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Et Tu, Lantos?

Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 10:35:24 pm PDT

I have to admit, I’m stunned at these statements from Tom Lantos. I thought he was one of the few remaining principled Democrats; but now it’s clear that he’s just as willing as any of them to sacrifice everything he stands for to achieve political power—even if it means the most craven, suicidal appeasement of the sworn enemies of America: Pelosi, Lantos may be interested in diplomatic trip to Iran.

Lantos said that for more than a decade, he has been trying to obtain a visa to visit Tehran with the help of former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan — and to date neither he nor any other member of Congress has been successful.

Pelosi said that throughout the congressional delegation’s recent Middle East trip, “every place we went we had a constant message: the safety and security of Israel, fighting terrorism.”

”There was, of course, a shadow over all of it, Iran: Iran’s support of terrorist groups is something that must be stopped,” she said. “Iran’s quest for a nuclear weapon is something that must not happen and we must stop them with the strongest of diplomatic measures.”

Lantos noted that ”with the speaker’s support,” he has co-sponsored legislation in the House that calls for making available to all countries — including Iran — nuclear fuel for peaceful purposes under international oversight by establishing a “nuclear fuel bank.”

"So if the Iranian president says that he is developing (nuclear material) for peaceful purposes, we are assisting him in that process,” said Lantos, who anticipated the legislation could pass as early as May.

Are these people completely insane?

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1 DesertSage  Wed, Apr 11, 2007 10:36:41pm

Lantos and Pelosi are going to protect us.
I feel so much better now.

2 hick  Wed, Apr 11, 2007 10:38:20pm

Stop the planet......................... I wanna get off............................

3 MigueldowninMexico  Wed, Apr 11, 2007 10:39:28pm

The left is in suicidal mode.
It's incredible.
Why?

4 Highrise  Wed, Apr 11, 2007 10:39:56pm

He must be senile.

5 DesertSage  Wed, Apr 11, 2007 10:39:59pm

Didn't the Democrats and the Clinton Administration pull this same shit with N. Korea?

6 EtNorskTroll  Wed, Apr 11, 2007 10:40:21pm
Are these people completely insane?

Probably.

~Norsk Troll

7 BartB  Wed, Apr 11, 2007 10:40:53pm

Yes, Squeaker of the House and Socialist Santos are both
quite removed from reality.

8 Dayenu  Wed, Apr 11, 2007 10:41:56pm

Now now. Everyone knows that only white, male, christian (or Jewish/Zionist) heterosexual males can be evil.

Ahmadinejad may be white, male, heterosexual, but he's not Zionist, Christian or Jewish. Ergo, he must be a good guy, just misunderstood.

9 Sharmuta  Wed, Apr 11, 2007 10:41:59pm
Are these people completely insane?

Yes- it's another effect from the disease known as leftism.

10 DesertSage  Wed, Apr 11, 2007 10:44:05pm

The good news is, if the Democrats keep this shit up they're guaranteeing themselves a landslide loss in '08.

The bad news is, it may be too late.

11 JonR  Wed, Apr 11, 2007 10:44:09pm

Well, we elected the Democrats and we knew that Pelosi would be House Speaker. In addition, this majority clearly encouraged the worst of these people like Lantos.

Folks, we cannot vote in the Democrats due to frustration with the Republicans and hope things would get better. There was no doubt in my mind that they could only get worse and they did!

Ben Franklin said that we elect the politicians that we deserve. Well, here we are! I sure hope that we have learned our lesson and vote the Democratic idiots out of office in '08. If not, we have nobody to blame but ourselves.

12 jjmckay1216  Wed, Apr 11, 2007 10:44:53pm

Thank goodness Nancy "Blinky" Pelosi is going to take her expertise in foreign relations and have a chat with Mr. dinnerjacket. After she is done shaking his hand, opening up pink gift bags and planting her pucker on his lil brown ass, all will be well with the world. The Muslims will love us, the terrorists will love us and the want of Islam to be the new world order will be a distant memory.

/do i really need to?

13 Sharmuta  Wed, Apr 11, 2007 10:45:25pm
"So if the Iranian president says that he is developing (nuclear material) for peaceful purposes, we are assisting him in that process,”

Did you say insane? Because this is just naive. Who in thier right mind takes a dictator at their word? Oh- right...leftists.

14 Dianna  Wed, Apr 11, 2007 10:46:11pm
...and we must stop them with the strongest of diplomatic measures.”

Diplomatic measures?

Yes, Charles, these people are insane. They literally believe that they can talk to the Iranians and convince them that they need to change their ways, and then there will be a group hug.

These are the people who marched kids across minefields.

Nancy and company need to be gently led by the hand to a mental asylum. However good their intentions, they are delusional, and will get us all killed.

15 Tasty Beverage  Wed, Apr 11, 2007 10:47:53pm
“Iran’s quest for a nuclear weapon is something that must not happen and we must stop them with the strongest of diplomatic measures.”

Yes, because these are rational people that can be reasoned with. Diplomatically.

Lantos noted that ”with the speaker’s support,” he has co-sponsored legislation in the House that calls for making available to all countries — including Iran — nuclear fuel for peaceful purposes under international oversight by establishing a “nuclear fuel bank.”

Encouraging and assisting the rest of the world to go to nuclear power while at the same time preventing the United States, their own country, from building any more nuclear power plants, or drilling in ANWR, even though it is absolutely critical that we reduce our energy dependence.

I despise these people.

16 Durendal  Wed, Apr 11, 2007 10:48:48pm

not sure why this is surprising to anyone. the Democratic party is defined by hatred of America. everything they've done during the last 30 years reflects that. working with our enemies comes naturally to them

17 Student of Objectivism  Wed, Apr 11, 2007 10:52:23pm

wait, since when were Democrats principled? Back when they were Marxists or followed former Marxists?

18 victor_yugo  Wed, Apr 11, 2007 10:53:30pm

#10 DesertSage:

I'll take uncertain Republicans and "possible failure" over defeatist Democrats and "definite failure" any day.

I know that sounds looney, but think of the scene from Ghostbusters where Egon Spengler suggests crossing the beams. Even at one-in-a-million odds, it was still better than certain destruction.

19 Salem  Wed, Apr 11, 2007 10:53:33pm

I blame Foucault!

20 jfromfolsomca  Wed, Apr 11, 2007 10:53:36pm

Are these people completely insane?

YES!

j

21 Bill Jefferson  Wed, Apr 11, 2007 10:55:06pm

I want the Iranian people to have nuclear energy, so that some oil is still left in the ground for them to benefit from once they finally cast off the ayatollahs. But any help the U.S., Russia, or anyone else gives them should be -- and under the NPT is supposed to be -- accompanied by a rigorous inspection regime to make sure nothing, um, unpeaceful is going on. The moment I start believing that the Democrats will provide for that will be the moment they disappoint me by asking Carter to negotiate because he did such a bang-up job with the Norks.

22 Dianna  Wed, Apr 11, 2007 10:55:08pm

#17 Student

I had a professor who remarked, in passing, that the old Democrat party was the alliance of the Communists and the Ku Klux Klan. And a certain argument can be made for that, yes. But you have to explain Harry Truman, and more than a few others, who hated both.

23 Killian Bundy  Wed, Apr 11, 2007 10:55:39pm

It's the implementation by repetition of the Bonkey's end game, comprehensive Shiny Happy People foreign policy.

/and, in meat world, it'll be a bitch, for us

24 victor_yugo  Wed, Apr 11, 2007 10:56:43pm

#14 Dianna:

Nancy and company need to be gently led by the hand to a mental asylum.

Gently?!?

25 NY Nana  Wed, Apr 11, 2007 10:59:41pm
Are these people completely insane?

Yes.

26 Killian Bundy  Wed, Apr 11, 2007 11:00:22pm

Pull the handle

/'cause there's gonna be a quiz

27 Dianna  Wed, Apr 11, 2007 11:01:27pm

#24 victor_yugo

I'm tired of dragging people kicking and screaming. I think taking them gently by the hand and speaking in soothing tones will work better.
/deadpan humor

28 Pink Freud  Wed, Apr 11, 2007 11:02:07pm

#11 JonR 4/11/2007 10:44:09 pm PDT :

"We elected the democrats ....."

Sorry, JonR, that pony sure don't ride here.

29 Michael in MI  Wed, Apr 11, 2007 11:02:52pm

You mean Lantos had not already shown himself to be the traitor that he is after making these statements about the Democrats' (and a few Republicans') trip to Syria?

"Lantos, referring to recent congressional votes dictating a timetable for the withdrawal of US forces from Iraq agreed that Democrats were pursuing an approach to counter the Bush administration. He said, 'We have an alternative Democrat foreign policy. I view my job as beginning with restoring overseas credibility and respect for the United States.'"


Also, apparently the Democrats have not learned the lesson of providing nuclear fuel to North Korea for "peaceful purposes".

Not to mention, the Left is completely against the United States using nuclear energy for peaceful purposes to ween us off of oil.

30 victor_yugo  Wed, Apr 11, 2007 11:09:25pm

Holy shit. Look at the previous and next entry titles.

Religion of Peace Strikes Again in Thailand

On both.

31 NY Nana  Wed, Apr 11, 2007 11:10:21pm

I posted this earlier...Lantos is the real shocker....a Holocaust survivor who willingly would go to Iran. Feh.

But he is, after all, a Dhummicrat.

32 Michael in MI  Wed, Apr 11, 2007 11:12:51pm

#31 NY Nana

Typical leftist tactic - "absolute moral authority" figure.

33 jjmckay1216  Wed, Apr 11, 2007 11:12:58pm

not sure why this is surprising to anyone. the Democratic Democrat party is defined by hatred of America.

There fixed that for you

34 ChenZhen  Wed, Apr 11, 2007 11:13:04pm

Give them an offer they shouldn't want to refuse, and watch them refuse it.

35 Bobbo  Wed, Apr 11, 2007 11:16:19pm

Remember Bill Murray's character in Caddyshack?

When he uttered those immortal words, "I'm okay with that."

These people have about that much common sense.

36 Jimmy The Clam  Wed, Apr 11, 2007 11:18:02pm

Insane? No this is a calculated move folks.
Unless they screw up BAD like Pelosi (because YES, she really is that incompetent) one of two things will happen.
1. This trip will not get reported on unless things go very bad.
OR
2. If they get lucky and find some political angle to tout as a breakthrough (it does not have to be real - think Jimmy Carter in North Korea) then it will get milked by their media supporters.
If nothing comes out of it, then it will just fade from the collective public memory. No harm, no foul.

That is my prediction.

Does anyone have any Hugo Chavez visits lined up for a few months before the 2008 election?
This is how I see that one going down.

Dems visit Hugo, they hug and kiss and he makes some announcement that drops the price of oil for a few months. The Dems tout it as a tangible foreign policy victory over the failed BushHitler policies.
Accolades are published daily on the front page of the NYT for the next 90 days.
Maybe they will offer to trade him nuclear technology in exchange for his upping oil production.

37 NY Nana  Wed, Apr 11, 2007 11:20:49pm

#32 Michael in MI

Typical leftist tactic - "absolute moral authority" figure.

Faux morality at it's finest worst. They are such hypocrites....and so full of themselves. They don't realize just how ridiculous they look to anyone lucky enough to be a member of their moonbat central organization. As to their authority? They use it like a true dictator does..the 'my way or the highway' cult.

Falling asleep at the keyboard..g'nite, all!

38 RadicalRon  Wed, Apr 11, 2007 11:27:42pm

Tom Lantos, Holocaust survivor, cozying up to Ahmadinejad, Holocaust denier.

I might be closer to being named high rabbi of Mecca & Medina than originally thought.

39 republic  Wed, Apr 11, 2007 11:33:27pm

These are indeed frustrating times. There is so much going on, that in a reasonable person's mind, are like, "This is insane", and yet, the actions continue on, as though there is no real order, in our U.S. government, with our allies, things are happening the way they have to happen in these days.

It is truly frustrating to watch, and listen to, and read, but the most important thing for all of us, is that no matter what happens, do not be deceived.

The Democrats are going to continue to do things that are going to still utterly shock many, everyone is being used, the way that everyone must be used, for things to happen the way they are supposed to.

This thread is exact proof, of the sheer insanity of our elected leaders, who will allow an enemy, who has clearly stated what they will do with nuclear weapons, and yet, these kook Democrats are doing exactly that, and nobody appears ready to stop them, hence, they won't stop with their utterly insane actions.

Fear not, do not be deceived.

40 republic  Wed, Apr 11, 2007 11:37:21pm
nuclear fuel for peaceful purposes under international oversight by establishing a “nuclear fuel bank.”

This is the equivelant of giving Adolph Hitler everything that he needed to take over the world in the 1940's, with no ability to stop him.

This is what you get, when Republican voters stay home, "to teach the Republicans a lesson".

41 Patrizio  Wed, Apr 11, 2007 11:37:52pm

I too am surprised at Lantos saying these things. Still, my anger is directed toward the people who voted for mediocrity in November. What the Hell is going on, America? As I always say, you better do the right thing in 2008. That's what I would say on TV. Damn you for voting for these people.

42 republic  Wed, Apr 11, 2007 11:43:58pm
Are these people completely insane?

They are being used as tools, and conduit, for evil.

The thing that they don't comprehend, is, it doesn't matter if their motives are right or wrong, it's the end result that they will be judged by.

These people, Pelosi, and Lantos, have absolutely no concern of what happens to their souls after this life.


Frustrating.

43 capitalist piglet  Wed, Apr 11, 2007 11:58:57pm

Elections have consequences. Major, major consequences. People really need to stop and think about these clowns next time they want to cast a third-party protest vote against the GOP.

44 theheat  Wed, Apr 11, 2007 11:59:41pm
we must stop them with the strongest of diplomatic measures

That's been working out swell, so far. No, seriously. We shake out firsts and stomp our feet, then Nancy the Tool goes on walkabout, the UN says this and that, and Iran goes about its business.

Diplomacy generally means doing nothing, or talking about doing something, but doing nothing. It means you'll sit down and talk like civilized people, drink tea and use the right fork, without any intention of forcing the issue. And, as long as you're all talking, it's a polite substitute for accomplishing anything. Diplomacy = No Consequences. Diplomacy = Don't Speak the Truth, Because it May Offend Someone.

In a sick sense of humor way, I still recall all the hardasses saying there's no way we'd let Iran go nuclear. No, there was talk of strategic bombing, and what we were prepared to do. I remember people defending Rumsfeld's (remember him?) fierceness like he was Clint F'ing Eastwood. Well? We haven't done jack shit.

We let the dumbest tool in 'merica out of her cage to play nice with them, we watched the Odyssey of the Hapless 15 like some bad reality TV show, we've listened to Iran talk about escalating their nuclear program, the oily sheikhs are wagging their finger at us, we hear France has joined the party... Now, at what point did badass "not gonna let it happen" ever enter the equation?

BTW - it's happened.

45 wrathofg-d  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 12:15:03am

I have a message for Lantos that he should understand:

"They are just relocating us to the East"

or for the less familiar:

"They just want us to wash up before our interment here for the duration of the War"

46 neocon hippie  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 12:17:07am

It is the ultimate in hubris for these clowns to think they can go over to Iran and sweet-talk this 21st century Hitler out of his evil madness.

47 Call me Infidel  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 12:20:03am

"Principled Democrat" sounds like an oxymoron to me!

48 restitutor orbis  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 12:23:00am

the Holocaust victim scrapes before the Holocaust denier. This should make for interesting commentary. I wonder if Mad Mahmoooood will ask the dhimmi where he got his cool tat. Ya know, the one on his forearm?

49 docremulac  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 12:36:00am

I don't mind these dhimmicrats wanting to commit suicide on a grand scale, it's just that they insist of taking the rest of us with them.

50 Jimmy The Clam  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 12:52:58am
This is what you get, when Republican voters stay home, "to teach the Republicans a lesson".

You could also say when Republicans act like Democrats, their voters stayed home in droves.
The Republican party learned the wrong lesson in 2006 and is going to get hammered royally in 2008 if they don't pull their heads out of their collective butts.
If I ever want an appeasing Democrat, I'll vote for the real thing, thank you.
Until the GOP gets smart, I'll be voting third party.

51 American Jewess in Jerusalem  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 12:56:02am

Wouldn't it be funny if Iran decided to kidnap Pelosi and Lantos during their trip there, and if these two idiots had to live out the rest of their days playing chess and pawing through goody bags in front of a camera while wearing a scarf (Nan) and a polyester suit (Tom)?


I think that would be funny.

52 theblakester  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 1:06:00am

Like I said before on these matters. They will buy off politicians as one of their five pronged approach.
the five; media, geographical location, political buy-offs, demographic, and war!
So, I ask, how do you stop them?

53 aussie_dave  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 1:08:57am

Yes, they are insane...

Thanks

54 Maine's Michael  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 1:11:21am

The Bush State Department's actions are nearly as fucked as the Pelosi/Lantos idea.

According to another official, the US has been putting relentless pressure on Olmert and Peretz to evacuate illegal outposts ever since the two took office last year. On a visit to the United States last month, Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh was asked about the issue during his talks with administration officials.

"The pressure has never stopped," the official said. "They want the outposts removed and will not give up until we remove them."

The State Dept, furthermore, is pretty solidly behind the Baker position paper, and is all for more talk with Iran and Syria, and more rlentelss pressure on you know who.

They are merely frusrated that W is not keen on the idea, and it is the Dems who are stepping forward in that direction. They see it as no more than a turf issue.

The 'war on explosives' and 'push for genocidal democracies' initiatives are, OBVIOUSLY, being incompetently executed. There is a vacuum there, and the Dems are stepping into it with their own idiotic plans, based on their erroneous read of the American people.

Fill the vacuum with good policies, well executed, and the Dems will be justly hung out to dry if they persist in treasonous behavior.

55 Ledger1  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 1:38:56am

Pelosi and Lantos partisan appeasnicks. They are trying to usurp the President of the United States. We cannon conduct foreign policy, let alone win a war, with dems constantly catering to the enemy.

I have this horrible suspicion that Pelosi and Lantos are on a stealth fund raising mission and nothing else.

56 SilverStar830  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 1:50:35am

The Democrats will talk talk talk, rainbows and puppies and kumbaya, then the terrorist state leaders will be in disbelief at their good fortune and they'll nod nod nod approvingly... then as soon as Pelosi and Nostrildamus leave (having reaffirmed their self-importance and self-righteous indignation), the leaders of the terrorist states will laugh and make fun of them for days as they go about making their plans to take advantage of Pelosi's insipid effort to make herself and her party appear functional. All politicians are hucksters, but she's a limosine liberal to boot which makes the fog she lives in all that much more thick.

57 spinoneone  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 1:57:10am

"Are these people completely insane?"

Seems self-evident to me!

58 Mr Krabs  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 2:45:40am

These democrats are cementing their place in history, alongside this guy....

can well understand the reasons why the Czech Government have felt unable to accept the terms which have been put before them in the German memorandum. Yet I believe after my talks with Herr Hitler that, if only time were allowed, it ought to be possible for the arrangements for transferring the territory that the Czech Government has agreed to give to Germany to be settled by agreement under conditions which would assure fair treatment to the population concerned.

You know already that I have done all that one man can do to compose this quarrel. After my visits to Germany I have realised vividly how Herr Hitler feels that he must champion other Germans, and his indignation that grievances have not been met before this. He told me privately, and last night he repeated publicly, that after this Sudeten German question is settled, that is the end of Germany's territorial claims in Europe.

[Link: www.st-andrews.ac.uk...]

59 directorblue  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 3:05:45am
Are these people completely insane?

Talk about a rhetorical question.

60 Yosemite Bill  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 3:28:11am

Yes, they are detached from reality to the extent that they are dangerous in the extreme when in positions of power.
Are the clinically impaired ? No...... just completely devoid of judgement based on anything but their PC - antiwestern civilzation views.

61 Jeff MacMillan  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 3:48:16am

Hmm. I'm all for this! Maybe if we keep wrist slapping I'm a Dinner Jacket with diplomacy, his hand, and Nulear Trigger finger with it, will fall off:-)

62 DoctorDentons  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 3:48:45am

This bunch are absolutely nuts ! How do they keep a straight face when talking to the cameras ?

63 revka  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 4:08:28am
Lantos noted that ”with the speaker’s support,” he has co-sponsored legislation in the House that calls for making available to all countries — including Iran — nuclear fuel for peaceful purposes under international oversight by establishing a “nuclear fuel bank.”

I don't know if you realize how dangerous this really is. Lantos and Blinky are laying down and giving our enemies the tools to obliterate us. WHether it be this legislation or just visiting touting Diplomacy...

The terrorists want the libs to win so how do you think they will do it? Brainwash everyone that diplomacy works.. They will say on t.v. that they are going to agree to the libs' and work out a deal, then in the shadows they will be making their plans and building their nukes in order to destroy Israel and us. SO, the libs are literally aiding and abetting our enemy nations.

Someone has to stop this visit to Iran.

64 JAT  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 4:09:38am

Can we send Pelosi and Lantos to Thailand? Can someone photoshop a super woman outfit on ms. Nancy so we can have Super APOTUS. Are these people mad (and not angry-but mental)? Folks: Wake up and understand that voting does have consequences.

65 revka  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 4:09:56am

Oh yeh and 'INTERNATION OVERSIGHT' means the U.N. Yeh, libs we KNOW the U.N. will make sure they only build nukes for peaceful purposes! This only proves my point that if Hillary or Obama wins we are in deep doo-doo period!

66 revka  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 4:14:13am

Jat,
Indeed Voting DOES MATTER.. AND it is NOT OUR JOB to punish the spineless republicans by not voting!

It is simple.. If you enjoy freedom and low taxes vote republican, if you want high taxes, socialism, and the war on terror fought on our soil then vote democrat.

67 FrogMarch  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 4:31:31am

Only in the modern democrat party could a holocaust survivor end up as Neville Chamberlain.


Hey Democrats, you just keep on undermining this nation. You aren't undermining Bush, you are undermining all of us. Nice work.
Now off you go. Go listen to the lies of a madman and sip some tea with him in front of a camera.

Remember folks, with democrats it's all about making democrats FEEL better.

68 Dar ul Harbarian  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 4:40:39am

I can't wait until the Democrats make a legislative push toward unilateral nuclear disarmament in the name of world peace. The wolves of the world must be licking their chops.

69 daughter of patriots  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 4:50:30am
Lantos noted that ”with the speaker’s support,” he has co-sponsored legislation in the House that calls for making available to all countries — including Iran — nuclear fuel for peaceful purposes under international oversight by establishing a “nuclear fuel bank.”

"So if the Iranian president says that he is developing (nuclear material) for peaceful purposes, we are assisting him in that process,” said Lantos, who anticipated the legislation could pass as early as May.

If I recall, it was Kerry who'd suggested doing the very same thing, should he become president. Birds of a feather. Democrats: not anti-war. They're on the other side.

70 Elcid  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 4:53:24am

38 RadicalRon

Tom Lantos, Holocaust survivor, cozying up to Ahmadinejad, Holocaust denier.

Never mind the little fact, that the little Persian fellow wants a repeat performance.

Pelosi and Lantos spoke with Assad, Ahmadinejad's marionette, and want to speak WITH Ahmadinejad and yet to this point, refuse to sit down with the President of the U.S. to discuss funding American troops.

For years and years an Assad, the Persians and Bedouins called Palestinians, have been responsible for killing Americans. "Are these people insane", the question was. The answer unequivocally, YES....OURS and THEIRS.

71 Hot Rod Kid  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 4:59:27am

"So if the Iranian president says that he is developing (nuclear material) for peaceful purposes, we are assisting him in that process,” said Lantos, who anticipated the legislation could pass as early as May.

What if Elliot Ness said, "So, if Mr. Al Capone says he wants a Tommy gun for deer hunting, we are assisting him in that process."

72 Sunshine 1963  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 5:01:56am

I totally agree with you, revka. Any republican voter that thought they would "teach a lesson" should be ashamed of themselves. How could you not vote or vote another ticket knowing that Queen Nancy would be put in a position of power. This woman and those like her, have no clue what they are doing. It's as if their eyes are veiled to the truth. To me, that is the only possible answer to all of this madness!

73 ointmentfly  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 5:06:01am

These are the same people that oppose the nuclear fuel depot in Nevada and we can usually find their cohorts standing in front of nuclear laden railroad cars.....Yet they are for nuclearizing the 3rd world!

It makes perfect sense given these are the same folks who freak out if the US army outfits enemy prisoners with women's underwear, yet is silent when a westerner has his head sawn off!

Anything....Anything in opposition to George Bush is a-ok!

74 FrogMarch  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 5:09:30am
75 deanyc  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 5:11:05am

Lantos. Isn't that a breath mint?

If it isn't, it is now. Because it certainly isn't a member of our legislative branch. Not with behavior like this.

76 Ghostmaker  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 5:13:36am
“Iran’s quest for a nuclear weapon is something that must not happen and we must stop them with the strongest of diplomatic measures.”

Pelosi and Co. would do well to remember the words of military strategist Carl von Clausewitz: "War is simply the further means of politics."

77 Hot Rod Kid  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 5:17:50am

Nancy and her generation are by-products of an era where psychologists and social scientists actually thought that Freudian and Jungian talk therapy worked. This led to Primal Therapy in the late 60's and 70's where you could confront your past problems by screaming. (This would explain Hillary's erratic behavior.)

Nancy's generation of Democrats think that they can talk their way out confrontation with fascist Islam. Open dialogue and diplomatic solutions, which are noble endeavors, don't work with a culture like Islam that is willing to commit suicide for Paradise. There is nothing surprising about the Democrat's actions. Unfortunatley, while they talk, talk, talk and simutaneously cut funding for our military, Iran will be in a good position to do some heavy duty damage in the MidEast and to the world economy.

In the end, the avoidance behavior that the Dems are exhibiting may very well will lead to am emboldened Iran and Syria, and result in a serious World War with casualities easily going into the millions.

78 pass the moonbaticide  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 5:31:29am
legislation in the House that calls for making available to all countries — including Iran — nuclear fuel for peaceful purposes under international oversight by establishing a “nuclear fuel bank"

What ? Give a nation whose leader has stated an intention to erase Israel from the map the means to do so ? And you think it would end with Israel ?

Either the world has gone stark , raving bonkers or I have .
Send the men in white coats . I promise I won't resist .

79 maddogg  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 5:31:58am
few remaining principled Democrats

Sorry, but that breed became extinct when Sell Miller retired.

All that is left are the mutants, shadow dwellers, and leeches.

80 maddogg  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 5:34:54am

#79 PIM Frikkin F: Zell Miller, that is.

81 Elcid  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 5:43:23am

Nancy and Tom made headlines in Persia.

First, in Farsi.

[Link: www.farsnews.com...]

Then, in Awaysi

[Link: english.farsnews.ir...]

82 Dasher  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 5:45:53am

I have never considered Lantos principled. There are several categories of Democrats, scary, idiot, slimy.

Schumer, Lantos, Durbin; definitely in the scary category
Biden, Kerry, Pelosi ; definitely in the idiot category.
Rahn Emanual; slimy

Schumer is actually a cross between scary and slimy so he is a special case. Instant channel switch if he comes into my living room via TV. He makes my skin crawl.

But more and more they are all getting quite scary. I can not imagine how bad things will get if somehow a Democrat would be elected president in 2008. I can't think of anything worse.

They all are bent on destroying our country it seems.

83 OneGyT  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 6:03:03am

When you said you were surprised, I thought, "No, don't be. They're all the same."

That is, until I came to the last part. "We're going to assist them in that process." I thought I was going to have a heart attack!

85 Hot Rod Kid  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 6:35:54am

#84 Beagle

When they get over here, I hope HS takes their fingerprints and mugshots.

86 Mambo Bananapatch  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 6:37:17am
Are these people completely insane?

Charles, if they were insane they'd have an excuse.

No, I think they suffer from what must be a bewildering combination of stupidity, ambition, naivete, and hatred.

87 lostlakehiker  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 6:37:49am
Lantos noted that ”with the speaker’s support,” he has co-sponsored legislation in the House that calls for making available to all countries — including Iran — nuclear fuel for peaceful purposes under international oversight by establishing a “nuclear fuel bank.”

I don't know if you realize how dangerous this really is.

Actually, not as dangerous as the commentor thinks. If Iran were to accept nuclear fuel from outside sources, then it would have less reason to want its own nuclear fuel cycle industry. The offer of outside-sourced nuclear fuel puts Iran on the hot seat. If they reject it, the only evident motive would that they want uranium that is enriched to weapons grade, and since nobody's going to give them that, they will proceed alone.

The evidence that Iran wants weapons grade uranium is strong enough for cautious observers to conclude that Iran's government is dangerous, but Lantos and Pelosi may be slower to draw the natural conclusion. This proposal to provide Iran reactor-grade enriched uranium, if accepted, would leave Iran without weapons grade uranium or the industry to make it, and if rejected it, would leave Iran without a cover story for a weapons program.

88 Noam Chumpski  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 6:44:15am

I smell a hostage situation coming on...

89 Ma Sands  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 6:46:09am

#87 lostlakehiker

Now, that is such logical thinking.....think it'll fly, in this world's atmosphere.....? :)

90 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 6:48:18am

Lantos, Pelosi - you are a credit to the Great Satan.

91 MoonbatBane  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 6:51:30am
"So if the Iranian president says that he is developing (nuclear material) for peaceful purposes, we are assisting him in that process,” said Lantos, who anticipated the legislation could pass as early as May.

Because, of course, a dictator with genocidal asperations would never lie about why he wants enriched uranium. Only GW Bush and his evil supporters actually lie.

/no need

Gee, what happened last time a Democrap gave nuke material to a dictator for "peaceful purposes"? North Korea used it to make a nuke, that's what happened.

If an Iranian nuke gets set off in the US or Europe after the Democraps give Imadinnerjacket nucler material, do you think Americans will actually care? Of course not -- they won't even know about it, because the MSM will cover for the asshats. At that point, though, some will be likely to take matters into their own hands.

/enraged

PS Think GW will get out the veto pen on this one? If not then, when will he? EVER? C'mon, GW -- get your mojo back. You're pathetically weak lately, although you're still infinitely better than Gore or Skerry would have been. BTW, the Republicans lost in November because they became Democrap lite -- weak, appeasing, and more interested in pork than protecting the nation.

On second thought, GW is standing up to the Democraps on their plan for surrender in Iraq and a couple other issues, so maybe he is starting to get his mojo back. The rest of the GOP, with few exceptions, still doesn't have a clue. Appeasement and surrender to the Democraps is all they seem to know anymore.

PPS Please, Fred Thompson, run! He's one of the few candidates that I think has the cahones to deal with the Islamiacs and their Democrap allies. (Yes, I'm calling the Democraps allies of the Islamiacs, which makes them traitors. Because that's what they are -- TRAITORS. In WWII, they would have been arrested, tried, and most likely shot for treason. And rightfully so.) Rudy is the other one, although domestically he is a Democrap.

92 Daisy  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 6:53:12am

"Are these people completely insane?"

If only it were so .. but they are completely immoral, and their brand of immoral offers an open invitation to full blown insanity.

93 MoonbatBane  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 6:54:39am

#87 lostlakehiker 4/12/2007 6:37:49 am PDT

That was the thinking with North Korea, too. Didn't work out so well, did it? The thing you are missing is that is it MUCH easier to make weapons grade uranium from reactor grade uranium than it is to make if from raw uranium ore.

94 stonewall  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 6:56:30am

No they are not insane.

They are just complete F**King utopian scociety elitist fools!

95 MoonbatBane  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 6:58:34am

#77 Hot Rod Kid 4/12/2007 5:17:50 am PDT

In the end, the avoidance behavior that the Dems are exhibiting already has may very well will lead to am emboldened Iran and Syria, and will result in a serious World War with casualities easily going into the tens of millions if not more.

Not "fixed," but slightly modified to reflect my view of the situation. I hope yours is more accurate, but I don't think so...

96 Angel  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 7:09:59am

Not to be revolting here but I sure hope he doesn't borrow a bar of soap..or sit under Eichmandhinjeehad's lampshade when he's cozyin up to him...after all..

it may be one of his relatives!

and yes Charles...in answer to your rhetorical question...the Libs are half passed insane!

97 Dr. Shalit  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 7:11:48am

Charles -

Think you are right - Lantos has jumped the shark on this one. The question is - WHY? -

-S-

98 Golem Akbar  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 7:18:52am

Lantos and Pelosi are both very idealistic. Problem is that Lantos should know better -- I don't give Nancy points on that case-- and they will both be singing "Kumbaya" on the way to selling out America to the Islamofascists.

99 ursa5000  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 7:24:34am

A viral insanity has infected so many good Americans.
Fed by Soros's muti-headed foundations and reinforced by an MSM that cannot distiguish between Anna, Eva (Braun) , and Rosie, our institutions of rationality, morality and self -preseravtion are crumbling.

This is not an unknow phenomenon. The Weimar Republic, which bred Hitler and his 33% electoral victory, gives us a chilling foretaste on our probable future. Only through the Internet, and it's free flow of ideas can this country avoid the horrors of an American National Socialist government.

I knew and respceted Tom Lantos until this bizarre disease took his mind and judgement. His cancer is a deeply regettable causulty of the coming struggle.

The lesson here is that no citizen will be left untouched while this war for he soul of this nation continues.

Keep your powder dry,

Da Bear

100 mghirsch  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 7:30:19am

A really scary thing is that Lantos is a Jewish Holocaust survivor.

Why does it seem that Jews (and I am one) have more quislings and suicidal leaders (in terms of leading their co-religionists) than other religions?

101 Egfrow  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 7:30:32am

We officially have the beginnings of an attempted coupe of the US government or at least the beginnings of a shadow governemt. Many veterans and military are sworn to the oath to defend the United States of America against enemies Foriegn or Domestic. This is starting to seem like the Domestic part of that equation.

102 Maine's Michael  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 7:38:14am
Why does it seem that Jews (and I am one) have more quislings and suicidal leaders (in terms of leading their co-religionists) than other religions?

"seem' is the right word. We are highly visible, and furthermore, highly critical of our leaders' defects.

103 maddogg  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 7:41:04am

#100 mghirsch

Why does it seem that Jews (and I am one) have more quislings and suicidal leaders (in terms of leading their co-religionists) than other religions?

Because so many are liberal and die-hard Democrats. As to why, that is a very complicated question, and the attempts at answering it are also very complicated, with many assumptions made. None of them were very satisfying to me, as common sense and the facts plainly staring you in the face should have some bearing on the situation. There are many Jews who have acknowledged the plain facts, however, and a few of them post here, as you do.

104 Airedale  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 7:46:32am

They will do whatever it takes to take over that seat in the oval office.
If millions die....it's worth it politically.

until the DC gets nuked, then the finger pointing returns .... being dispatched by memo from the oval bunker

105 Egfrow  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 7:48:53am

#104 Airedale,
That seems to be what is happening. What are we to do about it other just sit back and watch it happen like on a reality TV show. This is grounds for high treason yet no one does anything about it.

106 solomonpanting  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 7:49:08am

#49 docremulac

I don't mind these dhimmicrats wanting to commit suicide on a grand scale, it's just that they insist of taking the rest of us with them.

Islamoterrorists have suicide bombers.

We have suicide appeasers.

107 Jheka  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 8:02:02am

Rarely have I been as stunned by and disappointed in an American politician's actions as I was when I saw that Tom Lantos, for whom I have long had tremendous respect, was part of this idiocy.

A person with his history of clear thinking gets the benefit of a couple of swings from me but that was sure as hell strike one.

108 Egfrow  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 8:02:10am

Here is Micheal Ramirez putting some clarity on Pelosi

109 Airedale  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 8:06:39am

#105 Egfrow

...they say Bill C got campaign funding from China....

I wonder what favors will be promised from these behind closed doors junkets.

oh,
I saw the article about how ;
Iran and Syria Lead UN Disarmament Commission

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

I would call that a great chance to gather 'data' on their enemies while remaining silent or fudging their on arms holdings.
maybe they want to gain access to a who's who in "previously owned" weapons market ? ABck room wheel and deal. The usual UN operandi.

110 alegrias  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 8:08:25am

Great anti-Pelosi advertisement this am (Thursday 4/12) on Fox Cable sponsored by the Republican Jewish Coalition, quoting the Washpost's condemnation of Pelosi's Fonda-esque fawning of Assad & now Ahmadinejad as "ludicrous".

Anyone else see it or get their website? something like [Link: www.rjcch.com...]

111 Egfrow  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 8:11:37am

Here is an MSM promotional video of Converts to Islam in California.


"I"m proud of my daughter's conversion to Islam. It shows her to be an independant thinker"
112 Egfrow  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 8:13:28am

#109 Airedale,

The UN is now a symbol of decay of Europe and the perversion and corruption that China, Russia, France, and Germany are causing.

113 Ojoe  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 8:14:56am

Nancy & Tom — while you are in Iran, see if your powerful talking will get the mullahs to stop doing this:

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

I am sure that in the world you envision, nothing like this happens, & I will be amazed if you can fix it with words only.

But maybe you can.

It was such a mistake to use the 8th airforce on Germany...

114 Ojoe  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 8:21:10am

104 airdale

Due to the insanity and weakness of politicians & the media, it sometimes appears to me that Todd Beamer's heroism, and the heroism of the other passengers on flight 93 was...

no I can't say this

Yes I can

If that flight had hit the Capitol we would have not been able to give such a weak response to this threat, right from the beginning when Bush called islam a "religion of peace" which is equivalent to Chamberlain; worse even, it is as if Chamberlain had gone to Munich after Hitler had invaded Poland.

These political SOBs, all of them, are desecrating the memory and lives of the Flight 93 heros.

115 alegrias  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 8:21:21am

Fear Not, Lizardoid Flock--

John McCain is slamming his colleagues, Democrats in Congress, for cheering for defeat on the House floor after voting for time tables to leave Iraq recently.

"What were they [democrats--ed.] celebrating? Deafeat? Surrender? John McCain at VMI speech Wed. 4/11/07

Naturally his "friends" such as Sen. Chris Dodd say McCain is wrong like President Bush is wrong, per moonbat logic: Pres. Bush's worst critic has morphed into ....President Bush! Expect former media to abandon en mass in lockstep McCain's Straight Talk Bus out of solidarity with moonbats & George Soros.

McCain throws down Iraq gauntlet
[Link: www.washtimes.com...]

116 Golem Akbar  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 8:21:36am

#100 MG Hirsch

Why does it seem that Jews (and I am one) have more quislings and suicidal leaders (in terms of leading their co-religionists) than other religions?

Great question. I hope someday Charles makes this an issue we all can discuss.

Most Jews I know (including friends and family) are liberal democrats. It's tough being a minority in a minority....

117 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 8:22:24am
118 Babydoc97  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 8:31:39am

Wait...the leftards want to set up a nuclear fuel bank for "peaceful" purposes. But I thought nuclear power is verboten due to the potential environmental hazards?

You need no further evidence that the left wants the destruction of America. If nuclear power is so great, why can't we build more nuclear reactors, thus ending our dependency on muslim oil?

119 Elmira Viking  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 8:33:20am

Yes, they are insane. Completely, totally, absolutely.

120 neocon hippie  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 9:03:02am

I feel like I am watching a massive trainwreck in slow motion.

And Golem Akbar, I can relate totally. Passover Seder with all of my lefty friends and acquaintances had a few difficult moments.

121 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 9:33:02am
122 Hellfire  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 9:34:18am

I don't know, I always thought lantos was an asshole. Then again, I was born thinking every democrat is an asshole. I never voted for one ever. I don't even look at the names when I vote, I find the row with the "R" and just pull the lever.

Sounds to me like lantos didn't survive jack shit, and he sure didn't learn any lessons about resistance. My Italian catholic grandmother has a sister with a neat tat like his, she and some of the family stayed behind in '38 when the rest of the family came here. They ended up in a camp but managed to escape by hiding in a truckload of dead bodies.

THATS f**king resistance, not this shit. My aunt would wipe the floor with this lantos prick.

123 wanumba  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 10:00:11am
#11 JonR
Well, we elected the Democrats and we knew that Pelosi would be House Speaker. In addition, this majority clearly encouraged the worst of these people like Lantos.


Dunno. States like Missouri and Maryland had huge voter turnouts - running out of ballots, lines of people, and in both states, the Republicans were comfortably in the lead all day long, across their respective states, carrying county after county with an obvious popular and general appeal, until the close of polls. But, the last districts to report were in St. Louis and in Baltimore. Both cities in both states, at literally the 11th hour, produced enough Democrat votes to outvote the rest of the state and turn them both into the hands of the Democrats. Democrat voter fraud is a fact in St. Louis, backed up by a gaggle of convicted Democrat Party officials.
If the Republicans cannot get a handle on the voting corruption that is going on in these big cities, the Democrats will carry every single state, every time.
First rule should be, the cities must report first. If they don't know by what margin they have to deliver, the more likely it'll be that they'll screw it up.

124 neocon hippie  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 10:33:45am

#121 buzzsawmonkey

Not quite as comprehensively bad, but definitely in that direction. The worst part was that we all went around the table and said what we wanted to get rid of. The first shout: "Bush!". Later, "our government". And the capper? "Stupid white men." To which I responded, "Stupid white women (shoulda looked her right in the eye), stupid black men, stupid asian people." To which someone responded something like "stupidity in general."

125 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 10:37:55am
126 Spionator  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 10:59:09am

A nuclear fuel bank, that is either fundamental IAEA reform or a shallow phrase.

A necessary enterprise, but not a topic to talk with a country that the agency needs to hold on probation.

As to your question, Charles, yes. If America renounces the lead negotiator role of Europe, this position will fall to Russia, not to the domestic opposition within America. Your opposition party is trying to play billiard on a table without banks.

127 dansan1  Thu, Apr 12, 2007 11:19:15am

If I ask nicely, will Pelosi and her America-hating cronies move to the Middle East? They seem to be very appreciated there.


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