Good thing he hasn't been brainwahsed yet...

/sarc

Grab him, stuff him in Guantanamo, and question him without mercy.

Mr Ware, how would you like a personal tour of Guantanamo Bay?

Ernie Pyle is spinning in his grave.

acwgusa,

Great minds think alike, eh?

Shut that fucker down!
Hanging with the enemy and proud of it, WTF?

This pegs my treason meter, so Guantanamo is where he belongs.

Here is video of Michael Ware reporting live - and drunk - from Baghdad, making all sorts of inflammatory statements. He is a traitorous, drunken pig. IMHO.

/and he is ugly as homemade sin.

And to brag about that?

Knock, knock.

Who's there?

FBI you idiot to admit this on the radio!

and the american public believes what these people say...

#7 Cattt

To use his overused phrase, "I'm sad to say" that Mr. Ware hasn't been taken out by his newfound friends yet.

I heard the weasel interviewed. Smarmy dude.

/Ph$ck him and the camel he rode in on.

If Michael Ware's mother was in the North Tower of the WTC, would he be so interested in the story, or in something else?

Thank you Charles. I know you get a lot of emails, I sometimes can't figure what to write in subject to JUMP out at you, but this is very important. I listened to the interview, Hugh Hewitt will replay Ware interview Thursday. Michael Ware is also a lawyer, who Hewitt rightly contends can see where questioning is going, so shapes his answers to fit... Ware is so matter of fact. Hugh Hewitt often also interviews Mark Steyn, and gets many interesting guests. I strongly suggest people listen to him.

Still reading, but this pegs my bullshit meter.

God damn collaborator.

Of course he sees himself as a hero, holding the US governmennt and military to account but he's nothing more than a tool of killers.

You can ask tough questions of democratically elected representatives and call them on thier statements. But to actively seek out the other side and give them a forum for their evil? No need for that whatsoever.

I have met the enemy, the enemy is us...

Michael Ware said he wrote before the war that Zarqawi was in Iraq. I can't find it, but it's hard to search on Time, IMO. I did find a 11/29/04 CNN transcript where he says Zarqawi was there before the war.

I mean, prior to the invasion, he was a marginal character in the jihadi milieu. Well, we've turned him into the star. And in a broader sense, we are the midwives to the next generation of al Qaeda.

Revoke his citizenship and don't let him back in. This country is too good for him and he's too stupid to realize it.

MW: That is fairly accurate, and let's look at it this way. I mean, you're sitting back in a comfortable radio studio, far from the realities of this war.

HH: Actually, Michael, let me interrupt you.

MW: If anyone has a right...

HH: Michael, one second.

MW: If anyone has a right to complain, that's what...

HH: I'm sitting in the Empire State Building. Michael, I'm sitting in the Empire State Building, which has been in the past, and could be again, a target. Because in downtown Manhattan, it's not comfortable, although it's a lot safer than where you are, people always are three miles away from where the jihadis last spoke in America. So that's...civilians have a stake in this. Although you are on the front line, this was the front line four and a half years ago.

Home run Hugh! Man, what a moonshot.

There's one little bit of moral equivalence that just sticks out above the rest to me:

HH: But as you said at the beginning, the jihadis consider this to be one battlefield of a vast war. And the jihadis...

MW: Yeah, as does the West. Exactly.

No idiot, we in the west don't see things that way. We don't bomb everywhere because there's a jihadi somewhere. We don't see every Iraqi or every Muslim as the enemy.

The jihadis see every non-Muslim and quite a few actual Muslims as the enemy and don't think twice about killing them anytime, anywhere.

We, unlike his jihadi friends, don't think it's Iraq or the world is one big battlefield where we can kill anyone who happens to trod on it. Only the murderous Muslim killers do. Of course that's a distinction that Mr. International Correspondent doesn’t seem to grasp.

I ask the same thing I asked every danged time that bin [bigoted word] was interviewed by Rather et al...why the hell aren't we questioning these fools as to where these murderers are, and why on earth do these journalists think it's okay to go interview them and not turn them in? Oh, never mind on part 2 ... I KNOW why (sad smirk). Part 2: Why aren't we locking them up for treason? Why the hell is nothing treasonous anymore?

I’ve received some of their propaganda materials.

And created my own, and used theirs to source mine, and made sure it gets in the mainstream media, and of course I agree with their propaganda, as I am only a useless tool and would not have a job if this kind of crap was not happening...

the guy is effectively embedded with the bad guys. eventualy he'll look at some jihadist the wrong way and get daniel pearled. and he'll still find a way to blame america.

john
[Link: www.attackcartoons.com...]

Can you imagine this kind of shit back in WWII?

I think a nice water-board session might be helpful.

I don't even want to read it. Ware was on Bill Maher last week. Maher was kissing his ass. Another guest was the author of "There is no God but God." Maher turned to him and said, "Ya know, I never knew this, but after reading your book, and now realize that Mahommed was an incredibly peaceful and tolerant man. Just like Jesus."

Barf. Maher is the same guy who said -- the day after 9/11 that the jihadists were "brave" and that the US forces are cowards because they drop bombs from the safety of their planes.

I’ve received some of their propaganda materials.

Of course he's referring to his subscription to the NY Times.

I'm with rayra...

This sort of thing is just antithetical to a belief system based on freedom, human kindness, and survival.

please read

[Link: regimechangeiran.blogspot.com...]

He's received their propaganda materials, eh? Can't imagine that any of them found their way into the pages of his publication.

What a jackhole. Any way he can sublet the hovel just vacated by those Christian PeaceFreaks last weeek?

Michael Ware:

"Don't forget also that this is an information war. This is a propaganda war. This war, as, you know, insurgents said way back in 2003, isn't going to be won on the battlefield. It's going to be won on the air waves. It turns out it's going to be won or lost on the internet. So these things become critically important."

This from the man who reports from the camp of the enemy.

C'mon, this guy is obviously working for the CIA. It's the perfect cover. Too perfect. (Wink wink, nudge nudge, saynamore saynamore.)

I've listened to all manifestation of U.S. military spokesmen, of diplomats, of ambassadors, discuss and describe the enemy. And so often, it has been wrong. And it's either because these people don't understand what they're up against, or more likely, it's that these people are not telling the public the truth about them, about the fact that they're not just one homogenous group, that there are many different motivations. And that was a very, very valuable thing to come to understand, because it's led to the point now, that we see, where we have this Bush administration opening dialogue and negotiations with the more nationalist, or Baathist elements of the insurgency. So learning that this was not one homogenous, scary boogeyman was vital to not just my and the public's understanding, but also to military intelligence and this administration's. Look what it's led to.

Well, I'm glad he cleared that up. Without him we'd still eb trying to find our collective asses in the dark with one hand. Why, his courageous reporting has lit the way for the Bush administrations successes.

What an ass this clown is.

Ware that the US (same CNN link as above, 11/29/04)

WARE: Why, opening up the free-for-all that we have, we have laid clear a very fertile ground for al Qaeda.

COOPER: And that's what it is, it's a free-for-all.

WARE: Absolutely. They dictate the momentum of battle now, and they're dictating the space.

Baghdad Ware got drunk on Bill Maher's show which I'm sure did not help the US/Aus/Coalition. VIDEO of Ware

Ware says that our troops are mishandling women and implies that terrorists treat women better

Ware is biased, he just denies it, or is delusional.

I’ve been to some of their safe houses. I’ve received some of their propaganda materials.

"I've sucked some of their �@*&^�s"

/Sorry.

#7 from Cattt's link:

Michael Ware, TIME Magazine’s Baghdad bureau chief appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher on Friday night. He called the situation in Iraq, like “watching a slow trainwreck” then goes on to tell Maher how is drinking now and that he’s drunk at the moment. He bashes Bush, says there is no good news coming from Iraq because in order to even go report he has to dodge getting blown up. Maher jumps in and compares the current status in Iraq to the Ma Lai Massacre in Vietnam. The Ma Lai Massacre was when troops were ordered to kill innocent people in a village.

Maher continues on and seems to be asking random questions that are directed for certain answers. For example, he asks Ware about US soldiers having affairs with Iraqi woman and the way they apparently abuse them. Ware says that our troops are mishandling women and implies that terrorists treat women better since they kidnap innocent people and tell the Iraqi’s to release women from jail.

Ware continues; he says the real winners in Bush’s war at the insurgents.

'Nuff said. I think if Hewitt were aware of the things said in the "Mar" interview, he'd have raked Ware over the coals.

Idiot Michael Ware on Idiot Bill Maher's show:

[Link: www.exposetheleft.com...]

Victor Davis Hanson vs Michael Ware:

Excerpt:

Victor Davis Hanson: Is that man a journalist?

Hugh Hewitt: Well, he’s the Time Magazine Baghdad bureau chief.

VDH: That's just a mockery of what we would call sober and judicious reporting.
 

Drop the fucker off in Tehran with no credentials and a big tatto of the star of david on his forehead and see how the son of a bitch likes it. Then leave him there.

Man, you have no idea how much this pisses me off.

I wonder if he sat and watched them sharpen the knives that they used to behead his colleagues...er, former colleagues with.

I really resent that the media has become the enemy to its own country.

Dirk Diggler, #20, that was outstanding on Hugh's part.

Ware is such a tool.
 

#41 stoked

There are a few Ernie Pyles left.

My first thought was off with him to the darkest hole at Gitmo. But maybe, the best thing is to just get him a lot of face time on TV. Let the citizens see and decide.

It's a big day. I'm preoccupied. But I'd still like five minutes alone in a phone booth with this Ware traitor.

Speaking of Zachary, this is my favorite story from the brief tenure of President Zachary Taylor:

In February 1850 President Taylor had held a stormy conference with southern leaders who threatened secession. He told them that if necessary to enforce the laws, he personally would lead the Army. Persons "taken in rebellion against the Union, he would hang [traitorous journalists] ... with less reluctance than he had hanged deserters and spies in Mexico." He never wavered.

This is a life or death struggle. If some journalists need to die so the rest of us may live, it's a very, very, very small price to pay. It's more like interest really.

I think the guy's exaggerating, and in some cases, I'm calling "bullshi*t." A lot of what he says doesn't jive with what's been reported by the likes of Roggio and Yon, et al, and he's often buying for time - his sentences switch up an awful lot. Hat's off to Radioblogger for the ellipses.

Beagle,

Congrats on the new addition!

Feel the nuance

Michael Ware is a self-serving Aussie 'mouthpiece' who likes to say in that Oz accent of his that he's an Australian and 'has no axe to grind'. He has his own axe to grind and loves the sound of his own voice oying on and on and verbalizing every irresponsible thought that crosses for the gin-soaked excuse he has for a brain. He'll say anything as long as he gets himself on camera. He is an annoying lying POS.

Meanwhile in London there was a march as well. Not as big as Paris but to defend free speech and there are some great pictures if you scroll down at this razorsedge blog:

[Link: www.michaelfuchs.org...]

MEDIA = ENEMY #1

#47 gonzo
Thank you.

I've seen Ware on TV. He made me so angry one time he's a dive-for-the-remote-o-matic.

Is it my imagination or does his nose tilt about 45 degrees to port?

Hey, foreign devil (and I know you'll know this). How can you tell if your comments are blocked over at the Kos?

I can't seem to find the button to post a comment. I think I've been blocked (telling Ted Kennedy he's an ass will do that, I guess). I think you've been blocked there, too?

Germans are brainiest (but at least we're smarter than the French)

snip...

A new European league of IQ scores has ranked the British in eighth place, well above the French, who were 19th.

snip...

Professor Lynn ascribes the differences between British and French intelligence levels to the results of military conflict. He described it as “a hitherto unrecognised law of history” that “the side with the higher IQ normally wins, unless they are hugely outnumbered, as Germany was after 1942”.

That's it!

I'm not taking any more dumb Polish jokes!

107 German
106 Netherlands
106 Poland

Any Westerner who has "actually been with Zarqawi’s organization on different occasions"... and came away with his head still on his shoulders...

Is on the other side. Period.

A new European league of IQ scores has ranked the British in eighth place, well above the French, who were 19th.

Yeah, but without Prince Charles and the Horse he rode in on, they get within striking distance of the Germans.

Perhaps most "galling" is the fact that the Italians are ranked above them! It must be rigged. You know--like an Italian election.

/ducks

Skip it, foreign.

I'm pretty sure I'm banned.

Oops.

And the fact that this guy can be so candid about his aid and comfort to the enemy shows he sees nothing wrong with it.

Treason and sedition do not exist anymore. This guy is a lefty who presumably opposes the war in Iraq, so he's just "fighting the good fight".

I hate to judge people on a brief viewing or a few quotes, but Mr. Ware makes it easy for people to do that by saying inane things.

The Press Corps is cooperating with the insurgent media campaign. THIS IS NOT A DISCUSSION. THE SIDES ARE NOT EQUALLY MORAL.

Objectivity is not only impossible, it's not even always desirable. Be honest about what your preconceptions are, and don't be afraid to admit that the head-choppers don't come up to moral spec.

But I've been in journalism classes and I've seen how the people who tend to "succeed" in that environment kowtow to the particular groupthink.

Like "everybody lies to you" and "afflict the comfortable." Only not everyone lies to you and sometimes the comfortable aren't wrong.

Add to that the fact that once the "left consensus" was established in the newsroom and the media company, the "news culture" took over because it didn't look to them like they were biased because they all had pretty much the same bias.

But when a different POV tries to sneak it, it looks to them like bias. And, of course, bias is bad, so those poeple don't last long.

Even though people deride the MSM, it is quite powerful. Time is picked up by MSNBC, which is picked up by NBC & CNBC and AOL. Time's Man of the Year is a big event, as are Time's polls. It is like the NY Times or AP of news mags. To have its Baghdad chief get drunk on camera, accuse US troops of various offenses against Islam, cavort with jihadis... There is a reason many Americans despise the media...

Would Ware visit with white supremacists & treat them as equals too? Like others have said, there are many times when the media (rightly) is not objective. The Democratic party sees nothing wrong with this kind of stuff. That's where it counts. Wait till we have a Dem in the WH, the WoT will be a noble fight again (though even Clinton had protesters on the left re: sanctions on Iraq)

Ring them bells for the blind and the deaf...
- Dylan

#55 gunslingah

Any Westerner who has "actually been with Zarqawi’s organization on different occasions"... and came away with his head still on his shoulders...

Is on the other side. Period.

You bring up a very good point, here. How can a Westerner mingle with Zarqawi's organization and come away unscathed or kidnapped? It really makes you wonder how deep of ties he has with these terrorists...is he actually one of them?

Any other Westerner would have lost bodily parts above his shoulders, or $ + "immediate US troop withdrawl" hanging over his head in order to keep it on.

Ware has trouble making a moral distinction between soldiers who might deny him a ride on the next Stryker patrol and guys who've repeatedly debated killing him in cold blood for being a kufr.

Moral distinctions can be tough, but not in this case.

Ware has a legal education.
*shudder*

TIME would rather see the West destroyed rather than there be a single white conservative left in America. As for Black conservatives, it's bizarre, racist cartoon page has made it clear where it stands on that issue. The simpletons who run this organization would be driven out of any other business long ago. Media gets the pass.

"immediate US troop withdrawl" - another issue that puts some more gas on the fire.

Us Cheezeheads are going thru some referendums for this same subject. The individuals that are pushing this agenda mirror those of the kidnapping terrorists in Iraq.

The most disturbing part of all this is that it sends a lousy message to our troops. I really shed a tear for them with what this could do to them.

I'm sure it has to be hurtful to have their hometown back home polled that they should drop their weapon, drop any humanitarian project they are working on, drop the lives they may be protecting or saving, drop the training they are giving Iraqi security forces, as if they don't care, and just go home.

What kind of message does this idiocy send to our troops and the people of Iraq that are depending on us to finish the job?

Speaking of sellouts, Bush and the Senate sold out the Nation yesterday. Wonder what he got for that?

#64 Beagle

Ware has a legal education.

Is he an attorney? Crikey! It spooks me out completely to have an attorney, or someone of that mindset/training, talking to al Q types.

No offense intended, Beagle.;)

BTW, do you stop by the Beeb and give them a ration of shiite from time to time? I do. Of course, they never publish my comments...intransigent commies.:D

#68 scooter

scooter,

Ware practiced for a year and then moved to Murdoch. On that choice, we agree.

The more I think about it, it's Ware's bias and willingness to find the kinder, gentler side of stone-cold killers that allowed him to advance as far as he has. There's just no room for stylish, obviously biased, but accurate reporting. Reporting today is mostly bland, faux objective, and factually shaky.

I haven't tried to post at the BBC since I dropped the Islamic Bomb (sorry Pakistan, a metaphor) on their editors.

There's no point in trying to reason with people - or get past editors - who've already decided there's only a narrow range in which one is allowed to think.
---
I think I hear a feeding coming on. Otherwise, he sleeps like a rock and doesn't cry. (knocking on wood this holds up)

G'nite {LGF}

Thanks, Beagle.

I think is missed something. Do you have a new puppy?

Major kudos! Amos and Mooch say; Yeah, Boyo!

G'night LGF. Thanks for lending an ear.

The Military should accidently shoot the sonofabitch.

I

have actually been with Zarqawi’s organization on different occasions. I once was taken to a Zarqawi training camp, although I was not told that that’s where I was going, or for quite a while, that that’s where I was. I’ve been to some of their safe houses. I’ve received some of their propaganda materials.

This is because you were willingly singing their tune, Michael, and for no other reason. And we know this, moron.

OT

I want to go on the record as being the first to give a name to the phenomena whereby a normally stable internet persona suddenly morphs,Cybil-like,into the near opposite of their former self.

Cyberphrenia derived from the mental condition:schizophrenia

Let's get Zarqawi by asking THIS fool where he is then!

Well, I see the Israeli elections went badly. Sorry, # 17.

Was just reading A. Bostom's book The Legacy of Jihad. I don't understand how people can use their education to create alternative realities like Mr. Ware has.

The Israeli elections went badly? How as that, Mikey?

Woah, dang. I see it now. A lot of our posters are NOT going to like Olmert winning.

# 77 SW

Well, I suppose a plurality of Israelis would say otherwise, hence the results. But I was thinking more of the opinions expressed by some of our LGF Israelis like # 17, CiJ, etc. They were hoping for a better showing by the right. In any case, I would take the light turn out and the increasing support for fringe issue candidates as a not-good sign.

I really hate the Israeli Parlimentary system. The media is saying Olmert got a "mandate". What kind of mandate is less than 25% percent of the vote?

And now the camel-trading starts...

#80 littleoldlady

Yeah, it didn't sound like a mandate to me, either. It sounded like people were not happy with their choices.

/So, you say that camel is low-mileage and sound in all 4 limbs, having only been ridden by littleoldlady to synagogue once a week?

Oh. And good morning, dead thread.

I suppose it's typical American narow-mindedness, but I've never seen the attraction of any parliamentary system. Everything is so erratic.

And a good morning to you, Mike C and Littleoldlady. Now that you have been sufficiently good morninged, it is time for me to go to sleep like all good bats with the approach of dawn.

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

#81 Swampie,

Cute! :-) And thank you for that. I hope Somebody was paying attention. (Sure, littleoldlady goes to synagogue once a week. Yeah! That's the ticket!)

#83 Mike C

Or perhaps it is because you realize that when something is sufficiently compromised in order for an agreement to be reached, it isn't going to make anybody happy and will likely p*ss everybody off.

#83 Mike C.

I couldn't agree more. And yes, I suspect it's the Amur'can in me.

#86 Swamp Woman,

What bothers me is you don't know what compromises to the platforms will be made until after the election when the coalitions are formed.

Pig in a poke. Unkosher, at that.

#85 littleoldlady

I don't want you to be sneaky switching that camel out for the one ridden by talloldman. He peeled hoofs away from the stoplight one too many times on that thing.

Also, I believe Sharon set a precedent when he changed the process to allow the cabinet to make the "disengagement" policies. It ceased to be a Knesset action. Not exactly what you would expect from a representative government.

I am disappointed. (Does it show?)

'Night, SW

littleoldlady

Riding a camel, at least without a saddle, is just as comfy as riding a 1' water pipe.

The roosters are crowing, so I'd best get to my light-proof coffin bed before the first rays of sunlight hit me.

Goodnight/morning/whatever, y'all.

#89 Swamp Woman

Are you kidding?! talloldman takes better care of his transportation than he does his family!

/don't eat in my camel. don't drink, either. don't do ANYTHING, in fact. just sit there quietly with your hands folded.

Crap. A 1" water pipe, not 1'. Had to interrupt my comment because somebody set off a Cheerio bomb in the kitchen, requiring a bit of vacuuming.

Mikey,

I've never ridden a camel, and the likelihood of it happening at this advanced age and out-of-shapedness is less than zero.

I hear it's a real touristy thing to do in Israel, though.

# 95 littleoldlady

Rode one in Bahrain at a camel farm. The wife and kids laughed theiir asses off.

# 95 littleoldlady Addendum

Which raises a question. You ever been to Israel ?

Good morning, sane ones! Just checking in, and hope everyone is doing well this fine morning.

# 98 windybon

Yeah. Both of us seem to be okay.

#97 Mike,

Nope, I haven't. Once upon a time I had a dream that my kid would swim for the U.S. team in the Maccabi Games (kind of like the Jewish Olympics) and I would of course visit Israel to watch her compete. Unfortunately, she never became that good a swimmer. Best she did was local Jr. Maccabi. (Not that good at tennis either, and probably never will be.)

Oh well. Now I will probably have to wait for one of those senior trips that enabled my parents to visit Israel. [Please G-d, I should live that long... :-) ]

Did you hear about the blind man who saved his 84-year-old blind neighbor from a fire? Quite a story. Happened in Grangerland, TX, just north of Houston.

Well, it's time to get started with the daily 'get ready for work routine.' Catch you all later, and have a great day!

# 100 littleoldlady

Well, I had to go to Travelocity anyway to find a flight out of here for next Tuesday, so I looked up NY to Tel Aviv while I was at it. About $ 1200-1300 a seat, and not much less travel time than getting from DC to Beijing. I would have thought there would be more direct flights.

She really is "windy"! WHOOSH! :-)

Bye, windybon!

Good morning, people.

What's the good news today?

# 105 nonic

There's good news ? Where ?

#103 Mikey,

It ain't a cheap trip, that's for sure!

#53 Gonzo

I would love to see that same test performed in the middle east.

# 107 littleoldlady

Not many of them are cheap any more.

Well folks...

My kid is home sick (AGAIN. 3rd time in a little over a month!)

talloldman is going back to work (finally!) after his lasik surgery.

And my cousin is visiting and I suspect would like to have breakfast when he wakes up (Of course, there's nothing in the house to eat).

No, I'm NOT having fun. Thanks for asking.

Good day, ALL!™

See you, maybe later...

# 110 littleoldlady

My advice would be to point your cousin in the general direction of the kitchen and tell him/her to have at it. But bye anyway.

"The voter made it clear that from his point of view, Netanyahu has caused enough damage to the state, and he can go back to selling furniture in the United States," he wrote.
"He blamed Sharon, the press, even the public, for not understanding his message. The one person he did not blame for the Likud's failure was himself.

Reminds me of the Democrats,
John Kerry, and Al Gore.

NEXT

Can you say "dead thread"? Sure you can!

Justice fires back

It has come to my attention that your newspaper published a story on Monday stating that I made an obscene gesture - inside Holy Cross Cathedral, no less. The story is false, and I ask that you publish this letter in full to set the record straight.

And on a related note, since Hamdan v Rumsfeld started yesterday (I think), I guess the recusal discussion is moot.

#114 freedomplaw

Geez, that was great! I recommend everybody check out the story fp linked to in #114.

If you loved the way heroic Fabrizio Quattro handled terrorists, you'll like the way Supreme Court Justice and Not-taking-any-of-your-crap Scalia handles reporters.

Your reporter, an up-and-coming “gotcha” star named Laurel J. Sweet,

Way to go, Justice! Love it when they're put in their place!

#114 -

I thought this was another great line, maybe the best:

. . .especially when made by an “Italian jurist.” (I am, by the way, an American jurist.)

Okay, here you go. This mural is so racially prejudiced as to apparently cause physical ilness and the need for counseling, according to this.

Hat tip - Tongue-Tied.

Good Morning youse'all - from a chilly (42 degrees) but sunny NYC! Spring is almost here, temps going up to 60 degrees today!
How is everyone?

'Morning AI, 'morning realwest. Been slow on the ole dead thread this AM.

He works for TIME Magazine: A subsidiary of the DNC. What else do you need to know?

Good morning everyone. A bunch of friends are getting together this chilly morning to take all of our dogs to some sand dunes along Lake Michigan for a picnic and dog-romp. Everyone's got spring fever, including the canines, so even though it's a bit chilly, we will have a picnic and let the dogs swim in the waves. See you this afternoon, unless I turn into a popsicle.

Have a good one!

Morning Mike C and AI

"the world is going to hell in a handbasket via the autobahn of life..." LOL - nice turn of phrase!

#126 mama winger - have a good one! (will dogs swim in water that cold?!). See you later!
:>)

Michelle Malkin is reporting that Abdul Rahman is safe, for now.

Also, she has posted some pics from yesterdays immigration protests in California. Check out the flag pics.

#129 windybon - Glad he's safe for now; coulda done without those flag photos first thing in the morning, though! ;>)
How are you doing?

Hey Mike C. - where'd ya go? Any frost this morning?

# 131 AI

Somehow I doubt it was the one shown immediately below that one.

I’ve received some of their propaganda materials.

"Received" nothing, Ware is an active agent creating propaganda for the terrorists. And then these morons scratch their heads and wonder why much of the public detests them and their corporate financial performance is plummeting. I'm getting to the point where I refuse to patronize any of these media outlets. Hit them in the pocket book folks. Sooner or later everything boils down to money, and that is the only thing these traitors will understand. Lets see how smart they are when they are out of work.

Good morning, lizards.

# 133 realwest

I'm here. Just depressed by this huge pile of paperwork that needs attending to. And no - no frost today.

# 136 AI

Which, by the way, I have read.

Great (albeit, depressing) article by Amir Taheri over at Opinion Journal.

[Link: www.opinionjournal.com...]

Heres a sample...

"To hear Mr. Abbasi tell it the entire recent history of the U.S. could be narrated with the help of the image of "the last helicopter." It was that image in Saigon that concluded the Vietnam War under Gerald Ford. Jimmy Carter had five helicopters fleeing from the Iranian desert, leaving behind the charred corpses of eight American soldiers. Under Ronald Reagan the helicopters carried the corpses of 241 Marines murdered in their sleep in a Hezbollah suicide attack. Under the first President Bush, the helicopter flew from Safwan, in southern Iraq, with Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf aboard, leaving behind Saddam Hussein's generals, who could not believe why they had been allowed live to fight their domestic foes, and America, another day. Bill Clinton's helicopter was a Black Hawk, downed in Mogadishu and delivering 16 American soldiers into the hands of a murderous crowd.

According to this theory, President George W. Bush is an "aberration," a leader out of sync with his nation's character and no more than a brief nightmare for those who oppose the creation of an "American Middle East." Messrs. Abbasi and Ahmadinejad have concluded that there will be no helicopter as long as George W. Bush is in the White House. But they believe that whoever succeeds him, Democrat or Republican, will revive the helicopter image to extricate the U.S. from a complex situation that few Americans appear to understand."

Spanish-Language Media Organized Nationwide Mass Protests

(AP) LOS ANGELES The marching orders were clear: Carry American flags and pack the kids, pick up your trash and wear white for peace and for effect.

Many of the 500,000 people who crammed downtown Los Angeles on Saturday to protest legislation that would make criminals out of illegal immigrants learned where, when and even how to demonstrate from the Spanish-language media.

For English-speaking America, the mass protests in Los Angeles and other U.S. cities over the past few days have been surprising for their size and seeming spontaneity.

But they were organized, promoted or publicized for weeks by Spanish-language radio hosts and TV anchors as a demonstration of Hispanic pride and power.

In Milwaukee, where at least 10,000 people rallied last week, one radio station manager called some employers to ask that they not fire protesters for skipping work. In Chicago, a demonstration that drew 100,000 people received coverage on local television more than a week in advance.

"This was a much bigger story for the Latino media," said Felix Gutierrez, a professor at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication. "If the mainstream media had been paying better attention, there would not have been the surprise about the turnout."

I have always been an English-Firster, but not to the exclusion of other languages--just as a way to guarantee that there is one language everybody can speak. It never sounded like too much to ask for a country to speak one common language, among how many others there may be. But recently I have looked at it from the standpoint of the language "forcing the hand" of assimilation--assimilation and the melting pot (remember that?) are what made this country possible, and this multi-culti crap is ruining it.

BUT. Looking at this article (go ahead, read the whole thing--this is only about 1/3 of it), I'm ready to ask for legislation that the FCC require all broadcasts be done in English. Cable News and shows from wherever you're from (or fond of)? Fine. But airwaves--public property? How about some English, because I find that the use of public airwaves in a non-English language DISCRIMINATES AGAINST ME AS A NON-SPANISH SPEAKER. Or some such. I'm sure the right phrase is close, for those so inclined.
And if you think I'm anti-Mexican, think again. What would you think the first time you heard Arabic screeching across your radio? Would you wonder what instructions were being given? I would. Especially since the possiblity of Moderate Muslims has been all but foreclosed. Once in a while, somebody stands up from within that seething mass, to strike a blow for common sense and decency--and is promptly ignored.

No, the Muslims have already made, and the Mexican-American community may be making, a mistake which makes me feel threatened.

I live in japan, and I don't ask Japanese to be American for me. I know that even the polite Japanese would knock ny head off my shoulders for it--and they'd be quite right to do so. So it's hardly injust or unfair of me to think that the same thing is justified in the States.

English on the Air, please.

#132 realwest -

I'm going great. How are you doing? It is supposed to be 67 here today with a chance of afternoon thunderstorms.

I'm not looking forward to Daylight Saving Time going into effect this weekend. I used to just love it, but my poor old body does better when I stick to sun time. If I didn't get up so early, it probably wouldn't be an issue. My weekday wakeup time is 4:00; however, with DST, I'll actually be getting up at 3:00 by the sun. Then of course, I have to go to bed when it is still daylight. OK, I'll stop whining now.

BBL!

"This from the man who reports from the camp of the enemy. "

#19

microchip him

You think he's ready for a little jihad, a littly splody?

good plan

And frankly, I guess we could use a bt more of this wire-tapping. Foreign influences mobilized nearly a milion people IN AMERICA, and the CIA had no clue? What about the FBI?

This is most definitely an international issue, and we are losing AT HOME. This sounds like an intel screw-up, but not because the intel agencies aren't doing their jobs. It's because the "dead hand" of Gorelick is still running the show.

I saw this asswipe from Time on the television and right away knew he was trouble. Then when it went back to the interviewer, it was none other than Bill Maher.

Couldn't get to the remote fast enough.

Example #1,945,368 why the media is the enemy.

# 144 AI

Actually, I have it on the shelf. In hardback. It is what it's purported to be - an examination of how contemporary native peoples (they didn't call themselves Arabs, of course) viewed the events of that time. It's quite interesting, actually.

Charles Taylor caught.

The piece of garbage was nabbed trying to enter into Cameroon.

I recall several weeks ago seeing the new female president of Liberia giving a speech; I believe she's was educated here. Very impressive.

# 146 AI

Gotta go with you on that one.

Speaking of the media, remember their crusade to get more body armor for the troops? Well, they've run into a small snag. Namely...

Some Marines Declining Extra Body Armor

HUSAYBAH, Iraq - Extra body armor — the lack of which caused a political storm in the United States — has flooded in to Iraq, but many Marines here promptly stuck it in lockers or under bunks. Too heavy and cumbersome, many say.

Marines already carry loads as heavy as 70 pounds when they patrol the dangerous streets in towns and villages in restive Anbar province. The new armor plates, while only about five pounds per set, are not worth carrying for the additional safety they are said to provide, some say.

"We have to climb over walls and go through windows," said Sgt. Justin Shank of Greencastle, Pa. "I understand the more armor, the safer you are. But it makes you slower. People don't understand that this is combat and people are going to die."

# 150 JWF

Ah, so there IS some good news today.

Good Morning All ~

Good Day Aussie and Congrats on the Hat Tip!

Happy Wednesday to my American Infidel neighbor!

Jammie ~

it was none other than Bill Maher.

Couldn't get to the remote fast enough

Super-speed channel flip, for sure.

ChicagoBlue,

As I was setting the landspeed record across my living room, I noticed sitting there with Maher was political expert George Costanza. I didn't wait to hear any words of wisdom from him.

Fed likely to continue increasing rates the near future. I would look for the Fed to get the fed funds rate back up to 5.75% to 6.00% before theys top. Teh inversion in the yield curve though would indicate this is being seen as a bit of overdoing it, so we will have to sit back and see.

Hey Cubs fans. Both Prior and Woods, half of your starting rotation, are now on the 15 day injured list and will be there to start the season. They have the most talented IR list in baseball. Enjoy those sun drenched bleachers and the 90 or so losses this summer.

Comment #37 above has more on Ware; another soon after notes he's Australian. I had noticed an accent.

Jammie ~

I noticed sitting there with Maher was political expert George Costanza.

Oh good grief!
Some things, I swear, just get you open-mouthed and you can't stop wondering WTF is going on...

Good Morning Day Lizards! It's cold in Chicagoland today.

Michael Ware --I'm thinking there is a joke or two in that name.

Where is the sun going, mon? Fire up the doobie!

Ohhh woooesss us, the Crusaders were evil evil evil, etc...They destroyed everything everything and even more of everything...

ALLAHU ACKBAR ! ! !

Oh dear ~ LOL!

Good Morning, LGF!

AP reporting that Charles Taylor was captured
trying to cross into Cameroon.

Good Morning {All}!

I just sent an email to another LGF favorite- James Lileks.

156 3 wood

Good Morning!

Fed likely to continue increasing rates the near future.

The BF is a little bit freaked out - he's a mortgage broker and the rate increases combined with a cooling real estate market in MA have him worried.

Hi again youse'all. I warned ya I'd BBL and here I are am.

{BEFF}!

#150 jammie: are you thinking of this? I was impressed with her also. Articulate, intelligent and (not to get too metaphysical) she seemed incredibly grounded.

Liberian Pres. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Address To Congress
Today, President of the Republic of Liberia, Her Excellency Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, addresses a Joint Meeting of Congress. She will speak on peace initiatives, attracting American investment, and strengthening historic ties. President Sirleaf was inaugurated in Jan. 2006 and is Africa's first female elected head of state.
3/15/2006: WASHINGTON, DC: 40 min.

C-SPAN linky

Good Morning {BEFF}!

Loppy-

You & BF should really move...to some place like, I dunno, Minneapolis. ;)

loppyD --tell him to come to the Very Far Western Suburbs of Chicago. They are carving up farmland and building houses, strip-malls, roads, & retention ponds in record speed. Kendall County is one of the fastest growing counties in the US right now.

Of course, you'd have to come with him, we need all the Lizards we can get.

#150 JammieWearingFool - Ah some good news to start the day! Thanks.

# 157 AI

Actually, it was viewed primarily as a military/security matter, and also as a political opportunity for the different factions jockeying for power during those times. Religion was invoked as and when it would serve those ends. Just as one would expect.

ggt-

HEY! I'm trying to get Loppy here with me, damnit! (Like we couldn't use a few more Lizards here in the Twin Cities!)

BEFF? I can't figure that one out? Can someone help?

32 Taliban, 1 Canadian and 1 American troop killed

First, my condolences to the families of the lost troops and respects to my Canadian LGF friends.

Second, may the dead Taliban rot in hell.

Third, I bet Ware will be grieving the 32 Taliban dead.

Dubs and ggt

You know I loves youse guys and all, but if the BF and I ever move it will be to NC or SC...

#152 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
This comes as no surprise to me at all. As a former grunt, I hated/loved wearing just a flak jacket as my body armor, cause it's HOT and heavy and slows you down when you need to run move quickly!

W-Lover --sorry, I'm on a crusade to build a wall of Lizard mind-rays at the Chicago Border. We could get rich selling tin-foil hats.

ggt-

"BEFF" is between lopps & I. Think "BFF"...and the "E" is for ""Electronic".

Amir Taheri: The Last Helicopter

Hassan Abbasi has a dream--a helicopter doing an arabesque in cloudy skies to avoid being shot at from the ground. On board are the last of the "fleeing Americans," forced out of the Dar al-Islam (The Abode of Islam) by "the Army of Muhammad." Presented by his friends as "The Dr. Kissinger of Islam," Mr. Abbasi is "professor of strategy" at the Islamic Republic's Revolutionary Guard Corps University and, according to Tehran sources, the principal foreign policy voice in President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's new radical administration.

For the past several weeks Mr. Abbasi has been addressing crowds of Guard and Baseej Mustadafin (Mobilization of the Dispossessed) officers in Tehran with a simple theme: The U.S. does not have the stomach for a long conflict and will soon revert to its traditional policy of "running away," leaving Afghanistan and Iraq, indeed the whole of the Middle East, to be reshaped by Iran and its regional allies.

To hear Mr. Abbasi tell it the entire recent history of the U.S. could be narrated with the help of the image of "the last helicopter." It was that image in Saigon that concluded the Vietnam War under Gerald Ford. Jimmy Carter had five helicopters fleeing from the Iranian desert, leaving behind the charred corpses of eight American soldiers. Under Ronald Reagan the helicopters carried the corpses of 241 Marines murdered in their sleep in a Hezbollah suicide attack. Under the first President Bush, the helicopter flew from Safwan, in southern Iraq, with Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf aboard, leaving behind Saddam Hussein's generals, who could not believe why they had been allowed live to fight their domestic foes, and America, another day. Bill Clinton's helicopter was a Black Hawk, downed in Mogadishu and delivering 16 American soldiers into the hands of a murderous crowd.

Democrats should be happy to know they're strategy of attacking the President is resonating with bloodthirsty madmen.

It is not only in Tehran and Damascus that the game of "waiting Bush out" is played with determination. In recent visits to several regional capitals, this writer was struck by the popularity of this new game from Islamabad to Rabat. The general assumption is that Mr. Bush's plan to help democratize the heartland of Islam is fading under an avalanche of partisan attacks inside the U.S. The effect of this assumption can be witnessed everywhere.

W-lover ---ahhh! Thank you.

Lopps-

You know I gotta keep at least trying. LOL!

#160 ChicagoBlue - Morning - what's going on is ratings; they didn't really bring him on for his political savvy, but because he is/was a popular comedic actor; probably got a new series coming along soon.
But Maher, being who he is, treats him like he's a political pro.
Jackass.

# 183 AI

Salisbury steak over noodles with steamed brocolli.

Jammie:

To hear Mr. Abbasi tell it the entire recent history of the U.S. could be narrated with the help of the image of "the last helicopter."

Is that code for "they lost their will and if we do this right, they'll lose their will again"

#178 3 wood - I'll join you in sending condolences, but no bet!

187 realwest

but because he is/was a popular comedic actor; probably got a new series coming along soon.

which will fail miserably like all the others...

169 ggt,

That's her. Brit Hume showed an extended clip when I saw it.

Let's hope she's a success.

#179 loppyd -Why NC or SC (not really being nosy, but curious as to why those two states)?

ARGHHH! It is spring-break and my kid wants the computer.

Have a great day all!

#166 loppyd

The BF is a little bit freaked out - he's a mortgage broker and the rate increases combined with a cooling real estate market in MA have him worried.

Yeah, well unless there is a big turn down to the economy I would see the Fed's continuing this for another year or so. Their statement had words to the effect that they intend to continue "firming" things up. That is Fed-speak for rate increases. I think they see oil drive inflation out there.

Bear in mind the Fed tends to focus in on only two things, the price level and the money supply. In the near term the velocity rate of money is relativley fixed and so is real GDP. So they try to manage the money supply through open market operations, adjusting the discount rate, and on rare occasions adjusting the reserve requirement to keep prices stable. It's called the Simplified Quantity Theory of Money and that drives a lot of their strategy.

Good morning lizards!

Everything in the world is a conspiracy against muslims. Just ask 'em.

AN Indonesian newspaper has depicted John Howard and Alexander Downer as a pair of sex-crazed dingoes, in a new low point in the Papua visa row.
[on the front page, no less -ed]

The cartoons are among an outpouring of nationalist outrage against Australia in Indonesia.

Last week the Australian Immigration Department granted temporary visas to 42 of the 43 Papuans who had landed at Cape York in January seeking asylum.

How dare they?

Amid mounting conspiracy theories that Australia has a secret plan for a re-run in Papua of East Timor's separation, former Indonesian intelligence director AC Manullang wrote in the Republika newspaper that Australian and American agents were active in the province.

Mr Manullang was one of many senior Indonesians to make bizarre claims that the 2002 Bali bombings were really the handiwork of the CIA or the Israeli Mossad.

But his latest tirade reflects the mood and thoughts of many leading Indonesians, who see Australia's visa decision as fresh evidence of a western conspiracy to break up and weaken the world's most populous Muslim nation.

If that were the case, there are easier ways to do it.

Good Morning realwest ~

But Maher, being who he is, treats him like he's a political pro.
Jackass.

Yes, ideed, on both counts!

"Good Mornings" all around to W-lover!, loppyd, ggt and all others wandering in this AM.

Kendall County, eh?

#180 realwest

Ayep. The more heavily you weigh down a soldier, the less likely he's gonna be able to dodge when that bullet or RPG does come his way. And more coverage you try to give (such as the sides or arms and legs), the quicker your flexibility goes right out the window.

For the average American who justs want to protect the troops, I understand that. But taking away the military's greatest asset (speed) only makes them more likely to take a fatal hit during a fight.

As to the Left, who've been trying to jack up the cost of the war in both money and human lives in order to make a political statement, I hope the shitbags rot.

Bear in mind the Fed tends to focus in on only two things, the price level and the money supply. In the near term the velocity rate of money is relativley fixed and so is real GDP. So they try to manage the money supply through open market operations, adjusting the discount rate, and on rare occasions adjusting the reserve requirement to keep prices stable. It's called the Simplified Quantity Theory of Money and that drives a lot of their strategy.

"OH! I wish I could believe or even understand that!" -Bender

Hey Kids - isn't today the day that the Dems are going to put forth their (snort, giggle) security plan for the USA?
Waiting with baited breath.
Not.

m-

I expect to see the Indonesian Embassy burning in Australia due to these cartoons!

WOW...Are you going to make the salisbury steak or did you buy it prepared ?!?

You know, I was thinking the same thing. What actually is Salisbury Steak?

#197 m - morning! Cartoons, eh? Time to burn a few embassies, riot in the streets and uh, whatever other excuse we can come up with to get out of going to work today!

♪ Good morning LGF! ♪

Another gorgeous day today with plenty of sunshine and temps reaching 14°C (58°F)!

:)

AI

"The Crusades: The World's Debate" by Hilaire Belloc. I'd check the library or maybe you'd get lucky at Amazon.

Har! Of interest to Canadian lizards, check out the whinging from CBC:

PMO keeps reporters at bay with new rules (Warning - Canadian Press item contains scenes of extreme whining that may offend some readers.)

Another useless tool of the CBC responds to remind Canadians just who runs this damned country, and offers up a threat;

Harper’s treatment of the media is that of an ingrate. The media made Harper. The media also first made Trudeau and Mulroney. Later, the media made both Trudeau and Mulroney and their parties suffer at the polls.

A similar fate awaits Harper if he doesn’t change his basic suspicion and hatred of reporters and news commentators.

And thus, in the space of two short paragraphs, we have public acknowledgement of the ethical bankruptcy of his profession, as well as justification for Harper's suspicion and efforts to restore the Canadian media to an appropriate level of influence.

Nicely done, Mr. Zolf.

Link

Prime Minister Harper, you are a fine man.

:D

Recall Charles uncovered Michael Ware's terrorist facilitator role back in 2003;

lgf: TIME Hangs with Iraqi Mujahideen

#204 ChicagoBlue - IIRC, Salsbury Steak is gussied up chopped beef. In other words, a pretentious hamburger.

#201 realwest

Eh, we already know the Democratic Party's national security plan:

1. Cut
2. Run

#203 W-lover

Seriously! How dare they make fun of the dingo! ;-)

Wait- to protest granting visas to people they wanted to kill!

Oh, I get it!

#200 Dubluv

Sorry, I lapsed into Econ Prof mode there for a minute. In english it boils down to the Fed. trys to keep a stable price level in the economy by jimmying the money supply up or down using the 3 policy tools at their disposal. Actually, its' much simpler than you would think. If a dummy like me can understand it, anybody can.

realwest ~

a pretentious hamburger.

Hah! Cute!

#205 realwest

Good morning realwest! How you doing today, bud?

#206 Miss Trixie Morning back atcha!

"The media made Harper." - Bet that comes as a shock to his mom and dad!

The arrogance of the Ancient Media apparently knows no bounds at all.

#209 American Infidel ~

Yeah! That's it, and it's always sold frozen with gravy!

#210 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

You forgot one~

3. Grovel at their new master's feet.

{3wood}-

I just love that Bender quote & try to usse it whenever possible.

#207 Terp ~

Ohhh, thanks for that!

#214 m - well I woke up again, so that's always a good start! Actually doing just fine. How about you - increased cost of FedFunds gonna impact you?

I know you just can't help it, Dubs. Bender rocks.

So if he has been to some of their safe houses, he should be able to help US troops find Zarqawi & Bin Laden and all of the other radicals, Eh?

Oh- wait, They blind folded him with a back issue of Time Magazine toilet paper!

Good Morning, {Lizards}!

Don't know if anyone's posted this link yet, but this issue infuriates me:

Apparently the illegals are taking a page out of the "displaced Palestinian" playbook:

http://wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=49482

They now consider us occupiers.

194 realwest

#179 loppyd -Why NC or SC (not really being nosy, but curious as to why those two states)?

The pace, the beauty, the food, the lifestyle.

I've spent a lot of time on the coasts of SC and NC and fell in love with the beaches and coastal communities.

I live on the North Shore of Boston and the beaches in NC and SC are very similar, but the water is so much warmer and the people are so much nicer.

#223 traveler - Yeah, sure those MoFo's...nope, too early to get the BP rising that quickly!

m-

Yes- Bender does ROCK! LOL!

Fry: "Bender, this has nothing to do with you."

Bender: "That's impossible!"

Will be hard to work up any sympathy if Ware's jihadi friends ever use his neck for cutting practice.

Of course, they may be smart enough to realize what a valuable asset having a propaganda plant inside America's most widely read (I'd assume) news weekly.

Be sweet if he were with his jihadi buddies during an American assault.

196 3 wood

It's called the Simplified Quantity Theory of Money and that drives a lot of their strategy.

Funny, that doesn't sound simple to me... :)

In any event, BF is re-thinking his career - for other reasons besides the rates & market...

Good morning and a happy hump day to all!

{Dubs}
{[{m}]}
{Lopps}
{Miss Trixie}

So who's ready for this week to end already?

:D

#218 Dubs

I just love that Bender quote & try to usse it whenever possible.

The only Bender I know of was Gene "Bender" Brabender, rag arm righty who kicked around the majors for a couple of years when I was a kid.

#224 loppyd - excellent reasons; I was born in Wilmington, NC (though left at around age 2, but have friends in NC area and they are all really nice, friendly people.
Course, the coastal sections of the Carolinas are subject to possible Hurricane onslaught; but you really can't live anywhere that's safe from potential natural disasters, cept maybe the East side of the Rockies.

#220 realwest

How about you - increased cost of FedFunds gonna impact you?

Definitely.

People still buy houses (so it won't completely stop), but they end up getting less house (DTI kicks your butt).

That's okay, though- I can always fall back on my waitressing skills. Ha!

/yeah- that's the ticket.

#223 traveler

They now consider us occupiers.

Haven't they always?

heh.

#217 m

You forgot one~

3. Grovel at their new master's feet.

Nah...

3. Drop trou
4. Bend over & grab ankles

# 202 AI

Well of course I'm going to make it. Silly person. I'd put the recipe up right now, but I FINALLY got my required invite letter back to Commie Country, and have to get this visa paperwork the hell out of here and sent off. Remind me later and I'll send you the recipe.

#225 realwest

True!

The BP hasn't gone down since I saw some of these "protesters" yesterday -- some were students who left class -- carrying the Mexican flag! While enjoying the lifestyle that the American flag has brought them.

It's the corruption and lawlessness under that very Mexican flag that didn't support them in the first place.

They strike me as the new, up-and-coming disenfranchised set...it's all the rage.

/bad pun alert

3wood-

Bender is a robot on the adult cartoon 'Futurama'. His catch phrase is "Bite My Shiny Metal Ass."

Morning All

So there was this spider...

Good morning {[{Ronin}]}!

I am!

#235 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Oh yeah. You must have peeked in their playbook!

# 208 realwest

Maybe, but pretty damned tasty the way I do it (Hat Tip - Cooking Light.)

{realwest}

The arrogance of the Ancient Media apparently knows no bounds at all.

Precisely.

Payback's a b*tch, ain't it?

:D

#229 Loppyd

Funny, that doesn't sound simple to me

Oh, there's all kinds of more complicated theories out there. Some Econ Prof's love to turn the science into a math equation, but I think they tend to lose sight of the point of it all when they do that.

Eventually, after you run through all the equations, the econometerics, the multiple variables, it boils down to the Fed's bumping the discount rate 0.25% at a time one way or the other and seeing what happens.

In any event, BF is re-thinking his career - for other reasons besides the rates & market...

I did the same thing back in the 80's. I started out in banking and shifted to other things for more stability and income potential. Never looked back.

{Ronin} {Keep} {Miss Trixie}

Ronin- I had to email James Lileks this morning- his article today was about as dumb as they come.

I am!

I am so ready for the weekend already...

If I can just make it out of this week alive...

I had to email James Lileks this morning- his article today was about as dumb as they come.

What was he bleating about today?

Enemies of Democracy Doubting America's Resolve: Amir Taheri

Mornin' {Ronin}

I'm more than ready for this week to end. I might have senior skip day this Friday...it's supposed to hit 70 here.

#242 Mike C - I have no doubt. I was just flashing back to my high school cafeteria days and a couple of frozen TV dinners when I made those comments.

Western Australia Morning Tropical Cyclone Update.

Eye of Tropical Cyclone Glenda less distinct, suggesting weakening due to interaction with stronger mid-latitude upper winds.

USAF/USN Joint Typhoon Warning Center estimate is TC Glenda now a Cat 3, after they had it at Cat 5 intensity yesterday at this time.

Pt. Hedland radar loop. The eye is visible to the distant Northwest.

Bedout Island only station I can find reporting sustained tropical storm force winds at this time, but it looks like a good squall about to hit the coast.

BTW, BOM still has TC Glenda as a Cat 4, and predicts a Cat 4 at landfall. JTWC forecast takes Glenda from a strong Cat 3 to a lower end Cat 3 at landfall, w/ both agencies predicting landfall near Mardie.

# 247 AI

Tuesday. I haven't finished helping to oppress the masses yet.

And to those who would dare suggest that I would resort to that garbage in the frozen food section, you can just... Well, I try not to say things like that. Mikey don't do frozen "food."

232 realwest

Wilmington is great! My cousin lives in New Bern and we stopped in Wilmington on the way to Charleston a few years ago. Such a cool town...

BF and I would love to buy some property down there before it becomes completely untouchable.

Dubs

Are adult cartoons like adult movies, but animated? :)

#237 traveler ~ Good Morning!

It's the corruption and lawlessness under that very Mexican flag that didn't support them in the first place.

Very well put ~ I was looking at Michelle Malkin's site and those pictures...with the American Flag upside down under the Mexican flag.

Rage is right, my rage.

it's supposed to hit 70 here

Well, aren't you just the lucky one?

:D

# 252 Ed

Well, that's different. Eye-destroying, but different.

Since I'm heading off to Quebecistan Province tomorrow for a conference, I likely won't see my deadthread compadres until next week.

So I thought I'd forecast an all-SEC NCAA title game for Monday night (I'll check in before then).

I love what George Mason has done, but I don't think they match up well with Florida. I know a few people at GMU and the coach is a Bronx guy and I'll be rooting for them, but I have to go with Florida, which I had in the Final Four from the outset. And, to paraphrase Ed Mahmoud, I've gotten drunk with Billy Donovan's sister.

In the other game, I think Tyrus Thomas and Big Baby Davis will be too much for UCLA to contain. The Bruins might have a shot if they keep it low-scoring like the Memphis game, but LSU has too much size for them.

It would be nice if the moribund New York Knicks had kept their No. 1 pick this year and they could have a shot at Thomas or Florida's Joakim Noah, two outrageous talents. But I guess one of them may well be headed to Chicago and will of course remind us NYK fans for 15 years of the bungling Isiah Thomas long after he departs, which can't come soon enough.

#252 Ed Mahmoud abu al Qahool Martyr Brigades

WOW - that colorful notice sure woke up whatever was left asleep in me! LOL!

Sure Hope Aussiemagpie and our other Aussie friends see it!

#254 loppyd

The BF will love the golf courses in the Myrtle Beach area. There's a lot of building going on down there too.

The Mrs. and I love Charleston.

Morning, Chicago!

I was in the library yesterday and on the used book sale table, they had a "Best places to run in Chicago" -- thought of you! You're the only person I know that lives there.

Good Morning Troop !

{RECON}! ! !

244 3 wood

I did the same thing back in the 80's. I started out in banking and shifted to other things for more stability and income potential. Never looked back.

Stability and income potential are definitely paramount...I have faith in him. He's smart as a whip and could sell snow to an Eskimo...just needs to come up with a plan and stick to it.

This video has been out for awhile -- I never gave it much thought until I saw these yay-hoos protesting this week:

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Could Mexico retake the southwestern United States? Not only are the Mexicans capable, but an invasion is underway, insists immigration expert Glenn Spencer.

In this well-documented video, Spencer unveils the aims of a radical movement that identifies itself as "America's Palestinians." Their ultimate goal is to reclaim the American Southwest, including California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and parts of Colorado and Texas. Hispanic activists refer to the former Mexican territory as Aztlan, the mythical place of origin of the Aztec people.

But is this merely the irrational scheme of a fringe group? Using original footage, Spencer shows how the pronouncements of Mexican officials and their policies support a "reconquest" of the Southwest. Perhaps even more importantly, Spencer contends, U.S. immigration policies and lax enforcement are paving the way for this invasion.

Spencer is president of California-based Voice of Citizens Together and host of the popular talk show "American Patrol."

In "Conquest of Aztlan" you'll see how:

Former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo made a de facto declaration of war on the U.S.

The Mexican government helped quash an immigration measure passed by the people of California.

A fifth column of subversives is plotting to "recolonize" the United States.

Mexican officials prepare citizens to invade the U.S.

Mexican anti-Americanism revealed itself after the Sept. 11 attack.

Immigrants in the U.S. are encouraged to vote in the interests of Mexico.

U.S. policies ultimately are leading to a breakup of the country.

#259 JammieWearingFool - so who's gonna take it all?
BTW as a long time knick fan, I don't really expect us to get back to the days of glory (Frazier, Monroe, Debusherre (with whom I've gotten drunk)Bradely and of course Willis. But it would be nice if we could be competitive for a change.
sigh.

Mike C. ~

Mikey don't do frozen "food."

Ha, somehow I knew that. Me, I would have to have cereal or sandwiches everyday without it!

/made a great frosted flakes, graham cracker cereal bowl last night!

Morning [RECON]

257 Ronin

Well, aren't you just the lucky one?

I could be wrong, but I think I may detect a tiny bit of bitterness here...

:)

It's going to rain Saturday if that makes you feel any better...

Dubs

Yeah, you're right... That was one of the dumbest articles I have ever read.

Well that's a couple minutes of my life I'll never get back.

:D

RECON

You ready for these guys

how long till you go?

We are going to hit 70 today, and by Friday 75! Oh, I gotta get the pool opened soon!

272 Keepandbear

Goood gravy! That's a big ass bear!

#249 WriterMom

Good morning Mom,

Thanks for the excellent column by Taheri, Good insight into the Middle East worldview.

Mr. Ahmadinejad also notes that Iran has just "reached the Mediterranean" thanks to its strong presence in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and the Palestinian territories. He used that message to convince Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to adopt a defiant position vis-à-vis the U.N. investigation of the murder of Rafiq Hariri, a former prime minister of Lebanon. His argument was that once Mr. Bush is gone, the U.N., too, will revert to its traditional lethargy. "They can pass resolutions until they are blue in the face," Mr. Ahmadinejad told a gathering of Hezbollah, Hamas and other radical Arab leaders in Tehran last month.

#263 USMC RECON - Morning back atcha!
You should check out comment #152 and, fwiw, my comment at #180.

realwest,

I was going to wait on that until Monday to see what shakes out of the Saturday games. Let's see if I'm right with Florida-LSU first.

Since my pool went belly up having picked UConn-Duke in the final (I did have UCLA and Florida losing the semis), I figured I'll digest those games and unveil my choice Monday.

#270 Lopps

It's going to rain Saturday if that makes you feel any better...

We're looking at a pretty good chance of thunderstorms tonight, so no, not really.

:D

261 3 wood

IIRC, BF has golfed in Myrtle Beach...I was there a few years ago, but didn't golf.

I could go on and on about Charleston...one of my favorite cities in the world. Did you get over to Sullivan's Island or Isle of Palms?

Hey loppy~ I love it when it rains on a Saturday!

(better than through the week, when I can't enjoy it) So you are STILL the lucky one!

I'm weird like that.

Good Morning {RECON}!

Keep
I fly into Anchorage on the morning of 3/28.

I have been consistent with groups of 1 3/4"
from 200 yds.

That should do the trick as the average shot,according to the outfitter, is under 100 yds.

#272 Keepandbear - With all due respect, I think the question should be are those guys ready for RECON!
;>)

We are going to hit 70 today, and by Friday 75!

:-(

( )'s to all .

Realwest, I agree . The flak jackets are great if your sittin' on your butt. They don't do well in a fire fight or hand to hand.

282 USMC RECON

Good luck good hunting

Um 3/28? Its 3/29 in this world. Do you mean 4/28?