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Reporting for hubris: All’s possible in Kerry’s fantasy landBy Kathleen Parker/ Syndicated ColumnistWednesday, July 26, 2006
WASHINGTON – It takes chutzpah, as they might say in Haifa, to declare that Hezbollah and Israel wouldn’t be fighting now if John Kerry were president.Kerry, who did declare that, apparently has more chutzpah than nuance, as it turns out.“If I was president, this wouldn’t have happened,” the Massachusetts senator said in Detroit last week.”
If Bill Clinton with all his wisdom and intellegence could not get an agreement for peace in the middle east what makes blowhard Kerry thinks that he could have did it.
The other day I was walking out of Wal-Mart, in the foyer I noticed that in the stand that normally holds the Chronicle a local Christian news paper. There was something called “ Middle American News”, I pick one up and took it home wondering what this new throw away was about.
Once I started reading it I discovered that the main theme was Immigration, how it was ruining this country, how Bush and the select members of the GOP were undermining this country and giving amnesty to all the illegal aliens. There were articles about how those that have been killed in all the Police actions since 1945 did not died for their country nor in the defense of peace and Democracy. That they died to ouster some leaders that at one time the United States called friend for one political reason or another.
There was an article titled “No war with Iran” to quote one paragraph “ For heaven sake, the administration is employing the same tactics it used to justify the war against Iraq–refusal to negotiate, lies, disinformation and demonization of the Iranian leader. Are we going to fall for the exact same con job all over again? If so, we are far to dumb to be trusted near a voting booth.
Another titled: “The State at war with the Nation” talked about how those called “Conservatives” have shed their principles and convictions. How many in power are now conservative impersonators.
I will not go through each article here, if you are interested and see one you can pick it up.I thought perhaps someone had simply took the copies of the Chronicle and threw them in the trash so they could replace them with their own agenda filled paper. Though at first I could not decide if it was left or right leaning in it reporting. One piece seem “left” then the next would read “right”, there was a piece toting Ann Coulter’s new book. (Do not get me start on the …Oh spit on the ground at her name!) It gave the book a good review and suggest you buy it (sorry toilet paper is still cheaper. my review).
But then I noticed who had the copyright 2006 CREATORS SYNDICATE INC. On many of the articles and it is publish by Middle American Institute inc out of Raleigh North Carolina. It is a Christian right publication.
Personal note: I got the feeling that they are splitting away from Bush&Co. to some degree in a powerful way. But judging from some on this blog, the memo has not quite made it down to the ground troops yet.
Well at least the evangelicals I hope would go back to the other side from which they came from; The Democrat Party.
You guys could use them again. You would win elections and kick the classic liberals a.k.a. Republicans out of office.
A Wyoming cowboy was herding his cows in a remotepasture when suddenly a brand-new BMW advanced out ofa dust cloud towards him. The driver, a young man in aBrioni suit, Gucci shoes, Ray Ban sunglasses and YSLtie, leans out the window and asks the cowboy, “If Itell you exactly how many cows and calves you have inyour herd, will you give me a calf?” The cowboy looksat the man, obviously a yuppie, then looks at hispeacefully grazing herd and calmly answers, “Sure, Whynot?” The yuppie parks his car, whips out his Dell notebookcomputer, connects it to his AT&T cell phone, andsurfs to a NASA page on the Internet, where hecalls up a GPS satellite navigation system to get anexact fix on his location which he then feeds toanother NASA satellite that scans the area in anultra-high-resolution photo. The young man then opens the digital photo in AdobePhotoshop and exports it to an image processingfacility in Hamburg, Germany. Within seconds, hereceives an email on his Palm Pilot that the image hasbeen processed and the data stored. He then accesses a MS-SQL database through an ODBCconnected Excel spreadsheet with email on hisBlackberry and, after a few minutes, receives aresponse. Finally, he prints out a full-color, 150-page reporton his hi-tech, miniaturized HP LaserJet printer andfinally turns to the cowboy and says, “You haveexactly 1,586 cows and calves.” ”That’s right. Well, I guess you can take one of mycalves,” says the cowboy. He watches the young manselect one of the animals and looks on amused as theyoung man stuffs it into the trunk of his car. Then the cowboy says to the young man, “Hey, if I cantell you exactly what your business is, will you giveme back my calf?” The young man thinks about it for asecond and then says, “Okay, why not?” You’re a Congressman for the U.S. government” says the cowboy.”Wow! That’s correct,” says the yuppie, “but how didyou guess that?”"No guessing required.” answered the cowboy. “Youshowed up here even though nobody called you; you wantto get paid for an answer I already knew, to aquestion I never asked. You tried to show me how muchsmarter than me you are; and you don’t know a thingabout cows….
Now give me back my dog
Every one that knows me knows I have dogs. The other day I was buying a large bag of Purina atPetSmart, waiting in the check-out line. A woman behind me asked if I had a dog.What a stupid question I thought. I looked at her closely, to see if she was kidding.
I told her no, I was starting the Purina Diet again, although I probably shouldn’t because I’d ended up in the hospital last time. But, I’d lost 50 pounds before I awakened in an intensive care ward with tubes coming out of most of my orifices and IVs in both arms.I told her that it was essentially a perfect diet and that the way that it works is to load your pants pockets with Purina nuggets and simply eat one or two every time you feel hungry, as the food is nutritionally complete.So, I was going to try it again.Practically everyone in the line was by now enthralled with my story, especially a tall heavy man behind her.Horrified, she asked how I’d ended up in the hospital; if I’d been poisoned. I told her no; I’d been sitting in the street licking my balls and a car hit me.
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Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!Hank-you da’ man!!I posted that with you in mind, knowing that you love dogs (me too).Dude-if you can lick your own balls why would you ever leave the house? Beer and cigarettes?
Questions for the Inquiring Mind(post answers at your own risk)!
Ever wonder about those people who spend $2.00 apiece on those little bottles of Evian water? Try spelling Evian backwards: NAIVE
Isn’t making a smoking section in a restaurant like making a peeing section in a swimming pool?
OK … so if the Jacksonville Jaguars are known as the “Jags” and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are known as the “Bucs”, what does that make the Tennessee Titans ?
If 4 out of 5 people suffer from diarrhea…does that mean that one enjoys it?
There are three religious truths:1. Jews do not recognize Jesus as the Messiah.2. Protestants do not recognize the Pope as the leader of the Christian faith.3. Mormons do not recognize each other in the liquor store or at Hooters
Why do we say something is out of whack? What’s a whack?
Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery! ?If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled?
If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
When someone asks you, “A penny for your thoughts” and you put your two cents in . . . what happens to the other penny?
Why is the man who invests all your moneycalled a broker?
Why do croutons come in airtight packages? Aren’t they just stale bread to begin with?
When cheese gets its picture taken, what does it say?
Why are a wise man and a wise guy opposites?
Why do overlook and oversee mean opposite things?
Why isn’t the number 11 pronounced onetyone?
“I am” is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. Could it be that “I do” is the longest sentence?
If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn’t it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed, tree surgeons debarked, and dry cleaners depressed?If FedEx and UPS were to merge, would they call it Fed UP?
Do Lipton Tea employees take coffee breaks?
What hair color do they put on the driver’s licenses of bald men?
I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older; then it dawned on me .. they’re cramming for their final exam.
Why do they put pictures of criminals up in the Post Office? What are we supposed to do, write to them? Why don’t they just put their pictures on the postage stamps so the mailmen can look for them while they deliver the mail?
If it’s true that we are here to help others, then what exactly are the others here for?
You never really learn to swear until you learn to drive.
No one ever says, “It’s only a game” when their team is winning.
Ever wonder what the speed of lightning would be if it didn’t zigzag?
If a cow laughed, would milk come out of her nose?
Whatever happened to Preparations A through G?
Sam, here are some more vitally important questions.
What is hooey, and why does it always come in bunches?
How does teflon stick to the pan?
Why do they call it a hysterectomy, shouldn’t it be a hersterectomy?
If we name a hurricane for a man, shouldn’t it be a his-acane?
More later……….
Please stop.
No way Ed. Sorry.
If fat people swim in the nude, are they fat-dipping?
Why don’t they make the whole airplane out of the same stuff they use for the indestructible black box?
Do cows have calf muscles, or only cow muscles?
If you pay a toll on freeways, why don’t they call them tollways?
What is a hacky, and why do we always keep it in a sack?
Is it legal to name a baby anonymous?
If I’m bald can I still get a hair-line fracture?
If the Pope goes poop is it considered holy crap?
More later, just for ED.
OMG you guys are too funny. I should have learned by now not to eat breakfast while perusing the blog.
Right now I’m perched on “suicide curb” { a full 6 inch drop to the street }.
Ed.. Maybe these will be more to your liking… DON’T JUMP!!
1. Save the whales. Collect the whole set2. A day without sunshine is like, night3. On the other hand, you have different fingers.4. I just got lost in thought. It was unfamiliar territory.5. 42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.6. 99 percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name.7. I feel like I’m diagonally parked in a parallel universe.8. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will bemisquoted, then used against you.9. I wonder how much deeper the ocean would be without sponges.10. Honk if you love peace and quiet.11. Remember half the people you know are below average.12. Despite the cost of living, have you noticed how popular it remains?
13. Nothing is foolproof to a talented fool.14. Atheism is a non-prophet organization.15. He who laughs last thinks slowest.16. Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.17. Eagles may soar, but weasels don’t get sucked into jet engines.18. The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.19. I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol.20. I intend to live forever – so far so good.21. Borrow money from a pessimist – they don’t expect it back.22. If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?23. I did not get this one, so I cut it out.24. Quantum mechanics: The dreams stuff is made of.25. The only substitute for good manners is fast reflexes.26. Support bacteria – they’re the only culture some people have.27. When everything’s coming your way, you’re in the wrong lane and going the wrong way.28. If at first you don’t succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.29. A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking.30. Experience is something you don’t get until just after you need it.31. For every action there is an equal and opposite criticism.32. Bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of checks33. Never do card tricks for the group you play poker with.34. No one is listening until you make a mistake.35. Success always occurs in private and failure in full view.36. This one was X-rated. Out it goes too, my Mom is on the recipient list.37. The hardness of butter is directly proportional to the softness of the bread.38. The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the ability to reach it.39. To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research.40. To succeed in politics, it is often necessary to rise above yourprinciples.41. Monday is an awful way to spend 1/7 of your life.42. You never really learn to swear until you learn to drive.43. Two wrongs are only the beginning.44. The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard.45. The sooner you fall behind the more time you’ll have to catch up.46. A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.47. Change is inevitable except from vending machines.48. Get a new car for your spouse – it’ll be a great trade!49. Plan to be spontaneous – tomorrow.50. Always try to be modest and be proud of it!51. If you think nobody cares, try missing a couple of payments.52. How many of you believe in telekinesis? Raise my hand…53. Love may be blind but marriage is a real eye-opener.54. If at first you don’t succeed, then skydiving isn’t for you.
I think you are channeling the ghost of Steven Wright?
Kansassam – one of yours reminded me of:
Make something idiot-proof and someone will invent a better idiot.
Speaking of idiots…
I have the news on and the tag before the commercial break was
“next up, ann coulter has some comments, this time, on bill clinton’s sexuality”.
Jesus wept.
I’ll report back later if I dont spontaneously combust while watching….
WHAT, IS STEVEN DEAD?WHY WASN’T I INFORMED?He was my favorite ‘dude on the couch’.
He’s not dead tracey, calm down!!!
It was just a figure of speech.
I agree. He is one of the great comedic geniuses of all time.
It must be really scarey inside his head…
…but BILL HICKS is still the greatest comic of all time. Bar none. And like generalissimo franco, he is still dead.
And let’s not forget Sam Kineson in the dead but still great genre.
Sigh. Billy Joel here:
“I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints, the sinners have much more fun….and only the good die young.”
hee hee. ho ho. ha ha.
Laughing, hell ROLLING here.
“Man” Coulter thinks bill clinton is gay.
Stop the presses….
Damn, just when you think she cant go any lower or be more laughable.
And for you engineers doing design….General Design is what we do when we’re not designing anything.
Whew, farmgirl that was a close one. I was panicked. Thanks.
Now if we can just get Chappelle to come back!
You mean we can’t take seriously someone who spews poop like this?:
“I think the government should be spying on all Arabs, engaging in torture as a televised spectator sport, dropping daisy cutters wantonly throughout the Middle East and sending liberals to Guantanamo.” – Her column December 21, 2005 (Ann the man)
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ann_Coulter
Doesn’t Ann’s version of America seem so appealing?
Why does man coulter hate ‘merica?
hee hee hee dd, is that meadowlark poop she is spewing? heheheheheh
Actually I’m pretty sure she needs some big time help from Dr. Phil.
Can you picture the ‘intervention’ on Dr Phil? I might actually watch.
Do you people really want to start on Ann again?
Hank
PS Bill Clinton was the first black, gay, lesbian president.
Why not start on Mann?She’s just begging for attention.
Actually Tracy,
She’s becoming quite popular on TV talk shows. They’ve found she increases their ratings.
In other words, people are begging her for attention.
Hank
Then may I suggest that Jerry Springer would be the correct venue for this silly bee-atch?
heheh, she made her “bill is gay” remarks on Donnie Deutch’s show on CNBC. Hardly a career booster….
…and the last I heard, godless was tanking on amazon faster than the bush presidency…
So, WHO is doing the begging?
Maybe the carnival needs someone for the dunk tank?
Little Kid
A little kid walks into a city bus and sits right behind the driver and starts yelling, “if my dad was a bull and my mom a cow I’d be a little bull.”
The driver starts getting mad at the noisy kid, who continues with, “If my dad was an elephant and my mom a girl elephant I would be a little elephant.”
The kid goes on with several animals until the bus driver gets angry and yells at the kid, “What if your dad was a drunk and your mom a prostitute?!”
The kid smiles and says, “then I would be the president!”
MM -Clinton?
Two old ladies are outside their nursing home, having a drink and a smoke, when it starts to rain.
One of the old ladies pulls out a condom, cuts off the end, puts it over her cigarette, and continues smoking.
Maude: What in the hell is that?
Mabel: A condom.? This way my cigarette doesn’t get wet.
Maude: Where did you get it?
Mabel: You can get them at any drugstore.
The next day, Maude hobbles herself into the local drugstore and announces to the pharmacist that she wants a box of condoms.
The pharmacist, obviously embarrassed, looks at her kind of strangely (she is after all, over 80 years of age), but very delicately asks what brand of condom she prefers.
“Doesn’t matter Sonny, as long as it fits on a Camel.”
The pharmacist fainted.
AHHHHHH NO
USA TODAY/GALLUP POLL”Do you think the Bush Administration has a clear and well thought out policy on the situation in the Middle East, or not?”
Does – 27%Doesn’t – 67%Unsure – 7%
A three legged dog wanders into a saloon, bellies up to the bar and announces:ALRIGHT….I’M A LOOKIN’ FOR THE MAN WHO SHOT MY PAW!
Children’s Books You’ll Never See————————————–
“You Are Different and That’s Bad”
“Pop! Goes the Hamster…And Other Great Microwave Games”
“Testing Homemade Parachutes Using Household Pets”
“Babar Meets the Taxidermist”
“Curious George and the High-Voltage Fence”
“The Boy Who Died from Eating All His Vegetables”
“Start a Real-Estate Empire With the Change from your Mom’s Purse”
“Things Rich Kids Have, But You Never Will”
“The Care Bears Maul Some Campers and are Shot Dead”
“How to Become The Dominant Military Power In Your Elementary School”
“Controlling the Playground: Respect Through Fear”
“You Were an Accident”
“Strangers Have the Best Candy”
“The Little Sissy Who Snitched”
“Some Kittens Can Fly!”
“Where Would You Like to be Buried”
“Kathy Was So Bad Her Mom Stopped Loving Her”
“The Attention Deficit Disorder Association’s Book of Wild Animals of North Amer-Hey! Let’s Go Ride Our Bikes!”
“The Kid’s Guide to Hitchhiking”
“Garfield Gets Feline Leukemia”
“Mr. Fork and Ms Electrical Outlet Become Friends”
“Daddy Drinks Because You Cry”
and one I just HAD to add:
“Making Friends Through Respect” by Ann Coulter……. LOL!
Well,
Figured I would say Hi to everyone on the blog.
The last few days have been the most miserable of my life I think.
We are doing training at Eagle Mountain. It is an old Iron Ore mining camp. The temperature during the day is 117-130 degrees during the day and if your lucky 95 degrees at night.
I do nothing but drink water and GatorAid constantly.
I go through about 1.5 litters of water an hour and only use the bathroom maybe twice a day.
It is insane. The Marine Corps found the most hot God awful place to train and leased it.
On the bright side I am the armorer and was also one of the Marines with security ammo. So they needed to make a run back to Pendleton last night and I provided the security.
Now I am doing some admin stuff before we head back tonight.
Otherwise, I am going to be the Battalion Armorer chief in Iraq. It is going to be a demanding job, but I am the Company comanders right hand man and he takes care of me for all the hard work I have been doing organizing over 900 weapons and all.
I will keep in touch. If you want to be on my email list join up on the yahoo group my Dad created.
Take care all.
My son-in-law is in the USAF and spends several months a year in UAE. The temps Nathan mentioned are not unusual for the Middle East region. It’s much better to become accustomed to that kind of heat now than to go over there and get a big surprise.
Nathan – you are in our prayers. Keep your head and butt down!!! (or I’ll send MM over to sit on you!)
Good luck, Nathan, and God speed.
Now more on how the Republicans steal elections–Alaska has twice as many votes for Bush as people who voted . . . refuse to release data
“As readers of The BRAD BLOG know, Diebold and the State of Alaska have been doing all they can to keep the State Democratic Party from looking at the data from the machines used by the voters to register their choices and by the local officials to tally the votes. The BRAD BLOG has reported that questions began to arise about results from the 2004 election, including the reported revelation that “district-by-district vote totals add up to 292,267 votes for President Bush, but his official total was only 190,889.” The Democrats asked for election data from the Diebold machines and the state has ‘flip-flopped’ on whether they would release it or not. This resulted in claims by the state that any data they released would be proprietary and would belong to Diebold Elections Systems Inc. (DESI).
“The above led the state Democratic party to file a lawsuit to get the data they have been requesting.”
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3111&print=1
I have a friend who’s still stationed in Iraq. In addition to the temperatures, there’s a shitload of gear you have to wear.
It’s something he learned to deal with, but I doubt you ever get really used to it.
Oh yeah, the gear is a killer too.
Wearing your flak jacker with inserts and kevlar helmet…HOT.
I am not complaining, just giving you an idea of things.
It is like sticking your head in the oven with a blow dryer in your face with sand being thrown too.
Rage, same here. Our friend is in Baghdad. Camp Victory.
I don’t hear much. My 16-year-old is the one who talks to him, and he isn’t telling her much. The next time he’s home (and he WILL be home), I plan to pin him in a corner and ask questions.
Nathan, key word. HYDRATE
Proof the World is Nuts
In Lebanon, men are legally allowed to have sex with animals, but the animals must be female. Having sexual relations with a male animal is punishable by death. (Like THAT makes sense.)
In Bahrain, a male doctor may legally examine a woman’s genitals, but is prohibited from looking directly at them during the examination. He may only see their reflection in a mirror. (Do they look different reversed?)
Muslims are banned from looking at the genitals of a corpse. This also applies to undertakers; the sex organs of the deceased must be covered with a brick or piece of wood at all times. (A brick??)
The penalty for masturbation in Indonesia is decapitation. (Much worse than “going blind!”)
There are men in Guam whose full-time job is to travel the countryside and deflower young virgins, who pay them for the privilege of having sex for the first time… Reason: under Guam law, it is expressly forbidden for virginsto marry. (Let’s just think for a minute; is there any job anywhere else in the world that even comes close to this?)
In Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her adulterous husband, but may only do so with her bare hands. The husband’s lover, on the other hand, may be killed in any manner desired. (Makes sense to me!)
Topless saleswomen are legal in Liverpool, England but only in tropical fish stores. (But of course!)
In Santa Cruz, Bolivia, it is illegal for a man to have sex with a woman and her mother at the same time. (I presume this was a big enough problem that they had to pass this law?)
In Cali, Colombia, a woman may only have sex with her husband, and the first time this happens, her mother must be in the room to witness the act. (Is this near Bolivia?)
In Maryland, it is illegal to sell condoms from vending machines with one exception: Prophylactics may be dispensed from a vending machine only “in places where alcoholic beverages are sold for consumption on the premises.” (Is this a great country or what? Not as great as Guam!)
Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour. (Who volunteers for this stuff?)
Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure. (Is that why Flipper was always smiling?)
The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own weight and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated. (From drinking little bottles of…? — did the govt. pay for this research??)
Butterflies taste with their feet. (YUK!!)
An ostrich’s eye is bigger than it’s brain. (I know some people like that.) Starfish don’t have brains. (I know some people like that too)
And, the best for last Turtles can breathe through their butts. (Do you think they have bad breath?)
Thanks for all the kind words. I will most definately be drinking the water!
Nathan,
Be careful, drinking to much can be very harmful as well, and the symptoms for over-hydration are about the same for dehydration. There have been numerous accounts of soldiers getting deathly ill from over-hydration.
Where is eagle Mountain?
Make sure you get electrolytes along with your water.
Oh yeah, we are drinking gatoraide too.
Robin William’ Plan For Peace
“I see a lot of people yelling for peace but I have not heard of a plan for peace. So, here’s one plan.”
1) “The US will apologize to the world for our “interference” in their affairs, past &present. You know, Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Tojo, Noriega, Milosevic, Hussein, and the rest of those “good ole boys”, we will never “interfere” again.
2) We will withdraw our troops from all over the world, starting with Germany, South Korea, the Middle East, and the Philippines. They don’t want us there. We would station troops at our borders. No one allowed sneaking through holes in the fence.
3) All illegal aliens have 90 days to get their affairs together and leave.We’ll give them a free trip home. After 90 days the remainder will be gathered up and deported immediately, regardless of whom or where they are. They’re illegal!!! France will welcome them.
4) All future visitors will be thoroughly checked and limited to 90 days unless given a special permit!!!! No one from a terrorist nation will be allowed in. If you don’t like it there, change it yourself and don’t hide here. Asylum would never be available to anyone. We don’t need any more cab drivers or 7-11 cashiers.
5) No foreign “students” over age 21. The older ones are the bombers. If they don’t attend classes, they get a “D” and it’s back home baby.
6) The US will make a strong effort to become self-sufficient energy wise. This will include developing nonpolluting sources of energy but will require a temporary drilling of oil in the Alaskan wilderness. The caribou will have to cope for a while.
7) Offer Saudi Arabia and other oil producing countries $10 a barrel for their oil. If they don’t like it, we go someplace else. They can go somewhere else to sell their production. (About a week of the wells filling up the storage sites would be enough.)
8) If there is a famine or other natural catastrophe in the world, we will not “interfere.” They can pray to Allah or whomever, for seeds, rain, cement or whatever they need. Besides most of what we give them is stolen or given to the army. The people who need it most get very little, if anything.
9) Ship the UN Headquarters to an isolated island someplace. We don’t need the spies and fair weather friends here. Besides, the building would make a good homeless shelter or lockup for illegal aliens.
10) All Americans must go to charm and beauty school. That way, no one can call us “Ugly Americans” any longer. The Language we speak is ENGLISH…learn it…or LEAVE…Now, isn’t that a winner of a plan?
“The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses.” She’s got a baseball bat and she’s yelling, ‘you want a piece of me?’ “
I thought that was a Ted Nugent/George Carlin collaboration.
Snopes said no! Robin Williams only entry is the last one.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/williams.asp
Does anyone know where TrueBlue is?
MM, glad to see ya posting, but Joe has a good catch there.
Original_Steve, I’ve long since stopped caring about who or what you are. I have a life.
Here’s something from a Sierra Club newsletter:————————————-President OutsourcedJune 6, 2006Washington DC (AP) Congress today announced that the office of President of the United States of America will be outsourced to India as of July 1, 2006. The move is being made in order to save the President’s $500,000 yearly salary, and also a record $521 trillion in deficit expenditures and related overhead the office has incurred during the last 5 years.”We believe this is a wise move financially. The cost savings should be significant,” stated Congressman Thomas Reynolds (R-WA). “We cannot expect to remain competitive on the world stage with the current level of cash outlay,” Reynolds noted.Mr. Bush was informed by e-mail this morning of his termination. Preparations for the job move have been underway for some time. Gurvinder Singh of Indus Teleservices, Mumbai, India will be assuming the office of President as of July 1, 2006.Mr. Singh was born in the United States while his Indian parents were vacationing at Niagara Falls, thus making him eligible for the position. He will receive a salary of $320 (USD) a month but with no health coverage or other benefits. It is believed that Mr. Singh will be able to handle his job responsibilities without a support staff. Due to the time difference between the US and India, he will be working primarily at night, when few offices of the US Government will be open.”Working nights will allow me to keep my day job at the Dell Computer call center,” stated Mr. Singh in an exclusive interview. “I am excited about this position. I always hoped I would be President.”A Congressional spokesperson noted that while Mr. Singh may not be fully aware of all the issues involved in the office of President, this should not be a problem as President Bush was not familiar with the issues, either. Mr. Singh will rely upon a script tree that will enable him to respond effectively to most topics of concern. Using these canned responses, he can address common concerns without having to understand the underlying issues at all. “We know these scripting tools work,” stated the spokesperson. “President Bush has used them successfully for years.” Bush will receive health coverage, expenses, and salary until his final day of employment. Following a two week waiting period, he will be eligible for $140 a week unemployment for 13 weeks. Unfortunately he will not be eligible for Medicaid, as his unemployment benefits will exceed the allowed limit.Mr. Bush has been provided the outplacement services of Manpower, Inc. to help him write a resume and prepare for his upcoming job transition. According to Manpower, Mr. Bush may have difficulties in securing a new position due to limited practical work experience. A Greeter position at Wal-Mart was suggested due to Bush’s extensive experience shaking hands, as well as his goofy smile.
“Staying the Course” is the PNAC Course. It has been right from the start. The American People have rejected this PNAC foreign policy, concocted by Vice President Dick Cheney and a few other delusional Neocons, as an unworkable fantasy, but Bush, falling somewhat short of being intellectual, keeps trudging along { Rice is just along for the ride }.You’ve only to look at the near complete destruction of Lebanon to understand that the PNAC plan is sheer insanity and hurts everybody, which begs the question about Bush’s derangement. You can’t keep dropping bombs on helpless civilians while expecting that will somehow benefit someone and still have both oars in the water.Lebanon serves as a clear view of the Israeli/US commitment to use barbaric force on innocent people to satisfy some vague and sorted goal. They’ve even bombed Lebanon Harbor’s Lighthouse. In the 21 St. century, with GPS, nobody in their right mind bombs a Lighthouse.”Staying the Course” is one thing, but watching out where that takes you is another. For that, perhaps that Lighthouse might have come in handy.
Hey, Outlander, I mean Original Steve.
You left the “e” out of your name the other day.
When you’re switching nics, you should really be more careful, troll boy.
This is a farm state and farm welfare checks mean a lot here. Keeping the world trade going while the world lacks access to our markets.
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GENEVA, July 27 — The World Trade Organization’s ruling body formally suspended global trade talks today for the foreseeable future, following the collapse this week of last-ditch efforts to overcome divisions on farm supports.
The vote by the General Council came as Pascal Lamy, the director general of the W.T.O., appealed to trade ministers to get the talks back on track. He cautioned that failure to do so would be a betrayal of poor nations seeking better access for their farm products in American and European markets.
The discussions had been in crisis for more than a year and effectively collapsed Monday after negotiators from the European Union and the United States failed to agree on how to reduce huge payouts that critics complain distort global prices and hurt farmers in poor countries.
In the wake of the collapse, the American Farm Bureau Federation today called on the United States Congress to extend by at least a year America’s $20 billion-a-year farm subsidy program.
An extension of the farm bill, which sets huge subsidies for American farmers of products like wheat, soybeans and cotton, would “ensure U.S. farmers have the support they need to survive in today’s contentious global trading environment,” said the president of the United States farm group, Bob Stallman.
American negotiators had pledged to cut subsidies by 60 percent during the rewriting of the farm bill, which runs out in Sept. 2007. But American farmers say they will only agree to lower subsidies if a global trade agreement compensates them through better access for their products in Europe and large developing countries like India.
The failure of United States negotiators to win these concessions “sent us a clear signal that other nations simply lacked the will to open their markets and cut tariffs in response to our offer to reduce domestic subsidies,” Mr. Stallman said.
Failure by wealthy nations to reduce farm subsidies and protective tariffs, Mr. Lamy wrote in the International Herald Tribune today, would be a major blow to efforts to reduce global poverty.
“The trauma generated by the collapse of global trade talks may not yet register on the streets of New York, Paris or Tokyo,” Mr. Lamy wrote in an open letter to the trade ministers of the 149 nations that are members of the W.T.O. “But for cotton growers in West Africa, rice farmers in Thailand and beef producers in Latin America the reverberations are already being felt.”
Mrage! Yep! Our farmers, yet again ruined it for the rest of the world.
Just like ethanol. We can import it from Brazil for pretty cheap if they remove the hard core tariffs on them. But that isn’t going to happen, because the man in charge of removing those tariffs is a Senator from Iowa.
Many Kansas farmers no longer farm anymore. They are on the CRP gravy train and loving every minute of it. Of course it hurts the local economy because they no longer have to buy tractors or lumber, but they don’t care. They are sitting fat with a government check.
I was talking to a farmer last week near Lakin, Kansas. His farm is on CRP. He was bitchin that the government wanted him to remove his boundry fences to allow wild game to roam back and forth. He was all upset and talking how the government it going to far.
I told him I thought that what the CRP was all about. Allowing natural land to grow back and wildlife to thrive. He didn’t say anything. Just gave me a nasty look. Go figure.