Just the other day me and the regular crew were wondering why there were no trolls around here. I even told Brian B. that I was thinking of dropping some trollish comments, just to spark some debate. Then I get this (scroll down to comments):

Bu zalim insanlar gün gelecek Türk milletinin ayaklarını öpmeye kalkacaklar. Ama Türk oğlu Türk olan, asil kan Türk askeri başlarındaki puşileri Gözlerine bağlayacak ve o 3 kurşunu birer birer yavaş yavaş can cektirerek sıkacak. Bunu ya o Türk askeri yapacak yada BEN !!!!... Ne mutlu Türk'üm diyene, Ne mutlu Türkiyeliyim diyene, ............ Bir Gün..... O gün de gelcek ElbeTTttt....

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Is the Kerry camp stupid or a bunch of liars? From the Business Times

George Miller, chairman of the Democratic Policy Committee, said: “We’ve had nearly four years of failed economic policy that has led to declining wages, rising costs and the worst job record since Herbert Hoover.”

Not satisfied with disproving it here, here, or here, I set off to crunch a few numbers again.

First, why do they use Herbert Hoover as a baseline? Obviously, it is because that name is associated with the Great Depression. However, the Department of Labor Statistics did not even begin to keep unemployment numbers until the Truman administration. Of course, FDR definitely left office with less unemployment than what he inherited....then again, he died at the height of WWII---the lowest unemployment period (estimated) our country has EVER gone through!

Laying that aside, let's look at the numbers. All numbers were gathered from the official Bureau of Labor Statistics website.

The following graph represents the difference in official unemployment between the month a Presidential term began, and the month it ended (Jan-Jan). Needles to say, George W. Bush's numbers are not complete--and with the economy still producing new net jobs, his performance will improve.

George W. Bush does not have the 'worst job record since Herbert Hoover'. His father left office just as a recession was ending. Both of Nixon's terms were characterized by wild swings in the economy, with his second term (completed by Ford) in worse shape than the present recovery. In fact, even with the disappointing job numbers just released, le't remember that we still had a month of net gains. Even if that slow rate of growth were to continue (presuming the job numbers are accurate), Bush's job record should exceed that of Nixon I and Eisenhower II by end of this Presidential term. Let's lay this to rest. Please.

When the Democrats repeat the falsehood that this is the 'worst recovery since the Great Depression' or whatever variation they are using this week of that sentiment, remember that it is wrong. And by wrong I mean a lie.

I hate to use that word. Democrats fling it around so much these days that it has become utterly devoid of it's true meaning. When you and I disagree over whether Iraq posed a threat to our national security, this is a difference of opinion. It is an empirically unverifiable statement to say the 'Iraq posed a danger' or that 'Iraq didn't pose a dangger'. Why? Because danger is a subjective term. Some people swim with Great Whites, others won't go in the water at all. Difference of opinion over what is a danger.

But job numbers--those are matters of public record. Job numbers are empirically verifiable. The Kerry camp is simply not telling the truth.

Now, I know what Democrats might say. Even if this isn't the worst recovery ever, it is still pretty bad. Losing jobs on your watch isn't something to be proud of. And they are right, it isn't something to be proud of. But neither is it something to necessarily be ashamed of.

You see, what the President does has very little affect on the economy. Sure it can help or hinder, but in only marginal ways and only over a very long period of time. The economy moves up and down. Politicians can only hope that the business cycle times nicely with the election cycle. Sometimes it does. Sometimes it doesn't.

It just so happens that Bush came into office at the beginning of a recession, and we are just now pulling out of it. In one way Howard Dean is right-- it is all about the timing.

Let me leave you with this graph that I nabbed from a NY Times op-ed and a quote from George Schultz, the author of that piece.

Source: NY Times

"When you look at the record, a quick summary is this: President Clinton inherited prosperity; President Clinton bequeathed recession."

QED

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I just have to thank Gordon the Cranky Neocon one more time for starting the Launch a Jawa for Peace Campaign. He even designed a cool logo for the campaign! What is the Campaign? Go to his site to find out.

(PS: For all you new bloggers, here is a lesson in blog etiquette.

When linking to another blogger's post, keep the information to a minimum. Why? Because if you give too much information about the post you are commenting on then why would your reader take the time to go to the original? This is an oft violated norm of the blogosphere, but one which bloggers ought to follow more faithfully. Yes, you want readers to spend as much time on your own site as possible, but on the other hand do you want another blogger to simply blockquote your whole post onto their site so their readers don't need to see the original? Etiquette and manners are about reciprical relationships. Without them, social disorder ensues. And yes, the blogosphere is a society---of sorts.)

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UPDATE: For the latest news, information, links to videos, and images on the hostage situation in Iraq, please go to the MAIN PAGE BY CLICKING HERE, then scroll down for updates.

Via Paul at Wizbang this report:

A video aired today that purportedly showed an American being decapitated was a hoax.

The man from San Francisco, said he videotaped the staged beheading at his friendÂ’s house using fake blood.

On the tape, Benjamin Vanderford, 22, sat on a chair in a dark room, his hands behind his back, trembling and rocking back and forth.

The tape showed a hand with a knife cutting at the motionless manÂ’s neck but did not show any militants.

No, his name is not Benjamin Ford, it is Benjamin Vanderford. Remember that name. This guy deserves far worse than losing his seat. This is the kind of guy who you SHOULD spit on if you meet him in the street. No, this is the kind of guy that you punch in the face should you meet him in the street.

Imagine the widow of Paul Johnson watching this dickhead? The grievous sympathy. The tears. Then to find out it was an anti-war hoax?

Words cannot describe this guy.

The original post (luckily made only five minutes ago), is below.

Add one more to the list of the victims of the Religion of Peas. That makes fourteen hostages murdered in cold blood since 9/11. There names can be found at the end of this post. From ABC News:

New video aired Saturday purportedly shows a San Francisco man being depacitated moments after he urges the United States to end its occupation of Iraq.

The man on the tape identified himself as what sounds like Benjamin Vanderford, from San Francisco. He sat on a chair in a dark room, his hands behind his back, trembling and rocking back and forth.

The tape showed a hand with a knife cutting at the motionless man's neck, but did not show his head actually removed from the body.

The man on the tape says he lives at 1510 Eddy Street in San Francisco. A Ben Vanderford listed at that address has a Web site in which he says he is running for supervisor of San Francisco's District 5. The picture of Vanderford on the Web site closely resembles that of the man on the video.

"We need to leave this country alone. We need to stop this occupation," he said, adding that he had been offered for exchange with prisoners in Iraq.

"We need to leave this country right now," he said. "Everyone's going to be killed this way."

Unlike in previous videos of hostage killings, no militants were seen on the footage. He was clad in a t-shirt, not the orange jumpsuit that other hostages have been dressed in.

The video was titled "Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Slaughters an American" and had no indication of when, or where, it was made. Zarqawi is an al-Qaida linked militant whose group, Tawhid and Jihad, has claimed responsibility for numerous deadly attacks across Iraq, including the beheadings of U.S. businessman Nicholas Berg, South Korean translator Kim Sun-il and a Bulgarian man, Georgi Lazov.

Updates will be frequent.

Also on the scentfooled: James at OTB, M.H. King, Command Post

Not fooled: Leather Penguin, Michelle at A Small Victory, Kevin McGehee, Is Full of Crap, Dean Esmay, Jeff Quinton

UPDATE: Wild Bill has the video at his site.

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Bill brought me the bad news.

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Via our vast army of paid informants, the following memo was intercepted. Please do not distribute this unecessarily.

FROM: Oliver Willis, CPRF (NKVD Station Chief, Boca Raton Consulate)
TO: Politburo, CPUSA
CC: Kos, Atrios, Drum, Marshall, Jesse Taylor
BCC: AS (aka, The Mole)

RE: Trotskyite Infiltrator & Other Surveillance Matters

Comrades,
Fraternal socialist greetings!

In response to your Aug. 1 memo on Comrade Commissar's suspiciously decadent activity, a number of NKVD agents were asssigned to monitor his suburban NY safe-house. As a result, our agents have gathered the following information. His Trotskyite and Bukharinite activities are listed in chronological order.

Aug. 2: Comrade Commissar failed to meet contact from 'Operation Mayhem' thus thwarting our best opportunity to intervene in the reelection of Criminal Reactionary Bush. As a result, three years as a sleeper agent in the targetted building have gone to waste.

Aug. 4: Published photos making agent 'Manchurian Candidate' look foolish.

Aug. 4: Publicly confessed that earlier meme on Party approved line that widow of War Criminal Reagan supports sleeper agent was actually challenge to loyal Party member Tex.

Aug. 5: Publicly denounces Secretary General of CPUSA with bourgoise rant.

Aug. 6: Contrary to tenants of objective Scientific Socialism, confesses adherence to tenants of opiate of the masses.

Comrades, other evidence has been found that Comrade Commissar has been subverted by decadent capitalist influences. Our recent secret raid of his personal belongings reveals tendencies towards bourgoise tastes and Trotskyite notions.

However, in light of Comrade Commissar's past loyal service to Party, it is the hope of the NKVD that he can be salvaged. Further, in the expert opinion of NKVD psychological profiler J. Bradford DeLong, Comrade Commissar shows all the underlying tendencies of being susceptible to reeducation.

Action Recommendation: Reeducation camp, two-weeks minimum.

Your Fraternal Socialist Brother,
Olliver Willis

PS-
RE: Surveillance Update Querry

The following reactionaries have been under surveillance, as per CPUSA Pollitburo request for CPRF-NKVD resource exchange:

Gordon-conspiring to enlist the help of arch-reactionary Glenn Reynolds for benefit of unknown capitalist blogger
Matthew Yglesias-former CIA operative (undercover)
Simon-advice contrary to fellow-travellers in feminist movement
Johnny Walker-anti-minitruth activist
Ace-supports capitalism and anti-proletariat tendencies
James Joyner-counter MiniTru memes on operation 'Rodent CPR'
Dean Esmay-attempts to reveal operation 'Manchurian Candidate'
Kevin Aylward-revealing secret plan for US infiltration of NKVD operatives
Dan Drezner-working to make CIA more effective against NKVD operations
Captain Ed-aware of operation 'Secret Plan'
BRD-reveals secret of operation 'Value-Menu'
Pixy Misa-outting operation 'Bronze Star'
Chris Cross-meme contrary to MinTru standards
Spoons-use of bourgoise word 'retarded'
Michelle Catalano-reveals Oliver Willis' (me) true identity!
Dr. Stotch-decadent alcohol abuse
Allah-revealing operative "Manchurian Candidate's" Freudian slip
Senator Pundit-bourgoise potty humor

PSS-From the above leaks it is apparent that a mole has penetrated the innermost circle of the CPUSA Politburo. We recommend an immediate collaboration between CPUSA and CPRF resources to find said mole.

Note to Commissar: Do you believe me now? Watch your back.

I'll try to hack into your server and take over for awhile at the Politburo Diktat if they get to you first.

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Bobby Fischer has officially declared his intent to renounce his US citizenship. I hope that trip to see the Yugo factory was worth it. To make this a fair trade, though, I say we get Kasparov and the choice of two draft picks.

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300 Fighters Killed in Najaf Battle:

NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. marines have killed an estimated 300 fighters loyal to a firebrand Iraqi Shi'ite cleric in fierce clashes around the holy city of Najaf in the past two days, a senior U.S. officer said Friday....

The fresh fighting, which still raged Friday, marks a major challenge for the interim government of Prime Minister Iyad Allawi and appears to have destroyed a two-month-old cease-fire between U.S. forces and Sadr's Mehdi militia.

"The number of enemy casualties is 300 KIA (killed in action)," Lieutenant Colonel Gary Johnston, operations officer for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, said at a military base near the city, 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad.

Johnston told reporters the Mehdi fighters were badly coordinated and shot at random against the heavily armed marines who were backed up by helicopter gunships and fighter planes.

While their were some flare ups in violence yesterday, it seems almost certain that this major offensive is related to news that Grand Ayatollah Sistani's, who has called for cooperation with the new government, health is failing:

LONDON (Reuters) - Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has arrived in London for treatment for a heart condition.

The influential cleric, who has been a voice of moderation in postwar Iraq, landed at Heathrow airport on Friday aboard a scheduled flight from Beirut....

The reclusive Iranian-born Sistani holds huge sway over Iraq's 60 percent Shi'ite majority despite rarely speaking in public and not having left Najaf, south of Baghdad, for years.

He played a leading role in striking a ceasefire that halted fighting in April and May between the Mehdi Army militia of firebrand Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and American troops across southern and central Iraq.

Also zombie hunting: Cameron

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Three British nationals recently released from Guantanamo Bay have claimed they were tortured. The ICRC goes so far as to say that what is going on at Gitmo may be a war crime. Many involved in the Abu Ghraib torture scandal now stand trial for their crimes. In fact, Islamist websites routinely use pictures of 'torture' at Abu Ghraib to justify their jihad against the US.

But what exactly does 'torture' mean? Is what was done at Abu Ghraib torture? Laying aside the fact that most of what is being said by the released Gitmo prisoners is rubbish--also, suspend for a second your knowlege that the Geneva Conventions do not apply to non-uniformed enemy combatants---what about the more credible claims of 'torture'?

I offer the following photo essay. Us vs. Them. Our 'torture' vs. their torture.

WARNING: Extremely graphic. You must be an adult to see this!! The images below are extremely violent and ought to make you sick. more...

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1 Well done - a few need explaining. Saddam had hand written and drawn out notebooks full of torture mechanisms. What he did with his people does not come even remotely close to what was done to Iraqi and/or Afghanistan insurgents. We are much more civilized despite what the soldiers did in Abu Ghraib prison. There is no comparison. I understand the stress and the fear but we do not do what they do and we never have and hopefully never will. They are barbarians, we are civilized. So civilized, in fact, that those who leaked those pictures - most likely other soldiers and Operation Iraqi Freedom website - found them to be surreal. But NOTHING can compare to what Saddam and his sons and others did, not only to their own families, friends and countrymen and all those mass graves, another found today. We are not capable of that and our soldiers are not used to that so when they see it, it disgusts them to no end and they get angry and trust me, they have every right to be angry. We all do - they are barbarians!! They cut off hands, fingers, arms, legs; they thought nothing about it and based on Saddam in court, he still thinks he's President in Iraq; that he's still the LAW in Iraq and we are the "infedels." Not true. DO NOT FORGET 9/11 EVER! These boys sure aren't and let us support them in every way we can. I think everything should be told, everything seen and my reason for that is so that you will get so angry that you will stand up and do the right thing. Politics aside, Stand up, side my side and make that promise to those next to you that this will never happen again on our soil. If it does, we're still holding hands and we will go through it today. Support your troops, support your country whether you like or not like being in a war. Do you think we could just bomb that entire continent and be done with it?

Posted by: firstbrokenangel at August 06, 2004 06:40 AM (t0rjm)

2 Rusty, As far as the actual torture goes, I agree that what happened in Abu Ghraib is not the equivelent of what happened in Iraq and elsewhere. It's the wrong point to make. The real difference between Hussein's Iraq and Abu Ghraib is that Abu Ghraib was a bunch of out of control soldiers playing sex games and disobeying orders, whereas Saddam, his kids, and his henchmen used it as a, official state tool of governance(and an aphrodesiac, the sick bastards).

Posted by: ccwbass at August 06, 2004 04:13 PM (qg4dU)

3 Those pictures make me so mad I could just....I could just...put a hood over someone's head?

Posted by: Christopher Cross at August 06, 2004 06:41 PM (62o26)

4 What you haven't included are the pictures of American soldiers gloating over the body of an Iraqi detainee that they had beaten to death. Let's compare that to Berg's death: Both men are unarmed and handcuffed, one is beaten to death, the other had his head cut off with a knife. I think the only main point for arguing in this case is which is worse: getting beaten to death or having your head cut off with a knife. I don't think either should be accepted.

Posted by: theBZA at August 23, 2004 06:23 PM (5lg2t)

5 I have to say that your comments and conclusions are well thought out and i respect them. however, i must disagree, just because the torture the US carries out is not as "bad" as the torture and murder carried out by Saddam, Osama, Al Queda, or other islamic militants doesn't make it right. And you must remember, nobody likes foreigners invading their home, ask the japanese, its probably that the US occupation of Japan after WWII was for the best, but there is still resentment and bitterness, it is hard for Americans to understand this, but what if the british would have invaded the US in the first half of the XIX century because the US was condoning slavery??? The US should NOT act as the police to the World, thats what the UN is for, WAR MUST ALWAYS BE AVOIDED, ask the 20,000,000 Russians who died in WWII, ask the 50,000 Americans who died in Vietnam. If the US insists on being the WORLD POLICE, then it should be prepared for more terrorists strikes against its people, terrorism is a means used by people against certain things, like Al Queda they use terrorism to protest US Foreign policy, i don't agree with them much less condone it, but it is a means, nothing more, since the US can not be matched in the convention military sense, these people attack the only way they can, guerrilla warefate and terrorism kind regards, R

Posted by: Robert at September 02, 2004 07:37 PM (UKTYk)

6 just testing plz dont mind

Posted by: sam at September 03, 2004 05:57 AM (2mOD8)

7 A war waged on the premise of moral superiority requires us to be morally superior. Disputing the degree of torture and which is worse is irrelevent. We cannot say that we are civilized and they are not because they murder people and we only torture people.

Posted by: Tai at December 17, 2004 02:52 AM (4IkVz)

8 But we are better than they are. That is the thing ... we are better. Why do we compare ourselves to those who commit such atrocities as a way to say we can do things that are bad too. I think my mom told me something about this once ... how did it go ... maybe some of you can fill me in ... Two wrongs don't make a ..... hmmmmmmmmmm

Posted by: MisterTinAZ at January 12, 2005 01:02 PM (dWkes)

9 Dearest Fucktard I: We didn't wage war based on a premise of moral superiority; we waged war because we felt THEY were a threat to US. Ironically, it was your own twisted sense of moral superiority that led you to write that...liberals showing signs of projection? Why I never knew... Dearest Fucktard II: Two wrongs don't make a right? Sure, maybe. But you'd have to start there by accepting that we're wrong. I'll clue you in: We're not. I have a cousin serving honorably as a guard over there. My only advice for him: Beat that ass like you own it. Ahmed will talk eventually. While you're at it, Why only be half a reflexive, anti-anythingAmericaDoes pussy? Go for the full-throated, Daily Kos Level 12 pussification. I mean, clearly it is wrong to put people into cages; yet there these poor, innocent Iraqis were, in a jailhouse cage. TO SHAME! The rest of my treatment of the "torture" story is at my blog. I have work to do, and you two tards bore me.

Posted by: John Thorpe at January 16, 2005 11:07 AM (QLFJN)

10 I thought America was supposed to strive for something better than this: The very fact that you're engaged in hairsplitting about degrees of evil reveals how badly America has slipped under George W. Bush.

Posted by: Marc at January 20, 2005 05:07 PM (33Ll5)

11 the dogs were released on the prisoner, asshole: http://www.antiwar.com/news/?articleid=2444 why do you have to pick the lesser evil?

Posted by: joe at January 26, 2005 04:31 PM (989xy)

12 Firstbrokenangel, how you can can call the bush administration and the US army civilized is beyond me. The American goverment are barbarians. We will never be shown images of extreme torture inflicted upon other cultures by the US, namely Guantanimo bay. It is called propergander and if you aren't aware of it maybe you might consider an education.

Posted by: sarah at February 07, 2005 06:27 AM (F1nba)

13 torture is unacceptable and you don't know a tenth of what americans also do. I am aware that saddam hussein has killed and tortured thousands but I really don't think Americans show the exemple. You shouldn't even compare these pictures, none is more appropriate

Posted by: hadro at February 07, 2005 04:59 PM (+jjwL)

14 Your post is pointless and makes no sense. Your choice of contrasting pictures is completely arbitrary.

Posted by: Teen Sheng at February 07, 2005 11:17 PM (zQNLl)

15 sick pictures. some people on this earth have no heart. they make me sick. lol. Anyway, keep the pictures coming.

Posted by: jon at February 08, 2005 07:03 AM (w+ruI)

16 I dont know what to think about these pictures at first i laught but then relized that they were all humans,and yet i laughted agian,Im not shure what to really think other then that,i wouldn't chose for that to happen to me or anyone i know,OTher then that im just going to leave it at that.I dont wish that on anyone that doest deserve it.......Other then that i like the write up and i respect what you are saying.

Posted by: Jeff Mac at February 09, 2005 09:47 AM (a4r5l)

17 cheers to both USA and Iraq .... they have done PHD in torture or else you can say they are masters of torture well the image collection is really ..awesome i mean the beheaded image is just outstanding ...i found this site the best after nausea ..well i am doing my bachelors in human torture and i conclude that the torture that happened in abu ghraib gets full points from my side ;-) alright then keep the good may we see a more 100 yrs of torture ....long live USA and IRAQ . remember just keep torturing and beheading

Posted by: pussyman at February 10, 2005 02:35 PM (MNegh)

18 hwahaha....goddamn assmerican!!! after the cruelty you've done, you're still sayin' that you're good??!! or f*ckin innocent??! it's a pleasure to kill person like you and your f*ckin conservative catholic-jew president!!!!

Posted by: hate u at February 26, 2005 02:26 AM (3XStG)

19 Torture is torture. We aren't nearly as barbaric as the Hussein Regime was, but are we to say that we've done nothing wrong? Releasing dogs on prisoners, beating prisoners to death, using depleted uranium in Iraq causing 1000's of deformities and ruining lands for centuries to come.... who are we to condem any other nation? 1 last point: If we're so worried about human atrocities then why the fuck don't we have troops in Sudan to help the MILLIONS of innocents who've been killed and tortured there? Oh, I forgot, they don't have oil. hooray america

Posted by: Feelin 2 nice at February 28, 2005 04:39 PM (KpSLd)

20 why is america better than the rest of the world? it has nothing to do with torture. every country on earth has psychopathic citizens. america is great because we have HIGH STANDARDS. We have CODES of CONDUCT, and we ENFORCE our codes. These rules and regulations encompass every aspect of the American life. From the food we eat to the cars we drive to the toilets we use. This is what makes the US the best country in the world.

Posted by: __rich__ at March 02, 2005 12:19 AM (sxw1H)

21 Right or wrong? Where are we all going to if this is how we lead and if this is how we teach. Some people may say that im a dreamer but im not the only one. My heart is broken to know that so many people are born into a world where there will neverbe any peace... There is no peace in the family home No peace in our schools No peace at the work place No peace between any country in the world No peace in the bible There will always be fallings out and to what level these arguments will rise to has no end. Man shouts at woman it leads to divorce or man murders wife, man murders children then takes his own life. Woman kills cheating husband then takes her own life Children argue they fall out and one hits the other. They break friends, one might bully the other the bullied child takes his own life Child has argument with teacher child takes fathers gun into school and shoots teacher and other pupils and then takes his own life President fall out with priminister war breaks out thousands die and the world has yet more tears to cry This is life and because none of us learn anything from history we will always be faced with a world like this. One person can make a difference? Maybe but if everyone wants world peace then its going to take a world effort. No action of terror or violence can be accepted. May we all start to learn and soon.

Posted by: Pete at March 02, 2005 12:26 PM (SRv0w)

22 tit for tat,u.s. army rulessssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: slipknot9 at March 05, 2005 10:17 AM (zZdOR)

23 Fucking hell, god damned jews. Stop complaining and suck my fucking dick. God damn it, you are all bitchs, back in the fucking day taking a cock or two was normal. But you fucking Americans with your fucking rights, i swear if i put my penis into a little girl these days, i would get sued. What the fuck is this world coming too? Now all our childern are pussies, not enough cock, to much Tv. Fucking hell what the fuck are you doing?

Posted by: OmegaPirate at March 09, 2005 04:49 AM (39uFO)

24 firstbrokenangel you are probly the most disgusting american iv eva herd of all the world hates america u no y? caus of there fukin big headedness. rich country, firtile lands, u got evrythin but u stil want more fukin selfish greedy bastards try bein fair 2 poor countreys that need il 2 sel 2 STAY ALIV the world is ruled by mony. how r they gona eet wit no mony caus they got they oil stolen from them. im aussie. and no im NOT proud of my country. or our PM. howards sending our country down the same road that americas on. americans dont seem 2 reelise that wat they c on tv and the news is conrtoled by the government. the government controls wat u see and hear. they control wat you know. the only way you can reely no wats going on is 2 b there wen it hapns. americans r LIED 2 by their own government. in 6 months me and my family are traveling 2 europe and ges wat? we hav 2 hav litl aus flags on our bags so were not mistaken 4 americans. its amazing how much countrys OTHER than america hate the US hey u no wat wood b great? if all of the US could just dissapear. INCLUDING alaska. fukin bush luvers. but u no wat the reely funy thing is? im a 14 yr old girl an iv got more of an idea of wats reely goin on in the world than midl aged americans

Posted by: Resurrected_Dragon at March 10, 2005 06:50 PM (jItEJ)

25 You all need to get fucked they did rong they are fucking dick heads and why would they ever do such discusting fucking things fuckin Homos why dont they get a fucking life

Posted by: Fuckin_god at March 10, 2005 07:02 PM (jItEJ)

26 YEH and to that fucker about his cock get a life just caus you cant get none and go for kids dosen't make it rigth fucker get over it you dum shite you must just think a bout your dick 24 7 perve get a fucking clue

Posted by: Fackin_God at March 10, 2005 07:09 PM (jItEJ)

27 You all are wired and need theroph you people are the sickes fuckers i have ever herd of man you guys are fucking nuts ccrazy fuckers you all need a good kick in the ass get a clue and get a life stoners.

Posted by: Gods must be stoned at March 10, 2005 07:13 PM (jItEJ)

28 You all suck monkey cock and need to get a fucking life you fuckers

Posted by: Fuck face at March 20, 2005 10:08 PM (jItEJ)

29 You know what! those fucking towl heads behead our guys, and dumbass liberals bitch about us humiliating them. We use stupid little tactice to loosen them up, but the Iraqi's beat the shit out of us, and just bold faced kill our guys. There is no comparison what so ever, bleeding heart liberals can burn in hell!

Posted by: Kill towl heads at March 24, 2005 11:28 AM (J3FxU)

30 whatever this person wrote expressed ..only an opinion...looks like this person is extremely...patriotic or ..blind. an excellent way to show ur propaganda....americanz arms all the world...TO KILL... not To make Peace...In the name of Democracy,,....rage war...FUK u .......if i bring pictures which will prove americá's dirty game.....where will u hide....they killed everyone who came to make peace......american's r da worst nation...which made da whole world suffer.....U MUTHA FUCKAZ... THEY USED TO SAY BRITISH SUN WILL NEVER SET> BUT AFTA LONG TYME THEY DID LOSE>>>COULDN"T KEEP RULE OVER THE WORLD>>>>BRITISH THEY DID TOOK OVER DA MOST OF DA WORLD>>BUT AMERICA THEY TRYIN TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD NOT OPENLY BUT WITH PUPPET GOVERNMENTS N ALL THOSE FUKIN PUSSIES>>>>BUT DON"T BE TOO PROUD>>CAUSE AMERICAN SUN WILL SET ONE DAY>>>>THIS IS MA WORD IF NOT TOMMOROW>>>AFTA TOMMOROW>>NOW LOOK AT BRITIAN>>THEY ARE NOW AMERICA"S BITCH >>>>>> YOU HAVN"T SEEN DA DEVASTATIN DAYS WHEN AMERICANS R BOMBING FROM THE SKY.....CAUSE U GUYZ R TRUE PUSSIES..WHY NOT FIGHT LIKE MEN.....YAH U DID SHOW UR AMERICAN...WAY OF TORTURING.......HOW STUPID OF U SHOWIN THIS PICS...U STUPID..FAG...HOW COME U DON'T SHOW PICTURES...WHEN IRAQ WAS BOMBED ....THE US PLANES DROPPIN POUND N POUND BOMBS...HOW COME ? U SHOULD BE LEAVE PATRIOTISM .....FO A SECOND THINK LYKE A FUKIN HUMAN BEING.......U SHOULD FEEL OTHERS PAIN....PICZ DAT SHOWS ...WHERE IRAQI N AFGHANI KIDS LOST DERE PARENTS CAUSE OF DA BOMBING......THEY SEE THEIR PARENTS N BROS N SISTERS HEAD BLOWN OFF...WHEN THE BOMB DROPED....YOU CÁN'T EVEN FIND A PIECE OF BONE...WHY NOT?....U KNOW WHY CAUSE U R BLIND....I DON'T BLAME U..CAUSE DATS HOW U GREW......YOU PPL STUPID....YOU CAN'T SEE WHATS WRONG WATS RIGHT.....WHY PPL HATE AMERICA? CAUSE OF THOSE REASON ....REVENGE.T....THEY R DA ONE FUKED UP.........one tyme u will be destroyed>>>ur pride will destroy n THA INJUSTICES..THAT AMERICA...COMMITS...THERE IS ALWAYZ AFTA DEATH......EVERYBODY WILL GET PUNISHMENT..god will destroy you

Posted by: solja at March 27, 2005 03:22 AM (29aHP)

31 Wow - What on earth happened to a friendly disagreement? I have been watching and reading this blog for many months now and I am, quite truthfully disappointed at the degradation of the language used. Do I agree with torture - NO! Do I support our president and our troops - YOU BETCHA! I read the post from the Aussies - now THAT was enlightening! As a former military brat and (I consider myself) a patriot - if you are a foreigner in our country and don't like our policies - LEAVE! Did we drag you here? Just an aside: Regarding the foul mouthed comments - My father (a major in the air force) used to tell me that: "Those who speak (or write in this case)with little more than profanities are showing what a limited vocabulary they really have". Hmmm, might that be the case here?

Posted by: Mel at April 28, 2005 11:14 PM (bbxLM)

32 Resurrected_Dragon/Gods must be stoned/Fuck face or Fred Marther, who ever the hell you are: Good Lord! Get an English tutor. Learn to spell. Grow up. Be happy there are young men and women over there protecting every ingrate just like you who never took the time to pay attention in school. And then bow down and kiss the feet of every literate person here who will be paying into the welfare system you're likely to be collecting from because you're too stupid to hold a job. Solja: You're a moron. There ... I feel better.

Posted by: Oyster at April 29, 2005 02:11 PM (fl6E1)

33 oyster who really cares how people spell as long as they get there opinion heard. yes now i'm spelling properly but only to show you that no matter how you type or dress or talk or what you believe in or what country you're in we are all the same. originally we all came from africa and we were all exactly the same. we look at animals and think that they are all the same and we are completely different but we're just animals too. religious people might think otherewise but this is all fact. i really try not to be prejudice or biased (sorry can't spell that one) and i think the only way i am biased is that i am against christianity. yes what the iraqi's did was wrong but does that really give the american troops the right to hurt back? we're taught in school, two wrongs don't make a right, if you get hit, don't hit back. what's the point of this lesson? to keep people from fighting. so if you americans continue to follow president bush what do you think will happen? hey it's allready happened so why bother making up a new one? TERRORISTS attack the twin towers BUSH attacks Iraq TERRORISTS bomb bali BUSH sends harder forces of violence into iraq do you think there would be a war if bush had just worked with the iraqi government to catch whoever was involved? yes maybe but so many lives could have been spared. america boasts about being land of the free, home of the brave. free to whome? theres more homeless people now than ever before. they can't do what they want so how is that free? people of different races and religions get shit from so many so they can't do things like sport, social stuff nearly as much as white christian americans so how are they free? and how are you brave? really think about it. do you really want to go to a war zone where so many american troops are killed and really what do you achieve? does bush recognise that you've given your life for your country? i'm not asking that you change immediatly. just recognise that all humans deserve respect no matter what age, race, sex or religion. o and oyster, im only 15 an in yr nine how am i sposed 2 'go bak 2 skool' and im actually gona b a shrink an liv reel comftabl wit a spa an a pool an a few thousand acres. theres no way im gona liv off the welfare mony im not that hopeless luv sarah

Posted by: Resurrected_dragon at May 17, 2005 06:29 AM (08I4a)

34 "the dogs were released on the prisoner, asshole: http://www.antiwar.com/news/?articleid=2444" Someone seemed to miss this part of the web page: It is unclear whether his injuries were from dog bites.

Posted by: h0mi at June 17, 2005 09:53 AM (LuPL2)

35 Resurrected Dragon, I guess I'll stick to your most recent post, because it's too exhausting to point out the shortcomings in both that I saw here. "do you think there would be a war if bush had just worked with the iraqi government to catch whoever was involved?" Worked with the Iraqi government? The problem was Hussein. We're not going to get far if we work with Hussein to get Hussein. Or with Hitler to get Hitler. "people of different races and religions get shit from so many so they can't do things like sport, social stuff nearly as much as white christian americans so how are they free?" Who are you again? You're a 15-yr old Aussie, and you think you're some sort of authority on racial relations in America? "Can't do things like sport, social stuff nearly as much as white Christian Americans?" Honestly, you're a joke. Except you're not funny. You're sad. You'd do yourself a favor if you UNconvinced yourself that you know so much about the world at your age. Oh, and the fact that your family is travelling with Aussie flags on their luggage is a testament only to their paranoia and disconnect from the world, it's not actually founded in some prescient knowledge that they're going to be attacked for 'looking American' or some such nonsense. You're flat out ridiculous, Sarah. Seriously, get a grip.

Posted by: hard to believe at June 20, 2005 09:44 PM (/wN2Y)

36 As far as the torture goes, yeah. I agree with pretty much what most of the people on here are saying. Torture is bad. I honestly do not care who is doing it and why. As far as this little sentiment: "The problem was Hussein. We're not going to get far if we work with Hussein to get Hussein. Or with Hitler to get Hitler." Wait, didn't Bush say it was to fight the "terrists"? No, wait, was it WMD's? Or wait, "to pertect our freedom"? Or "to pertect the freedom of the Iraqis"? Well, I guess I can't blame you for watching too much Fox News. It's what all the cool kids are doing now. If the current administration in the US government really cared about the suffering of the Iraqi people they'd be doing a hell of a lot more elsewhere too, like Feelin 2 nice said. But I suppose if you trust that Bush and his advisors sent thousands of young Americans to die in Iraq for a worthy cause, that's your decision. Just don't attack other people who are entitled to their own decisions. That is the beauty of America, after all.

Posted by: trees & dirt at July 11, 2005 08:22 PM (zlaZy)

37 Okay some of u guys have a point with ur opions the rest are just running ur mouths ...u guys keep memtioning that IRAQIS are doing this but u can not blame what a group of dumb and beyond pathtic individuals did on EVERY iraqi out there i mean iraqis here are getting blamed for everything and they are being treated differnetly after the 9/11 attacks but they suffered more then anybody can indure and for the people that are blaming them they need to get their heads right i support bush going to war cause the world had to get rid of saddam and his sons they were a disease to this world and sadly the price of getting rid of them is the lives of soliders, innocent citzens and thousands more....we can only hope that this war will be over soon and that their might be a little hope of world peace!! sorry about some of my spelling..

Posted by: serenity at July 15, 2005 06:20 PM (pO1tP)

38 to the 15-year old aussie girl. enough with your very flawed arguments. you obviously have not got a clue on what your saying

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Anyone got any quick an easy fixes?

If not, for my regular commenters, a temporary solution would be to click on the permalink and then comment from there. Think of it as duct-tape for the busy blogger.

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Via Drudge:

A veterans group seeking to deeply discredit Democrat John Kerry's military service will charge in the new bombshell book UNFIT FOR COMMAND:

"Kerry earned his Silver Star by killing a lone, fleeing, teenage Viet Cong in a loincloth."

"And if Kerry's superiors had known the truth at the time, they would never have recommended him for the medal."

The book also claims to detail how Kerry personally ordered the slaughter of small animals at a small hamlet along the Song Bo De River.

Was his incredible feat of saving a hamster motivated out of guilt? (from Jane, in comments)

UPDATE: James Joyner responds to Drudge's story by saying that the allegations are a bit over the top and says that the people in the group behind the book Unfit for Command are increasingly sounding "like lunatics." I disagree.

I haven't read the book yet, but the excerpts that Drudge quotes don't sound anything at all like lunacy. In fact, the only lunacy I find here is the way Drudge sensationalizes elements of the story. For instance, the headline at Drudge (a few minutes ago):

VETS CHARGE: KERRY KILLED FLEEING TEEN; LIED FOR MEDAL

Since I no longer watch TV (except Rick James) I hadn't seen the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth advertisement until moments ago. The ad is posted at Human Events and can be viewed online. I find nothing offensive about it. Nothing at all. If JFK is going to travel around with a troupe of Vets lauding his heroism, this is par for the course.

UPDATE II: Beldar agrees, and has some first-hand knowlege.

UPDATE III: QandO has chapter 3 of Unfit for Command available if you want to check it out. It's title? The Purple Heart Hunter.

UPDATE IV: Glenn (I make $13k a month in Blogads) Reynolds notes that Kerry is threatening to sue over the advertisement. Commissar offers an out-of-court settlement

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Just say no to Worcester sauce!

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Shelby is toast. Gone. Sianora. It doesn't matter how unimportant whatever information it is that he leaked out. He is a Southern Republican. There is nobody--no one, nada, nichevo, zilcho--hated more by the coastal media establishment. Remember what happened the last time a Southern Republican complimented a demented old ex-segregationalist? I give him thirty days, tops.

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Commissar has a first rate rant today. Check it out. Apparantly, Tavarisch Kos practices censorship at his site, which the Commissar opposes.

My inside contacts at the CPRF are not at all pleased. My sources say that the Commissar may be in for an extensive vacation at an exclusive 'Re-education Resort' on Lake Baikal.

More on the Commissar gulag watch as it develops.......

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When talking to lefties about media bias, their number one argument seems to be that "Yes, the reporters may be liberal, but the corporations. It's the corporations man." In essence, this is Chomsky's argument in Manufacturing Consent. Now, would any lefty--any at all--argue that Fox News had a left-wing bias?

Via M. H. King, I learn that the President of News Corp. (parent company of Fox News) is a Kerry supporter:

According to the Kerry for President campaign, News Corp. President and chief operating officer Peter Chernin has endorsed the Democratic presidential candidate.

On the one hand, you have conservatives who argue that anchorman (e.g., Dan Rather) inject their bias into the reporting process. On the other hand, you have liberals who argue that corporate executives inject a conservative bias into the reporting process (most notably by weeding out stories they don't like in the editing process).

In my mind, this is solid evidence that higher-ups have very little to do with the content of everyday news delivery. In fact, most editorial decisions are made at a low-level. If any bias is injected into the news, most likely it comes from the personal world-view of individual reporters.

Take that Chomsky!

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Everything. All of it.

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Sorry, messed up the headline. I meant the other Religion of Peace. From Fox News. Terrorist suspects attempted to fund a man they thought was out to buy shoulder-held rocket launcher--in fact, he was a G-Man. The fact that the financial transactions were made on the good ship Abscam, should have tipped them off to the sting.

Michelle Malkin on the suspicious timing of the sting.

As always, Jeff Quinton, the Command Post, and Blogs of War are on the case for updates.

UPDATE: Jeff Quinton reports the who the intended target was. Holy Schneike!

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Matthew Yglesias makes a profound point:

Near as I can tell, the United States has fought one war of necessity -- the second world war. Since the country wouldn't have existed without the Revolution, you can add that in. Beyond that, the US has fought for a variety of more-or-less abstract principles and more-or-less concrete material interests (often mixed together as in the Civil War), but never for its survival as a nation or in response to direct aggression.

Unless we define choice and necessity in some way that the definitions only fits on partisan grounds. For instance, the war in Iraq was one of 'choice' because Bush chose to go there, even though it was not 'necessary'. Or, the war in the Balkaans was 'necessary' because Clinton had to go there and therefore did not have any real 'choice'. See how this works?

UPDATE: Chris Cross has a great take on this. Exactly what I was thinking!

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Today Atrios points out an apparent inconsistency in the 'Bush Doctrine', juxtposing Bush Then with an extended quote about denying Taliban fighters a refuge to regroup with an NPR report from yesterday that Hamid Karzai was thinking about letting some Taliban officials serve in government posts. According to Atrios, this is a 'flip-flop.' Is it?

Normally, I don't check out his site--but I do hit it from time to time. Is he serious in calling this a 'flip-flop'? I presume he is saying that Bush has somehow changed his position on an issue. Isn't that what a 'flip-flop' is? For instance, opposing the death penalty one day and then supporting it the next might be a good example of a 'flip-flop'. Or is that just called 'nuanced'. Maybe I'm just mistaken on what the term 'flip-flop' means? Having a clearly defined stance on an issue, and then turning around and changing that stance, that's a flip-flop.

In any event, how does the fact that Hamid Karzai wants to vent a certain number of Taliban officials make George W. Bush a 'flip-flopper'? The quote that he uses to make his case only refers to stopping terrorist fighters from regrouping, not about letting former Taliban officials serve in some capacity in some future administration. This makes absolutely no sense. Honestly, can anybody make heads or tails of it?

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Yup, I'm sure that was what it was. This just in from fellow munuvian M.H. King:

WMAL Radio Washington is reporting this afternoon that the man known as the "20th hijacker," Zacharias Moussoui, was allowed access to a cell phone by a jail guard in the facility where he is being held in Alexandria, VA.

Linking to JQ's Update site too.

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