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By Mike Luckovich | Friday, May 30, 2008, 07:29 AM

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By AJC/DNC Management

May 30, 2008 8:04 AM | Link to this

Ladies and gentleman, I give you thee Crime of thee Century!:

{{{{The U.S. military suspended a Marine on Thursday for distributing coins quoting the Gospel to Sunni Muslims, an incident that has enraged Iraqis who view it as an example of American disrespect for Islam. The Marine, stationed in Fallujah, handed out silver-colored coins this week that quoted in Arabic a Bible verse (John 3:16). -Urinal/DNC}}}}

What an awful horror!!!

With any luck, this will inflame all of Islam to rise up in anger and kill Americans, right, AJC/DNC?

P.S. There is nothing like forcing diversity on to people that you want to segregate, is there Urinal/DNC?

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The same anti troop scare mongering trotted out again:

{{{{Military suicide rate at record level- The 115 confirmed suicides among active-duty soldiers and National Guard and Reserve troops who had been activated amounted to a rate of 18.8 per 100,000 troops-Urinal/DNC}}}}

So it is better for the youth of our country to enter military service considering that the suicide rate in America for males aged 20-24 is 20.8 per 100,000, more than the 18.8 military rate, thanks for heads up, Urinal/DNC.

Now that we know that suicide is a big concern to the Urinal/DNC, they “care” about the troops right?

I dare one of you scumbag liberals to show us where you ever mentioned this little fact:

{{{{A U.S. government study, titled Report of the Secretary’s Task Force on Youth Suicide, found that homosexual youth are two to three times more likely to attempt suicide than other young people.}}}}

POS.

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When your wee wee is the total focus of your existence, these are the kind of stupid thoughts that will emerge from your mind:

{{{{Female, black … how about gay president?-Urinal/DNC}}}}

Sick.

By AJC/DNC Management

May 30, 2008 8:05 AM | Link to this

{{{{Three independent investigations have looked into these claims, and all of them concluded that political actors did not skew intelligence to sell the war. These include the Senate Intelligence Committee report of 2004, the Robb-Silberman report of 2005, and Britain’s Butler report. They explain that U.S. - and all Western - intelligence was mistaken but not distorted. Saddam Hussein himself told U.S. interrogators that he kept the fact that he lacked WMD even from many of his own generals.}}}}

Duh.

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Krauthammer says it all:

{{{{Yet on the basis of this speculation, environmental activists, attended by compliant scientists and opportunistic politicians, are advocating radical economic and social regulation. “The largest threat to freedom, democracy, the market economy and prosperity,” warns Czech President Vaclav Klaus, “is no longer socialism. It is, instead, the ambitious, arrogant, unscrupulous ideology of environmentalism.”}}}}

{{{{Just as the ash heap of history beckoned, the intellectual left was handed the ultimate salvation: environmentalism. Now the experts will regulate your life in the name of Earth itself.}}}}

{{{{The most obvious step is a major move to nuclear power, which to the atmosphere is the cleanest of the clean.}}}}

{{{{But the Church of the Environment promulgates secondary dogmas as well. One of these is a strict nuclear taboo.}}}}

{{{{Rather convenient, is it not? Take this major coal-substituting fix off the table and we will be rationing all the more. Guess who does the rationing?}}}}

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{{{{In part, Obama is just running against the status quo like every challenger. But he is also seems to say Americans are victims of the fates and that hope comes from the government. “Yes, we can” is becoming “No, you can’t” followed by “here’s a program.” That inclination could be fatal in the fall.}}}}

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{{{{Myanmar’s ruling junta lashed out Thursday at aid donors who promised millions of dollars for cyclone relief, saying survivors didn’t need “bars of chocolate. State-run media criticized donors for only pledging up to $150 million —- a far cry from the $11 billion the junta said it needed to rebuild.-Urinal/DNC}}}}

Go ask China, mofo.

Shees, everyone knows these dic-kheadtators in Burma are intercepting aid ship

By AJC/DNC Management

May 30, 2008 8:09 AM | Link to this

Ooops:

Shees, everyone knows these dic-kheadtators in Burma are intercepting aid shipments, now the Urinal/DNC wants us to send them cash???

By AmVet

May 30, 2008 8:10 AM | Link to this

Good one Mike.

The Kiss of Death - Bush style.

Interesting to read that Rupert Murdoch predicted a second consecutive Republican massacre this November.

We can all hope…

And to one of the funniest men I have ever seen - RIP Hedley…

By Goldie

May 30, 2008 8:20 AM | Link to this

The Oval Office while Dubya is in it should be declared a toxic waste dump!

By AmVet

May 30, 2008 8:35 AM | Link to this

Good one Mike.

The Kiss of Death - Bush style.

Interesting to read that Rupert Murdoch predicted a second consecutive Republican massacre this November.

We can all hope…

And to one of the funniest men I have ever seen - RIP Hedley…

By IN THE NEWS

May 30, 2008 8:35 AM | Link to this

Amvet….

I’m with you on Harvey……

RIP Count De’Money!

By Matt

May 30, 2008 8:37 AM | Link to this

Bush repeatedly comparing Iraq to WW II, and Germany and Japan. There is nothing whatever to compare. The words should never be spoken together. That ignorant, foul, nasty little SOB should be tried and hanged in a large public square for his continuing criminal actions and words.

By One Voice

May 30, 2008 8:41 AM | Link to this

Hmmm… McClellan, a White House insider, fesses up and corroborates what most of us already knew for years and of course, the right vilifies him (he wanted the money, it’s sour grapes, someone put words in his mouth, etc.).

When I saw him interviewed yesterday it was as if a huge weight was lifted of his chest. He was direct and lucid, a complete change from his days in the WH. Back then you could see him struggle every day, as if he knew he was lying and was trying to find a way to justify it in his own mind. But in retrospect, it couldn’t be done: The whole administration from the top down lied to the American people about the threat of Iraq; Bush himself leaked the Plame information; Cheney and Rove were involved in numerous illegal activities; and Bush wanted to go to war with Iraq for personal glory (“only wartime presidents achieve greatness”), probably the most insidious revelation that even the most cynical of us would not have thought up. So the country is going bankrupt and 4,000 American have died because the incompetent, idiotic president wanted his ‘greatness’.

And now John McCain is running on a platform to extend the lie for 4 more years. Amazing. And there are still millions of Republicans, like Andi, rw, granny, dusty, @@, et al, who are essentially cult followers. They have brainwashed themselves to the point that no matter how much of the truth comes out, they will find a way to rationalize the lies. But they’re the only ones left. The statistical estimation is that about 27% of the people in any population are cultlike in their beliefs and will worship their ideology even if it leads to the destruction of their society. And what’s Bush’s approval rating now? 27%. The remaining Republican cult followers need an intervention, but sadly, they won’t get one and will vote for McCain, who will lose in a landslide in November. Truly stranger than fiction.

By AJC/DNC Management

May 30, 2008 8:43 AM | Link to this

Yeah, “failure:”

{{{{Hayden said Osama bin Laden is losing the battle for hearts and minds in the Islamic world and has largely forfeited his ability to exploit the Iraq war to recruit adherents. Two years ago, a CIA study concluded that the U.S.-led war had become a propaganda and marketing bonanza for al-Qaeda, generating cash donations and legions of volunteers.}}}}

{{{{While al-Qaeda misplayed its hand with gruesome attacks on Iraqi civilians, Hayden said, U.S. military commanders and intelligence officials deserve some of the credit for the shift, because they “created the circumstances” for it by building strategic alliances with Sunni and Shiite factions, he said.}}}}

Bushie has defeated al Qaeda and the liberals hate his guts, foaming at the mouth like some wild, ignorant animals.

See the connection here?

By Ray

May 30, 2008 8:46 AM | Link to this

Despite all of the liberal Bush bashing, take a good look at what many prominent Democrats said, and on tape or on some talking head program on Sunday, etc., about WMDs and our need for going after Hussein in Iraq. Albright, both Clintons, Durbin, Teddy, Kerry to name a few. ALL stated that there was a high suspicion of WMDs and it was to our best interest to go to Iraq to try to find them to avoid a major threat. Fast forward to three years later. Bush is an idiot for going to Iraq and the rats are jumping off the ship as fast as they can. Bush is the only one who made the mistake, according to them. But you don’t get elected again by making mistakes, do you? So each of these upstanding Americans hands are clean. I think not!!!

By AJC/DNC Management

May 30, 2008 8:49 AM | Link to this

{{{{But when a professed enemy succeeds as wildly as al Qaeda did on 9/11, and seven years pass without an incident, there are two reasonable conclusions: Either, despite all the trash-talking videos, they have been taking a long, leisurely breather; or, something serious has been done to thwart and disable their operations. Whatever combination of psychology and insanity motivates a terrorist to blow himself up is not within my range of experience, but I’m betting the aggressive measures the president took, and the unequivocal message he sent, might have had something to do with it.}}}}

{{{{All this time Americans have been safe from suicide bombers, biological warfare and collapsing skyscrapers, while the rest of the world has been on red alert. And yet President Bush is regarded as the worst president in American history? Sorry, I must be missing something here.}}}}

All this time the liberals fought tooth and nail against Bushie as though he was Osama Has Been Laden himself, rabid, mindless, knee jerk hatred of his obvious success, every day, every little inconsequential action was met with a roar of idiocy and stunted madness.

Who’s side are these POS on?

By Copyleft

May 30, 2008 8:51 AM | Link to this

GREAT cartoon. Bush really does poison everything he touches, leaving the GOP in a delicious quandary.

Do they pander to the tiny sliver of hardcore Bush supporters left, guaranteeing a lock on at least 25% of the votes (while alienating the rest of the country)?

Or do they distance themselves from this disastrous administration in a desperate attempt to appear sane—immediately losing that same lockstep 25% voting bloc who will pout, stay home, or vote Libertarian in disgust?

Either way, they lose—and America wins! HA!

It’s great to be a REAL American, and not a loser Republican.

By IN THE NEWS

May 30, 2008 8:52 AM | Link to this

On McClellan: Five Facts and One Question

by KWeberLit

Fri May 30, 2008 at 04:24:06 AM PDT

First, the facts.

KWeberLit’s diary :: ::

Book advance paid to Ari Fleischer: $500,000.

Book advance paid to Karen Hughes: $1,000,000.

Book advance paid to Karl Rove: $1,500,000.

Book advance paid to George Tenet: $4,000,000.

Book advance paid to Scott McClellan: $75,000.

Now the question: Which of these books has critics on the right frothing at the mouth about an author “cashing in” on his White House service? Three guesses …

FROM DAILY KOS

By Paul

May 30, 2008 8:55 AM | Link to this

AJC/DNC Management 8:04

Point of interest: it’s against regulations for military personnel to proselytize. I’d bet these guys were also told that when they got their “cultural sensitivity” briefing before shipping out.

Common sense: don’t go to a Moslem country and tell them they’ve got it all wrong. Doesn’t build good will.

ITN

Was thinking this morning about our Webb GI Bill discussion. It occurs that using the line of reasoning of “support the troops, show appreciation,” - well, it seems that that argument leads to unlimited Pentagon spending. Unlimited (I think I’m the Army of One here with the position the Defense budget can be cut with no ill effects to our security. Kind of an interesting position, given those who do not think so call me a wingnut). One could make a case every single program in the Pentagon - every one - in some way benefits the troops and so shows our support.

By IN THE NEWS

May 30, 2008 9:04 AM | Link to this

Paul,

Most anything could lead to unlimited Pentagon spending.

Competence, integrity and honor in public service would prevent this.

Maybe a little “change” would be a good thing.

By IN THE NEWS

May 30, 2008 9:06 AM | Link to this

Bush to McClellan: REAM Me Up, Scotty

By Ray

May 30, 2008 9:06 AM | Link to this

Copyleft,

Clinton’s popularity rating was less than 27% following his impeachment and the present Demo congress has a rating around 18% at present. Great numbers. I do not vote in lockstep or as a cult. I happen to think that this country deserves someone with the balls to face the Muslim threat that we seem to be stuck with. The future of our country, as we know it, is at stake. Do you think that it might have something to do with the F-15s that patrol our coasts, the Coast Guard that patrols our waterways, the airport security that prevented several major incidents in our skys. Who do you think makes these decision s to provide protection to the citizenry of this country? These people want your head on a pole, Copyleft! We are at war with a very smart, well funded foe who thrives on your whining rhetoric. Hate him all you want but know that your head is still on your shoulders and you still live in the land of the free. Can’t wait to see Obama charm them to death.

By Soothsayer

May 30, 2008 9:07 AM | Link to this

In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of UNWARRANTED INFLUENCE, whether sought or unsought, by the MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.

We must never let the weight of this combination ENDANGER OUR LIBERTIES OR DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together. (Caps added)

—Dwight D Eisenhower, 1961

Welcome to Eisenhower’s nightmare …

By IN THE NEWS

May 30, 2008 9:24 AM | Link to this

It depends on what he means by ‘quiet’ in Iraq…..War supporters often find it tricky to praise events on the ground in Iraq. Invariably, they seem to praise war conditions in such a way that ends up embarrassing them, and undermining their point, in ways reminiscent of Baghdad Bob insisting that the U.S. “invaders” are nowhere near Baghdad. Take John McCain, for example, speaking at a town-hall meeting in Wisconsin yesterday……“So I can tell you that it is succeeding,” McCain said. “I can look you in the eye and tell you it’s succeeding. We have drawn down to pre-surge levels. Basra, Mosul and now Sadr city are quiet and it’s long and it’s hard and it’s tough and there will be setbacks.”……….Right around the same time McCain was boasting of the “quiet” in Mosul, “Another suicide bomber driving a police vehicle struck Iraqi commandos earlier Thursday in Mosul, killing three of them and wounding nine other people, according to battalion commander Capt. Aziz Latif. The victims were from a unit sent from the southern city of Kut to participate in the Mosul crackdown, Latif said.” And then shortly after that, just outside Mosul, “A suicide bomber killed 14 police recruits and two policemen in northern Iraq on Thursday, police and military sources said. An attacker wearing a military uniform detonated an explosive vest near a police recruiting centre where about 200 applicants queued at Sinjar, near Mosul, police said. Ten police recruits and five police officers were wounded, police and military sources said. Sunni insurgents have carried out frequent attacks on police recruits, killing hundreds.” And what about McCain’s claim that we have “drawn down to pre-surge levels”? That’s actually not true, either, at least not yet: “The increased U.S. presence in Iraq — which topped out at about 170,000 troops — is expected to go down to 140,000 by the end of July. U.S. officials plan to keep 15 combat brigades in Iraq through the end of the year, though ongoing assessments could allow commanders to change those numbers.”…….Is it me or is it odd that McCain can’t seem to talk about Iraq at all without managing to get the facts wrong? I realize McCain wants to use the war as the basis for campaign attacks against Barack Obama, but McCain may want to reevaluate that strategy — or at least brush up on his talking points before the next town-hall m

By Paul

May 30, 2008 9:26 AM | Link to this

Ray 8:46

“Albright, both Clintons, Durbin, Teddy, Kerry to name a few. ALL stated that there was a high suspicion of WMDs”

I don’t believe they hedged their statements - it was presented as fact. That is, until after the invasion went badly and the Dems smelled a political opportunity -

ITN 9:04

I really didn’t understand that in light of the topic.

“Competence, integrity and honor in public service would prevent this.”

Ummm, just look at your posts regarding contractor payments (done by government personnel) - cost overruns - not buying equipment needed by troops (body armor) because the higher-ups would rather have a new artillery system other wonder weapon -

Competence, honor, integrity vs careerism, billions of dollars, and campaign donations and jobs in hometown districts.

Boy oh boy, I never knew you were such an optimist, ITN!

Soothsayer

I was going to say “you sound like Gen Eisenhower” then I saw your source. Good one.

But to that I would add those who put limits on speech (personal or broadcast) because they don’t like the viewpoint, or because someone was offended, etc etc etc.

By Copyleft

May 30, 2008 9:29 AM | Link to this

Ray: Yeah, it’ll be terrible to fight terrorism EFFECTIVELY for a change, won’t it? With intelligence, rather than blunt, ineffective sledgehammers.

Gosh, that’ll be just AWFUL… (snicker)

By mm

May 30, 2008 9:35 AM | Link to this

One Voice at 8:41,

Well said.

ITN at 8:52,

Those numbers put it all in perspective.

Ray at 9:06,

Go hide under your bed like the rest of the wingnuts.

By IN THE NEWS

May 30, 2008 9:37 AM | Link to this

Paul

As an optimist I’m in very good company!

For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else. - Winston Chutchill

In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes when you wake in the morning. - Carl Sandburg

:>)

By Midori

May 30, 2008 9:41 AM | Link to this

I don’t care if King Tut thought Saddam had WMD.

Anyone can think or suspect ‘ANYTHING’.

It was that idiot warmongering Bush who INVADED on those THOUGHTS!!!

Just want to remind you wingnuts of that fact once again.

By Goldie

May 30, 2008 9:41 AM | Link to this

{{We are at war with a very smart, well funded foe who thrives on your whining rhetoric.}}

Ray @ 9:06 — all the more reason that we would’ve been better served by performing “regime change” in Saudi Arabia instead of Iraq! There were no “well funded” foes in Iraq before we invaded, and now look at the quagmire you’ve helped create— and the terrorists are growing exponentially while we continue to occupy the Middle East!

By Paul

May 30, 2008 9:43 AM | Link to this

ITN 8:52

“Now the question: Which of these books has critics on the right frothing at the mouth about an author “cashing in” on his White House service? Three guesses …FROM DAILY KOS”

I was gonna guess President Clinton, Senator Clinton and Richard Clarke…

Daily Kos: Free Speech from the Left. Unless it’s muzzling Hillary supporters, that is.

For the record: Dem, Rep, there’s zero difference on this issue.

By AmVet

May 30, 2008 9:46 AM | Link to this

ITN, I believe you refer to Count De Monet!

Along with Wilder, Brooks, Conway and Burnett one of the greats of his generation.

And I always loved how in some of those skits they were all hard pressed to keep from busing out laughing.

And unlike most of today’s comedians they liberally used intelligent humor without having to resort to swearing, obvious vulgarity and lurid topics.

Paul, you dare touch the sacred cow of asking that the always astronomical military spending be accountable (in a legitimate sense of the word), sane and reasonable?

It seems that one cannot read the news for more than a few weeks at a time without a headline such as DoD cannot account for $20billion…

Be VERY careful! Or our REAL patriots here (found ONLY in the Republican Party, of course) will accuse you of being an anti-war, terrorist-coddling, surrender monkey commie!

I love it how out of one side of their fetid mouths they contend government can do NO good. (Though they suck off the teat as much and more than anyone else.)

And out of the other side they give the Pentagon and the bumbling, spend-thrift chickenhawks in this administration a complete pass. And always have.

Oh, the mindless and vicarious thrills of faketriotism!

And I saw where Obama is trying to further distance himself from yet another preacher?

News flash!

All of you religious nuts, quasi-nuts and other left and right-wing fascists in “Christian” clothing running for elected office, keep your mythology/evangelical nonsense to yourselves and thereby your feet out of your mouths.

IMO, this awful and deadly religious fanaticism is the antidote to peace and knowledge.

And MUCH of the nation both knows it and is now utterly fed up, even repulsed by these Christian frauds, charlatans and power brokers in this country and in other select locales around the world who have in some cases much too much sway and power in the Inner Sanctums of government.

And though it will take a few more decades, I am optimistic that Arthur C. Clarke’s view that religion is a kind of insanity or superstition that will disappear if everybody is rational, may come to bear.

So IMHO, it would behoove the nation to toss the repudiated and disgusting bigots like Falwell, Robertson, Dobson, Bob Jones, Ralph Reed, the papists et al back to the flat earth Middle Ages where they belong an

By Midori

May 30, 2008 9:47 AM | Link to this

I would also like to commend OneVoice for that wonderful 8:41 post.

By Lunatic Fringe

May 30, 2008 9:57 AM | Link to this

The thinnest books in the world:

Famous Italian war heroes.

Jewish sports legends.

George W. Bush’s accomplishments while in office.

By AJC/DNC Management

May 30, 2008 9:58 AM | Link to this

{{{{By Paul May 30, 2008 8:55 AM Common sense: don’t go to a Moslem country and tell them they’ve got it all wrong. Doesn’t build good will.}}}}

Paul: Whatever.

Is it the intention of the Urinal/DNC to print this “horrible” crime to either A) portray the U.S. soldier and his mission as some sort of Jesus Freaks out to “change” the world or B) are they trying to inflame Islamic hatred against our troops putting them in greater danger?

Which ever scenario you choose it is mealy mouth spineless yellow journalism to blow this way out of proportion as they have.

This coming from the same sicko media that has no compunctions at all shoving their sexual depravity down the throats of children or anybody else offended by such degeneracy.

By Paul

May 30, 2008 10:01 AM | Link to this

Midori 9:41

A very good, and critical distinction.

Many agreed on what they thought was accurate information.

The critical distinction is, given changing circumstances, what is the appropriate ACTION given those BELIEFS.

Nicely done.

ITN 9:37

Thanks very much for two good quotes.

I like the cynical line I heard somewhere –

“A pessimist looks at a situation and thinks, wow, this is terrible. Totally horrible. It’s as bad as it can be. An optimist, on the other hand, looks at the same situation and knows, not matter how bad things are, they can ALWAYS get worse!”

Here’s one of my theme songs: Optimist Song

Goldie 9:41

“all the more reason that we would’ve been better served by performing “regime change” in Saudi Arabia instead of Iraq!”

Noooooo!!! Use the Force! Please don’t tell me you’ve gone over to the Dark Side!

AmVet 9:46

Yup, sure do.

And for the record, I do believe you’re the ONLY person who has ever responded, as I’ve made that position for some time now. Not even the REAL patriots in the Democratic Party have challenged that.

:-)

Telling, isn’t it?

Out to trim some nasty tree branches hanging over my fence -

By The Phrophet

May 30, 2008 10:05 AM | Link to this

Iraq scenerio: We invade Iraq. We lose thousands of troops. We spend trillions of dollars. We totally F up country. We declare victory. We leave. Iraqi’s have civil war. Iran, Al Qeada (sic) and Taliban get involved. Emerging country far worse than before we invaded. To fix, we invade again. Repeat above steps. Woohoo, Mission accomplished.

By Goldie

May 30, 2008 10:08 AM | Link to this

Paul @ 10:01 — anyone who uses the argument of “well-funded terrorists” as the reason for invading Iraq need to be reminded of where the funding for the 9/11 attacks came from… and it wasn’t from Iraq!

By AJC/DNC Management

May 30, 2008 10:25 AM | Link to this

{{{{By The Phrophet May 30, 2008 10:05 AM |Iraq scenerio: We invade Iraq. We lose thousands of troops. We spend trillions of dollars. We totally F up country. We declare victory. We leave. Iraqi’s have civil war. Iran, Al Qeada (sic) and Taliban get involved. Emerging country far worse than before we invaded. To fix, we invade again. Repeat above steps. Woohoo, Mission accomplished.}}}}

I agree, problem is-

The only people talking about leaving are dhimmokrats.

Can you say President McBushie?

By Bosch

May 30, 2008 10:31 AM | Link to this

Ha! The Republicans in the cartoon are all thinking

“Oh no, not that! Anything but that!”

Hilarious!!!

Just talking to a friend of mine - we were talking about how Pelosi should be personally handing McClellan a subpoena. It is my sincere hope that after Bush leaves office and no longer has the power of the pardon - Congress goes after him and all his criminal friends. Those like McClellan who’ve confessed their sins - I’d strike a deal with.

But that’s just me.

By Ray

May 30, 2008 10:40 AM | Link to this

Lunatic Fringe

Add this to your books….. Accomplishments of the present Democratic Congress.

Goldie,

Regime change in Sauda Arabia? Sure, then watch the soccer moms b*** about having to stand in line to fill up their SUVs. It is sad to watch the leader of the free world go hat in hand to Faud and ask him to increase supply to this country. Points out a very good reason to get the economic lifeline of this country (fossil fuel) into some other realm. Regime change? Right. If Faud didn’t have oil, we would not give him the time of day, all of the wingnut Muslims could kill each other off as they wished and we could get on with our lives. THIS WHOLE THING IS ABOUT OIL!!! Or haven’t you noticed. It always has been. Power balance in the Middle East would be meaningless without the oil. Just a lot of Muslims killing each other off and the average American could care less. How many American lives is it worth to protect our oil supply? There have always been well funded foes in all of the Muslim countries. Virtually all of the 9/11 Muslims were funded by Saudi money and big money. Have you seen Dubai lately?

By Bosch

May 30, 2008 10:49 AM | Link to this

Why is it always the soccer mom’s fault?

What about the football, basketball, baseball, dance, karate, drama club, chess club moms? Huh? What about them?

Sigh.

UEFA EURO 2008 STARTS JUNE 7!

Switzerland v. Czech Republic 3:00 pm.

Sad, England didn’t qualify this time. They need to regroup.

The mighty German machine will rule!!!!

Enlighten your soccer ignorant world! Watch the most popular sport in the world!!!!! I dare you!!!!!

By Paul

May 30, 2008 11:02 AM | Link to this

AJC/DNC Management 8:55

These are fanatics who kill people for drawing cartoons. Remember the two women the Taliban in Afghanistan were going to imprison/execute for talking about Christianity?

Proper way to handle would be for the senior sergeant to take the privates aside and do what senior sergeants do. But you raise a good point: since it wasn’t stated, what was the point of the story in the papers?

Bosch

I saw Spkr Pelosi on the news - said it wasn’t the Iraqi Army that got the job done in Basra. Wouldn’t credit Gen Petraeus with anything. Said the Iranians get the credit.

Nothing good for Gen Petraeus or the Iraqis. Credits the Iranians.

From the House Majority Leader. Absolutely amazing.

Uh, BTW - I thought the official line was there’s no “proof” the Iranians are involved? But they get credit in Basra?

By Lunatic Fringe

May 30, 2008 11:02 AM | Link to this

Bosch: I was in Cyprus, Athens and Amsterdam during the 2006 world cup. I never saw so much excitement. The games were on every TV everywhere. The entire European continent was involved and it was exhillerating. Fortuneately we were able to catch most of the games with English commentators, but even the games without English were easy to follow.

Ray: Gee, did I strike a nerve? Feel free to list W’s POSITIVE accomplishments. I will give you twenty minutes. That’s nineteen and a half minutes more than you need. BTW, I agree with you about the Dem Congress. I also thought of adding the book about Atlanta’s basketball, hockey and football championships, but that was too easy.

By Georgia74

May 30, 2008 11:04 AM | Link to this

Most popular, most boring, hard to figure.

By AmVet

May 30, 2008 11:08 AM | Link to this

Bosch, which channel will it be on? (Assuming it will even be broadcast in this country!)

BTW, do chess clubs even exist in high schools anymore?

I would suppose here in Georgia along with phys ed being replaced by ID classes, they have been replaced with checkers clubs!

And one of my favorites - Jewish sports legends.

Thank Yahweh for Sandy Koufax!

By The Phrophet

May 30, 2008 11:12 AM | Link to this

AJC/DNC: My scenerio plays out regardless of who is president at the time. Even McBushie, regardless of how long he keeps us there, cannot stop this. Those people(?) in the Middle East have time, patience and funding on their side and they will simply outwait us. All they have to do is study Viet Nam.

BTW, some of my friends were talking about you. We were wondering, is it spelled doofus or dufus?

By getalife

May 30, 2008 11:15 AM | Link to this

More disgusting, divisive, bs coming out of Obama’s radical church.

Pathetic.

By Bosch

May 30, 2008 11:16 AM | Link to this

Lunatic Fringe,

You lucky dog. I’m jealous. Good friend of mine is German and he was stuck here in the States finishing school - he was p**.

My favorite commentator are Spanish speakers - they get crazy.

You can’t beat Ray Hudson though - someone need to write a book of his classic liners.

Paul,

I think Pelosi has had too much plastic surgery and it is effecting her brain. Her skin is stretched back so far that it’s causing brain damage - can she even smile anymore? Just a theory.

By Bosch

May 30, 2008 11:26 AM | Link to this

Georgia 74,

I’m going to pretend I didn’t read that.

AmVet,

I’m sure they’ll show some of the games on ESPN, they played the recent Manchester United/Chelsea Champion League game in Moscow.

What kind of cable provider do you have? We have Comcast and we added some small package that included Fox Soccer Channel and GOLTV.

I’ll have to check the schedules.

Of course there are still Chess Clubs! Well, not in the rednecky high schools, but in my kids’ school there is one.

By AmVet

May 30, 2008 11:42 AM | Link to this

Bosch, now that you mentioned it I did watch some of that match on ESPN.

That is good news for those who think the world of sports is not limited solely to NASCAR and WWF but actually includes The Olympics, soccer/football, etc…

Speaking of which do you remember the cheerleader commercial where the girl mispronounces the name?

http://www.funnyhub.com/videos/pages/cheerleaders-love-espn.html

Bush would have been SO proud he would have gone nuke-ya-ler!

By Midori

May 30, 2008 12:18 PM | Link to this

I’d like to dedicate this to ITN

:)

By @@

May 30, 2008 12:21 PM | Link to this

Let’s “flip” this shall we…

On Thursday the (IRANIAN) minister said on the sidelines of a U.N. conference on Iraq that he did not have a favorite among the presidential candidates.

Oooooooooo….?

“The American people need —->CHANGE,<—-” Mottaki said. “The American statesmen and politicians are somehow spending the money out of the taxes of the American people to buy hatred and resentment of other people in other regions.”

BAM! Aaaa, I think Iran just endorsed Barack in their “own special way.”

Didn’t read the article over in the margins, but I liked the headline…

“SUPPORT FOR OBAMA, ANTI-US FEELING ALIVE AND WELL IN EUROPE”

Did Obama’s Rev. Wright retire in Europe?

By Midori

May 30, 2008 12:24 PM | Link to this

Here’s another

and this one’s for Paul:

after all, history can’t rewrite itself, can it?

By Paul

May 30, 2008 12:28 PM | Link to this

@@

So Iran’s foreign minister understands that the money the US government spends come from taxes collected from the American people?

He’s doing better than most Americans.

Rev Wright’s retiring - he and his wife are gonna drive their two new Mercedes-Benzes to a white (‘cept for him and a couple others) gated, golf course community to their multimillion dollar mansion with a 10 mil line of credit.

Oppression really keeps ya’ down, doesn’t it?

By @@

May 30, 2008 12:41 PM | Link to this

(((Oppression really keeps ya’ down, doesn’t it?)))

Selling oppression is a lucrative business Paul.

I wonder if the good Reverend will plant “bulbs” in his yard upon “his arrival”.

By Dusty

May 30, 2008 12:44 PM | Link to this

Oh my goodness, another bash Bush Day at Luckovich’s. So what’s new? Well……..00000000 except for Andy’s accurate target practice.

Bosch DID have a good one. Pelosi has had so much plastic surgery her mind is affected—said our Boschi.

No, Boschi, she was that way before surgery. Democrats are so accustomed to that party state of mind they did not notice.

Has Sen. Reid (D) Nevada been put away? Haven’t seen him lately. Maybe he was pushed outside with Murtha.

But, commendations to Paul as usual. He deserves all credit for his fortitude in looking for the sensibilities of liberals here. That’s like looking for a needle in a haystack. You’re a good guy, Gunga Din Paul..

By AmVet

May 30, 2008 12:51 PM | Link to this

Dammit people!

I’ve asked over and over and over, please close the barn door when you leave!

Otherwise we have Diasies plaintively mooing all over this blogging pasture like that cow with the swollen udders at 12:44.

Off to the gym. This ongoing war against terrorism (and against the American Taliban) requires a great deal of fitness and endurance!

By AJC/DNC Management

May 30, 2008 12:55 PM | Link to this

{{{{By The Phrophet May 30, 2008 11:12 AM AJC/DNC: My scenerio plays out regardless of who is president at the time. Even McBushie, regardless of how long he keeps us there, cannot stop this.}}}}

Say, you may have missed it, but the entire last year was filled with free Iraqis killing raghead foreign terrorists, wiping them completely out, you reckon it’s all a big conspiracy to get us to leave?

{{{{BTW, some of my friends were talking about you. We were wondering, is it spelled doofus or dufus?}}}}

It’s spelled t-h-e M-a-n.

By Dusty

May 30, 2008 12:56 PM | Link to this

Midori@12:28

Thanks to you and Demo Underground for showing us the congenial side of President Bush. Yes, he does bring dignity and compatibility to the White House. His love of everything America is also obvious.

Now when are you going to show us the “DIGNITY” brought to the White House by President Clinton?

By Dusty

May 30, 2008 12:58 PM | Link to this

Amvet@12:51

Whew….more compliments from AmVet..he’s sure full of… err…them!!

By AJC/DNC Management

May 30, 2008 1:04 PM | Link to this

I missed this little doozy earlier:

{{{{A need for billions of dollars in more power plants (one major cause of global warming gases) to cool a hotter country. The report says summer cooling will mean Seattle’s energy consumption would increase by 146 percent with the warming that >>>>>could come by the end of the century<<<<<<.-Urinal/DNC}}}}

The environmental terrorists, realizing that their junk science scare mongering has turned out to be just another ridiculous mindless mass hysteria, have pushed out their catastrophic if and buts predictions to the, check this out, end of the century.

Isn’t that sweet of them, none of us will be alive then to tell these dumbas-ses “I told you so.”

Are you stupid enough to fall for this?

By IN THE NEWS

May 30, 2008 1:05 PM | Link to this

White House Report: Human Activity Is ‘Most Likely Responsible For Global Warming’

SOMEBODYS GONNA HAVE TO HOLD THE MOTION SICKNESS BAG FOR OLE’DUH!

By AJC/DNC Management

May 30, 2008 1:12 PM | Link to this

This doesn’t surprise me emerging from the mouth of a dhimmokrat:

{{{{“I really don’t believe it was a put-on. I always thought she felt ‘This is mine. I’m Bill’s wife. I’m white. And this is mine. I just got to get up and step into the plate,’” he said. “And then out of nowhere came, ‘Hey, I’m Barack Obama.’ And she said, ‘Oh damn, where did you come from? I’m white. I’m entitled. There’s a black man stealing my show.’”}}}}

What does surprise me is that an awful lot of these black churches seem to be discussing politics, which I thought was supposed to nullify their tax exempt status.

Does this only work for white Conservative churches?

By Midori

May 30, 2008 1:25 PM | Link to this

Crusty,

aren’t there some little children out around for you to bully?

That is your day job, isn’t it?

By @@

May 30, 2008 1:27 PM | Link to this

Getalife:

This one may interest you.

(((Clinton hinged her whole campaign on an early knockout blow on Super Tuesday, while Obama’s staff researched congressional districts in states with primaries that were months away. What ——>they found were opportunities to win delegates, even in states they would eventually lose.<——)))

(((Obama’s campaign ——>mastered some of the most arcane rules in politics,<—— and then used them to foil a front-runner who seemed to have every advantage — money, fame and a husband who had essentially run the Democratic Party for eight years as president.)))

(((The system is designed to benefit candidates who do well among loyal Democratic constituencies, and none is more loyal than black voters. Obama, who would be the first black candidate nominated by a major political party, has been winning 80 percent to 90 percent of the black vote in most primaries, according to exit polls.)))

(((“Black districts always have a large number of delegates because they are the highest performers for the Democratic Party,” said Elaine Kamarck, a Harvard University professor who is writing a book about the Democratic nominating process.)))

(((“Once you had a black candidate you knew that he would be winning large numbers of delegates because of this phenomenon,” said Kamarck, who is also a superdelegate supporting Clinton.)))

It’s impossible for me to accept Obama’s claim that his campaign was not about race, when its’ strategy was built on race.

Watched a couple of women, Clinton supporters - one black, one white. They were peeved. The black woman, who said she would vote for McCain if Obama got the nomination, talked about how the media assisted in his momentum by proclaiming that he was receiving 90% of the African American vote. “What they didn’t tell you” she said, “was that only 16% of the American population is black.”

She was REALLY PEEVED, and I was right there with her.

Read some comments from undecided dems in the early primaries. Most often heard….”We like a winner.” “We’re just waiting for someone to tell us who that will be.”

Waiting on who to tell you? The media? The po

By IN THE NEWS

May 30, 2008 1:33 PM | Link to this

Where was McCain in 2002?

By @@

May 30, 2008 1:34 PM | Link to this

Whoops!

The polls?

By @@

May 30, 2008 1:37 PM | Link to this

Oops again! last paragraph missing.

You dems have been had by Obama, party rules, and the media. And….

“arcane” does not equate to “progressive”.

By Dusty

May 30, 2008 1:39 PM | Link to this

Midori@1:25

PRES. CLINTON’s WHITE HOUSE “DIGNITY”! What happened? You couldn’t find any?

By Paul

May 30, 2008 1:45 PM | Link to this

getalife 12:37

While given in 2002, there are ideas for combating jihadism in that speech that should be followed today.

@@

Ya weren’t referring to him planting dimbulbs in his garden, were ya?

Bosch

We know the really important issue of the day - eight and a half hours. Scifi is giving a ten-min sneek peek but my Real Player link keeps hanging up.

Dusty

Or Sisyphus?

I’m surprised you haven’t seen Sen Reid. He’s been all over the news yesterday and today with this story:

Link: Senator Reid

AmVet - Dusty

Well, that made me just a tad squirmy. All that displacement - udder talk and all.

ITN 1:00

Seriously, I think Sen Obama should seriously consider resigning his membership. I’d call it the proper personal, and smart political, move.

getalife - earlier

Catholic Church must be getting soft. I’da thought they’d have had excommunication hearings by now. Or at least defrocking.

ITN 1:03

You’re asserting high-ranking military officers make decisions and pressure others based upon what will look good and get them promoted?

Kinda bright without those rose-colored glasses, isn’t it?

Ummm, does this mean you don’t support the troops?

:-)

ITN 1:05

“White House Report: Human Activity Is ‘Most Likely Responsible For Global Warming’”

But anything that comes out of the White House is a lie, remember? Therefore, a report stating humans most likely are responsible for global warming is a lie, correct?

Or does the White House tell the truth when it fits your agenda?

AJC/DNC Management 1:04

That was a rhetorical question, right?

By @@

May 30, 2008 1:47 PM | Link to this

‘Ya know what I “liked” (NOT) about Obama’s response to McCain’s invitation. He said…

“I’m considering it.”

Dammmmnnnnnn, do our troops get to “consider” it? Have they accomplished things over there for which they’re proud? Would they like potential leaders to come and see for themselves what they and their fellow troops have sacrificed for?

Obama keeps saying, in all his “glorious” oratoricals that Iraq is worse off than it was six years ago….that the surge has failed? BUT!

He’ll give it another looksee IF HE CAN FIT IT INTO HIS BUSY CAMPAIGN SCHEDULE? THE ONE WHERE HE’S AUDITIONING FOR THE ROLE OF CIC?

r…rr…rrr…rrrrrrrrretch!

By Bosch

May 30, 2008 2:01 PM | Link to this

getalife,

Great speech! Thanks for posting that. Who knew ol’Ted was a psychic.

Paul,

How many episodes are left? I’m getting antsy. Poor Gaita - his singing a couple weeks ago gave me the willies.

By mm

May 30, 2008 2:01 PM | Link to this

ITN at 1:05,

I believe you sent Duh into a catatonic state.

By IN THE NEWS

May 30, 2008 2:06 PM | Link to this

Paul

“You’re asserting high-ranking military officers make decisions and pressure others based upon what will look good and get them promoted?”

I’m not. Air Force Col Davis is. May be you could use some reading glasses.

“But anything that comes out of the White House is a lie, remember? Therefore, a report stating humans most likely are responsible for global warming is a lie, correct?”

Well, that “most likely” part is stretching the truth now ain’t it!

By @@

May 30, 2008 2:10 PM | Link to this

Paul:

(((Ya weren’t referring to him planting dimbulbs in his garden, were ya?)))

Well yes….YES I WAS! Hate to say it, but when a person lets someone else convince them that their status in life is among the downtrodden, and can only be lifted up by the intrusion of an incompetent government…

there will be lots of bulbs planted in Dem-Mark(s).

Only “The Guvnah’s garden” benefits.

By Bosch

May 30, 2008 2:18 PM | Link to this

I just had a random thought:

When a suicide bombers gets to their version of heaven and gets his 72 virgins - what happens when the virgins become de-virgins if you get my drift?

They have to spend eternity with the same old 72 women - and their not virgins anymore - and you just KNOW they’ll start girl fighting amongst themselves and then the suicide bomber will have to break up cat fights. Damn.

And what about female suicide bombers?

By Dusty

May 30, 2008 2:29 PM | Link to this

Paul@1:45

Sisyphus? Is that you rolling the stone uphill to find sensibilities in liberals? Or is it me rolling the stone uphill to reach the patriotic concerns of liberals? Like Sisyphus, we may never reach our goal.

AmVet— ‘Tis best to ignore his “udder” nonsense.

Sen. Reid—I don’t turn on TV or radio during the day. Don’t spend too much time on the internet( believe it or not) but read the headlines on AJC. They haven’t mentioned Sen. Reid, unless I missed it. What’s Congress up to now? Investigating White House pets?

I can see Waxman now.”I will not tolerate the perpetuation of political posturing by White House pets. I demand a Congressional investigation of this outrage immediately.”

By AJC/DNC Management

May 30, 2008 2:36 PM | Link to this

{{{{By mm May 30, 2008 2:01 PM ITN at 1:05, I believe you sent Duh into a catatonic state.}}}}

mmoron: I am not a goon who receives my orders from the White House, like you do from the DNC.

I am fully capable of understanding that if the thermometer says it’s getting colder than most likely it is not “warming.”

I cannot speak for those who have issues with basic facts, nor do I plan to make it my problem.

I’ll take a pass on the insanity if you don’t mind.

By Paul

May 30, 2008 2:36 PM | Link to this

Bosch

Three. Tonight’s Sina Qua Non. June 6 is The Hub and June 13th is Revelations.

Notice the plural - not “Revelation” as in the last sequential book of the Bible, but “Revelations” plural.

I’m with you - no more singing. It was a highly effective plot device but it gave me the willies.

ITN

It was a question, not an assertion. But follow me through on that. The implication of all such headlines is that the Bush White House manipulates such thing for political purposes. As a colonel, Morris is quite far down the food chain. Now, if he has proof pressure directing which cases came from certain civilians, he should say so. The other explanation is, it was coming from his superiors. Military. Who wanted sexy cases or who wanted to get in the good graces of their bosses. Which is rank careerism.

Which is what my question was.

But to accept the latter is to state something negative about certain military personnel. And the tag line about “not supporting the troops” was a bit of fun in response to people whose stock answer is “support the troops.”

Regarding your global warming rejoinder:

“Well, that “most likely” part is stretching the truth now ain’t it!”

Check your 1:05. The “most likely” was lifted directly from your headline.

Unless you mean the debate is over. In which case… wait, you aren’t in on Al Gore’s 683 million dollar “fix global warming” investment fund, are you?

By Bosch

May 30, 2008 2:42 PM | Link to this

Paul,

JUST THREE???!!!!???? Oh my. But good, oh my. Very good point about the Gaita singing thing - there was absolutely no point in that except to freak the sh!t out of me (and apparently you too - and the other Bosch).

Any thoughts about my 72 virgin random thought of the day?

By mm

May 30, 2008 2:47 PM | Link to this

Wow, you wingnuts just don’t get it, do you?

Do you think the democrats have convinced scientists all over the world that the earth is warming?

Actually, it is the republicans and oil companies that have led you sheep down the path of denial.

By getalife

May 30, 2008 2:49 PM | Link to this

More hate from the Trinity radical church

Pathetic.

By Paul

May 30, 2008 2:50 PM | Link to this

Dusty 2:29

We may not, but that shall not deter us from waging the good fight!

Please tell me you clicked on the Sen Reid hyperlink at 1:45?

Bosch

LOL! Thanks! I guess the females are kinda, well, I was gonna use the slang “screwed” but that just doesn’t work. ‘Cause if they’re looking for a virgin, let alone 72… she’s gonna be out of luck. I’m not up on this aspect of Muslim theology - but what woman in her right mind wants 72 husbands? Or consorts? Or concubines?

Bet they don’t cover THAT in their madrassases!

By Bosch

May 30, 2008 2:53 PM | Link to this

Apparently, the AJC blog monitor gets their dander up if you post too many posts in too short a time. You’d think they’d WANT people to post on their silly little blogs.

By Paul

May 30, 2008 2:55 PM | Link to this

getalife 2:49

Sometime, Obama’s going to make a stop in Chicago. On a Sunday. Care to guess if he goes to church? Reporters’ll have a field day. Didn’t go to church? Why not? Did go to Trinity? Does this mean you support what was said today? Went to church, but not Trinity? Are you sending a message? Doesn’t it conflict with your earlier statements?

I just hope he doesn’t answer while eating a pretzel -

By Bosch

May 30, 2008 2:59 PM | Link to this

Paul,

Maybe we should do them a service and make flyers for the military to drop over these Muslim countries. I mean - if these suicide bombers THOUGHT just one minute about all this, they probably would think twice about it all.

Hell! WE could save the world!

By AmVet

May 30, 2008 3:05 PM | Link to this

Daisy, you’re welcome for the compliments.

Anytime, you Guernsey!

But I think its rather appalling for you to talk about your syphilis in a public forum.

What?

Really?

Oh I see!

Sisyphus! The rock rolling dude in Greek mythology! What? Did the “Christians” steal him too?

Oh, never mind…

And for all you lexophiles (NO! NOT pedophiles!) and assorted wordsmiths out there, don’t forget at 8PM tonight on ESPN, the scintillating conclusion to the 81st National Spelling Bee.

Trust me, some of you should watch and learn a thing or three about your mother tongue and quit embarrassing yourselves…

By Paul

May 30, 2008 3:11 PM | Link to this

Bosch 2:59

The mind reels…

But it’d likely inflame them for insulting the sensibilities of Islam and they’d riot and send out death squads against you and… it just never ends.

As I’ve said, I’d be happy if we had about as much diplomatic, military and trade contract with that part of the world as we do with… Botswana.

But it’s difficult to concentrate, given it’s now less than six hours.

AmVet

Are you saying pedophiles watch the lexophiles?

By AJC/DNC Management

May 30, 2008 3:14 PM | Link to this

{{{{By mm May 30, 2008 2:47 PM Wow, you wingnuts just don’t get it, do you? Do you think the democrats have convinced scientists all over the world that the earth is warming?}}}}

mmoron: You do know how to read a thermometer, don’t you?

I’m real sure that the “Big Oil” companies are in a conspiracy with the oceans and atmosphere making 2007 a whole degree colder than 1998, which is more than it warmed for the entire last century.

I’ll just bet they are.

By Dusty

May 30, 2008 3:16 PM | Link to this

Yes, Paul,2:50

I checked the Reid link and Michael Ramirez is very good. Seems like there are a few cartoonists who don’t have to use the President as their usual scapegoat. Congress is fertile cartoon ground but you wouldn’t know it at Luckoville. Thanks for the connection.

PS.. Please give Bosch a lick with a wet noodle for his noxious noodling of nothing!! Virgins indeed! Can that “condition” ever be applied to men?

By Bosch

May 30, 2008 3:17 PM | Link to this

AmVet,

The freaking spelling bee is on ESPN and not ESPN 2 or ESPN 8, but ESPN (the main one)? Are you serious or am I just being gullible to one of your pranks?

Damn! They have freaking spelling bees and not soccer (well, except for the Manchester/Chelsea game - which was a big deal). Those things are usually on ESPN 98 along with the rock, paper, scissors championship (which is a real thing - weird, huh?) and soccer.

What’s wrong with this country? Why doesn’t mainstream America embrace the beautiful game? I mean hell! You can sing, dance, dress in funny hats, wear funny scarves, throw confetti on the field, play drums, blow horns, get drunk, get into fights - it’s great!!!!!!! After the game you go to your favorite bar, if you can walk, if not you get your friends to carry you, and you drink more - get into more fights -

What other sport can you do that? Golf and tennis? You can’t even freaking talk! They shoosh you like an old lady librarian. Shoosh you, I say! Can you imagine getting shooshed at a soccer game?

Sigh.

By Dusty

May 30, 2008 3:21 PM | Link to this

Wow,

AmVet@ 3:05 is so full of “bull” he wants to talk about cows. Would somebody puhleeze put him out to pasture?

By Bosch

May 30, 2008 3:24 PM | Link to this

Dusty,

A lick with a wet noodle? OH, you mean a lick as if the wet noodle were a whip? I think?

Hmmmm…..my imagination…..Dusty……wet noodles………whips……….SPLAT!!!!!! Dammit, I just vomited on my keyboard!

Ewwww. Grosssssss!!!!!!!

Just kidding. I didn’t throw up, just a little in my mouth, but I managed to get it back down.

Noxious noodling of nothing? How long did it take you to make that up?

I’m going to say that five times really fast - here I go……

Okay, now I’m dizzy.

By Bosch

May 30, 2008 3:27 PM | Link to this

Paul,

You’re probably right - it was a pipe dream.

If only those fundamentalists would just stop for a minute and think of the practicalities, things would be a lot different.

By @@

May 30, 2008 3:28 PM | Link to this

A little dated, but another funny cartoon.

I find it difficult to joke around about suicide bombers, especially since so many of them are SO YOUNG of late, but let’s just say that the females will arrive “intact” thereby comprising one of the 72.

By Bosch

May 30, 2008 3:36 PM | Link to this

@@,

But that really stinks for her, don’t you think? I mean the men get 72 of their own, and she has been through the same thing and she has to BECOME one of the 72?

That really stinks.

By AmVet

May 30, 2008 3:44 PM | Link to this

Go ahead and give it a try yourself, you mendacious Nazi bovine…

Bosch, when I got to the gym earlier today, I wondered the exact same thing, and said to myself, MAN it must be a slow sports day!

But though it is perhaps miscast on that station, it really is captivating entertainment.

And because I have always considered myself an excellent speller (though not anywhere in the league of these 7th and 8th graders! And much worse with age!)) it is fantastic to watch them get an extremely difficult word and almost heart-breaking to see them misspell one.

They clearly have put in countless hours and made some big sacrifices to get there!

So in that regard they are similar to athletes I suppose.

And they hail from everywhere, Massachusetts to California to Jamaica to Illinois. There was even a girl from South Carolina!

ESPN 8? LOL!

Did you see “Dodgeball” where they referred to the ocho?

Paul, only the erudite ones!

By Dusty

May 30, 2008 3:45 PM | Link to this

Bosch 3:24

The “wet noodle” idiom is American. That is why you do not know what it means. You must throw-up a lot.

What did you have for lunch? Your hallucinations are getting weird. I think you had too many libations. That’s English for “drinks”. Use your German-English dictionary if necessary.

By Paul

May 30, 2008 3:46 PM | Link to this

Dusty 3:16

Of course it can. Same with chastity. No double standards.

BTW - Ramirez, as you gather, is a conservative editorial cartoonist. What gets me is, some are so outraged by his cartoons that they’ve issued death threats. They get so unhinged, I guess they can’t refute the point he makes, get so frustrated that the only outlet is violence.

I’ve yet to hear of a liberal editorial cartoonist of that stature endure that level of threat. So much for protecting rights, speech, minorities, etc etc etc.

Link: Michael Ramirez Changing the World One Cartoon at a Time

@@

That was worth a good chuckle - thanks.

Bosch

But what if the female suicide bombers are lesbians? In spite of what Ahmadinejad says?

And with that deranged thought, I’m outta here to catch the latest Indiana Jones movie, well back in time for tonight’s Battlestar Galactica!

Pleasant weekend, all -

By Lunatic Fringe

May 30, 2008 3:52 PM | Link to this

Where do you find 72 virgins?

By Goldie

May 30, 2008 4:01 PM | Link to this

McBush thinks using Dubya’s propaganda tactics will make some people believe that it’s true — McBush can claim all he wants that “the surge is working”, but damn that liberal reality!

Moreover, McCain’s claim that Mosul is “quiet” was disproved earlier today in grim fashion. Three suicide bombings — two in Mosul and another in a surrounding town — left 30 Iraqis dead and more than two dozen injured, according to press reports.

By Neo-KKKon KKKrusaders

May 30, 2008 4:11 PM | Link to this

Our Glorious Army will destroy the infidels of the Middle East. Our Christ will come again to kill and maim the unbelievers, and rip off their heads and defecate down their pie holes!

Ours is a Glorious Cause, and a Glorious KKKrusade. The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand - Glory be to God!

Keep passing out those coins, jarheads! You are doing God’s work - if they don’t convert, kill ‘em and let God sort ‘em out…

By Bosch

May 30, 2008 4:14 PM | Link to this

Paul,

That is a quagmire, a quagmire indeed.

AmVet,

Classic American movie. Just like Indiana Jones which I will also see this weekend!

Lunatic Fringe,

At Dusty’s house of course!

Dusty, Dusty,

Now come on, you said I was cute last night. I guess the thoughts of my muscular soccer player legs just gets to you, huh?

Okay, okay, I started the cocktail hour a little early today.

By Midori

May 30, 2008 4:17 PM | Link to this

I email Michael Ramirez from time to time just to let him know how much he and his “art” sucks.

Only wingnuts find something in that crap — what, I don’t know.

Hasn’t he been relegated to strictly wingnut publications?

tells you something………..

By AmVet

May 30, 2008 4:21 PM | Link to this

The word is incongruous.

May I have the language of origin, please?

Latin.

May I have the part of speech, please?

It is an adjective.

May I have the definition, please?

Out of keeping or place; inappropriate; unbecoming:

May I hear it used in a sentence please?

Although bordering on an oxymoron, the term moderate Republican is really just incongruous.

Incongruous. I-N-C-O-N-G-R-U-O-U-S.

[applause and fade]

By Goldilox's Fairy Tale Land

May 30, 2008 5:17 PM | Link to this

Once upon a time, there were a gang of fairies called al Qaeda, and because their fellow Muslims wore shorts or didn’t cover their arms, al Qaeda slaughtered hundreds of thousands of them by blowing themselves up in the finest liberal tradition. Everybody was happy cause they got to go to paradise.

And then one day, the evil!!! oil mongering!!!! United States of the KKKA came into the home of al Qaeda and tried to stop them from killing their fellow Muslims, such a despicable and terrible country the U.S. is!!!!

How will al Qaeda send thee women and children to paradise if US soldiers blow their brains out whenever they show their faces???

So al Qaeda called upon their American Fairy Godmother, Goldilox, and asked her to whine and moan about thee American army not letting them kill women and children.

Goldilox, so happy to be helping send Muslims to paradise, enlisted all of the other spineless surrender monkey fairies that she knew and together they threw a big fit before thee American people and were elected to Congress, promising to let al Qaeda be free to kill whoever they wanted to kill, as was their constitutional right to do, so Goldilox said.

But evil oil mongering Bushie sent his grand wizard Betrayous to Iraq and they wiped al Qaeda from thee face of the earth.

And Goldilox lived forever after making excuses for why the dhimmikrats didn’t bring thee troops home like they promised.

Moral Of Thee Story: If you want to get something done don’t rely on a lying hypocrite dhimmikrat to do it for you.

Cause they always lose.

Bwa.

By @@

May 30, 2008 5:29 PM | Link to this

Hellooooooooo Stratfor….

(((Despite the political turmoil surrounding Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Turkish-mediated peace talks between Israel and Syria still appear to be making progress, with substantial concessions from Syria in sight.)))

(((Syria will be unlikely to make any big concessions in its relations with Hezbollah until it can be assured that Israeli politics are not going to jeopardize the peace proposal currently on the table. While the negotiations are still in a tenuous stage, the Syrians will continue to issue statements on how strong their ties are with Hezbollah and Iran to avoid any backlash from Syria’s current allies. Any progress from Damascus on the Hezbollah front will be seen on the ground in Lebanon before an agreement is inked on paper.)))

I don’t think they ever determined who killed Muganiyah. Hezbollah was highly suspicious of Assad.

(((But Syria is still keeping its allies on their toes as it continues walking this diplomatic tightrope. In the same Asharq al-Awsat report, the unnamed Syrian official made a point of saying that “Syria is concerned primarily with its own interest and Iran understands this.” Despite the current rhetoric and political hand-wringing in the region, the Syrians still appear to be taking these peace talks very seriously.)))

By The Peoples for a Nuked Amerika' Century

May 30, 2008 5:31 PM | Link to this

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Alas poor Hedley’ — he will be missed.

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By the way — here’s some nice coins with phrases from the Koran, for your children to pray — I mean play with… (now do you understand why it’s an insult?) - The GI is way out of line when in another country.

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and finally — FINALLY! — we hear some truth from behind the Bush Iron Curtain. The senate wants Scott to testify, and Scott says he would gladly testify…. (now do the bushites have him assasinated?) watch the continuing story of White House 90210 (the final years).

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Cheers’ == and good toon Mike, but at this point would anything hurt the GOP any worse?….. They are already sucking lemons as is!….

Thomas…

By bon scott

May 30, 2008 5:34 PM | Link to this

By Andee SEDPU (Secret Extreme Democratic Party Operative) - May 30, 2008 8:43 AM - Yeah, “failure:” {{{{Hayden said Osama bin Laden is losing the battle for hearts and minds in the Islamic world and has largely forfeited his ability to exploit the Iraq war to recruit adherents. Two years ago, a CIA study concluded that the U.S.-led war had become a propaganda and marketing bonanza for al-Qaeda, generating cash donations and legions of volunteers.}}}}

{{{{While al-Qaeda misplayed its hand with gruesome attacks on Iraqi civilians, Hayden said, U.S. military commanders and intelligence officials deserve some of the credit for the shift, because they “created the circumstances” for it by building strategic alliances with Sunni and Shiite factions, he said.}}}}(http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/shared-blogs/ajc/luckovich/entries/2008/05/30/campaign_help.html#comment-70136603)

Actually, the main reason Al Qaeda is
just a shadow of its former self is that Muslims, educated (in the US) and even the uneducated don’t swallow Bin Ladens’s life of junk anymore. Killing thousands of Muslims and “indifels” alike doesn’t spark a revolution. Something the late Timothy McVeigh learned a bit too late after reading “The Turner Diaries” one too many times. pLUS, BIN-Laden is said to be sufering from dementia, polsibly a resuly of syphilis.

But don’t let your guard down yet. A small cadre of Al Qaeda underlings who really know how to make bombs is waiting in the eings.

Bushie has defeated al Qaeda and the liberals hate his guts, foaming at the mouth like some wild, ignorant animals. See the connection here?

You’re wrong, as usual. Bushie didn’t defeat Al Qaeda. Note that he’s still on the lose. And contrary belief, “liberals” are not “foaming at the mouth” at an Al Qaeda’s demise. We want them dead, dead, dead just as much as you do.

Want an education? Try this, you snot nosed closet pedophile (see next post)

By @@

May 30, 2008 5:35 PM | Link to this

Hellooooooo Norway.

(((Norway seems ready to overtake Russia as the biggest supplier of natural gas to Europe by 2020, not so much because of boosts in Norwegian output as because of Europe’s deliberate attempts to wean itself away from Russia.)))

Goodbye Putin.

By AJC/DNC Management

May 30, 2008 5:46 PM | Link to this

I’m guessing that their should be another post coming, right?

Maybe bonnie passed out.

By AJC/DNC Management

May 30, 2008 5:58 PM | Link to this

Oh, alright, I’ll just deal with what I got:

{{{{But don’t let your guard down yet. A small cadre of Al Qaeda underlings who really know how to make bombs is waiting in the eings.}}}}

That’s an awfully sick thing to hope for bonnie, but if it did happen then the very next day there would be no more country called “eings,” wherever the F that’s at.

And believe me, if we couldn’t find “eings” on a map, then Iran would do just as good, they’d be a heap of smoldering rubble with B-52’s prowling over them for any sign of life.

{{{{And contrary belief, “liberals” are not “foaming at the mouth” at an Al Qaeda’s demise. We want them dead, dead, dead just as much as you do.}}}}

Read your post again later, maybe after you sober up, you sure seem terribly upset over the good news of al Qaeda’s demise.

Check this out, finchie: al Qaeda is begging women to be suicide bombers now.

There’s no more Muslim men stupid enough.

Hopefully, they won’t start recruiting you liberals here in America, geez, what a frightening thought.

By Political Foreskin

May 30, 2008 6:42 PM | Link to this

Eb and Flo? I submitted “Gwen and Jerry”. Nobody ever likes my idears.

Miller Time Officially declared 6:31pm riday, May 29th, 2008.

Why is it that women who complain about their biological clock never have an hour glass figure? Hey Stuffina, it’s Grenwich Mean Time, not Sandwich Meal Time. These women are so afraid that they will wait too long and their eggs will go stale, and they really think that maybe their baby wont be as prime as with fresher, younger eggs. That’s why all babies come with a born on date.

By @@

May 30, 2008 6:45 PM | Link to this

I hope finch didn’t hit his head on the way down.

finch passes out and silence from all the other libs?

Maybe they’re all at the same “whine” festival.

Dems Party Doowwwwwwwnnnn.

It’s an omen.

Ooooooooooomen.

Ooooooooooomen.

Ooooooooooomen.

Goodnight Andy.

By RW-(the original)

May 30, 2008 6:47 PM | Link to this

In part one of what appears to be a one part miniseries, finchie tells us that Al Queda in general and OBL in particular has lost the war because of the indiscriminate killing of Muslims by radical Muslims. Of course they weren’t doing that until we liberated Iraq, so according to fincie Bush won a twofer.

Way to go President Bush!

By Political Foreskin

May 30, 2008 7:08 PM | Link to this

We had victory over OBL in Afghanistan. Cheney refused to allow Rummy to obey Bush’s orders to attack. WHY? Because if we had destroyed AL Queda, then Iraq would not have been possible, and we now know for a fact that Bush planned Iraq in early 2002, long before we had OBL cornered in Afghan.

Know it. Believe it. Vote it.

This is why the GOP is finished. This is why the remnants of conservatism is blog-simples like RW and @@ and their obsolete spin.

Know we have little time for any of these diehards. They can join the country or they can spit at us from the sidelines, but let them know this: Follow, or get out of the way.

Obama 08: A Man. An American. A President.

By AJC/DNC Management

May 30, 2008 7:09 PM | Link to this

Scary thought for the weekend:

{{{{One for the end of the road? Merry Clinton knocks back whisky on campaign plane}}}}

No, the drunken Bruno is not the scary part, but what could happen tomorrow is.

This pig isn’t out of it yet by no means.

And Obambi just keeps shoveling hisself deeper and deeper and deeper…..

Oh Lord please not that.

By RW-(the original)

May 30, 2008 7:16 PM | Link to this

By the way, if any of you are tuned into ESPN at 8 and wondering why they’re playing basketball instead of spelling, just tune over to ABC and remind yourself that no matter how minor the detail, if it comes from Blowhard it’s likely wrong.

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