Some scientists have discovered a way to re-animate dead dogs.

They drain the dogs of all their blood, preserve all their organs, and then bring them back to life by putting their blood back in their veins.

Supposedly the goal of these scientists is to save the lives of crime and war victims.

Needless to say, PETA is outraged.

In the unsettling tests, dogs of all breeds and sizes are put under, their veins drained of blood and filled with an ice-cold salt solution which drops their body temperature from a normal 101 degrees to near freezing.
That puts them in a state of extreme hypothermia, making them scientifically dead — with no breathing, heartbeat or brain activity. But their tissues and vital organs are preserved.

The corpses are then brought back to life by returning the blood to their bodies, giving them pure oxygen and applying electric shocks to restart their hearts.

For a long time, the test subjects couldn't be brought back to life after more than two hours. But recently, the researchers added glucose and more oxygen to the blood and have pushed the maximum time the dogs can be dead to three hours.

"We've tried to get it to four hours, but we just haven't been able to do it," Kochanek told The Post.

The lucky ones turn out to be perfectly normal with no brain damage — although other dogs are stricken with serious physical or behavioral problems.

"We do not in any way say that every outcome is normal," Kochanek said.

He said his goal is to be able to put humans, such as critically wounded soldiers or stabbing or shooting victims, in a state of suspended animation for a few hours until they can receive proper medical help.

And his team is now in talks with hospitals about starting trials for trauma patients.

Interesting.

I did some research of my own, and sent my very own highly reliable and anonymous source to the press conference:

"Uh yes, you in the back"
"Dr. Kochanek, is it true that you are secretly creating a race of zombie dogs fit for a Stephen King novel?"
"Well, frankly, yes, son, that's exactly what we're doing here. We haven't discussed things with Mr. King yet, but we think the deal will work out. And if he doesn't want to pay us for book rights for this material, we will sic a pack of zombie dogs on him."

Stephen King was unavailable for comment
due to being underneath a pack of zombie dogs.

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I'm thinking we could use Ginsburg's place for a new multiplex, Souter's pad for a new Bed Bath and Beyond, Kennedy's house might be converted into a Starbucks, and maybe Breyer won't fight the eminent domain eviction order that will soon turn his loft-space into a Barnes & Noble. Check out this press release that Drudge is linking to and which Leopold Stotch e-mailed me about:

On Monday June 27, Logan Darrow Clements, faxed a request to Chip Meany the code enforcement officer of the Towne of Weare, New Hampshire seeking to start the application process to build a hotel on 34 Cilley Hill Road. This is the present location of Mr. Souter's home.

Clements, CEO of Freestar Media, LLC, points out that the City of Weare will certainly gain greater tax revenue and economic benefits with a hotel on 34 Cilley Hill Road than allowing Mr. Souter to own the land.

The proposed development, called "The Lost Liberty Hotel" will feature the "Just Desserts Café" and include a museum, open to the public, featuring a permanent exhibit on the loss of freedom in America. Instead of a Gideon's Bible each guest will receive a free copy of Ayn Rand's novel "Atlas Shrugged."

Clements indicated that the hotel must be built on this particular piece of land because it is a unique site being the home of someone largely responsible for destroying property rights for all Americans.

"This is not a prank" said Clements, "The Towne of Weare has five people on the Board of Selectmen. If three of them vote to use the power of eminent domain to take this land from Mr. Souter we can begin our hotel development."

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The on vacation Rusty has asked me to mention an article I've written over at Conservative Thinking:

... I'm sure every soldier, sailor, Airmen, and Marine wants the MC (mission complete) in the final block in section 15, column d of their DD Form 1351-2 (travel voucher) to mean more than, "Our politicians told us to tuck tail and run." I know us troops don't want our fallen brothers and sisters to have died for absolutely nothing. Please, support the troops and our wishes.

If you don't mind, head over to Conservative Thinking and read the whole thing.

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Patent. Can I just say that Matt Bai's essay in the NY Times magazine is patently idiotic. Only somebody writing for the NY Times could hope to believe that the Democratic party would ever appeal to Southerners like Hank Hill in some idealistic future. As Hank would tell Mr. Bai, "Son, I'm gonna kick your ass."

If anything Hank Hill is the symbol of the King of the Hill REPUBLICANS. The King of the HIll Republican is the mainstream of the Republican party. From his identity as a Methodist, President Bush's faith, to his idealization of Ronald Reagan, Hank is the typical Republican. He worries about family values and property values.

The problem with Mr. Bai is that he wouldn't know a typical Republican if his life depended on it. To Mr. Bai and the rest of the liberal elite, the typical Republican is Thurston Howell the III. That is, they have an image of what a Republican should look like. Hank Hill must be an independent--despite countless references to him being a Republican including an entire episode in which he second guesses his support for George W. Bush based on the fact that Bush had a weak handshake--because, you know, he's not rich.

What Hank Hill does not represent is the libertarian wing of the Republican party---the so-called South Park Republicans. But surely he doesn't represent anything like Democratic governor of North Carolina Mike Easley's brand of politics. Easley is Bill Clinton redux--a liberal with a Southern accent and an army of poll watchers--and if there is one President lampooned more than any other on King of the Hill it is William Jefferson Clinton.

Man this pisses me off. And I say that as a South Park Republican who is an avid King of the Hill fan. To quote Hank again, "I don't have an anger problem, I have an idiot problem."

Hat tip to James Joyner, another Republican of the South Park and not KoH strain.

PS-I disagree with Half Bakered here. Dale Gribble is not a libertarian. Dale Gribble is a Lyndon LaRouche Democrat and on his more lucid days he might be a Pat Buchanan Republican. Trust me on this one.......I should know.

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Found this image at a terrorist supporting website. Yes, that is Nick Berg shortly before al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al Zarqawi slowly cuts his head off--only in this image, President Bush's head replaces Berg.

Are the American people so blinded as to who it is we are fighting now in Iraq? The propaganda of the mainstream media is to call these people insurgents and rebels and for the Left to think of them as the resistance.

E-mail a terrorist supporter: mojahid_mouslim@yahoo.com

(If terror supporter responds, please forward e-mail to me ASAP)

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You-know-who has been banned. Let the celebrations begin!

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Well the president will give us all a pep talk tonight. I would encourage everyone to watch for those who don't or can't I'll try to post a transcript in the morning. While it may not be as good as say a Clinton or Reagan speech the President has gotten a bit better. Since we are at war I think we should at least give Mr. Bush our attention.

Also see this Stars & Stripes article on training of soldiers in Iraq. The interesting part is that pay scale for Iraqi soldiers in the window with the article. I think we should consider ways to improve the pay as it makes bribery by the other side awful cheap.

The looser in the Iranian election rails against that country's ruling clerics. Watch your head dude.

Our brave Marines start another offensive in Western Iraq.

As always you should look for other sources, argue like crazy, post links and have a good time ladies and gentlemen. I have not had a lot of time to search for other links. And remember while the President and our government can start a war, make strategy, give us pep talks he is powerless to win the war. The power to win the war rests with all of us, especially men and women like this. Now comes the hardest part, just keeping it up.

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One of my blog sons, Brian B., tells me there is a new satire blog he's involved in--The Constitution Death Pool. Personally I'm betting on October 5th, 2034 as the official date for the Constitution's demise. Anyhow, go check it out.

Do I have any more blog children? A couple that I know of, but hey, Rusty gets around.........

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I'll be out of pocket for a couple days, after which both my posting and my internet access will be much diminished for a couple weeks. (I'll be delivering arms to the Khmer Rouge in Southern California.) But I have a few ideas for posts in the meantime and you haven't heard the last of me yet.

BTW, Rusty says I don't have to put "See-Dubya" in the title of my posts, like I started doing over at Patterico's to keep me separate from the other guest bloggers. Well, I don't want Rusty stuck with the fallout from my ramblings--especially the anti-drug stuff, since that'll get him kicked out of the South Park Republican club! Anyway, I'll stop doing it, because many people who link to my posts and many commenters continue to attribute my stuff to Rusty anyway.

Y'all have a good one, and thanks for checking in.

--See Dubya

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Have an interesting link? Want me to issue a fatwa against you? Send a trackback here. Ok, so it's not an Instalanche, but it might get you a little notice. Plus, remember that part of the secret of Goolge hits is to have incoming links. A trackback sent here shows up as a link to you. Win-win.

Plus, I just don't have time to link any one today. So check out the fatwas below.

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h/t World Mag Blog.

CNN:

The children were taken from a remote mountain village about 300 kilometers (185 miles) from Kathmandu, according to the Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) in a statement released late Sunday.

They were abducted on Wednesday from Nepal Rashtriya Secondary School in Amrahi village of Gulmi district and taken in the direction of the village of Darling.

Their current condition and whereabouts are unknown. But according to The Associated Press, there are no army or police bases near the village.

The Maoists have not responded to the army accusations, but rebels have regularly seized students in areas where they maintain control.

Last year, rebel leader Baburam Bhattarai took exception to the word "abduction," saying the children are taken for cultural campaigns and indoctrination sessions, and usually sent home in a few days.

But in this instance they have been missing for five days.

Nepal has been in the grips of a violent Maoist insurgency since February 1996. It has worsened since King Gyanendra seized absolute power in February promising to quell the insurgency.

Posted by Suzanne

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I was watching TV this morning as I got ready to leave for work. On all three cable news stations they had the same thing. The BTK killer was describing in gruesome detail how he had systematically tortured and murdered his victims.

Am I the only one appalled that Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC chose to air this live and unedited?

I'm obviously not squeamish about this sort of thing, as showing images of our enemies murdering people in Iraq is kind of what made us famous, but there is something sick about seeing this on TV. At least my posts always warn the readers away from graphic images. And I do those posts as anti-terrorist propaganda.

What possible motivation could the news networks have other than a kind of sick voyeurism? Has American culture sunk so low that we now find the graphic details of murders to be acceptable content for the news?

BTK killer confesses to murders is news. The details of those murders, is not.

Ok, no more posts from me today, I promise.

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The first edition of the RINO Sightings festival is up. Fatwas forthcoming.......

For those that care, I'm around. I've been chained to my computer in the fetal position by my editor and he's threatened to turn the air way up and begin playing Christina Aguilera's Genie in a Bottle at 20 decibels above legal if I don't crank out 5 pages a day. Torture indeed.

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Rusty dropped me an email this am and asked if see dubya or I could get this up this am. I will past in a few parts of Rustys email as well as the kinks he sent.

From: John Hawkins

This is John Hawkins from Right Wing News & Conservative Grapevine and
I've done an interview with Ed Klein, author of "The Truth About Hillary:
What She Knew, When She Knew It, and How Far She'll Go to Become President".

This is a blockbuster interview that covers: Bill Clinton's affairs,
whether Hillary had an affair, Hillary's role in the Clinton White House, her
"anti-military" views, and Ed Klein's reaction to the less than
enthusiastic conservative support for his book among other things. We also had some controversial "off the record" comments that were put back on the
record. What was said there alone is worth the read.

Here are some short excerpts from the interview to give you an idea of
what it was like:

** Ed Klein On Hillary's threats against the network to get his book
blackballed **

"For instance, because of my book, Hillary and her war machine have
called every major television network in the United States and suggested to
them that if they have Ed Klein on to discuss his book, they can forget
about Hillary being a guest on their network.

As a result, the entire mainstream media – NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN and
MSNBC – have blanked me out. This is my 5th best seller in a row.
I’ve been on all of those networks for all my books up ‘til this
one book. IÂ’ve been a constant guest on the Today show, the Good
Morning America show, you know, the Chris Matthews show, etc. Suddenly
IÂ’m anathema and the reason I am is because the Clintons, Hillary in
particular, have threatened all these mainstream media outlets."

** Tell us what you really think about Hillary, Ed **

"All IÂ’ve done is find a lot of new things and important things to
reinforce what everybody really knows about her, which is that she is a
congenital liar, as Bill Safire has called her –- and an ultra-liberal
and a militant feminist."

** Ed Klein on the conservative reaction to his book **

"...I just assumed that, you know, the conservatives would rally to my
support – and, as you say, I’ve had some problems in that area."

You can read the entire interview at the following address:

Full story here

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Ever wonder what was in Church of Scientology founder L.Ron Hubbard's FBI file?

So did the folks at The Smoking Gun. So they filed a FOIA request and got to see it.

Their conclusion? Nut. Fraud. Paranoid.

But just like with my John Kerry post below, I'm probably not breaking new ground with most of you.

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We cultural conservative types take a lot of heat for being uptight. My buddy Dawn Eden, for example, got smeared (along with religous conservatives in general) by the enlightened progressives at Pandagon as a sex-hater; and this bit of uninformed, deceptive bile from the Nation's Katha Pollitt says we just hate women:

...right-wing Christians increasingly reveal their condescending view of women as moral children who need to be kept in line sexually by fear.

Yes, grown-up people actually believe that stuff.

So we're condescending? The funny thing is how often leftists like Pollitt turn out to be exactly the sort of shrill, uptight moral scolds that they make us out to be. Exhibit A is the recent Larry Summers fiasco at Harvard, where a university president was nearly fired for suggesting a controversial hypothesis about the differences in men and women, and only escaped after a 50 million dollar ransom to the aggrieved constituency. Academic freedom is alive and well there at Cambridge Community College, where academics are free to say exactly what the leftist and feminist pressure groups allow them to say.

Exhibit B just arrives from Australia. Douglas Wood, in a press conference about his ordeal as a captive of Iraqi insurgents until he was freed, referred to his barbaric captors as "assholes". Aussie blogger Tim Blair tells us that didn't sit too well with Andrew Jaspan, editor of a Melbourne paper called the Age, who said:

"I was, I have to say, shocked by Douglas WoodÂ’s use of the a---hole word, if I can put it like that, which I just thought was coarse and very ill-thought through and I think demeans the man and is one of the reasons why people are slightly sceptical of his motives and everything else.

"The issue really is largely, speaking as I understand it, he was treated well there. He says he was fed every day, and as such to turn around and use that kind of language I think is just insensitive."

Insensitive? Insensitive? You mincing, useless Ayyyy-hole! He was fed well! Well, shut your sensitive mouths about Guantanamo Bay by all means, for those poor lost lambs are fed better than our own troops!

Criticize the coarse language of a rock star, a rapper, or a comedian and you're a philistine and a prude. But call those terrorists (who just kidnapped you and held you for months and forced you at gunpoint into making propaganda films for their murderous nihilistic cause) "assholes"* and you're coarse and insensitive.

There is a time and place for foul language. Primetime TV isn't it, and I'm insulted when Janet Jackson thinks she can just flap her Bedazzler'ed mammary at me when I'm trying to watch a football game, or some cosmically insignificant Cristal-addled rock star decides to drop the ol' f-bomb in an awards show. But Mr. Wood, on the other hand, has earned full leave to call those murdering bastards whatever he wants, whenever he wants. (His fellow kidnap victim, a Swede, has gone even further in expressing his displeasure and offered a $50,000 reward for the death of the kidnappers.)

There's a great scene in Aliens where the Marines are defending themselves deep inside a base overrun by unseen, creeping, face-sucking beasts, and orders come down from above that due to the risk of accidentally setting off the base's reactor, they can't fire their weapons.

"What are we supposed to use?" one Marine pipes up. "Harsh language?"

If the candyass bluenose sensitivity police like Jaspan have their way, then no. Not even that.

*Counting the number of hyphens--or are those dashes, Jeff?-- in Jaspan's quote, it is possible that Wood actually said "arsehole" instead of the more American "asshole". Both terms refer to the type of posterior orifice in which Mr. Jaspan's head is irretrievably impacted in ostrichlike oblivion.

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Charlotte Observer/The State

For now, Isabel Jurado walks and runs, plays and laughs like most 3-year-old girls.

But only for now — because if she doesn't get medical help, her world likely will go silent, speechless and immobile in a matter of years.

A day after her third birthday on May 22, doctors first diagnosed Isabel with a rare, 1-in-70,000 disorder called Sanfilippo syndrome, or MPS III.

She needs a stem-cell transplant to block the advancing disease. Duke Medical Center's pediatric bone marrow division has performed more transplants for MPS children than any other hospital in the country.

The problem is the Duke division is not a network provider for the Jurados' insurance company, and the operation and treatment could cost more than $1 million.

So as Isabel's parents, Jimmy and Leslie, negotiate with their insurer, their friends and relatives — and strangers — are coming to the rescue, unwilling to wait for bureaucratic decisions.

A website (including a blog authored by Isabel's mom) has been set up at HelpIsabel.com. There is donation information here including Paypal (click on the handprint graphic near the bottom of that page.)

There are some events in the Rock Hill, S.C. area for those of you up that way and there may be some other fundraising events later this year elsewhere in S.C.

Originally written by Jeff Quinton

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By Demosophist

I was willing to give this guy the benefit of the doubt, but is there anything more damning to be said about an intelligence analyst like Larry Johnson than that he's eager to take "elections" in a totalitarian society at face value just to "prove" the neocons wrong?

Because, you know... if Persians really are longing to be free, as some fairly reliable polls have suggested, then won't he feel silly? And could one's self esteem really abide feeling silly about selling freedom short?

Are "liberals" going nuts, or something? (ed. They aren't really liberal, you know, in the classic sense. Yeah, I know. Slushy reactionaries is more like it.)

(Cross-posted by Demosophist to Demosophia and Anticipatory Retaliation)

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Well I worked my tail off last week. IÂ’m so mentally exhausted. I had a few ideas saved up for today but have decided to put them on the back burner for a few days until I get some time to rest up. I had intended to replace those with some story about how Grandpa has taught me so much.

A little background on this. I live in the sticks. The kind of place where. If you donÂ’t waive when you meet people on the road they will be upset with you. Grandpa is a WWII vet of the 251st Station Hospital. He served in the Philippines, Marshall Islands, and New Guinea. I had intended to write some kind of story about how hard he worked me and how much his teaching means to me as a gift for his birthday. However events of the day gave me a thought that maybe the following story is just as good.

Today my son and I left to go to GrandpaÂ’s birthday party. We got about two miles up the road and there was a lone woman walking north carrying a stick and a small sack. I had a minute or two where I was not sure if I should turn back or not. I make it a point to try and help people by giving rides when I can because I know just how it feels to be walking and have people in king cab pickups drive right on by and never give you a second look. Not even offer you a place in the bed of the truck. Usually I get turned down but sometimes I end up helping out and have never regretted even one single ride I have given.

So I turned around and sure enough this poor woman had been walking since 6:30 in the morning. She had a lapse in judgement and went with some “friends”. Somewhere along the line she had decided that these people were so bad she had to get away even if she had to walk. Her phone had gone dead on her and she was just about in tears telling me how exhausted and hot she was. She also told me she had been praying to God for quite a ways hoping that someone, anyone would give her a ride. So when I asked she readily accepted.

Turns out she lives quite a distance from where we were and it was quite out of my way. So I took the time and got her well over half way home. I dropped her at HardeeÂ’s and gave her a twenty-dollar bill. I told her to take her time and get some food and rest until she felt able to continue on her journey home. Kristal (IÂ’m really not sure how she spells her name) was very grateful and gave me a big hug and a kiss on the cheek as I left her there and continued on my way. Yes I was still able to make the party in time. IÂ’m sure I will get that $20 and my time back tenfold. I left her my phone number at work and told her if she needs to talk just give me a call. Again with tears streaming she thanked me over and over.

Some times rewards are very slow in coming. I have faith that all these 50 to 60 hour weeks will pay off. I also have faith that for helping this lost woman I will be rewarded. I also have faith that this exercise in blogging, while the rewards may not be apparent to me now, will at least teach me a few things. There may be days when it seems like there is every reason to quit. Just like my job. ItÂ’s tough and there were times when I thought I should just throw in the towel.

It is the same with my support for the war as it stands now. There will be days when it seems we have fouled the whole thing up. There will be days when it may seem that we need to pack it up and go home. But I really believe that in the long run. And it may be quite a long run. The values that we as Americans hold so dear will win out over all the mistakes we make. We are all being tested to see if we still really hold those values. In the long run it will be quite obvious that we were right to hang in there. But the rest of the world is watching us to see if we really mean it. So hang on people, we may not see it now but I have every reason to think it may work out.

IÂ’ll leave you with a few questions.

I wonder how many Christians will pass Kristal on the road today and “tsk tsk” as they speed by on their way to wherever they are going? I hope that at least one other person will help her, Christian or not.

I wonder how many of the 1700+ brave man and women who have given their lives for this conflict were Democrats.

I wonder how many times I will read the words “leftard” and “Bushbrain” this week. Probably many.

I wonder how many times one of our soldiers this week will make a mistake and alienate an Iraqi for life. I hope itÂ’s very few.

I wonder how many times one of our soldiers this week will demonstrate the values I just described above and win a life long friend of the American people. I hope many, many times.

IÂ’ll be pretty scarce most of the week but will try and come up with a little post for WTW so tune in andÂ….

All of you have a good one.

See Dubya thanks for the advice. IÂ’m not sure what IÂ’ll fall into while blogging but your advice is appreciated.

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One of the strangest episodes of the 2004 election was John Kerry’s insistence that he had gone on a covert mission to Cambodia in 1968 or 1969. At one point he showed a reporter a moldy old “lucky hat”, squirreled away in a secret compartment of his briefcase, which he said was given to him by a CIA agent on the (one of the?) mission(s?). But he kept changing the facts of the story; at one point he just went “near” the Cambodian border, it wasn’t at Christmas, there were three or four trips, etc., etc. Much of the story began to sound like a politically convenient fabrication, and the constant revisions and defensiveness about the details undermined Kerry's credibility for many voters—especially vis-a-vis the accusations of the Swift Vets for Truth.

“No s---, See-Dub, thanks for the enlightenment,” I can hear you lovely readers saying. Fine. We are revisiting this because I just found another version of Kerry’s story. It’s a little late to the game, sure, but I’m all about getting to the bottom of mysteries rather than just about scoring political points.

First, some context for this new stuff. In 1988, dashing young Senator Kerry convened a Senate subcommittee to look at the drug problem, especially as it related to Latin America and the Caribbean. The hearings went on for a long time and thousands of pages of testimony were taken before the final report was issued. Anyway, one of the witnesses was a guy named Franklin Camper, who ran a paramilitary training camp in Alabama and trained, well, mercenaries and foreign terrorists. He testified about goings-on in NoriegaÂ’s Panama. As his testimony wrapped up, Kerry sort of gave a retrospective and then said the following:

And youÂ’ve referred to Vietnam. This Senator is also painfully aware of the trafficking that took place at that period of time, of the Golden Triangle, as it was referred to, and of the use of heroin, poppy, and so forth to buy weapons, transfer information, deal with the Khmer Rouge, among others.

And I personally went on one clandestine joint CIA mission into Cambodia in which we delivered weapons. So, I am very familiar with it.

Source: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Narcotics and International Operations of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, part IV. 100th Congress. July 14, 1988. p.319.

Much analysis and commentary on this after the jump.
more...

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1 Wild-ass BUSH would have bombed all southeast Asia thinking it was North Korea had his Generals not intervened. Perhaps BUSH LIES would have popped up claiming a stupid desert-dweller "Hamburglar Bin Laden" story too - loser. Kerry is not in the Oval Office, but BUSH is. Check this how BUSH works so hard to get people in AUSTRALIA to hate us! "AMERICAN students are quitting Queensland universities in the face of hate attacks by Australians angry at US President George W. Bush and the war in Iraq." http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15734656-421,00.html Now that's leadership!

Posted by: Downing Street Memo at June 26, 2005 03:07 AM (ScqM8)

2 Hugh Hewitt was talking about this during the campaign. Kerry made the same claim to a U.S. News and World Report journalist in 2000. E.g. see Hewitt's article here: http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/004/476jwkqo.asp

Posted by: Patterico at June 26, 2005 04:22 AM (qm0bN)

3 Kerry is a lot of things, but I'm pretty sure "dashing" was never one of them. ;-) To me there was always something uneasy or "wrong" about Kerry. He's like that one guy at the office who tells an off-color joke that anyone else could tell and get a big laugh, but coming from him, it's kinda creepy. Know what I mean?

Posted by: Oyster at June 26, 2005 05:53 AM (YudAC)

4 Klanster and Hamster-enemus have defiled this site with their putrid thoughts. One is an unreconstructed some-strike-first racist, the other prays for days when blood pours through the streets like Jerusalem during the Crusades. You, young men, have lost your right to judge anybody. If Mohammedeans judged Christians by the vile acts of Gacy, BTK and Milosevic, everyone in America would be mad as they are of America's B U S H. To racists and psychotic bloodthirsty weirdos, you to read the Bible and learn to control your demons. BUSH is not a real Christian.

Posted by: Downing Street Memo at June 26, 2005 06:02 AM (ScqM8)

5 I have been under the impression that a moooslim would be offended if you called them a Mohammedean. Not that I give a shit about their precious feelings, but since you appear to be some strange breed of liberal, I would think that you would more sensitive to that kind of thing. You're off topic and off your meds.

Posted by: REMF at June 26, 2005 07:47 AM (3ejvo)

6 Wait a minute - am I "klanster"? I'm curious. I find it amusing how you apply names like that. Have a hard time managing your disdain do you? "If Mohammedeans judged Christians by the vile acts of Gacy, BTK and Milosevic,..." ??? DST, you give them far too much credit. They judge all of us, Christian and non-Christian alike, by far less. To them we are simply pork eating sons of apes and if they're feeling especially charitable, they'll let us pay a tax and bow to them rather than saw our heads off. And putrid thoughts? Controlling demons? Dude! Have a look in the mirror. You're lashing out blindly here. Pray tell, do you wear a big, red, rubber nose that honks when you squeeze it?

Posted by: Oyster at June 26, 2005 07:52 AM (YudAC)

7 Take it easy on him Oyster, he can't help it, he's "special". Just give him something shiny and he's fine, but nothing that he can swallow or anything with sharp edges.

Posted by: Hamster Enemus at June 26, 2005 10:19 AM (0yYS2)

8 On the tape of a February 1972 conversation with evangelist Billy Graham – made public in February 2002 – Nixon complained that a number of major news publications were "dominated" by Jews, and Graham responded, "The stranglehold has got to be broken, or the country’s going to go down the drain." Nixon: "You believe that?" Graham: "Yes, sir." Nixon: "So do I. I can’t ever say that, but I believe it." Graham: "No, but if you get elected a second time, then we might be able to do something." Graham was crucified for making these remarks and all he did was speak the truth.

Posted by: greg at June 26, 2005 10:45 AM (/+dAV)

9 Did you get that at one of the wild ass conspiracy sites you visit greg? I don't believe it, so if you've got the goods, show em por favor.

Posted by: Defense Guy at June 26, 2005 11:16 AM (lVjfM)

10 I'm pathetic.

Posted by: Dr. Krusty Shicklegruber at June 26, 2005 11:56 AM (qMxTg)

11 My question is, if everyone is so critical of Kerry's comments about Vietnam...how come you guys don't say a peep about Bush? At least Kerry WENT! He could have done the Bush route of pussy rich boys and their daddies doing everything they can do to avoid going, but he didn't. I also don't believe Rove's "Swift False Accusation Veterans for Truth" crap either. Who gives a fuck about Kerry! This isn't 2004...stick to Hillary, guys.

Posted by: osamabeenthere at June 26, 2005 11:57 AM (CYGDF)

12 On another topic, let the titties live free!!!---> Ashcroft gone, Justice statues disrobe - - - - - - - - - - - - June 24, 2005  |  Washington -- With barely a word about it, workers at the Justice Department Friday removed the blue drapes that have famously covered two scantily clad statues for the past 3 1/2 years. Spirit of Justice, with her one breast exposed and her arms raised, and the bare-chested male Majesty of Law basked in the late afternoon light of Justice's ceremonial Great Hall. The drapes, installed in 2002 at a cost of $8,000, allowed then-Attorney General John Ashcroft to speak in the Great Hall without fear of a breast showing up behind him in television or newspaper pictures. They also provoked jokes about and criticism of the deeply religious Ashcroft. The 12-foot, 6-inch aluminum statues were installed shortly after the building opened in the 1930s. With a change in leadership at Justice, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales faced the question: Would they stay or would they go? He regularly deflected the question, saying he had weightier issues before him. Paul R. Corts, the assistant attorney general for administration, recommended the drapes be removed and Gonzales signed off on it, spokesman Kevin Madden said, while refusing to allow The Associated Press to photograph the statues Friday. In the past, snagging a photo of the attorney general in front of the statues has been somewhat of a sport for photographers. When former Attorney General Edwin Meese released a report on pornography in the 1980s, photographers dived to the floor to capture the image of him raising the report in the air, with the partially nude female statue behind him. The first attorney general to use the blue drapery was Republican Richard Thornburgh, attorney general under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. He had the drapery put up only for a few occasions when he was appearing in the Great Hall, rather than permanently installed as it was under Ashcroft. Most news conferences now are held in a state-of-the-art conference room, although the Great Hall still hosts speeches and other special events.

Posted by: osamabinchimpin' at June 26, 2005 11:59 AM (CYGDF)

13 All green of skin. 800 centuries ago, their bodily fluids include the birth of half-breeds.For the fudemental truth is self-determination of the cosmos.For dark is the suede that mows like a harvest!

Posted by: Downs syndrome street mo'fo at June 26, 2005 12:49 PM (aLiCo)

14 Yeah, Osama. I agree. A bit prudish. "Human", in another thread, is busy calling me a racist and we have Greg here reverting back to his old tricks of anti-semitism and conspiracy mongering. I thought he said he would behave. Human, if you happen to show up in this thread, meet Greg. He's a proper target for your name calling. Who's the "Mars Attacks" fan?

Posted by: Oyster at June 26, 2005 02:17 PM (YudAC)

15 Ack ack ACK ack!

Posted by: Martian Overlord at June 26, 2005 02:42 PM (0yYS2)

16 >>>""AMERICAN students are quitting Queensland universities in the face of hate attacks by Australians angry at US President George W. Bush and the war in Iraq." Down Syndrome, that's no different than our universities here in America. So what's new. What's telling about this is that Leftists aren't able to separate their hate of American students from their hate for "Bush." Lefties personalize their politics. You'll see that in all Left-leaning countries, such as in Europe. Whereas in the middle east, Arabs hate "America" but they treat Americans just fine. No, Australia isn't Left-leaning, but their universities are, thus their mistreatment of innocent students.

Posted by: Carlos at June 26, 2005 02:44 PM (8e/V4)

17 Hey, I'm Australian and I go to a major Australian university (Melbourne University, Victoria) and I reset the implication that there's pervasive anti-americanism in the country. First in the general populace there is extremely strong support for the US alliance. We went to war with you guys in Iraq with absolute bipartisan support and much less heated protests than across Europe. Something which hurt the opposition in the Oct 2004 elections was the perception that they weren't going to be close enough to the US diplomatically because they felt we should focus more on Asia. Among the general population there is a broad respect for Americans. Having said that, we do have a radical left fringe which is most visible on uni campuses. They don't represent all that much of the population but like radical leftys the world over they're vocal. They are far from representative of majority opinion, though. There also is probably some cultural misunderstanding too. Australian's tend to be fairly blunt and expect others to be as thick skinned as they are. I've never heard the term (I think it must be Qld specific) but "sepo" sounds just like the sort of larrican nickname Australians would give someone to tease them in a relatively good natured way. I'm not saying that there wouldn't be people who could be genuinely nasty, but I'd be astonished if it were a significantly large group. There's a significant number of american exchange students in my lectures, clubs and tutes and I've become reasonably good friends with 3 or 4 of them. All of them had great, positive experiences here and (to my knowledge) didn't experience any significant "racist" attacks. Just thought I'd try and clear the air somewhat. Posted by Jeremy at June 25, 2005 05:29 PM at http://www.michaeltotten.com/

Posted by: Carlos at June 26, 2005 02:48 PM (8e/V4)

18 Bunch of lying weasel liberal anti US pricks. There's not problem with Australia. Pure exaggerated bullshit. Just like Kerry a lair. Nothing more. Australia rules and will be Americas friend forever.

Posted by: greyrooster at June 26, 2005 04:05 PM (CBNGy)

19 Heard Kerry's lies so much no longer can spell the word. He was/is a traitor. Same as Hanoi Jane.

Posted by: greyrooster at June 26, 2005 04:07 PM (CBNGy)

20 Uncloth those classical statues, but burn the Robert Maplethorpe trash.

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at June 26, 2005 04:08 PM (3ZhKY)

21 I see Osamabeenwhatever is back to misrepresentation with his "at least Kerry went" to Vietnam crap. Osama doesn't want you to know that the one truthful thing that Mary Mapes discovered was that George Bush had volunteered to go to Vietnam when his Air National Guard sent a squadron of F102's there. He was turned down in favor of pilots with more seniority. Of course, Mapes didn't report this - instead reporting the forged memos. As for Downing Street Memo above, hey dude I sure we can pass the hat for you to be able to afford your anti-psychotic prescriptions again.

Posted by: SPQR at June 26, 2005 05:52 PM (xauGB)

22 Hate to leave but here comes Scott, Mark and Charlie. Headed for Hooter's for chicken wings and beer. At least we know where the hell we're going. Even if the sheriff has to bring us home. Only in America. God, I love this country.

Posted by: greyrooster at June 26, 2005 06:06 PM (/rKIG)

23 Arooosta KKK hamwort YOu are a treason racistic horriblus . DSM you old hag i'm not your son so go and cut out mor coupons

Posted by: BUSH LIES - SOLDIERS DIE at June 26, 2005 06:22 PM (FV4oJ)

24 "I see Osamabeenwhatever is back to misrepresentation with his "at least Kerry went" to Vietnam crap." Oh yeah, I forgot Kerry didn't go...must be a lib conspiracy theory. That holds about as much water as W wanting to have his rich boy ass shot down while flying drunk. I suppose he wanted to go SOOOO bad that he had to have daddy pull all those strings to get him into the National Guard, huh? Give me a fucking break! You know you are full of shit for thinking Bush wanted to go...it was hard as hell to get into the National Guard during those times and in Texas (and other states) it was common for people with $ power and influence to get their sons into the NG so they wouldn't be grunts. We all know when push comes to shove the fucking poor people die for rich people's wars and you disgrace our intelligence with lies of W having as much balls as his dad in the military. W is a like a big butch dyke...all walk and talk but no testicles...just a big fat hairy camel-toe photo op pussy who is trying to be John Wayne. Misrepresentation, my ass...SPQR, you are the one spouting bullshit.

Posted by: osamabinchimpin' at June 26, 2005 07:29 PM (CYGDF)

25 BUSH is a thuhg isn a three piece suuit ROVWE IS SATTAN

Posted by: BUSH LIES - SOLDIERS DIE at June 26, 2005 07:42 PM (FV4oJ)

26 BUSH LIES, if I didn't know any better I could almost be convinced you're a rightwing plant trying to make Lefties look like clowns.

Posted by: Carlos at June 26, 2005 08:04 PM (8e/V4)

27 Good golly, Miss Bush Lies, spell much? What a 'tard. Is school out or something?

Posted by: laddy at June 26, 2005 08:11 PM (2OGNl)

28 llike geyyklansteer everyione ddrinks and he iss rreally BAABLER

Posted by: BUSH LIES - SOLDIERS DIE at June 26, 2005 08:16 PM (FV4oJ)

29 Don't blow his cover Carlos, but BLSD is Karl Rove in disguise, and DSM is Cheney, and greg is Condi. They're just fannin' the flames to keep the faithful focused on victory. Great work guys, we won't tell anyone who you are.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at June 26, 2005 10:06 PM (0yYS2)

30 Fascinating!! I was in the Navy from '66-'70 (by-the-way, is-the-hyphen-game-piecework-or-flat-rate?)) Drug use by servicemen was sadly very high then. You couldn't tell everyone who used it, but there was always someone you could spot. There was the odd ship's-news report of a captain's-mast for marijuana use. New shipmates would bring back startlingly many reports of Heroin use back from Nam. And we even had some DEA agents, "bust" someone on our ship once. Where did they get the drugs? I doubt they sent them through the FPO. It appears that in the above excerpt, Kerry tells us. It was a local operation where drugs were purchased with guns. Someone with no conscience, and access to a lot of guns, could probably make a lot of money, if he didn't get caught. Speaking of "no conscience," that is one personality trait that contributes to someone being diagnosed with "narcissistic personality dissorder." Another trait, is "pathological lying," which the sufferer persists in without regard for being caught, and even when it's obvious to others he's pitching the buffalo-chips. Kerry seems to have both those traits (check out links below for examples of those and more), as you can see from this pathetically comic hunting yarn he spun (Cuz dem common folks jess eats dis stuff up): The "16-pt buck" out on the Cape: powerlineblog.com/archives/008080.php And running the Boston Marathon for which there's no record of him entering (also, he "doesn't remember" his course time, or the year he ran): michellemalkin.com/archives/000637.htm And his "taking off"and "performing acrobatics" in an Israeli fighter jet, having NEVER flown a jet before: www.worldnetdaily.com/news/printer-friendly.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38343 I understand he may also have a blue oxe named "babe." To make sense of his Combodia yarn, and all his other "I'm a man of uncommon skill and versitility" BS, here is a little Psychology lesson, and supplemental illustration, from DrSanity which may shed some light on the man and the fantasy world he lives in: drsanity.blogspot.com/2004/09/lesson-in-narcississtic-rage.html drsanity.blogspot.com/2004/09/wah-wah-wah.html Oh, and no, I didn't mean to imply that Kerry could have been involved in drug trafficking. I suppose it's possible, but I don't think it would have been long before his secret got out. He may be good at fooling himself and the rationally-challenged with those wild fantasms of his, but he would have to be much better at keeping secrets than he is. Also, he doesn't seem to know pot from petunias. Just look at how he describes drugs as "heroin, poppy, and so forth." Oh, yeah, he's an expert, all right. Even my teenage son knows more than that! (hmmm, maybe I should look into that?) So, my point is that the number of his falsehoods, and their assordid details, are secondary to the fact that the leader of the world's only super-power has to be at least teathered to, if not grounded in reality. But someone let go of Mr. K's string so long ago that he's well beyond the solar system by now. What the Reps have to do is get the information out there in a way that gives voters the tools they need to make the intelligent decisions the Dems don't think they are capable of. That's one area I would like to see them inprove: A LOT! Here's a satirical Kerrycature of him that I think captures his essence better than any analysis I've seen: www.strangecosmos.com/content/item/104087.html I am in awe of this writer's skill.

Posted by: yonason at June 26, 2005 11:35 PM (quuZp)

31 Learn to spell BUSH LIES and stop smoking so much weed or whatever you're doing.

Posted by: Downing Street Memo at June 27, 2005 06:06 AM (ScqM8)

32 Defense Guy seems to think I made up the Billy Graham/Nixon conversation. Here are the first 4 references returned by google (Graham Nixon semitism). There are hundreds of them: http://www.adl.org/PresRele/ASUS_12/4048_12.asp http://www.counterpunch.org/vestgraham.html http://www.cincypost.com/2002/jun/21/billy062102.html http://www.cpa.org.au/garchve5/1118aei.html

Posted by: greg at June 27, 2005 08:18 AM (/+dAV)

33 I take it back greg. I just found it difficult to believe, as Graham is always portrayed as someone who never had a bad word to say about anyone. What a shame.

Posted by: Defense Guy at June 27, 2005 09:11 AM (jPCiN)

34 There's nothing shameful about it. His comments were spot on.

Posted by: greg at June 27, 2005 09:16 AM (/+dAV)

35 It's VERY shameful, greg. I heard about that conversation years ago and it disgusts me as much now as it did then.

Posted by: Oyster at June 27, 2005 10:23 AM (fl6E1)

36 It's never shameful to speak the truth.

Posted by: greg at June 27, 2005 10:45 AM (/+dAV)

37 Why hate the Jews? The way I see it, all this hatred of Jews is simply petty jealousy. Jews are hated for their ability to succeed where others fail. Why are they so successful? Who cares! Whether it's because they're "God's chosen people" or because they understand the rule of "survival of the fittest", the fact remains that they are wildly successful, and rather than hate them, it would better serve society to emulate them. Whether one grows tomatoes or builds rockets, if the competition is doing something that works, it doesn't make sense to do the opposite, but this is what society keeps attempting, to its detriment. The Jews have been subjected to more attempts to exteminate them as a viable group for two thousand years now than any other people in history. Far greater effort has been expended to do away with them, with little success I might add, than on any other group, many of whom fell easily to the conqueror's sword. I would say it would serve to take a hint from history; those who seek to destroy the Jews are themselves brought down instead, because hatred is not a positive, constructive basis for a plan of action, but rather negative and destructive. Blind, causeless hatred is a dragon's egg brooded over by a chicken; once hatched and fledged, it will turn and rend its surrogate mother, for it knows no love, even for those who nurtured it. Save your hate not for those whose only crime is to do well for themselves, but for those who seek to do harm to others, and those we have in great multitudes and wondrous diversity.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at June 27, 2005 11:10 AM (0yYS2)

38 No one expressed hatred for the Jews. This is just candid talk about the influence that Jews have in our country.

Posted by: greg at June 27, 2005 11:17 AM (/+dAV)

39 "because hatred is not a positive, constructive basis for a plan of action, but rather negative and destructive." That's why if you keep your cool in a fight and take advantage of someone blowing up, you can exploit their weaknesses and kick the crap out of them. Isn't it funny that most people who pick a fight, lose? Anyway, a bit off subject...you're right on, IM. I have a Jewish friend that told me something pretty funny a while back. I think I made some comment on how there are so many intelligently famous Jews and he told me something someone else told him: "The reason Jewish people are so smart is because the Rabbi's who are the smartest people in their communities are allowed to have tons of kids, thus spreading the intelligence...but with Catholics, it is the inverse....breeding out the intelligence by not letting the smartest people in the community procreate!" We both had a laugh at that one...usually there is a little truth to every joke though and you can see where someone would come up with that kind of a statement!

Posted by: osamabinchimpin' at June 27, 2005 11:26 AM (CYGDF)

40 You can't get out of it so easily Greg, we all know how you feel about the Jews. You have consistantly come off as anti-Jewish, anti-war, and sympathetic to the enemy. You may not see it like that, but we mostly do, I believe. You also come off as pretty much anti-everything that makes America great, and you even called us "stupid proles" once, giving yourself away as a fan of Marx. You claim to be a Democrat, and for the Little Man™, which means that you should support union labor, right? Well, you admitted to hiring some illegal Mexicans to do some work in your house, and paid them less than the going wage that an American would have expected. Your hypocrisy is astounding, but not surprising. You must admit to yourself that you hate your mother country, your fellow citizens, and the very system which allows to the liberty to do so. You're not fooling anyone but yourself.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at June 27, 2005 11:28 AM (0yYS2)

41 I never claimed to be a democrat. I claim to be a Catholic Libertarian. I love this country more than you do. You often invoke the image of fighting in the streets here in America. I think you're right. You and I will both be fighting, exept will be on the same side. Just like me, you are a marked man, you and your 10,000 rounds.

Posted by: greg at June 27, 2005 11:32 AM (/+dAV)

42 except we'll be

Posted by: greg at June 27, 2005 11:37 AM (/+dAV)

43 I made a nice, long response to that last post, but I guess the internet ate it. Let me summarize it with one word to each line, except for the last one. "I never claimed to be a democrat. I claim to be a Catholic Libertarian." Riiiiiigght... "I love this country more than you do." Sure. "You often invoke the image of fighting in the streets here in America. I think you're right." Yep. "You and I will both be fighting, exept will be on the same side." Hopefully. "Just like me, you are a marked man, you and your 10,000 rounds." My markings: "CAUTION: EXTREMELY UNSTABLE BIOHAZARD. EXTREMELY REACTIVE-DO NOT AGITATE. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS UNDER PRESSURE. CANNOT BE DILUTED. CANNOT BE MADE SAFE TO ROUGH HANDLING. DO NOT EXPOSE TO UNCONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT. MAY CAUSE SEVER BLEEDING, HEMMORAGING, TISSUE, BONE AND NERVE DAMAGE. HIGH RISK OF DEATH OR DISMEMBERMENT."

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at June 28, 2005 09:44 AM (0yYS2)

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