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Home > Opinion > Mike Luckovich > Archives > 2006 > August > 18 > Entry

Marking Katrina

By Mike Luckovich | Friday, August 18, 2006, 12:08 PM

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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By Creep seeking missle

August 18, 2006 12:26 PM | Link to this

Aint it beautiful??

Everything I said it was….

Bush (watching his idol Scooby-Doo) as he cuddles with his Cheetos is just… precious!

By George

August 18, 2006 12:27 PM | Link to this

Great Toon!!!

I’m sure that the anniversary will be very low key hoping we will forget about it.

Hey Guys!

The insultathon is over here.

By Gitmobound

August 18, 2006 12:29 PM | Link to this

Scooby dooby do.

Great toon Mike.

By Joe

August 18, 2006 12:35 PM | Link to this

Interesting it will be to see how the addicts to this BLOG will construe the horrific local and sate response to Katrina on Bush. Where is Nagin in the drawing, oh I forgot he is a democrat, my bad. In hindsight, now that we know of all the hundreds of millions of dollars in fraud that came out of Katrina, much of the sympathy has lessened. The storm was a ripe opportunity for a crimmally infested city to react just the way I knew it would, rampant fraud and abuse. One positive note, my relatives that live in New Orleans will tell you that it’s a safer city now than they have ever seen it, something you can’t say about the cities that took in the misplaced residents, look at Houston for example. When the next storm hits the Big Easy perhaps those that are left there now will have the God given common sense to leave, even if you have to walk. When I think of Katrina all I can think of now is the fraud of my tax dollars.

By George

August 18, 2006 12:38 PM | Link to this

That is the way I picture him in the White House spending his weekend.

By Stinky Sullivan

August 18, 2006 12:40 PM | Link to this

How about a drill where people actually EVACUATE when a class five hurricane is heading in their direction and they live beneath sea level?

By George

August 18, 2006 12:42 PM | Link to this

That is the way I picture him in the White House spending his weekend.

By Midori Want A Cracker?

August 18, 2006 12:52 PM | Link to this

After seeing today’s cartoon my first thought was this and how Luckovich could easily be the next one:

A woman on a trans-Atlantic flight diverted to Boston for security concerns passed several notes to crew members, urinated on the cabin floor and made comments the crew believed were references to al-Qaida and the Sept. 11 attacks. NewsCenter 5 learned there was a Catherine Mayo from Vermont was a journalist who wrote for the Daily Times of Pakistan in 2003.(<—————Information I know but the AJC doesn’t!) The woman who was arrested is a U.S. citizen, authorities said.-OpinionJournal

Anti Bush articles she wrote.

That Bush Derangement Syndrome is nothing to mess around with.

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Now, it is true that had Israel succeeded militarily in its strategic objectives, there would have been no need for any resolution. Israel would unilaterally have cleaned out south Lebanon and would be dictating terms. By the now-inevitable Round Two, Israel will have rejected the failed Olmert-led exercise in hesitancy and will have new leadership, new tactics and new equipment (for example, expensive new plating for its tanks, which were so vulnerable to advanced Iranian antitank weaponry).-RealClearPolitics

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What was not offered by the Duke faculty was an examination of journalistic incompetence during Katrina, much of which, I would argue, was the result of many reporters’ rush to pin all blame for the aftermath of the storm on the federal government and the Bush administration.-TownHall

By Liberal Texas Democrat

August 18, 2006 12:52 PM | Link to this

One giggle short of a chuckle.

By Midori Want A Cracker?

August 18, 2006 12:52 PM | Link to this

Whatever the merits of the charge that Iraq is a “distraction” from the war on terror, the reality is that arguments about Bush are a larger distraction from the war on terror. For much of the past five years, Democrats not in the Joe Lieberman wing of the party - which is to say the Democratic Party, minus one - have repeatedly pointed to Osama bin Laden’s ability to elude capture (as opposed to, say, his inability to once again murder thousands on American soil) as proof that Bush’s anti-terror efforts have been a failure. It would surely be nice to see bin Laden’s head on a pike, but this is childishly partisan.-TownHall

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KOS’s view of the military as a glorified welfare state yields further insight into the left’s opposition to the war in Iraq. Certainly, the left’s opposition is grounded in Bush hatred and the desire for peace at any price. KOS’s essay also suggests that the left opposes war because it gets in the way of all those soldiers who use the military the way it is supposed to be used, as a “boost up the socio-economic ladder.” If that’s how the left views the military, one doesn’t have to be a rocket scientist to figure out what they think the rest of the government is for.-AmericanSpectator

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So we suppose a kind of congratulations are due to federal Judge Anna Diggs Taylor, who won her 10 minutes of fame yesterday for declaring that President Bush had taken upon himself “the inherent power to violate not only the laws of the Congress but the First and Fourth Amendments of the Constitution, itself.” Oh, and by the way, the Jimmy Carter appointee also avers that “there are no hereditary Kings in America.” In case you hadn’t heard. Unlike Judge Taylor, Presidents are accountable to the voters for their war-making decisions, as the current White House occupant has discovered. Judge Taylor can write her opinion and pose for the cameras—and no one can hold her accountable for any Americans who might die as a result.-OpinionJournal

By Midori Want A Cracker?

August 18, 2006 12:53 PM | Link to this

The administration plans to appeal, and, while we hope it will prevail, it’s clear the hard-left is going to play the courts for all it’s worth. Let it be a warning in election season. It was President Carter who signed FISA, botched the Iranian hostage stand-off, and appointed Judge Taylor. So we get a glimpse in this ruling of what a Jimmy Carter war on terror would look like. Senators Kerry and Kennedy both issued statements lauding the ruling.-NYSun

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This collection of boobs, kooks and crooks (the Carter Administration) took us down a garden path that led into a swamp. The prime lending rate rose higher than 15%, making it virtually impossible to acquire a home. Unemployment hovered near ten percent, leaving one tenth of our citizens skulking in alleyways, looking either for trouble or despair. No solution was offered by the President and his resident geniuses beyond the recommendation to come to terms with America’s newly abbreviated capacities.-HumanEvents

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Even allowing for election needs, why is it not possible for the congressional Democratic Party and its Amen corner in the punditocracy and blogosphere to overcome their George Bush phobia here? They should allow the creation of a civil-liberties regime that will genuinely (not hopefully) reduce our exposure to the risks now being rolled up by the surveillance and arrests in London. The foiling of the plot in Britain was a kind of public-policy miracle, a rare chance to rethink. The U.S. could have spent the past week with 4,000 funerals. We would have had calls for measures so stringent and draconian they would make the Bush program look like pattycake. We have none of that. But unless our politics changes, we will.-OpinionJournal

By Dusty

August 18, 2006 12:54 PM | Link to this

Oh yes,indeed. The sheer art of this cartoon will probably exceed the popularity of Mona Lisa. Ask any liberal. Has the Louvre called yet?

By Joe

August 18, 2006 12:55 PM | Link to this

How is Mayor Nagin celebrating the one year mark? Counting unused buses perhaps….six hundred and sixty three unused buses, six hundred and sixty four unused buses. No more lead in the pencil for that drawing Mike?

By RW-(the original)

August 18, 2006 01:15 PM | Link to this

This is pretty detailed for a luckovich toon. Either he has an intern or this is really how he spends his days. More lib projection I guess.

I can’t imagine why anyone still remembers Katrina after the 42 cat-5 storms we’ve had this summer due to global warming.

By Midori Want A Cracker?

August 18, 2006 01:28 PM | Link to this

RW: Silly, it’s global warming’s fault that we HAVEN’T had any hurricanes.

Unless we start having a bunch of hurricanes, of course.

Sarc/ off.

By (WWJD)WhatWouldJennaDrink

August 18, 2006 01:37 PM | Link to this

Apathy…Apathy….Apathy….is there any word that better describes this nitwit. Whether its Katrina, current events, global warming, gay issues, anything “science” related, or the entire outside world.

By RW-(the original)

August 18, 2006 01:44 PM | Link to this

WWJD,

Don’t be so hard on lucko, it’s not so much that he’s apathetic as it is that he lives in a bubble.

That’s it for me today. Enjoy!

By (WWJD)WhatWouldJennaDrink

August 18, 2006 01:48 PM | Link to this

Nice try RW, but all of us who see the world outside the prism of our own eyes, know that I was refering to the Chimp in Charge….Dumbya.

By Buy Danish

August 18, 2006 01:59 PM | Link to this

Joe,

Maybe the next time a hurricane is coming Bush will be kind enough to give at least 3 weeks notice so there is more time to evacuate.

Meanwhile, is the original NOLA Levee Board still in place, do you know? I wonder if they ever got around to discussing the levees, or if their still on “marinas” and “airstrips” in their agenda items.

By Political Foreskin

August 18, 2006 02:04 PM | Link to this

The cartoon was too close to real life to be funny, but I laughed, and cried.

Bush Jr. How did this happen? When will this national nightmare be over?

Bush is an unwitting terror accomplice. he really doesn’t know what he’s doing to the world, and how little time is left to fix this mess. only a miracle can save us now.

WMDs. We fell for it. Gotta blame ourselves here. Good one, Repudlickans, you got us there, that’s one for your side, we swallowed the whole thing. Is our face red or what?

By Joel

August 18, 2006 02:09 PM | Link to this

It would have been better if Mike had shown what is happening in New Orleans today.

Professionals are choosing to relocate and rebuild. The city and its’ residents pre Katrina were people who depended on the government. That was clear in the aftermath of Katrina. When people take control of their own destiny and the community they live in, good things happen.

They’re going to have a hard time changing Nagin’s old habits. Both Nagin & Governor Blanco are Democrats. That’s the problem. It’s a party that robs their voters of the enthusiasm to succeed.

By Midori Want A Cracker?

August 18, 2006 02:21 PM | Link to this

Kudos!

By Joel August 18, 2006 02:09 PM It would have been better if Mike had shown what is happening in New Orleans today.

Out of all these pinko liberals on this blog finally, FINALLY one says something intelligent and interesting. I didn’t think it was possible. I would like to thank you Joel, whole heartedly, for rousing us from the constant droning of the regulars like Polly, with their incessant “bore and snore” campaign.

Wait a minute, Joel’s a wingnut.

Never mind.

By moonbat betty

August 18, 2006 02:22 PM | Link to this

PoFo, wipe those tears from your eyes jr., W has pulled a miracle. The massive onslaught of globally warmed super hurricanes brought on by the clinton error has been subdued.

A light chop with wind out of the N.W. at 2 mph…Let’s go fishing!

By Scooter

August 18, 2006 02:26 PM | Link to this

I’m shocked that ml would politicize a natural disaster when the federal government is constitutionally forbidden form using the military within our borders. Truth be told, the blame resides with all branches, even those that ml chooses to ignore. I’m also shocked that people expect three different levels of bureaucracy to efficiently operate in concert with on another.

The warnings to government authorities spoke of levee toppings not breechings, big difference yeah? But don’t let that stop some from politicizing a terrible natural disaster, right ml and other assorted partisans?

Wasn’t it some of the media that were “stuck on stupid” while the government was trying to get Rita evacuation info out to the public? Lt. Gen Honore was awesome in getting his message across to the blatantly partisan media blame placers.

By abitconfused

August 18, 2006 02:36 PM | Link to this

I have to admit to still having a certain level of confusion. One year later and people are still sitting around waiting for the government to fix everything and support them indefinitely? Get up, take charge of your life and push forward. Many, many victims of Katrina have done this - kudos to them. I have a gut feeling the ones still living off the government, lived off the government pre-Katrina. When the storm devastated the gulf coast, I could not do enough to help - donate money, clothes, food. Then I started seeing pictures and hearing about the fraud many people engaged in, sympathy pretty much went down the drain.

By Fuel Feeds Terroism

August 18, 2006 02:41 PM | Link to this

Iran receives about $4 Billion a month in oil revenue. How much of that did you donate? (Hint: What do you drive?)

By Gitmobound

August 18, 2006 02:45 PM | Link to this

There was one leader who emerged from Katrina and he was Lt. Gen Honore.

Joel,

I see you live in la, la land with the rest of the wingnuts.

And Iraqi welfare wingnut?

By Say It Again!

August 18, 2006 02:46 PM | Link to this

Amen and ThankYou Lt. General Honore. Setting the media straight during Katrina was probably the hardest part of your job. I would have told them to shut-up and get out of the way.

The media screamed VICTIMS OF THE FAILURE OF OUR ADMINISTRATION until the real truth came out later.

Victims of a failed Mayor and Governor was more like it.

Oh, and they are Democrats so let’s show them a little understanding for their stupidity. No can do.

By Gitmobound

August 18, 2006 02:46 PM | Link to this

We borrow money from Iran.

By abitconfused

August 18, 2006 03:05 PM | Link to this

FFT, Not that it really applies to this discussion….but I traded cars to buy one with better gas mileage. I assume then that you ride a bike to work?

By Creep seeking missle

August 18, 2006 03:10 PM | Link to this

Things get so confusing in Cracker’s terrarium.

If Bush hadn’t diverted US resources into Iraq, Osama would be dead. Not planning multiple airliner bombings. What if he succeeds next time?

Bush foes don’t hate war. Not when it’s justified. Find me a well known Democrat anywhere who thinks invading Afghanistan (home of Osama) was a bad idea.

They don’t exist.

Iraq critics hate Bush? No, hate is much too strong a word. Disrespect? Pity? Yes. If you want to see really excessive emotional exuberance (the 3E syndrome), just check out Cracker and his groupies here. They love Bush unconditionally. Bush can do no wrong.

That’s sick.

And Gitmobound and Fuel Feeds Terrorism are right. Every time you fill up, you’re aiding the enemy. Far more than any post here could ever do. Bush and the GOP Congress never admit that. He never actually does anything to wean us off oil.

Too busy munching Chee-tos and watching Scooby-Doo….

By VOA

August 18, 2006 03:18 PM | Link to this

With regard to Katrina, you might want to read Douglas Brinkley’s new book THE GREAT DELUGE. It’s pretty unsparing about leadership. In the ones of one long-ago movie reviewer, “Everyone connected with it deserves censure”. Gen. Honore comes off pretty well; but there were plenty of heroes in NOLA who stayed and helped others.

By N-GA

August 18, 2006 03:25 PM | Link to this

CSM,

It really is the Bushlings that hate. They hate our troops because they keep sending them back to the Middle East…2, 3 even 4 combat tours. And why do they do that? Because they must. You see they (the GOP) refuse to reinstate the draft…but they don’t have enough troops to deploy so they re-cycle them. Of course that increases the odds of them getting killed or wounded…but to reinstate the draft would be a political disaster for them. But there are some soldiers that pick up the slack…some are hard core patriots, others like the $$$ incentives. The USA is paying its soldiers more money to fight than ever before. But that is only to help get new recruits and keep experienced troops from seeking a discharge.

But even then the Bushlings get them…they stop veteran soldiers from rotating as scheduled, or delay their discharges indefinitely. It’s a little like indentured servitude except indentured servants get out when their debt is paid.

By Dusty

August 18, 2006 03:31 PM | Link to this

So, Luckovich thinks the president is sitting around watching TV and eating snacks, a lil ol’ liberal Lucko joke. Wooohooo!!!

Well, I hope the President is watching TV and relaxing. He is probably the hardest working man in American with the toughest decisions to make. He needs a break. And don’t mention Crawford unless you never heard of the internet and working away from the job.

History will show that some Americans not only ignore the President’s steadfast determination, but even concoct lies and blame situations. History will also have a name for them. Right now, we call them liberals.

I hope we never have a person in charge with the lack of discernment like those here who know so little yet complain so loudly.

By Raymond

August 18, 2006 03:31 PM | Link to this

Mike, I’m one of those who is tired of the blame Bush crap. Katrina was a natural disaster. The aftermath has to be shared with the individual, along with local & state officials.

To the Creep Seeking a Missile. I guess you’ve been funding terrorism for the time you’ve been driving? If you haven’t been driving that long, look to your parents for blame. 35+ freaking years this country has been dependent on Middle Eastern oil. Why in the hell is this one Bush’s fault?

You Bush whiners make me sick and I don’t even like the guy that much. I voted for him twice, but that’s because the only alternative was a deadbeat Democrat and a third party vote risked putting a deadbeat Democrat in office.

By Creep seeking missle

August 18, 2006 03:52 PM | Link to this

{“Why in the hell is this one Bush’s fault?”}

Surely you jest.

Bush had the political capital, the mandate, the electoral collateral, whatever you want to call it, to change US energy dependence on the mideast after 9/11 and also after the 2004 election. He controlled the White House, the Senate, the House.

Instead he invaded Iraq. Outside of a few bleats about Alaska and offshore oil, he’s done nothing.

Is Bush on OPEC’s payroll? Seems that way.

By moonbat betty

August 18, 2006 04:04 PM | Link to this

Creep that is weak. I guess now that W’s hand is off the hurricane switch, he can flip the “everything on solar power” switch.

Something else to consider

By getalife

August 18, 2006 04:06 PM | Link to this

Cheney’s plan is working

130,000 troops in Iraq can’t protect the oil supply?

Please, this is the closed door meeting Cheney had with big oil. The goal was not to get the oil, the goal was to stop the supply.

Less supply, the demand goes up and so does the price. Mission Accomplished.

By Political Foreskin

August 18, 2006 04:07 PM | Link to this

You Repudlickan Jiheadists of the Al Ka Ka Gay Men’s Choir are going to ruin this country if you dont STFU.

Remember, change one letter and you get, “Al Queda Pays Men 2die”.

You terrorhissies are so busted. We cracked your code. Expect a knock on your door from the NSA.

By candide

August 18, 2006 04:12 PM | Link to this

Did you see Bush and hear his remarks from Camp David today? He looked as pathetic as a Woody Allen character. He knows the jig is up.

By Huge

August 18, 2006 04:18 PM | Link to this

Hey RW!

Thanks again for your help; I really wanted to post that link. When I was reading the blog rules I laughed out loud when I read these two:

Be considerate. It’s OK to be funny, but it’s not OK to be offensive.

Keep your language civil, what you post is seen by everyone who visits the page.

I guess we’re ALL busted!

By Creep seeking missle

August 18, 2006 04:21 PM | Link to this

betty…

The forceful lobbying for fuel cells that Bush displays every day (badgering the GOP Congress, lecturing business leaders and the media) helps assure Americans that he is absolutely, totally, irreversibly committed to breaking the country’s dependence on OPEC once and for all!!!

Not.

Come on… he is such a loser….

But I don’t hate him! Really I dont!

By Goldie

August 18, 2006 04:37 PM | Link to this

“When I think of Katrina all I can think of now is the fraud of my tax dollars.”“

Of course, Joe— that’s all that ever matters to the Repugnants. And you must really be fuming about all the $$ wasted by FEMA employees, spending on all of their unnecessary paid items, such as computer notebooks and cellphones for personal usage. And whether you like it or not, those expenses were approved by the Repugnant managers and supervisors, in their cronie-filled jobs. That must really just burn you up, right?

By Huge

August 18, 2006 04:40 PM | Link to this

Scooter,

Yeah, liberals love military recruiters? http://santacruz.indymedia.org/feature/display/17073/index.php

Don’t count this “liberal”. I visited a recruiting office when I was 17 and it wasn’t to just to say good morning, if you catch my drift.

But as for the UCSC campus, it’s not altogether bad that these kids are making their voices heard AND as long as there in no violence. Sure it happens in Santa Cruz. But not Santa Fe. Or Atlanta. Or virtually ANYWHERE else in this country. I believe this nation is only stronger when we have SOME anti-war voices. Would you really want a country where there was none?

By moonbat betty

August 18, 2006 04:50 PM | Link to this

Creep, it’s going to take time, it ain’t gonna happen in year. Call your elected officials in Congress.

Haven’t I met you somewhere before?

By Liberal Married to a Recruiter

August 18, 2006 04:52 PM | Link to this

Very funny scooter. I can understand why hubby isn’t wanted on some campuses and he goes where invited regardless of some folks’ personal feelings. He’s proud that he serves for their rights. He’s not like the nasties on this site who want to spew hate over liberal ideas.

The scary thing is that the standards for enlistment have been lowered to help the Army meet its needs. Please do your research to see that gang members are joining and serving well. Upon discharge they take their military tactical knowledge to the streets against citizens and police.

This war is begetting more and more violence.

By Huge

August 18, 2006 05:17 PM | Link to this

N-Ga,

Re: your 3:25 “But even then the Bushlings get them…they stop veteran soldiers from rotating as scheduled, or delay their discharges indefinitely.”

I guess you could say they’re just loving them to death!

By w00t

August 18, 2006 05:17 PM | Link to this

Ok, everyone’s homework assignment for the weekend is to go out and rent “Why We Fight”.

Bring your report back on Monday for discussion. I think it will open many minds on this blog.

By getalife

August 18, 2006 06:09 PM | Link to this

Check out Mr. Mutha’s competition

What a joke.

“Fog of war” is a good documentary too but must of it was censored by our government.

By Buy Danish

August 18, 2006 06:15 PM | Link to this

Moonbat Betty,

When you commented on Goldies Florida Vacation much earlier today, I forgot to mention that all that lucky sperm left her with nothing but a pregnant chad that didn’t make it to the delivery room.

Maybe she can try again in 2008.

By Scooter

August 18, 2006 06:19 PM | Link to this

Huge, my point was, I feel it is a little one sided to criticize Bush for having to over extend the current military, without saving some criticism for the many voices that work against recruitment. No comment on Sheehans new book? Also, I have personally seen the demonstrations right here on Georgia campuses, Georgia State, Georgia Tech and a friend of mine participated in one at Emory. So we will just have to agree to disagree on the isolation. You see, before my accident I ran with hardcore revolutionary liberals (I still hang out with many) so my personal experiences lead me to a different conclusion.

Liberal Married to a Recruiter, I have done my research but thanks. Exceptionally high Category IV recruitment early in this reporting year etc…

My experience has been that many people will say anything that fits their objective, but my personal experience shows that crimes are generally criminal on criminal, especially with gangs. So, it could be said that with better aim they can stop killing innocents and focus on other gang members… good. Also, you would have to provide me with a link that shows the military is enlisting felons, if not it may be good for the military to rehab these lost souls before they become true thugs. They were shooting wildly at police, gang bangers and police before (by your statement), perhaps some will be reformed and stop shooting at all.

“spew hate over liberal ideas.” Hate? c’mon there is enough “hate” on both sides, but it is not really hate, it is words. It is bad enough liberals have taken motive and added it as an additional crime, a “hate” crime. Not that I think anyone is a fascist but criminalizing thought is pretty fascist like.

By Doug

August 18, 2006 06:54 PM | Link to this

Hey! That’s insulting an entire institution! Scooby and Shaggy should never be demeaned in such a low handed way.

By Buy Danish

August 18, 2006 06:58 PM | Link to this

Huge News,

This should make you and your p.c. friends happy: Controversial Muslim group gets VIP airport security tour Feds show CAIR latest screening steps, sensitive counterterrorism procedures

I’m not sure how you’re going to feel about this, as it comes direct from Detroitistan. How will you complain about my “bigotry” in the future in light of this revelation? Oh well, you have the weekend to think about it. Who’s Behind the ACLU NSA Lawsuit … And Why Are They Lying?

In all fairness, I welcome some Christofascist news stories from you. See if you can find some that are current, involve hundreds of thousands of fanatics, and threatens our national security - if not civilization.

Deal?

By Huge

August 18, 2006 07:02 PM | Link to this

“I feel it is a little one sided to criticize Bush for having to over extend the current military, without saving some criticism for the many voices that work against recruitment.”

Good point. But it IS a volunteer army.

“No comment on Sheehans new book?”

It’s funny, but I forgot to end my post with kudos to you for your post. And realized I hadn’t even looked at the other two. That last one just caught my eye.

They also look interesting. I’ll get back to you on those later?

And, I cocompletely agree with your take on perspective/objective. I thought that the 4:52 post was one of the best I’ve ever read here.

As for the quality of the volunteers, I’ve been out so long, I couldn’t speak about todays levels. When I was in, I thought the level was so-so. I worked with and for some of the neatest and brightest men ever. I also worked with and for some real lame brains. There were enough dead enders, misfits, uncaught criminals, etc, sprinkled in enough to make one worry. And the Army and Marines had the worst reputations for this. (Sorry, to any offended; Semper Fi and all that.)

And I’m also pretty sure that some percentage of those guys were “rehabbed” while in uniform, and went on to live better lives. But I don’t see you correct if you believe that the un-rehabbed would just now play nice and leave relatively wealthy, unarmed civilians alone either. Ironically many of this country’s home-bred biggest terrorists and assassins have been veterans.

Now? Who knows about the quality? My guess is probably about the same. But I wonder how that’s affected by our ever-growing education “issues” and the general dumbing down in this country.

Finally I’m not sure that hating can be constrained to just taking action. That is the manifestation of hate. And that is what is punishable. Is motive a hate crime? I’ve never known or heard of anyone jailed for simply thinking something.

By Scooter

August 18, 2006 07:02 PM | Link to this

Before I leave I wanted to comment on the number of leaders that came out of Katrina. Most here limited the emerging leaders too stringently. We must not forget Vice Admiral Thad Allen of the Coast Guard, after all the Coast Guard is DOT and can be used within our borders. Semper Paratus Coasties!

By George

August 18, 2006 09:32 PM | Link to this

Does Andy really believe all the drivel that he posts here??

By Scooter

August 19, 2006 12:40 AM | Link to this

Huge, my point wasn’t that the un-rehabbed would come back and be harmless. My point was they would come back and be better trained in marksmanship. Since most gang bangers aim to kill other gang bangers, but accidentally kill innocents when the range is over two feet. With military training they would be more successful in hitting their targets, other criminals. I have often said I would like to train many of the thugs around here to hit “center mass”.

If someone kills another because the victim is gay, or black, or a redneck, etc the crime is the killing and the “hate’ is the motive. But “hate crimes” remove the motive and add it as an additional 5 year charge, which is wrong in my eyes. To take someone else’s life is equally hateful, unless in self defense of course. Aren’t we all supposed to have equal protection from the law? But, “hate crimes” seem to give more protection to the victims of “hate”, as defined by liberal politicians of course.

By Midori Want A Cracker?

August 19, 2006 07:10 AM | Link to this

Want to know why gas is $3 a gallon?:

That’s partially because there haven’t been any new refineries built in the U.S. since the 1970s, even though our demand for gasoline increases every year. Of course, in a truly free market we’d expect entrepreneurs to see the need for more refineries and open them. But the oil industry isn’t governed by the free market — —————it’s regulated from Washington.<——————- Government policies make it almost impossible to get a new refinery approved. Since 1990, refinery owners have been forced to spend as much as $4 billion each year to comply with complex regulations.-TownHall

Drill!!!!

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Want to know why it takes hours to get through airport security? For those who put civil liberties above all else, even the TSA’s behavior observation technique is too much. In 2004 the ————-ACLU—————— sued the Massachusetts Port Authority and the Massachusetts state police after one of its employees was identified by a similar program in Boston, with a spokesman claiming there was “a significant prospect this security method is going to be applied in a discriminatory manner.” Amid this sort of demagoguery, we can see why the Bush Administration would want to dodge a profiling debate.-OpinionJournal

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You may remember the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) sued when the NYPD instituted random bag searches on the subway. Yet a sign at the NYCLU building warned that the organization had the right to search the bags of all people entering there. Hypocritical? You make the call.-HumanEvents

By Midori Want A Cracker?

August 19, 2006 07:12 AM | Link to this

By George August 18, 2006 09:32 PM Does Andy really believe all the drivel that he posts here??

Where do you see any drivel, dearie?

By George

August 19, 2006 09:18 AM | Link to this

Where do you see any drivel, dearie?

Anything posted under Midori Want A Cracker?

By George

August 19, 2006 09:57 AM | Link to this

Andy, does Charter Peachford know that you are missing?

By Midori Want A Cracker?

August 19, 2006 12:54 PM | Link to this

O.K. Georgie, from now on the only things I will post will be anti American socialist bullcr-ap and only that if it’s found on the Huffington Post or Filthy Mouth Murtha’s website.

Deal?

By George

August 19, 2006 01:44 PM | Link to this

Gee Andy, why do you hate your country so.

Why not include all of the different sources and points of view?

Deal!

By Midori Want A Cracker?

August 19, 2006 03:52 PM | Link to this

By George August 19, 2006 01:44 PM Gee Andy, why do you hate your country so.

By George August 19, 2006 12:24 PM The Marine officer who commanded the battalion involved in the Haditha killings last November did not consider the deaths of 24 Iraqis, many of them women and children, unusual and did not initiate an inquiry, according to a sworn statement he gave to military investigators in March.

What a loser, little pinko Georgie N-GA, leaking testimony and evidence, slanting the truth against one of the soldiers out in the field protecting this POS.

I got an idea, N-GA Wanker, why don’t you go f yourself?

When has ANYONE ever seen me stab our troops in the back like these filthy depraved liberals do, ALL THE TIME?

By Enjoy It Georgie!

August 19, 2006 06:50 PM | Link to this

Soloman was brought up in the Islamic tradition and became a “recruiter,” which he says is something like an assistant teacher. One of his responsibilities was “brainwashing people in the Koran.” He tells me “The suicide bombers go through stages, and the most important stage is not when they blow themselves up. The most important stage is conforming them to the (Muslim) ideology. Once they are conformed to the ideology, the rest is easy. That is the role I had.”

Soloman speaks with knowledge, credibility and conviction. He has memorized large sections of the Koran and tells me, “There’s not a single verse in the Koran talking about peace with a non-Muslim, with the Jews and the Christians. Islam means submission. Islam means surrender. It means you surrender and accept Islamic hegemony over yourselves…”-RealClearPolitics

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Right now, we’re fighting terror with one hand behind our back by refusing to exploit data-mining tools. London’s success should serve notice that we must use our technological sophistication and reject the sky-is-falling claims of the extreme civil libertarians.-LATimes

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France until just a few days ago was supposed to be leading this UN force. Now France thinks it can’t spare more than a few hundred soldiers. Reason, so stated: The UN ceasefire resolution does not sufficiently spell out the rules of engagement. France, you’ll recall, was a co-author of the very resolution it is complaining about.-NYDailyNews

Let’s dispatch Bandaid Kerry to the region, since he talks Frenchie.

By Midori Want A Cracker?

August 19, 2006 06:51 PM | Link to this

Taylor employs plenty of florid rhetoric in the opinion, comparing President Bush with King George III and at times saying “obviously” and “undisputedly” the wiretap program violates the Constitution. But her arguments show a profound misunderstanding of the Bill of Rights, so it’s unlikely to persuade appellate judges. And the main constitutional question remains whether these wiretaps are considered unreasonable searches under the Fourth Amendment.-RockyMountainNews

This “judge” has set liberal activism back at least a century. When all of the Conservatives get done picking this ruling apart, these silly libs will look like rank amateurs.

Ooops, I forgot, they are rank amateurs.

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Oh, and plus this:

Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman headlined the issue in an e-mail sent Friday to supporters around the country. “Yesterday, a Democrat-appointed judge in Detroit sided with the ACLU and ordered an immediate halt to the Terrorist Surveillance Program,” Mehlman wrote. “This decision is a reminder of what is at stake in 2006. Will we use every tool in our arsenal to respond to emerging threats, or embrace the Democrat-ACLU position that just made it harder for our intelligence agencies to detect terrorist plots inside the United States?”-LATimes

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New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin on Friday blamed racism and government bureaucracy for hamstringing his city’s ability to weather Hurricane Katrina and recover from the disaster that struck the Gulf Coast nearly a year ago.-NewsMax

By George

August 19, 2006 08:50 PM | Link to this

I guess these guys didn’t find Osama and won’t now.

KABUL, Afghanistan Insurgents killed four U.S. soldiers and wounded six others in separate clashes in Afghanistan on Saturday as the war-battered nation celebrated its independence day amid an upsurge in violence that threatens its democratic rebirth.

Sounds like Fox News thinks democracy may be doomed in Afghanistan.

Where is Osama anyway? Thought we would forget about him, eh?

By Midori Want A Cracker?

August 19, 2006 09:37 PM | Link to this

Well, lookie, Georgie found some good news for his side:

By George August 19, 2006 08:50 PM I guess these guys didn’t find Osama and won’t now. KABUL, Afghanistan ? Insurgents killed four U.S. soldiers and wounded six others in separate clashes in Afghanistan on Saturday as the war-battered nation celebrated its independence day amid an upsurge in violence that threatens its democratic rebirth.

We’re all happy for you. Maybe some terrorists will get some of our soldiers in Iraq and then you’ll really be jammin, eh?

By RW-(the original)

August 19, 2006 09:41 PM | Link to this

Georgie girl,

Osama is contained. I thought that was your preferred method anyway.

By George

August 19, 2006 11:04 PM | Link to this

Osama is contained. ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Oh that’s a good one.

Thanks Mini-Me I needed a good laugh today.

Geez, it is good to see such delusional people with a sense of humor

By Midori Want A Cracker?

August 20, 2006 06:25 AM | Link to this

Hey Georgie:

When was the last time Osama attacked the United States homeland?

Not only is Bin Laden contained, so are you.

Contained to dragging dead U.S. soldiers through the street, like a little pervert sicko parade, to make your lame socialist anti American point on a political blog.

Loser.

Have at it.

Enjoy yourself!

By N-GA

August 20, 2006 07:15 AM | Link to this

Hey Lying Andy (the Bed Wetter) aka RW (the Real Wanker),

I post under my own tag, but By George has my support so go ahead and wail your pathetic head off at me, whiner.

I can’t help but notice that the “Bed Wetter” sobriquet has taken on a life of its own. People everywhere are using it to describe all you terrified wing-nuts. You must be proud to be the first name in bed wetters.

Others that blog here are beginning to see what I saw quite some time ago. You wing-nuts are full-time paid republiscum shills. Your own blogs attract no one but neo-fascists like yourselves. You also use multiple names in a stupid attempt to make people think there are more of you than there really are. No surprise…you neo-fascists smolder and die in the true light of day.

You will soon lose any legitimacy you may have had and disappear into the pathetic little aryan white power fringe groups from whence you came. Goodbyeeeeeeeeeeeee!!

By Midori Want A Cracker?

August 20, 2006 07:23 AM | Link to this

When you hear a lib moaning about the economy, you really have to wonder what a loser they must be:

For first time since Sept. 11, 2001, the vast majority of states reported saving an average of 10 percent of their budgets, one of the highest percentages of unspent money in decades. The $57 billion in unexpected revenue (tax revenue, AJC, TAX, as in more money being made) has afforded states an opportunity to find all sorts of creative ways to spend and save their cash, according to a report released last week by the National Conference of State Legislators.-AJC

If the even freaking States can make it big, what are these whining liberals doing wrong?

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Queen Pinko, knocking her whole entire race down a notch:

“There was a time when black folks did a lot of the work that illegal immigrants are taking. They came in here and undercut our salaries in their desperation for survival… …. But the ultraconservatives’ analysis —- that illegal immigrants are “wage thieves” —- is faulty………There are still good reasons, of course, to worry about the prospects of less-educated black men, who are increasingly unemployed, imprisoned, marginalized.-AJCGrandPoohBah

1)If the Mexicans are only taking the “good” jobs, such as construction labor, what are the Blacks NOT doing to get these jobs?

2)If anybody wants to show me where there is a wide spread campaign to round up young Black law ABIDING men and imprison them, I’m all ears. I wonder what all the Black cops think of that?

3)If the Evil White Man is “marginalizing” Blacks because they aren’t like him or other racial grievances, how are Mexicans succeeding?

Could it be that the Race Card is holding Black society back? Gasp, gasp!

The Mexicans are sure enough proof that if you want to make it in America, all you have to do is WANT to.

By Midori Want A Cracker?

August 20, 2006 09:19 AM | Link to this

By N-GA Wanker (Real Wanker, Fake Life) August 20, 2006 07:15 AM I post under my own tag, but By George has my support so go ahead and wail your pathetic head off at me, whiner.

I can’t tell one whining little bit-ch liberal from another, my bad.

Hey Lying Andy (the Bed Wetter) aka RW (the Real Wanker),

What have I ever lied about? Being a “millionaire” and a “war hero?” Huh?

I can’t help but notice that the “Bed Wetter” sobriquet has taken on a life of its own. People everywhere are using it to describe all you terrified wing-nuts. You must be proud to be the first name in bed wetters.

Why does it not surprise me that liberals would readily associate men, urine and the bed?

No, I’m not giving you a golden shower, weirdo.

You wing-nuts are full-time paid republiscum shills.

I would rather be a “Republican shill” than be consigned to waiting for American soldiers to die so that I could tell you how great the democratic party is.

Wanker.

By George

August 20, 2006 10:46 AM | Link to this

Oh man, this is better than the Sunday funnies. You are killing me here!!!

Bin Laden contained, oh please. When Saddam was contained by the UN you were howling about how we had to take him out. Saddam didn’t have any WMD and was not threat to the US yet you were willing to send out troups over there in your testoserone induced roar to eliminate him. He was not a threat to the US yet you are willing to have about 3000 of your neighbors get killed fulfillling your fantasy of the middle east throwing flowers at us and sprouting democracy. Geez, what a dreamer.

Yet Bin Laden DID kill 3000 of your fellow countryman, IS still a threat to the US and HAS resources at his disposal and yet out of sight and out of mind is good enough for you. My god, you will twist yourslf in to contortions to explain away your delusions of grandeur. The more you talk the farther round and round you go. This is really funny!! I’m really enjoying this so keept it up.

By the way Andy, I never really understood the bed wetter comment so please explain that. Surely you have outgrown that stage.

By RW-(the original)

August 20, 2006 11:05 AM | Link to this

Georgie girl,

You want truly hysterical commentary, reread your second sentence in your second paragraph.

The part about “contained by the UN” is one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. There has never been a single group or country, other than the Democrat party, contained by the worthless freaking UN.

By RW-(the original)

August 20, 2006 11:11 AM | Link to this

I need to request some help from one of you “progressives.” John Kerry just said that Lieberman needs to get out of the Senate race, because he’s shown that he is out of step with Connecticut voters. If he’s out of step with the voters, then what difference does it make if he runs?

Thank you in advance!

By George

August 20, 2006 12:54 PM | Link to this

Hey Mini-Me, I’m with you about Joe Liberman. I think that he needs to join the Republican party and be done with it. Since twisted logic is such a hallmark of the Republican party, Joe will fit right in. When he came in fifth in a presidential primary and told everyone that he was in a three way tie for third, I would say that is perfect Republican logic. Dubya would understand that logic perfectly so why not let Joe be among like minds.

By Midori Want A Cracker?

August 20, 2006 12:55 PM | Link to this

By George August 20, 2006 10:46 AM When Saddam was contained by the UN you were howling about how we had to take him out.

1) I would love to hear what the Kurds have to say about Saddam being “contained.”

2) When you say “UN contained,” are you talking about the way Hezbollah is “contained” in Southern Lebanon?

3) If Bin Laden isn’t contained then why doesn’t he stroll down 5th Avenue in Manhattan? Matter of fact, why won’t he stroll down 5th Avenue in Pakistan?

Hahahahaha.

Where you, Jackoff Georgie, even begin to logically put forth this argument is amazing, to say the least.

Yet Bin Laden DID kill 3000 of your fellow countryman, IS still a threat to the US and HAS resources at his disposal and yet out of sight and out of mind is good enough for you.

Let’s see here, what do those dudes call themselves, I forget. Oh, yeah, Al Qaeda in Iraq.

Hahahahahahaha.

What a total stroker.

By the way Andy, I never really understood the bed wetter comment so please explain that. Surely you have outgrown that stage.

Ask your gaybaiter “Mr. Wireless Network In The Gay Bathhouse” buddy NG-A Wanker, he’s the one who dreams of it.

Dumba-ss.

By George

August 20, 2006 06:23 PM | Link to this

Good grief Andy! I can’t believe you have been posting here all day.

Some day when you grow up and discover women then you will find something better to do with your time all weekend. haha

There is a whole wide world out there beyond the computer screen.

By Midori Want A Cracker?

August 20, 2006 06:40 PM | Link to this

By Georgie August 20, 2006 06:23 PM Good grief Andy! I can’t believe you have been posting here all day. There is a whole wide world out there beyond the computer screen. Some day when you grow up and discover women then you will find something better to do with your time all weekend. haha

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By Georgie August 19, 2006 01:44 PM

Not get any, eh, Georgie?

Seeing how I have two children, I’m pretty sure that I’ve gotten the “women” part down pat already.

Unlike you having to spend the weekend trying to find one.

Hahahahahahahaha.

Loser.

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