I noted that Dean wasnÂ’t getting many trackbacks to his position on this issue from other liberals or anyone for that matter. IÂ’ll give him one.
You know I really donÂ’t care much about a personÂ’s political leanings. Stupid has to be the greatest enemy. Followed closely by apathy. When it comes to the war we canÂ’t afford political childishness. I was worried that we had forgotten this is a war and started playing the same games we play with other issues. But I guess we all got a big reminder this week didnÂ’t we. LetÂ’s not slip back there again. WeÂ’ve got to push on because at least one commentator here I know worries about his child having to fight. I hope he doesnÂ’t have to and there are people working very hard right now to make sure he doesnÂ’t. I work with a gentleman, his son is in his fourth month of a 12 month tour in Afghanistan. People are fighting and dying every day. Too much mercy on the enemy is cruel to everyone including them. It prolongs the war for everyone. We can sort that out after we win which we will after much struggle and heartache. Will it be worth it? Well only time will tell us that one but the fight is in progress NOW.
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My only response is this (hehehe):
July 8, 2005 | Istanbul, Turkey -- First one sheep jumped to its death. Then stunned Turkish shepherds, who had left the herd to graze while they had breakfast, watched as nearly 1,500 others followed, each leaping off the same cliff, Turkish media reported.
In the end, 450 dead animals lay on top of one another in a billowy white pile, the Aksam newspaper said. Those who jumped later were saved as the pile got higher and the fall more cushioned, Aksam reported.
"There's nothing we can do. They're all wasted," Nevzat Bayhan, a member of one of 26 families whose sheep were grazing together in the herd, was quoted as saying by Aksam.
The estimated loss to families in the town of Gevas, located in Van province in eastern Turkey, tops $100,000, a significant amount of money in a country where average GDP per head is around $2,700.
"Every family had an average of 20 sheep," Aksam quoted another villager, Abdullah Hazar as saying. "But now only a few families have sheep left. It's going to be hard for us."
Posted by: osamabeenhiding at July 09, 2005 01:13 PM (perrS)
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Damned Joooooos must've used their mind control devices on the sheep!
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at July 09, 2005 01:39 PM (0yYS2)
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This is off topic, but I think it may interest you. Condit is running for US Congressman in a special election in Ohio.
I didn't make this up, I simply am reporting the news. I wonder how long it will take for this guy to get capped.
The following are two of Condit's ads that he has planned. These ads will be short and run several times a day, if everything goes well, and will mention the one-hour radio shows that he's planned to hit the airwaves soon. His ad called "Phase II of 9-11" reads as follows:
"The 9-11 terror attacks against the World Trade Towers in 2001 were a pre-planned operation to kick off World War III -- perpetrated by evil factions, hiding within U.S. military intelligence, who are secretly loyal to Israel and the organized Jewish lobby. Arab patsies were set up as the Lee Harvey Oswalds of 9-11, to be framed on cue by the Jewish-controlled TV networks. Phase 1 of 9-11 was to trick Americans into supporting attacks on Arab countries, and to get U.S. soldiers stationed PERMANENTLY near Israel. THAT is why U.S. troops are kept in Iraq now -- nothing to do with the interests of the USA. The SECOND HORRIBLE TERRORIST ATTACK, if they can get away with it, will be to start a draft of our children, to attack other Arab countries, and to trick us into giving up our constitutional freedoms. Listen to our full hour radio show Sunday night at 10 PM on 550 AM WKRC, and for info and hope, go to www.realnews247.com . Paid for by Jim Condit Jr. for Congress 2005."
You can see why the Israel-firsters would be fearful of a message like this, as it makes people think. Of course, Condit is not new to controversy: Previous messages he has run while campaigning have said similar things, as well as highlighting the plight of the U.S.S. Liberty victims -- Americans who were murdered by Israel, while our government stood by and did nothing. Condit's other radio ads have sent shock waves across the land. But now he is running for the only vacant seat in the land, and his message will be heard louder than ever!
Condit's other ad, which will be run alternately and is called "Spread the Word," goes like this:
"I have one minute to ask you to consider disbelieving the dangerous, war-mongering Jewish lobby propaganda you're hearing the other 24 hours a day and 52 weeks a year on the big TV Networks and radio stations. The other spot we're running tells you why our nation's greatest enemy, the domestic Jewish Lobby, is trying to keep our American soldiers dying for their evil agenda in the Mideast for DECADES to come. There are at least ten more important messages for you to hear or read at www.realnews247.com. Use the 'tell a friend' option at www.realnews247.com to alert your contacts nationwide about this suppressed information, and what we can all do about it. Listen to our full hour radio show Sunday night at 10 PM on 550 AM, WKRC. For info and hope, go to www.realnews247.com. Paid for by Jim Condit Jr. for Congress 2005."
Posted by: greg at July 09, 2005 04:01 PM (NOgEO)
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IM, I heard the only ones who survived were the ones wearing tinfoil hats.
Greg...if that's for real I wouldn't be surprised if those ads get a lot of attention. Or maybe not, if you believe Jews control mass media. So Greg, do you actually have something against Jewish people? I've heard people in here call you a anti-Semite. I'm not Jewish, so I don't claim to have knowledge of their culture...I'm on a tangent. Just answer my question! Haha.
Posted by: osamabeensellin'tinfoil at July 09, 2005 04:44 PM (perrS)
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I've been reading Dean a long time. He may be a "liberal", but he's no leftist, and he damn sure isn't a socialist.
Posted by: GeoBandy at July 09, 2005 05:17 PM (ht2RK)
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My liberalism is of the classic variety, meaning open-minded and open to hearing multiple points of view and ideas for reform. It does not mean "I have holes in my head" or "when something bad happens, I don't immediately wonder what America did wrong."
In any case, all real liberals hate fascists and don't make excuses for them.
As for whether I'm a socialist: gosh, well, I think we should have national health insurance, I think paying for education is a duty of the state, I favor gay marriage, and I take a very dim view of large corporations. So you decide what that makes me.
Just don't ever take me for a fascist apologist or an America-hater.
Posted by: Dean Esmay at July 09, 2005 08:29 PM (fUXNc)
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Mr. Greg is a great man and this Condit sounds like a Congressman the Great Leader would support.
Remember our duty to the Great leader you Yankee Imperialist Dogs who lick the boots of the Mossad:
Comrades are in an explosion of revolutionary upsurge, vowing to uphold the Dear Leader's Songun politics with their lives and closing steel-strong ranks around him pledging to protect him from criminal US imperialist bellicose aggression with the impenetrable wall of their flesh, and defeat the villainous Yankees with the invincible weapon of single-minded unity in love and respect for the Dear Leader Comrade Generalissimo Kim Jong Il the invincible strategist
I think Mr.Greg should run for President.
Posted by: Tom Tuttle from Tacoma WA at July 09, 2005 08:44 PM (pO1tP)
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I knew it! Dean's a pinko commie bastard! AIEEE!
Posted by: Watcher at July 09, 2005 08:46 PM (PbMja)
Posted by: Brian H at July 10, 2005 12:13 AM (51Oqh)
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Mister Ill is a fat pig!
Posted by: Downing Street Memo at July 10, 2005 01:51 AM (ScqM8)
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Osama:'So Greg, do you actually have something against Jewish people? '
Osama,
Absolutely not. Two of my life long friends are Jewish, although I think the last time they went to Temple was on their Barmitzva (sp?). I attended both.
I resent the relationship that the US has with Israel. That doesn't make me an anti-Semite, nor does it make me anti-American.
AIPAC is the most powerful lobby in the world. I guarantee that all of your Congressmen have been paid off by AIPAC. As a result, we adopt policies that are counter to our own interests.
Posted by: greg at July 10, 2005 03:36 AM (AInP9)
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Well, I think we should stop giving Israel bling-bling too. Just checking...
Anouncement to everyone: The White House has updated it's website:
http://www.whitehouse.org/
They are even selling posters now!
http://www.whitehouse.org/initiatives/posters/index.asp
Posted by: osamabeenhiding at July 10, 2005 01:02 PM (perrS)
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Don't worry Dean, we know you are one of the good guys, even though you hold different opinions on various social issues than do most of us, but that's the greatest thing about America; people with divergent views can come together at need. I am socially about 179° different from you but that's okay, we both love our country and put the interests of Liberty above personal differences, and that's what matters to me, because issues such as gay marriage, global warming, etc., don't matter one whit as long as there are islamofascists building bombs and plotting murder. As I like to say, only an idiot wants to argue about the color of the drapes when the house is on fire.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at July 10, 2005 02:24 PM (0yYS2)
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