March 22, 2005
The Left Blogospheres Gay-Outing McCarthyism
Here are the winners of last blog-sabbaths caption contest. Winners were chosen arbitrarily by my lawyer, Rusty Shackleford.
Buckley F. Williams: In a misguided attempt to dispel rumors that he is a homosexual, Republican National Committee chair Ken Mehlman takes time to pose for the new JC Penney catalog.
Wavemaker: "....and when I saw in the locker room that Rogers and Aravosis were this big, I said to them, 'no wonder you're gay!'.."
Jack M. Redcorn: "And after I saw that Jeff Gannon was this big (cut!), I made damn sure he got his press credentials..."
Runner up goes to me, for the obvious Mr. Garrison comparison....
"When a reporter notices that the word 'penis' occurs 6,083 times in his new novel, Ken Mehlman replies, 'Well, women want to read about ding-dongs! D'you thnk women care about the details of female anatomy?! Hel-lo! Women wanna read about big, poweful schlongs!'
Of course, this caption contest was inspired by the leftosphere's gay McCarthyism.
Gay-witch hunting that still seems to take up so much time for the left-blogosphere--and trust me it's going to get much worse before it gets better.
Recently, the good folks who brought you the Jeff Gannon / James Guckert outing have set their eyes on higher office. In a forthcoming edition of GQ magazine it will be revealed that Ken Mehlman, the Republican National Committee Chairman, is their next target.
Evidence that Mehlman is gay? Well ,he's not married. He seems to be pretty clean. And no one has seen him on a date recently.
Sounds like a lot of guys I know. Most of the time I just call them loser.
Anyway, Mehlman has denied that he's gay. I'm sure this won't satisfy the leftosphere. They won't be satisfied until they out a prominent Republican. And if there are pictures--hot man-on-man action pictures--all the better.
Cause you know, all that feminists really want to see are pictures of penises. Hot flopping penises. A Redwood forest of penises......
Where was I?
Oh, yeah. Is Ken Mehlman gay?
Shouldn't the obvious answer be who cares?
There is an orthodoxy on the left that gays must be Democrats. That Republicans hate gays. That to be gay means automatic support for gay marriage.
The worst part about this orthodoxy is that gays who don't toe the party line are considered worse than enemies.
They are considered traitors.
And traitors, as you know, must be rooted out. Exposed.
It's a kind of McCarthyism. Only McCarthy was at least trying to root out real traitors--people who he believed were giving away America's nuclear secrets.
McCarthy, however wrongly he pursued those goals, at least had worthy goals. He was trying to save America from a very real threat.
Can the gay-outing McCarthys of the left say the same thing? Is the goal of gay-marriage so fundamentally important that destroying the lives and reputations of people is worth it?
In my mind the gay-outing left better take a good long look in the mirror and ask if such destruction is really worth it in the long run.
History has past judgement on McCarthy, and so too will it pass judgement on those who employ his tactics in much less important a cause.
Confederate Yankee has some more thoughts.
Update: Is McCarthy on everyone's mind, or what?
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Is McCarthy on everyone's mind, or what?
What worries me is that earlier it was Stephen Hawking, and that somehow trasferred into McCarthy. I'm not quite sure what to do with that.
Posted by: Confederate Yankee at March 22, 2005 05:19 PM (C5gjM)
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Will starving gay invalids have their Perrier water-tubes removed?
The McCarthy-Monster is a creature of their own Leftbat fabrication as and hysteria much as anything. Senator Joe was actually short of the mark counting the numb er oif actual Commuinists who'd infiltrated the Government. It was the the *House* (not Senate) Un-American Activities committee who bothered a few over-wrought Hollwood screenwriters. And nobody died when they lied about Uncle Joe - except for people in The Sovietlandia Workers' Potemkin-Paradise, but Uncle Joe'd been killing them for years and nobody squacked about it in Hollywood.
Posted by: -keith in mtn. view at March 22, 2005 05:51 PM (sE9R7)
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Ken Mehlman started this when he used the gay community as an electoral pinata.
Ed Schrock talked about the sanctity of marriage while he was cruising for man on man action in VA.
If the Repugs wanted a war with the gay community, they got one.
Posted by: Scott at March 22, 2005 08:08 PM (M7kiy)
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Since when has defending 5,000 years of Judao-Christian tradition been some sort of new thing or opening salvo?
Posted by: Rusty Shackleford at March 22, 2005 08:45 PM (JQjhA)
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"If the Repugs wanted a war with the gay community, they got one."
Couple of questions here:
If being gay is ok, then why do Dems call Republicans gay as a slur time and time again?
What war with the gay community? Do they even have an army?
Posted by: Buckley F. Williams at March 22, 2005 08:55 PM (O2fD/)
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McCarthy, however wrongly he pursued those goals, at least had worthy goals.
And just how SHOULD he have gone about it?
I gotta go with Keith on this one.
Posted by: Brian B at March 23, 2005 03:56 PM (CouWh)
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"It's a kind of McCarthyism. Only McCarthy was at least trying to root out real traitors--people who he believed were giving away America's nuclear secrets."
No, McCarthy used the combination of inuendo and a brief case to promote himself - quite successfully - by implying that anyone who had left-leaning political tendencies was a communist. Not everyone that McCarthy attempted - and sometimes succeeded - in destroying with his smear campaign was a commmunist, and not anyone who he supposedly "exposed", had engaged in seditious acts against US interests.
The idea that McCarthy was just a misunderstood do-gooder who was unfairly driven from Washington DC is just the type of liberal, reinvention of history that most *real* conservatives abhor.
As for Guckert, you might as well face the fact that he outed himself. He posted *public* messages where *anyone* who cared to look could find them. That is hardly the behavior of a closeted gay. The fact that liberal bloggers attacked him they way they did is probably more of a reflection of the type of reporting (cough!) that Drudge/O'Reilly/Limbaugh engage in. The bloggers actions are/were tawdry and stupid, but Republicans have proven themselves to be good teachers.
Perhaps *too* good.
Republican=Democrat without guilt
Posted by: bodybagger at March 23, 2005 05:32 PM (cjCfM)
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Apparently bodybagger hasn't heard of the Venona Project.
Posted by: Brian B at March 23, 2005 06:04 PM (CouWh)
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"Apparently bodybagger hasn't heard of the Venona Project."
Wow! You mean the Soviet's had *spies* in the US?
Here's a freebie: Klaus Fuchs lived for a short time about thirty miles from where I am living now.
Actually I have heard of Venona, but I knew about Soviet spying earlier than 1995 because it was common knowledge that Fuchs had penetrated the Manhattan Project. If you care to visit the museum where the Manhattan Project is covered in depth, let me know and I will give you directions.
But Venona Project was not McCarthy had in his brief case. The Venona Project didn't become public until *after* McCarthy was dead. Are you claiming that Joe knew about the details exposed in Venona?
I guess his claims will be treated will be treated with the same interest as Nostradamus now, eh?
Posted by: bodybagger at March 23, 2005 06:15 PM (cjCfM)
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"Since when has defending 5,000 years of Judao-Christian tradition been some sort of new thing or opening salvo?"
Ok, so you've been defending poligamy all that time too? Because that's portrayed as A-OK in the Old Testament. I love the selective verse plucking you ignorant bigots do to further your agenda. There is no God, Jesus was mortal, and gay people are here to stay. The "Judao-Christian Tradition" is a bunch of mythology. Your religion is childish. Mind your own business for a minute and your might realize what a fool you really are.
Posted by: chadwig at March 23, 2005 06:26 PM (HmWLC)
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Are you claiming that Joe knew about the details exposed in Venona?
No, but I am saying that the information Venona has exposed definitely vindicates him. If anything, he UNDER-estimated the number of spies in the US government.
I guess his claims will be treated will be treated with the same interest as Nostradamus now, eh?
Hey, congratulations at beating the stuffing out of that straw man there!
Posted by: Brian B at March 23, 2005 08:07 PM (CouWh)
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Ok, so you've been defending poligamy all that time too? Because that's portrayed as A-OK in the Old Testament.
Um, no. It's portrayed, because it happened. But if you'll read through all of the stories in the OT that portray it, you'll notice they also unflinchingly portray the problems that arise because of it. It's a common misperception that just because the Bible records some behavior, it condones it.
I love the selective verse plucking you ignorant bigots do to further your agenda.
You mean like selectively plucking references to polygamy? Pot/Kettle.
There is no God,
A belief that requires as much faith as does the opposite.
Jesus was mortal,
ibid.
and gay people are here to stay.
Ummm.... where exactly did Rusty ever dispute or bemoan this fact? Again, the Left is expert at tearing apart straw men based on what they THINK we conservatives believe, but have a hard time actually listening to what we REALLY said.
The "Judao-Christian Tradition" is a bunch of mythology. Your religion is childish.
Tolerance in action, folks. Give him a hand!
Mind your own business for a minute
Ummm... we're not the ones outing people... drop the stone while your in the glass house.
and your might realize what a fool you really are.
....he said without irony.
Posted by: Brian B at March 23, 2005 08:14 PM (CouWh)
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"No, but I am saying that the information Venona has exposed definitely vindicates him."
Another pointless appeal to authority.
Care to elaborate?
"If anything, he UNDER-estimated the number of spies in the US government."
So Joe didn't destroy enough people, eh?
>>I guess his claims will be treated will be
>>treated with the same interest as Nostradamus
>>now, eh?
"Hey, congratulations at beating the stuffing out of that straw man there!"
You obviously have difficulty distingushing sarcasm from a strawman.
Posted by: bodybagger at March 23, 2005 09:25 PM (cjCfM)
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I'm pro-life, fiscally conservative, and gay. I fully support outing people that are hostile to gay marriage. If you will notice I didn't say gay rights, but gay marriage. Non-discrimination laws are worthless and can't be inforced so the only real fix for gay folks is marriage rights. I used to be the self-hating type up until just a few months ago. Hell, I didn't even support gay marriage. But anyway, if a person is using anti-gay sentiment for any type of gain and is gay, it isn't that they should be outed, it's they need to be outed.
Posted by: Branden123 at March 26, 2005 03:34 AM (uNcYS)
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Branden123: No hate here. Just don't agree with this gay marriage think. Am I any more wrong than you for believing the way I do. Less face it. It's weird. Men marring men Yuk!. Not the way nature intended. To me being gay is like any other sickness/disease/whatever. Accept it and live with it, but don't push it. I don't want to hear about it and don't wish to have it around me. Sorry, and good luck. Self control????
Posted by: greyrooster at March 26, 2005 07:52 PM (CBNGy)
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just to clarify, senator joseph mccarthy was gay, and his aides roy cohn and david schine were also gay. Mccarthy was censored by the Senate after his tactics finally caught up with him. McCarthy was not attempting to do something noble. He had no real credentials as a Senator, so he decided to find suspected communists, sexual deviants, and other misfits in the government to criticize. Sounds like James Dobson and Jerry Falwell going after Spongebob and Purple Teletubbys. I can understand gays who are libertarian, but its hard to understand gay conservatives. Lauch Faircloth and Don Nickles have called homosexuality deviant behavior. Who was their campaign director? Arthur Finkelstein; a gay man who recently married his lover of many years in Massachusetts in the presence of their adopted kids. Who allowed for gays to adopt? Not Faircloth or Nickles.
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just to clarify, senator joseph mccarthy was gay, and his aides roy cohn and david schine were also gay. Mccarthy was censored by the Senate after his tactics finally caught up with him. McCarthy was not attempting to do something noble. He had no real credentials as a Senator, so he decided to find suspected communists, sexual deviants, and other misfits in the government to criticize. Sounds like James Dobson and Jerry Falwell going after Spongebob and Purple Teletubbies. I can understand gays who are libertarian, but its hard to understand gay conservatives. Lauch Faircloth and Don Nickles have called homosexuality deviant behavior. Who was their campaign director? Arthur Finkelstein; a gay man who recently married his lover of many years in Massachusetts in the presence of their adopted kids. Who allowed for gays to adopt? Not Faircloth or Nickles.
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Shearn Moody, he's a good old boy
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"...Herb Smokler relates a story Shearn Moody told him about Roy. Moody, who is reported to have blown an inherited fortune of tens of millions, kived on a 600-acre ranch near Galveston, Texas, which Newsweek described as "part fortress, part sybaritic playground...the estate was protected by German Shepherd dogs, electronically controlled gates and bullet-proof windows...Moody installed a metal slide so he could plunge directly into his swimming pool from his second-story bedroom suite; when he invited guests over, says former aide James Wohlenhaus, 'there would be bands playing music and three or four stages scattered around the grounds on which players acted out sex acts. There was something for everybody.'"
Smokler said, "Roy was down at the ranch and wanted one of the many boys of the night that Moody would readily provide his guests who so desired. The story was that Roy had seen this person with warts on his anus and had said, 'Well, I don't care.'" In due course Smokler, who is a physician, said, "Roy had a case of venereal warts on his anus...He had been treated with podophyllin, and it's very irritating and it's quite uncomfrtable." Not long after Roy's encounter with the boy, Smokler found himself in the back of Moody's limousine going back from the airport in Houston to the ranch in Galveston. Sitting in the back seat wwas a Nixon, Mudge, Rose partner, Art Mann- and this was back when Nixon was President. Art Mann, Moody and me in the back and in the front was Cohn and he was having a very involuted legal conversation, but if you looked at him carefully leaning over the back seat, his pants and underpants were down to his knees and his anus was attached to the aperture of the air conditioner...well, it's absolutely true. I was there."... from Citizen Cohn[i/i], by Nicholas Von Hoffman, Doubleday New York 1988, p.364
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Moody Ranch......Looking for James Stoker. a good friend. Please Help...Thank You LG
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March 21, 2005
Saudis Behead Man for Murder, Rape and BLACK MAGIC
The Saudis do that voodoo that they do so well--beheading people. Yes, practicing magic, the dark arts, witchcraft, voodoo, whatever you want to call it is a capital offense under Islamic law. Yes Timmy, that means they kill you....
JPOST:
A Saudi man was executed Monday for murdering a compatriot and having illicit sex with women by using sorcery to trick them, the Interior Ministry said.
Zayed bin Ali bin Saleh al-Thabiti al-Maliki was executed in Taif, a city in western Saudi Arabia, bringing the number of people beheaded in Saudi Arabia this year to 29.
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Where is the video????? Nothing like some muslim on muslim violence to get a Monday off and running!!!
Chris
Posted by: Chris at March 21, 2005 01:59 PM (xjBUa)
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Note to self: Jedi mind tricks will NOT work in Saudi Arabia.
Note to self: Try Jedi mind trick to have illicit sex with women in the United States, where it is perfectly legal and fun.
Posted by: Wine-aholic at March 21, 2005 02:56 PM (Wsn+K)
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Dang. If it wasn't for my sorcerous tricks I would never get laid.
Posted by: Flea at March 21, 2005 04:53 PM (fz8JT)
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Bwa-haa!! I can't believe I didn't see that angle.
Posted by: Rusty Shackleford at March 21, 2005 05:22 PM (JQjhA)
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Gee no endless apeals no excuses no parole no plea bargening its just like what the queen of hearts would have OFF WITH HIS HEAD
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March 19, 2005
Blog Sabbath Caption Contest
In light of this post, caption this photo of Republican National Committee chair Ken Mehlman. Winners announced Monday.
UPDATE: Eeek, is it already 6:30?!? Winners announced tomorrow.
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"On open mike night, RNC chairman Ken Mehlmen does his Howard Dean impersonation."
Posted by: William Teach at March 19, 2005 09:01 PM (HxpPK)
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"And a One and a Two and a..."
Sorry he just needs the baton to be lawrence welk!
Posted by: Jennifer at March 19, 2005 09:06 PM (iudoM)
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Ken Mehlman, starring in "The Jim Carrey Story#, reprises a classic scene from "Liar, Liar"
Posted by: caltechgirl at March 19, 2005 09:18 PM (bwprt)
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Somebody got their first shipment of Enzyte, I see.
Posted by: Laurence Simon at March 19, 2005 10:10 PM (rOZ8t)
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"yes I did smoak (pole) but I did not swallow"
Posted by: dreamer at March 19, 2005 10:40 PM (bgoXf)
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"And after I saw that Jeff Gannon was this big (cut!), I made damn sure he got his press credentials..."
Posted by: Jack "Redcorn" M. at March 19, 2005 10:57 PM (1W1ap)
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"Dude, I'm telling you! The moment I saw Ms. Sgrena's nose grow this long, I KNEW somethin' wasn't right!"
Posted by: Matt at March 20, 2005 04:09 AM (4O3ry)
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Great, I just realized this comment was in the context if this guy was gay. Now I look like a completely tool! Oh well.
Posted by: Matt at March 20, 2005 04:12 AM (4O3ry)
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Shit. I was going to do a Howard Dean impression caption, but Teach did it already in the FIRST ONE. ::sigh::
Posted by: Beth at March 20, 2005 04:31 AM (Di0rQ)
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You could do it as a gay Ken imitating a gay Dean, Beth
Posted by: William Teach at March 20, 2005 07:30 AM (HxpPK)
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Ken Mehlman, performing at the Met sings:
"Ass Hole O Mio"
Posted by: Eric 1 at March 20, 2005 07:48 AM (lK7Sh)
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Look ma, I'm catching!
Posted by: Emma Schwoogie at March 20, 2005 09:47 AM (rhKei)
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"I once caught a schlong *THIS* big..."
Posted by: Angus Beef at March 20, 2005 10:54 AM (HCLCN)
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In a misguided attempt to dispel rumors that he is a homosexual, Republican National Committee chair Ken Mehlman takes time to pose for the new JC Penney catalog.
Posted by: Buckley F. Williams at March 20, 2005 11:21 AM (O2fD/)
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"I'm here to assert that no gay man makes these kind of hand gestures..."
Posted by: NeoScribe at March 20, 2005 12:30 PM (y5wgB)
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"....and when I saw in the locker room that Rogers and Aravosis were this big, I said to them, 'no wonder you're gay!'.."
Posted by: wavemaker at March 20, 2005 07:03 PM (2GyMB)
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[In his best Steve Martin voice.]
I am one wild and crazy guy!
[Continues to point disco fingers.]
Posted by: Jeremy at March 20, 2005 10:22 PM (farnf)
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Barney Frank you ole madam, this feels great,but please stay under the podium until the crowd leaves.
Posted by: Henry Waxman at March 20, 2005 11:08 PM (ywZa8)
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You are all so disturbing.
Posted by: Lune at March 21, 2005 03:38 AM (k56Dr)
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"It was this long and I had to open my mouth this wide..."
Posted by: Mr. K at March 21, 2005 06:02 AM (BV69o)
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O.K. folks..Heres' my John Kerry impersonation.
Posted by: xtremewing at March 21, 2005 07:06 AM (8FJgm)
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It's a left wing conspiracy. I am not hung like a bull mouse. I am this big, dammit. Just ask Michael, I mean Michelle.
Posted by: Rob at March 21, 2005 07:19 AM (Bnrlu)
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"I once deep throated a COCK (registered trademark, Jeff Gannon Productions) this big! I even have it stuffed and mounted on my wall. True story!"
Hey, that's relatively PG-13, right?
Posted by: Wine-aholic at March 21, 2005 08:50 AM (Wsn+K)
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I vote for either Wine-aholic's or Jack Redcorn M's quips!
Posted by: greg at March 22, 2005 08:18 AM (/+dAV)
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And the one that got away was this big or perhapes bigger i was fishing with bill clinton and al gore
Posted by: sandpiper at March 22, 2005 11:48 AM (ZERtD)
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Democratic Underground on Terri Schiavo
Hundred Percenter has more of the Lefts disgusting disregard for life:
I said "Terri Schiavo has the same likelihood of swallowing as a Chia Pet." Other things with the
same likelihood of swallowing as Terri Schiavo:
- A slab of granite
- A watermelon
- A hubcap from a 1989 Ford Escort
- Play-Doh
- etc.
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At this point, there is really nothing on the DU that really surprises nor shocks me anymore. My biggest question is do they actually believe what they write, or is it strictly a knee-jerk reaction to the fact that it is Republicans that are trying to keep her alive?
Posted by: William Teach at March 19, 2005 09:05 PM (HxpPK)
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Easy for the DU to say; those bozos will swallow anything.
Posted by: D. Carter at March 19, 2005 09:59 PM (4+WsX)
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Wow! You republicans really support life!
You are against murder and I'm with you.
And God will bless you, I'm sure.
There's only a tiny little detail I can't understand:
how come you all are FOR death penalty?
Is not the sixth commandment clear enough?
Which part of "Thou shalt not Kill." you do not understand?
Posted by: paul at March 20, 2005 08:32 AM (R//4C)
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Has Terri Schiavo killed anyone? How about an unborn child? No, they have not.
Posted by: William Teach at March 20, 2005 08:54 AM (HxpPK)
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so what?
who are you to decide that murders should be killed, anyway?
Death penalty is a crime against God.
In a country where anybody with the money to pay a good
lawyer (OJ Simpson, Robert Blake) gets acquitted. And viceversa.
Death penalty is doubly a crime.
Posted by: paul at March 20, 2005 09:00 AM (R//4C)
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Yet the democratic party supports the murder of unborn babies wholesale. Who are you to decide that that being has no right to life? Reconcile that with your flagerant use of Bible passages.
Posted by: William Teach at March 20, 2005 11:17 AM (HxpPK)
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The precise and accurate translation from the Hebrew of the 6th Commandment is "Thou shalt not MURDER." It it was "kill," then there couldn't even be a just war, which would be contray to the teachings of St. Thomas Aquinas.
Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at March 20, 2005 11:40 AM (KnjiB)
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Nice try.
You cannot have it both ways: the 10 commandments are very clear. Man wasn't supposed to kill, murder other men.
That applies both to unborn babies and to murders as well.
Who are you, Bill Clinton? Defining that 'to murder' is not 'to kill' doesn't change anything.
And yes, there is not such thing as a "JUST WAR".
Maybe sometimes it can be unavoidable to kill to defend themselves.
But the war should be the "extrema ratio" not just a political "tool".
Just the fact that death penalty is popular, in this time and in your country, doesn't make it right.
Besides, there are only US, China, Cuba and some 3rd world countries to support it, and that's not a group you should be proud to be in.
Posted by: paul at March 20, 2005 12:03 PM (R//4C)
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Paul, your ignorance is amazing. "Pro-life" persons who still support the death penalty make a distinction between killing people who are innocent of crime and killing people who have voluntarily committed a capital crime. Its not a difficult thought, you should be able to understand the distinction.
And you have omitted quite a few non "third world" countries that still retain the death penalty. There are European countries like Russia, Latvia and Greece, asian countries like South Korea and Japan.
Posted by: Robin Roberts at March 20, 2005 12:50 PM (xauGB)
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Yet, Paul, what we have here is the Democrats all for removing Terri Schiavo's feeding tube, which is, essentially, murder. Do you condone this? Because the DU'ers and the Democrats sure are.
Posted by: William Teach at March 20, 2005 01:05 PM (HxpPK)
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Yes, you make a distinction, I see. Just because you like to do so, not because it's right.
Greece abolished death penalty in 1993 (last execution 1972) apart for crimes under military law (but in a war people kill people anyway, don't they?)
Latvia in 1999.
Russia (that is not a democratic country, anyway) has not executed anyone since Gorbaciov (1996).
I do not condone the 'murder' of Terri Schiavo. I just hope she's not suffering too much. It's very difficult to take a position in this case, but I'm pro-life.
I just wanted to point out the ipocrisy of people 'pro-life' that 'make distinctions' when they find those distinctions useful or popular.
Posted by: paul at March 20, 2005 01:19 PM (hu6bt)
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Paul--Regardless of whether or not you consider "murder" and "kill" to be synonyms, they are not. Institutions like governments and courts of law have long seen a distinction. As does the dictionary. And the Bible--precisely my point in giving you an accurate transaltion.
I don't understand the Bill Clinton line. Did he write a biblical commentary?
Killing is always bad? Then why did God tell the Israelites to attack certain enemy kingdoms and KILL their inhabitants, like in Josue, chapters 10 and 11, for instance. And if you don't believe in this, then why do you believe the Ten Commandments are true?
No such thing as a just war? Not even World War II?
Well, What else would a pacifist say?
Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at March 20, 2005 03:04 PM (KnjiB)
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Well, I'm no theologist, I only express my opinion.
So, in my personal opinion, I don't take too literally the Old Testament. Too many people do so, and they can find a reason for anything... there are so many different things in those books.
I really don't buy a God that kills enemy kingdoms... come on, what is that? Olympus Gods of the ancient Greece? A Foreign Office Minister?
In this aspect, my reference to the 10 commandments could seem inappropriate. But what I know is that 2000 years ago Jesus came between us to teach what is good and what is bad.
He never killed anybody. He never told any of his disciples to kill anybody. He taught us how great it would be to be nice to people, for
a change. To love each other. To care for the poor and the weak.
And I think that many people who fill their mouths with Bible citations often forget the simple Truth of His words.
As regards the 'just war', I think that sometimes it can be unavoidable to kill to defend themselves or other people in danger. In this aspect WWII was certainly legitimately fought to defend the World from the Nazi madness. It is logical that when you are attacked, you have to defend yourself, otherwise few bad people could easily rule the world.
But that must really be the last resort. When you have a problem with another country you cannot just say "They're against us, let's defend ourlselves!", declare a war and kill them all. I find this behavior unacceptable. And even more unacceptable is declaring that "God is with us" and killing people in His name.
My reference to Clinton was a critique to the pretextuous distinction between 'kill' and 'murder'... just like in Clinton's "I smoked but did not inhale"... that's politician's talk.
The truth is that there's no need, no reason and no moral ground for death penalty, and you just keep it because it's your 'tradition', it comes from the old times, it get along with your desire to split the world between 'good' and 'evil' with a straight line. And maybe it also flatters the latent racism that still survives.
After all, I've never seen a very rich, white man sentenced to death; have you?
So, in my opinion, I find really hypocrital to be 'Pro-life' and 'Pro death penalty' at the same time.
I hope that Terri Schiavo will survive and it would be wonderful if she could recover. But, if I can be really frank, I think that you're using this tragedy only to make a political point.
You don't seem so moved when a poor or unemployed person, without mediacal insurance, gets ill and has no way to afford expensive treatments. Do not they deserve to survive in the same way?
Posted by: paul at March 20, 2005 05:19 PM (2utVk)
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Paul--You seem like a decent chap, and I'll bet we agree on a lot of things. You will notice in the Gospels that Christ met several military men, yet never once did He condemn their occupations, nor did He ever condemn war. He abstracted from the temporal concerns of this world and preached the Kingdom of God, bidding men to the spiritual concerns of their souls, and to make sure of securing their eternal welfare. Though temporal temporal, political, and national matters were outside the scope of His mission, He did not condemn them. He treated war as quite a normal event, incidental to the imperfectiions of this worldly existence given over to the administration of men. In Luke XIV, He says, "What king, about to make war upon another king, does not first think whether he be able with 10,000 to meet him that, with 20,000, cometh against him?" Accepting this as human prudence, He warns us to use similar prudence with God. He never condemned fighting.
The Church, since its inception in A.D. 33, has always taught that fighting should be a last resort--something too many people forget these days. Just wars are indeed getting harder and harder, with so many non-cambatants getting killed. The world is indeed in a mess. I, too, wish people could just get along. It's the eternal struggle (and challange).
Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at March 20, 2005 06:43 PM (KnjiB)
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I would like to ask everyone here some questions. Is it a humanitarian act to kill a dog that has been run over and has massive internal and external injuries? Is it the kind thing to kill an animal that is in a vegetated state? Does life mean just the length of life or the quality of life? If we are willing to kill a dog to keep it from suffering, should we not do the same for something more important, a human? If we believe in the quality of life, than should we not let Terri go? Is it humane to let someone live, when they cannot even do the basic of all human functions? Is there a reasonable chance that TerriÂ’s condition could ever be reversed?
The other point I would like to make is that “we” as a society, we are not killing Terri. I truly believe in the might and power of my God, that if he so desires it, Terri can get out of that bed today. According to the bible, he has done much more. So by removing the feeding tube, are we not placing Terri in God’s Hands? No doctor is injecting her, no one is electrocuting her, and no one is shooting her. She is truly at the mercy of God. And maybe by keeping the tube in, we are denying Terri her place in paradise. If you had your choice, would you rather be in paradise, or stuck in a catatonic state in a hospital bed at the mercy of anyone around you?
Posted by: Butch at March 21, 2005 11:35 AM (Gqhi9)
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Very interesting points...
The Church has always taught that humans are made in the image of God (i.e., they have the capability of making moral decisions and have an eternal soul), while other creatures do not. So we cannot put them into the same category. Even secular law--up to now--notes this distinction, although the religious aspect is downplayed. Thus, it is considered acceptable to kill an injured animal with no hope of recovery in order to alleviate pain, but not a human.
Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at March 21, 2005 12:17 PM (x+5JB)
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Glad you liked it. The best part is that every damn word I said was true, and it just makes your little tiny brains explode, doesn’t it? Terri Schiavo is already dead. The only thing you idiot right-wingers are doing now is playing political “Weekend at Bernie’s” with her corpse. Necropheliacs.
Posted by: giovannic at March 22, 2005 10:14 AM (JPARR)
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giovannic--It's the left-wingers who think she's dead, which would make the word necrophiliac more appropriate.
Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at March 22, 2005 07:05 PM (moWGY)
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She IS dead. Now if the Republicans will just stop humping her body for political gain long enough to let her go in peace...
Posted by: GiovanniC at March 22, 2005 09:32 PM (q3h8l)
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She is STILL not dead, gio.
Meanwhile, she's peacefully starving to death.
Don't go into Human Services.
Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at March 30, 2005 03:37 PM (x+5JB)
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March 18, 2005
Basil Rules, Rusty Drools
Oh wait...what was that I was saying about
Frank J. being a schill? Since
Basil is also a sponsor My Pet Jawa let me just say a few nice things about him.
a) He's smart. b) He's funny. c) He's sexy.
Not Jeff Gannon sexy, but sexy. Go visit Basil!
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Does this mean you might change your mind and support the Good Guys?
And, thanks, Beth.
Posted by: basil at March 18, 2005 10:32 PM (XLn27)
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With a Limey name like Basil he can not be a Tar Heel. Should be Bo, Bill, Bob or even a Celtic Brian; but no one in the Carolinas names their child Basil. I've been there.
Posted by: Rod Stanton at March 20, 2005 07:02 PM (t10yt)
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Family left North Carolina in the mid 1700s. Fought in the Revolution in South Carolina. Then moved to Georgia in the land lottery. Been there ever since.
Posted by: basil at March 22, 2005 12:49 AM (XLn27)
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One, Two, Three, Four, I Proclaim a Blog War
Unlike that wuss
Frank J. who is obviously a corporate shill, I hereby declare loyalty to
Keith Taylor.
Gizoogle ... Paris Hilton's Cell Phone Number ... The Niggas at DFNCTSC ... Strip clubs in Ohio with midget strippers ... Girls Big Tit ... Free Big Tit Sites ... Jamie Lynn Spears Naked
Why? Because he asked.
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OUCH!! You've taken Sortpundit's side? You cut me to the quick, my good doctor.
Posted by: basil at March 18, 2005 10:19 PM (XLn27)
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Isn't Sortapundit from like Mexico or something?
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March 16, 2005
Spring Break Bleg
Reminder: I'm on Spring Break. If you have an interesting post or a news item, please e-mail me with it. That way I don't spend all day surfing the web for this stuff.
Thanks,
The Management
PS-and by "interesting" I don't mean the latest Jessica Alba FHM spread!
PPS-Where are my collaboraters on this thing? Demosophist?.... BRD? Interested Participant? ... Bueller? Any one...?
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What, her spread isn't "interesting"? Come on, she is one of America's greatest natural resources, and we must be willing and able to tap into it. It is our patriotic duty, or else the terrorists have already won!
Posted by: Wine-aholic at March 16, 2005 08:47 PM (MHeq4)
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I sent ya an e-mail, Rusty.
Posted by: Jack "Redcorn" M. at March 16, 2005 09:19 PM (1W1ap)
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I'm still here, Rusty.
Cindy
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help me find jessica alba thong . please help. i know one,
jessica alba thong http://www.jessica-alba.com/
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March 15, 2005
Jawa Report Celebrates One Million Visitors
UPDATE: 1 million mark passed!!!!!! (PS--sorry about trackback spam.....stupid MT keeps pinging and pinging and pinging...big apologies)
Some time in the next couple of hours my Jawa will have been petted by at least 1 million visitors. It is done!!!!!! Damn, it feels good to be a gangsta!
Thanks all for the constant barage of referrals, positive feedback, and serious fun.
A few shout outs are in order.
First, the Commissar who gave me early encouragement and let me guest blog for him last year.
Next, a shout out to the OG pimptastik wicked gang. These are like-minded bloggers like the Llama Butchers, Bill at INDC, Jeff Goldstein, Iowahawk, Cranky Neocon, Six Meat Buffet, Ace, Allah, Prof. Chaos, BRD, Way Off Bass, Demosophia, and a bunch more that I just can't recall in my present caffeine-free state or who have given up the blogging gig. These are bloggers who were kind enough to throw me links early on, when I was getting like 100 hits a day. They also would show up on my site regular enough that it made a petite blogger feel like Macktastick Rusty Wicked.
Let me also thank the hundreds of other smaller bloggers who throw links my way on a very regular basis. You guys are awesome--totally awesome. As I've explained on numerous occasions the fact that I blog anonymously prohibits me commenting on your site. However, I do read just about every post that trackbacks to me. Also, if you have a post that needs a plugging, just e-mail me and I'll try to do it. I know how much it meant to me when Allah plugged an early post, so I try to return the favor as often as I can.
Last, let me tell you the six degrees of seperation for My Pet Jawa. My original inspiration for blogging came from Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs. After 9/11 a few buddies in grad school and I realized that we were pretty much on the same page. 'Boomhauer', 'Bill Dauterieve' and me, Dale Gribble Rusty Shackleford, sort of ganged up on our poor Chomskyite friend who was against the Afghanistan invasion. I think originally we started meeting in the alley for brews because we felt so out of place amongst our peers in grad school who were appalled at Shrimp-Chub-Hitler-Bush's response to 9/11. I don't know how Chomsky-lite started to hang out in the alley with us. It was probably because unlike most other disciples of the Maharaja-Chomsky, he had a sense of humor and he was into chicks. That--and his mutual love of dick and fart jokes.
Somehow or another I did an internet search trying to refute Chomsky's drivel and eventually found my way to LGF. Boomhauer and I then started a now defunct group blog. It got old quick, especially when sitemeter told us that like 10 people a day were reading it. Eventually I got a job here and Boomhauer got a job in another part of the country so we stopped blogging.
However, I didn't stop reading blogs. From LGF I started surfing his blogroll of anti-idiotarians. It was there that I found Iowahawk, Emperor Misha of the Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler, and the illustrious and semi-retired Allah. The Commissar had a blog-ad going over at Allah's at the time. I visited these sites as often as I could, which wasn't that often. It was my first year teaching at a university so a lot of prep time.
One day Bill Dauterieve calls me up and says, "Dude, I'm starting a blog again." This time he would put his real name up on the blog, his CV, and all that jazz. Me? Never one to be out done by Bill, I went over to blogspot to sign up once again. But what to name the blog? How about something really offensive? Yeah. Something that only South Park fans would get. Jawas. Yeah. How about like Emperor Misha's blog which is actually at 'nicedoggie.net'? Nice Jawa? Ouch--that certainly is offensive.
But wait, let's up it a notch. I kept thinking of that stupid TV production bumper "Sit Ubu sut, good dog." How about My Pet Jawa? (Mr. Burns) Excellent. Within an hour I had designed the initial layout of the site. I chose green because it is the sacred and holy color of the Religion of Peas. That, and I sort of ripped it off from Allah.
That was a little over a year ago. Last summer a couple of blog friends, namely Simon and BRD, convinced Pixy Misa to give me an mu.nu account. I changed the name from My Pet Jawa to the Jawa Report cause I wanted to hoodwink a few unnamed websites into believing that we were a legitimate source of news. (Nelson Munz) Ha-ha! The rest is, as they say, history.
I've had a lot of good times on the way. Plenty of links from big sites like Michelle Malkin, Little Green Footballs, Outside the Beltway, Wizbang, Vodka Pundit, and others--including a solitary Eschaton link and a single Instalanche.
Plenty of more from my devoted cadre of fellow-travellers and minions including:
Interested Participant, Hans Bricks, Team Hammer, Incite, Vince aut morire, Right Wing Nuthouse, Pirate's Cove, Digger's Realm, Jeff Quinton, Robert Spencer, Dean Esmay, Scott S., Mike King, John Donovan, Captain Ed, John Little, John Henke, Chad Evans, Rob of Say Anything, Spoons, Editors in Pajamas, Goldfalcon, Sundries Shack, Cox and Forkum, American Soldier, Jane Novack, Sworn Enemy, Julliette, Jeff at Beautiful Attrocities, Blog Tower, Sparse Matrix, Cal Tech Girl, Dummocrats, Flea, SondraK, Kate at Small Tasty Dead Animals, Mr. K, Zippo the Pirate, Scared Monkeys, Joe Gandelman, Myopic Zeal, Jack Lewis, Beth of MYVRWC, Maximum Leader, Chris Cross, Passionate America, Daniel Aronstein, Misplaced Keys, Hyscience, HispaLibertas, and a bajillion others.
I even have two blog children (as far as I know--wink, wink): Brian B. of Memento Moron and tee_bee!
So, while the rest of you are busy typing away on today's important events, I think I'll kick back, eat some meat, and take it easy. Thanks one and all. Biyatches!!!
UPDATE: Sorry about multiple trackback pings. Seriously, something went screwy with this thing.
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Congratulations!
One million people can't be wrong, can they?
Jawas seem to be pretty clannish after all...
Posted by: superhawk at March 15, 2005 10:40 AM (M7kiy)
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Congrats, Rusty!
The Jawa Report continues, better than ever.
Posted by: The Commissar at March 15, 2005 10:48 AM (a0KXj)
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I even have two blog children (as far as I know--wink, wink): Brian B. of Memento Moron and tee_bee!
Well between you and the Emperor, one of us is bound to turn!
Congrats, Pops, and thanks for the link-love.
Posted by: Brian B at March 15, 2005 10:56 AM (CouWh)
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Now you can organize a million Jawa march. You put a lot of effort into bringing the most current and often unpublicized news to us. You're a great resource in addition to being a good bud, a fine American, and a star wars character. Congrats.
Posted by: Jane at March 15, 2005 11:00 AM (6krEN)
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Congratulations, Rusty! Awesome acheivement. Keep it coming.
Posted by: William Teach at March 15, 2005 11:03 AM (TFSHk)
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Way to go Rusty. Congrats and well deserved.
Posted by: McQ at March 15, 2005 11:06 AM (o/+d4)
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Day-um Rusty! You done good. Real good. And you're a pretty cool guy to boot.
Posted by: Gordon at March 15, 2005 11:09 AM (SN0Ew)
Posted by: Rob at March 15, 2005 11:40 AM (fcqpB)
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So who's the one millionth customer!
Posted by: Scott S at March 15, 2005 12:04 PM (1/Smr)
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I still think of Jawa motorcycles first, it's on account of where I grew-up - I lack the Star-Wars gene.
Posted by: -keith in mtn. view at March 15, 2005 12:19 PM (sE9R7)
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Congratulations! That's a pretty crowded sand crawler.....
Posted by: caltechgirl at March 15, 2005 12:23 PM (5VQpT)
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Congrats. And thanks for not forgetting about us little guys.
Posted by: phin at March 15, 2005 12:34 PM (Xvpen)
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Avast! Me hearty! Congratulations and continued fair winds and following seas! Yar, we be needin' a bigger boat to accommodate that huge Jawa head!
Posted by: ZiPpo at March 15, 2005 12:35 PM (P7XXv)
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Way to go, RustMeisterGeneral!
Posted by: John from WuzzaDem at March 15, 2005 12:35 PM (Pt3Le)
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Rock on. Soon, the plan will be complete... everyone will be required to eat 7 pieces of cheese a day. No, that wasn't the plan for you... hmmm... well, whatever your plan is, I am sure it will go swimmingly too.
Posted by: Wine-aholic at March 15, 2005 12:42 PM (Wsn+K)
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Ahhh, the plan.
Monkey's paw: check
It's all coming together now. Excellent.
Posted by: Rusty Shackleford at March 15, 2005 12:54 PM (JQjhA)
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Congratulations! Yip! Yip! Yip!
Posted by: Robert the Llama Butcher at March 15, 2005 01:45 PM (XBUdh)
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Congrats!
I'd post about this, but Blogspot is apparently down.
Posted by: ccwbass at March 15, 2005 02:03 PM (bXypk)
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Hey, thanks for the link... Congrats on your uberbloggerhood...
Posted by: Jon at March 15, 2005 02:11 PM (alDTJ)
Posted by: King of Fools at March 15, 2005 02:45 PM (2w8UH)
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Well done! Now if all those visitors would donate one measly dollar each, Dr. Rusty could quit teaching and move on to full-time bloggery.
Congrats!
Posted by: Preston Taylor Holmes at March 15, 2005 03:41 PM (WsZ4F)
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Congratulations! Love these million-visit milestone parties!
Posted by: BR - visitor from Wizbang at March 15, 2005 04:28 PM (3ySDg)
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I had to delete the tip jar since it gives away personal information.
Posted by: Rusty Shackleford at March 15, 2005 05:02 PM (JQjhA)
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Congrats on the 1 millionth hit. You've been busting your ass working on this site, and the results are well deserved.
Posted by: Beck at March 15, 2005 05:21 PM (pmSUH)
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A million visiters! Too bad they're from the Left!
Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at March 15, 2005 05:45 PM (S5syt)
Posted by: Simon at March 15, 2005 06:11 PM (OyeEA)
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well done rusty now your into your next million
keep up the good work
Posted by: sparky at March 15, 2005 06:17 PM (F1nba)
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I'm too jealous to congratulate you.
Wait. Was that just a congratulations? Damn it.
Good job buddy.
Posted by: Ron Rutherford at March 15, 2005 06:21 PM (nbfM4)
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FANTASTIC!
You are AWESOME!
Posted by: reliapundit at March 15, 2005 07:58 PM (8jzrq)
Posted by: Willis at March 15, 2005 10:29 PM (zcsBP)
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Visitors: 1 million
Fatwas: 0
Still getting to call you Salman Rusty:
Priceless.
Heartfelt congratulations and much thanks for the linky.
The first 'lanche I ever got was a Jawalanche
Posted by: Eric at March 15, 2005 11:15 PM (lK7Sh)
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Great work---this is one hell of a blog.
I laughed when you said you were 'small' because you only got 100 hits a day--I only get 10!
Posted by: Labosseuse at March 16, 2005 03:47 PM (1PGnB)
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I turn around to get midterms done, come back, and find out you've told the world you're my real dad. Damn it feels good to be a gangsta!
Posted by: tee bee at March 16, 2005 07:44 PM (q1JHF)
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I can make your millionth compadre go away for $20 now,$20 when it's done,and $20 for expenses.
Posted by: octavio at March 17, 2005 12:39 AM (//0Dv)
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A couple days late, but CONGRATS, Professor!
Posted by: Editor at March 17, 2005 11:08 PM (F4059)
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I saw the pop-up screen on my computer regarding one million visitors. I subscribe to it can you please tell me more about it because I have a website for mostly a year and I only have one visitor. I don't know what to do about it. That's why I really like what I saw, and I take a good chance to it.
Thanks
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March 14, 2005
Spring Break
Just a reminder....I'm on Spring Break so that's why posting is light.
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Spring Break is your stedent's excuse to waste their brain cell on booze and wild sex. What's your excuse?
Posted by: BigFire at March 14, 2005 05:27 PM (S6QRd)
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You're just jealous, Biggie
Posted by: REMF at March 15, 2005 02:12 AM (3ejvo)
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Don't be taking your top off in public or anything, Rusty.
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Blog Sabbath Caption Contest Winners
Here are the winners to yesterday's caption contest. Winners are chosen arbitrarily by me.
1) Eric at Vince Aut Morire:
Hugo: You're more anti-American!
Jacques: Non! You're more anti-American!
Hugo: I insist! You're more anti-American!
Jacques: Non! You are!
Hugo: No! You are!
Jacques: I surrender!
2) Ricardo Verde:
.....expressing mutual condolence on the loss of Moe.
3) Frank Villon of You've Been Told:
Jacques: Embrasse-moi, mon petit étalon hispanique!
Hugo: Besame mucho, cabron francés!
Special Mention to Brian Blazevic of New Eagle for gratuitous use of the term 'hot karl'
Cowardice and Petulance embrace after agreeing to keep Venezuelan oil away from America - and a "hot karl" just off camera.
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Could you please do a post explaining this "hot carl"?
Posted by: Leopold Stotch at March 14, 2005 02:28 PM (AjpI5)
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No way. Insiders only joke.
Posted by: Rusty Shackleford at March 14, 2005 02:34 PM (JQjhA)
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Well, I guess I can't expect to win twice in a row. If I give you a quarter and a free plug, can you rig it so I "arbitrarily" win the photo caption contest the next 3 weeks? I would just like to say I won a trifecta. *grin*
Posted by: Vonski at March 14, 2005 04:00 PM (AHaCg)
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Come on lets kiss and make up
Posted by: sandpiper at March 15, 2005 03:01 PM (Za6Ve)
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March 12, 2005
Blog Sabbath Caption Contest
Caption this photo of Jacques Chirac hugging Hugo Chavez. The winner gets this shiny quarter and a free plug.
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Hugo: You're more anti-American!
Jacques: Non! You're more anti-American!
Hugo: I insist! You're more anti-American!
Jacques: Non! You are!
Hugo: No! You are!
Jacques: I surrender!
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1) Two veteran pols demonstrate their pick-pocket techniques.
2) "No, Jacque! Not here in front of everybody!"
3) Presidents Chavez and Chirac demonstrate their mutual trust by patting each other down for weapons.
Posted by: D. Carter at March 12, 2005 07:38 PM (4+WsX)
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Chavez: Hey, what the . . . you're not Juliette Binoche!"
Posted by: D. Carter at March 12, 2005 07:46 PM (4+WsX)
Posted by: Eric at March 12, 2005 07:54 PM (5PRM2)
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I have no caption but a comment. Too bad a Marine was not nearby with a good M14. Could get 2 commies with one round.
Posted by: Rod Stanton at March 12, 2005 08:05 PM (l5t6M)
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Hugo Chavez wows retailers at last week's Paris Toy Expo with the unveiling of his new life-sized Jacques Chirac doll. Retailers seemed most impressed that the doll is programmed to dance everything from the Charleston to the waltz, as Chavez demonstrates here.
Posted by: Mark at March 12, 2005 09:17 PM (ywZa8)
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Hugo, if I screw over the Americans in the Middle East one more time, the price of your oil will top 60 bucks a barrel.
Posted by: Tom at March 12, 2005 10:10 PM (GXzP4)
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Great moments in on-line dating service screw-ups.
Posted by: D. Carter at March 12, 2005 10:14 PM (4+WsX)
Posted by: Lune at March 12, 2005 10:15 PM (k56Dr)
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Cowardice and Petulance embrace after agreeing to keep Venezuelan oil away from America - and a "hot karl" just off camera.
Posted by: Brian Blazevic at March 12, 2005 11:12 PM (b2Y3g)
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Okay Hugo, do you tilt your head to the left or the right when you kiss?
Posted by: Jeremy at March 13, 2005 12:12 AM (farnf)
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This is what you get when OPEC (left) meets No-pecs (right).
Posted by: Jack "Redcorn" M. at March 13, 2005 01:45 AM (1W1ap)
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Both men were regularly elected in free elections.
Don't you like democracy?
Besides, Venezuela's oil is not yours to be taken.
Posted by: paul at March 13, 2005 05:33 AM (2Vw91)
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Everyone having fun. And then comes Paul.
Tell you anything?
Eric is in the lead.
Posted by: greyrooster at March 13, 2005 08:23 AM (JDP+5)
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Paul, you moron. We're trying to have some fun and you are ruining it. BTW, Chavez oil is purchased, not taken. If we wanted to take his oil, we would need about 1,000 marines and two days for this tin-horn commie. Free elections for Chavez? Why, cause Carter the Impotent said they were legit? Get a life and a sense of humor. Your pal, Big Al
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>>>"Both men were regularly elected in free elections. Don't you like democracy?"
Of course we like democracy, but democracy may not immunize you from jdams if you screw with the free flow of oil.
Back to the game.
Posted by: Carlos at March 13, 2005 08:59 AM (8e/V4)
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Paul, pictures like this is precisely the reason why I dont like democracy.
Ok, first thing that popped into my mind when I saw the picture was Hugo desperately asking:
"Jacques, have you seen my frou frou?"
I have no idea what a "frou frou" is, though.
Posted by: lemuel at March 13, 2005 10:00 AM (aOCIX)
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Copying Kevin's regular idea, eh?
Isn't that a no no?
Cindy
Posted by: firstbrokenangel at March 13, 2005 10:17 AM (PEKrh)
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Cindy, are you referring to me? I hope not, becuase I am not a regular reader (well, wasnt) and I have no idea who is Kevin or what frou frou is, honestly! Bloody subconsciousness!
Posted by: lemuel at March 13, 2005 10:42 AM (aOCIX)
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Which Eric? There's two of us here! LOL!
Posted by: Eric at March 13, 2005 10:47 AM (lK7Sh)
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Jacques: "Zey don't call you Huggo for no reason I see!"
Hugo: "One last tine, frien'. My nang is Hoo-go."
Posted by: Vonski at March 13, 2005 11:08 AM (9BReq)
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"Yeah, which Eric? I don't even get the "Which one is Fredo?" line.
Posted by: D. Carter at March 13, 2005 11:30 AM (4+WsX)
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The Godfather. Get it, get it. Fredo the less than all together member of the family. YOU NEVER WATCHED THE GODFATHER? It's been on HBO every week for twenty years.
If there is two Erics. Can you two solve the problem between you?
Posted by: greyrooster at March 13, 2005 11:38 AM (CBNGy)
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Thats no way to Tango. Which one is Paul?
Posted by: RicardoVerde at March 13, 2005 12:06 PM (b+HIl)
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Chavez,"I'm NOT GERMAN !! You don't have to surrender to me. Put your hands down. Fight the urge, man !!"
Posted by: Canton Mike at March 13, 2005 12:54 PM (6krEN)
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There, since I put up the first comment, I dub meself "Eric 1"
Posted by: Eric 1 at March 13, 2005 01:09 PM (lK7Sh)
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.....expressing mutual condolence on the loss of Moe.
Posted by: RicardoVerde at March 13, 2005 03:22 PM (3DOby)
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Roost, go easy on him, he's probably never seen The Godfather. I cracked up when I read that line. I, too, was thinking along those same lines:
"Everytime I wanna get out, they PULL me back in!!"
How's that??
:-)
Posted by: Laura at March 13, 2005 03:23 PM (L3PPO)
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"Oh my God! The Walrus really WAS Paul!"
Posted by: Laura at March 13, 2005 03:25 PM (L3PPO)
Posted by: LimoBarbie at March 13, 2005 05:14 PM (ywZa8)
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Oh, THAT Fredo! Yeah, that is a pretty good line.
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Paul - Hugo was not elected in a *FREE* election! Not any more than Sadam, Joe ,Mao, and Arafat were. He killed hundreds (maybe thousands) of people working agaist him and several hundred thousand ballots were "irregular"! Free election my ass! You spend too much tim with the MSM!
Posted by: Rod Stanton at March 13, 2005 06:10 PM (fLlQ8)
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Ricardoverde's is pretty good too.
Posted by: greyrooster at March 13, 2005 08:21 PM (CBNGy)
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"Oh Hugo, your breath is so much better than Saddam's was all those years ago!"
Posted by: The Fly at March 13, 2005 08:40 PM (wnk38)
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Jacques: Embrasse-moi, mon petit étalon hispanique!
Hugo: Besame mucho, cabron francés!
Posted by: Frank Villon at March 13, 2005 09:55 PM (4zhkH)
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I got the Besame part. Only when I was a kid the word culo went with it.
Posted by: greyrooster at March 13, 2005 10:02 PM (CBNGy)
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Froggy goes a-courtin'
Posted by: Lars at March 13, 2005 10:51 PM (cK4Sl)
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"Ohhhhhh Jacques.....Be a true Frenchmen and surrender to me....."
Posted by: OB SNOOKS at March 14, 2005 07:56 AM (yBHNA)
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OK, but on the first date I only kiss ...
Posted by: TJ at March 14, 2005 09:00 AM (/0bzs)
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"You forgot the cannolli's?!"
Posted by: Laura at March 14, 2005 09:13 AM (L3PPO)
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The first Eric comment by far is the best. I'm still laughing, actually.
Posted by: Venom at March 14, 2005 10:25 AM (dbxVM)
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Boy, you sure are getting lazy in your daily posting.
Cindy
Posted by: firstbrokenangel at March 14, 2005 11:42 AM (PEKrh)
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It must suck having to rely on the posts of others to give meaning to your daily life, eh Cindy?
Posted by: Venom at March 14, 2005 11:50 AM (dbxVM)
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Te felicito Chávez, tienes las bolas puestas para enfrentar a Bush, enhorabuena habia que darle un parao¡
Posted by: Isabelrj at April 25, 2005 10:10 AM (fg8Dj)
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Spring Break Blogging
It's Spring Break around here. I'm going to try to do some academic work over the break. Contrary to popular belief, the Middle East is not my field of expertise.
As I explained on the radio the other night, I put a pretty big wall of seperation between my professional writing and my blog writing. To be honest, I get kind of annoyed at some bloggers who wear their academic credentials on their coat sleeves. As if the type of work that we publish on our blogs are somehow related to our academic disciplines. They are not.
My blog writing has gotten more intense as of late, but I've allowed my professional research and writing fall off quite a bit.
I'll be posting, but posting will be much lighter than usual.
UPDATE: In lieu of reading posts, why not offer some good vibes and a prayer for Brian B. Looks like he's going to have to be the sole bread winner for awhile. Welcome to the club, man. I've been supporting Mrs. Shackleford for going on 4 years now. It aint easy, but it's worth it.
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You two wussies need to put your bitches to
work.
Posted by: Leopold Stotch at March 12, 2005 09:37 PM (YDPMm)
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Not nice Leopold. And who's the bitch? YOU!
Did his wife finally have her baby??
Cindy
Posted by: firstbrokenangel at March 13, 2005 10:27 AM (PEKrh)
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Shouldn't pay be based on how much she brings in?
Posted by: greyrooster at March 13, 2005 12:07 PM (CBNGy)
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Brian B's aunt had surgery a while back and requested some prayers. What's up with him now??
Posted by: Laura at March 13, 2005 03:27 PM (L3PPO)
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Dunno: Maybe Leopolds right. Ha, ha.
OUCH! SHIT! The wife was looking over my shoulder. That hurt. Now I know why most husbands prefer aluminum cookware to cast iron.
Posted by: greyrooster at March 13, 2005 08:44 PM (CBNGy)
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March 11, 2005
Gone Fishing
I need a break. Going fishing.
UPDATE: Back early. Got skunked. Water level was much lower than I expected and wind was way up. Nice to get out, though.
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The Dan Rather Farewell Post
Dan
who?
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Dan "would" Rather not have ever been an anchorman........ Wait now that I think about it he really was NOT an anchorman. He was addicted to sniffing the Jet Fuel of self ritcheousness...... and Self Importance........ Oh well it was something idiotic like that he made for a comment.
Chris
Posted by: Chris at March 10, 2005 01:19 PM (JLBG/)
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Wow its real bad news for the media i mean lets not forget what happened with the New York Times and just how bad has it been for the liberal left-wing news media? and the fact is that more people have become fed up with the lies and half truths from the left-wing news media
Posted by: sandpiper at March 11, 2005 09:46 AM (fs+83)
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Farewell? "Good riddance" is more like it.
Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at March 11, 2005 01:35 PM (x+5JB)
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Dan: I feel your pain. Ha, ha.
Posted by: greyrooster at March 11, 2005 10:48 PM (CBNGy)
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Calling All Hackers
Let me just put in a quick plug for
Hagganah Internet. What we do here is make fun of terrorists and expose their evil agenda. What he does there is he
takes those bitches out!
What many in America do not understand is that terrorists are linked together with a common ideology. That ideology is not 'terrorism'. 'Terrorism' is a means to an end, the end, however is just as frightening as the means. The ends are the global caliphate under sharia law as first envisioned by The Muslim Brotherhood at the fall of the Turkish empire.
I condemn the IRA, but I don't consider them a major threat to Western Civilization. On the other hand, The Muslim Brotherhood has (at least publicly) renounced violence yet I consider them a far more dangerous organization.
The jihadi networks are bound together through internet sites and discussion boards where they give each other support, instruction, and even coordinate attacks.
The FBI and CIA still operate in pre-9/11 mode when it comes to these terrorist web sites. That is, the operators of these websites are largely ignored or when attention is paid to them it is in the guise of a criminal indictment. If 9/11 taught us anything, it is that we cannot treat the jihadi terrorists as criminals. This is war, and pro-active cyber-warfare must be part of that strategy.
Internet Hagganah is committed to exposing the terrorists by revealing the web sites they use and hosting companies which allow them to operate. Many might be surprised to learn that the majority of jihadi websites are hosted on American or European servers.
If you have, er, special skills that might help in taking down some of these websites you might want to pay Aaron's Internet Hagganah a visit.
In the past few weeks a number of jihadi sites have been, er, forced to find other hosts. For instance, the Aaryan Nation website which openly encourages the jihad against America has recently been *cough* shut down.
If you don't have these special skills, another strategy is to contact the webhost and pressure them to remove the terrorists' content. Internet Hagganah on an almost daily basis reveals who those webhosts are. For instance, a company in Denmark has been hosting a website which raises money under the guise of an 'Islamic Charity' but which openly boasts in Arabic about how those funds are used in Iraq to fuel the insurgency.
Last bleg--if you want to help make Internet Hagganah a semi-regular visit.
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Keep up the good work Rusty! Thank you for keeping everyone informed with sites like Hagganah Internet!
Posted by: infidel2005 at March 09, 2005 08:41 PM (kijOw)
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Hold on there, Dr., you make a subtle but vastly important misstatement; those, like bin-Laden, who wish to restore the Caliphate want to do just that, restore the historical boundaries of the Caliphate. They are not interested in a global Caliphate, ruling North American for example. Without understand the enemies strategic goals, you cannot formulat a strategic response. See exhibit A, Iraq policy. And read Sun-Tzu.
Posted by: The Third Policeman at March 09, 2005 08:56 PM (+wRRM)
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third, I think you are wrong, so I will give you my evidence, which may or may not change your perspective,.
"Muslim institutions, schools and economic power should be strengthened in America. Those who stay in America should be open to society without melting, keeping Mosques open so anyone can come and learn about Islam. If you choose to live here, you have a responsibility to deliver themessage of Islam ...... Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faiths, but to become dominant. The Koran, the Muslim book of scripture, should be the highest authority in America, and Islam the only accepted religion on Earth."
Omar Ahmad Co-founder of the Council on American-Islamic Relations
://www.ds-osac.org/view.cfm?KEY=7E4251454656&type=2B170C1E0A3A0F162820
http://www.prophetofdoom.net/
"The Muslim Students' Association on american campuses ~~
Queensborough Community College in New York in March 2003 "We reject the U.N., reject America, reject all law and order. Don't lobby Congress or protest because we don't recognize Congress. The only relationship you should have with America is to topple it Â… Eventually there will be a Muslim in the White House dictating the laws of Shariah." http://www.meforum.org/article/603
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third, with all respect, ive got many more examples of statements made by so-called mainstream muslim advocates and groups in the u.s. saying that everything and anything that can be done to bring done our present system and replace it with islamic law should and will be done.
so your thinking that the "caliphate will stop in the middle east because thats all they really want is woefully blind to the facts of thier actions and words.
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Yes, Aaron does good work. I would hope by now the feds have realized the Net is how these folks communicate. Either directly or concealed in posts on these sites.
We should be exploiting this and taking this battle to them in cyberspace.
Also on a separate note the Iranian people have the potential to implode the rulling theocracy of the Mad Mullahs of Iran. We can support them by keeping the communications lines open and facilitating instant messaging within Iran.
See these links on our site:
Link Here
and
Link Here
Posted by: Ron Wright at March 09, 2005 10:53 PM (aSGdk)
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So you are saying that Eric Rudolph, that cyanide bomb ring in Tyler Texas, the KKK, the Oklahoma City bombing and all the terroist attacks against family planning clinics are a direct expression of Sharia law? Are you insane or simply stupid?
Posted by: JRI at March 10, 2005 06:52 AM (EeQUM)
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JRI,
Perhaps you failed basic statistics. If so, here is a refresher.
N=13 is a smaller number than N=1,456
Third Policeman, I hope you come back to read this. Al Qaeda has just released (last week) a new magazine (ironically called "The Tip of the Camel's Hump"). I linked to it last week. What I didn't link to was a translation of one of the articles which was essentially a long-term strategy for global domination. Phase 1 of ought to be called "oeration mayhem" because it calls for destabilitzation efforts in the "apostate regimes" (Saude Arabia, Egypt, etc.) Phase 2 calls for tawhid of the umma or unification of the Muslim nation. That is the gradual unification of Muslim lands into the greater caliphate which would comprise all lands where Muslims dominate. Phase 3 is the evenual conquering of the world.
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You should have underlined and bolded this line:
The ends are the global caliphate under sharia law as first envisioned by The Muslim Brotherhood at the fall of the Turkish empire.
Because that is the reason for jihad and only reason the terrorists work, or at least that's how it started.
Cindy
Posted by: firstbrokenangel at March 10, 2005 09:01 AM (PEKrh)
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JRI: What does the KKK have to do with any to the bullshit you are raving about?
Posted by: greyrooster at March 10, 2005 11:39 PM (CBNGy)
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JRI: What does the KKK have to do with any of the bullshit you are raving about?
Posted by: greyrooster at March 10, 2005 11:40 PM (CBNGy)
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Methinks somebody touched a bit of a raw nerve there
Posted by: sparky at March 11, 2005 07:43 PM (F1nba)
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I sense a "ROPE trip" coming on.
Am I right?
Posted by: sparky at March 11, 2005 07:51 PM (F1nba)
Posted by: greyrooster at March 11, 2005 10:18 PM (CBNGy)
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Hell, All we do is stand around the fire and drink beer. Why do we get blamed for everything?
We haven't lynched anyone lately. The church used to burn people at the stake. Why not use them for examples of cruelty. Not us. We do it quick. Before the law comes.
Posted by: greyrooster at March 11, 2005 10:24 PM (CBNGy)
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The Church did burn some people at the stake, but that was before environmental concerns were an issue.
Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at March 13, 2005 09:18 AM (5DzD1)
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We quit using rubber tires for that reason. We care about the enviroment. That is why we try to clean it up.
Posted by: greyrooster at March 13, 2005 12:52 PM (CBNGy)
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A kinder, gentler Brotherhood.
:>)
I've found that a little bleach gets those whites looking looking brand new again. (I prefer Clorox.))
Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at March 13, 2005 03:27 PM (5DzD1)
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It's not the dirt. It's the smokey smell that hangs no matter how many time you wash them. I store my outfit by rolling it up in pine needles. That way even the blood hounds can't trace you. We're gettin high tech. Besides, we raised the hounds. Heh, heh.
Posted by: greyrooster at March 13, 2005 10:12 PM (CBNGy)
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The capitalist within me smells money. Can we turn this into new product and make some big bucks? 50/50! Our target area will be south of the Mason-Dixon.
"New Nighty-Knight Laundry detergent!"
"Keeps your sheets white, soft, and static-free!
Don't be hounded by smoke smell! Try our new fresh pine scent!"
Meanwhile, I'll keep the day job.
Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at March 14, 2005 07:44 AM (x+5JB)
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Hello,
What you seem to not have understood by now is there method of attacks. What you tihnk is the war in irak isn't really the true war, its just a veil that has been put over your eyes to blind you from the truth. The real attacks started a long time ago in america. And it is "Reproduction" they intend to topple over america through reproduction, how?
Well, its simple... human multiply themselves exponentially, now according to the qu'ran a muslim has the right to have 4 wives... meaning if he has 2 children with each wife, it makes eight, the process is recursive since the children will in turn manage to either have 4 wifes if they are boys or be one of the 4 wives of yet another muslim. In the long term this process makes them become a majority in the country they are living, hence in the end becomes a political weight in that country, and as you know politician will need their vote and will do anything to get elected (everywhere its the same). But as time goes on and on, they will become a vast majority and hence will be able to topple any government. Take the example of both France and UK, those 2 countries are nearing the crisis, since now they have multiplied enough to voice out their opinion and to protest for tihngs they want, to topple the france and the uk's government to replace em by an islamic leader is just now a matter of time.
Another point, is that these people is using a very very fine exploit, yes, there's a big security hole our system. We always want to make a good face in the society and will not do anything that may make us appear bad in the eye of the world. They know we can't torture, legally, they know we can't force them to shift religion, they know we can't prevent anyone to join islam, they know we can't support one religion without supporting all the others along, they know we can't prevent them from making business with anyone, they know we can't won't be using alternatives energy sources because the petorl companies have a vast monopoly over these sources (since our own ppl buy the lbue prints of inventions and hide them so as they can still squeze money out of petrol), they know we just can't do anything bad against them, because we are bound by our good nature. Hence over the years they take advatange of the system day by day, we just can't retaliate without having any good reasons, else the entire world will blame us.
hope you'll make good usage of that information.
anonymously yours
Mr. Anonymous
Posted by: the small bug at June 24, 2005 11:55 PM (yfnxY)
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on 7th july 2005, warriors from the europe brigade of christian fighters from the church of england carried out the attack on 3 tube stations and the number 30 bus. we did this attack because of our increasing hatred for mr tony blair. we are planning attacks against violent nations and states.
Posted by: christian fighters from the church of england at July 13, 2005 10:32 AM (XMJRf)
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Caling all Hackers.
It's time to take up arms against these terrorists that are using the internet as a way of recruting more nutcases into there fold.
Thier use of the internet for communication / recruiting and showing movies of them killing people is becoming a very big problem and those who stand up in our british streets and incite murder & violence against us should be deported back to thier own country where they can say what they like, but our laws won't alow it (Well our soft law's are complete asses).
Shutting these people down with viruses or raiding thier bank accounts (I dont' think the law would be too upset about knicking terrorist money !). and the chance for the best hackers to become famous for doing damage instead of being condemed is a challenge the world would love you for.
It's brilliant way of fighting back all be it in a small way, but we all know how frustrating it is when the computer keeps crashing or someone steels information from our computers.
So if there are any really good Hackers out there who want to do good for the majoriity of the world and piss of a load of extremists at the same time then please give it some thought.
If I could do it I would !.I wish I had some real hacking skills, that I could put to good use.
I would be blowing up thier computers with every virus I could find instead of watching them killing people ! on the news.
I will watch this space and the news with anticipation in the hope that the best of the best of you take this up as a serious challenge.
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Wow....
.....man, I miss living in the Mountain West.
This is why.
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Reminds me of Colorado. Just gorgeous there; the only problem is there is no air it's so high in elevation. Spent a month there, 15 rolls of film, at least, stiff neck for looking up, and shots that should be seen around the world. But there is no air and I was sick most of the time and felt like I was going to suffocate. They say you get used to it but after a month, I still was not used to it. But it was the most beautiful place I have ever seen in my life. If I could get past the "mountain illness" I'd go back; that whole area is fascinating. And people move at a much slower pace.
Where exactly are these pictures taken from?
Cindy
Posted by: firstbrokenangel at March 10, 2005 08:22 AM (PEKrh)
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are those Art Bell's chem trails I see in the rear of these things?
Posted by: TC-LeatherPenguin at March 10, 2005 05:49 PM (kiH79)
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Hmmm, believe it said in the caption . . Garden of the Gods . . Colorado Springs, Colorado . . Yeah, I live 40 miles South . . . tough life, no air, dunno how we breathe . . . must be th' Coors Light!
Posted by: large at March 10, 2005 08:19 PM (VRK2g)
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Cindy: I have a place in Colorado. Where do you find the slower lifestyle? Aspen?
Large: Pueblo? I know a guy there who has made a mint chopping up candy bars. Must be the lack of smog. Only in America.
Posted by: greyrooster at March 10, 2005 11:51 PM (CBNGy)
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In memory of Rachel Corrie, Dr. Jack Shepard says, "When will we realise that there can't be this many "accidents"?
By Dr. Jack Shepard
In memory of Rachel Corrie
http://www.shepardusgov.com/RachelCorrie.html
1979 - 2003
Herald Tribune
Killed in Israel
Wednesday March 3, 2004
Killed in Israel
Only a year ago, the month of March would have held the same positive associations for me as it has for many - the beginning of the end of winter, the promise of springtime and even summer. This year, and for every year for the rest of my life, the approach of March will mean something else entirely - the anniversary of the brutal death of my cousin, Rachel Corrie. .On March 16, 2003, an Israeli soldier and his commander ran over Rachel with a nine-ton Caterpillar bulldozer while she stood - unarmed, clearly visible in her orange fluorescent jacket - protecting a Palestinian home slated for demolition by the Israeli army. .The death of Rachel Corrie, and the response that her case has - and has not - received, reveal several disturbing, indeed immoral and criminal, truths. First, Rachel died while attempting to prevent the demolition of a home, a common practice of the Israeli Army's collective punishment that has left more than 12,000 Palestinians homeless since the beginning of the second uprising in September 2000. This practice violates international law, including the Fourth Geneva Convention. .Second, Rachel was run over by a Caterpillar bulldozer, manufactured in the United States and sent to Israel as part of the regular U.S. aid package to Israel, which amounts to $3 billion to $4 billion annually, all of it from U.S. taxpayers. The use of Caterpillar bulldozers to destroy civilian homes, not to mention to run over unarmed human rights activists, violates U.S. law, including the U.S. Arms Export Control Act, which prohibits the use of military aid against civilians. .Third, the self-acquittal of the Israeli army for Rachel's death and the resistance of the state of Israel to an independent investigation into this case reveals both the Sharon administration's unwillingness to take responsibility for the death of a U.S. citizen and the Bush administration's cowardice in allowing another nation to attack U.S. citizens with impunity. .Fourth, Rachel's death was in fact only the first of several Israeli attacks on foreign citizens in the West Bank and Gaza. Brian Avery, from New Mexico, was shot in the face on April 5; Tom Hurndall, a British citizen, was shot in the head on April 11 and died Jan. 13, and James Miller, another British citizen, was also shot and killed in April. To date, only in Hurndall's case will the Israeli soldier responsible for the attack face trial, and this is because the British government, after several months, finally responded to the overwhelming evidence presented by the Hurndall family. .As we approach March 16, residents and citizens of the United States should ask themselves how it is that an unarmed U.S. citizen can be killed with impunity by a soldier from an allied nation receiving massive U.S. aid, using a product manufactured in the United States by a U.S. corporation and paid for with U.S. tax dollars. When three Americans were killed, presumably by Palestinians, in an explosion on Oct. 15, 2003, as they traveled through Gaza, the FBI came within 24 hours to investigate the deaths. After one year, neither the FBI nor any other U.S.-led team has done anything to investigate the death of an American killed by an Israeli. .Why the double standard? Perhaps this reveals the most disturbing truth of all. .Elizabeth Corrie is an administrator and teacher in a school in Atlanta. ________________________________________________________________________ Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Our Place in the World: Still no justice for Rachel Corrie
By WENDY SMITH
GUEST COLUMNIST
Friday 23, 2004
Tom Hurndall, a 22-year-old British peace activist, died last week in a London hospital. He was shot in the head by Israeli sniper fire nine months ago while shepherding Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip out of the line of fire. He had been in a coma since his injury. Hours before Hurndall died, the soldier who shot him was charged with aggravated assault. The charge is now likely to be revised to manslaughter or murder; British police are participating in an official investigation of his death.
Rachel Corrie from Olympia was crushed to death by an Israeli military bulldozer in the Rafah refugee camp about a month before Hurndall was shot there. Like Hurndall, Corrie was a volunteer with the Palestinian-led International Solidarity Movement to End the Occupation of Palestine (ISM). Like Hurndall, she was killed by an identifiable Israeli soldier. As in Hurndall's case, the Israeli government initially released a report on Corrie's killing, stating that nobody connected with the Israeli military was culpable and that further investigation was not required.
So, why has Hurndall's killer been charged when nothing has happened to Corrie's killer?
According to the Hurndall family, the only reason the soldier who shot him has been charged is because of pressure applied by the family. Hurndall's father is an attorney. He went to Rafah shortly after the shooting and compiled an extensive dossier of eyewitness affidavits, forensics reports, photographs and other relevant information. This dossier was put before the British foreign secretary in a way that made it very difficult to ignore. Ultimately, the British government went to bat for Hurndall, an unarmed British civilian killed by an Israeli soldier under the impression that he could shoot with impunity.
Indeed, the soldier had good reason to believe this. More than 2,000 unarmed Palestinian civilians, many of them children, have been killed in the occupied territories since the current intifada began in September 2000. Only 10 Israeli soldiers have been indicted and none has been convicted. A culture of impunity permeates the Israeli military, which is well known for its non-investigations of itself. For this reason, the Hurndall family would like to see the investigation of his death extend all the way up the chain of command.
Corrie's parents are not lawyers. In addition, they were told by members of the Washington state congressional delegation and State Department officials that if they quietly played along, justice for their daughter would ultimately be achieved. So far, all that has emerged is a non-credible Israeli military report claiming that 1) Corrie was not run over by a bulldozer and 2) even if she had been, the driver could not have seen her. These statements are contradicted respectively by the autopsy report and multiple eyewitness reports.
It is an insult to the human heart to have to force government officials to do their jobs properly while digesting the fact your child has been brutally killed.
Somehow the Hurndall family was able to take the necessary steps in the timeframe required. Believing what their congressman, senators and State Department officials told them, the Corries have been left to swallow lies.
Is this the best our members of Congress can do for a citizen killed abroad? Plenty of them made pretty speeches but real action is a question of political will.
Posted by: Dr. Jack Shepard at March 14, 2005 09:31 AM (D3TC8)
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WTW: Instalanche vs. Instant Lunch
I finally got an
Instalanche!! Thank you Glenn Reynolds, my life is now complete. I now feel...what's the word? Violated. No, I mean
validated.
But contrary to popular belief, an Instalanche isn't the end-all-be-all of blogging. In fact, as a member of that class of Americans known as "white trash" (we prefer to be called people of the soil, but that aint gonna happen) I would prefer an instant lunch over an instalanche.
Resurrected from the vast archives of My Pet Jawa, here is a classic to celebrate my first real Instalanche and White Trash Wednesday. Instalanche vs. Instant Lunch.
How do the two compare?
Instalanche-immediate spike in traffic, lasting up to 48 hours.
Instant Lunch-immediate spike in sodium level, MSG headache up to 12 hours.
Instalanche-expect at least two or three bloggers to get a kick out of your post and add you to the blogroll.
Insant Lunch-expect at least two or three co-workers to get a kick out of you eating the sh*t they swore they'd never touch again their first day out of college.
Instalanche-a sudden feeling of self-satisfaction knowing that somehow your post drew the attention of the right-blogosphere's top blogger.
Instant Lunch-a sudden feeling of stomach-satisfaction, with the caveat that the empty calories you just scarfed down will leave you lethargic for the rest of the day.
Instalanche-with the sudden spike in traffic you can now up your Blog Ad rate to just under covering your total monthly ISP and blog host bill.
Instant Lunch-with the money you saved by eating cheap MSG laden quasi-Asian food you can now afford to run to the video store and rent the latest Adam Sandler film--only to find that you remember neither the food nor the film in the morning.
I'm off to edumacate the masses. For more White Trash Wednesday fun, visit these sites:
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Those are my noodles - you stole my Insta Lunch, you bastard!
Posted by: John from WuzzaDem at March 09, 2005 10:24 AM (Pt3Le)
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Maybe this will be the banner day, soup, instalaunch , and hit your 1 millionth visitor!
Great job!
Posted by: Tom at March 09, 2005 10:29 AM (eV2/T)
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Hell, I haven't even gotten a permament Jawa link, much less an Instalanche.
And believe it or not, I'm eating instant lunch right now.
Posted by: Hector Vex at March 09, 2005 10:56 AM (tQPgX)
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Hector...
Ask and ye shall recieve....
Posted by: Rusty Shackleford at March 09, 2005 11:04 AM (JQjhA)
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Gee, that's what the hooker said, and not only did she not **R-Rated** but she stole my wallet and car keys....
Thanks Rusty.
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I got a Jawalanche yesterday, then Jawa got an Instalanche and now my sitemeter is getting hit more times than Madonna in her dressing room after a show in L.A. Thanks, Insta Lunch!
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I also got a NRO lanche today. Man, when it rains it pours!!
Posted by: Rusty Shackleford at March 09, 2005 01:51 PM (JQjhA)
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Congrats, Rusty. No, not for the 'lanches, but for having the gonads to eat that stuff.
I like your whine, Hector, the man with one link on his Blog Machine...his own!
hehehehe
Posted by: Eric at March 09, 2005 02:10 PM (lK7Sh)
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Very clever. An I beed edumacated by public schools all over America and outside America. I dun got the skins on the bulkheads to prove it!
Posted by: Rod Stanton at March 09, 2005 02:29 PM (l5t6M)
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Dale Grib Rusty Shackleford and Friends on Sgrena Shooting
Bill Dauterive
But Chris Matthews said the eyetalian reporter said the guys that that kidnapped her said the Americans didn't want her to get out alive. Why would he say she said they said that?
Dale Gribble Rusty Shackleford
It's a conspiracy! I told you before, this all goes back to Bush bein' a member of Skull and Bones.
Hank Hill
Damnit Dale! Dubya is a Texan, and there are three things that I can't abide by - people speakin' ill of the president of the United States, people speakin' ill of Texans, and people speakin' ill of propane and propane accessories.
Dale Gribble
I still say the Illuminati are involved in this somehow.
John from Wuzzadem has the rest.
and speaking of Giuliana Sgrena, Phin went Moonbat watching and spotted the illusive "journalista osor americanus antepilanum" in its native habitat here.
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Ick, ick, ick!! That woman is pure unadulterated ick. She has a wart on her lip. Ickky-poo.
Posted by: Bubbe at March 09, 2005 11:35 AM (4BlQ+)
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Communists are stupid, and liars, and get other people killed. Seen the pictures of her car?
http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20050308/capt.rom17003082010.italy_sgrena_car_rom170.jpg
Where's the 300-400 bullet-holes? We don't shoot hundreds of rounds so badly, to miss so much. The car should look like swiss cheese.
Also she writes in her Stalinist newspaper "Il Manifesto" and says they drove so wildly through the puddles they nearly lost it, laughing all the way, then she in statements to Italian Magistrates says they weren't speeding, and drove a sedate 25mph.
Right.
Posted by: -keith in mtn. view at March 09, 2005 11:57 AM (sE9R7)
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I am just sitting here watching Western Civilization collapse...I want my land back. LOL.
Dale, Nancy has a severe headache tonight and I must treat her...
Posted by: John Redcorn at March 09, 2005 12:41 PM (iTois)
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While I'm away in Iraq can you take care of Nancy, John Redcorn?
Posted by: Rusty Shackleford at March 09, 2005 01:52 PM (JQjhA)
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You are a good friend Dale, I would be honored to care for your wife while you are away.
Posted by: John Redcorn at March 09, 2005 01:56 PM (iTois)
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