More details emerge about 'jad's less-than-well-received address to Tehran students:

"We were chanting, 'Get lost Ahmadinejad!' and 'Ahmadinejad - element of discrimination and corruption.' You could see from his face that he was really shocked. He wasn't flashing his usual smile, and at one stage I thought he was going to cry. He told his supporters to respond with a religious chant hailing Ahmadinejad, but he was so shaken he was actually chanting it himself."

Another student said: "He was trying to keep control of himself, but you could see he was angry and upset."

Well, well, well. Scrambling to cover your butts. Serves you right you no talent, suck-up-to-any-dictator hacks

Yes, he is the Global Everyman. That is why the UN acts like it does.

no /, this is playing it straight

Guess somebody must have pointed out to them that their glowing admiration of dinnerjacket's virtues went much too far over the line. Definitely NOT unbiased.

They just mixed him up with Borat.

Easy mistake.

They changed the caption for PR reasons.

We know that they believe what they originally printed.

What, no longer a Champion of the Dispossessed?

Poor Time, now Iran is not gonna give 'em that million bbl kickback!

I mean really, if there was an Oil for Food scandal...

but no link...yet

Lyrics from a few old songs come to mind.

When will they ever learn?

It's too late to turn back now.

So, TIME reads LGF.

heh.

FK U, TIME!

They just mixed him up with Borat.

Or Ringo Starr.

The way it know reads, "paradox" is completely irrelevant.

That was a hasty re-write. Expect another soon.

I knew that crap wouldn't last long. Somebody's probably got a sor seat-of-pants over at Time. Or at least time . com. Maroons.

He IS a "global everyman" for Muslims.

That's the frighenting part.

Lying liars, telling nothing but lies!

This shows how much of a tabloid they really are.

Major pimf - know = now.

We expected this didn't we Charles? It is their modus operandi.

#12 mad

but only the ringo star in "caveman the movie" version

We saw the original, ya' fucktards. If you had the courage of your convictions, you wouldn't have changed it. However, your changing it shows you knew better in the first place.

"global everyman"

Yeah, he's a regular Tom Hanks, isn't he?

Wasn't Adolf Hitler TIME's man of the year back in the 30s?

No. Really. What the hell is wrong with our media?

Even if there isn't an AP counter anymore, it is quite obvious they do pay attention to the bloggers... :)

~weak~

looks like his membership card in the piss ant psycho dictators club. there should be little stamps on the back marking each anti semitic statement. when the card is full he'll get a free banana split.

(I still curse Time Magazine)

Remember their cover with the US flag in the trash can?

. The original caption:

'Ahmadinejad, the former Tehran mayor has become possessed.''

Okay, this is just plain retarded. Folks, you can't just silently attempt to correct the record like this and expect it to go unnoticed. The very fact that you have to try to change history tells us that you have a guilty conscience - y'know, conscience, the thing that you ignore when you support terrorists and Islamotards over against your own country?

On another note, incidents like these make me wonder how many times the record has been silently 'corrected' before the advent of the blogosphere...

MAGIC !
The blog-wand works !

Do we have a spell against all the moonbats?

Yes !
"TRUTH !"

1938

Hey TIME, since you're evidently willing to change the caption (hoping no one will notice, but hey), here's an idea; why not change the entire entry, and make it for, say, supermodel Adriana Lima? Just thinkin' out loud here.

They just mixed him up with Borat.

Or Ringo Starr.

Everyone knows that Ringo was Yasser Arafat's Doppleganger. He looked just like him before the AIDS set in.

If it wasn't for the blogsphere this nonsense would STILL be posted.

Time Mag got it right, man of the year is You.

Hillary's war machine called. told them to change it.
Time, being a proper and respected DNC publicantion, must be careful.

TIME's MO:
Bush = Hitler
Mahmoud = Polarizing figure
'But we don't need to educate the public about Mahmoud's promises to actually KILL Jews.'

#35 OR
Do you always have to be so practical?

WHAT? You mean we can't say what we really think yet? But the Democrats won! Damn. Alright, change the caption so as to cover our asses...

Is anyone else kind of freaked out by I'm-a-dinner-jacket's weird smirk he always has on his face?

Wasn't Adolf Hitler TIME's man of the year back in the 30s?

Yes, and Ayatollah Khomeini was MOTY in the early 80s.

Slightly OT... the "dispossessed" appear to be rejecting "everyman" in early Iran election returns. "Centrists" and "moderate conservatives" are leading his allies.

I think the original caption was IDIOTIC, but some folks seem to be angry at Time for changing it. What's up with that? Somebody editor with a head on his shoulders said, "Change that crap" and they did. Good for them. Not exactly prize-winning work, but certainly less idiotic.

As if I needed another reason to cancel AOL...

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I stopped reading Time almost 30 years ago because of idiotarian write ups like this. This is a worthless publication that should go the way of the dinosaurs.

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#48 Cognito
Just to have come up with the original caption at all...is very troubling.

I don't think TIME has to search for stupid employees. They just show up naturally and line up outside the door.

All the ones that are too stupid and lazy to get into the military.

53 J.D.,

Heck yes. That's why I described it as all-caps "idiotic." It's the other thing I'm wondering about -- people smacking Time for correcting it. Just curious, not a big deal.

#2 frankp_63 12/18/2006 09:52AM PST

I am encouraged that the youth in Iran seem so wiling to stand up to him. It gives me faith that not everyone there is completely batshit insane.

#48 Cognito 12/18/2006 10:09AM PST

I agree. It is good to see them editing once in awhile, and not saying "we stand by our story!", like a fevered psychotic.

#54 Fast Eddie
good one

"Champion of the dispossessed, global Everyman" No more.

DUBIA - After it was revealed that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad appeared at an international conference where uncovered meat was shamelessly exposed, he has been stripped of his Miss Jihadi title in a scandal due to rock the world of islamic supremacy.

TIME editors in Boston announced today that "due to his extreme disregard" for the tolerant traditional islamic custom of keeping woman in sacks or in their homes Mahmoud would be stripped of his crown. "Despite his repeated calls for Israel's destruction, we felt it would be better that he not be referred to as champion, just yet." said Walter Isaacson, managing editor of Time magazine.

Champion of the Possessed, maybe, but Global Everyman?

Don't they realize that's Bill Clinton?

Lines they left out sound like the describing

James Bond

#53 Cognito
What's that saying...You can't unring a bell?
I'll give them credit for changing it. Even a blind squirrel...

Here is an interesting article from the UK Gardian about how the student protesters are being treated by the "Global Everyman" and also a little bit about just hard Dinnerjacket was gripping when he was making his getaway from the protest.

It's still a stupid caption.

I wish Time would educate us as to why this Persian clown is a paradox.

What the hell is so paradoxical about a murderous thug who goes around talking like a genocidal maniac?

OT:

Found this gem at Ace of Spades:

Video: English Lessons For Japanese Whores

#55 Cognito

The very act of changing it shows that they knew it was wrong in the first place. If they had the courage of their convictions, they would not have changed it no matter what. They're a bunch of spineless wusses who go with the flow.

#59

Champion of the Possessed, maybe, but Global Everyman?

Don't they realize that's Bill Clinton?

Bill Clinton was also our first black President,too.

Hitler was Time's Man of The Year. Here is proof.

The Print Screen key sure is useful.

OK- one last post before I leave the house:

But where did that knowledge exist? Only in his own consciousness, which in any case must soon be annihilated. And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed -if all records told the same tale -- then the lie passed into history and became truth. 'Who controls the past,' ran the Party slogan, 'controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.' And yet the past, though of its nature alterable, never had been altered. Whatever was true now was true from everlasting to everlasting. It was quite simple. All that was needed was an unending series of victories over your own memory. 'Reality control', they called it: in Newspeak, 'doublethink'.

-George Orwell, 1984, Chap.3

Amaddinnerjacket looks more like Pete Townsend than Ringo IMHO.

I wonder if TIME was bombarded with enough folks so disgusted that it made them change. I like to think so. And if so, pretty groovy for us! (Even if it still needs working.)

It's my understanding that Man of the Year doesn't necessarily means "Most Beloved". It's intended to mark who had the most effect on us in any given year. That's why Hitler, Stalin, et al have made it to previous covers.

64 MandyManners,

The very act of changing it shows that they knew it was wrong in the first place. If they had the courage of their convictions, they would not have changed it no matter what. They're a bunch of spineless wusses who go with the flow.

That sounds a little bit like they're damned if they do, damned if they don't.

Wow.

Makes me wonder how close we are to a second Holocaust. I'm sure Time Magazine will be in the front, cheering and appluading as their "global everyman" sends Jews to the gas chambers, like Hitler did.

Guess I'll be cancelling my Time subscription and forwarding this little tid bit to every person I've ever known, in hopes that they'll do the same.

48 Cognito
The first caption is just so infuriating and completely disconnected with reality.

#63 dean

Indeed,what has this genocidal clown done to make him a paradox?

He supports stoning women and children,he wants jews exterminated.

Maybe they thought Hitler was a paradox also.

A OB/GYN and a Heart surgeon walk into a bar...the bartender says "what can I get for you paradox"?

I came this close to a big multi-color post about possible Dallas to San Antonio Christmas Eve/Christmas Ice Storm Disaster, however, last weeks debacle on my part, where I posted multi color and big (except at Gulf Coast Pundit, which doesn't support fun HTML) warning of a possible Washington to Boston Christmas Eve snowstorm and *White Christmas*, which now looks more like mostly a rain event for the coastal cities, I will wait another day before getting y'all fired up about a tree snapping, power outage inducing ice and sleet storm for Dallas and Waco, possibly as far South and Southest as San Antonio and College Station.

Here's a list of Times faves:

1927 Charles Augustus Lindbergh
1928 Walter P. Chrysler
1929 Owen D. Young
1930 Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
1931 Pierre Laval
1932 Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1933 Hugh Samuel Johnson
1934 Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1935 Haile Selassie
1936 Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson
1937 Generalissimo & Mme Chiang Kai-Shek
1938 ADOLPH HITLER
1939 Joseph Stalin
1940 Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
1941 Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1942 Joseph Stalin 1943 George Catlett Marshall
1944 Dwight David Eisenhower
1945 Harry Truman
1946 James F. Byrnes
1947 George Catlett Marshall
1948 Harry Truman
1949 Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
1950 American Fighting-Man
1951 Mohammed Mossadegh
1952 Elizabeth II
1953 Konrad Adenauer
1954 John Foster Dulles
1955 Harlow Herbert Curtice
1956 Hungarian Freedom Fighter
1957 Nikita Krushchev
1958 Charles De Gaulle
1959 Dwight David Eisenhower
1960 U.S. Scientists
1961 John Fitzgerald Kennedy
1962 Pope John XXIII
1963 Martin Luther King Jr.
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson
1965 General William Childs Westmoreland
1966 Twenty-Five and Under
1967 Lyndon B. Johnson
1968 Astronauts Anders, Borman and Lovell
1969 The Middle Americans
1970 Willy Brandt
1971 Richard Milhous Nixon
1972 Nixon and Kissinger
1973 John J. Sirica
1974 King Faisal
1975 American Women
1976 Jimmy Carter
1977 Anwar Sadat
1978 Teng Hsiao-P'ing
1979 Ayatullah Khomeini
1980 Ronald Reagan
1981 Lech Walesa
1982 The Computer
1983 Ronald Regan & Yuri Andropov
1984 Peter Ueberroth
1985 Deng Xiaoping
1986 Corazon Aquino
1987 Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev
1988 Endangered Earth
1989 Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev
1990 The Two George Bushes
1991 Ted Turner
1992 Bill Clinton
1993 The Peacemakers
1994 Pope John Paul II
1995 Newt Gingrich
1996 Dr. David Ho
1997 Andy Grove
1998 Bill Clinton and Kenneth Starr
1999 Jeff Bezos
2000 George W. Bush
2001 Rudolph Giuliani
2002 The Whistleblowers
2003 The American Soldier
2004 George W. Bush
2005 Bill Gates, Melinda Gates, & Bono

67 Thor,

The 'Man of the Year" isn't an endorsement, even though it does sound like one. It's just a recollection of the year's most noteworthy personalities, good or bad. Or pure evil.

It must suck to be in print media right now. Declining circulation and advertising revenues, and having to stick your finger up to see which way the wind is blowing. Almost as bad as politics.

Memo to Time: reign in the moonbat socialists on your editorial staff, unless you can afford losing a big chunk of whatever shrinking readership you have left. Losers.

77 Peacekeeper,

They're really not 'faves,' just historic figures, regardless of their impact -- be it good or bad.

#38 savage-nation

Stalin got it TWICE by Times. Geez.

Gates was just sworn in.

Well, this fixes everything now, dunnit?

Please disregard previous criticisms of your fine publication. All is forgiven.

/spit

#67

Yes - Hitler, Stalin, and Khomeini were all "Men of the Year".

The difficulty is that some people have a mistaken belief that "TIME'S Man of the Year" is some kind of "honor" - - when in reality it's just about underscoring the person (or in 1982, the machine) who made the most *news* the previous year, good or bad.

In 1979, Khomeini *did* make more news than, say, Jimmuh Carter because the results of his actions led the evening news every night. Like it or not, the Ayatollah and not the Georgia Ninnyhammer made the news happen.

That's why I think it was wrong of TIME to pick Rudy Giuliani over Osama bin Laden in 2001 - - Rudy was *a* great story, but he wasn't *THE* story of 2001. However, TIME is in the business of selling magazines, not reporting facts, and OBL on the cover would have caused a subscription fit for those subscribers (most of whom I imagine are pensioners and dental offices) who would have again assumed that OBL was going to be invited to TIME magazine headquarters for tea and medals.

This of course is why TIME picked "You" as the "Person of the Year" this year - - what better way to suck up to the subscribers than making them feel all super-specialdeelicious?

Hey guys,

I think we should be careful here not to muddy our criticism of Time. Their original caption -- about "champion" and "everyman" Ahmadinejad -- revealed an absolute idiocy on someone's part at the magazine or its web site. A solid criticism.

But when we rail against them naming Stalin or Hitler, etc. -- well, that sort of blunts our point. Those people are legitimate historic and horrific figures -- if Stalin hadn't been named twice, I'd be ticked -- not Time's favorite do-gooders.

I didn't realize Time was so dysfunctional as to even consider using the first caption. Time has thoroughly discredited itself with this "Global Everyman" crap. Yuck.

#72 Cognito

You got it. They are anti-Semites who are too scared to stand up for their beliefs.

Omg, no words...

I posted above.. but I'm so shocked and stunned that there are no words. It's like saying that Hitler is a "global everyman" and a "champion of the dispossesed".

I wonder if representatives of Time were at the Holocaust denial conference in Tehran last week... They were probably there in the front row, shaking Amaduchebags hands...

This is so disturbing and disheartening.

Amadidyjad is no paradox. He has evil in his heart and wants to destory Israel and kill millions of innocent people.

#24 - "No. Really. What the hell is wrong with our media?"

They think we are stupid.

I like where the caption reads that "he is considered a foe of the US". Do you think it just might be the "death to America" rallies he leads that might, subjectively of course, make some people suspect he just might be a foe of the US. Waiting for the "some think he is uncomfortable being around Jews" caption.

That list reads like a who's who of socialism and communism.

With a few exceptions like Nixon,Reagan and Bush^2.

Awww... isn't that sweet. Time get caught on a man-crush with a flea-ridden thug whose most notable achievements are the repeated calls to destroy Israel, threaten armageddon to inflict his ideology on the rest of the world, and Time has to change around the caption because it might actually show where Time's editorial staff's mindset (recto-cranial inversion) is.

86 Cognito

It wasn't simply 'idiocy' in my opinion. This copy writer was praising the dictator as though he were Mother Teresa. It wasn't just a little typo or fact-checking error.

Do people really still buy news magazines?

I dont know , im not a big fan of week old news.

95 pegcity

Do people really still buy news magazines?

I dont know , im not a big fan of week old news.

Excellent point and question.
No. No one reads this crap anymore and the MSM is too stupid to figure it out.

I bet if CAIR threatens them, TIME will change the caption to "Total Hunk Superstar Sensation".

94 NoSubmission,

I'd say that qualifies as idiocy. These are, after all, the anti-idiotarian headquarters.

J Ros

second Holocaust?

sorry, we are still working on the first.

it didnt end in 1945
it didnt start in 1939

Cognito,

They're really not 'faves,' just historic figures, regardless of their impact -- be it good or bad.

No, review some of these other choices and tell me if they reflect your analysis:

1950 American Fighting-Man
1960 U.S. Scientists
1956 Hungarian Freedom Fighter
1966 Twenty-Five and Under
1969 The middle Americans
1975 American Women
1988 Endangered Earth
1993 The Peacemakers
2002 The Whistleblowers

I'd like to know if anyone can find the Hitler Man of the Year story online...

#97 Geepers
Why stop there?

95 pegcity,

The news weeklies are certainly in a troubled time, and trying to keep up. The smart ones are doing well, though. Really well. They offer a deeper analysis than you can get from online snapshots.

arrr... I wonder if some poor schlub made a hardcopy correction, folded it into a tube for someone else in the archives to correct... then went on to the next *correction* from the masters at minitru...

I dunno when im in a waiting room if its between Time Magazine and good housekeeping, ill take good housekeeping.

I love how time magazine acts like they just discovered everything, like "hey honey look at this did you know Ipods are popular, time magazine said so, i had no idea"

100 Peace,

Sorry, man, you're not going to get me to back down. When Time named Hitler, for instance, as its 'Man of the Year,' they certainly weren't endorsing him as a favorite.

To propose that is -- again -- to muddy another, legitimate criticism.

102 Cognito

95 pegcity,

The news weeklies are certainly in a troubled time, and trying to keep up. The smart ones are doing well, though. Really well. They offer a deeper analysis than you can get from online snapshots.

Curious to see which newsweaklies you think are the 'smart ones'.

It's not just the caption. It's the photo of him, chin up, so noble and clear-eyed. Or possibly just trying to look taller, but it's still nauseating.

#96 NoSubmission

I went to a baby shower last weekend...and the writing pads passed out for the games, were from a stack of Time magazines...

#95 pegcity

Do people really still buy news magazines?
I dont know , im not a big fan of week old news.

Great point! It's like posting on a week-old dead thread.

J.D. (#101),

From your link:

People, like CNN, is a unit of Time Warner.

OK then.

#100 Peacekeeper

See No. 32.

106 NoSubmission,

I don't agree with everything they say, but The Economist is certainly a smart magazine, and rocking the news stand.

I agree very little with what the New Yorker has to say, but it's another smart magazine and selling very well.

#111 Geepers
Keep it in-house and all...

Far from hagiographic:

Greatest single news event of 1938 took place on September 29, when four statesmen met at the Führerhaus, in Munich, to redraw the map of Europe. The three visiting statesmen at that historic conference were Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain of Great Britain, Premier Edouard Daladier of France, and Dictator Benito Mussolini of Italy. But by all odds the dominating figure at Munich was the German host, Adolf Hitler.

Führer of the German people, Commander-in-Chief of the German Army, Navy & Air Force, Chancellor of the Third Reich, Herr Hitler reaped on that day at Munich the harvest of an audacious, defiant, ruthless foreign policy he had pursued for five and a half years. He had torn the Treaty of Versailles to shreds. He had rearmed Germany to the teeth--or as close to the tooth as he was able. He had stolen Austria before the eyes of a horrified and apparently impotent world.

All these events were shocking to nations which had defeated Germany on the battlefield only 20 years before, but nothing so terrified the world as the ruthless, methodical, Nazi-directed events which during late summer and early autumn threatened a world war over Czechoslovakia. When without loss of blood he reduced Czechoslovakia to a German puppet state, forced a drastic revision of Europe's defensive alliances, and won a free hand for himself in Eastern Europe by getting a "hands-off" promise from powerful Britain (and later France), Adolf Hitler without doubt became 1938's Man of the Year.

So savage scooped me? UNPOSSIMABLE!

J.D. (#114),

Yeah, I just love Tim Russert telling me how right Brian Williams is, on the Today Show.

I'll bet that Almondinejihad was their first choice for "Man O' Da Year" but they realized their offices might get torched like the drug companies in Johnny Mnemonic.

#113 Cognito

I had a feeling you were going to say The Economist. I haven't read it in a long while. I remember it was good at one time.

The New Yorker? Well, they did publish a nice article on Oriana Fallaci just before she died. I work in publishing and I've met a few New Yorker staffers and they are very leftist. Not a surprise, really.

"Oceania has always been at war with Eurasia"

OT: Jimmah would agree with the first caption...

Carter's connections

#99,

You're right.

It's just too much evil to digest, but the people at Time Magazine are having a great time with it.

Hey, the Pope won an award:

BERLIN (Reuters) - Pope Benedict's controversial Regensburg speech, which angered the Muslim world for appearing to link Islam and violence, won a "Speech of the Year" award from a university in his native Germany on Monday.

The Pope, who gave the speech during a visit to Germany in September, apologised several times for any misunderstanding it caused among Muslims after protests including attacks on churches in the Middle East and the killing of a nun in Somalia.

#120 savage_nation

High five!

119 NoSubmission,

Yes to all that.

#117 Geepers
Why on earth did you watch Today? Stuck in an airport, at the dentist's office, what?

#110 savage nation

fantastic link

a quote from the article:

His shadow fell far beyond Germany's frontier. Small, neighboring States (Denmark, Norway, Czechoslovakia, Lithuania, The Balkans, Luxembourg, The Netherlands) feared to offend him. In France Nazi pressure was in part responsible for some of the post-Munich anti-democratic decrees. Fascism had intervened openly in Spain, had fostered a revolt in Brazil, was covertly aiding revolutionary movements in Rumania, Hungary, Poland, Lithuania. In Finland a foreign minister had to resign under Nazi pressure. Throughout eastern Europe after Munich the trend was toward less freedom, more dictatorship. In the U.S. alone did democracy feel itself strong enough at year's end to give Hitler his come-uppance.

Substitute Islamism for Nazi and Facism and you have today's news.

The new caption "Paradox" isn't much better. What is so paradoxical about him anyway? He's pretty straight forward from where I sit. Personally, I think this description would even piss him off. "Haven't I been clear enough?"

128 dll2000

Exactly. Which is why it was so important that Time make Hitler its Man of the Year.

I guess they didn't like giving readers the image of them with their collective noses planted firmly between Ahmadinejad's buttocks.

Oh, and...

MSM: "Bias? What bias?"

I guess when the elevation of 'the other' Holocaust denier, Mahmoud Abbas incubator and protectorate of terror can be called a man of peace, it does not surprise me at all that Hitler's understudy would merit such a sanitized bio.

They had the english and arabic copy mixed up.

Congratulations, Charles, for winning the Best Conservative Blog Award!

Daily Kos won by 949 votes. Doesn't matter.

I think it would have been excellent if Time had the guts to go ahead and call Ahmadinejad the Person of the Year, and then proceed with a description as forthright as their story about Hitler.

If These People Aren't Stopped." If there is any one story of a U.S. fighting-man that can sum up the best in all the stories, it is that of Marine SERGEANT ROBERT WARD, a full- blooded Cherokee Indian who grew up in Los Angeles. He got to be a wonderful marksman with a bow & arrow. When he got hungry he would go out into the country and kill himself a rabbit. Ward's two older brothers were killed in action in World War II. Robert served in the Navy, later joined the marines. After he went into action in Korea last summer, his mother wrote to the President and to the Marine Corps, begging that sergeant Ward, her only surviving son, be transferred from the combat zone. The marines' General Clifton Gates agreed to apply the "only surviving son" rule. (On their own or their parents' request, sole surviving sons serving in any branch of the U.S. Armed Forces may be assigned duty outside the combat zone, if another son or daughter in the family has been killed as a result of the "hazards" of service since 1940.) Leather-faced Sergeant Ward intercepted the transfer orders, went on fighting.

Eventually, despite his protests, Ward was transferred to a desk job in Japan. Last week his mother received a letter from Sergeant Ward. He wrote:

"I'm no hero, but...if these people aren't stopped here on their own ground, we will have to share the thing which so many have died to prevent their loved ones from sharing—the sight of death in our own backyards; of women and children being victims of these people. I went on the warpath for the right to do my bit to keep our people free and proud and now I'm shackled to a useless job.

"I ask you, my mother, to free me so I can once again be free to help my boys. They placed their faith in me and...whenever I led I brought them all back and now someone else leads them and I know they need me. Maybe in a sense I need them—my dirty, stinking and loyal platoon.

"Once I cried before you when I thought I'd lost someone whom I loved very dearly, and once again I did cry when I was told I must leave my men. So, I ask of you the one thing your heart does not want to do—release me to fight.

"I pace my room feeling useless, being no good to anyone. I'm no barracks-parade-ground marine—I'm a Cherokee Indian and I'm happiest being miserable with my men up in those mountains.

"I know you'll understand and that your blessings will go with me into whatever the future holds in store for us..."

Sergeant Ward was sent back to Korea and his dirty, stinking and loyal platoon. His mother said: "When men in our tribe say something, they mean it."

Not all of the U.S. fighting-men are as brave as Sergeant Ward. Very few of them can say what they mean as fervidly as he. But most of them know what they are fighting against—"The sight of death in our own backyards; of women and children being victims of these people."

1950
American Fighting-Man

77 Peacekeeper,

I've actually met five people on that list. Well, six now if I count myself for this year. Maybe I'll interview myself.

Westmoreland
Kissinger
Bush
Bush
Giuliani

from [Link: www.dictionary.com...]

Voluble

vol·u·ble
–adjective characterized by a ready and continuous flow of words; fluent; glib; talkative: a voluble spokesman for the cause.

In a sentence

Ahmadinejad expresses a voluble desire to exterminate every Jew on Earth

I'll be the first to admit, I didn't know the meaning of this word, but then again, I'm not as sophisticated as the folks at TIME

#45 buzz

"Time changes everything."

--Bob Wills

How about "Big Balls in Mo'Town"?

More from article at #110

Most cruel joke of all, however, has been played by Hitler & Co. on those German capitalists and small businessmen who once backed National Socialism as a means of saving Germany's bourgeois economic structure from radicalism. The Nazi credo that the individual belongs to the state also applies to business. Some businesses have been confiscated outright, on other what amounts to a capital tax has been levied. Profits have been strictly controlled. Some idea of the increasing Governmental control and interference in business could be deduced from the fact that 80% of all building and 50% of all industrial orders in Germany originated last year with the Government. Hard-pressed for food- stuffs as well as funds, the Nazi regime has taken over large estates and in many instances collectivized agriculture, a procedure fundamentally similar to Russian Communism.

Moonbats, who are the Nazi's? Read your history before its too late assjacks!

Looks like a mug shot for that murderous psychopathic thug. Needs to go on AMW as "crook of the week" or something like that. He needs a nap - a dirt nap!

More from Time's 1938 when apparently it was a good magazine...

In five years under the Man of 1938, regimented Germany had made itself one of the great military powers of the world today. The British Navy remains supreme on the seas. Most military men regard the French Army as incomparable. Biggest question mark is air strength, which changes from day to day, but most observers believe Germany superior in warplanes.

Those sentiments have certainly changed. I wonder if these military men have the same creditials as the talking heads we see on t.v. now.

#144 6patrick6

I agree. I look forward to seeing his Mortuary photo, as I did with Uday and Qusay and Zarqawi

And now for something completely different: according to the International Wound Ballistics Association, the best shotgun ammunition in terms of stopping power (assuming no body armor) is #1 buckshot, not 00 buckshot.

Thank you for your attention.

Somebody at TIME gets caught sucking up to the world's current would-be Hitler.

TIME notices the flagrant ass-kissing and modifies the content.

It is in observing deceit and trickery like this, and recording it for posterity, that we learn what the MSM really thinks.

It's right up there with Photoshopped pictures and staged civilian casualties.

I read somewhere that TIME's choice for "Person of the Year" came down to everyblogger vs. Dinnerjacket. But even TIME shied away from putting Tehran's terrorcrat on the cover.

Their remaining shame would not provide a fig leaf to cover a putto's pecker.

147 taxfreekiller,

My old friend! How are you? I had started to worry.

Without a list of his turn-ons and turn-offs, it's just not as obscene as it should be. So I'll supply some.

Turn-offs
Kaffirs
Democracy
Human dignity

Turn-ons
Gutless Europeans
Nuclear weapons
Dead Jews

. Most military men regard the French Army as incomparable

(Snicker)

#140 JammieWearingFool

Maybe I'll interview myself.

If you get yourself a Sock Puppet it would make it a lot easier.
It wouldn't be the first time that it's happened on the web...

:')

Last week Herr Hitler entertained at a Christmas party 7,000 workmen now building Berlin's new mammoth Chancellery, told them: "The next decade will show those countries with their patent democracy where true culture is to be found."

Got that one right, Adolph.

#118 TotallySirius

I'll bet that Almondinejihad was their first choice for "Man O' Da Year" but they realized their offices might get torched like the drug companies in Johnny Mnemonic.

My thought was that they were trying to make up for not making him MOTY.

Permit me to rewrite:

"Champion of Judenhass, self-proclaimed summoner of the Mahdi, a man whose evil may yet equal if not surpass that of Adolf Hitler, perpetrator of the Final Solution for the Jewish people, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the most dangerous leader, not just in the Middle East, but in the entire world."

Not that TIME Magazine was any more perceptive last time around, when describing Hitler to its unenlightened, clueless readers.

The article is still offensive.

The media are the enemy.

Jammie
Have you met "endangered Earth" yet?

7,000 workmen now building Berlin's new mammoth Chancellery

Hitler maintained diplomatic relations with Mammoths?

153 DesertSage,

If you get yourself a Sock Puppet it would make it a lot easier.
It wouldn't be the first time that it's happened on the web...

Too funny.

I'm interested to understand if and why Time thinks that this first description is a positive for the Left and if lefties think this is a good thing and if they do, why exactly?

via Best of the Web:

Saddam Hussein, Victim
From a New York Times story on Iraqi execution methods, set to be used on convicted murderer Saddam Hussein:

The victims are led up a set of steel stairs to a platform, about 15 feet above the ground, and nooses fashioned from one-and-a-quarter-inch-thick hemp ropes are slipped over their necks. The executioners are different each time, drawn from among employees of the Justice Ministry who volunteer for the job. Many have lost relatives or friends in insurgent attacks, officials said.

With a tug of two large levers, the steel trapdoors drop open and the victims fall through. The doors make a loud clanging sound as they slam against the apparatus, according to people who have witnessed hangings. The jarring noise echoes off the cold, unadorned concrete walls.

Death is supposed to come instantly--a doctor is on hand to certify it--and the bodies are removed to a cooler where they are held before being handed over to the victims' families. The entire process is recorded by a photographer and a video cameraman and the images are stored in a government archive.

You may be wondering why Iraq is planning to hang Saddam's victims. Aren't they already dead? Well, yes, they are. The Times is using the word victim in a rather unconventional way--to mean "criminal."

Why did it take so long?

Was the hatch of the memory hole jammed or something?

As Time's Man of the Year, I am just glad to say that the better man won (me).

OT

"Come to Oregon for your winter vacation!"

"Drive our wintry mountain roads!"

"Climb our snow covered mountains!"

If you have the guts...

Hey, folks. Do us a favor. Stay home.

#149 Cato the Elder

What's a "putto"?

#148 Occasional Reader

the best shotgun ammunition in terms of stopping power (assuming no body armor) is #1 buckshot, not 00 buckshot.

That's interesting. Was there an explanation why that is?

OT - Reuters has a breaking news on it's home page:

Former Palestinian minister abducted 2:04pm ET
Unidentified gunmen abducted a senior Fatah official in the Gaza Strip, a spokesman for Fatah said.

I went to the Jerusalem Post and it didn't have anything up. I'm off to check a few other mideast sources. If anyone gets any info, please post it because I have my pencil and scorecard ready and I'm keeping score on the Fatah vs Hamas matches.

I use OO but I'll have to look into it. #4 is excellent for maiming.

#168 Tasty:

Was there an explanation why that is?

Basically, optimal balance among the following: "how many pellets there are", "how heavy they are", "what shape the pellet burst is in when it hits at typical gunfighting distance" (sectional density) and "what shape the pellets themselves are in when they hit".

What about slugs? Now they will f*ck you up, body armor or not.

#170 PK:

#4 is excellent for maiming.

Yeah, yeah, "maiming", that's your answer for everything.

Anyway, note that the endorsement of #1 buckshot as generally the best wound-inflictor is not necessarily a recommendation for it as the best home-defense load (because of over-penetration issues).

My thought for home defense would be to have two shells loaded in the mag with #6 birdshot, with #1 buck and/or 00 to follow in case the birdshot didn't do the job. And if the buckshot doesn't do the job, you shouldn't have pissed whatever-the-hell-that-thing-is off in the first place.

I don't think these folks have read much on the French Revolution.

They seam to want to relive it on a first person basis.

#169 BIG:
I've been following the story, and if I have any other news, I'll post it to my site.

Here's the link to the story you reference.

#172 PK:

What about slugs?

Just pour salt on 'em. The effects are devastating.

#171 Occasional Reader

Basically, optimal balance among the following: "how many pellets there are", "how heavy they are", "what shape the pellet burst is in when it hits at typical gunfighting distance" (sectional density) and "what shape the pellets themselves are in when they hit".

I guess I just thought the bigger the pellet, the more damage, but all of that factors in. Thanks for the info.:)

From this here website, about which I know nothing:

For personal defense and law enforcement applications, the International Wound Ballistics Association advocates number 1 buckshot as being superior to all other buckshot sizes.

Number 1 buck is the smallest diameter shot that reliably and consistently penetrates more than 12 inches of standard ordnance gelatin when fired at typical shotgun engagement distances. A standard 2 ¾-inch 12 gauge shotshell contains 16 pellets of #1 buck. The total combined cross sectional area of the 16 pellets is 1.13 square inches. Compared to the total combined cross sectional area of the nine pellets in a standard #00 (double-aught) buck shotshell (0.77 square inches), the # 1 buck shotshell has the capacity to produce over 30 percent more potentially effective wound trauma.

In all shotshell loads, number 1 buckshot produces more potentially effective wound trauma than either #00 or #000 buck. In addition, number 1 buck is less likely to over-penetrate and exit an attacker's body.

OT
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#6 shot will protect you, if you get attacked by pigeons.

#172 PK:

What about slugs?

And I quote, from that same website, about which I know nothing:

Unless you live on acreage and anticipate engaging bad guys at distances beyond 25 yards, shotgun slugs are not a good choice for home defense, because of their enormous capability to over-penetrate a human body and common building materials.

(I note, though, they do not appear to consider body armor as a factor)

#173 OR

And if the buckshot doesn't do the job, you shouldn't have pissed whatever-the-hell-that-thing-is off in the first place.

That’s what bayonets are for, but I digress.

/or shoot em with a flare gun.
That’s good for a few laughs.

Number 1 buck is the smallest diameter shot that reliably and consistently penetrates more than 12 inches of standard ordnance gelatin when fired

Hmmm...gelatin.

Me:

My thought for home defense would be to have two shells loaded in the mag with #6 birdshot, with #1 buck and/or 00 to follow in case the birdshot didn't do the job.

Those website guys:

If you're worried that a missed shot might penetrate through a wall and harm others, load your shotgun so that the first one or two cartridges to be fired is number 6 or smaller birdshot, followed by standard lead #1 buckshot (12 gauge) or #3 buckshot (20 gauge). If your first shot misses, the birdshot is less likely to endanger innocent lives outside the room. If your first shot fails to stop the attacker, you can immediately follow-up with more potent ammunition.

I am smart, like website guys are! Yeah, that smart!

About half the 12Z GFS ensemble runs show a significant snow and ice event in the I-35 corridor of Texas Christmas Eve.

, because of their enormous capability to over-penetrate a human body and common building materials.

Weel if you're going to go all Jimmy Carter on me, of course not

Thanks Lawhawk. Abu Zaydeh is a biggie in Fatah. This could push the shooting match into a much bigger phase. If he stops exchanging oxygen for carbon dioxide, the feces will hit the oscilating device.

Maybe the Palestinians have a new plan? If they murder enough of their brothers, the world will give in and restore the lost aid money so they can go back to murdering Jews?

158 Peacekeeper 12/18/2006 11:31AM PST

Jammie
Have you met "endangered Earth" yet?

I am one with the Earth, so yes.

I'm also familiar with both my home and work computers, so that might count as another "person" I've met. Or persons. Or peeps. Or whatever.

Perhaps next year Time will honor the shark it jumped.

#14 Cognito 12/18/2006 09:56AM PST

I knew that crap wouldn't last long. (But) Somebody's probably got a sor seat-of-pants promotion over at Time. Or at least time . com. Maroons.

There.

Fixed that fer ya', Cognito...

*wink*

~Norsk Troll

The perspective on the article's photo is odd. Ahmadinnerjacket must be standing on a milk crate, unless the photographer is lying on the floor, prostrate before hiim...oooh. It's a Time Magazine photograph.

Never mind.

Occasional Reader

Wasn't it you who "sobered" up the other night to talk about guns? I have a hand gun but am interested in a rifle (unfortunately, I have to be mindful of cost.) But without "male" help, I don't even know where to start. Two things, one, I don't want single action (is that what it's called?) and just like my hand gun, I don't want to purchase something over the web (can that be done?) without handling it first, to see if it feels right. Oh yeah, and I want something with KNOCK DOWN power. Anyone have any suggestions? I'm in cold weather country and have missed the gun shows for the year.

Jammie
Then there are the "25 and unders". Which, adjusted for inflation means 65 an unders.

And in other news, Democrats doubt Hillary's electability.

I say: Go for it Hillary!

I want something with KNOCK DOWN power

Come to think of it, for 1990 they mentioned the "two George Bushes" which I'm sure was a swipe at Bush 41 and nothing to do with Dubya. So that should make three Bushes from the list.

I went to HS with one of GWB's cousins, but she's not on the list.

#186 PK:

Weel if you're going to go all Jimmy Carter on me

Even if you're going all Donald Rumsfeld, overpenetrating the human body (of your attacker) is a bad thing; that's wasted kinetic energy.

(And speaking of human bodies I'd like to over-penetrate...)

So anyway, next topic on the Gun Thread Derailment: For home defense with a shotgun, should one train for "aimed shots" or "flash sight picture"? Discuss.

Uh oh, this is really gonna upset the followers of the ROP.: Jews far more likely to be victims of faith hatred than Muslims

Its an article about the UK, but it applies here as well.

The photo essay is still flattering. The whole thing is bizarre.

#194 Peacekeeper

LOL

But born and raised in Wash D.C. who else could I love but the 'Skins, even as bad as they are.

Iran to Hamas: "Wait Quietly; In Four Months We'll Have a Dramatic Announcement" - Ben Caspit (Maariv-Hebrew, 15Dec06)

Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh received a promise from Iran of extensive economic aid, cash, military cooperation, and also good news, from his perspective.

Lower your profile, calm the situation, the Iranians told Haniyeh. In four months we're going to issue a statement that will dramatically change the strategic balance in the Middle East.

According to Israeli intelligence, the Iranians have promised to make an important announcement at the next Persian new year, which begins the third week in March 2007.

#191 TimeQuake:

Wasn't it you who "sobered" up the other night to talk about guns?

That was me. I may or may not have sobered up.

But without "male" help, I don't even know where to start.

While I'm definitely male (just like those husky football players Peacekeeper is lusting after in #194), I am by no means the best-qualified on this board to give you firearms advice. So any bloviating I may do on the subject should be checked with a professional. Ask your doctor, void where prohibited, etc.

but am interested in a rifle

For self-defense, or critters? If the former, you are probably better off supplementing your pistol with a shotgun. If you're shooting at a human being at more than 30 yards away or so (such that you'd need a rifle), you probably shouldn't be, and will very likely go to jail for it.

I must be a real lizard now--I can finally understand taxfreekiller.

Well, it all goes to prove that Jimmah was right, that Jooos do control the Zionist media!

196 Occasional Reader

That cutie, would she happen to be muslim?

Every once in a while I like to find a bikini-clad beautie from the muslim world. Gives me a little faith in humanity's future.

191 TimeQuake 12/18/2006 11:57AM PST
I have a hand gun but am interested in a rifle (unfortunately, I have to be mindful of cost.)
I don't want single action (is that what it's called?)

You're probably referring to a bolt-action rifle - which is apparently not what you're interested in.

If you're looking for a cheap semi-automatic rifle with some knock-down power, you could look into an SKS, which comes in 7.62X39mm, the standard AK47 round. They don't usually run more than about $200, give or take. Be careful ordering them on-line - ask if they come packed in cosmoline (basically a type of grease) which is a pain in the behind to clean. There are also the SAIGA rifles, basically a Russian sporter-type semi-auto patterned on the AK47 design, but without the pistol grip. They also come in 7.62x39 and in .308, and are under $300. One drawback is hi-capacity mags are hard to come by for those, and expensive when you do find them (at least in my experience). You can also pick up a Romanian-made AK47 for about $300 online, too. The Romanian AK47s also come packed in cosmoline sometimes, so you'll want to ask on that one too.

If you have any more questions, don't hesitate to ask!

#103 anotherindyfilmguy: SERIOUSLY. I was getting the same 1984 vibe in a big way.

I also agree with Mandy--they should've at least had the cajones to keep it once they made their choice. Wankers :P

OT:

Sweet jeebus! It's anti-jihad metal rap!

191 TimeQuake

You might want to look at an Uzi...

If your handgun is 9.0mm, you can shoot the same rounds through the Uzi, and it's accurate for longer distances.

I agree with OR about shooting at someone 30 yards away.

Did I mention the full page ad for Al Jazeera on page 71 of last month's TIME...

Oh, and Occasional Reader is right - what you really want will depend on your intended use.

#202 Occasional Reader

Ask your doctor, void where prohibited, etc.

LOL

If you're shooting at a human being at more than 30 yards away or so (such that you'd need a rifle), you probably shouldn't be, and will very likely go to jail for it.

Bah hum bug. LOL

#205 mardukhai:

That cutie, would she happen to be muslim?

Nope, she's a nice Catholic girl... so my mom would approve, I guess (once I talked her past the whole "Victoria's Secret supermodel" thing).

#208 lawhawk -

I just watched it - I liked it. I never thought I'd see the day when an anti-jihad song like this would exist.

For those who don't like the metal/rap mix - just check out the lyrics here

209 Aladin Sane 12/18/2006 12:13PM PST

191 TimeQuake

You might want to look at an Uzi...

If your handgun is 9.0mm, you can shoot the same rounds through the Uzi, and it's accurate for longer distances.

You're right, but Uzis are pretty expensive and relatively scarce, at least where I'm at - and cost is a big factor, as I recall. Kel-Tec makes a 9mm carbine (the SUB2000) that is under $400. Hi-Point also makes a very inexpensive pistol caliber carbine, but I've heard varying (and opposing) viewpoints on the overall quality of Hi-Point firearms.

215 bunker buster

You're right, but Uzis are pretty expensive and relatively scarce, at least where I'm at

Agreed. The weapons you suggested were much more reasonable and more readily available. I think starting prices for an IMI Uzi are about $1,000.

/Not that my judgement is affected by the fact I want an Uzi for Christmas...

Bunker Buster

Thank you for the info. My hand gun is a Glock 23 .40 caliber. Those guns you described, would local gun shops have those?

By the way, my friend stuck in Iranian limbo, has told me how the Mullahs elect their "presidents" --

On the day of elections, all of us 700 soldiers in the battalion were taken in buses from one village to the next.

In each village we voted as we were told. The officers watched us. We had no choice. Then we went to the next village.

We voted seven times that day.

#218 TFK

You know, I been trying to find a set of plans for the "grease gun". It would make an interesting project for the weekend:)

#219 mardukhai 12/18/2006 12:21PM PST

So how is that any different from what the DNC does on election day?

7 Terp Mole
They just mixed him up with Borat.
Check this out:
Stalin ~ Borat?

#217 TimeQuake:

My hand gun is a Glock 23 .40 caliber.

Excellent choice, IMHO. I'd buy one, too... if it weren't for the fact that I live in Washington, DC, where they apparently forgot the 2nd Amendment. :(

You know of course that the Glock 27 subcompact can take the magazine from your 23, right? Seems to me that makes it a good choice as a backup handgun for you, if you're ever thinking about it.

An excellent choice for home defense

This is more fascinating than the vacuum thread of a few days ago.

#224 PK:

It is flat-out insane to fire one of those things without eye protection, IMO.

OT:

Obviously, as soon as i post this, Charley will open a new thread so noone will see this.

but here's an interesting article from catholic.org

#216 Aladin:

I want an Uzi for Christmas...

If I were going to spring for an Uzi (and lived somewhere this was legally possible), I'd actually step up a bit and get an HK MP5.

HeatherRadish 12/18/2006 12:08PM PST

I must be a real lizard now--I can finally understand taxfreekiller.

Well, I see you're about to hit your four-month anniversary tomorrow (and your 666th post any moment), so yes, the tfk incubation period has run it's course.

He's eagerly awaiting the coming of post 3,400,000, which may well happen on Christmas.

#226 Occasional Reader 12/18/2006 12:27PM PST
#224 PK:

It is flat-out insane to fire one of those things without eye protection, IMO.

I thought you were talking about a Red Ryder BB gun with a compass in the stock until I went and looked at the pic Peacekeeper provided.

#219 mardukhai

I've seen that done in Chicago with school buses of non-english speakers being told who to vote for.

Kind of explains the opposition to immigration control, eh?

The apoplectic, apocalyptic, sanctimonious taqiyya- and jihad-obsessed ex-Tehran mayor, once one of those taking US embassy hostages, and now most likely to get Tehran nuked. He's our boy.

There, fixed it for ya, Time. Send my check to Charles.

if there is an Israel/Palestine link in Iraq (which there isn't), those wishing for a new election by Abbas in order to help facilitate a mid 2007 pullout of US troops in Iraq are...dreaming

Abbas’s chief of staff, former Arafat aide Saeb Erekat, said it would be impossible to hold the elections before mid-2007 due to the bureaucratic process.

-arutz sheva

I love how the photo and caption make Mahmoud out to be the latest media Che Guevara. They love him. They always do love the anti-american dictators.

Peacekeeper

Is that a gun or fireworks? LOL

Occasional Reader

Yes, the shop where I bought it specializes in Glocks. The owner put a clip in my gun, I believe it might have held 32 rounds, but it was awesome. I might add, I had moved away from the area for over 19 years, and I was shocked at the ROAD signs going into DC, saying guns were strictly prohibited. But I guess ok for the criminals.

It is flat-out insane to fire one of those things without eye protection, IMO.

Don't getcher panties inna knot, Streisand.

#217 TimeQuake 12/18/2006 12:21PM PST

Bunker Buster

Thank you for the info. My hand gun is a Glock 23 .40 caliber. Those guns you described, would local gun shops have those?

You're welcome. To answer your question, it depends. You'll probably be most likely to find the SKS and Romanian AK47s at your local gun dealer. The rest can be hit or miss, no pun intended. However, gun stores will often place special orders for you if you want something they don't normally stock. Also, if you a buy a firearm from the internet, you usually have to have it shipped to a FFL-holder anyway, if you're buying from a manufacturer or dealer.

#235 TQ:

Yes, the shop where I bought it specializes in Glocks.

Brilliantly-designed line of guns, in my opinion, particularly for self-defense. Not to mention simple/"elegant". Pull the trigger and it shoots; don't pull the trigger and it won't (even if you drop it down the stairs).

and I was shocked at the ROAD signs going into DC, saying guns were strictly prohibited.

Eh?! Never seen those signs, or at least haven't noticed them. Anyway, you can get a license for a shotgun or rifle here, thank goodness; but almost impossible for a handgun.

#238 O.R.

Washington DC, Living proof of how well gun control really works. Pathetic.

#238 O.R.

Pull the trigger and it shoots; don't pull the trigger and it won't (even if you drop it down the stairs).

I love tools with a simple "point & click" interface like that!

PK, bringing up the concept of "Streisand... panties" is just as awful as whoever it was the other day who visualized Madeleine Albright in a miniskirt. It's just... plain... wrong.

I got your stopping power right here.

not only is Time stupid, they have no spine either...

perhaps they should rename the magazine

Time for and by Invertebrates

#208 lawhawk

Sweet jeebus! It's anti-jihad metal rap!

Sweet! 'Bout time the arts kicked in on this (even if you consider applying that term to rapmetal a bit questionable!). Ya think Lizardia's big enough to have our own house band?

I got your stopping power right here.

#218 taxfreekiller

#206

can she buy old .45 cal greese guns,
two of them one in each hand and
full clip from both,stops them
and no wood to shine, just the
spring that gets clogged up

One of my former NCOs had an M3 in his personal collection. He invited me out to shoot it just before he transferred it to someone else. He got impatient with my firing controlled bursts on target, told me I just had to empty one magazine full out (an expensive way to piss away ammo if you're paying for it). I used Fiocchi hardball ammo, which has a golden hue to both the jacket and the case. It was at sunset, and for one lengthy moment I had a golden fan of brass hanging in the air by my shoulder. It was almost a religious experience.

/drive-through posting

Sorry about the double post.

216 Aladin Sane

Not that my judgement is affected by the fact I want an Uzi for Christmas...

Heh. :-)

OT: I'm on a Hillary Clinton kick today. Don't know why.

Looks like Queen Hillary doesn’t want to be seen shaking hands with the uber-Socialist fem-candidate-Royal from France.

[Link: today.reuters.com...]

hmmm - Once again strategic Democrats seeking power have to shield who they really are for fear of appearing as they really are.

Sure, Hillary isn't as full-tilt a Socialist as most European Socialists. But there isn't any doubt that Hillary wants the US to move in the direction of European Socialism.

Occasional Reader, Bunker Buster and you too, Peacekeeper

I do appreciate the information, I did a copy and paste to take to the gun shop, I have to handle it first, so I know it's a good fit. I want another gun for Christmas and the prices that you quoted are half the price of the Glock.

Yes, I love my Glock. In order to be proficient at it and get a conceal carry (although, I would have to get a much BIGGER purse to carry it in, ha ha), I started lifting weights and then went to the 4-H club every other week to practice. The range is now closed for the winter, but I confess, I'm not a bad shot (it's been a year). And it truly has a calming effect on me, especially after reading all the news that Charles continues to tell us.

OT The police might've caught the Ipswich serial killer.

Peacekeeper, OC, et al-

I used to be able to buy 'scatter shot' loads for my 12 gauge- shells filled with small, flattened lead pellets that are only effective at close range and don't have the penetration power of regular loads... Recently, I haven't been able to find them... Have they been banned or something?

And as to the stopping power issue- my grandfather always kept a double barrel shotgun for home defence- one barrel loaded with 00 buck (to bring the intruder down) and the second with a slug (to finish the intruder off)... I guess nowadays his choice would be considered amoral and illegal...

/sigh, how the times have changed...

My personal fav.

If its good enough for the boys in the sandbox.

Image: Image:0NOT8ab2005-01-26.jpg

Gutfield's on a roll today.

Don't miss the comments; the anti-America crowd's missing sense of humor is funny in itself.

PIMF- do'h! That should have been 'Peacekeeper, OR, et al-

Bunker Buster

Barrett .50 oh yeah, but cost...yikes.

#253 HeatherRadish

Is that for real?

Oh I like that M-21 and the soldier with it. LOL

Another candidate for the cover of Time magazine?

[Link: web.israelinsider.com...]

Could be very interesting to see where this goes.

Da'Kiwi

(6 more sleeps to go...)

Of course, the very best weapon is love, and tolerance, and mutual understanding.

(Continues loading 12-gauge)

I'll see your collective arsenals and raise you (courtesy of the Armorer)

#255 TimeQuake 12/18/2006 12:58PM PST

Bunker Buster

Barrett .50 oh yeah, but cost...yikes.

Don't I know it. Blue Book value on my car is less than that!

#260 lawhawk:

I'll see your collective arsenals and raise you

So you have artillery, a B-17 Flying Fortress and a castle?!

Man, what the hell kind of neighborhood do you live in? Ever consider moving?

#258 The flying Kiwi

A warning would've been appreciated. It's gonna' take a moment to reorient my mind.

Interesting post by the Egyptian Sandmonkey on an Egyptian court ruling condemning Bahais for not endorsing violent jihad:

...its believers have totally and utterly forbidden the islamic sharia sanctioned Jihad, for they wish to get the islamic nations to hand its neck to their executioners without any resistance, using idelaistic and romantic speeches to get everybody to agree to one global government...

#261 bunker buster

#255 TimeQuake ST
Bunker Buster

Barrett .50 oh yeah, but cost...yikes.

Don't I know it. Blue Book value on my car is less than that!

---
Yeah, but can your car take out a jihadi from a mile away?

/You gets what you pays for!

Lawhawk

That Catapult M46 13...now there's a vehicle I'd like to park in my driveway. LOL

#256 MandyManners

Nyah. Gutfield writes parodies designed to highlight the illogic of lefty activists. Kafirs aren't allowed in Mecca.

lawhawk
if you are ever looking to adopt...

:-)

#267 HeatherRadish

That's what I thought. I was wondering about the homosexual Muslims, though.

Ahmadinejad running a country is as valid a concept as Charlie Manson running a country. Free Charles Manson, strike a blow for insanity, religious freedom, peace, and good government.

The Left is so bloody TREASNOUS it hurts. I scanned some stories in Salon today. Among the usual filth I find this:

Finding my religion: "Fifteen years ago, I converted from Catholicism to Islam. My mother still doesn't understand my choice, but there's not a day that I regret it."

By Patricia Dunn

And again:

The terrorist you've never heard of: "Unlike alleged al-Qaida terrorist Jose Padilla, right-wing "dirty bomber" Demetrius Crocker was investigated and prosecuted the old-fashioned constitutional way."

Salon is a mainstream publication with millions of readers. How can the US possibly prevail against the Islamists with so many people in denial, or worse?

These leftists are converting to Islam, and downplaying the Islamist threat in order to divert our attention to the "next McVeigh".

I swear, Canada is not nearly as infested by traitors. Moonbats sure, but nowhere near as many sheer traitors as you all have.

Occasional Reader

Of course, the very best weapon is love, and tolerance, and mutual understanding.

Yeah, that has worked so well for us in the past.
/sarc

(Continues loading 12-gauge)

Now that is what's going to work for us in the future.
/no sarc

#257 Timequake

Got to play with that at Aberdeen. They wouldnt let me take it home :-(

(the gun, not the soldier. Your on your own with him)

Occasional reader:

Peace through superior firepower. But those aren't my weapons, but those of The Donovan (aka the Armorer). I bet he's got the safest block to live on for miles around...

271 Pro-Bush Canuck

My cousins in the town where that freak was prosecuted never heard of the case. You'd think the left-leaning Jackson Sun would've covered it.

#63 deanyc & #75 TotallySirius

Champion of the dispossessed ,global Everyman, and polarizing - what a paradox!

Such a great guy; and yet, some people don't like him.

#271 P-B C

I bet the traitor ratio is roughlythe same,you just don't hear much about Canadian traitors because they are not constitutionally protected like ours are.

Not willing to be outdone by the ballot-fixers of DailyKOS, the Iranian administration has arranged a decisive victory over its electoral opposition, in yet another display of freedom, democracy and love.

From DEBKAFile

Ahmadinejad’s Followers Ordered to Falsify Election Results

Tehran sources report that [dinnerjacket's] followers, seeing which way the wind was blowing, took matters in their own hands. Backed by armed Revolutionary Guards, they stormed the counting sessions Monday, Dec. 18, using threats and physical harassment to force the counters to falsify the results and reverse the gains.

Sixty hours after balloting ended, when only 10 percent of the returns to the key Tehran city election had been counted, the publication of further results was suspended.

Link

#271 Pro Bush...

I swear, Canada is not nearly as infested by traitors. Moonbats sure, but nowhere near as many sheer traitors as you all have.

See my comment on the French Revolution.

These people believe they will never be held accountable for their actions.

Boy are they mistaken.