You know, I really haven't beat the piss out of anyone lately in a good old fashioned fisk so now's as good a time as any.
First I need to find some craven moron to shred apart using my handy Minigun-O-Clue™.
Let's see...hmmm....we'll look through the BBC, there's always a mentally retarded baboon writing stuff there.
Ah, what do you know?! Found it!
Soros calls for 'regime change' in US
Billionaire philanthropist George Soros has called for an end to the Bush administration ahead of next year's presidential elections.
Mr. Soros - whose Foundations Network has given $1bn around the world to various causes to help tackle poverty and disease - told BBC Radio 4's United Nations Or Not? programme that the US would only stop pursuing "extremist" policies if there was a change at the White House.
Wow! You gave one billion dollars to help world hunger and what not? That's great! Maybe someday you can come close to the Bush Administration who just this year have given $15 billion to nations affected by AIDS. Oh, wait, but you hate him. Nevermind.
"It is only possible if you have a regime change in the United States - in other words if President Bush is voted out of power. I am very hopeful that people will wake up and realise that they have been led down the garden path, that actually 11 September has been hijacked by a bunch of extremists to put into effect policies that they were advocating before such as the invasion of Iraq."
September 11 wasn't hijacked by the right; it was forgotten by the left who get mad at us every time we remind them.
And by the way, us righties are not "extremists" asshole! Terrorists are "extremists", we're just responding by protecting ourselves and getting them to their virgins as quickly as possible. I always thought they should be thanking us for that.
Mr. Soros added that there was a "false ideology" behind the policies of the Bush administration.
As opposed to the Highly Enlightened & Morally True™ appeasement rituals of the left where it is believed that if you let your own enemies butt-fuck you repeatedly you'll be safe?
"There is a group of - I would call them extremists - who have the following belief: that international relations are relations of power, not of law, that international law will always follow what power has achieved."
International law? What, you expect the United States to cuddle up in the lap of the UN and say, "Please, please, please protect us!!! We can't do it without you! For the love of GOD help!!!"
Heh. Not happening. Oh, and BTW, read UN Resolution 1441. It's a scorcher.
And therefore [they believe] the United States being the most powerful nation on earth should impose its power, impose its will and its interests on the world and it should do it looking after itself. I think this is a very dangerous ideology. It is very dangerous because America is in fact very powerful."
Oh, so now we're imposing our will on the entire planet? Well then, how soon will we become the United States of Earth? Give me a break. We kick one murderous, raping fucknozzle off the block and all of a sudden we're "dominating everything."
Maybe we are dominating everything. Next week we'll be sending Delta Squad in to forcefully apply Old Spice to the French.
He added that he felt US actions in the build-up to the war on Iraq was evidence of an extremist element in the Bush administration.
Oh My God! An American president said he would send in troops, and he's actually doing it!! Extremist!!
"Probably President Chirac would not disagree with this philosophy but he is not so powerful - so I am not so worried about what France is doing," Mr. Soros said, referring to France's opposition to the war. "But America being really the dominant power to be in the grips of such an extremist ideology is very dangerous for the world and that is my major concern."
Saddam's gone. The Taliban and almost all of Al Qaeda are gone. By lightning, what will those crazy Americans do next? Off Arafat? My Lord, the Americans are tearing the very fabric of peace to shreds! Shreds, I tell you!
However, he added that he felt the rift between the US and the United Nations over the war - which President Bush referred to as a "difficult and defining moment" for the UN - had in fact strengthened the UN, rather than weakened it.
So, in theory, suppose I'm a cop and I point a gun at a criminal's head and tell him stop rapping a little girl. The criminal doesn't and I warn him again and again and again until I've told him seventeen times to quit, but he still doesn't Then, if another cop comes in and blows the rapist?s head off that makes him an "extremist" and me a better cop?
Damn. What fucking drugs are you on?
"I think that the United States has over-reached," he said. "What happens to extremists is that they go to extremes and the falsehood in their ideology becomes apparent. In a democracy the electorate - which is not extremist - will punish them and they know it, so they have to retreat."
Who's retreating?
"I think there is a good chance that the US will yet turn to a greater extent to the United Nations because they are now discovering that it is extremely painful and certainly costly to go it alone so in the end the outcome may be to strengthen the United Nations."
Us going to the UN doesn't strengthen it as much as it gives it one last chance to prove its relevance. And besides, the UN getting in on the rebuilding of Iraq is a convenience thing for us. You think for one second that we'll let them bastards have any authority? Hell no.
You, sir, posses the mental ability of a six week old Orangutan with a flute. You sound beautiful to your tree-hugging friends, but the sane people know that you're just a dumb animal.
Nothing personal.
I suppose I should respond to my last post from yesterday declaring an all out Bears victory over the Packers for Monday Night Football.
The answer I have for all of you wondering what I'm going to say on the subject today is easy: The Packers Cheated.
Not only did they cheat but they committed an act of complete immorality and showed total disregard for the simple laws of behavior that keeps us civil.
The Packers should have never, and I mean never, taken advantage of a bunch-a-retards who showed up in Bears uniforms Monday night. Picking on the slow kids is low, and the Packers sunk to that level.
I hereby make a prediction -no, make that a guarantee- about Monday Night Football.
The Chicago Bears WILL DEFEAT the Green Bay Packers tonight. I give no line and I do not predict the score. All that matters is the "W".
I have never been surer of anything else in my life.
I repeat:
That is all.
Wesley Clark: The only man better than Tony Hawk at doing 180s.
"Let's make one thing real clear, I would never have voted for this war." Invading Iraq was a "major blunder".
"At the time, I probably would have voted for it." "
Speaking on the fall of Baghdad: "Liberation is at hand. Liberation -- the powerful balm that justifies painful sacrifice, erases lingering doubt and reinforces bold action."
"I would have been a Republican if Karl Rove had returned my phone calls.?
Hmmmm....
Imagine if someone like Cheney or Bush had said, "I would have been a Democrat, but Clinton never returned my phone calls." Can you imagine the media feeding frenzy to a statement like that?
I haven't done this since my little years, but I was reading Whitman today and I suddenly had the urge to write down some poetry. Here it is. I may delete it later if I think it's too corny.
Farewell
The raindrops are too many
as they conquer the cloth in good order.
Good feelings, I couldn?t have any,
my mind is all disorder.Old Glory is duly soaked
as she lays upon the wood.
His coffin is honorably cloaked
because when asked to fight he said he could.He died that day in a far off land
a soldier to the end.
He was with his brothers he called a band
but his body home they did send.Now he?s lowered to rest forever,
he has seen the end of war.
But we, the living, must always remember
the values at his core.
The following is a true story.
When Patton was a mere captain in charge of a single company, his boys lined up for review by their division commander and as the officer moved down the lines he noticed that everyone in Patton?s company had a fork in their front shirt pocket. Curious, he walked up to a private in the company and asked him why everyone had a fork in their pocket.
"Well, sir," the private began. "Our captain, Captain Patton, is very strict on sanitation and doesn't allow us to reach our hands into the food when in line for chow. Since the silverware is at the end of the food line, we all carry forks to we can get our grub without rubbing our CO the wrong way."
The general nodded is approval and continued the review. Then he noticed that everyone in the company with the forks also had a string tied to their pants zipper. So he stopped and asked another private about it.
"It's Captain Patton, sir. He doesn?t want us touching our willies in the field, sir. He's a real stickler for sanitation. We use the string to bring out our equipment come that time, sir."
"I see," said the general. "But how do you get it back in then?"
"We use the fork, sir."
In 1903 a farmer came to a Chicago Cubs game at West Side Grounds with a billy goat on a rope leash. Park officials would not let him in the game with his rather unusual pet. Angered at being rejected from attending the game with his goat, the farmer announced at the top of his lungs that he was placing a hundred year curse on the Cubbies.
Afterwards, the Cubs won back to back World Series titles in 1907 and 1908 and then moved to their new ball park, Wrigley Field, in 1915. Since then the Cubs have had very spotty success. But, this year, in 2003, the curse was up. The only thing that stood in the way of the Cubs winning the Division Title was the Houston Astros.
Last week two Cubs fans drove down to Texas and bought a billy goat at a local farm. They then went to Minute Maid Park, the home of the Houston Astros, and tried to get in. When park officials rejected their entry, the two fans declared a hundred year curse on the Houston Astros. The last two days the Astros have lost twice to the Milwaukee Brewers who are currently 20 games out of first and were just hoping for the season to be over to end their misery. This, of course, along with two Cubs victories today in a double header, gave the Cubs the Central Division Title for 2003.
What can I say; sports superstitions are a weird thing.
Bottoms up. And Harry, this one's for you, babe.
So I'm in an American lit class and my professor is teetering on the edge of becoming completely insane. In my last class these were four of things he spoke to the younglings who know nothing of the world:
"The Civil War wasn't about slavery. Slavery was just a propaganda tool Lincoln used to wage war on the South."
"Do you realize that the rich barely pay any taxes in this country? It's true. That's why Republicans can give tax cuts to the rich and it really isn't that big of a pay off."
"Ronald Regan wasn't president for eight years, Nancy Reagan was. Ron was just a dumb shmuck of a figurehead."
"Do you ever get the feeling nobody tells the truth anymore?"
My cerebral pistons burn oil every time I have to sit through an hour and fifteen minutes of this bullshit that I'm paying for.
I wanna refund....NOW!
With all the hate mongering, name calling, and invective being thrown at Dubya, I thought I'd shoot out a couple of remarks made about Abraham Lincoln while he was in office. The similarities are astounding.
"Filthy story teller, despot, liar, thief, braggart, buffoon, usurper, monster, ignoramus Abe, old scoundrel, perjurer, swindler, tyrant, field-butcher, land-pirate."
-Harper's Weekly
"Nothing more than a well meaning baboon."
- General George B. McClellan
A "huckster in politics" and "a first-rate second-rate man."
-Wendell Phillips
"The craftiest and most dishonest politician that ever disgraced an office in America."
-a former neighbor
"If I wanted to paint a despot, a man perfectly regardless of every constitutional right of the people I would paint the hideous form of Abraham Lincoln...."
-Senator Salisbury
"The decease of Mr. Lincoln is a great national bereavement, but I am not so sure it is so much of a national loss."
-Rep. J. M. Ashley after his assassination
"Is there no way to arrest the insane course of the President...?"
-Thaddeus Stevens.
A "low cunning clown" and "the original gorilla."
-General George McClellan
Lincoln a monkey and a dumb hick who is a liar and a butcher? Hmmm...Good thing we don't attack our presidents like that today.
While I'm still getting my essay into posting form, I wanted to post a question to the readers of my blog.
I've been brainstorming a lot lately about different things I could do to be politically active within the blogosphere. Last night I was bumping around at the Loyal Citizen AIM chatroom listening to the Sean Hannity show live through my computer when it hit me.
Why not have a live radio show within the blogosphere?
I chatted it up with a few people and it seems like a real possibility in terms of the technology and stuff so I wanted to check on what people thought about it.
My idea would be to do a weekly radio show that would be broadcast live over the web from the VRWC, Inc Centcom (my humble office). Something like every Wednesday from 7pm-10pm central time. I would talk politics, review the news of the week, and have different bloggers on the show to talk and perhaps even debate. I would also take phone calls from listeners to make challenges or just comment.
So, what do ya think?
Please place a comment for ideas and make your vote on the sidebar!
I said my essay would be up today, but my six month old son has found a cold for holding. Needless to say I spent the day being a father and now that he has been laid to sleep I am finally on line for the first time since Tuesday. I will put the finishing touchs on the essay soon and have it up as soon as time permits.
Thank you.
Warning: Politics break!
So I'm almost 24 and I've been a Cubs fan my whole life. To be frank, the Cubs have sucked ever since I did to get milk out...well, you get the idea.
Anyway, the Cubs just beat the Cincinnati Reds 6-0 and the Houston Astros, who are tied with the Cubs for first place in the NL Central Division, are losing to the San Francisco Giants 10-2 in the eighth. If the next inning Texas goes well the Cubs will be in first by midnight, with only five games left in the season.
Could it be?
Could the Cubs make the post-season? For the love of GOD, pray for me in my hour of need!!
I'm working on an essay I hope to have up by tomorrow. Please, humor me and stop by tomorrow and give her a read. Pretty please?
Anyways, PATRIOTISM will be here.
I've actually met a democrat with a sense of humor! I didn't think they let 'em roll off the line that way but, hey, we all make mistakes.
Anyway, be sure and check out Sneakeasy's Joint. And be sure to leave a comment luring him over to the Dark Side™. He's not an idiot, which means there's hope.
Heh
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has a column today by Representative Jim Marshall, a Democrat from Georgia. He recently traveled to Iraq and now he pleads with the US media to start showing the real story taking place in Iraq.
It's a good read.
It was reported over the weekend that supposedly former General Wesley Clark told a group of GOP dudes that he "would have been a Republican if Karl Rove had returned my phone calls.?
Today it is being reported that no calls to top Bush advisor Karl Rove at the White House from Clark ever happened.
The true story is that Clark did, in fact, contact Karl Rove and our agents of the VRWC were able to grab a transcript of the call.
Secretary Janice: Mr. Rove? I have General Wesley Clark for you on line 3.
Rove: Thank you, Janice.
*click*
Rove: Hello, General, this is Karl Rove.
Clark: Good afternoon, Karl.
Rove: What can I do for you, sir?
Clark: Hey, I had a great idea the other night! I'm thinking about getting into politics as a Republican.
Rove: Really? Well that's great. So you're a conservative then?
Clark: No.
Rove: Um, okay. Ah, what's your stance on abortion?
Clark: Kill 'em. Er, I mean, pro-choice.
Rove: Gun control?
Clark: As much as possible.
Rove: All right. How about the war on terrorism?
Clark: We need to reach out and try and be buddies with these people because-
Rove: Thank you, that's enough for that question. How about tax cuts?
Clark: Well, I always believed that this country was founded on the basis of a progressive tax scheme, I mean, plan.
Rove: Right, of course it was. How about ANWAR?
Clark: Keep the filthy money grubbing oil stained hands of Alaska!
Rove: Ah-huh. Okay. What about the war in Iraq.
Clark: Bush lied to us all. That was an illegal unilateral war.
Rove: Was your coalition in Kosovo unilateral?
Clark: No, but the UN said it was okay.
Rove: I see, so what office did you want to run for?
Clark: I want to run in the presidential election as a Republican.
Rove: In 2008?
Clark: No, 2004.
Rove: So, you want me, the top advisor to President Bush, to endorse you, who is obviously a flaming liberal, to run against him in the next election?
Clark: And?
Rove: Holy cow, I have another call, can you hold for a minute?
Clark: Sure, I can always-
*click*
Rove: Janice, please ignore all future phone calls from Clark and disavow all knowledge of him ever calling here.
Janice: Why, sir?
Rove: I don't think he realizes what an incredible idiot he is. I'd rather the press not get word of that phone call. He can help it he's retarded; he doesn't need the media beating him up over it.
Janice: Yes, sir.
Note: All of Clark's stances were found here.
Since it's the weekend and there's nothing truly interesting going on that others haven't already blogged on, I figured I'd spit out one of those "50 things about me" lists everyone seems to be doing.
Here we go. (Nothing is in any order whatsoever.)
1. My name is Jaymz and I was born in Freeport, Illinois on October 20, 1979.
2. My father has a doctoral degree in naval history and is a high school history and literature teacher. He is the head chair for the English department at his school and gives speeches at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland every year.
3. My grandfather served in the US Navy during World War II and saw action in the Philippines and at Normandy. He came back an alcoholic and continued to be for the rest of his life while never speaking a word about the things that drove him to the bottle.
4. My great-grandfather was a Scotsman who served in the British Army during World War I. Afterward he married a young Welsh girl he met while on leave and immigrated to the United States.
5. I am currently enrolled at Rock Valley College in Rockford, Illinois. I have another year left there until I transfer to Northern Illinois University to finish my schooling to become a history teacher. I hope to eventually teach at the college level.
6. I got married when I was 20 years old, which was three years ago. Some say that's young, but she still says she loves me so I suppose I'll continue to come home everyday as long as that keeps up.
7. My wife Erin and I had our first child in March. Alexander is the coolest kid you'll ever see. I have to admit that my idea to name him Winfield was vetoed by my better half.
8. I live on a farm just outside the tiny village of Winnebago, Illinois, which is where I went to high school. People say I haven't moved very far, but I've seen the world and just felt I liked it here the best.
9. The movie PCU still ranks in my top ten favorite movies. If you haven't seen it, you are doing yourself a grave injustice.
10. I am a die hard Chicago Cubs and Bears fan. I know; it's been a miserable sports life for me.
11. I own five pairs of shoes. A pair of fishing boots, a pair of ice fishing boots, a pair of sandals, a pair of tennis shoes, and a pair of black Harley boots. That's it. My wife, on the other hand...
12. I am an avid hunter. I bow hunt deer in the fall and I use a shotgun to hunt rabbit, goose, and squirrel.
13. I love the outdoors and when I hunt I feel close to the spirit of the wild. Hunting is my religion and it takes respect and responsibility to truly enjoy it.
14. I've you've been to my site often you know I'm a Civil War fanatic. Can't explain why in such a sort span, but it is my second love in life.
15. The religious right drives me insane. I'm an agnostic and I can't stand having religion crammed down my throat.
16. When it comes to gay rights I'm very liberal. My overall philosophy on politics revolves around the premise that every single man and woman is free to do as they like, so long as it does not interfere with the rights of others.
17. Abortion is murder. End of story.
18. Out of my small collection, my favorite gun is my 1903 Springfield Mark I, otherwise known as an O3A3. It was the principle arm of the World War I soldier and was replaced by the M1 Garand for WWII. The O3A3's that were left over were converted to sniper rifles. In Saving Private Ryan, the arm the US sniper dude used was an O3A3.
19. Reality TV is whack, ya'll.
20. Gettysburg is my Mecca. I try and make it there at least once a year.
21. I played football in high school and ran track. I was also the one of the captains of the wrestling team.
22. Except for sports, I hated high school. I had 2. something GPA in HS and now I have a 3.75 in college.
23. Gun laws are so against the Constitution and the tradition of this country that it amazes me that more people aren't against them. Especially in these days when everyone is worried about Homeland Security.
24. I love Budlight and, believe it or not, PBR. PBR sells like crazy here, although everyone says they hate it. This leads me to think that PBR is like heroine; a lot of people are buying it, but no one admits to it.
25. I can't stand hard alcohol. I used to love it, but ever since one serious bender three years ago I haven't even been able to stand the smell of it.
26. I'm a meatatarian; if it didn't have parents, I don't eat it.
27. Hey, I figured out the cure for AIDS; stop fucking!!
28. I'm anti-abortion and pro-death penalty. Ya get one shot, if you screw up, adios!
29. I once became friends with a French historian. I related her to being a Packer fan.
30. NASCAR is not a sport. Neither is golf, bowling, or darts. Sports are football, baseball, basketball, tennis, ultimate frisbee and soccer. The rest are just games.
31. I own an X-Box and Halo is the bomb.
32. My favorite bands are Metallica, Lynard Skynard, Kid Rock, Limp Bizkit, Korn, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Montgomery Gentry, Bob Seager, and Toby Keith.
33. My favorite authors are Walt Whitman, Stephen King, Shelby Foote, Michael Sharra, Mark Twain, Ann Rice, Joel Rosenburg, and James Fennimore Cooper.
34. I visited Yugoslavia once just before the communist regime collapsed. The fall was followed by years of civil war and ethnic cleansing. When I was there, you could almost feel the anxiety in the air, as if it was the calm before the storm. The family I stayed with was killed by guerillas. They had two boys my age that I was very close with.
35. I firmly believe that George Washington was the greatest president this country ever had. If you disagree you don't know your history.
36. I hate, and I mean hate, Nine Inch Nails, Marylyn Manson, and anything punk.
37. Never, ever, clean part of a wood floor with Pledge and then run through the house with socks on. You're just asking for splash damage.
38. I have two dogs. One is a miniature Dachshund named Rocky, and the other is a Beagle named Sherman.
39. I am the only Republican in my immediate and extended family since my family is descended from New Deal Democrats. Family gatherings are fun. Heh heh.
40. I used to really be into WWF (WWE) back in my younger years. Can't say that I've seen it lately.
41. The Blue Hills of southern Pennsylvania is one of the most beautiful places on earth. I highly recommend you visit there at least once before you die.
42. I hate big cities. I don't mind visiting Chicago and San Diego was nice when I was there, but I'd hate to live in either or.
43. I don't care for summers. I enjoy spring and winter, but I love the fall.
44. If you're still reading this far than I must admit I believe you're giving me more attention than I deserve. But, hey, thanks!
45. I smoke. A lot.
46. I dislike crowded bars. I'm not into the dancing scene or clubbing at all. The bars I occupy are low key and rather laid back.
47. My mother is a high school principal, and my father, both my sisters and their husbands are all high school teachers. I can't get away from it.
48. I have aspirations to become a writer. I've been working on a Civil War novel for some time now and hope to have it finished soon. I'm also working on a Clancy like novel about terrorism. Maybe someday I'll meet some of you at a book signing. If so, you guys can come party with me, Midwest style.
49. If I won the lottery I would start a charter school and a news magazine, and I'd probably buy a Blackhawk helicopter just for shits and giggles.
50. I drive a used Dodge Neon. Don't get me started. I'll have a Dodge Ram by the end of winter, though.
Former General Wesley Clark, now Dem presidential "hopeful" once said, ?I would have been a Republican, if Karl Rove had returned my phone calls.?
To which Karl Rove said, "Sorry, we don't let complete assclowns run as Republicans."
Stick that in your pipe and smoke it.
Since I did a brilliant job of putting together a post of links on Tuesday and yet I forgot to install the link to Matt Margolis' article on Madam-not-so-Bright's rewriting of history, I felt the need to link to Matt again today (even though Matt sure doesn't need my help when it comes to traffic).
Interestingly enough, Matt has a post up entitled "Unplanned Parenthood - Unplanned Death" about Howard Dean's stance on parental notification laws, which would either require or not require the underage girl getting an abortion to notify their parents.
Of course, Dean is against it because that's the stance that fits into his asshelmeted ideology on life in general.
Read the whole thing. If you weren't incredibly pissed off at Dean in the first place, then you will be by the end. And if the piece doesn't piss you off then you just need to move to France, asshole.
Deep inside the Batcave, Batman and Robin debate their next move. It has been two months since the Penguin viciously attacked the Wayne Mansion, putting the butler, Alfred, in intensive care.
Robin: What should we do next, Batman? Penguin is defeated and we should have him captured and to the authorities within the week.
Batman: I've been doing some thinking. Perhaps we should move now to take out the Joker before he has a chance to do anymore harm to Gotham City.
Robin: Holy Fucking Shit, Batman! Joker didn't have anything to do with the attack on the mansion!!
Batman: I realize that, but if we are to protect Goth-
Robin: Don't give me that! Joker hasn't done anything to anyone in the last forty-eight hours. How could we possibly even think about hurting him?
Batman: Because he's the Joker you imbecilic fucknozzle!!
Robin: Besides, do you know how much it will cost to go after Joker? We'd have to pay for fuel for the Batmobile, more nifty toys for your utility belt, not to mention the wear and tear on our costumes. Going against Joker is just irresponsible, Batman.
Batman: Dude, I'm Bruce-fucking-Wayne. The money isn't a problem. And perhaps you didn't hear me, he's the Joker! The meanest SOB out there. He's tutored people, killed innocents viciously, not to mention the fact that he killed my fucking parents!!
Robin: How come all you conservatives are senile and paranoid. Besides, if he's so bad, why did you assist him way back when? Huh? Answer that! You're the reason he's so bad!
Batman: Hello, baconpowder! We helped each other because Mr. Freeze was going to turn Gotham into a giant ice cube! I couldn't have done it alone, and you were busy jerking off!
Robin: So? Still you're fault.
Batman: Listen, if we are to keep Gotham safe, we have to eliminate her enemies. Because evil will not rest until-
Robin: This is all about oil!! Isn't it?
Batman: Oil? What the fuck are you talking about?
Robin: You just want to kill Joker so Bruce Wayne industries can get in on what Joker was doing after he's gone. You want money!! You filthy swine! You, you, you NAZI!!!
Batman: *slaps Robin*
Robin: Owww! You bitch!
Batman: Shut up! Look at you, in your girly little outfit! What is this? Queer Eye for the Superhero?
Robin: Leave me alone! You knew Penguin was going to attack the mansion before it happened! And you did nothing!!
Batman: Prove it, asswipe!!
Robin: *in small voice* i can't.
Batman: I'm going to take out Joker. Are you coming?
Robin: Yes. But do you even have plans for a post-Joker Gotham? You could destabilize the entire Gotham street! You could bring about more attacks on us!
Batman: You're right. Let's just fuckin sit here and play fucking checkers while the whole city degenerates into World War III and not worry about it until our house is one fire. right??
Robin: I didn't say that.
Batman: Well then what in the name of GOD do you want?
Robin: To run the Batcave and drive the Batmobile like you do. I look better at it anyway. You should just-
Batman: *Pulls out a gun and blows Robin's head off.* Fucking idiot. Now, where was I?
I'm mostly taking today off from doing any serious blogging so here are a few good links to check out.
Peripheral Mind has a great post along with a little movie displaying what should be done to PETA nuts in every corner of the globe. By the way, welcome to the VRWC, INC Blogroll, soldier!
Matt Margolis has a very detailed post on the rewriting of history by Madam Not-so-bright.
Queen of the Empirical Nation Annika displays some true thoughts on Bush-hating crowd. I know, why can't we shell 'em like the US Navy did during the 1863 draft riots?
Jaws gives us a link to the latest from Baghdad Bob aka Comical Ali. Word is that he believes Saddam mishandled the war.
And, what the hell, I'll go ahead and link to Susie just because I secretly worship the ground she walks on.
BTW, did I mention that Serenity is in love with the Army dude to the right on the side bar?
All for now, more tomorrow.
DEMOCRATS BLAST BUSH OVER WEATHER FLAP
WASHINGTON - On Tuesday morning, President George W. Bush walked out into the White House Rose Garden for a breath of fresh air. Upon looking up at the sky, the Commander-in-Chief noted that it truly was "a beautiful morning."
Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD) heard about the remarks roughly three minutes after the president spoke them and immediately scheduled a press conference. At the conference, the senator blasted the president for what he called "faulty knowledge of the weather."
This is clearly not the direction our country needs to be headed. I am saddened that the leadership of our own country can't even understand the simple and basic truths about the sky. Anyone can clearly see that there are three clouds overhead, which does not make this morning within the range of 'beautiful.'
Less than an hour later, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) took to the airwaves to stress what she called a "true lack of understanding and compassion by the current administration" leading to "a massive hoax on the American people."
This administration says we are unpatriotic because we criticize the president on matters of weather. But I say, let us criticize all we want! The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy™ can't tell us we are unpatriotic!
Meanwhile, conservative radio show host Sean Hannity continued to play an excerpt from Hillary's audio book over and over for three hours, bringing in the highest ratings for a radio show.
"Have you heard this?" Hannity asked. "It's the funniest fucking thing I've ever heard! Look, listen again!"
*audio book excerpt* "I could hardly breath. Gulping for air, I started crying and yelling at him..."
A year or so ago I was talking to a friend of mine who is very much into politics. I mentioned the Democratic National Committee and he cut me off halfway through the title and said, "No. It's the Democrat National Committee. There's nothing democratic about those socialist bastards." A little while back, Kim duToit touched on the same theme in a post of his that seemed to sum the whole thing up, so I won't elaborate on the name thing here.
Regardless, the left has come together on many occasions to block the real elements of democracy our Founding Fathers intended. This whole deal with the California recall proves it beyond the shadow of any doubt.
In a column of hers back in mid-August, Ann Coulter noted that:
California is, in fact, a perfect petri dish of Democratic policies. This is what happens when you let Democrats govern: You get a state ? or as it's now known, a "job-free zone" ? with a $38 billion deficit, which is larger than the budgets of 48 states. There are reports that Argentina and the Congo are sending their fiscal policy experts to Sacramento to help stabilize the situation. California's credit rating has been slashed to junk-bond status, and citizens are advised to stock up for the not-too-far-off day when cigarettes and Botox become the hard currency of choice. At this stage, we couldn't give California back to Mexico.
This reinforces the already widely known fact that California has been the one state that has been so under Democrat control that they were able to run it in their own image without any strings attached. Nobody has said this yet, but, Californians, ya got what you deserved for voting the way you did.
The idea of a recall is a notion I've been somewhat divided on. In a democratic republic, like the United States is, the people vote for the officials to make the decisions, they don't make the decisions themselves. On the other hand, the situation in California has gotten so bad that anything less than a recall would just do more damage to the state. So for the current Cali Crisis™, I'll make an exception.
But the left has banded together into a coalition to defend Gray Davis at all costs, proving even further that the base of the Democrat Party is so immoral that they'd rather a state they screwed up get even worse than admitting they screwed the pooch.
Almost at the outset of the recall thingy, the Shock Troops of the Left (The ACLU) hit the pavement. They protested that a recall would be bad because the people in the state of California can't be trusted to vote the way the rest of the country has been for decades and that the recall either needed to be called off or severely delayed so that the Poor Minorities™ could be provided with the proper technology to vote (because everyone knows that the poor, blacks, Mexicans, and circus midgets are incapable of punching a hole in a voting card without fucking up).
One of the courts the ACLU went to in order to lay their sob story agreed, but also said that it was not enough of a reason to stop a vote per request of the citizens of the state. So the ACLU appealed and went to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court (one of the more liberal in the land) and faced three judges (the three most liberal judges in the 9th) and cried again. Today, the three judges sided with the ACLU and postponed the recall election.
Liberals asked liberals to help a liberal. The liberals said okay.
So, to the poor and minorities of California, rejoice! The ACLU went to bat for you and won a court ruling, thereby helping to keep a governor in power that has run your state into the ground. It's a good thing they did because you know you can't be trusted to vote without their help.
I have to admit that this is funny as hell.
A person successfully passed off a two hundred dollar bill he made with Dubya on it. The said part is that someone made it and used it, but that someone actually took it and never even noticed until the person was gone.
Sometimes I think I'm losing faith in the human race.
President Bush gave his weekly radio address this morning and outlined US plans for Iraq.
Good morning. Two years ago this week, America suffered a brutal attack. We will never forget the burning towers and the smoke over Arlington Cemetery, and the passengers who rushed the hijackers. Yet history asks for more than memory. On September the 11th, 2001, we began a war on global terror that continues to this hour.
He's starting to sound like a broken record as he always reminds us that the War on Terrorism is ongoing. I have no problem with this some people seem to have contracted ADD since 9/11.
In the decades before that terrible day, the terrorists conducted a series of bolder and bolder attacks in the Middle East and beyond. They became convinced that free nations were decadent and weak, and would never offer a sustained and serious response.
The US weak? Wonder how they got that assumption? *cough*Clinton*cough*
They now know otherwise.
Ya damn right.
Together with a coalition of nations, we have struck back against terror worldwide, capturing and killing terrorists, and breaking cells and freezing assets. In Afghanistan we removed the Taliban regime that harbored al Qaeda. In Iraq, we defeated a regime that sponsored terror, possessed and used weapons of mass destruction, and defied the United Nations Security Council for 12 years. We have helped to liberate people from oppression and fear.
But remember: Americans are the REAL terrorists!
Today, with our help, the people of Iraq are working to create a free, functioning and prosperous society. The terrorists know that if these efforts are successful, their ideology of hate will suffer a grave defeat. So they are attacking our forces, international aid workers, and innocent civilians. Their goal is to drive us out of Iraq before our work is done. They are mistaken, and they will fail. We will do what is necessary to win this victory in the war on terror.
These colors don't run. Unless, of course, a dimwitted Demmy is in office. *cough*Somalia*cough*
We are following a clear strategy with three objectives: Destroy the terrorists, enlist international support for a free Iraq, and quickly transfer authority to the Iraqi people. Through a series of ongoing operations, our military is taking direct action against Saddam loyalists and foreign terrorists. One major effort underway right now, called Operation Longstreet, is seeking and finding our enemies wherever they hide and plot. Already, this operation has yielded hundreds of detainees and seized hundreds of weapons, and we will remain on the offensive against the terrorists.
Quagmire!!!
Why does the left have such a pre-determined state of mind to make Iraq into Vietnam? When the US military stopped with Baghdad in sight to refuel they jumped up and down screaming that all was lost. Now, we're sorting out terrorists from other countries and putting them down by the dozens and yet every time a Marine stubs a toe all you hear is "Quagmire!!"
We are expanding international cooperation in rebuilding Iraq. Today in Geneva, Secretary of State Powell is meeting with Secretary General of the United Nations and representatives of the five permanent members of the Security Council. They are discussing ideas for a new resolution to encourage wider participation in this vital task.
As long as no real authority in Iraq is granted to the Un and it's League of Terrorist Despots™, I'm all for it. If we give the Un any authority they'll screw up. But if we just ask for a little help here and there then we'll see how they really stand on "humanitarian" issues.
And we're moving forward on a specific plan to return sovereignty and authority to the Iraqi people. We have created a governing council made up of Iraqi citizens. The council has selected a committee that is developing a process through which Iraqis will draft a new constitution for their country. Day to day operations of many government tasks have been turned over to ministers appointed by the Governing Council. And when a constitution has been drafted and ratified by the Iraqi people, Iraq will enjoy free and fair elections, and the coalition will yield its remaining authority to a free and sovereign Iraqi government.
This can't be happening! The US cannot succeed!
We have a strategy in Iraq and a mission. We will fight and defeat the terrorists there, so we don't have to face them in America. And we will help transform Iraq into an example of progress and democracy and freedom that can inspire change and hope throughout the Middle East.
*wink* Iran
Thank you for listening.
Actually I read it on Fox News.com, but you're welcome regardless.
Just yesterday I joined the Blog Iran! Union in an attempt to help get the word out about the plight of the Iranian people under their oppressive regime. What we are dealing with in Iran is a fascist government that executes its own people for demonstrating against it. This is an ultra-conservative Islamic governing body that has lawsuits being filed against it for crimes against humanity.
This place ranks very closely behind Saddam's Iraq.
The only thing that is different in Iran is the amount of unrest among the people. There was unrest in Iraq, but any sign of discontent towards the government in Iraq got you a nice spot in a mass grave. But in Iran it is very plausible for the people to overthrow the government and establish their own democracy.
The Blog Iran! Movement is getting the word about what is going on in Iran to the rest of the world and showing support for those in Iran who are fighting the fight our Founding Fathers fought almost two hundred and thirty years ago.
A lot of people don't realize how important this is and I wish that weren't so. With Iraq well on its way to becoming an established democracy that means huge strides forward in the Middle East. Now, imagine if Iran, the eastern neighbor to Iraq, became a democracy also. Once that happens we are talking about a major change in the entire region. Once other people in other countries in the Middle East begin to see what their lives and country could be like because their neighbors have done it they will want it also.
Iraq was the first step toward establishing lasting peace and prosperity in the Middle East. If we support the Iranian revolutionaries, it could be the next step toward reforming the entire region.
Today I started up my very own Civil War blog. I've been wanting to for quite awhile and finally decided to go ahead with it. Besides, we all need a break from politics know and again. Even I do sometimes.
This is from Ann Coulter's recent column:
"So instead, they (Democrats) stamp their feet and demand that Bush go to the United Nations. Apparently it is urgent that we replace the best fighting force in the world with an "international peacekeeping force," i.e., a task force both feared and respected worlwide for its ability to distribute powdered milk to poor children."
I knew I wanted to marry this woman for some reason.
For those of you who are sports fans, you'll know this emotion. Have you ever been watching a football, baseball, or basketball game and your team keeps getting scored on over and over again? You can see what the problem is and at first you just say it to the TV. After awhile you find yourself yelling at the TV, "Put so-and-so in!" "Stop throwing it up the middle!" "Let the water boy be quarterback!"
And then finally, finally, your team does what you've yelling for and you stand up and yell, "Thank you! I've been saying that forever!"
Ever happened to you?
Well, when Israel announced yesterday that they plan to expel Yasser Arafat I felt that emotion. When I saw it on the news I stood up and threw my Cubs hat across the room and yelled, "It's about damn time!"
You mean, we might actually get to the point of treating this terrorist like, at least, a criminal? I'll be damned.
Yasser Arafat has been the problem in the Middle-East for years. He is a terrorist and is the one responsible for not allowing the former Palestinian Prime Minister Abbas from dismantling the terrorists organizations that have created 5,867 casualties, including 861 deaths, since September of 2000.
If there is to be peace in the Middle East between the Arabs and Jews, Arafat must go.
Now, for years this course has been avoided because many felt that if Arafat was expelled from the his compound in Ramallah on the West Bank he would be let out his cage to use his special brand of diplomacy (i.e., blowing innocent people up) in a broader scope in the world.
My hope is that the Israeli official declaration to expel Arafat wasn't meant in a deportation kinda way, but more of a decapitation type of job. He can stay in his compound forever, for all I care, as long as a half dozen or so bunker buster bombs are drilled into it very soon.
You want peace take out the fanatic who fuels the fire. That was our whole objective in getting UBL and his leaders as well as Saddam and his butt-buddies, right? I mean, if we can fly around the world and invade terrorist states to defend ourselves, why can't the Israelis handle the shit going on in their own backyard? Imagine a country like Canada or Mexico was sponsoring terrorism and blowing up innocent Americans on American streets and for three years we held back because the international community and our allies asked us to?
So why is the US trying to restrain Israel from doing this?
You got me. I haven't found any reasons that seemed big enough to applicable.
So, I made my Sept 11 post early yesterday morning and decided to just leave it for the rest of the day. Because I knew TV and cable news would be nothing close to what I considered a proper tribute of the anniversary, I stayed away from all media and just went about my day paying tribute in my own way.
When you?re a self-admitted news junkie like me, going an hour or so without news or political stuff can seem like an eternity. But, it being the anniversary and all, I decided to just stay away from it and spend the extra time with my wife and five month old son, Alexander, and reflect a little.
A lot has been boiling up lately, and it will not end anytime soon. The solidarity that this country felt those few weeks and months after the terrorist attacks was bittersweet. I loved the fact that for once we all felt like we were in this together. But on the other hand, I knew it wouldn't last. I hated myself for having this pessimistic view of my own country while the wreckage still smoldered on Manhattan Island. But it was true.
It was pretty much a bi-partisan thing to take out the Taliban. Yeah, there was some raving on the left, but the majority of the liberals supported it. But they drew the line shortly thereafter.
President Bush made it very clear when he said that this would be a very long and ongoing war fought on multiple fronts. Everyone cheered when he said that and pledged their support.
I keep waiting for Bush to walk up to Daschle and pretend to pull a knife out of his back and say, "Oh, I think this is yours."
3,000 thousand lives is a terrible loss. But, let's try and look at it in the frame of mind that we paid 3,000 lives two years ago for a wakeup call so that we don't lose 300,000 in the future. However, wakeup calls are only effective if you get up and do something rather than hitting the snooze and rolling over.
This is what troubles me about the fight between the left and right and the upcoming presidential election. I know said a week or so ago that I was severely pissed at Dubya and that he better shape up if he wants my vote. Well, I've changed my position. There are quite a few things Bush has done that I don't agree with and am downright angered about. But, on the flip side, he has fought the War on Terrorism far better than I thought he would.
I see the 2004 election as a referendum on the war itself. Should a liberal democrat get into office he/she will hit the snooze and roll over until we are hit again, at a much greater cost. So, since neither George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, nor Teddy Roosevelt are running, I suppose I'll vote for Bush. Democrats I know often argue that Bush is too much of a hawk. In my opinion he's not enough of a hawk, but I'd much rather chance overkill in the War on Terrorism than massive under kill.
We are at war, ladies and gentlemen. I know I've said this before but I cannot stress it enough. War has been declared on us because of our beliefs, our way of life, because we are who we are. We cannot shrink from this, we cannot hide, and we cannot try diplomacy either. These people will not listen to reason or logic. They are bent on Islamic global domination and if we do not rise to meet this threat head on, if we happen to underestimate our enemy, we will be in for a very big surprise.
Yesterday we honored the dead. Now, we must focus on the task at hand to honor the living breathing American spirit that inhabits all of us.
I won't be crying today. Oh yeah, I've got a sick feeling in my gut that turns over every time I come out of 'busy schedule' and the memory washes over me.
But I ain't cryin'. No way, Jose.
If I had been one of the three thousand innocent Americans murder in cold blood and hot fire for no other reason that the fact that some backwards ass motherfucker with a rag on his head in some fucking sandbox in Bubblefuck, Egypt thinks I'm an 'infidel' I wouldn't want anyone to cry over my scattered remains until my ass was avenged in everyway possible!
Ulysses S. Grant was always very simplistic about war. To win, he felt, you either needed to crush the enemy in an undisputable way or put the Holy fucking fear of God into them to force them to surrender.
How little things change over time.
A little while back I asked readers for opinions on using the events of September 11 as the motivation for characters in a fiction novel. Well, your input was great and I've now got the prologue to the book I'm working on. It's only a rough draft, but I wanted to know what people thought about it. If you do read it, please leave a comment so I know how I'm doing.
His mind was total darkness. Then smoke and fire swirled around along with the most intense pain he?d ever felt and the screams of agony from legions of tortured souls. Then the darkness cleared off like smoke being blown away by a strong gust of wind giving way to one of the most beautiful morning skies ever in his lifetime. The crisp blue cover and the small traces of white cotton stretched along for miles. A light breeze blew over adding coolness to the morning despite what the weather reports said about the coming afternoon humidity. Below the sky was the buildings of Manhattan Island standing tall and glistening in the sun on the peninsula made by the Hudson and East Rivers. It was a magnificent sight, despite how ordinary a scene it had become to everyday New Yorkers.
And then rumbling started and quickly grew louder and closer until an airliner smashed through the peacefulness like a hammer through glass. It careened through the morning air and pointed her nose at the skyline ahead. Inside there was screaming, crying, as well as yelling of at least two separate languages. Traveling at almost 500 miles per hour, the plane passed over the water below and then only the two tallest buildings on the island could be seen from the cockpit window.
The gigantic civilian transport made of steel and filled with innocent civilians and almost 10,000 gallons of fuel slammed into the northern most tower. In the breath of an instant every single solitary life aboard the plane was extinguished in the same humungous ball of fire that fussed the debris that was left of the plane with that of the building it struck.
The sound was deafening.
Sitting at a diner a few blocks away he spilled coffee on his lap when the sound hit his eardrums. He jumped up from his steak and eggs and headed out into the street along with everyone else for miles around to see what was going on. From the middle of the street he could see the smoking black gash and the flames and smoke that smoldered skyward. He was an ex-marine and currently a lieutenant in the NYPD SWAT Division. He knew immediately what was happening; they were being attacked.
An inner conflict boiled up inside him; stay away and protect yourself or go and help. The fight was over before it started and he was running as fast as he could towards the World Trade Center.
Emergency vehicles raced by him, their sirens blaring and echoing off the other buildings. He pulled his badge from his belt and held it up as a squad car came by. It came screeching to a halt and he was in the passenger seat and moving before he shut the door.
He looked at the old veteran police officer behind the wheel and said, ?I?m Lieutenant Johnny Williams. What the hell is happening??
The cop kept his eyes forward as he raced around traffic; one foot on the gas, the other on the brake.
?Not sure,? he replied. ?Seems like we?ve just had one major accident.?
?That?s no accident,? Johnny said. ?We?re being attacked.?
The cop looked over at Johnny with frightened eyes. ?What do you mean??
?That was a passenger plane; I could tell by the size of the damage. Airliners don?t fly in a way to make running into the World Trade Center an accident. This was deliberate.?
Then he heard the loud rumbling of another large plane flying in low.
?Jesus fucking Christ- stop the damn car!? Johnny yelled.
The car skidded to a stop and Johnny hopped out just in time to watch another airliner plow forward towards the twin towers.
?Oh my God,? the cop said standing in the street with his car door wide open. Their necks turned, following the plane as it made a slight turn just before it exploded into a gigantic fireball as it hit the southern tower.
?We gotta go, now!? Johnny yelled.
A moment latter he found himself standing among seemingly hundreds of cop cars, ambulances, and fire engines at the base of the northern tower. Debris was raining down; some of it heavy and crashing to the ground while most of it was paper that slowly drifted along like large, burning snowflakes. People were running out of the lobby doors, while other limped out with injuries. He needed to find a way to help.
He saw a squad of firemen all suited up and heading towards the doors. He made like rabbit and fell in behind them. They reached the doors and stopped. The head of the squad started barking directions when he saw Johnny standing there in jeans and sweaty t-shirt.
?Who the hell are you?? The fireman asked.
?I?m NYPD, I?m coming with you.?
?The hell you are, not without fire gear.?
?We?re wasting time here!? Johnny said with an authoritative voice and in manner that conveyed the message that he was used to being listened to.
The fireman paused for a brief moment. ?Okay, but follow closely.?
Next thing he knew his legs were pumping as he moved up the long stairwell. His adrenaline was so high he never took notice of the fatigue that was setting in his thighs after twenty stories of climbing. He moved behind the squad when one of the firemen ahead yelled out that there was yelling coming from a few floors up. The squad went to move when Johnny heard yelling on the floor below him.
?We?ve got people down here!? He yelled to those ahead of him.
The squad leader yelled back, ?Two of you go with the cop, the rest of you stick with me.?
Johnny went through the door and looked out over the floor of six foot high cubicles.
?Hello! Anybody in here!?
He heard a woman yell for help through what sounded like tears. Johnny and the two firemen moved towards an employee lounge area where they found three women and a man in a suit huddled under a table.
?Come on, we gotta go!? Johnny yelled as he leaned down.
They were like frightened children and moved with hesitation. As soon as the firemen got their hands on them they hurried them towards the stairwell.
?Take them down. I?ll check the rest of the floor,? Johnny commanded as the firemen acknowledged and executed.
Johnny raced about the floor, yelling for anyone on the floor to hear. He heard a yell go by real fast as he caught sudden movement out of the corner of his eye. By the time he turned it was gone. He looked around again and kept yelling. Then he stopped dead in his tracks as he saw a man fall by the large windows, screaming as he fell. In astonishment and shock he slowly moved toward the windows. When he got close he was scared stiff by two more bodies that fell past.
?What the fuck is going on?? he whispered to himself.
He couldn?t bear to look out towards the ground as a couple fell by holding hands. He ran again and ducked out of the floor and into the stairwell. He met the rest of the firemen coming back down with a few more people, one of them still screaming for help.
The fireman squad leader spoke up to Johnny; ?The next couple floors up are filled with smoke. Help these people down; you?ll be no use to us without a mask.?
Johnny nodded in acknowledgement and grabbed the shoulder of a woman who was mortified and helped her move down the stairs as quickly as possible.
Back outside there were literally thousands of people being herded in every direction. He helped the woman he was with to an ambulance and then turned to go back up.
He looked down for a second and noticed the ground was shaking. His eyes widened and he looked up to see the tower on the other side of the one he was in begin to crumble.
?Look out!? Someone yelled but was quickly drowned out the screams of everyone around. Johnny dove behind a fire truck for protection from debris, grabbing a little boy as he moved. The ground shook like a mighty earthquake and dust enveloped everything. He told the boy to stay put and jumped up once it seemed as though the rumbling was over. The dust was thick like smog, only it was tangible and settled on everything.
He moved through the cloud, trying not to stumble over anyone or anything. The dust began to clear and he could see the lobby to the tower he had been in. He could tell the building wasn?t stable, especially after the other building fractured the ground for the entire surrounding area.
He stood next to a parked squad car, watching the lobby for the rest of the firemen to appear. Something slammed onto the top of the car and the sound made him jerk away. He turned back to see a mangled body lying on the crushed in roof of the car. He took a few steps backward, staring at the poor sole who had jumped, knowing there was no other way out of the building. He tripped over something behind him and fell to the ground. He picked himself up and heard the building beginning to give way. Just then he saw the firemen coming out of the stairwell in the lobby, dragging five more civilians along.
He went to run forward to help, but another cop came around the wrecked car and tackled him to the ground and started dragging him away as he fought to free himself. He watched the squad he had been reach the lobby doors?
Then things went in slow motion, The building started to collapse from the middle and slowly, slowly came crashing down as the firemen tried to get to the doors and out before they were sealed inside.
But it was too late.
The cloud of ash and soot from the second tower enveloped all when something struck him in the head and he fell unconscious amid the screams.
He suddenly jerked up in his cot and in one motion drew his gun from under his pillow and pointed it at the entrance to his tent. The flap gently blew in the desert breeze and the night outside was quite. He tried to catch his breath and looked down at his green shirt that was drenched in sweat. He lowered the gun and set it on the table next to his bedding. He swung his feet around and put them on the floor. Turning the light on, he reached for his bottled water.
That nightmare seemed to replay itself over and over. In his sleep he tried to do everything to save those people, but it always ended the same. He couldn?t do anything now he should?ve done then. He took a sip of water and closed his eyes.
That is why he was doing something now to make sure something like that never, never happens again. Failure is not an option, he thought. We must succeed.
He walked out of the tent and looked over the sand dunes and rocks that shinned from the full moon overhead. He lit a cigarette and rubbed his forehead. They were hiding from everyone. The terrorists, the host country, even his own government was looking for him and his band of rogue soldiers. He had had enough of the diplomatic bullshit and now he was here with his small company of ex-military personnel and extreme patriots who were willing to be denounced by their own country to protect it.
As he finished his cigarette he noticed that dawn was coming. He looked at his watch to see that it was just a few minutes shy of sounding his alarm. He might as well get the boys up- they had a lot of work to do today.
He ducked back into his tent and picked up the radio.
?Major,? he said.
?Yes, sir?? the radio crackled back.
?Get Fox Company up; it?s time to go to work.?
Loyal Agent Mark of the VRWC has new VRWC Gear available for purchase over in his neck of the woods.
Give it a look, and buy a shirt to piss of those fucking moonbat treasonous bastards!
Afghan Troops Kill 84 Taliban, Leader Captured
QALAT, Afghanistan ? Afghan forces in the southern province of Zabul captured five fugitive Taliban militants, including an insurgent leader, after a battle that killed scores of rebels, a regional Afghan commander said Saturday.
What I want to know is why they even bothered to take the five prisoners? Yeah, the leader I understand, but the four others aren't doing anybody any good alive.
In the immortal words of Alexander the Great, "Die, motherfucker!"
The U.S. military said it could confirm that at least 84 enemy fighters were killed in action.
Very commendable, gentlemen.
The main Afghan commander in Zabul province, Haji Saifullah Khan, said his troops patrolling the district of Mizan, 25 miles northwest of the provincial capital, Qalat, captured the Taliban fighters late Friday. The captives included a junior rebel commander identified as Mullah Salam."Mullah Salam was injured and he was taken away in a U.S. helicopter," Khan said without elaborating.
He didn't elaborate because for some reason the international press has a problem with Afghanistan and American Army personnel dangling the "commander" from a rope outside the helicopter as they fly over a heavily wooded area.
Best to leave that information undisclosed.
The fleeing Taliban were retreating from Dai Chupan ? the Zabul district that was the scene of some of the heaviest fighting since the U.S.-led coalition ousted the ruling hard-line Islamic militia in late 2001. Khan said hundreds of Afghan National Army troops are expected to be deployed in Zabul province next week to maintain security.Meanwhile, U.S. troops remained in Dai Chupan and in eastern Paktika province, bordering Pakistan, searching for Taliban holdouts in an operation dubbed "Mountain Viper."
"Mountain Viper"? Now THAT'S a cool name for a mission if I do say so myself.
Although Afghan officials claimed victory Wednesday after a nine-day battle in Dai Chupan, the U.S. military said it considers the operations ongoing. "Operations since yesterday have focused on combat patrols to enhance security," Col. Rodney Davis said Saturday in a statement from Bagram Air Base, the U.S.-led coalition's headquarters north of the capital, Kabul.The coalition is giving humanitarian assistance to villagers in the area, he said.
Damn our dirty imperialist armies!
Afghan military commanders claim they have retrieved the bodies of at least 124 Taliban killed in the fighting in Dai Chupan. The U.S. military said it could confirm that at least 84, and perhaps 95, enemy fighters were killed in action.Two American soldiers died in a firefight in Paktika last week that also killed four suspected insurgents.
First of all, I bow my head in remembrance of those two soldiers who died. But, two dead? That's hardly a quagmire when we've got an estimated 95 enemy bodies to bury with pig entrails.
The fighting ? following a series of Taliban attacks against Afghan officials, police and aid workers in the south and east ? has underscored the security problems faced by President Hamid Karzai's administration, which took power soon after the Taliban's ouster in late 2001.
No need to worry; the fucknozzels are on the run and dying by the truckload.
Attrition, my friends. Attrition.
This showed up in my e-mail box today.
A squad of Marines drove up the highway between Basra and Baghdad.
They came upon an Iraqi soldier badly injured and unconscious.
Nearby on the opposite side of the road was an American soldier in a
similar state, but he was alert.
As first aid was given to both soldiers, they asked what had happened.
The Marine responded "I was heavily armed and moving north along the
highway. Coming south was a heavily armed Iraqi soldier".
"What happened then?" the corpsman asked.
"I told him Saddam Hussein was a miserable piece of crap, and then the
Iraqi told me that Tom Daschle, Ted Kennedy and Bill Clinton were
miserable pieces of crap."
"We were shaking hands when the truck hit us.
We are at T-minus 41 hours until the 2003 NFL season kicks off. Oh, and by the way, the season DOES NOT begin until the Chicago Bears take the field at 3:15 central time against the San Francisco 49ers.
What can I say, the 9ers are about to get Deep-sixed!
I am sick and tired of saying, "Oh, next year, guys." This IS next year! We've got the best damn defense in the league! We've got the A-Train ready to plow the ball right through any defensive line thrown at us. And now we get Kordell Stewart in the mode to either scramble for the first down or drop a long bomb to Dez White. Finally, finally, we'll be able to stuff it to the Packers!
And this year we begin play in the newly remodeled Soldier Field! Our first game at the new stadium is September 29 against the Packers on Monday Night Football!
This is the years the Bears come out of hibernation and starting eating people, alive.
UPDATE: So we lost 49-7. So fucking what! Get off my back about it already!
On Thursday, the Democrat presidential hopefuls held their first major debate at the University of New Mexico. Here is a transcript to part of the debate.
Moderator: Good evening, ladies and gentleman, and welcome to the first major Democratic debate of the 2004 presidential election. Our first question goes to Vermont Governor Howard Dean. Howard-
Carol Moseley Braun: Hey, wait a minute! I'm a black woman, I should get the first question!
Moderator: Um, I'm sorry Mrs. Braun, but to be truthful, you weren't even invited to be here.
Al Sharpton: Ha! I told you! I'm the black leader! Get back in the kitchen, bitch!
(applause)
Moderator: Anyway. Governor Dean, what can you tell us about your thoughts on President Bush going to the UN for help in Iraq?
Howard Dean: Well, sir, I would like to quote my favorite actor, Johnny Depp, when he said something to the effect of that all Americans are dumb and stupid and need to be controlled by a man named Howard Dean!
(applause)
Moderator: Right. Okay, Senator John Kerry, your reaction?
John Kerry: Well, the swagger of a president who says 'bring 'em on' does not bring our troops peace or safety.
(applause)
Moderator: I see-
Kerry: I'd also like to add that I supported Bush and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
(applause)
Moderator: Um, okay. Ah, yes, Representative Dennis Kucinich, you have something to say?
Kucinich: I've got mail! Yaaaayyyy! Now you go!
Moderator: Um, excuse me?
Kucinich: I've got mail! I've got mail! I've got mail! I've got mail! Now you go!
Kerry: Are you okay, Mr. Kucinich?
Kucinich: Do you got mail?
Kerry: Yes, but I don't use Microsoft.
Kucinich: Why not?
Kerry: Because President Bush does and it's time for a change!
(loud applause)
Moderator: Moving along, Senator Joe Lieberman, how did you, and do you, feel about the war in Iraq?
Lieberman: Hold on, just a sec. (gets out a newspaper and looks through it quickly while whispering to himself, "polls....polls...polls....here we go." Then he folds the paper away) I'm all for it.
Moderator: Senator John Edwards, how do you feel about President Bush's handling of the immigration laws in this country?
Edwards: The president goes around the country speaking Spanish. The only Spanish he speaks when it comes to jobs is hasta la vista!
(applause)
Edwards: My plan is simple; let?s just centralize and federalize everything and then we will never have to worry about taxes or jobs again.
Moderator: (under his breath) Right, because we'll all starve to death.
Edwards: What's that?
Moderator: Oh nothing. Representative Dick Gephardt, what can you tell us about taxes?
Gephardt: Why would we want to keep anything of the Bush tax plan? It's a miserable failure. Instead, we should ask all Americans that it's not what your country can do for you, but much money you can give your country!
(applause)
Moderator: Reverend Al Sharpton, is there anything you'd like to add?
Sharpton: Yes, every black person in America will get $85,000 a year under my administration.
Moderator: And what will white and Hispanics get?
(Sharpton looks at the moderator, stunned, for a brief moment before he falls to the floor in hysterical laughter.)
Moderator: Okay then. We'll now open the floor for discussion.
Dean: I'm a complete fucking liberal moonbat! Vote for me, College Socialists of New Mexico!
Kucinich: I've got mail! Yaaaayyyy!!!
Kerry: Everything's a miserable failure unless I'm in charge!
Edwards: World government!!
Sharpton: Money for all blacks!
(Everyone stops as Bush suddenly rushes the stage and takes his place between Kucinich and Kerry.)
Bush: Sorry I'm late guys; had a few more terrorist groups to ignore.
Moderator: President Bush, this is a Democratic debate.
Bush: And?
Emperor Misha I brought up a very important point today that needs discussion at length.
For years the Right has been loosing the media war to the Left. Rush Limbaugh paved a new way for conservatives and soon enough after he was followed by Fox News, Bill O'Reilly, and Sean Hannity. The Right finally got itself a beachhead in the war. We know stand at a point where the conservative ideology has a real voice in the mainstream media. The stimuli provoked the masses and we quickly found ourselves with a Republican president and a Republican controlled Congress.
The morning after the midterm elections I felt very excited that we actually got the chance to get some stuff done and put this country on the right track. With September 11, and the ensuing War on Terrorism, it couldn't have come at a better time.
President Bush did a brilliant job handling September 11. He vowed, in a wonderful moment of clarity, you are either with us or against us. He sent our boys into Afghanistan with orders to start swinging and not to stop until every single Taliban sand-weasel was either dead, captured, or deserted.
President Bush did a great job with Iraq. He tried to bring the international community and the United Nations in on a mission to preserve their own credibility while enforcing their own resolutions. Time and time again he gave them the opportunity and they just sat and stewed. We waited, almost to fault, but when the time came the United States and our friends (The Unilateral Action League™) went to work and sent Saddam and his little butt-buddies scurrying across the sand like a hundred cockroaches.
A new type of conservatism has taken hold of the Republican Party and it's called "Compassionate Conservatism." Quite frankly, I want nothing to do with it.
"Compassionate Conservatism" means "Let's do whatever made the Democrats popular!"
Bush allowed Ted Kennedy to write the bill for the school systems. Last time I checked, Ted Kennedy was flaming lib and having him write a bill for Bush to support isn't exactly advancing the conservative agenda.
Bush proposed a massive tax cut that had all the ingredients to bring this economy back to its nuclear-powered-furnace days. He dicked around and allowed the Donks to cut it in half, thereby reducing the positive effect it would have on the American people.
Bush nominated Miguel Estrada to a seat on the Federal bench. The Democrats decided it was time to play dirty. In response, the Republicans did nothing. For twenty-eight months a man more than highly qualified to serve the post he had been nominated for sat as the Donks played the filibuster game and the Republicans, in power, mind you, did jack and shit at the same time. We never went to bat for the guy, who was our guy. Yesterday, Mr. Estrada pulled his name out from the nomination, obviously having enough of the bullshit with no back-up.
Bush has been behind the biggest increase in the Federal Government since the 1960s. I have no problem with an increase in military spending and the development of the Department of Homeland Security. But Bush has gone way beyond this, proving that "Compassionate Conservatism" has little to do with the conservative ideal of a smaller government.
And last, but most certainly not least by any standard, is Bush's dealing with Palestine. Apparently, the brief days of "you are either with us, or against us" are over. Bush vowed to battle terrorism where ever it surfaced. Hello, Baconpowder? Are we now going by the French's official classification that Hamas is not a terrorist organization? I saw pictures of dead mothers and children lying in the streets after a suicide bomber blew up a buss in Israel. Hamas claimed responsibility, and then the Bush Administration tried to tell the Israelis to restrain themselves. Now, give me one good reason why Israel shouldn?t be allowed to go completely apeshit over this?!
I understand Bush trying to be diplomatic and bring peace for both sides. But there's a line, and that line was crossed years ago.
I can tell you this. Unless something truly incredible happens within the next year, I don't see myself voting for Bush. This is big for me since I was signed up to work at my local campaign headquarters.
And no, I'm not going to go through that routine of, "Well, Bush is still better than voting for a Dem!"
Honestly, sometimes I wonder if that is a true statement.
I am a Conservative, folks. And this "Compassionate" horse shit is exactly that.
While Annika talks at length about the situation in California, Rachel takes on Johnny Depp just as brilliantly as Tim.
Matt is hard on the campaign trail for the Bush/Cheney team. All I can say is that everyone must vote. The freaky little liberals will be pulling out all the stops to take Bush out and unless you want Dean in the Oval Office you better get your ass out there.
Susie goes nuts and links to everyone east of Bubblefuck, Egypt, except me, of course.
Kim duToit talks about the infantry arm of the future. Hey, if they kill Arabs with psycho-butter in their heads, I'm all game.
And last, but not least, Jaws talks about how Brandies curbed NPR. One word: Sweeeeeet!
Since I went so far as to shove my smelly white foot in my mouth in my last post, I've opened the VRWC, Inc CENTCOM channels so fellow VRWC member LC George Turner could set the record straight. Here is a fisk by Agent Turner on the article from Drudge.
From Drudge
EXPRESS [LONDON]
SOLDIERS and civilians in Iraq face a health timebomb after dangerously high levels of radiation were measured around Baghdad.
They face a far larger threat from idiot reporters.
Levels between 1,000 and 1,900 times higher than normal were recorded at four sites around the Iraqi capital where depleted uranium (DU) munitions have been used across wide areas.
DU isn?t used across ?wide areas?. That would be pointless and stupid, unless our tanks now just shoot at goats or something. And does anyone even remember a big ?battle of Baghdad?, where major armoured forces were clashing? The press must?ve missed that one. There were a few shootouts, but that?s about it.
Experts estimate that Britain and the US used 1,100 to 2,200 tons of armour-piercing shells made of DU during attacks on Iraqi forces.
Experts? Experts at what, bitching and whining about imaginary dangers?
The US has 4 types of DU ammunition. And old 105mm round for use in obsolete M60 tanks, the 120mm round for use in the M1-A1 tank, a 25mm round for Bradleys and Harriers, and a 30mm round for the A-10.
The PGU-14 DU round fired from an A-10 weighs 300 grams. That means we?d have had to fire 6.67 million rounds of A-10 ammunition if the 2,200 tons came soley from A-10?s. In the Gulf War the A-10?s averaged 97 DU rounds per sortie, giving us 68,728 A-10 sorties to hit the figure given by these ?experts?. Considering that A-10?s were far more heavily used in the Gulf War than in the Iraq war, and they only managed 8,077 combat sorties in the much longer air campaign in the Gulf War, somethig is a bit off.
Consider a place where we really unleased with DU, the infamous ?Highway of Death? leading out of Kuwait. ?Soil(sand) samples have been collected in various areas of Kuwait and the ?Highway of Death?. To date, the uranium levels that have been found in the soil samples have been indistinguishable from the naturally occuring uranium in the environment.?
The 120mm DU round used by our M1-A1 tank has a mass of 4.7kg. We would have to fire 425,532 rounds to get 2,200 tons of DU from this source. We had about 850 M1?s in theatre, so each would have to fire 500 rounds. This also happens to be the original design life span of the barrel, would involve reloading each tank a couple dozen times, since our tanks don?t carry just a mix of pure DU APFSDS rounds. Another little snag might be that the production contract up to 1997 was for only 23,278 rounds,
only 23,644 rounds in 1997-1998, 6,400 rounds in 1999, etc. If you follow the drift, the estimates of DU use by these ?experts? implies we just burnt up 18 years worth of ammunition production, without even getting into more than a couple shoot outs. Based on the latest contract, each round is costing about $3,171 dollars. To deliver 2,200 tons of DU from our tanks would?ve cost $1.35 billion dollars just to pay for the ammo.
Or to put it another way, the total known amount of DU fired at all our firing ranges is only 424 tons, and we only used 50.55 tons during the Gulf war, when we faced heavy armour. Somehow these ?experts? think that in our little jaunt to Baghdad we expended 40 times as much DU as in the Guf War.
Or to put it yet another way, to get the tonnages these ?experts? are quoting, the US would have had to deplete almost all of our inventory on dozens and dozens of tanks. That must?ve been quite a sight to see. Each enemy tank being hit by hundreds of high velocity rounds from our main battle tanks. Considering that each enemy tank was destroyed by the first shot, I?m not sure why our gunners fired the other 200 to 400 ?expertly estimated? rounds at each burning Iraqi tank, but hey, they?re the experts.
That figure eclipses the 375tons used in the 1991 Gulf War. Unlike that largely desert-based conflict, most of the rounds fired in March and April were in heavily residential areas.
Considering that DU is just going to bore a hole unless it encounters armour, I wonder why we were shooting it instead of using HEAT or HEAP?
DU rounds are highly combustible and tiny particles of the radioactive material are left on the battleground.
Dufus, DU isn?t very radioactive at all. That?s why we call it ?depleted? to differentiate it from the radioactive form that?s found naturally in everyone?s drinking water. It comes from the ground, which is why we can mine it.
If inhaled the material can attack the body causing cancers, chronic illness, long-term disabilities and genetic birth defects - none of which will be apparent for at least five years.
Pathetically wrong. Uranium is not known to cause cancer. The idiots confuse uranium with wildly radioactive isotopes formed in a nuclear reactor or during the detonation of an atomic bomb. However, the lead bullets that we?ve been firing at each other for a couple centuries now do cause some problems, and the safety guidelines for DU are about the same as for lead. It?s a toxic heavy metal and the symptoms show up early.
Veterans of the first Gulf War believe that DU exposure has played a role in leaving more than 5,000 of them chronically ill and almost 600 dead.
Really! Well some veterans of course believe it?s all due to abductions by space aliens too. Show us the dead figure!
The Royal Society, Britain's leading scientific body, described America's failure to confirm how much or where they used DU rounds as an "appalling situation".
Isn?t it tragic! They don?t know where to go to plant fake evidence or spin their next conspiracy theory, like the idiot researcher who came back from Afghanistan claiming uranium amounts in people?s urine was thousands of times higher than normal because of US bombing. Afghanistan was bombed, not strafed. No DU was used in Afghanistan because our bomb are made of steel. Or as even the BBC points out
The UMRC says: "Independent monitoring of the weapon types and delivery systems indicate that radioactive, toxic uranium alloys and hard-target uranium warheads were being used by the coalition forces." There is no official support for its claims, or backing from other scientists.
When the labs found that the uranium was ?natural? the moonbats developed a theory that we have super-sekret natural uranium bombs that somehow poison everybody without leaving big shards of uranium all over the place. Since they?re visiting the craters, maybe they should pick up a big hunk of this depleted uranium, since even afterthe burning impact of a high-velocity DU round and a tank, most of the uranium is intact.
Professor Brian Spratt, chairman of the society's working group on DU, said: "The Americans are really giving us no information at all and think it is a pretty appalling situation that they are not taking this seriously at all.
Possibly because we don?t give a shit about non-dangerous materials, unlike someone whose chairmanship depends on it. Do those Royal Society guys still wear wigs?
"We really need someone like the UN Environment Programme or the World Health Organisation to get into Iraq and start testing civilians and soldiers for uranium exposure."
How about starting in that little village where everyone was eating yellow cake you moron!
Evidence of massive uranium radiation has emerged in recent weeks. The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle analysed swabs from bullet holes in Iraqi tanks and confirmed elevated radiation levels.
And we know how many peacenik hippies infest Seattle. Anyway, his findings are pretty astounding since DU is hardly more radioactive than dirt, to the extent that the armor on US tanks is made out of DU mesh and plate!
Last month Scott Peterson, of the respected Christian Science Monitor, took Geiger counter readings at several sites in Baghdad. Near the Republican Palace, his radiation readings were the "hottest" in Iraq at nearly 1,900 times background radiation levels.
Gads, then our own tanks must be millions of times more radioactive than that! Rolling Chernobyls! And our houses aren?t much better, since all our brick and bathroom tiles are radioactive too!, as is just about target=?_blank?>everything else!
But if you read the actual article in the Christian Science Monitor, you?ll find out that this frightening radiation level was obtained by a reporter holding a geiger counter up against a shard of DU found on a tank! The horror of alpha radiation! Someone throw a piece of tissue paper over it to shield the children! Thank goodness he didn?t check a Coleman lantern, or the extent of the radiation dangers would really get him worked up.
Given that on average the top ten feet of soil contains 22,000 kg of uranium per square mile and that Iraq has a land area of 168,754 square miles, just the top ten feet of dirt already had 4,083,840 tons of uranium. That?s already 1850 times more than these moonbats claimed we ?dropped?, and ten thousand times more than we used in the Gulf War. But somehow a level of uranium that?s 100% normal is fine, but 100.01% of normal is lethal. Wow. We must really be living on the margins. Just wait till they find out that this staggering amount of uranium still accounts for only about 5% of the soil?s natural radioactivity.
Or yet another way, an average American football field (100 yds + 10 yds for each endzone by 160 feet wide, has 10 lbs of uranium in the top foot of soil, versus the 10.34 lbs of depleted uranium that hit that Iraqi tank the reporter was looking at.
Even the Ministry of Defence, which has consistently refused to accept there are dangers involved in DU exposure or that it has played role in Gulf War illnesses is addressing the problem. Soldiers returning from this year's conflict will be routinely tested for uranium poisoning. Professor Malcolm Hooper, who sits on two committees advising the Government on Gulf health issues, said he is not surprised by the radiation levels.
I?d guess that the British government is testing soldiers uranium levels so they can shut up all the morons who?ve latched on to the biggest health threat since Alar, saccharine, and FD&C Red Dye #3.
He said: "Really these things are dirty bombs. Exactly the sort of device that President Bush and Prime Minister Blair keep talking about being in the hands of terrorists."
How breathtakingly stupid. You can hold a geiger counter next to a block of DU and it will hardly register, because U-238 has a half life that?s as old as the earth itself! Will someone tell these mental midgets with the 3rd rate 2nd grade educations that a long half-life means something is LESS RADIOACTIVE! Of course, if the idiots figure that out they?ll see the 5700 year half-life of carbon-14 and hopefully stop breathing so they can avoid ?air poisoning?.
*Thanks To George Turner*
The men and women of our Armed Forces are the best trained, best equipped, and hold the highest moral standard of an army in the history of the world. Every single America owes a great debt of gratitude to the people who put their lives on the line every single day so that we can enjoy the simple and basic freedoms we take for granted far too often.
You would think, as Americans, we would do all that we can to treat them with the respect and dignity they deserve. At the very least, you would think that the government that sends them into battle to uphold the declarations they make would do every single thing in their power to ensure their safe return as much as possible.
Unfortunately, such is not the case in Iraq.
Drudge is reporting today that there are "dangerously high levels of radiation measured around Baghdad" that is caused by the "depleted uranium munitions (DU)" that is left over from the 1,100 to 2,200 tons of munitions we used against Iraqi forces in Baghdad at the start of the war. This has made radiation levels at some spots in Baghdad "1,000 to 1,900 times higher than normal."
If inhaled the material can attack the body causing cancers, chronic illness, long-term disabilities and genetic birth defects - none of which will be apparent for at least five years. Veterans of the first Gulf War believe that DU exposure has played a role in leaving more than 5,000 of them chronically ill and almost 600 dead.
Ya know, this adds to the terrible pay our uniformed men and women receive while on active duty as it is. What in God's name are we doing to these people?
Last month Scott Peterson, of the respected Christian Science Monitor, took Geiger counter readings at several sites in Baghdad. Near the Republican Palace, his radiation readings were the "hottest" in Iraq at nearly 1,900 times background radiation levels.Even the Ministry of Defence, which has consistently refused to accept there are dangers involved in DU exposure or that it has played role in Gulf War illnesses is addressing the problem. Soldiers returning from this year's conflict will be routinely tested for uranium poisoning. Professor Malcolm Hooper, who sits on two committees advising the Government on Gulf health issues, said he is not surprised by the radiation levels. He said: "Really these things are dirty bombs. Exactly the sort of device that President Bush and Prime Minister Blair keep talking about being in the hands of terrorists."
The Ministry of Defense has been saying exposure to DU is non-lethal. Hello? Look at the increase in radiation? You can't tell me, a guy who never took chemistry in high school, that that's safe! Why in the hell wasn't someone on top of this before we rolled in Baghdad? Why didn't someone mention this ahead of time so all the citizen of Baghdad wouldn't have to remain exposed to this for the rest of their lives?
We've got radiation fallout all over Baghdad and everyone in Washington is strutting around like not a damn thing is happening. Half these soldiers are right out of high school or college, and now they have to worry about having children with birth defects because of sloppy preparation on the Pentagon's part?
Ludicrous. Absolutely ludicrous.
UPDATE B.C. of the VRWC (Imperial Correspondant over at the Empire Headquarters) hit me with this link in regards to this story. The link is to a story about the investigation the Defense Department did in regards to DU and found no health risks whatsoever. Perhaps I jumped up and down to quick? I think so.
*walks away deflated*
UPDAT II Here's another link from BC