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Home > Opinion > Mike Luckovich > Archives > 2007 > November > 27 > Entry

Phased withdrawal

By Mike Luckovich | Tuesday, November 27, 2007, 08:58 PM

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By Luckoduh

November 28, 2007 8:04 AM | Link to this

More bad news for the democrats:

{{{{US online retail sales have been growing at better-than-expected rates in the run-up to the holidays, according to Wall Street analysts and internet retailers.}}}}

Gee, I thought every one was in the homeless shelter?

~~~~~~

Two Urinals in one!:

{{{{IRAQ DEVELOPMENTS- The U.S. public increasingly (((believes))) the U.S. is making military progress in Iraq.}}}}

How can the “U.S. public” believe in Iraq progress when the pinkos at the Urinal don’t?

But one blurb later, signs of Iraq progress:

{{{{Hundreds of Iraqi refugees boarded buses in Syria on Tuesday in the first convoy from an Iraqi-funded effort to speed the return of Iraqi families that fled the war.}}}}

~~~~~~

Two Urinals in one:

Queen Pinko cutting Atlanta some slack that Urinal has never given the Bush led government:

{{{{Atlanta will never be able to place a police officer on every corner. And even a large force wouldn’t be able to combat every domestic dispute or drug crime that escalates into violence.}}}}

But, several pages before this:

{{{{Roadblock shootings have consistently fed anti-U.S. sentiment among many Iraqis since the arrival of American forces in 2003.}}}}

I’m pretty sure it depends on which Iraqi’s you ask, the “terrorists” or the innocent women and children.

By IN THE NEWS

November 28, 2007 8:08 AM | Link to this

Racing for the exit

By IN THE NEWS

November 28, 2007 8:17 AM | Link to this

McCain doubts progress in peace talks

By IN THE NEWS

November 28, 2007 8:19 AM | Link to this

Democrats Likely to Win Bigger House Majority in 2008

By Goldie

November 28, 2007 8:20 AM | Link to this

A phased withdrawal for the Repugs from Congress is fine with me — maybe we can get a functioning, less criminal bunch in gov’t working for America again!

By IN THE NEWS

November 28, 2007 8:21 AM | Link to this

Could the 2008 Election be Like the 1932 Election?

By Luckoduh

November 28, 2007 8:26 AM | Link to this

{{{{Mr. Thompson wants to abolish the death tax and the Alternative Minimum Tax and cut the corporate income tax rate to 27% from 35%. But his really big idea is a voluntary flat tax that would give every American the option of ditching the current code in favor of filing a simple tax return with two tax rates of 10% and 25%.}}}}

{{{{Liberals are already objecting that the plan is not “paid for,” by which they mean it doesn’t raise taxes the way they hope the next President will. But Mr. Thompson is right in refusing to play by the “static revenue” scoring game that demands that one dollar in estimated tax cuts be offset by one dollar in estimated tax increases somewhere else. “The experts always overrate the revenue losses from tax cuts,” Mr. Thompson says, and history supports him going back to the Mellon reductions of the 1920s, the Kennedy tax cuts of the 1960s, the Gipper’s in the 1980s, and this decade’s success with President Bush’s reductions.}}}}

By IN THE NEWS

November 28, 2007 8:30 AM | Link to this

Fred Thompson’s New Watergate Ad: Get Me Rewrite!

By RB from Gwinnett

November 28, 2007 8:34 AM | Link to this

Good morning children…and conservatives!

Since I didn’t get to reply yesterday, lets cover a few things…

First, I don’t intentionally post things twice. As tempting as that would be with the “repeat it until you believe it” liberal crowd, that’s just not the case.

Second, Your attempts to claim some RB/Zell or whoever else dual ID’s is a joke. I’ve never posted under any other sign on, never hijacked someone else’s sign on, and I won’t. Question for ITN and Amvet… Can you honestly make the same statement?

The problem here is the simpletons think since they use multiple sign ons and regularly hijack others ID’s, that everyone else must be doing it too. They don’t realize there are people in this world with honor. It’s part of whats wrong with our political system these days. There is no sense of morality on the left any longer and anything is fair game. But that’s not a surprise since morality is based in the Bible and the left has moved so far away from Christian values, even denounced them, they have no qualms about behaving like children in an enviroment that was once honorable. It’s a shame.

By RB from Gwinnett

November 28, 2007 8:37 AM | Link to this

Good morning children…and conservatives!

Since I didn’t get to reply yesterday, lets cover a few things…

First, I don’t intentionally post things twice. As tempting as that would be with the “repeat it until you believe it” liberal crowd, that’s just not the case.

Second, Your attempts to claim some RB/Zell or whoever else dual ID’s is a joke. I’ve never posted under any other sign on, never hijacked someone else’s sign on, and I won’t. Question for ITN and Amvet… Can you honestly make the same statement?

The problem here is the simpletons think since they use multiple sign ons and regularly hijack others ID’s, that everyone else must be doing it too. They don’t realize there are people in this world with honor. It’s part of whats wrong with our political system these days. There is no sense of morality on the left any longer and anything is fair game. But that’s not a surprise since morality is based in the Bible and the left has moved so far away from Christian values, even denounced them, they have no qualms about behaving like children in an enviroment that was once honorable. It’s a shame.

By IN THE NEWS

November 28, 2007 8:40 AM | Link to this

RB/Zell/F.Hanson etc.

I think you are lying.

But, hell, it’s your Karma.

By RW-(the original)

November 28, 2007 8:43 AM | Link to this

To the faux and real newbies here please excuse this interruption.

Look what showed up last night in the comments from a January post about “her” email:

{{{{{From Sara Finch: someone else must have the same name: I don’t post here, and my vocabulary is considerably better. If I wanted to bother to wipe the floor with you, I would at least do it using terminology germane to the matter at hand, somwhere above the level referred to, raising the discussion to the intellectual rather than the .. er.. biological. Anyway, I think many women would agree with me that most women don’t have an obsession with the parts you attribute to Ms. Finch and would use other language to flame. Put in the real domain so those of us who may have the same name as another won’t be confused with someone on another service. Besides, why replace the real domain? Someone posting a flame like this probably wants feedback. Happy blogging, flaming and funning. SFinch

posted by Anonymous : 11/28/2007 01:22:00 AM }}}}}

I think Sybil bon finchie needs to get back into rehab. Your spelling is improving though finch!

By John in Tampa, FLA

November 28, 2007 8:57 AM | Link to this

Good toon. Hard to read tho.

By the way, will the last Republican out of D.C. please turn off the lights.

By Luckoduh

November 28, 2007 8:58 AM | Link to this

{{{{Another global warming skeptic has dared speak up. Meteorologist John Coleman, founder of the Weather Channel, calls global warming “the greatest scam in history”.}}}}

{{{{“Environmental extremists, notable politicians among them … create this wild ‘scientific’ scenario of the civilization threatening environmental consequences from Global Warming unless we adhere to their radical agenda. … I have read dozens of scientific papers. I have talked with numerous scientists. …There is no runaway climate change. The impact of humans on climate is not catastrophic. Our planet is not in peril. … In time, a decade or two, the outrageous scam will be obvious.”}}}}

Some of us already know what a scam it is.

By Luckoduh

November 28, 2007 9:15 AM | Link to this

{{{{The party of surrender tried to surrender AGAIN last week. For the 40th time, the Democrats introduced legislation to force a troop withdrawal from Iraq, only to have it go down in flames. They can’t even humiliate their country right.}}}}

{{{{You know it’s bad for the Democrats when even their house media organ, The New York Times, makes fun of them. On November 19, the Times reported this:}}}}

{{{{“Democrats in Congress failed once again on Friday to shift President Bush’s war strategy in Iraq, but insisted that they would not let up. Their explanation for their latest foiled effort seemed to boil down to a simple question: ‘What else are we supposed to do?’”}}}}

By RB from Gwinnett

November 28, 2007 9:24 AM | Link to this

By IN THE NEWS 8:40 AM

Of course you do, ITN, because you assume since you don’t have any problem stretching the truth that others don’t as well. You have no moral fiber and wrongly assume others don’t as well. You’re wrong as usual.

You would be a lot happier if you went though life assuming people were honest rather than dishonest as you are. Sure, you might get scammed occasionally, but you might actually find some joy in your own life instead of trying to beat people down to make yourself feel superior.

By Glenn

November 28, 2007 9:25 AM | Link to this

IN THE NEWS, you perfect liberal foil, of course they used steroids. Amphetamines too, just like the U.S. Army invented them to be used in theatre.

Dolt.

By IN THE NEWS

November 28, 2007 9:26 AM | Link to this

Here is the WHOLE NY Times piece (properly linked) from Duh’s post note it’s title DEMOCRATS WON”T BACK DOWN ON WAR

Since it’s my karma involved - gotta be honest…..we’ll have to wait and see on that whole dem’s not backing down thing.

By IN THE NEWS

November 28, 2007 9:27 AM | Link to this

Glenn:

Is it legal?

By RB from Gwinnett

November 28, 2007 9:27 AM | Link to this

By IN THE NEWS 8:40 AM

Of course you do, ITN, because you assume since you don’t have any problem stretching the truth that others don’t as well. You have no moral fiber and wrongly assume others don’t as well. You’re wrong as usual.

You would be a lot happier if you went though life assuming people were honest rather than dishonest as you are. Sure, you might get scammed occasionally, but you might actually find some joy in your own life instead of trying to beat people down to make yourself feel superior.

By IN THE NEWS

November 28, 2007 9:29 AM | Link to this

RB/ZELL

That says it all

By RW-(the original)

November 28, 2007 9:31 AM | Link to this

ITFS,

Could you define DEMOCRATS WON’T BACK DOWN ON WAR?

I realize you’ve already given us your caveat that the Democrats are spineless jellyfish, but what does ITFS think that headline means. Should it not say DEMOCRATS WON’T BACK DOWN ON SURRENDER?

By Realist

November 28, 2007 9:32 AM | Link to this

By IN THE NEWS 8:40 AM

Of course you do, ITN, because you assume since you don’t have any problem stretching the truth that others don’t as well. You have no moral fiber and wrongly assume others don’t as well. You’re wrong as usual.

You would be a lot happier if you went though life assuming people were honest rather than dishonest as you are. Sure, you might get scammed occasionally, but you might actually find some joy in your own life instead of trying to beat people down to make yourself feel superior.

By @@

November 28, 2007 9:36 AM | Link to this

Only SpamVet would have the gaul to proclaim Andy’s vulgarity at 7:04 last night after ranting on at me with his colorful expletives. What a runt…

(((And I am not exaggerating when I say every other word of his was an invective or vulgar swear)))

(((Pray tell? What was it before? Not Not? Or *? Maybe !@#$%^&?))) and this (((And let’s face facts, you couldn’t find your own a$$ with both hands))) and this (((Since you slipped past thirty, better keep the sex dirty))) AmVet’s oft used “clusterf&k” is a favorite of mine.

((I have enjoyed everyday back, and look forward to more debate with out the filth.)))

Would that be without YOUR filth SpamVet? It’s acceptable only when you bring it?

Speaking, once again of obsession — SpamVet’s first post of the day after his hardy “Good morning everyone” I’m here…I’m here. Bow down before your leader. (O.K. I embellished just a tad but I know a “dick-tater” when I see one)

(((Paul, though you are sometimes flamed for being what I consider open minded, i.e. - not absolutely intractable in your opinions or beliefs - I would caution you not to take much (any?) of what Andy writes as legitimate or credible.)))

In AmVet’s arrogance he failed to realize that he insulted Paul’s intelligence. Like Paul doesn’t have the gift of discernment or something. Gotta “dick” them “taters” right AmVet?

Sorry Paul, I wasn’t implying you were a tater; it was AmVet what dunnit.

Andy made four posts prior to SpamVet’s entry and not one of them mentioned the “Dick-Tater” AmVet. I ask…who’s obsessed with whom?

Funniest day on the blog was when RE petitioned Andy to tone it down. Andy preceded every post with “Dear” and signed off with “Love Andy”. I still laugh when I think about it. If I recall RE also chastised HUGE/AmVet. His response wasn’t funny. Go figure.

And let’s get this one squared away right now:

(((@@, the first Great Defender of Andy said, “Who are you? We’ve been here longer. If you don’t like it STFU or go someplace else.”))) How very childish AmVet…

What I actually said was “If you can’t move beyond Andy and his method of delivery then maybe you should find a site more to your liking.” “

By Luckoduh

November 28, 2007 9:40 AM | Link to this

Please do not confuse the following as an argument against the Code Pinkos aborting and sterilizing themselves right out of existence, which I am wholeheartedly in favor of:

{{{{The couples who choose abortion and sterilization may not save the planet, but they’re saving the gene pool a mess o’ trouble by purging their own from the mix. The Darwin Awards folks, who honor those who improve the species by accidentally removing themselves from it, will have to create a new category: People Too Narcissistic To Procreate.}}}}

{{{{Suddenly, the unborn is of no greater importance than the contents of our recycling bin. Like Weight Watchers dieters substituting carbs for sugars, we trade off future members of the human race to neutralize insults to Earth’s balance in the present.}}}}

This should open up the eyes of everybody but the most hopeless of the dimwits to how ridiculous liberals and their ideas really are.

But don’t let me stop you from sterilizing your little pinko self, go ahead on.

By IN THE NEWS

November 28, 2007 9:44 AM | Link to this

Somebody want to take a look at

By RB from Gwinnett

November 28, 2007 9:27 AM | Link to this

By IN THE NEWS 8:40 AM

Of course you do, ITN, because you assume since you don’t have any problem stretching the truth that others don’t as well. You have no moral fiber and wrongly assume others don’t as well. You’re wrong as usual.

AND THEN

By Realist

November 28, 2007 9:32 AM | Link to this

By IN THE NEWS 8:40 AM

Of course you do, ITN, because you assume since you don’t have any problem stretching the truth that others don’t as well. You have no moral fiber and wrongly assume others don’t as well. You’re wrong as usual.

DOES ANYBODY STILL BUY THIS GUYS LINE?

Who’s the liar?

Who stretches the truth?

Who has no moral fiber?

Who’s dishonest?

By @@

November 28, 2007 9:45 AM | Link to this

UhOh I went over the word limit. To continue…

The fact that you cannot “move beyond Andy” to this day is your problem AmVet —noone elses. Get over your bad self.

Onto the other cartoon. Haven’t you done this one before ml?

By Paul

November 28, 2007 9:49 AM | Link to this

In The News 9:07

[[Right Wing Trumpets Global Warming Denial Of Discredited ‘TV Weatherman’]]

“As Coleman admits, his “expertise” is in weather — not climate change science. “

I look forward to your links - so many are good for an early chuckle. When I read the quote assailing the skeptic because he isn’t a scientist with a background in climate change, I had to wonder…. geeee, how many of the “scientists” the “global warming is manmade and man can control it” group refers to are… climate change scientists? Not just, oh, general biologists? Or research chemists?

But you’ve introduced a good standard (only statements from weather change scientists should be given credence) for the future debate. G’bye, Mr. Gore. Thanks.

BTW - your 8:09 - that’s the most succinct statement yet that likely reflects what a lot of Americans think - there is military progress in Iraq. But they still want the troops out. Too bad for them - only a couple of candidates share their view and their chances of obtaining their Party’s nomination are nil.

By RW-(the original)

November 28, 2007 9:50 AM | Link to this

Every so often I find myself with a few extra minutes on my hands and I’ll follow one of IFTS’s links into the fever swamps. In every single occurrence I come away wondering who’s more mind numbingly stupid, the fever swamp writer or the spammers that unquestioningly pass them along as they spam their way through life.

{{{{{{{“His question was something to the effect of, `Considering the problems that we have with the ———>Jihadist movement<———— and the problems we have with the Middle East, would you consider having a Muslim as an adviser that can guide you as to what kind of decisions to make with regards to the Middle East?’”}}}}}}

{{{{{{Aguirre added that what Romney said next surprised her. “He said something to the effect of, They're radicals. There's no talking to them. There's no negotiating with them.' I can't remember the exact words he used, but that was the explanation. We left thinking, ------>Wow, what a racist comment. He automatically assumed that all Muslims are radical<———-.’”}}}}}}

A working brain can easily see that Romney said the Jihadists are radicals so why do you need an adviser to help you talk to them when they can’t be talked to.

See you all at Happy Hour!

By getalife

November 28, 2007 9:51 AM | Link to this

Billiam the snowman will scare willard tonight on CNN.

w cut and ran after the photo op with the bs he spewed yesterday. What a pathetic joke.

Pimping peace,

Geez.

By JCinDuluth

November 28, 2007 9:56 AM | Link to this

It was truly a day of mixed emotions when my father died. God rest his soul. Unfortunately he was a liberal and actually enjoyed reading the Urinal, however, try as I may with psychiatric treatments and medical treatments, he still believed in big government and social liberalism.
To offset that on the other hand, my sorry was countered with extreme joy: the subscription to the Al-Jeezera Chronical finally ran out and I am now “free at last!” No more Urinal/Constipation!! Whee!

By Georgia 74

November 28, 2007 9:58 AM | Link to this

We all know Little RB is really Buy Danish. She can’t hide.

By @@

November 28, 2007 10:01 AM | Link to this

(((By getalife November 28, 2007 9:51 AM | Link to this)))

(((Billiam the snowman will scare willard tonight on CNN.)))

Are you gonna be on “The Tube” tonight Getalife/Billiam the Snowman?

I’ll be looking for ‘ya.

By IN THE NEWS

November 28, 2007 10:01 AM | Link to this

{{{{Republicans regret endorsing Yakima candidate

By The Associated Press

YAKIMA — Republican Party leaders in Yakima now regret endorsing a successful city council candidate in light of a blogging scandal. The mayor has called for newly elected City Councilman Rick Ensey to step down after he acknowledged his wife had posted anonymous blogs that included unfounded rumors his opponent had been arrested for drunken driving.

Republican Party chairman Jim Keightley says the blog incident exposed character flaws that violate principles valued by Republicans.

The Republican principle violated?

Getting caught.}}}}}

By Blogoholics Anonymous

November 28, 2007 10:02 AM | Link to this

@@, please seek help. FAST.

I monitor blogs for the American Obsessive Disorders Foundation. The AJC contributes to this fund for liability purposes. Blog addictions and blog obsessions are serious new conditions that need our attention.

@@, you have all the signs and symptoms of a person greatly afflicted by this syndrome. HINT: Your just completed entry that needed two pages on a subject that would have been more appropriate for a soap opera is disturbing on many levels.

Please before its too late. Get some help. Think of your family.

Good Luck!

By IN THE NEWS

November 28, 2007 10:04 AM | Link to this

Geogia 74

I think Andy is all of them.

RW, RB, DUH, ZELL, Paul…..

By Shawny

November 28, 2007 10:10 AM | Link to this

Huckabee is a Fiscal Conservative, regardless of what that coward Novak says.

Huckabee ‘08

By getalife

November 28, 2007 10:11 AM | Link to this

Yes, there is one paid troll here.

I blog for the Clintons on wingnuts blogs.

Good times.

By Dusty

November 28, 2007 10:11 AM | Link to this

As to today’s cartoon, it should have been entitled WISHFUL THINKING by Democrats. Anybody else with a better title for this production of our Peace (anti-war) cartoonist who makes “war” against almost everything American?

I’m pretty busy today. Won’t have much time to skim the ten dozen entries by IN THE NEWS & OTHER TRIVIA. But I’ll be reading @@, RW,RB and Paul, if I have a chance. I prefer honest opinions, not rehashed propaganda.

By Glenn

November 28, 2007 10:14 AM | Link to this

Hey ITN, which parts of these posts you are by legal definition publishing did you plagiarize without attribution or link, and which parts did you embellish with tortious libel right under the nose of the Public Editor?

Jackass.

By Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog

November 28, 2007 10:14 AM | Link to this

Good toon Lucko.

Good spam IN THE NEWS.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for all your wonderful work.

…For me to poop on!

By @@

November 28, 2007 10:17 AM | Link to this

Blogaholic @ 10:12:

(((Blog addictions and blog obsessions are serious new conditions that need our attention.)))

I couldn’t agree with you more. This next one will be a little long as well but it has some interesting points.

From Stratfor:

(((First, Iranian navy commander Rear Adm. Habibollah Sayari said Nov. 24 that the force will receive a new submarine Nov. 28 and has scheduled naval maneuvers in the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman for February. During this announcement, Sayari went out of his way to point out that Iran does not plan to close the Strait of Hormuz but is prepared to guard its interests — essentially reminding the world of Tehran’s control over a major transit point through which 20 percent of the world’s energy supplies pass. Iranian Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar then marked the opening of the Annapolis peace conference with the revelation that Iran’s extensive missile program has produced a new MRBM capable of hitting not only Israel but also probably Moscow.)))

Did Iran just threaten Moscow?

(((This is an especially crucial time for Iran. Several positive trends in Iraq unexpectedly have left the United States in a better negotiating position than it has seen for more than a year. Meanwhile, Baghdad and Washington are hammering out agreements behind Iran’s back over the future status of U.S. forces in Iraq (read: permanent military bases). In fact, Iraqi Shiite leader Abdel Aziz al-Hakim — the chief of Iraq’s largest Shiite party and a close ally of Tehran — was in Washington on Tuesday to negotiate just such a long-term bilateral pact.)))

(((In other words, the most important negotiations in the region are still those between the United States and Iran, and they are getting serious. Tehran needs to regain its former negotiating position, and fast. Washington is starting to see a light at the end of the tunnel.)))

By getalife

November 28, 2007 10:18 AM | Link to this

Give it a rest wingnuts.

ITN is enjoying her freedom of speech with the truth.

You can’t take that freedom away like you giddily give away all your freedoms to a liar and a criminal.

Post on ITN and move on wingnuts.

Geez.

By IN THE NEWS

November 28, 2007 10:18 AM | Link to this

dusty/@@/whatever your name is

don’t think we’ll be hearing from RB today.

he’s too busy coming up with another ID.

By @@

November 28, 2007 10:26 AM | Link to this

Getalife:

I’ve got no problem with ITN’s posts. I especially like when she breaks them down into one sentence paragraphs all starting with lower-case letters like she did at 10:18.

By Shawny

November 28, 2007 10:26 AM | Link to this

Bill, Bill, Bill…which is it, Bill?.

gads I can’t stand those Clintons.

By getalife

November 28, 2007 10:29 AM | Link to this

Have you noticed the most popular politician on this planet is campaigning in Iowa?

Yes, President Clinton is her secret weapon and they will win Iowa.

By IN THE NEWS

November 28, 2007 10:30 AM | Link to this

Wells Fargo to take $1.4 billion charge for bad loans

By IN THE NEWS

November 28, 2007 10:32 AM | Link to this

Home price drop largest on record

By DICK -IF ONLY I HAD A HEART - CHENEY

November 28, 2007 10:32 AM | Link to this

President Obama will issue phased inditments of all the neocons, starting at the top. All will be extradited for trial in Iraq, by an Islamic jury, for crimes against humanity. Neocon wanna be’s who have polluted this AJC site will be hunted down by interpol, for re-education in special camps to be set up in the Gaza. RW, Bi-Danish, Dusty - you can run, but you cannot hide, the world police are coming for you.

By @@

November 28, 2007 10:40 AM | Link to this

(((Pakistani soldiers seized control of Najia Top, the highest peak in the Swat district of the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP), on Nov. 27 and recaptured some towns under Islamist militants’ control. Authorities also shut down a pirate radio station run by the Tehrik-i-Nifaz-i-Shariat-i-Mohammadi (Movement for the Enforcement of Mohammed’s Laws, or TNSM) jihadist group, which is based in Swat and has influence in the neighboring districts of Dir and Malakand and the agency of Bajaur in the Federally Administrated Tribal Areas (FATA). This is the area which Stratfor in June 2005 identified as the likely location of al Qaeda’s fugitive top leadership.)))

Waiting and wondering.

By Paul

November 28, 2007 10:47 AM | Link to this

@@ 10:40

That’s the best news of the day!

By @@

November 28, 2007 10:52 AM | Link to this

So Musharraf finally did it — he dumped his uniform.

(((There are a number of indications that Musharraf’s position as a civilian ruler is untenable. For starters — and contrary to what has been percolating in the media — Kayani is known to be an independent-minded person with solid professional credentials and, unlike Musharraf, has a tough attitude toward Islamist militants. Kayani also has a decent working relationship with the country’s top opposition leader, Benazir Bhutto, who he served as deputy military secretary when she was prime minister in the 1990s. Additionally, as COAS, he will now move to appoint a new deputy and reshuffle the deck of generals to his liking.)))

(((On the other side, Washington is working with the key opposition players to reach an accommodation with Musharraf regarding some semblance of free and fair elections. In any case, the election will produce a coalition government likely led by Bhutto, which not only will be unstable in of itself, but also will be locked in a power struggle with Musharraf.)))

(((Under normal circumstances, the army would view a civilian Musharraf as one of its own and would prefer to work with him to deal with the civilians. But this assumes he can manage the civilians, which is doubtful. Therefore, it is likely that in a future confrontation between the president and parliament, the army chooses to remove Musharraf in order to break the gridlock.)))

(((Essentially, as Stratfor has said before, personalities — in uniform or otherwise — do not matter. In his farewell speech, Musharraf himself acknowledged this much, saying, “The system continues, people come and go.” It is the military institution — the collection of top generals — that drives events in the country. Therefore, the thing to watch for in the days ahead is not what Musharraf does or does not do, but whether the army can restore political stability and deal with an unprecedented jihadist insurgency.)))

By RB from Gwinnett

November 28, 2007 10:53 AM | Link to this

By getalife 10:18 AM | Link to this

{{{ITN is enjoying her freedom of speech with the truth.

You can’t take that freedom away like you giddily give away all your freedoms to a liar and a criminal.}}}

What is with you and this constant “giving away freedoms” garbage? You spam that stuff out here every day and can’t come up with a single example of any freedom you’ve lost or any lie Bush has told. Nobody here wants ITN to be silent, we just want him/her to be HONEST and to post an original thought occasionally vs. constant posting of spam from liberal web sites. Maybe you should change your sign on from getalife to getaclue.

Still the same sign on ITN, I don’t need another one.

By @@

November 28, 2007 10:56 AM | Link to this

Paul @ 10:47:

(((That’s the best news of the day!)))

Don’t be saying things like ^^^ that.

Somebody’s feelings might get hurt. You should be more considerate don’tcha know.//sarc//

By RB from Gwinnett

November 28, 2007 10:56 AM | Link to this

By getalife 10:18 AM | Link to this

{{{ITN is enjoying her freedom of speech with the truth.

You can’t take that freedom away like you giddily give away all your freedoms to a liar and a criminal.}}}

What is with you and this constant “giving away freedoms” garbage? You spam that stuff out here every day and can’t come up with a single example of any freedom you’ve lost or any lie Bush has told. Nobody here wants ITN to be silent, we just want him/her to be HONEST and to post an original thought occasionally vs. constant posting of spam from liberal web sites. Maybe you should change your sign on from getalife to getaclue.

Still the same sign on ITN, I don’t need another one.

By IN THE NEWS

November 28, 2007 10:57 AM | Link to this

RB

Care to explain the exact same post from you and from Realist?

By getalife

November 28, 2007 10:59 AM | Link to this

Indeed Paul,

ITN ‘s 10:45 is great news.

Rove belongs in jail.

ITN’s 10:47 shows there is hope for this free society. Score one for freedom.

Of course, our friends on the right will want to hand over their freedoms because they are scared to death.

Cowards, pure and simple.

By truthsayer

November 28, 2007 11:05 AM | Link to this

“Care to explain the exact same post from you and from Realist?”

Is it not obvious to everyone that IN THE NEWS made that post from “Realist”.

By Paul

November 28, 2007 11:06 AM | Link to this

ITN 10:27

Can’t you come up with more credible sources?

” someone who is promising to inject his religion into our politics. ” (re: Romney).

Do you have a citation for that? Just because you find something posted doesn’t make it accurate.

RW pretty well cut through the partisan nonsense of your 9:35 [[EXCLUSIVE: GOP Witnesses Say Romney Nixed Muslim Cabinet Members, Cite Second Incident]]

but I’m afraid you’ll still keep running with it.

Just wondering - why all the emphasis on personalities, or private lives, so little on policy or the greater issues facing our country?

By getalife

November 28, 2007 11:08 AM | Link to this

swarmy,

“Before the invasion, Bill Clinton did not precisely declare that he opposed the war. A week before military action began, however, he did say that he preferred to give weapons inspections more time and that an invasion was not necessary to topple Saddam Hussein.”

By IN THE NEWS

November 28, 2007 11:08 AM | Link to this

Ya’ know it I paid attention to the trolls here I’d be a lonney as they are!

RW says stick to spamming.

RB says stop spamming.

Y’all get together and decide what you want me to do will ya’?

Course, I’ll just continue to ignore you.

I just can’t get over why current news and opinion freaks them out so much.

By Shawny

November 28, 2007 11:09 AM | Link to this

“Of course, our friends on the right will want to hand over their freedoms because they are scared to death. Cowards, pure and simple.”

Now, I can appreciate that argument…really, I can. That is a valid point of view, and held by most. One thing I have to consider in all this freedom vs. security argument is EXACTLY how it affects me now and how it affects me and my chillins down the road. I can’t name one single freedom that I have given up post 9.11. I know many are spooked about what the gov’t is looking into. heck, I had an uncle-in-law that thought that the gov’t looked at him through his TV.

I can do everything, say anything, go anywhere, etc. now that I could do pre 9.11. Absolutely nothing, from my point of view, is different. Those that argue the contrary speak of people being afraid, of being cowards. Think about it….gov’t spying on you…what are you afraid of? Isn’t that also being afraid? From my perspective, I don’t fear the terrorists, and I don’t fear spying (although it does run contrary to my feelings on limiting govt as a whole). I don’t like the govt programs, not because of what they are, but because they are yet more govt programs we don’t need.

By IN THE NEWS

November 28, 2007 11:09 AM | Link to this

Uriah, who?

By B.P.O.E.

November 28, 2007 11:11 AM | Link to this

(((President Bush it appears is way more popular than thought. In our poll 74% of all respondents said Bush was doing a good job as President. Only 11% of the American public had a negative view of Bush.)))

(((Further boosting Bush’s creditability was the public stance on the war. 88% think troops should remain in Iraq indefinitely. 91% approve of the way Bush is handling Iraq)))

(((Jeb Bush remains a viable option for the Republicans. A draft Jeb campaign has been started and has reportedly collected $93 million in cash. A startling amount for a person that has expressed little or no interest in running for the presidency.)))

By Bosch

November 28, 2007 11:13 AM | Link to this

Ha - that cartoon actually made me laugh today, that hasn’t happened in a while.

I really don’t think a one-party system is so great (Dem pres./Dem. Congress or vice versa) - but I’m glad to see some of the old dinosaurs retire. I definitely do not like career politicians.

Hopefully, the new blood in Congress will be more moderate, use common sense and not sell their souls to the lobbyists. Ha - yeah right - but it’s always good to have hope.

By IN THE NEWS

November 28, 2007 11:14 AM | Link to this

John Ashcroft: I’m Willing To Be Waterboarded

By Shawny

November 28, 2007 11:14 AM | Link to this

“I supported the president when he asked for authority to stand up against weapons of mass destruction in Iraq,” Bill Clinton said in May 2003, the same year he was quoted praising Bush’s handling of the war.

yes, he did attempt (LATER) to clarify and dodge around that comment. Imagine that, a Clinton getting shifty about something that was said, another comment that changed the original comment, and finally a comment that completely contradicts the original.

By Paul

November 28, 2007 11:15 AM | Link to this

getalife 10:59

There’s always hope as long as we have three coequal branches of government. While, yes, the current Executive sought to expand Executive power to redress what it saw as lessening equality regards the other branches, some, in response, have sought to make the Legislative more powerful.

It’ll be an eternal balancing act.

Regarding the 10:47 - nothing diabolical here:

“Federal prosecutors issued the subpoena last year as part of a grand jury investigation into a former Madison official who was a prolific seller of used books on Amazon.com. They were looking for buyers who could be witnesses in the case.”

What we have to watch out for are officials who take something like the Patriot Act provisions and use the language to try to shut down a strip club (true story). No, I’m not making a social statement - I’m saying statutes designed to fight jihadists will still be used by some law enforcement or political types to further their own agendas, intent of the law be hung. Those are the ones who should be scrutinized.

By getalife

November 28, 2007 11:17 AM | Link to this

swarmy,

Nothing has changed?

Damn that is ignorant.

Stick to hating the Clintons.

Geez.

By RB from Gwinnett

November 28, 2007 11:19 AM | Link to this

By IN THE NEWS 10:57 AM

Gee, ITN, I don’t know how to explain that(sarc). Hmmm… Can anybody or everybody on this blog figure out what might have happened there?

Heres a clue for you DA. When my server double posts, the second one is always 3 minutes behind the first one. But an ID hijacking moron wouldn’t know that would they? That would explain the 5 minute delay for the “realist” post. It was posted by an ID hijacking MORON who has a penchant for copying and pasting other peoples work. Hmmmm. I wonder who that could be????

By getalife

November 28, 2007 11:21 AM | Link to this

Paul,

“It’ll be an eternal balancing act?”

More ignorance.

It is an abuse of power by cheney and addington.

You folks read?

Geez.

By RB from Gwinnett

November 28, 2007 11:22 AM | Link to this

By IN THE NEWS 10:57 AM

Gee, ITN, I don’t know how to explain that(sarc). Hmmm… Can anybody or everybody on this blog figure out what might have happened there?

Heres a clue for you DA. When my server double posts, the second one is always 3 minutes behind the first one. But an ID hijacking moron wouldn’t know that would they? That would explain the 5 minute delay for the “realist” post. It was posted by an ID hijacking MORON who has a penchant for copying and pasting other peoples work. Hmmmm. I wonder who that could be????

By @@

November 28, 2007 11:23 AM | Link to this

(((By IN THE NEWS November 28, 2007 11:08 AM)))

(((I’d be a lonney as they are)))

What the heck is a lonney?

Just methin’ with ‘ya ITN.

Blog on.

By Paul

November 28, 2007 11:23 AM | Link to this

In The News 11:18

Tell me, please, will this be a repeat of the same concerns Democrats in Congress expressed in 2000 about the coming recession, how the seeds for it were sown under the then-serving President and how to apportion blame so the influence of the incoming President could be kept in perspective?

By IN THE NEWS

November 28, 2007 11:24 AM | Link to this

RB/ZELL

YOU are a liar and a coward.

By Paul

November 28, 2007 11:26 AM | Link to this

getalife 11:21

LOL! I’ll keep that in mind when we see how President “you can’t always bring the UN on board or get Congressional approval, so sometimes a President just has to go to war” Hillary handles nonexpansion of the Executive’s power or influence!

By getalife

November 28, 2007 11:29 AM | Link to this

“Its just a Thriller!” “Thriller Night!”

What I wouldn’t give to have Sen.Craig as a blog buddy.

By B.P.O.E.

November 28, 2007 11:30 AM | Link to this

((( In an attempt to prove he is in fact straight, Idaho Senator Larry Craig (R) reportedly took and passed a test that measured his heterosexuality. The clinic that did the sexual stimuli tests said Sen Craig is 98.03% straight. The strong sleeping pill that Sen Craig took before his flight is now being blamed for Sen Craig’s strange behavior at the Minnesota airport.)))

By IN THE NEWS

November 28, 2007 11:34 AM | Link to this

RB ZELL WATCHERS:

If his “somebody name jacked me” fairy tale were true, wouldn’t there be 3 maybe four posts?

The standard RB double post, and the one from realist? Makes Three.

The standard RB double post and then the one from Realist - snarkily double posted. That would be four.

RB from Gwinnett is a liar and a coward.

By getalife

November 28, 2007 11:34 AM | Link to this

I doubt the Clintons will pull this crap:

“WASHINGTON — The head of the federal agency investigating Karl Rove’s White House political operation is facing allegations that he improperly deleted computer files during another probe, using a private computer-help company, Geeks on Call.”

He called the geeks to erase files. I hope they copied some.

Geez.

By getalife

November 28, 2007 11:37 AM | Link to this

I’m out of Vaseline.

Sen.Craig said he would loan me more, but he lied.

Typical Republican.

Geez.

By Paul

November 28, 2007 11:38 AM | Link to this

getalife - BPOE - any other people obsessed with Rep’s sexual habits or preferences:

one more time: obsessive/compulsive same-sex sexual practices are not necessarily indicative of homosexuality.

Broader question for any who care to join in:

Prompted by the Sen Craig episode:

Why do so many support the criminalization of intent, not action? It’s a rather critical question for those who are so caught up in the Sen Craig case -

By John in Tampa, FLA

November 28, 2007 11:38 AM | Link to this

Sen Craig needs to go to Europe where they have unisex bathrooms at the airport. That way if he is caught he can just say he thought the guy in the next stall was a husky woman.

By getalife ¦

November 28, 2007 11:41 AM | Link to this

Stop wanking idiot.

By F. Hanson

November 28, 2007 11:44 AM | Link to this

More guest cartoons!

By RB from Gwinnett

November 28, 2007 11:47 AM | Link to this

By IN THE NEWS 11:24 AM | Link to this

{{{RB/ZELL

YOU are a liar and a coward.}}}

Typical… How many times have I posted the comment about liberals changing the subject and calling people names when they can’t support their ideas?? This one is just priceless!!

By getalife^

November 28, 2007 11:47 AM | Link to this

Paul,

As a homosexual, I should know what is and what isn’t.

Sen. Craig is.

Geez.

By Tiny Tim

November 28, 2007 11:49 AM | Link to this

f-f-find ‘em

“oh great! someone taught Tiny Tim his 4 F’s.

f-f-fool ‘em

“I know you’re not going to recite your 4 F’s in here, Tiny Tim.”

f-ff-feel ‘em

“Dang it, Tiny Tim, I told you to stop saying the 4 F’s!”

f-ff-f-f-forget ‘em.

“I really hate that kid.”

f-f-fa que, mom!

By RB from Gwinnett

November 28, 2007 11:50 AM | Link to this

By IN THE NEWS 11:24 AM | Link to this

{{{RB/ZELL

YOU are a liar and a coward.}}}

Typical… How many times have I posted the comment about liberals changing the subject and calling people names when they can’t support their ideas?? This one is just priceless!!

By Fess Up

November 28, 2007 11:52 AM | Link to this

RB, have you ever posted on the wooten Blog as Realist?

By AmVet

November 28, 2007 11:53 AM | Link to this

Another great one, Mr. Luckovich!

And as usual, on several levels.

“Stay the course”, Republicans, and “victory” will mean forfeiting the White House and many more seats in Congress. And then you can “stand down” “instead of fighting them over here” with “a mushroom cloud for a smoking gun”.

Yep, for those with selective memories and who can’t keep their stories straight, another neo-con bloodbath is coming to an election near you.

And even death is too good for these scurrilous ID jackers, double posters, multiple personalities, tattle tales and lurking pouncers!!!

Waterboard ‘em!

Ta ta, for now!

By @@

November 28, 2007 11:53 AM | Link to this

Paul @ 11:38:

(((Why do so many support the criminalization of intent, not action?)))

Well, since it’s the liberals so caught up in the Craig case I’ll take a jab at it.

Because liberals just like to think about it but wouldn’t in a million years “do it”? They find homosexuality disgusting?

Anyhoo…Isn’t this the moment we’ve all been waiting for? NOT!!!

Ted Kennedy takes princely sum for story of an extraordinary life

(((“He intends to be candid,” Jonathan Karp, Twelve’s founder, told the Associated Press. “He’s a great raconteur and he talked so articulately and disarmingly about his childhood and some of his political experiences that you got the sense that this is a man capable of captivating anyone with a story.”)))

I think I see another typo in that article. I think they meant to say “rackateer” not “raconteur”.

I watched a PBS documentary on JFK the other night. I did not know that Joe Sr. paid off union bosses and the mob to get JFK in the WH.

By @@

November 28, 2007 11:57 AM | Link to this

(((That way if he is caught he can just say he thought the guy in the next stall was a husky woman.)))

Porking Hillary in Europe?

Well I did read where Jacque Chirac’s wife was a huge Hillary fan.

By IN THE NEWS

November 28, 2007 12:12 PM | Link to this

RB from Gwinnett posting twice.

Funny.

RB From Gwinnett screwing up his second double post and forgetting to change the name.

Funny.

RB from Gwinnett lying about it.

Now that’s priceless.

By RB from Gwinnett

November 28, 2007 12:15 PM | Link to this

By Fess Up 11:52 AM | Link to this

{{{RB, have you ever posted on the wooten Blog as Realist?}}}

I’ve never posted anything on Wooten’s blog under any ID.

You really should stop now, ITN. You’re making a complete fool out of yourself today (more than usual…)

By RB from Gwinnett

November 28, 2007 12:18 PM | Link to this

By Fess Up 11:52 AM | Link to this

{{{RB, have you ever posted on the wooten Blog as Realist?}}}

I’ve never posted anything on Wooten’s blog under any ID.

You really should stop now, ITN. You’re making a complete fool out of yourself today (more than usual…)

By Paul

November 28, 2007 12:34 PM | Link to this

@@ 11:53

It’s gone far beyond the “we want to expose his family values hypocrisy” line.

But my question is valid - and the implications extend far beyond this issue.

I’ll have to see if I can find the PBS show on a rerun. For so many Dems with such a fascination about Rep candidates’ families, they sure don’t extend their judgments to the Kennedys.

Lots of interesting information on JFK’s political rise. Joe Sr had angered Costello - Mob boss in NYC who put out a contract on Joe. Joe went to Giancana - head of the Chicago mob with whom he was on good terms. Giancana spoke with Costello, got the hit stopped. This was way before JFK’s run - but Joe Sr had been grooming his sons for political office long before. That’s the episode Giancana refers to when he said Joe Sr said, you do this for me, my son becomes Pres, he’ll owe you for saving his dad’s life.

The genesis of the family fortune. And one of my pet issues - the shielding of the family wealth from ordinary taxation - and a Senator who regularly harps on “fairness.”

Power and money, @@, it always comes back to power and money.

In Then News 12:16

It’s a little-known bill, it’s making it’s way through Congress and it’s a threat to civil liberties?

What are the Dems doing? Sleeping at the switch? This is the measure of competence we’re supposed to look forward to in -08?!!?

By IN THE NEWS

November 28, 2007 12:36 PM | Link to this

For the individual who asked Lea about my error in posting this article yesterday without proper sourcing:Giuliani: Earmarks for me, but not for thee

Some highlights:

{{Giuliani, the Republican presidential front-runner, last month pledged to “get rid of” so-called earmarks, which cost taxpayers about $13 billion this year, saying his party should promote “fiscal discipline.” Just weeks later, Bracewell & Giuliani LLP won $3 million worth of projects for its clients in defense-spending legislation. }}

{{{For Giuliani to run on anti-earmark platform after (successfully) fighting for clients’ earmarks in private practice requires even more cognitive dissonance than most of the former mayor’s contradictions.}}}}

Same info, better sourcing.

Aim to please!

By Paul

November 28, 2007 12:42 PM | Link to this

In The News 12:36

Also from yesterday:

So you see no difference in the roles regarding the same issue, between a President and a private businessman?

Amazing.

By IN THE NEWS

November 28, 2007 12:44 PM | Link to this

The Reagan Era Death Squads Surface Again, This Time In Iraq. Which Ones are on “Our Side”? Good Question.

some highlights:

“”We have to remember that many key members of the Bush Administration past and present – including Elliot Abrams, John Negroponte, and Otto Reich (now a “consultant”) – were key advocates and enablers of the Central and South American “death squad” strategy during the Reagan years. “”“

and

{{{The Sunday Times of London took a crack at sorting out the White House backed-mayhem in a November 25th article entitled, “American-backed killer militias strut across Iraq.” Right now, The Times speculates, the Petraeus strategy is to back the Sunni militias as a counterweight to the allegedly Iranian aligned Mahdi Army.

But what is curious about that is that in the first Gulf War, Bush the First championed the liberation of the same Shiites that the White House is now demonizing}}}}

By IN THE NEWS

November 28, 2007 12:47 PM | Link to this

Uriah, who?

By Paul

November 28, 2007 12:52 PM | Link to this

In The News

“Who”? Almost a nice avoidance technique.

Ever thought of becoming a contractor advising captured military personnel on how to avoid answering questions?

:-)

By IN THE NEWS

November 28, 2007 1:11 PM | Link to this

I think it’s pretty funny that the trolls worry about asking me questions regarding things I post.

They all know my drill.

Don’t they have info of their own to share?

Guys, you might win one if you quit b!tchin’ about me and come out and tell us all that is wonderful about your side!

How about some of that FAB George Bush kinda’ stuff!

How about that great slate of candidates who just LOOOOVE Bush?

Come on trolls. You can do it!

By @@

November 28, 2007 1:18 PM | Link to this

Paul @ 12:34:

(((But my question is valid - and the implications extend far beyond this issue.)))

What are you saying — that my answer wasn’t valid. J/K going into my fun mode.

Check all the listings for that JFK documentary because I can’t be absolutely certain it was PBS. I watch a lot on the History Channel too.

As to your “far beyond” — I read at “The Dissident Voice” this morning that “Screaming Howie’s” run for the presidency was internally sabotaged by the Dems themselves. He was the liberal’s “grassroots guy” although I found his roots to be rather shallow. How dare those Dem nymatodes…grubs in layman’s terms.

I’m reading some of your posts to ITN. Have you ever heard the term “Nailing Jello to the wall?”

My favorite flavor is Cherry, fresh picked.

By getalife

November 28, 2007 1:26 PM | Link to this

“Olbermann: “With or without this new law, suppose one of the anti-wiretapping civil lawsuits succeeds, what does that legal victory actually mean then in terms of stopping the government or punishing Alberto Gonzales or any other top officials who were responsible for this?”

Turley: “Well, it can mean a lot and that’s one of the reasons there’s a lot of people, both Democrats and Republicans, who don’t want to see it happen. They don’t want a court to say that the president did something that is a federal crime. That’s why they’re trying to get all these cases thrown out of court because it is rather clear that what the president ordered was a federal crime, clearly defined in federal law. But that causes a problem because many of the Democratic leaders and Republican leaders have promised each other that they would not start impeachment proceedings, but when a federal judge says the president committed a crime, it’s pretty darn hard to ignore that.”

Geez.

By mm

November 28, 2007 1:37 PM | Link to this

Just to let everyone know, theirs a great comedy coming on tonight. It’s on CNN at 8:00 EST. It’s called the CNN/YouTube Wingnut debate.

Laughs for all.

Count how many times you hear the following words: Reagan, conservative, war, Iraq, Iran, terror, abortion, same-sex marriage.

Count how few times you hear the following words: healthcare, economy, tax reform, foreign policy, immigration, social security.

By @@

November 28, 2007 1:57 PM | Link to this

O.K. mm…deal.

Can you recall how many times the Democrats and their liberal constituents have used the words Bush, Cheney, Rove, Gonzales impeachment, invasion of privacy, illegal this and that and my all time favorite — one John Edwards uses constantly, NEO-CONS. O-:MG, everytime he uses that racist, jew-bashing term I can’t help but think about how juvenile he sounds. He do like to blog with you guys or so I’ve heard.

Anyhoo, Then count how many times the Democrats say “and here’s the specifics on how we plan to pay for all the promises we’re making.”

By IN THE NEWS

November 28, 2007 2:01 PM | Link to this

Dear Mr. X,

Technically not a public figure

Fondest Regards,

ITN

By John in Tampa, FLA

November 28, 2007 2:03 PM | Link to this

the tampa bay area is on high alert today. something about a bunch of perverted undesireables descending on the area. anyone know what this is about. beleive me when i say i won’t be doing any tapping in the restrooms here today.

By Paul

November 28, 2007 2:14 PM | Link to this

In The News 1:11

Anyone can cut and paste. It takes a bit more to think. Let alone analyze the information. Not to mention to draw conclusions. Or to express them coherently.

But you’ve made your point. We understand the limitations. Continue to cut and paste. No problem. We understand.

@@ 1:18

I’m rather partial to green. It’s the comic-book color of the faces under intense pressure, eyes squinting, jaws clenched, cheeks quivering as they try not to think about what they post.

More serious topic - punishment for assumed intent, not action. And this concept gets blown off by the group who portrays themselves as more concerned than anyone about justice.

Still amazing.

mm 1:37

Are you really asserting the candidates respond with those words regardless of what the CNN questioners ask? Or is it the media asking certain question to drive the answers?

@@ 1:57

Don’t forget Hillary’s favorite “vast right-wing conspiracy!”

By IN THE NEWS

November 28, 2007 2:23 PM | Link to this

Uriah, understand!

Good Uriah!

Good!

By IN THE NEWS

November 28, 2007 2:31 PM | Link to this

Joe Biden to Brody File: Giuliani “knows so little about foreign policy”

HIGHLIGHT:

Brody: Some Republicans like Giuliani and others said that some Democratic candidates refuse to talk about a global war on terror and Islamic terrorists. Do you believe there is a global war on terror?

Biden: Sure there is, but with these guys, he knows so little about foreign policy he confuses terrorists cells and organizations with countries. There was no al-Qaeda in Iraq before this war. Al-Qaeda became a Bush-fulfilling prophecy. It didn’t exist until Bush went to war. Even our own intelligence community says that. But these guys buy into this silliness that if you don’t fight them in Baghdad you’re going to fight them in Boston. Give me a break…. I can hardly wait to debate these guys. The only guy on that side with any knowledge about foreign policy is John McCain.

By @@

November 28, 2007 2:34 PM | Link to this

Mercy Percy!!!! Hey AJC Webmaster. Must your server suck wind as badly as your far-left posters here?

I’m off to market to find some Stilton Cheese, another thing that stinks to high heaven; but at least it’s culinary advantages beat out the liberal turnips here.

By Paul

November 28, 2007 2:40 PM | Link to this

ITN

Three sentences. Using three words, repeating only two words twice.

Very good! Improvement! Keep practicing!

As you don’t seem partial to discussing what you post, how about discussing something you don’t post? Like the role of personal responsibility in a universal health care system? Or a rationale for setting wage rates for health care workers, with implications for the necessity to rely upon foreign nationals (see: UK). Or the concept of everyone, except those at the poverty level, paying taxes to support their responsibilities as a citizen? Or the weaknesses engendered by an education system given to local control and taxation? Or the contradictions in the position of those who decry America’s involvement in the Middle East, yet who oppose steps to eliminate America’s use of ME oil? Or those who oppose America’s military involvement throughout the world, yet who do not propose, or who oppose, reductions in America’s defense spending?

Anything? Or pick your own topic? Without a link?

By IN THE NEWS

November 28, 2007 2:49 PM | Link to this

Uriah, still does not FULLY understand.

Engagement with Uriah Heep is pointless.

By Luckoduh

November 28, 2007 2:52 PM | Link to this

Some people have absolutely no shame or ——->they think their slobbering goony supporters are too stupid to remember:<——-

So that’s why I thought Bush did the right thing to go back. When you’re the President, and your country has just been through what we had, you want everything to be accounted for.- Serial Rapist and Liar, Bill Clinton

Pathological dude.

By Paul

November 28, 2007 2:54 PM | Link to this

In the news 2:49

I just saw “Man of LaMancha.”

I’ve got this thing about tilting at windmills…

By IN THE NEWS

November 28, 2007 2:58 PM | Link to this

Uriah,

You and I have that in common.

Richard Kiley was great.

By ONLINE TRANSLATOR

November 28, 2007 2:59 PM | Link to this

IN THE NEWSPEAK; “Engagement with Uriah Heep is pointless.”

TRANSLATED; “What U talking ‘bout Willis?”

By bubba grump

November 28, 2007 3:05 PM | Link to this

RUNNN! in the news RUNNN!

By IN THE NEWS

November 28, 2007 3:07 PM | Link to this

Fed official warns about Wall St turmoil

By grubba bump

November 28, 2007 3:13 PM | Link to this

i am cute

By RB from Gwinnett

November 28, 2007 3:14 PM | Link to this

Have any of you kept up with this Grady Hospital thing? This plan could only have been dreamed up by a bunch of democrats. What a joke…

The exiting board is a bunch of politically appointed hacks who has mismanged the place into oblivion. Why are they being asked to correct the problem they created? If they new how to fix it, wouldn’t they have already done that?

So this exisiting board will create a new board for the non profit consiting of 4 of the existing board plus 1 more person they select. Those 5 will select the rest of the new board (17 People). The new board will report to the existing board which will remain intact, even though they’re incompetent.

They want guarantees the 5,000 employees won’t be fired, yet give no suggestions how costs might be reduced any other way.

They demand $30MM from the state and say thats a good starting point for negotiations. How about we start at ZERO?

They demand the med schools feeding them doctors don’t leave them and give them more money. I’m sure lots of potential doctors will be thrilled to work at a place that may or may not be able to pay them.

I think it’s pretty clear why the place is in the situation it’s in…

By IN THE NEWS

November 28, 2007 3:28 PM | Link to this

HEY RB

Aren’t you missing 1/2 your post?

You know the second copy?

By Paul

November 28, 2007 3:36 PM | Link to this

In The News

I actually saw Richard Kiley in the San Diego production. Quite some time back. The guy this time was very good - not Kiley caliber - but he did model his performance on Kiley’s.

By Luckoduh

November 28, 2007 3:37 PM | Link to this

{{{{NEW YORK Bill Keller, executive editor of The New York Times, announced in a staff memo today that “there are going to be layoffs in the newsroom, for the first time in recent memory.” He added that a “hiring freeze” will continue, with open positions filled internally, and next year “we also expect to eliminate a few management jobs in administrative areas.”}}}}

Bye bye Treason Times.

A possible Al Jazeera acquisition?

How would you tell the difference?

By IN THE NEWS

November 28, 2007 3:43 PM | Link to this

Uriah,

I have not seen it live.

I did however many moons ago in NYC see Yul Brynner in a revival of the King and I.

By IN THE NEWS

November 28, 2007 3:49 PM | Link to this

BREAKING: State Department official Iraq update is really compilation of plagiarized major media articles

HIGHLIGHT:

“Kind of pathetic when the official report from the US State Department on what’s “really” happening in Iraq is actually just a bunch of plagiarized paragraphs from the major media in the US”

By Bosch

November 28, 2007 3:53 PM | Link to this

Of course everything, including the Grady fiasco, is the democrats fault, RB. YAWN…..

By Paul

November 28, 2007 3:55 PM | Link to this

In The News

Excellent! My wife will be jealous - he’s one of her favorites - that role. I did see Lou Diamond Philips in the role a couple years back. He had the confident, arrogant stance down pat!

Last I was in NYC was for the return of Nathan Lane and Mathew Broderick in The Producers - unbelievable performance. Then Hugh Jackman in “The Boy from Oz” - he’s an incredible talent, coming off playing “Wolverine” in X-Men. The actress playing Liza Minelli had - get this - contacts that gave her that cockeyed look.

I prefer the theatre on Broadway to the theatre in Washington, DC -

By jhpoke

November 28, 2007 3:56 PM | Link to this

The surge is working. It’s a lot like making 60% on your chemistry test instead of a 40%. An f is still an f.

By Georgia 74

November 28, 2007 4:01 PM | Link to this

RB/Buy Danish RB/Buy Danish,, be be a a man man//woman woman,, admit admit who who you you are are.

By RB from Gwinnett

November 28, 2007 4:02 PM | Link to this

Gee ITN, you caught me… Sometimes my server double posts and sometimes it doesn’t… I have no idea why, I haven’t been able to get it to stop, I don’t do anything different, but if it makes you feel smart to point that out, go ahead. Far be it for me to deny you the one small spark of joy you have in life… If you go look at prior days, you’ll see the same thing. (You’ll see the duplicates 3 mins behind the orginals too. Keep that in mind if you want to try another ID hijack like you did today, loser)

BTW, is there a point to your post, or would that require more than 3 lines, 12 words, and rational thought?

I told you earlier to give it a rest, ITN. You are REALLY embarassing yourself with this issue. Go back to the shallow end of the pool lightweight.

By Paul

November 28, 2007 4:04 PM | Link to this

In The News 3:54

Some time back I worked with a group where two of the top guys were fired - one for misusing his position for personal gain, another for screwing around with a couple of women who worked for him. Happened within a couple weeks of each other. The guys who replaced them were both Mormons.

Coincidence? They got the job done, no more scandals.

Just might be a reason some people will take a hard look at Romney -

By Jesus

November 28, 2007 4:04 PM | Link to this

IMPEACH BUSH NOW!!!

By RB from Gwinnett

November 28, 2007 4:05 PM | Link to this

Gee ITN, you caught me… Sometimes my server double posts and sometimes it doesn’t… I have no idea why, I haven’t been able to get it to stop, I don’t do anything different, but if it makes you feel smart to point that out, go ahead. Far be it for me to deny you the one small spark of joy you have in life… If you go look at prior days, you’ll see the same thing. (You’ll see the duplicates 3 mins behind the orginals too. Keep that in mind if you want to try another ID hijack like you did today, loser)

BTW, is there a point to your post, or would that require more than 3 lines, 12 words, and rational thought?

I told you earlier to give it a rest, ITN. You are REALLY embarassing yourself with this issue. Go back to the shallow end of the pool lightweight.

By Paul

November 28, 2007 4:08 PM | Link to this

jhpoke

And creating notional numbers based upon opinion is still an “F” in foreign policy.

By Bosch

November 28, 2007 4:10 PM | Link to this

Paul,

Surely you aren’t saying that the “job got done” based solely on the facts that these guys were Mormons.

Coincidence? Yes, most likely.

(And, yes, I’m calling you “Surely” :-)- just kidding - )

By John in Tampa, FLA

November 28, 2007 4:15 PM | Link to this

Jesus Christ, it has to be 5:00 somewhere!!!!!

By Paul

November 28, 2007 4:15 PM | Link to this

Bosch

Not the “got the job” done part - the “conducted themselves honorably” part. The “got the job done” was more a lead-in to Romney.

It was something several of us commented on at the time. It was a large multinational - the guys were in separate divisions - and the coincidence in religion was striking. The general consensus was the company was playing the odds with the assignments.

Another Leslie Nielsen fan, eh?

By Glenn

November 28, 2007 4:16 PM | Link to this

“Same info, better sourcing [on Giuliani’s illegally and hypocritically lobbying for particular earmarks even while decrying all Congressionally budgeted earmarks] Aim to please!”

Unbelievable, IN THE NEWS. You really are a callow young thing, aren’t you? Not only haven’t you a clue, neither can you take a hint when it’s put in front of you in Standard American. What you’ve just done is to make matters worse, you fatuous preening package of immaturity.

Before I attempt to explain to you in Misterogerspeak exactly what you’ve gotten yourself into, I first must exhale my gasping astonishment at your hubristics.

It’s astonishing that you are proud of skimming the rancid fat daily off the most adolescent of liberal websites and then greasing the Op-Ed blogs here with your lardons of pilf.

It’s even more astonishing that, after you’d received a clear warning about engaging in, and implicating Mike and the AJC in, tortious defamation by reason of republication of slander, you then knowingly committed that very tort.

Most astonishing of all is that you are so disarranged in your reasoning that you consider yourself vindicated [“We aim to please!”] of plagiarism and libel by yet again republishing, with attribution this time, an external post which was itself a plagiarism of an unattributed Bloomberg.com column, except that your source added the the actionable defamations you’ve continued to republish.

This, you call sourcing; and indeed perhaps at your high school newspaper it is considered sourcing, depending upon the quality of the district in which you attend.

I don’t know who your Lea is, but my name is not hidden. I am not “the individual” or “Mr. X”. I’m Glenn Gilbert of Marietta.

And, once again, you are a jackass.

By IN THE NEWS

November 28, 2007 4:19 PM | Link to this

Yes RB Yes RB

FAR be it! FAR be it!

I have several flames of joy at home. I have several flames of joy at home.

I don’t need to namejack. I don’t need to namejack.

What’s IN THE NEWS manages to freak you out. What’s IN THE NEWS manages to freak you out.

RB from Gwinnett is a liar and a coward. RB from Gwinnett is a liar and a coward.

AND AND

Everybody saw it. Everybody saw it.

By RB from Gwinnett

November 28, 2007 4:21 PM | Link to this

By Georgia 74 4:01 PM | Link to this

{{{RB/Buy Danish RB/Buy Danish,, be be a a man man//woman woman,, admit admit who who you you are are.}}}

I think I covered that this morning. If you can read, please go back an do so. If not, get off the blog and take some classes. If you have problems with comprehension of what you’ve read, you just might be a democrat who would like to change reality to fit your agenda. You also might be an idiot with nothing of value to add!

By RB from Gwinnett

November 28, 2007 4:24 PM | Link to this

By Georgia 74 4:01 PM | Link to this

{{{RB/Buy Danish RB/Buy Danish,, be be a a man man//woman woman,, admit admit who who you you are are.}}}

I think I covered that this morning. If you can read, please go back an do so. If not, get off the blog and take some classes. If you have problems with comprehension of what you’ve read, you just might be a democrat who would like to change reality to fit your agenda. You also might be an idiot with nothing of value to add!

By Paul

November 28, 2007 4:24 PM | Link to this

John in Tampa 4:15 [[Jesus Christ, it has to be 5:00 somewhere!!!!!]]

Jesus can’t talk now. He thinks he’s Kucinich and he’s making another impeachment call -

Glenn

“Pilf?”

Another great word!

By IN THE NEWS

November 28, 2007 4:25 PM | Link to this

Glenn

Wait while I stop shivering in my boots!

Are you just normally paranoid or do all references to MR.X scare you?

Little man, I shovel up stuff like you after my dog eats burritos.

Try and scare somebody who’s frightened all the time.

Try a republican.

By Bosch

November 28, 2007 4:29 PM | Link to this

Paul,

I know what you mean — I’ve known a few Mormons in my day, mostly good folks, although one stole a grill from me when she moved to Colorado. B***, I’ve never forgiven her for that. I loved that grill!

I’m an “Airplane” fan - we’ve had this discussion before, I think. My favorite part of the movie was:

“What do you make of this? Well, I could make a broach, or a hat, or a pteradactyl….”

The thing about Romney, and I know this sounds crazy, but he reminds me of this sleazy guy I know, they look almost just alike. It’s weird.

By IN THE NEWS

November 28, 2007 4:30 PM | Link to this

U.S. income gap widens, richest share hits record

By Bosch

November 28, 2007 4:43 PM | Link to this

ITN,

“Little man, I shovel up stuff like you after my dog eats burritos.”

LOL!!! I’m going to have to remember that one.

By RB from Gwinnett

November 28, 2007 4:44 PM | Link to this

By IN THE NEWS 4:30 PM | Link to this

{{{U.S. income gap widens, richest share hits record}}}

That’s generally inclined to happen when the rich keep doing what it is that makes them rich and the poor keep doing what it is that makes them poor. The question is, what would you do to change it?

By Paul

November 28, 2007 4:46 PM | Link to this

Bosch

That’s been my experience - generally try to live their beliefs. Always going to find some who fall short - but hey, at least they have standards most of ‘em try for.

I’m rather disappointed with Romney. Worked well with a Dem legislature, good things done with health care, talked about honoring precedent and pretty well leaving abortion law alone.

Then candidate Romney seemed to change. Okay, I can buy the reason for the differences in health care proposal being not wanting to usurp state power. Leaving abortion alone (most appropriate for a candidate, I think - a Pres MAY be able to nominate a Justice, other than that it’s all a hot air distraction) then not.

Maybe part of it’s just running the socially conservative gauntlet to get the nomination. Rather like Hillary does with her foreign policy announcements. But I rather like Guiliani’s comment about a mayor of a city larger than some countries has a different constituency and responsibilities than a President. That sounds like a reasonable basis for change.

Don’t want to wander here, but with Romney - several of the things I’ve mentioned - I’ll still have to think on whether they really mean a hill of beans regarding what I expect from a President.

By RB from Gwinnett

November 28, 2007 4:47 PM | Link to this

By IN THE NEWS 4:30 PM | Link to this

{{{U.S. income gap widens, richest share hits record}}}

That’s generally inclined to happen when the rich keep doing what it is that makes them rich and the poor keep doing what it is that makes them poor. The question is, what would you do to change it?

By IN THE NEWS

November 28, 2007 4:50 PM | Link to this

Thanks, Bosch.

It is more fun to watch him eat sushi.

He spits out the eel.

By Glenn

November 28, 2007 4:50 PM | Link to this

IN THE NEWS,

The essence of your foolishness consists precisely in your thinking that I am trying to frighten or intimidate you.

I would never think to do such a thing to a young person flailing blind.

By John in Tampa, FLA

November 28, 2007 4:51 PM | Link to this

who in their right mind would pay $2,500 for a Hannah Montana ticket???

Hell, I think the $66.00 face value for the tickets is about $60.00 too much but that’s just me.

By IN THE NEWS

November 28, 2007 4:57 PM | Link to this

Glenn

Remember the burritos!

By Paul

November 28, 2007 4:57 PM | Link to this

In The News - RB

Here’s a column you might enjoy. It’s on the “rich richer poor poorer” conundrum. Seems the data sets affect the conclusion (generally happens that way). IRS data paint quite a different picture.

Link: Are the rich really getting richer and the poor really getting poorer?

BTW - was listening to a discussion on this, seems while most people answer with “CEOs” answer to “who are the new megarich?” the majority are comprised of - hedge fund manager types. People who actually contribute very little to the economy, job creation, etc. (Have to say it - that minor group whose tax Hillary wants to keep at 15%. Bribes (I mean, “campaign contributions”) talk.

By Bosch

November 28, 2007 4:58 PM | Link to this

Paul,

Giuliani has flipped on the abortion issue so bad too. I think they are pandering for votes.

Yes, and Hillary too. I don’t want her to win, but it looks like she is - she has the most $$$$$$$ ca—ching!

What I expect from a President? Yes, now that is really something to ponder, but as you know, the one we have now - not what I expect in a President (to say the least).

sayonara for now!

By @@

November 28, 2007 4:58 PM | Link to this

Well chit! This is a new name on the horizon. When the heck did this happen?

Lebanon moved closer Wednesday to a long-sought deal for army chief Gen. Michel Suleiman to become the next president in the first signs of a breakthrough between its divided factions, after the Annapolis conference eased tensions between their main backers, the United States and Syria.

(((Suleiman is seen as a neutral figure in a country where nearly every politician is considered either in the pro- or anti-Syrian camp - one with the weight to ensure neither side dominates the other.)))

(((Lebanon’s constitution bars a sitting army commander from becoming president. But on Wednesday, the largest bloc in parliament - the anti-Syrian Future Movement - announced it has dropped its rejection of amending the constitution.)))

(((A deal is not yet done. The opposition, led by Syria and Iran’s ally Hizbullah, has not announced their stance on Suleiman, though he is respected among its leadership. There also remain deeply divisive questions over how to change the constitution.)))

(((The movement could be a result of the easing of tensions between Damascus and Washington that culminated with Tuesday’s Mideast peace conference in Annapolis, Maryland, which Syria attended. The US-Syrian rivalry has often played itself out in Lebanon’s complex politics - and in past weeks each side in Lebanon has accused the other’s international backer of meddling to block a deal on a president.)))

How am I supposed to keep up with all this stuff? These countries change gears as often as liberal posters change their names here.

Breathe @@…

By Glenn

November 28, 2007 5:02 PM | Link to this

Yes, ITN, it is recognized in these quarters that you are expert at scraping garbage, as you display every day all the business day long….

By Dusty

November 28, 2007 5:11 PM | Link to this

Well,

a whole day almost gone and I wasn’t here for all the “cute” stuff from the resident rasputin ITN. Does this lady ever eat?? I mean all day long over a hot computer sending out propaganda like it was hot cakes.

Reading back a minute ago I looked at one of her “links” on Giuliani, a Mister X one. She is not dealing with professionals. It looked like hand drawn, patch on, splattered paint and pure fabrications about Giuliani. What a mess! ITN must have done it herself.

Glenn @ 4:16, you did a good job covering our darling demidumpster. Now you are definitely on her nasty-name list which includes just about everybody who posts here.

Ah well, she is like a wind chime made of rusty tin cans, nuisance noise made from old trash.

By Dusty

November 28, 2007 5:21 PM | Link to this

@@ 4:58

Maybe Suleiman will take off his uniform like Musharaff did and get “elected” president.

You mentioned that the MidEast Conference in Annapolis had eased tension and opened the doors a bit between Washington and Damascus. Bush knows what he is doing. Easing MidEast tensions and clearing the way for solutions. Yes, indeed. BUSH DID IT!!

By Paul

November 28, 2007 5:23 PM | Link to this

@@

So Iran hasn’t signed off on General Suleiman? And there are people who ridicule the idea that Iran wants proxy control over a fractious Iraq with a weak government?

He’s neutral? Let’s see how neutral a General is next time Syria sends in some hit squads.

BTW - did he happen to use a Neil Diamond song for his campaign?

By Tiny Tim

November 28, 2007 5:33 PM | Link to this

“f-f-find ‘em”. (Oh great, who taught Tiny Tim the 4 f’s?)

“f-f-fool ‘em”. (Shut up Tiny Tim, if I have to listen to one more recitation of the 4 F’s….)

“ff-ffff-f—feel ‘em”. (Dont say it, Tiny, I’m warning you….)

“ff-f-f-forget ‘em”. (I really hate that kid)

By Realist

November 28, 2007 5:34 PM | Link to this

Glenn

Remember the burritos!

By Glenn

November 28, 2007 5:35 PM | Link to this

Dusty,

Thanks, as ever. This foul-up is more than maybe meets the eye. ITN states clearly that someone in authority issued a corrective, as a consequence of which ITN republished the libel. That bit of incompetent liberal fellow-traveling puts the paper in the paper in cognizant control of unprotected violations of free speech.

A bit more than a teapot tempest, I’m afraid, and a full-force gale should someone want to blow on it a little. Which raises the question, what does one do when one’s hometown newspaper is so willfully partial and tendentious as knowingly to break the law?

Well, what do you think, Marshal? Should we let it pass, or stand and fight?

By @@

November 28, 2007 5:41 PM | Link to this

Dusty:

I heard Musharraf is fixing to lift the emergency rule in Pakistan. I like the new military commander. He too seems like a standup guy well-respected by everyone. He was handpicked by Musharraf months ago.

Paul:

All things remain to be seen.

Neil Diamond song? What — Coming to America?

All of this is absolutely mind-boggling to someone like myself who never paid much attention to U.S. politics much less foreign politics.

By Tiny Tim

November 28, 2007 5:44 PM | Link to this

“p-p-p-peter..” (Oh, you’ve got to be kidding me. How did Tiny Tim learn the Peter Piper tongue twister?)

“p-p-piper…” (I know nobody would’ve been stupid enough to show him that. How did he learn it?)

“p-p-p-picked…” (this is torture, we’ve got to do something)

“p-p-p-p-pp—-p-p-pp-pp-p-p…” (PECK, dammit, PECK say Pecked. SAY IT, YOU HORRID BRAT)

“peck…” (kill me now)

“of p-p-p-pickled…”

“p-p-pp-p-ppppppppp-p-p-ppp-” (Lets burn the house down, nobody would blame us).

By Glenn

November 28, 2007 5:45 PM | Link to this

ITN @ 5:02,

It cannot be that anyone in these parts other than you takes as remarkable that blog should announce breathlessly the discovery that politicians tend to get twisted tighter and tighter on the inside until they implode. For that reason, several of us don’t care how viciously you or anyone else knock elected officials, whether Rudy Giuliani or the somewhat incredible Kwanza Hall of Fame.

In fact we rather enjoy it, in ourselves and in others, as long as it’s kept within the exceedingly broad bounds of constitutional conduct, the breach of which the Republicans in these blogs take very seriously indeed, even if you and our host newspaper do not.

By REAL GLENN

November 28, 2007 5:45 PM | Link to this

Glenn: worry not - you couldn’t frighten or intimidate ANYONE!

I note the republiscum are here in force today. Must be the strength they grasp from knowing their clowns will be vomiting from Florida tonight. Ohhh YESSS!

By getalife

November 28, 2007 5:54 PM | Link to this

“As New York mayor, Rudy Giuliani billed obscure city agencies for tens of thousands of dollars in security expenses amassed during the time when he was beginning an extramarital relationship with future wife Judith Nathan in the Hamptons, according to previously undisclosed government records.”

Smack down of the day goes to ITN:

“Little man, I shovel up stuff like you after my dog eats burritos.

Try and scare somebody who’s frightened all the time.

Try a republican.”

Ouch.

By Paul

November 28, 2007 5:57 PM | Link to this

@@

[[All of this is absolutely mind-boggling to someone like myself who never paid much attention to U.S. politics much less foreign politics.]]

Despair not! You’ve begun the journey.

And your second question - I know - humor’s sometimes a bit intuitive - or a bit of a stretch - but here it is (ya gotta get the music for this):

SOOLAIMON Neil Diamond Written by Neil Diamond

Come she come say Ride on the night Sun becomes day Day shall provide Soo, soolaimon Soolai, soolai, soolaimon Soo, soolaimon Soolai, soolai, soolaimon Soo, soolaimon Soolai, soolai, soolaimon

God of my want, want, want Lord of my need, need, need Leading me on, on, on On to the woman, she dance for the sun God of my day, day, day Lord of my night, night, night Seek for the way, way, way Taking me home

She callin’ Bring home my name On the wings of a flea Wind in the plains Dance once for me

Soo, soolaimon Soolai, soolai, soolaimon Soo, soolaimon Soolai, soolai, soolaimon Soo, soolaimon Soolai, soolai, soolaimon

By @@

November 28, 2007 5:58 PM | Link to this

AJC:

We’ll be needing a clean up on Aisle 5.

Tiny Timmy pee peed.

Oooooo, I see some interesting posts from this afternoon.

ITN saw the Yul Brynner in a revival of “The King & I” in NY and “Shovels up after his dog eats burritos”.

Very familiar…but only if I have the time to do research. ‘Ya never know when I might pop up with the goods on you ITN.

Could be never. Could be tomorrow.

Clog on er I mean BLOG ON.

By Glenn

November 28, 2007 5:59 PM | Link to this

get, you gotta be kidding. Wouldn’t you be embarrassed to post something so obvious and childish?

You’re off your feed lately, get.

By GOD

November 28, 2007 6:03 PM | Link to this

JESUS: I peeked in and saw your 4:04. Way to go, Son! I’m so darned proud of you. You see all and know all. A shame these Repunk freaks constantly use Your name in vain whilst performing their dirty work. This shall pass, my Boy.

By @@

November 28, 2007 6:12 PM | Link to this

Paul:

You’ll take some gettin’ used to. I’m sitting here looking at your lyrics with a puzzled expression and then……

Oooohhhhhhh I get it.

SULEIMAN!!!!

When I first arrived here I often referred to myself as Slow OO.

Maybe I haven’t gotten very far in my journey. ‘Ya made me laugh though.

By Glenn

November 28, 2007 6:14 PM | Link to this

They’ll have to hurry and get their licks in now, before Bush is out the door. It looks like all the Dems will be able to muster will be to slam the door on his backside, like they did to Harry Truman and the Missus.

By RW-(the original)

November 28, 2007 6:26 PM | Link to this

Remember the story in THE FEVER SWAMPS about the Jordanian based Iraqi reporter whose family in Iraq had all been slaughtered that we’ve been treated to this week?

Another bogus slaughter story

By Paul

November 28, 2007 6:35 PM | Link to this

@@

Then it’s been a good day.

By Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog

November 28, 2007 6:36 PM | Link to this

I like burritos and ITN SPAM too!

However, they wind up coming out of the same place and in the same form eewww.

You do a wonderful job IN THE NEWS.

…For me to poop on!

Thanks for keeping our sidewalks clean!

I keed I keed!

By RW-(the original)

November 28, 2007 6:38 PM | Link to this

Paul,

At the press gathering the subject of the pending status of forces agreement with Iraq came up. I’ll put a link to the General’s answer at the bottom, but I thought you might enjoy taking a crack at it first.

The “reporter” asked the following question:

{{{{{Q Is there any precedent for this in history? I mean, there wasn’t anything like this after Korea or Vietnam or any other kind of American engagement.}}}}}

His answer

By @@

November 28, 2007 6:39 PM | Link to this

Criminey AJC! Every time I back out of a link you throw me back to some excitement about getting “a new tool that works”.

You really shouldn’t talk about your employees and fans that way.

Alright I gotta ask. Who casts votes on ml’s cartoons?

Surely those of you who do would be too embarrassed to admit it. Right?

Please say I’m right.

By AmVet

November 28, 2007 6:43 PM | Link to this

Just got back from Clemson, to help out a family friend. Such a mitzvah!

I see that much sedition and self-righteousness has been espoused here again today. Forsooth.

BUT, let it be said here and now, that although records for ML’s blog have only been kept since 1931, I am reasonably sure that I have eclipsed one that ranked right up there with Joe Dimaggio’s.

In a post at 9:36 my name was mentioned 10 times! TEN!

Technically eleven, as the word limit was reached.

And further research may indicate that in a very short time window surrounding that post, the references to me may have hit two dozen or more!

I hate to state the obvious, but I ROCK!!!

When any of you posers and schmucks can get your name mentioned 11 times in one post come and talk to me.

You people can’t carry my jock…

By getalife

November 28, 2007 6:44 PM | Link to this

Dead Man Debating

They should bash Rudy on family values tonight.

Should be fun.

By AmVet

November 28, 2007 6:51 PM | Link to this

Oh that’s right, the new Republicans get another chance to impress America tonight.

Any bets that Romney and Rudy call the other fiscally unconservative? Bunch of baby killers.

Or that Fred’s pulse climbs above 50 beats/minute?

Or that the other candidates embarrass themselves again by laughing into their mikes when Cong. Paul speaks? (Nah, I think they learned their lesson).

You gotta love this country even when the pretenders for the throne are unintentional comedians.

By @@

November 28, 2007 6:55 PM | Link to this

I could not be more pleased that AmVet acknowledges that he is SpamVet/AmVet/Dick-Tater.

I told you you were my pet SpamVet.

I don’t know about your jockstrap but I could probably carry your codpiece in my dainty little evening bag.

By Glenn

November 28, 2007 6:56 PM | Link to this

AmVet in my Book the only thing better than being thought self-righteous onnacounta gettin in the face of a plagiarist, liar and public slanderer is…………

......to ROCK!!!

And so you do.

By RW-(the original)

November 28, 2007 6:58 PM | Link to this

11 mentions in a post is just about as often as Blowhard pats himself on the back in any given post so maybe it was a very creative synergistic slap at the dumba$$.

By Paul

November 28, 2007 6:59 PM | Link to this

RW-(the original)

Before I read the link I was trying to think of a diplomatic way for a general to say “moron.” Then I had to get out of my chair and bang my head on the wall.

Had a discussion, with AmVet, yesterday, I believe - who referenced an interview with then-candidate Bush who was criticized for not knowing the leaders of Taiwan, couple other countries. I pointed out that reporters are often grossly ill-informed in the areas they cover and have no background against which to test that which they hear. As a result, we get news stories that are terribly misleading.

Remember what Rumsfeld said about “knowing what you don’t know?” That reporter doesn’t even have that level of self awareness.

By Paul

November 28, 2007 7:02 PM | Link to this

AmVet 6:43

[[You people can’t carry my jock…]]

At least, not without a chemical warfare suit and a decon kit…

:-)

By Glenn

November 28, 2007 7:03 PM | Link to this

Yep, LN, they’ll be looking closely at this string in the weeks ahead.

By AmVet

November 28, 2007 7:04 PM | Link to this

Speaking of cod pieces, nudge, nudge, wink, wink.

Pan fry the big ones and throw back the little ones.

If guys who talk about sex and body parts all of the time are called horn dogs. Are their female equivalents horn b!tches, slow oo?

Glenn, I must confess some of what you write is beyond my scope, but are you suggesting coconuts migrate?

By Luckoduh

November 28, 2007 7:04 PM | Link to this

Good news for America, bad news for Code Pinko:

{{{{The Dow closed with its best two-day performance since 2002, as stocks urged more than 331 points on Wednesday on hopes of another interest rate cut.}}}}

It’s too bad that our economy won’t crap out the way you coward liberals are hoping and, er, uh, wishing.

And if that wasn’t enough:

{{{{For the first time in a long time, nearly half of Americans express positive opinions about the situation in Iraq. A growing number says the U.S. war effort is going well, while greater percentages also believe the United States is making progress in reducing the number of Iraqi casualties, defeating the insurgents and preventing a civil war in Iraq.}}}}

And you libs are losing the war too!

Must really suck being democrat.

By getalife

November 28, 2007 7:05 PM | Link to this

Billiam the snowman is in Dean’s question tonight.

He asks which one is for change.

Bwa.

By AmVet

November 28, 2007 7:13 PM | Link to this

Paul, make that a hazmat suit!

BTW for you non baseball cretins, Joe D. hit in an amazing 56 consecutive games in 1941, a record still considered untouchable.

Just like 10 personal references in one post.

Enjoy it fans, cuz you ain’t ever gonna see it again in your lifetimes. Not even with the DH!

Back tomorrow to read a whole new set of witty observations after tonight’s “debate”!

By RW-(the original)

November 28, 2007 7:22 PM | Link to this

Blowhard,

I believe I’ve been referenced well over a hundred times on a day I wasn’t even here and that only scratches the surface of the moonbat(ic)® ravings about Andy.

Face it, @@ threw you a bone but you’re a pimple on our butts in the big picture.

By @@

November 28, 2007 7:36 PM | Link to this

SpamVet:

I’m sure there are those who might think I’m a b*** with horns. I hit you below the belt and you see what happens…

You bang your head into rock. I guess it’s true. You’re just confused about what it means TO ROCK.

You’ll figure it out one day or maybe not.

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