it took me about 3 seconds to see it. what the hell!

these are the people that turned away a planeful of aid from Israel, afterall

Yea, but money for the victims and money for the palis is two different things.

404

Terrorist merchandising.

Usama bint Laden really helped them fight off that tsunami.

Stop worshipping idolic images you follower of the Prophet[pbHn] and of Allah.

Sri Lanka is reeling amidst the dying today. I would be astonished if there were any widespread sympathy for Osama there (judging by my two business partners who are Sri Lankan)

Perhaps, a cheap t-shirt is what you take in the midst of an acopalypse -- perhaps this guy is in fact a total asshat.

Save 'em all and let God sort 'em out.

Maybe that Tee shirt reads "WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE" on the other side

// wishful thinking button, Off.

Our people citizens, they dance in the streets. Their citizens die, we send massive aid.

Further proof of why American and the western world is superior - morally.

I wonder how much aid his hero is sending.

Hopefully, lots of THAT guy's buddies died.

#10 Our people citizens die...

PIMF.

Oh, that’s just swell.

I am not always sure if our willingness to help those that hate us is our greatest strength or weakness. It certainly is what separates from the barbarians that kill innocents with glee. We may pay a cost for it in the short run and in specific cases but over time it’s what makes us better than them.

Perhaps Allah saw OBL sunning himself on a beautiful Sri Lankan beach and ...Presto!...devine intervention.

This isn't a photoshop job, is it?

Is that person in the center really wearing an Usama t-shirt?

Do my eyes deceive, WTF?

Don't forget this one from 2002

Sen. Patty Murray intended to be provocative when she told a group of high school students terrorist leader Osama bin Laden is popular in poor countries because he helped pay for schools, roads and even day care centers.

"We haven't done that," Murray said. "How would they look at us today if we had been there helping them with some of that rather than just being the people who are going to bomb in Iraq and go to Afghanistan?"

So Senator, how much is OBL contributing to this effort? Once a moron, always a moron.

I used to have a shirt that had the Coor's emblem on it. In small text it said "I pissed upstream from the Coor's brewery".

I know a Marine Gunny who was going to rip a Marine a new one for wearing a shirt that said "I support PETA" until he read in little letters underneath that said "People Eating Tasty Animals".

Can anyone read this shirt?

Until someone can, I'll hold back.

You know, I don't want to be an ass, but every time I see these hyperbolic headlines about this little event I have to almost laugh:

I mean, any newspaper who prints: "Death unimaginable!" over this has to be joking--or else they don't remember the Russo-German front of WW2. For a lot of these places, this isn't even a good day's worth of killing (India/East Pakistan, e.g.). Yes, it's sad--but it's not "the worstest tragedy ever, ever honest and for true!"

And this guy with the Osama shirt--hopefully he gets a pallet of tinned peaches dropped on his head by the USAF.

The wrong person died.

17 reaganite

I'll second that, (though my blood is still boiling).

Sri Lanka today

Every society has its vermin.

I would hold he would not be out of place on a Berkeley, Santa Cruz, or Cornell campus. Were he an enterprising chap, perhaps his future holds a tenured Communications, Journalism, or English professor position at one of our esteemed institutions of moral inversion.

We'll help in spite of people like him because it is the right thing to do.

Disgusting

#7 Levi,

Perhaps, a cheap t-shirt is what you take in the midst of an acopalypse

I think you may be correct...at least that's what I want to believe.

Does anyone think Osama bin Hiden' cares one whit for the suffering of Sri Lanka?

I think I'm safe in saying no, since they are all infidels.

I'm guessing the Osama paraphernalia must appeal to some anti-American sentiment, but what has the US ever done to Sri Lanka?

bin laudin t-shirt says it all

Sorry-- that last link was not what I meant.---correct link

15 Sojourner

Does the LTTE have ties to al-Qaeda or other terrorist groups?

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
car bombing, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1996.

[Link: www.terrorismanswers.org...]

Does the LTTE (Tamil Tigers) have ties to al-Qaeda or other terrorist groups?

No. Experts say that the secular nationalist LTTE currently has no operational connection with al-Qaeda, its radical Islamist affiliates, or other terrorist groups. However, some of the Tigers’ innovations—such as the “jacket” apparatus worn by individual suicide bombers—have been copied by al-Qaeda, the Lebanese militia Hezbollah, and Palestinian groups such as Hamas and the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades.

In its early days, experts say, the LTTE trained with the Palestine Liberation Organization, and the group may still come into contact with other terrorist organizations through the illegal arms trade.

Tamil Tigers GRAPHIC

So a person wearing an usama shirt would be quite logical...to them, or I should say, to SOME of them.

#20 Sojourner

I'll second that, (though my blood is still boiling).

I doubt this asshole guy has a "special" meaning with his shirt. But I'd really like to know before I go off.

#18 j-damn

Yup. 100,000 deaths is nothing to get excited about compared to the Russian Front.

3,000 deaths in New York is just a piddling joke by comparison, right? People barely even noticed that "little event".

#7 levi from queens

Perhaps, a cheap t-shirt is what you take in the midst of an acopalypse

I hope you're right. It does look brand new, doesn't it?

But still, why would they sell that stuff there?

Aussie ABC "Foreign Correspondent" once noted a Maoist rebel in Nepal wearing an Eminem t-shirt.

People sometimes wear the weirdest things.

And there I was thinkin' that someone from the Red Crescent gave him that t-shirt!

(reaganite - feeling better?)

Whyn would they sell that stuff there? We have all kinds of obnoxious t-shirts sold on the streets of NYC. Some of it is sickening; some of it is poignant; lots of it makes me laugh in spite of myself.

In a mortuary, clothing is probably the last thought.

Yeah, if you take the line of "readily available cheap t-shirt" then it begs some questions about what kind of area has Osama bin Laden shirts at hand.

How much help has Al Qaeda sent to these people?

Anyone know?

29 reaganite, agreed, that's why I'm trying to keep my cool.

It still pisses me off though.

#33 Irene NYC

(reaganite - feeling better?)

Other than a fever, the shakes and a nose that is dripping nodroG by the gallons, I feel great!

I betcha' you can buy one of them bitchin' Bin Ladin T-shirts at the UN giftshop or from Amnesty International. 25% of the money goes to the families of homocide bombers.///

(in all my glorious ignorance)

sorry, I'm a little emotional lately.

37 reaganite

Some of the agave tequila might help...

I almost missed it! All I can say is...

Aaarrrggg!

#36 Sojourner

It still pisses me off though.

Me too.

While I was in NYC for the UNGA, the store next to my hotel was selling a shirt that said "F*ck you, you F*cking F*ck".

I never got around to buying it, but I did want it.

#29 reaganite,

But I'd really like to know before I go off.

You're certainly more willing to offer the benefit of the doubt than I am in this case.

31 Spiny Norman,

(Happy New Year Buddy)

I'm guessing it's the fashionable hatred of America is why such stuff might be sold.

Of course as others have said, we haven't seen any caption...

#37 reaganite,

...nose that is dripping nodroG by the gallons...

Funny.

Oh, took the ASVAB thing last week. Might enlist.

reaganite,

sounds like you need some good ol' chicken soup fortified with dark sesame oil, lots of fresh ginger and garlic and some lemon

feel better and try not to pass it on to the younger generation

#29 reaganite

I understand where you are coming from - but it's one guy. Even if it's dozens, hundreds, thousands there - remember that there are just as many assholes here who wear T-Shirts like that and or defend / support UBL. They are the ones who believe that the US government staged 9/11. They are the ones who believe that all of the world's evil is because of the US - and are too stupid to realize it's the wealth and power of the US that provide them whatever little hope they might have.

Let's just accept the guy is just a clueless putz. UBL isn't sending any of his money (or his family's) to help him out. Perhaps some bottled water and food from the US may change his mind...(well not if it's certain MRE's...)

3,000 deaths in New York is just a piddling joke by comparison, right? People barely even noticed that "little event".

Did I say no one noticed it? I said let's stop exaggerating every event to the limits of the atmosphere. Our media is great for that and it doesn't just stop at "tragic" events. Each new movie/sitcom/album is the "greatest ever" with no regards to anything comparable that happened before in human history. I'd bet that at least 100,000 people starve to death annually in the tsunami-affected countries and no one gives a damn.

Further, 9/11's casualties were all massed in a tiny chunk of Manhattan. This "little event" is spread out along HOW MANY square miles of densely populated 3rd world?

42 reaganite

LOL!

#40 michaelg

Some of the agave tequila might help...

You're more right than you know. The drunker I get, the better I sleep.

#18 j-damn 12/29/2004 07:55PM PST

And this guy with the Osama shirt--hopefully he gets a pallet of tinned peaches dropped on his head by the USAF.

Unless this is photoshopped, I hope so too j-damn!

#43 PDM

You're certainly more willing to offer the benefit of the doubt than I am in this case.

I don't doubt the intent of the shirt, I'd just like to know...

50 reaganite

[hunkering down to avoid attacks...]

Did you try it with diet coke? Or regular coke for that matter...

#45 addison

Oh, took the ASVAB thing last week. Might enlist.

That's awesome! I know you'll make the decision that is best for yourself.

Has anyone else read Simon Winchester's book KRAKATOA ?

There is an interesting section on Muslim "Jihadi's" , etc. and lot's of interesting parallels ref the death rate and destruction and even a "warship" washed ashore. BTW, raised levels were recorded in the Thames (I think. At least in the Channel)

Bogs down a bit for the casual reader. Ed (I was drunk in... )Moran - you should really enjoy it, 'specially about the climate stuff

Mcgyver, out

Well, you notice the people around him aren't beating him. Would they be just ignoring him if that was a picture of DubYa?

#46 Irene NYC

feel better and try not to pass it on to the younger generation

Thanks, but I fear my boy is in for the "fun". :-(

Sri Lanka has troubles -- an indigenous rebellion as evil as the PLO -- 1/300 of their peoples killed by a monstrous wave. Today is not the day to point out that they have numerous assholes amongst them nor the general fallen nature of their souls.

43 PDM

Me too. It must be that I'm too sick to even have any patience with this, in fact it makes me more ill.

It does look new, it sickens me more

#47 Athos
I don't really doubt the asshole's guy's shirt is exactly what it appears. I just want to know for sure.

#47 Athos

Oh please! Who the f*ck wears an Usama shirt? no matter what! Killing innocent civilians for sport.
You cannot make nice on this one bud...this is just perverse

#14 DocDublU 12/29/2004 07:44PM PST

...Presto!...devine intervention.

LOL! Andy Devine intervention!

/conjuring up Blazing Saddles

#42 reaganite,

While I was in NYC for the UNGA, the store next to my hotel was selling a shirt that said "F*ck you, you F*cking F*ck".

I never got around to buying it, but I did want it.

I. have. that. shirt.

Would never, ever, ever, ever wear it, though. 'Twas a present from someone's trip to N'awlins.

[Oh, ASVAB thing, made a 98 out of 99. They said if I try out, I could basically request what I wanted as a job speciality.]

Forget the shirt, I thought the guy on the left was wearing a mask from The Planet Of The Apes.

#53 michaelg

Did you try it with diet coke? Or regular coke for that matter...

The bottles are for the New Year!

Hey I have a George Bush T shit, I’m sure the libs feel the same about me as I do about that T shirt : )

Irene NYC

sounds like you need some good ol' chicken soup fortified with dark sesame oil, lots of fresh ginger and garlic and some lemon

Wow, that sounds good, even to a weak tummied person!

Mcgyver,

Heard him today on Dennis Prager, facinating..

Mcgyver out

Oops. Sojourner out... :)

God bless all. And Happy New Year.

Wow, I feel bad on so many levels. Still mean my sentiments.

It's not Osama, it's Jerry Garcia. If you look closely, it actually says "Grateful Dead World Tour 1997".

I'm getting really sick of people taking our money, aid, expertize, and then spitting in our faces.

#63 addison

[Oh, ASVAB thing, made a 98 out of 99. They said if I try out, I could basically request what I wanted as a job speciality.]

When I took it, I had hair half way down my back. The recruiters (all 4) basically offered me nothing. I took the battery, you and I tied scores. I got my first choice, EOD.

#65 reaganite

"bottles" as in plural. Admire your resolve Reaganite. Not safe to face the new year with only one bottle...

#69 zulubaby
That's the *new normal*.
Well, not really all that *new*, come to think of it.

zulubaby

I'm getting really sick of people taking our money, aid, expertize, and then spitting in our faces.

They think we owe it them.

From what I heard on an ABC News break on a local radio station, if Bush had only commented on the devastation before today the United States could have sown some goodwill within the Moslem world. But that insensitive clod Bush couldn't break away from his vacation--opportunity lost. Gotta love our unbiased press.

66 Bbev

You have a George Bush what?

#25 "Does anyone think Osama bin Hiden' cares one whit for the suffering of Sri Lanka? I think I'm safe in saying no, since they are all infidels."

No, a lot of Sri Lankans are 'Moors' (Muslims who, although mostly Tamil-speakers, originated from various parts of India).

My bet is this guy is a Moor.

BTW I once met a young Tamil Tiger in Norway who showed me his Tiger magazines and was very proud of his affiliation.

#56 theparson

Good point.

#67 Sojourner - It is good, especially when it's cold out or when the husband is sick and cranky (he just loves the stuff and starts to purr).

#70 reaganite,

The battery?

74 trendsurfer

Fuck the fucking fuckers! Whatever Bush did would have been wrong in their eyes...

69 zulubaby

I'm getting really sick of people taking our money, aid, expertize, and then spitting in our faces.

exactly. it's making me more ill.

and PISSED OFF! :(

#71 michaelg

Not safe to face the new year with only one bottle...

Te-kill-ya is a social drink! You absolutely must have others involved in the stupidity!

#63 Addison
I would like to steer you clear of the 12E M.O.S.
I thought it would be a blast!( pun intended)
It was...but not of use in the civilian world.

78 Irene NYC,

Your description is in my dreams. I'll be coming back to look it up again!

I can't hold anything down now, but I'm not stupid, that sounds like just the ticket.

#52 reaganite, #59 Sojourner,

Where is the emergency assistance from Al-Qaeda? It must be so great in Sri Lanka that Israel's offer is not necessary.

/ bitter sarcasm

82 reaganite

I've reconciled to drink it alone and listen to the voices in my head...

Small concession for me, big win for the voices...

What is Osama Bin Laden doing for the victims of the tsunamis? How much has Bin Laden given to aid the victims and orphans of the killer wave?

theparson (#56)

Well, you notice the people around him aren't beating him. Would they be just ignoring him if that was a picture of DubYa?

I think they're probably a little preoccupied to be worrying about some guy's t-shirt. Carrying a dead body can't be all that pleasant.

#79 addison

The battery?

Battery of tests! ASVAB is mutliple tests!

Osama bin Laden shirts? Come on, Sri Lankans, get with Middle Eastern Chic; that is so 2002. Can I interest you in an al Zarqawi t-shirt? A must have for this spring's latest mass-killer fashions.

I don't get it, though. UBL sends radio addresses about not voting and to kill infidels, and everyone idolizes him. Israel sends a planeload of supplies, rescue workers, and medical experts and those countries still hate them!

Happy New Year {{{Sojourner}}}

Sojourner,

Are you sick too?

I'd send all you sick LGF-ers my special chicken soup if I could...

So sorry,
Irene

OBL prides himself in making orphans.

#83 RebTex,

Is a 12E a nuclear demolitions expert?

#85 PDM

/ bitter sarcasm

No, bitter fact.

foreign devil (#87)

What is Osama Bin Laden doing for the victims of the tsunamis? How much has Bin Laden given to aid the victims and orphans of the killer wave?

Charles linked to a list of organizations involved in helping the victims. Not one Islamic charity on the list.

#89 reaganite,

Ah. It was fun (all computerized now).

BTW - for those lizards with broadband, there is a group of live tsunami videos available via Cheese and Crackers (I believe Charles linked to this blog earlier.

BitTorrent is running great tonight if anyone is interested. The entire group is 156 Mb.

ZB

Good point.

. Can I interest you in an al Zarqawi t-shirt?

whoa, whoa,that's a face that, I can't tell you, when I see his picture, I'm filled with disgust and hatred, I don't know why as opposed to others.

I mean, there's a lot of people I hate, and Arafat's death was a pleasure to me, but when I see Zarqawi's face, I want to do, very horrible, horrible things...

For real now,good night all.

#66 bbev
Hey, where can I get a George Bush T-shit? ;-)

#97 addison

Ah. It was fun (all computerized now).

Oh sure, rub it in! I have Airmen who are the same age as my son.

#943 Addison
You are correct!
It was my primary M.O.S.

102 reaganite

And your son is how old?

#104 michaelg

And your son is how old?

18.

#55 McGyver

"Krakatoa" was a great read, especially for all the little geological and natural history details. Tsunamis generated by that event in 1883 (I think) did indeed travel all around the globe several times. They were barely measurable in the Thames estuary though.

Well, reaganite, don't be too hard on yourself. My son turned 21 today (in Navy Boot Camp).

xulubaby writes:

Not one Islamic charity on the list.

That's because the Tsunami was the will of Allah Ta'ala, as I explained yesterday. It's all our fault (particularly the kaffir and especially the Bhuddists and Hindus).

Allah Ta'ala says in the noble Qur'aan, 'Destruction appears in the land and sea by the actions of men that they may suffer the consequences for some of their misdeeds in order that they may return (to Allah in obedience).' (Rum 41)

In these times of depravity and moral decadence, the punishment of Allah Ta' ala descending on the disobedient is not a matter to be taken lightly. Rather, this is an eye-opener and a reminder to all of us to repent to Allah Ta'ala, to return to the Divine injunctions and act upon them as shown to us
by the Messenger (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) before we too are seized for our misdeeds. May Allah Ta'ala save us all from His displeasure and grant us the wisdom and ability to obey him.

All natural occurances and happenings, including, earthquakes, hurricanes, volcanic eruptions, etc. are in the control of Allah Ta'ala. In numerous Aayats of the Qur'aan, Allah calls our attention to this fact that upon witnessing these signs, we may come to recognize the greatness and might of Allah Ta'ala.

Allah talks about the nation of Thamood, 'As to Thamood, We showed to them the way, but they preferred the blind path to the road of guidance. Thus, were they seized by the Thundercap of a humiliating punishment, in lieu of their deeds.'

Therefore, these natural conditions have been controlled by Allah Ta'ala to punish those who transgress against His law. 'Say (O Muhammad) He is easily able to loose upon you from above a scourge, or to bring it from beneath your feet.' (A'araaf)

There can be no doubt that we are suffering these disasters by our own misdeeds. 'Whatever disaster afflicteth you, it be by the earning of your own hands, And Allah forgiveth much.' (Shuraa)

The Ahaadith have shown us that close to the advent of Qiyaamat, when whole societies will be steeped in sin and evil, the punishment of Allah Ta'ala will become a common occurrence. It is stated in one Hadith, 'When public property is treated as personal wealth and trust as booty (to be looted) and Zakaat (obligatory charity) is taken as a fine, when knowledge is acquired for motives other than Deen (religious) and a person obeys his wife (in disobedience of Divine command) and disobey his mother (in things lawful), and has a close relationship with his friend yet distancing his own father, when voices are raised in the Musaajid and the leader of a nation is an open sinner, the head of a family is the most mean among them, and a person is honoured out of fear for his mischief, when dancing girls and music is become rife, wine is consumed greedily by all, and the latter part of this Ummah curses the former, then wait for red winds, the quakes, the swallowing up in the earth, the disfiguring of faces, the pelting of stones from the skies and the signs which will follow one after the other, as do the beads of a necklace whose thread is broken.' (Mishkaat).

When each and every one of these vices is prevalent in our society, it is indeed only the Mercy of Allah that the punishment has not seized us as yet. How long can we remain fearless of this? 'What the are the people of the villages fearless that our punishment will not descend upon them at night whilst they slumber.' (A'raaf)

These frightening occurrences are indeed an eye opener to us all. How long are we going to remain in Allah's disobedience? 'Has not 'Has not the time come for the believers that their hearts submit to the mention of Allah and the revealed truth?' (Hadeed). Now is the time to repent and avail ourselves of Allah's Mercy, before we too suffer the consequences of our deeds.

#76 garnier

I always thought the Tamils were Hindus from India (and Sri Lankans being Bhuddist -- the source of the conflict). That's what I get for believing what I read in the papers...

#90 TaggartTranscontinental
Not only still hate them but also refuse much of their offered assistance!

#101 floranista

If you come down to the East Village sometime you can pick up a "Lick Bush" t-shirt whenever your little heart desires. It's very popular with the lesbian crowd down here.

/sarcasm off

#107 theparson

My son turned 21 today (in Navy Boot Camp).

Wish him a happy birthday for me!

105 reaganite

That puts you at something like 38, just guessing.

I'll bet you're proud of your son. It's amazing we can raise them and get them to the age of 18. The world now is fucked up, I think it's harder for our kids than it was for us..

My kids are 4 and 10, and I worry about them every day.

#108 Aisha
Dave, not now okay?

reaganite

I wish I could.

#55 McGyver

I heard a briefo interview w Simon Winchester on the radio yesterday. I believe I heard him say that warship was washed 2 and a half miles inland. Mind boggling.

Along those lines, here is a decent what-about-here article for us west coasters...

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/ 12/29/MNG7VAIDVC1.DTL

"If you are on the beach and feel an earthquake that lasts more than 15 to 20 seconds, and you have difficulty standing, you should immediately evacuate to high ground. Don't wait for notification (of a tsunami) because you might have only 10 to 15 minutes (before the tsunami strikes)."

How high should you run? "I don't want to be a smart-ass," Eisner replied, "but you go as high as you can and as far as you can. We don't know how high these waves can be." Research suggests they might exceed 40 feet, he added, but "we won't know" until then.

Mentally noted and filed, right.

xulubaby writes

David, is that you? Aisha doesn't make typos.

#107 theparson

Happy Birthday to the son of theparson!

Hello reaganite!

There was news footage of a Sri Lankan rescuer wearing a "Merry Christmas" tee shirt. Pitiful.

In Florida, hurricane damage was unpleasant, but luckily noone we know was hurt. Some property destroyed.

This death and destruction in Asia is barely conceivable. Sumatra was my first home and the tragedy there is terrible to see. The U.S.A. is doing the right thing by helping, as it usually does.

Maybe a LGF charity drive to deliver George W. Bush shirts to Sri Lanka would be called for? Something to counter the Wahabi cultural imperialism? ;)

Thanks, Pamela

You can call him Seaman Recruit for now.

#113 michaelg

That puts you at something like 38, just guessing.

Only my commander is older than I am, you're off by a "few" years.

I'll bet you're proud of your son.

You have no idea. Of everything I ever did in my life, having him as my son is the best.

The world now is fucked up, I think it's harder for our kids than it was for us..

I don't agree, since 1939 we've never had such a well defined enemy. The moonbats won't win, we will. I have nothing but optimism for my son's future.

#111 Irene NYC

You need to look a little more closely at the spelling ;-)

As for your kind offer, I can probably get a "Lick Bush" T-shirt right here in good ole liberal Seattle! Thanks tho...

Its a tragety for the whole world. But the Islamists will start kidnapping and murdering aid workers in a few weeks as they find their legs again. OBL plays on fear .. from those he wants to rule and those he wants to fight.

#115 theparson

I wish I could.

?

I think that shirt is from when Al Qaeda was opening for the Muslim Brotherhood on the Monsters of Jihad tour. You know, back before they got big and sold out. Posers.

Now it's all about Ansar al-Sunnah. They still rock for the ummah, man.

#115 The Parson
Congrats to you & him!
Is he still in the "total control" phase?

reaganite

He's in boot camp. I won't get to see him until he graduates Jan 21.

#119 Pamela
Hiya back!

#123 reaganite

don't agree, since 1939 we've never had such a well defined enemy. The moonbats won't win, we will. I have nothing but optimism for my son's future.

I agree, but there's so much more media that they have to deal with than we did...

RebTex

He left for basic Dec 29 so it's been 4 weeks. He's the medical yeoman so he's happy 'cause he doesn't have to stand watch.

#123 reaganite

"Only my commander is older than I am, you're off by a "few" years."

Nice dodge! Bet the don't get anything out of you in interrogation exercises!

Bamboo under the finger nails... nada
Finger nails on a blackboard... nada
Tie you to a chair and pelt you with sticky jellybeans... nada

Try to trick on on an LGF post... zippo

You could give lessons ;-)

#129 theparson

I won't get to see him until he graduates Jan 21.

Day after my birthday!

#127 patrickafir

ROFLMAO!

reaganite

Really? How old will you be?

#89 reaganite

#79 addison The battery?

Battery of tests! ASVAB is mutliple tests!

So... how can you have a single score? Did they get rid of categories?

#131 michaelg

I agree, but there's so much more media that they have to deal with than we did...

I'm drunk, sick and tired, but a year or so ago someone posted a link to a NYT article slamming the President. They weren't talking about W, the were talking about Abe Lincoln!

#134 reaganite

I won't get to see him until he graduates Jan 21.

Day after my birthday!

Note to self, send dancing girls on January 20th.

#132 The Parson
Smart kid you've got there!
Inside work & no watch!

#124 floranista

I'm getting old {sob, sob} and my eyesight isn't what it used to be {sob some more}...my apologies if I made a mistake. ;)

(Seattle, huh? Worked in Medina for 3 years...pretty liberal there too despite the billions!)

#133 SkippyMoment

Bet the don't get anything out of you in interrogation exercises!

Damn, you broke me! I'll be 43 on January 20! What a b-day present, nodroG you listening? W, four more years!

#109 Spiny Norman

Quite a number of Tamils are Christian (R.C.), dating back to Portuguese explorers and St. Francis Xavier. Many Indians Christians have Portuguese surnames, e.g., de Souza. I don't know about Tamils of Sri Lanka.

138 reaganite

I must be drunk too, but damned if I let my kids watch Dan Rather or his ilk, or MTV for that matter. Christ, we had 3 TV channels when we were kids, and now they got a million, and some of them porn... Okay, soft porn, but still enough to distract them...

Bloggers offer witness accounts, ways to help quake and tsunami victims

...Blogs however should not replace professional journalists, said Robert Thompson, who heads the Center for the Study of Popular Television at Syracuse University in New York state. ...

Greetings, minions, from my new computer.

:) :) :) :) :)

#137 seadog

So... how can you have a single score? Did they get rid of categories?

You have an aggregate score and a breakdown for each category.

#143 glass darkly

FWIW my experience is that Tamils from Indian are Hindus and Malayalams (from the west coast of India where the Portuguese landed and converted them) are the Christians. And the Tamils don't exactly like the Malayalams.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE ACCURATELY SYMBOLIC IF THE DEAD MAN SEEN HERE WAS WEARING THE BIN LADEN TEE SHIRT INSTEAD.

#141 Irene NYC
Aw, that's OK Irene! I'm looking through double bifocs right now!
Luckily, we're on the *outskirts* of Seattle.

#147 Rayra

I was hoping you'd slam that asshole on the other thread...

#139 SkippyMoment

Note to self, send dancing girls on January 20th.

Nah, just an honest single woman!

#142 reaganite
"Damn, you broke me! I'll be 43 on January 20! What a b-day present, nodroG you listening? W, four more years! "

Damn I'm good! [licks finger, places it on right buttoock, which begins to sizzle - cause I'm HOT]

And I didn't even have to break out the peanut butter and honey!

#138 reaganite

I'm drunk, sick and tired...

Sounds like my last date.

Back On Topic - BitTorrent came through again. The BBC (yes, I know..) has an excellent piece with some great footage. Those of you with cable might have caught it already.

Any lizards want to download the piece, I'll crank up the Torrent on my side again.

#155 A-M
That's cold.

154 SkippyMoment

Skippy, stop! You're making me want to hit the fridge before I go to bed. Peanut butter and honey for Christ's sakes.

reaganite

Maybe you should look up SkippyMoment.

#153

I'm already screening applicants! I got your back buddy.

#149 Irene NYC
The worst part is the Tamil's are the one's who brought homicide bombers into the global scene.

#155 Anti-Monitor

As far as i'm concerned, this flood is just G-d washing away the islamic filth and vermin. Too bad this subhuman got spared.

TROLL ALERT! BATTLE STATIONS!

This is a first reply from this person, folks.

#155

That's way cold.

#155 Anti-Monitor
STFU and FOAD

#154 SkippyMoment

Damn I'm good! [licks finger, places it on right buttoock, which begins to sizzle - cause I'm HOT]

Just don't make me tell the secrets of the lagers...

162 rightasrain

Skippy, B/G, can you gals give me a hand with the armour. Seems like we've another asshole to battle..

The only people I'm shedding any tears over are the Western tourists and the people in India.

#152 michaelg
"I was hoping you'd slam that asshole on the other thread... "

Which a$$hole, and which thread?

I had one attack me... Iron Fist, Christheprofessor, theparson and a few others came to my aid (my heros).

#159 theparson

reaganite

Maybe you should look up SkippyMoment. [blush]

glass darkly, garnier

Actually, I was right, the Tamil Tigers are indeed Hindu militants:

Tamils comprise about 18 percent of the island’s population, and most live in northern and eastern areas. Their religion (most are Hindu) and Tamil language set them apart from the three-quarters of Sri Lankans who are Sinhalese—members of a largely Buddhist, Sinhala-speaking ethnic group. When Sri Lanka was ruled by the British, the Tamil minority was seen to have received preferential treatment. Since Sri Lanka became independent in 1948, the Sinhalese majority has dominated the country. The remainder of Sri Lanka’s population includes ethnic Muslims as well as Tamil and Sinhalese Christians.

From #27 Elcid's link: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

#156 Sarah D.

Sounds like my last date.

It wasn't me!

Oh, hell. Another one.

#149 Irene NYC

Thanks. Tamil schoolmates were both R.C. and non. Noone discussed religion except in religion class or in connection with holidays.

patrickafir (#127)

LOL! Beautiful. Reminds me of one of my all-time favourite LGF comments:

Alive or not, I agree with GKarp (#18)---Binnie's latest release is convenient. It's got a good beat and we can invade to it.

#146 lazytart
congrats on the new computer - and happy belated birthday wishes too!

#161 reaganite -

The worst part is the Tamil's are the one's who brought homicide bombers into the global scene.

Thank you for reminding us of that - and DON'T get me started about how the Hindus with their ROP can possibly justify this (I mean, wouldn't you have really, really bad karma for about one thousand lives after that?)

#170 reaganite

Don't I know it. Can't even get you to show up to help move sandbags!

:-)

Floranista,

Thank you!

#153, #160 My application's on its way!

#168 SkippyMoment

My apologies milady if I've failed you. Death to trolls, and love to skippy...

Henceforth, I shall be forever vigilant...

#159 theparson
#160 SkippyMoment

LOL, you two are on the same track!

Oh sure - just as the fun starts, I have to go to bed. I've wasted hours trying to get back into the Cindy McK thread, which I appear to be locked out of...

Oh well. Night all.

By the way, michaelg, I am NOT a lad - not that there's anything wrong with that...
;-)

#158 michaelg

Skippy, stop! You're making me want to hit the fridge before I go to bed. Peanut butter and honey for Christ's sakes.

#166 michaelg

Skippy, B/G, can you gals give me a hand with the armour. Seems like we've another asshole to battle..

Sir michael, I'll just put down this jar of honey and get right on that armor. I'm sure you can handle your lance by yourself, right?

There are idiots like this in every country.

I was in a bar about a year ago and this guy started mouthing off about how the Muslims are now being persecuted "like the Jews were" and how there was a "new holocaust" against Muslims. He looked like a private-school educated LLL type who lives with mummy and daddy.

Anyway, before I could call him on his BS, the bar manager chucked him out for "disorderly conduct" (ie, pissing people off).

I guess that in most countries, a good 10-20% of the population is freakin' nuts. Except in the Moslem Middle East, where it is probably 85-90%.

How long before #155's comment turns up at Atrios, DailyKos, TalkingPointsMemo, and DemocraticUnderground?

#76 garnier

Spiny Norman "I always thought the Tamils were Hindus from India (and Sri Lankans being Bhuddist -- the source of the conflict). That's what I get for believing what I read in the papers... "

You're mostly right. The Tamils are Hindu, and although some had ancestors who came from India in the 19th c. many have roots on the island going back 1000 years.

Attempts in the 1950s by the Sinhalese speaking Bhuddist majority to impose the Sinhala language on the Tamil minority started the conflict.

Some Tamil speakers are Muslims.

182 SkippyMoment

Don't put down the jar of honey just yet...

OT
Breaking News

Suicide Bomber Attacks Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry

or, since registration is required...

Car Bombs Detonated Near Saudi Security Buildings

Horrific

+Photi

#184 Spiny Norman

How long before #155's comment turns up at Atrios, DailyKos, TalkingPointsMemo, and DemocraticUnderground?

Yup, this was the whole point of the post.

This troll adds something dispicable to LGF and then the entire moonbat world posts it as something WE wrote here.

Sucks, doesn't it? :(

One of the unreported stories of the tsunami disaster is the effect on Myanmar (Burma). I found a couple of second hand reports indicating 90 deaths. I have to guess that the actual numbers are in the thousands if the press would care to investigate. Myanmar is a closed country and the government is not a source of great comfort to the people. Surely Mr Egeland of the UN gives a care for the people or myanmar even if the media does not?

#183 David

I guess that in most countries, a good 10-20% of the population is freakin' nuts. Except in the Moslem Middle East, where it is probably 85-90%.

Hell, even 10-20% equals millions of potential terrorists.

#180 reaganite

#159 theparson
#160 SkippyMoment

LOL, you two are on the same track!

Now wait just a cotton-pickin' minute... I haven't be down to the track in years! Just a tip, never bet on a horse name Hokey Pokey... he put his left hoof out, he put his left hoof in... and you know the rest.

#175 Irene NYC

Thank you for reminding us of that

I'd rather you not thank me. For the last 2+decades it's been my job to keep up on these assholes.

The best perk of my job, beating those fucks at their game.

P.S. The troll in #155 also used the Jewish way of spelling "G-d" so that it would be attributed to a Jewish member of LGF.

#155 anti-monitor
Perhaps your god would do such a thing.
My God is a caring & loving God!

181 Killer Tomato

If you confuse virginians with virgins, it would be natural to call you "lad". If I've offended, I apologize, but it is an important distinction..

Nice work with the aligators!

Am I the only one who looked at the picture and wondered if Osama is getting royalties?

#176 Sarah D.

Don't I know it. Can't even get you to show up to help move sandbags!

Shit, busted... :-(

Jumpin' Jupiter. Did every Lizardoid on the planet just post at once?!?

#155:

STFU.

Most of the countries affected had majority Hindu or Bhuddist populations, you ignorant twat.

GOD : Shit, I missed one!

That is the only post that #155 has made on LGF so he won't be missed if banned.

#179 michaelg

My good Lord, thou has not failed me, for sooth you fought and slayed the dragon on the other thread... I swoon in at your presence. [begin swoon]

#286 michaelg

But if I don't put down the honey, I'll get your armor all sticky!

#194 RebTex

Perhaps your god would do such a thing.

I doubt that Anti-Monitor in #155 has a god, except himself or herself.

It's a troll here to bait us by using a Jewish spelling for G-d and creating a blood libel against us here.

#191 SkippyMoment

he put his left hoof out, he put his left hoof in... and you know the rest.

Umm?...

Ewww, I just stepped in something slimy on aisle 155...

#204

you must not be drunk enough yet... may I serve you another?

#195

{looks down shirt} Nope. Definitely not a lad!

Off to get the gators their midnight snack.

Have fun, y'all.

Well just ask Patty Murray, the treasonous Senator from the State of Washington, she'll tell you how Osama builds roads, schools and hospitals for his people. Why Osama is probably sending some of his millions now to help out.

As I said on my blog (after giving Charles the hat tip he was due), "Let them eat pork."

My money goes to the first aid organization that seasons all food shipments with ham hocks.

It is truly hard to leave good company and you folks are the best but, I must go to bed. God bless, all.

Anyone hear what's happened in the black hole of Myanmar? the UN dude carefully avoided mentioning that country at all in the press conference today. Seems they're claiming only 40 dead, and not letting anyone in, from anywhere...

#205 floristana

Ewww, I just stepped in something slimy on aisle 155...

Troll spoor. Ick.

#206 SkippyMoment

you must not be drunk enough yet... may I serve you another?

I'm ready for a nap. An 8 hour or so one. In the words of one of Airmen, "I feel like a bag of smashed assholes:.

#192 reaganite

I thought you were a bomb doctor protecting POTUS. NOW you say you also specialize in fighting international terrorists. Reaganite, you are one well-rounded guy!

Gotta introduce you to my mom. International anti-terrorist training - among other specialties - was what she did until the age of 74. You're 43 did you say? I think you've got a few years yet. ;)

'Nite, theparson. Happy Birthday to theparsonson!

Photi (#187)

Over here.

#207 Killer Tomato

No offense intended. Just working in my, what is that word, ...idiom.

Have a great night, and better than that a happy new year!

#185 garnier, #169 Spiny Norman

Thanks, Spiny. Always interested in facts. My schoolmates learned Tamil alphabet; it looked hard.

Garnier, never heard of a Muslim Tamil, but take your word for it. Maybe the tee shirt came from a Muslim sweat shop -- Sri Lanka exports a lot of garments (cheap labour).

#211, Lady of Shalott. Exactly the point of my #189. Virtually nothing on the web. I have a feeling, based on the geography of the place, that they have been hard hit.

Hey! The one time in my life I scoop LGF!

In the background you can see the Osama Bin Laden built roads, Osama Bin Laden constructed schools, Osama Bin Laden financed infrastructure, Osama Bin Laden supported day care facility and the Osama Bin Laden Hospital.

I know this because Senator Patty 'Osama-Mama' Murray(D) told me so...

Good night parson, may angels greet you in your dreams!

{{{theparson}}}

#213 reaganite

okay, since you are not feeling well you can go nap now. Rest well my friend, and may angels greet you in your dreams too.

{{{reaganite}}}

#214 Irene NYC
My primary job is EOD, Explosive Ordnance Disposal, AKA, the military bomb squad. I (like all of my career field) get loaned to the USSS very often.

No Islamic charity has contributed? How about the United Nations?

gymnast, why are they being so weird? I just Googled Burma and apparently 90 are dead but Burma junta still refuses to acknowledge quake in Burma.

The Force of Nature.

A bit small and grainy, but gives you a good idea of the destructive force that was involved.

#222 reaganite

So you're the person to call when I have a bomb staring at me!

Goodnight all - and all you sick lizards, get some sleep!

#221 SkippyMoment

Rest well my friend, and may angels greet you in your dreams too.

Thanks my friend, I'll be here for about 30 more minutes. My son is still up!

#226 Irene NYC
Sleep well!

#223, hornet. The United Nations is a taker, not a giver. They will, on occaision give for a cut of the take, if you can make it worthwhile for them.

Govt refuses foreign aid to fight disaster

NEW DELHI: India has declined offers of foreign aid, because the government feels it can manage the relief and rescue operations on its own. From Russia to Israel as well as international organisations, offers for help to battle the tsunami disaster have been pouring in.

But according to government sources, India has declined all offers, albeit with the provision that should the need arise later, the decision would be reconsidered.

India has an unwritten but holy policy of not asking for aid during emergencies even though established international aid agencies like ICRC and Red Crescent have operations here. In fact, during his recent visit to the UAE, external affairs minister Natwar Singh thanked the leadership for their help through the Red Crescent.

#227 reaganite

Guess you can't tell an 18 year old when to go to bed hunh?

LOL!

One more:

Holy Crap (their words, not mine).

#155

You do not belong here.

I looked at that t-shirt and wondered just what kind of charitable efforts bin draggin' would engage in if he wasn't on the run. The guy wearing it might want to turn it inside out.

got to go all.

Reaganite, keep up the fight.

Skippy and Bubbgirl, I look forward to seeing you at the turret. Aint't no mountain high enough...

#231 Sarah D.

Guess you can't tell an 18 year old when to go to bed hunh?

I get to see him twice a year. I'm not going to make him go to bed!

#234 michaelg
Sleep well.

#224, Zulubaby. That place is about as closed up as Cambodia was when Pol Pot was running it. Maybe Osama is hiding out there? If so, I hope he went surfin' for Christmas Holiday.

#227 Oh, in that case, I'll tease you some more! Mayhaps we can enlist you in the Knighthood. You'd be a welcome edition to the brotherhood with Sir michaelg, Sir theparson, Sir Petards-a-Lot, and Sir Christheprofessor. And of course our true knight Sir Iron Fist.

As a part of your benefits package you have exclusive rights to the damsels Lady Bubble Girl, Lady SkippyMoment, Lady Carolina Girl, Lady Killer Tomato, and Lady Sarah D.

Sir michaelg can fill you in on the moat full of virgins (or was that virginians), the sequestored alligators, and all the other nuances of the being in the knighthood.

Good night brave Sir michael, and you can skip the waxing tonight! ;-)

"Given the scale and scope of this crisis, strong U.N. leadership is critical," said Jasmine Whitbread, Oxfam's international director.

This should be interesting. I wonder who the UN is planning to exploit now.

#238 SkippyMoment
Can I be the minister of the silly walk?

#240 zulubaby
When I lived in the UK OXFAM was pretty legit, granted, that was in the '80s. Has it changed that much?

#241 Minister of the Silly Walk

You'll have to audition, but if you execute it well, I think you'll be a shoe-in for the position.

The Knighthood? Hey! How'd I miss out on that?

Or am I "Sir Not Appearing in the Film"?

:^)

OT

Happy because a Sean Connery James Bond movie is on Spike Channel. Only Sean Connery can get away with threatening a spy by ripping off her bikini top and strangling her with it, IMHO.

I think you'll be a shoe-in for the position.

:::groan:::

;-D

reaganite, I don't know really, it was the "strong UN leadership" bit that I was sneering at.

#244 Spiney Norman

Good Sir Surely you jest? The only qualification to join the knighthood is bravery in the face of troll, and the ability to weild your lance and mace to slay the dragon when it snorts and breathes fire. Oh, and you have to look good in tights! ;-)

Cattt,

Only Sean Connery could get away with any of the silliness in a James Bond movie, IMHO.

#246 Darleen

Sorry, it's late, and I'm in a silly mood (just incase you couldn't tell). Being attached by a troll just brings out the 'skippy' in me. ;-)

#247 zulubaby

I don't know really, it was the "strong UN leadership" bit that I was sneering at.

That is something I'll sneer with you. I wasn't as well up on things when I lived in the UK but OXFAM seemed pretty damn good to me.

Any UK liazards awake yet?

Skippy, you're attached to a troll? Ewww. Get unattached!

crap... PIMF... attacked by a troll... eeewww, the thought of being attached to a troll is about as appealing as being attached to my last boyfriend... yuk!

where's the lysol?!

What about Myanmar/Burma?

"After the terrible havoc that has been wreaked on Indonesia, Sir Lanka, and India, the question must now be asked: If Thailand has suffered so much with its 400 km of coast exposed to the killer waves, then what's happening in Myanmar?

The country has an exposed coast that is twice as long -- 800 kilometers in all, stretching upwards along the elephant's neck of a peninsular known as the Isthmus of Kra.

Aid agency officials may have already asked the question, but no answer appears to be forthcoming from the reclusive military government.

Seismologists have said that extra distance could give the energy of Sunday's earthquake extra power.

If this is so, and Thailand has suffered so much, how have the fishing villages and stilt huts along Myanmar's coast fared?

It may be that another soaring increase in the devastation wreaked by the killer waves is yet to be revealed.

Judging by the damage already done, Myanmar's tragedy could even be far greater. It is difficult to contemplate, but who knows what secrets Myanmar holds.

Perhaps a bigger tragedy still lies ahead. ..."

Leech trolls? Yikes!

Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Organizations Working in the Disaster Area

Oxfam America is listed.

Zulubaby, Oxfam is for the "decommidification" of food. They apparently favor the current model being practiced in Zimbabwe. Food cannot be "Decommodified" without world government and loss of private land. Oxfam is a group of extreme moonbats.

I think I've narrowed it down to the Salvation Army. Gosh, these charitable orgs are a minefield!

#256 Rayra

It sthe game where the prairie dogs keep popping up in the holes, you have to keep bonking them on the head...Or out here in the West, blowing their holes up with TNT...

gymnast, figures. I remember not liking Oxfam in the UK but I can't remember why. I don't trust very many of these NGO's.

Lady of Shalott (ylreveb), I found this:

"It was really kind of the organizers to think about all the victims," he said. "All that my friends and I know is from the radio. We heard a big wave hit our country, but there isn't any more information. So we are all very anxious and sad."

That's from Myanmar -- not even they know what's going on in their own country. It's so bizarre.

#258 gymnast

Oxfam is for the "decommidification" of food.

Well, I'm sick and drunk, what exactly does that mean?

You have to be brave, loyal, and true to be a Knight of the Round LGF Blog. To respect and protect the fair Maidens, to slay trolls and above all else, take an oath to protect Truth...

#253 Skippy Moment
But...there was a time when being attached to your Ex was a good thing.
In the words of Micky Gilley " Another place, Another time" !

#263 Bubble Girl

Well met, Lady Bubble Girl! Well met!

(but don't forget about the tights ;-> )

#264 RebTex

I'm not so sure about that. Oh he was very charming in the beginning, but it didn't take long for it to go horribly and painfully wrong.

Tis better to be alone, than in a really, Really, REALLY bad relationship.

I get the feeling that the government of Myanmar feels vulnerable, doesn't know what to do, and could be tipped over by the people if they were to feel that they didn't have much to lose. Perhaps the rank and file of the military would be affected if they lost family along the coast.

I saw a story about two couples who spent four hours clinging together to the top of a truck after the tsunami hit. One couple lost everything; the other couple gave them money, etc., to help them recover and get home. They exchanged phone numbers for when they get back home, where they intend to keep in touch.

The interesting part? One couple was Israeli (Jewish) and one couple was Palestinian (Muslim). Oh, and the Muslim couple helped the Israeli couple.

It was a nice little story.

And bring us Fair Maidens pretty baubles, fine wine, and delicacies from the across the flat Earth. Maiden Skippy weaves golden threads through her tresses, Maiden Carolina Girl has pearls from the Orient woven through her bodice, and I, Bubble Girl, have sworn a vow of chastity until I meet the Knight of thine dreams...

Cattt, great story. I wish we could all be friends :-( I know that sounds very Rodney King-ish but I'm so tired of it all, I long for there to be peace.

#262, Reaganite. Near as I can figure is that food would no longer be bought and sold. You would no longer have commodities markets, they would be replaced by central planning. Oxfam is hung up on the politics of hunger and wants to get into the world planning business.

Wave Heights

#268 Cattt

What a wonderful story, I sure hope it is true. It give you hope that people can get passed their differences and accept each other on a human and common level.

#269 Bubble Girl

Yeah verily, I too await a Lord Knight of valor, honor, truth, and great kindness. Where is Lancelot when you need him? I fear only the Black Knight knocks upon the door of the Castle Anthrax. Zoot will have to see to him.

#271 gymnast

Oxfam is hung up on the politics of hunger and wants to get into the world planning business.

I didn't dig too deep into the links but that's not the OXFAM I remembered when I lived in Bicester, Oxon. Where did that come from?

#270 zulubaby

Yep.

I know Rodney King is just a guy, and he keeps getting in trouble, but he had a moment of brilliance when he said "Why can't we all just get along?" I often think of him because of that.

Geez, can I just have one of the lesser knights for an evening of debauchery? I'm not gettin' any younger ya' know...while Skippy is weaving those useless golden threads I could be downing useful bottles of beer?

Maiden Skippy,

Aye, beware, all your Maidens, the Black Knight will break yon heart unto tiny pieces, his handsome countenance swayed thine logical brain, yea, beware the Black Knight...

#276 Sarah D.

Bad Zoot, Bad, Bad Zoot! ;-)

India has issued a tsunami alert for the Andhra Pradesh area

RebTex, now?

Maiden Sarah,

They are yours for the choosing, they would fight one another for the touch of your lips and a pint of brew...

#274, Reaganite. I googled "Oxfam politics", started looking at materials from Oxfam Canada related to their "World Hunger Day" program.

#279 RebTex

Aftershocks?

This is heartbreaking. The worst natural disaster in my entire lifetime, I think.

These nations need tsunami warning systems or something.

It's just getting too sad to read about all this. :(

#277 Bubble Girl

The Black Knight shattered my heart, and left me weak and easy pray for my ex... I'll have no more of him [sigh] thou when the nights are long, my thought often turn to him... nay, no more I say, be gone from me spector of my dreams, haunt me no more!

Then again... (are my horns showing again?)