journalist. College courses should be centered around his work from the past decade.

Do the Kuchis have Cooties?

(Just the little girls, I imagine, and only the little boys can see them.)

Not that anyone cares, but...

The number of blogs that have now covered the John Holdren / Ecoscience story has risen to 5,483!

Google results for "Holdren" and "abortions": Results 1 - 30 of about 5,483 for holdren abortions

I'm gunning for 10,000.

re: #4 zombie

I support the troops in Afghanistan. This is one of the few things Obama has done that I support -- increase pressure on the Taliban.

Funny how the Left in general voted for Obama for the specific reason that he was anti-war -- and what'd they get out of it? More war! An escalation!

Oh, the irony.

And even with the problems in Afghanistan with the ongoing al Qaeda presence and Taliban menace allowing al Qaeda to use it as a safe haven/breeding ground for further terror plots against the US, Obama's under pressure from the left to cut and run at the earliest possible moment.

Too bad they can't eat the lizards. There's a lot of food there going to waste.

re: #4 zombie

Pres Obama is probably hunting Bin Laden? Chasing a ghost.

I think the Kuchis should start planting trees. In the washes first. Like the California indians did. Start with oak.

. Please don't eat the lizards.

The man closest on the left is a Pashtun from Chaghcharan and is the Kuchi representativeHe’d never heard of Michael Jackson

Well, bless his heart!

re: #9 Killgore Trout

Too bad they can't eat the lizards. There's a lot of food there going to waste teh kitteh.

FTFY

lizards haraam. so are dogs. Kuchis have big dogs. They can touch the dogs but not the lizards. Islam ay its best.

Seven hate mails so far today from Robert Spencer fans. And one note of support.

That's a pretty good ratio, actually.

Great Yon photos. It always amazes me how desolate the landscape of Afghanistan. Reminds me of the central part of California around Buttonwillow and Firebaugh -- the definition of nowheresville.

The Afghans kept catching the lizards and handing them to Lithuanian soldiers and, as you might imagine, that seemed a bit odd.

LOL.
still reading . ..

That photograph looking down the hill made my head spin.

re: #4 zombie

Oh, but this is the just war, because the o wanted it. Any Repub war is insidious and inherently eeevil. See the difference?

re: #17 Charles

Do you need to hear from us, to know we support you?

Please don't let the email numbers become a serious poll.

re: #9 Killgore Trout

Too bad they can't eat the lizards. There's a lot of food there going to waste.

The boy said “it’s unlawful to touch them,” and so he used the sack to catch lizards and handle eggs. I asked if they eat the lizards, but that, too, is unlawful. “Unlawful” means that Mohammed did not specifically authorize to eat the lizards, so they can’t eat them. Those lizards could have fed an entire village of Costa Ricans.

re: #17 Charles

Seven hate mails so far today from Robert Spencer fans. And one note of support.

That's a pretty good ratio, actually.

Good thing spittle doesn't come through the intertubes.

re: #16 pat

lizards haraam. so are dogs. Kuchis have big dogs. They can touch the dogs but not the lizards. Islam ay its best.

I believe that the Qur'an gave special dispensation for working dogs. If the Kuchi are nomadic, their dogs are definitely working.

This thread has caused the song Minnie the Moocher to become stuck in my head.

'Cause I guess they're low-down Hoochie Kuchi's.

(That will probably get misquoted. It doesn't mean anything, it just rhymes. Kind of.)

re: #21 rightside

Oh, but this is the just war, because the o wanted it. Any Repub war is insidious and inherently eeevil. See the difference?

We've been in Afghanistan for what, 8 years now?

Is it a quagmire yet?

Any "Grim Milestones"?

re: #26 EmmmieG

She had a million dollars worth of nickels and dimes
And she sat around and counted them a million times.

re: #18 zombie

Great Yon photos. It always amazes me how desolate the landscape of Afghanistan. Reminds me of the central part of California around Buttonwillow and Firebaugh -- the definition of nowheresville.

I reminded me of Cali, too.

Love the crazy bald guy. He also reminds me of California. Only he would live at Venice Beach. ;D

re: #27 CIA Reject

We've been in Afghanistan for what, 8 years now?

Is it a quagmire yet?

Any "Grim Milestones"?

Extra-super-delicious irony, served up steaming on a platter!

re: #17 Charles

Seven hate mails so far today from Robert Spencer fans. And one note of support.

That's a pretty good ratio, actually.

Spencer was off his rocker with that last post of his. He's giving Fjordman a good run for his money at being wordy without saying much of anything.

'no way should the Japanese bring electricity to that village, it will increase global warming' said Al Gore in his crusade to keep the underdeveloped world impoverished./

Great report, and really really great photos. Just wonderful.

If we had a thousand Michael Yons in the world it would be a far better place to get our news.

I wonder if the cat got fat off the lizards.

Ooops -- up to 5,525 now.

Let's see...
Took 12 minutes to go from 5,483 to 5,525.
That's 43 new blogs in 12 minutes
12 x 5 = 60 = 1 hour
43 x 5 = 215

So, that's 215 new blogs/hour.

Round that down to 200/hour for easy calculation.

So in 5 hours, I'll have 1,000 new links

25 hours = 5,000 new links.

Hence, at this rate, I'll hit 10,000 in exactly one day!

Put on yer Dancin' shoes!
sweet little afghan and her sister dancing to some afghan tunes

re: #30 rightside

Extra-super-delicious irony, served up steaming on a platter!

Yeah - ironic, and annoying.

I remember way back six months or so ago when the "News Hour" on PBS would sign off by showing the names of service men and women killed in Iraq. Somehow they stopped that little feature after January 20th.

Have our service people stopped dying?

Or maybe it's some new metaphysical reality, like the ones who've died since that Magic Day are somehow "less dead" than those who were "killed in Bush's war"

Propaganda really annoys me.

Especially when it's done so poorly.

And so lightly fobbed off as "The News"

*SPIT*

re: #33 reine.de.tout

Great report, and really really great photos. Just wonderful.

Every time I get it up the site goes down.
:-(
I wanna see, too! ! !

The moron who made the Goosekill=The Holocaust comment on my blog has been busted with a sockpuppet.

The sockpuppet (before I deleted its comment and replaced it with appropriate animal noise) said, "I found this blog by accident! Oh you're so bigoted and intolerant here!"

Hey! IS the pic with the three lizards OR, realwest and 3wood?

We don’t have enough troops, or Afghan forces, but our folks are ready for more action and will do what needs to be done.

That doesn't sound so good.

re: #37 Killgore Trout

Put on yer Dancin' shoes!
sweet little afghan and her sister dancing to some afghan tunes

[Video]

Thank Allah the Taliban doesn't control that village. Those girls would have their feet cut off for dancing in public.

One of the commenters at Yon's site noted that he includes the exact coordinates of the village in his google earth images -- does anyone else think that could be dangerous/problematic?

re: #23 reine.de.tout

I don't think that's what 'unlawful' means, it means they're not halal food. Food taboos die very hard.

Otherwise, amazing pictures, it is great to get a frank and ground-level view of what goes on day-to-day in Afghanistan.

Just look at that land. I can't even imagine living there, and they probably have no clue that it is any better anywhere else. I wonder what the looks on their faces would be if they ever saw Alaska!

re: #45 SanFranciscoZionist

Tibetans have a taboo about eating fish. It's odd that people in such a harsh and barren environment would pass up eating anything.

Well, I can't get the Yon article to load (going through my cell phone), but he absolutely ROCKS. Thank you for your continuing service, Mr. Yon.

re: #39 redstateredneck

Every time I get it up the site goes down.
:-(
I wanna see, too! ! !

Keep trying; I couldn't get it the first few times I tried.

re: #45 SanFranciscoZionist

I don't think that's what 'unlawful' means, it means they're not halal food. Food taboos die very hard.

Um, yes. that was included in the part I quoted.

re: #48 Killgore Trout

Tibetans have a taboo about eating fish. It's odd that people in such a harsh and barren environment would pass up eating anything.

Is this similar to the Hawaiian taboo against eating Musk Ox?

Damn I knew there were more of us out in the world. We just had to find them. :)

The British casualties have sparked a political row about the future of Britain's role in Afghanistan. Liam Fox, the shadow defense secretary, said that Prime Minister Gordon Brown had "catastrophically" under-equipped the armed forces.

What exactly is a shadow defense secretary, I wonder?

Taliban will let guns do their talking

re: #9 Killgore Trout

Too bad they can't eat the lizards. There's a lot of food there going to waste.

The cat's making out well, though. Probably the dogs, too.

Those were seriously large dogs.

re: #26 EmmmieG

This thread has caused the song Minnie the Moocher to become stuck in my head.

'Cause I guess they're low-down Hoochie Kuchi's.

Or, to paraphrase Willie Dixon:

They're here, everybody knows they're here
They're hoochie kuchi men,
Everybody knows they'e here

re: #43 zombie

Thank Allah the Taliban doesn't control that village. Those girls would have their feet cut off for dancing in public.

Such beautiful little girls.

Is that all they eat is meat? I suppose they get eggs from the chickens, but no rice, fruit or vegetables?

re: #52 haakondahl

Is this similar to the Hawaiian taboo against eating Musk Ox?

Heh, nope. The rivers there are teaming with fish. The Chinese colonists will eat them but the locals won't do it. Not sure why.

re: #58 Alaska Kim

Is that all they eat is meat? I suppose they get eggs from the chickens, but no rice, fruit or vegetables?

Look at that landscape. Can you imagine strawberries growing there?

re: #60 EmmmieG

Look at that landscape. Can you imagine strawberries growing there?

Sure, if Obama visited and waved his magic wand around.

The Five Pillars of Obama's Foreign Policy

From Time comes this foreign policy puff piece... and the low down on Obama's world view:

1. Biography Matters
2. If It's Good for the South Side, It's Good for the World
3. Pragmatism Should Often Trump Idealism
4. America Is One of Many Nations
5. Young People Matter

Got that? Wow. So deep and nuanced.

BTW: is there a reason they used the phrase, "The Five Pillars"..? Nah... must be just a coincidence.

re: #62 Mad Al-Jaffee

Sure, if Obama visited and waved his magic wand around.

What a great idea. He can go grow strawberries in Aghanistan and watermelon in the Sahara...

and leave the US to its own devices.

re: #62 Mad Al-Jaffee

Sure, if Obama visited and waved his magic wand around.

and shit a few rainbows.

re: #63 Kenneth

Only if those pillars are Styrofoam (or pending further review, eco-leftist approved biodegradable substance of note).

re: #7 zombie

Not that anyone cares, but...

The number of blogs that have now covered the John Holdren / Ecoscience story has risen to 5,483!

Google results for "Holdren" and "abortions": Results 1 - 30 of about 5,483 for holdren abortions

I'm gunning for 10,000.

GO ZOMBIE

Does anybody know what lizard meat is like?

For some reason, I've conjured up in my head an image that it's similar to something like frog's legs, but I'm sure that can't be correct.

re: #58 Alaska Kim

Is that all they eat is meat? I suppose they get eggs from the chickens, but no rice, fruit or vegetables?

They use their fertilizer for fuel.

From Time comes this foreign policy puff piece... and the low down on Obama's world view:

1. Biography Matters
2. If It's Good for the South Side, It's Good for the World
3. Pragmatism Should Often Trump Idealism
4. America Is One of Many Nations
5. Young People Matter

6. Lord loves a workin' man
7. Don't trust whitey
8. See a doctor and get rid of it

re: #54 J.D.

"Shadow" secretary is the Parliamentary opposition member tasked with criticizing the government secretary or minister. In this case, Fox is the Conservative party member who's job it is to question and nag the Labour government Defense Minister.

re: #63 Kenneth

The Five Pillars of Obama's Foreign Policy

From Time comes this foreign policy puff piece... and the low down on Obama's world view:

Got that? Wow. So deep and nuanced.

BTW: is there a reason they used the phrase, "The Five Pillars"..? Nah... must be just a coincidence.

remember when things were called "points"

re: #69 Alouette

Hard to believe there are still people like that in this day & age.

re: #68 reine.de.tout

Does anybody know what lizard meat is like?

For some reason, I've conjured up in my head an image that it's similar to something like frog's legs, but I'm sure that can't be correct.

Haven't tried anything smaller than alligator, but I thought it tasted good. Started out tasting like chicken, after a bit of chewing a swallowing, it tasted like fish. Unusual, but tasty.

re: #66 lawhawk

Obama's foreign policy is about as sturdy as Styrofoam.

re: #55 Dianna

The cat's making out well, though. Probably the dogs, too.

Those were seriously large dogs.

Those dogs are amazing. They're like bears.

A friend of mine had stopped for an Humanitarian Aid event in a village they had worked in before, and was standing guard. A small dog came up in front of him and yapped at him for a while. He shooed the dog away a few times, and it left after he made a menacing gesture. Then one of those "polar bears" came up from behind and bit him on the knee. Apparently the dog felt he had made his point, and simply walked away. Fortunately for my friend, his kneepad stopped the dogs jaws from closing, and he wound up with just a tiny break in the skin--no rabies, no shots req'd, etc (they pretty much were familiar with the dog).
A few days later I ran into an adorable little puppy, just old enough to wrestle with my hand and chew ineffectively on my thumb. I took a picture of this little pup, and now I show that picture every time my friend launches into his monster dog attack story.

re: #75 Kenneth

Obama's foreign policy is about as sturdy as Styrofoam.

And the mistakes will take about as long to fix as it takes for the styrofoam to break down...

re: #68 reine.de.tout

Does anybody know what lizard meat is like?

For some reason, I've conjured up in my head an image that it's similar to something like frog's legs, but I'm sure that can't be correct.

More like chicken. If you have had snake or crocodile it is similar.

re: #71 Kenneth

"Shadow" secretary is the Parliamentary opposition member tasked with criticizing the government secretary or minister. In this case, Fox is the Conservative party member who's job it is to question and nag the Labour government Defense Minister.

Thank you very much, sir!

re: #68 reine.de.tout

Probably tastes like chicken.

re: #74 MrSilverDragon

Haven't tried anything smaller than alligator, but I thought it tasted good. Started out tasting like chicken, after a bit of chewing a swallowing, it tasted like fish. Unusual, but tasty.

Yes, I've had alligator too, but figured it's so much larger, there wouldn't be a comparison. Frog's legs were the closest thing I could think of.

re: #72 Eowyn2

remember when things were called "points"

These so-called pillars are about as substantial as a powerpoint bullet list.

"young people matter" ...oh for crimeny sakes!

re: #63 Kenneth

The Five Pillars of Obama's Foreign Policy

From Time comes this foreign policy puff piece... and the low down on Obama's world view:

1. Biography Matters
2. If It's Good for the South Side, It's Good for the World
3. Pragmatism Should Often Trump Idealism
4. America Is One of Many Nations
5. Young People Matter

Got that? Wow. So deep and nuanced.

BTW: is there a reason they used the phrase, "The Five Pillars"..? Nah... must be just a coincidence.

No. four tells me all I need to know about him.

re: #79 Erik The Red

More like chicken. If you have had snake or crocodile it is similar.

Ok - thanks. No crocs, but alligator I've had.

Yon should be "Man of the Year" for his tireless, excellent reporting. I believe he is with the British now, then the Lithuanians. US couldn't get permission in time for him to leave with them.

Wow!
Yon's getting Yammered ...Can't Yopen the Yink!

Lithuania steps up.
Who knew?

re: #87 buzzsawmonkey

Yessiree.
After all, he is “sort of God,” from what I've read.

re: #88 reloadingisnotahobby

everbody wants to see da lizards!

re: #85 reine.de.tout

Ok - thanks. No crocs, but alligator I've had.

Okay, speaking of Alligator, this story just made me laugh. It reads like an Erskine Caldwell novel:

Barack Obama effect ends white rule in Deep South town

This paragraph slays me:

Mr Brown was the first black man ever to stand for Mayor of Alligator and it took Mr Obama’s election to galvanise him into action. “Obama was a major influence on everybody,” he said, almost drowned out by the chirping of crickets in the sweltering afternoon heat.

My observations on Obama's Five Pillars of Foreign Policy:

1. Biography Matters - "It's all about me!"
2. If It's Good for the South Side, It's Good for the World - "Ward healing for the world."
3. Pragmatism Should Often Trump Idealism - "You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours"
4. America Is One of Many Nations - "Note to Obama: you were hired to lead America, not many other nations."
5. Young People Matter - "Meaning what exactly?"

re: #58 Alaska Kim

Is that all they eat is meat? I suppose they get eggs from the chickens, but no rice, fruit or vegetables?

"Mongolia is self-sufficient in vegetable production."

re: #88 reloadingisnotahobby

Wow!
Yon's getting Yammered ...Can't Yopen the Yink!

Keep twying! I had to!

re: #4 zombie

I support the troops in Afghanistan. This is one of the few things Obama has done that I support -- increase pressure on the Taliban.

Funny how the Left in general voted for Obama for the specific reason that he was anti-war -- and what'd they get out of it? More war! An escalation!

Oh, the irony.

Yep, the Chomskyites and Code Pinkoes were used like a groupie at a media convention.

OT:

"Al Fraud" is bloviating...

re: #97 IslandLibertarian

OT:

"Al Fraud" is bloviating...

Is this news?

re: #66 lawhawk

Only if those pillars are Styrofoam (or pending further review, eco-leftist approved biodegradable substance of note).

Potato starch.

re: #98 J.D.

Is this news?

Not really, more disturbing than anything else.

List of Countries supporting the mission in Afghanistan:

* Albania
* Armenia
* Australia
* Azerbaijan
* Belgium
* Bosnia/Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Canada
* Croatia
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Djibouti
* Dominican Republic
* Egypt
* El Salvador
* Eritrea
* Estonia
* Ethiopia
* Fiji
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Italy
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
* Kenya
* Kuwait
* Kyrgyzstan
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Macedonia
* Moldova
* Mongolia
* Morocco
* Nepal
* Netherlands
* New Zealand
* Nicaragua
* Norway
* Pakistan
* Poland
* Portugal
* Republic of Korea
* Romania
* Russia
* Singapore
* Slovak Republic
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Thailand
* Tonga
* Turkey
* Uganda
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom
* Yemen

Military of Lithuania

Since the summer of 2005 Lithuania has been part of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan (ISAF), leading a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in the town of Chaghcharan in the province of Ghor. Currently, there are 150 soldiers stationed in Ghor. The PRT includes personnel from Denmark, Iceland and USA. There are also special operation forces from the "Aitvaras" unit in Afghanistan. They are placed in Kandahar province. Their number will be increase in 2009.

re: #101 Kenneth

Fiji??
Really ...I had no idea!!
Go figger!

re: #92 subsailor68

Okay, speaking of Alligator, this story just made me laugh. It reads like an Erskine Caldwell novel:

Barack Obama effect ends white rule in Deep South town

This paragraph slays me:

Mr Brown was the first black man ever to stand for Mayor of Alligator and it took Mr Obama’s election to galvanise him into action. “Obama was a major influence on everybody,” he said, almost drowned out by the chirping of crickets in the sweltering afternoon heat.

That is funny!
I found this part funny, too:

In a shock result in Alligator (population 220), Tommie “Tomaso” Brown, 38, defeated Robert Fava, the mayor since 1979, owner of the general store and once his opponent’s boss, by 37 votes to 27.

re: #103 reloadingisnotahobby

Fiji has a small but highly professional army. They train with the Aussies.

re: #103 reloadingisnotahobby

Fiji??
Really ...I had no idea!!
Go figger!

One of the guys I work with just said that his son met the Fiji soldiers on one of his tours in Iraq...all 14 of 'em!

re: #11 hazzyday

Pres Obama is probably hunting Bin Laden? Chasing a ghost.

Not according to the CIA that has routinely verified the recent audio tapes.

Japan has a military?

re: #93 Kenneth

My observations on Obama's Five Pillars of Foreign Policy:

1. Biography Matters - "It's all about me!"
2. If It's Good for the South Side, It's Good for the World - "Ward healing for the world."
3. Pragmatism Should Often Trump Idealism - "You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours"
4. America Is One of Many Nations - "Note to Obama: you were hired to lead America, not many other nations."
5. Young People Matter - "Meaning what exactly?"

Means --they think I'm cool and will vote for me no matter what. I'll not to them no and again.

re: #40 Alouette

The moron who made the Goosekill=The Holocaust comment on my blog has been busted with a sockpuppet.

The sockpuppet (before I deleted its comment and replaced it with appropriate animal noise) said, "I found this blog by accident! Oh you're so bigoted and intolerant here!"

you have every right to be insulted!

Perhaps she (and her sock puppet) never realized that "If you feed them, they will come, and they will never go away.

I live near the Missouri River. It is a nesting ground for geese. It is awesome to watch the little goslings follow their parents. It is also a $500.00 fine to feed the geese along the river.

Geese are geese. Humans are humans. No equivelancy and yes, they should have sent them to a slaughter house and to homeless shelters and food banks. Around here, any animal that is killed by a poacher is butchered and sent to food banks. Nobody has yet complained.

re: #103 reloadingisnotahobby

re: #101 Kenneth

Fiji??
Really ...I had no idea!!
Go figger!

I know for a fact that Fijians provided security for when the new Iraqi dinar was being distributed to various banks and government ministries.

re: #101 Kenneth

List of Countries supporting the mission in Afghanistan:

* Albania
* Armenia
* Australia
* Azerbaijan
* Belgium
* Bosnia/Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Canada
* Croatia
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Djibouti
* Dominican Republic
* Egypt
* El Salvador
* Eritrea
* Estonia
* Ethiopia
* Fiji
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Italy
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
* Kenya
* Kuwait
* Kyrgyzstan
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Macedonia
* Moldova
* Mongolia
* Morocco
* Nepal
* Netherlands
* New Zealand
* Nicaragua
* Norway
* Pakistan
* Poland
* Portugal
* Republic of Korea
* Romania
* Russia
* Singapore
* Slovak Republic
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Thailand
* Tonga
* Turkey
* Uganda
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom
* Yemen

That darned Bush cowboy was SOOOoo "unilateral" ///

re: #104 reine.de.tout

It had to be in the Misssissippi Delta.

re: #104 reine.de.tout

LOL!! And how's this for a ringing endorsement - probably the Chamber of Commerce head:

Alligator is the kind of place where if you leave your door open, when you come back there ain’t nothing in your house.

Obama Rewrites the Cold War
The President has a duty to stand up to the lies of our enemies.
By LIZ CHENEY

There are two different versions of the story of the end of the Cold War: the Russian version, and the truth. President Barack Obama endorsed the Russian version in Moscow last week.

Speaking to a group of students, our president explained it this way: "The American and Soviet armies were still massed in Europe, trained and ready to fight. The ideological trenches of the last century were roughly in place. Competition in everything from astrophysics to athletics was treated as a zero-sum game. If one person won, then the other person had to lose. And then within a few short years, the world as it was ceased to be. Make no mistake: This change did not come from any one nation. The Cold War reached a conclusion because of the actions of many nations over many years, and because the people of Russia and Eastern Europe stood up and decided that its end would be peaceful."

The truth, of course, is that the Soviets ran a brutal, authoritarian regime. The KGB killed their opponents or dragged them off to the Gulag. There was no free press, no freedom of speech, no freedom of worship, no freedom of any kind. The basis of the Cold War was not "competition in astrophysics and athletics." It was a global battle between tyranny and freedom. The Soviet "sphere of influence" was delineated by walls and barbed wire and tanks and secret police to prevent people from escaping. America was an unmatched force for good in the world during the Cold War. The Soviets were not. The Cold War ended not because the Soviets decided it should but because they were no match for the forces of freedom and the commitment of free nations to defend liberty and defeat Communism.

It is irresponsible for an American president to go to Moscow and tell a room full of young Russians less than the truth about how the Cold War ended. One wonders whether this was just an attempt to push "reset" -- or maybe to curry favor. Perhaps, most concerning of all, Mr. Obama believes what he said.

Mr. Obama's method for pushing reset around the world is becoming clearer with each foreign trip. He proclaims moral equivalence between the U.S. and our adversaries, he readily accepts a false historical narrative, and he refuses to stand up against anti-American lies. ..

Liz rips O a new one.

re: #112 Fenway_Nation

I know for a fact that Fijians provided security for when the new Iraqi dinar was being distributed to various banks and government ministries.

Some of the nicest peole in the world IMO.

Did Franken get a chance to say anything? I was afraid to watch...

Thanks!
Fiji is all right with me then!!
All 70 of 'em!!
LOL

re: #108 EmmmieG

Japan is contributing medical personal and engineers for PRT's. No soldiers.

re: #100 IslandLibertarian

Not really, more disturbing than anything else.

I didn't mean to sound smart aleck.
It's just that he seems to always be bloviating.
All he knows how to do, I suppose.

re: #40 Alouette

Goose Kill? Sounds like a little town in upstate New York.

re: #108 EmmmieG

Japan has a military?

Yep, they certainly do. This includes one of the strongest navies in the world, though it is styled "Maritime Self-Defense Force" for constitutional reasons.

re: #123 Fenway_Nation

Goose Kill? Sounds like a little town in upstate New York.

I thought that was fish kill

re: #114 redstateredneck

It had to be in the Misssissippi Delta.

It is!
There were 64 voters, and the vote produced a "shock".

Now, you know everbody in that town knows each other, and they talk. So how could the voting results be a "shock"? LOL.

re: #111 buzzsawmonkey

That's called "making sure your department receives continued funding."

I sure hope the CIA does not consider that. It was one of the charges that the left made about the intelligence leading up to the Iraq war and I disagreed.

re: #125 johnnyreb

There's also Owl Kill, Peekskill and Batten Kill...

re: #123 Fenway_Nation

Goose Kill? Sounds like a little town in upstate New York.

Don't kill teh air kittehs!

re: #129 Mad Al-Jaffee

Don't kill teh air kittehs!

AIR KITTEHS!

Pigeons are air rats.

Asked at a NATO meeting in France in April whether he believed in American exceptionalism, the president said, "I believe in American Exceptionalism just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism." In other words, not so much.

The Obama administration does seem to believe in another kind of exceptionalism -- Obama exceptionalism. "We have the best brand on Earth: the Obama brand," one Obama handler has said. What they don't seem to realize is that once you're president, your brand is America, and the American people expect you to defend us against lies, not embrace or ignore them. We also expect you to know your history.

re: #18 zombie

Great Yon photos. It always amazes me how desolate the landscape of Afghanistan. Reminds me of the central part of California around Buttonwillow and Firebaugh -- the definition of nowheresville.

Throw in some Chamisa and it could be northern NM... including the buildings.

re: #131 MandyManners

Pigeons are air rats.

In polite circles they're called "City Doves"

In Boston Chinese restaurants they're called ,,, nevermind ,, you don't want to know!!

Finally got in there!...and I'll be!
That lizard in the middle is my cousin...Once removed...
He still owes me 35 bucks for a Mott the Hupple Ticket!!///

re: #17 Charles

Seven hate mails so far today from Robert Spencer fans. And one note of support.

That's a pretty good ratio, actually.

Could this be the beginning of Post Mendacious Blogging?

Hope, Change!

re: #134 sattv4u2

In polite circles they're called "City Doves"

In Boston Chinese restaurants they're called ,,, nevermind ,, you don't want to know!!

Lemon chicken surprise?

re: #134 sattv4u2

In polite circles they're called "City Doves"

In Boston Chinese restaurants they're called ,,, nevermind ,, you don't want to know!!

Whatever you call 'em I know I damned near tripped on them when I was in New York a couple of years ago. They won't get out of your way!

re: #119 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Did Franken get a chance to say anything? I was afraid to watch...

yes,
"Blah blah blah blah blah blah...yay me!... blah blah blah...

re: #134 sattv4u2

When I heard about those Canadian geese being killed, my first thought was 'What a waste- the should've just shipped all of 'em off to Chinatown'.

Peking Duck Duck Goose isn't so far fetched, is it?

re: #138 BlueCanuck

Lemon chicken surprise?

key word!

The surprise is if there is a trace of chicken in it!

re: #134 sattv4u2

Pheasant Nuggets Under Glass???

I would not be so quick to label the US military "anti-jihad."

Feel free to read about what Keith Dayton is doing over in "Palestine." The US army is training a fighting force ostensibly to defend the "Palestinian Territories," but which is being trained to also attack Israel.

As far as Iraq goes; we fight jihadists with one hand, and train the Iraqi security force with the other. I wonder if this training will produce a fighting force committed to justice and securing freedom, or rather will be trained to later defend a theocracy. We shall see.

I love the US military, but it is the politicians who are at fault here.

re: #134 sattv4u2

In polite circles they're called "City Doves"

In Boston Chinese restaurants they're called ,,, nevermind ,, you don't want to know!!

I was walking down a street in Hong Kong one time aways back and a pigeon fell off the roof of a very high building and landed on the sidewalk in front of a "restaurant" some old guy wearing an apron jumped out and grabbed the bird and took it inside. No matter how many times me and my buddies went to Hong Kong, we steered clear of any Chinese restaurant. No telling what killed that bird.

re: #143 buzzsawmonkey

Let's not squab-ble about it.

I'm not going to swallow that tail!

re: #143 buzzsawmonkey

Let's not squab-ble about it.

You should be billed for that.

The Japanese have a habit of under-rating the designations of their warships. This, for example, is the new "helicopter destroyer" Hyuga. The designation refers to its ability to carry and operate helicopters, not its ability to destroy them (though it can also do that if some aggressor's choppers happen to get within range).
In any case, this vessel's considerable size, starboard island super-structure, and flat deck would suggest an aircraft carrier to even the most uninformed observer but a "destroyer" it remains for political reasons.

re: #146 johnnyreb

I was walking down a street in Hong Kong one time aways back and a pigeon fell off the roof of a very high building and landed on the sidewalk in front of a "restaurant" some old guy wearing an apron jumped out and grabbed the bird and took it inside. No matter how many times me and my buddies went to Hong Kong, we steered clear of any Chinese restaurant. No telling what killed that bird.

By definition, wouldn't EVERY restaurant there be one !?!?!?!

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re: #143 buzzsawmonkey

Let's not squab-ble about it.

If you refrain from eating it with your fingers, are you being a forker?

/

Hurray! Climate Change Has Been Prevented!

The G8 last week decreed that the governments of the world were going to work real hard to prevent the global temperature from rising more than 2° C.

When King Canute of lore wanted to teach his citizens a lesson, he set his throne by the seashore and commanded the tides to roll out. Canute's spirit was back in business this week at the G-8 summit in Italy, where the assembled leaders declared that the world's temperature shall not rise: "We recognize the scientific view that the increase in global average temperature above pre-industrial levels ought not to exceed 2 degrees [Celsius]," or 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit, said the summit declaration.

Hmm. Pre-industrial levels. Well let us have a look at pre-industrial levels. Fortunately I have a chart.

From the chart we see that the current global temperature is about 12° C and in pre-industrial times it was as high as 22° C. So to rise no more than 2° C above the pre-industrial era all we have to do is keep the global temperatures below 24° C. Since according to the chart global temperatures have never risen above 22° C - problem solved.

This is wonderful news. No carbon taxing scheme will be required. Quick - some one tell Congress before Cap and Trade passes.

Scientifically ignorant politicians dictating science for political ends.

re: #149 Shiplord Kirel

Isn't Jimmy Carter a helicopter destroyer?

re: #132 J.D.

Fucking narcissist.

re: #134 sattv4u2

In polite circles they're called "City Doves"

In Boston Chinese restaurants they're called ,,, nevermind ,, you don't want to know!!

Dinner?

re: #149 Shiplord Kirel
That is a goddamn aircraft carrier.

re: #137 buzzsawmonkey

That's why Noah let loose a dove pigeon when the Ark landed on Mount Air-a-rat.

*groan*

re: #141 Fenway_Nation

The correct name is Canada geese, not Canadian geese.

re: #153 Mad Al-Jaffee

a submarine has been named after Jimmy.

I had roast pigeon in Cairo. I'm pretty sure the pigeon they serve there is farmed, not caught on the street. At least I hope so.

re: #153 Mad Al-Jaffee

Isn't Jimmy Carter a helicopter destroyer?

No, that was Ford that used to whack them with his head.

/

re: #155 MandyManners

Dinner?

Lets just say it doesn't SPECIFY it, but they're on the menu!

re: #159 Kenneth

a submarine has been named after Jimmy.

I know. It was sunk on an episode of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

re: #161 OldLineTexan

No, that was Ford that used to whack them with his head.

/

What I meant was, his hostage rescue mission led to the destruction of some helicopters.

re: #163 Mad Al-Jaffee

Sunk? By a giant aquatic wabbit?

re: #117 J.D.

Obama Rewrites the Cold War
The President has a duty to stand up to the lies of our enemies.
By LIZ CHENEY

Liz rips O a new one.

Excellent!

Zero has no clue.

re: #165 Kenneth

Sunk? By a giant aquatic wabbit?

No, by rebels fighting the machines. The actor who played Cutty on The Wire was on that episode. He was the robot sub commander.

re: #163 Mad Al-Jaffee
So "Ahnold" Does have "some " experience in sinking things after all...eh?

re: #168 reloadingisnotahobby

No, this was the tv show, not the movies. Great show. It's a shame it was cancelled.

re: #168 reloadingisnotahobby

So "Ahnold" Does have "some " experience in sinking things after all...eh?

He's done a good job of going down with the U.S.S. California.

/

re: #169 Mad Al-Jaffee
Ah! So!
Me no looky tv.../

re: #166 Racer X

Excellent!

Zero has no clue.

Too bad for us.

re: #152 Kenneth

Hurray! Climate Change Has Been Prevented!

Scientifically ignorant politicians dictating science for political ends.

I'm pretty sure they intended pre industrial levels to mean the 1000 years or so proceeding, not back to prehistoric times.

here's a NOAA

chart.

re: #16 pat

lizards haraam. so are dogs. Kuchis have big dogs. They can touch the dogs but not the lizards. Islam at its best.

Afghanistan is a Persian country, certainly not Arab, and Islam rides uneasily, like a long-established but still foreign and not-so-welcome power.
Don't get me wrong--Islam is the official religion, the Constitution is steeped in it, the call to prayer is the only thing you can count on 365 days a year, etc... But without even bothering yourself too greatly, you can find stupas and buddhas to this day.

re: #174 haakondahl

Afghanistan is a Persian country, certainly not Arab, and Islam rides uneasily, like a long-established but still foreign and not-so-welcome power.
Don't get me wrong--Islam is the official religion, the Constitution is steeped in it, the call to prayer is the only thing you can count on 365 days a year, etc... But without even bothering yourself too greatly, you can find stupas and buddhas to this day.

but you can no longer find magnificent statues carved into the mountains.
(Taliban blew them all up, if I recall correctly)

re: #146 johnnyreb

I was walking down a street in Hong Kong one time aways back and a pigeon fell off the roof of a very high building and landed on the sidewalk in front of a "restaurant" some old guy wearing an apron jumped out and grabbed the bird and took it inside. No matter how many times me and my buddies went to Hong Kong, we steered clear of any Chinese restaurant. No telling what killed that bird.

You go to Hong Kong and don't eat Chinese food? Are you insane?

re: #173 avanti

You can imagine it means whatever you like, which I suppose is the charm of these political pseudo scientific statements. From the chart you provided, you can see that the fluctuation in Global average temperature has been less than +/- 1 C.

they did not define the term "pre-industrial" era, or over what period of time from the undefined pre-industural era the reference temperature would be defined. Just so much hot air from the politicians.

re: #175 reine.de.tout

but you can no longer find magnificent statues carved into the mountains.
(Taliban blew them all up, if I recall correctly)

Well, yes, the Taliban destroyed the Buddhas of Bamiyan, and have engaged in orgies of destruction and defilement of anything not according to their tiny and dark world-view. The point here is that the Taliban are CORRECT that the country is not "sufficiently Islamic" for the fanatics. Why do you think they blow things up? Afghanistan has a deeply-rooted non-Islamic culture (several, to be more precise).
I know I don't need to explain these facts to you, I just want you to understand the point I am making.

re: #133 Wendya

Throw in some Chamisa and it could be northern NM... including the buildings.

I am from NM (mostly) and I am in Afghanistan now. It is hard to be homesick when I wake up everyday and see my hometown (minus the town).

re: #173 avanti

I'm pretty sure they intended pre industrial levels to mean the 1000 years or so proceeding, not back to prehistoric times.

here's a NOAA

chart.

That's funny ... they do know the Earth's climate has undergone at least a couple of major shifts since written history, right?

re: #131 MandyManners

Pigeons are air rats.

So are seagulls.

re: #2 zombie

Michael Yon -- the original and still the best citizen journalist!

I consider it a tie with Michael J. Totten.

Nice Story, nice pics!

Keep it up!

I'm not quite sure where the crack about Costa Ricans comes from, though. You might as well say the lizards could have fed an entire village of Danes. It's accurate, strictly speaking, but they don't eat lizards in Denmark, either (to the best of my knowledge).