May 07, 2011

Midmorning Headlines Open Thread
— Ace

Here's a possible conspiracy theory: Did Zawahiri give up bin Ladin? It's speculation from a Saudi newspaper.

Not sure the potential psyops value of that. These guys don't seem to believe even in the most basic stuff -- UBL's responsibility for 9/11, the non-hornedness of Jews, the immorality of murder, bathing, vaginal sex -- so I think any attempt by us to be clever is doomed by their basic stupidity.

When you think about it, cleverness is only a useful tactic on the clever or at least semi-clever. Usually psyops and deceptions rely on the target to make deductions and inferences themselves, so it feels, to the target, like he thought of it (and therefore buys into it, because everyone likes their own ideas, even if they're not their own ideas).

Stupidity and ignorance is a perfect defense against such ploys. You can lead a horse to water, but if the horse is too stupid to understand the connection between water and survival, the horse won't drink.

Because it's stupid.

On the other hand, I guess this particular story has no need of deduction. The story goes, flatly, "Zawahiri sold out your hero."

But they believe what gives them pleasure or validation to believe, and believing in Al Qaeda, and its new head Zawahiri, gives them pleasure and validation. So I think they'll just reject this out of hand.

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Posted by: Soothsayer, AoS Team 6 at May 07, 2011 06:57 AM (uFokq)

2 Have they worked Mossad into the narrative yet?

Posted by: USA at May 07, 2011 06:57 AM (YZISw)

3

I have a deep desire to tell everyone that I have no strong feelings about this one way or another.

Waterboarding worked.  Rendition worked.  Get Holder's goons off of the CIA's nutsack and let them do their fucking jobs.

Posted by: Truman North at May 07, 2011 06:58 AM (K2wpv)

4 What are you, an idiot? It was some disgruntled genie.

Posted by: Ayatollah Khamenei at May 07, 2011 06:58 AM (FcR7P)

5 Wasn't it da JOOOOS?

Posted by: chemjeff at May 07, 2011 07:00 AM (qOhBd)

6 Believe me they do believe in vaginal sex.

Posted by: female paki goat at May 07, 2011 07:04 AM (qOhBd)

7 Stupidity and ignorance is a perfect defense against such ploys. You can lead a horse to water, but if the horse is too stupid to understand the connection between water and survival, the horse won't drink.

In the words of, well, me:  You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it think objectively.

Posted by: rdbrewer at May 07, 2011 07:05 AM (BLd0J)

8
Jodie Foster's Beaver.

Anyone see it?

Posted by: Soothsayer, AoS Team 6 at May 07, 2011 07:09 AM (uFokq)

9 So the thread is working now and Ace is into Conspiracy Theories now?

Posted by: Vic at May 07, 2011 07:11 AM (M9Ie6)

10 NRO article posing questions about the specifics of Osama's burial at sea. 

The whole thing stinks to high heaven. 

Posted by: Y-not at May 07, 2011 07:11 AM (pW2o8)

11 bin Laden trapped in compound with 3 wives and 13 kids for 5 years.

Best responses:

Hell,   maybe he really committed suicide!

After that we had to kill him.  Waterboarding would have had no effect!

Posted by: I'm the Honey Badger, BITCH! at May 07, 2011 07:12 AM (fJhBR)

12 Hey, are Bin Laden's goats spoken for?

Posted by: Zawahiri at May 07, 2011 07:13 AM (FcR7P)

13 Vaginal sex?

Sex?

Posted by: Typical hard-up moron at May 07, 2011 07:13 AM (LH6ir)

14

Not believing this at all.  If Zawahiri wanted to get rid of UBL, he could've done it a million other ways without giving the US a victory and embarassing Pakistan.

Posted by: CDR M at May 07, 2011 07:13 AM (y67bA)

15 Did Zawahiri give up bin Laden?  Maybe, it stinks to be number 2.

Posted by: huerfano at May 07, 2011 07:14 AM (6zFxS)

16 Mohammed's Razor:  It's always teh Jooooooos.

Teh Joooooos are clever enough to train murder sharks, but Allah's favored people haven't even mastered goat-based technology.

Posted by: nickless at May 07, 2011 07:15 AM (MMC8r)

17 I didn't give up OBL. Michael Moore and Jim McDermott talked me out of it.

Posted by: Zawahiri at May 07, 2011 07:16 AM (CvlUn)

18 It allows the left the continue claiming that there was no useful intelligence gained from extreme interrogation methods.

Posted by: ss396 at May 07, 2011 07:16 AM (F8LoM)

19

Then there's this story.  From NightWatch.

Pakistani security forces will launch a massive search operation in Quetta and tribal areas of North Waziristan to capture Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar or al Qaida senior leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, according to top government sources in Islamabad, The News reported on 5 May. According to the sources, Islamabad wants to make sure neither Mullah Omar nor al-Zawahiri are hiding in Pakistan and if they are, to capture them before the United States can embarrass Pakistan again.

Posted by: CDR M at May 07, 2011 07:17 AM (Mv/2X)

20

There was always a struggle for who would control Al Qaeda. If you have read much about Osama Bin Ladin, what comes across is what a simple minded (but evil) twit he actually was, but a simple twit with a lot of money from his father's construction business. Zawahiri was always much "angrier" and wanted more violence. It was always a battle within Al Qaeda to influence Bin Ladin.

Find them, fix them. kill them. A world in which their ideas would become manifest would be a nightmare.  The fact that a lot of ignorant Arab Muslims believe Osama was their hero is reason enough to shun them and keep them out of the West in general and America in particular.  They can't be reasoned with, persuaded, or discouraged in their attempts to wreak havoc and violence, and it has been primarily against other Muslims.

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at May 07, 2011 07:18 AM (sJTmU)

21 Posted by: Y-not at May 07, 2011 11:11 AM (pW2o

I am rapidly approaching the conclusion that the Obama administration is incapable of any subterfuge or cleverness, and simply botched the aftermath of the SEAL's wonderful operation -- all in the interest of political expediency. I think that they are more like the horse than the one leading the horse.

They have their roots in the Chicago political machine. But that isn't subtle politics; it is heavy-handed power politics that relies on good old blackmail and arm twisting and stealing of votes, etc. They simply don't have the intellectual capacity to do anything clever!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at May 07, 2011 07:18 AM (LH6ir)

22

Not believing this at all.  If Zawahiri wanted to get rid of UBL, he could've done it a million other ways without giving the US a victory and embarassing Pakistan.

Agreed.  This thought, that Zawahiri betrayed UBL, had popped into my head, but then I figured if Zawahiri wanted to get rid of UBL, he would have disposed of him quietly, put him in an unmarked grave, and continued to use his likeness for propaganda videos.  

This would have taken some pressure off Zawahiri and effectively immortalized bin Laden. 

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at May 07, 2011 07:20 AM (c0A3e)

23 It's horseshit, but the theory makes all of them look bad.   A lot of backwards-ass country-fuck muslims will have a hard-on for al-Zawahiri now.

Posted by: rdbrewer at May 07, 2011 07:21 AM (BLd0J)

24
Osama Bin Laden. Terrorist or misunderstood family man?

Stay tuned for the release of Osama's home videos.

The release is imminent.


Posted by: Soothsayer, AoS Team 6 at May 07, 2011 07:22 AM (uFokq)

25

Yeah, looking at all the wonderful contributions to modern life that have come from Arabs in the past millenium or so, it's clear they're about as smart as a box of rocks. Easily led, particularly easy to brainwash, can't control their animalistic urges (although the livestock don't seem to mind), prone to violence at the drop of a rag, they value death over life, what a great culture!

The best thing that could happen to them would be some good, old-fashioned, iron-fisted colonialism again. Then maybe they wouldn't be a menace to themselves and the rest of the world.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at May 07, 2011 07:23 AM (d0Tfm)

26

Jodie Foster's Beaver.

Anyone see it?

No, but I wanted to!

Posted by: John Hinkley at May 07, 2011 07:23 AM (J2ejK)

27
Osama Bin Laden in...

Ron Howard's...

Al - P A R E N T H O O D

Posted by: Soothsayer, AoS Team 6 at May 07, 2011 07:25 AM (uFokq)

28 Can you imagine the MBM headlines if an R president used this CPI? "Stealth attack on seniors" would probably be the mildest.

Posted by: palerider at May 07, 2011 07:26 AM (cQZV0)

29  We've now had two elections actively sought by the leftish opposition parties - in Canada and now 'alternative voting' in the UK - and in both cases the voters made very, very clear where their sympathies were.

I mean, Cameron's bunch may be warmists and on the wrong side of a number of other issues as well, but the LibDem coalition leeches just got their teeth passed out their backsides.

Posted by: JEM at May 07, 2011 07:26 AM (o+SC1)

30 You guys with loved ones in the military, have you heard this therory from them (I heard this from my nephew & my cousin (hubby in Afghanistan)):

Obama did everything in his power not to kill/attack/capture OBL.  He kept wanting more intel, better images, etc, etc, etc.  Then when the time came he waited some more.

Posted by: momma - West/Bolton 2012! at May 07, 2011 07:27 AM (penCf)

31 Totally unrelated: saw Thor last night with my kids. All ages enjoyed it. No political seat-kicking moments. Oh, sure, there's a plot thread about simmering conflict between the gods of Asgard and the Frost Giants, which if you're a lefty determined to politicize every goddamned thing could be twisted around to some kind of War on Terror allegory. And indeed several of the reviewers dutifully did so because nothing improves a movie review like a gratuitous slam at the Bush administration. But that's all in their heads, not in the film.

I took my youngest, who is eight, and my wife raised some questions about whether he should be going to a PG-13 movie. After watching it I honestly can't say why this film doesn't have a G rating, unless maybe it's because the MPAA think children are stupid and will go out and hit people with a hammer after seeing it.

Posted by: Trimegistus at May 07, 2011 07:28 AM (CGnYm)

32
the site needs a tune up

Posted by: Soothsayer, AoS Team 6 at May 07, 2011 07:34 AM (uFokq)

33 The Hill isn't the only news organization who doesn't have a clue as to what a conservative is.

Fox has found a new RINO to push off on us. I guess they see Romney as already tanking.

Huntsman Inches Toward White House Bid


Huntsman, a conservative who has taken moderate positions on environmental issues and came out in support of same-sex civil unions, is among several Republicans still weighing bids as the GOP field takes shape at a much slower pace than in past campaigns. Huntsman's advisers say parts of his record could appeal to conservatives, moderates and independents alike.

Yeah, sounds real conservative. At the "On The Issues" site he is almost totally listed as "no record" but they place him square in the middle of "moderate".

I trust everyone knows what "moderate" means. If you don't know as related to the "on the issues" site here's this: Olympia Snowe is rated to the right of Huntsman.

Posted by: Vic at May 07, 2011 07:36 AM (M9Ie6)

34

I am not buying it. What is the upside for Zawahiri, a new corner office and stock options? In the mean time he just gave the US a huge victory, a helicopter full of secrets and his own possible location as well as that of his buds.

If this is psy ops on our part it's pretty weak.

Posted by: robtr at May 07, 2011 07:37 AM (MtwBb)

35 Slightly O/T (or maybe not), for a chuckle,  go to Bing and type in "Obama is a" and see what the suggestions are. 

Posted by: ErikW at May 07, 2011 07:37 AM (s+/VV)

36
Gas went down a nickel in the last two days to $3.89.

Better than going up a nickel.


Posted by: Soothsayer, AoS Team 6 at May 07, 2011 07:37 AM (uFokq)

37 I wouldn't doubt it. Animals turn on each other all the time.

OT: Seems Binny didn't suffer from renal failure like everyone thought...hmmmm http://tinyurl.com/3d7tfj4

Posted by: Barbarian at May 07, 2011 07:37 AM (EL+OC)

38
"they," the experts, are estimating $3.50 by the end of May

woo hoo!

Posted by: Soothsayer, AoS Team 6 at May 07, 2011 07:38 AM (uFokq)

39 30: Sounds like Barry, but I don't have any military connections. I don't know the muslin psyche but what I think they believe in their death cult it seems like killing OBL vs capturing him works better for the jihadis? I don't want to toss water on the SEALS bringing justice that rat bastard, he had bragged about 9/11 ans was undeniably guilty but I just worry that Barry may be hurting the U.S./western civilization again -- under his std cover of being an incompetent twit.

Posted by: palerider at May 07, 2011 07:39 AM (cQZV0)

40 Really don't mind if you sit this one out.
My words but a whisper your deafness a SHOUT.
I may make you feel but I can't make you think.
Your sperm's in the gutter your love's in the sink.
So you ride yourselves over the fields and
you make all your animal deals and
your wise men don't know how it feels to be thick as a brick?

Posted by: LC LaWedgie at May 07, 2011 07:39 AM (Sos7/)

41 Posted by: Vic at May 07, 2011 11:36 AM (M9Ie6)

Moderate: Guaranteed to shove us over the cliff.


Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at May 07, 2011 07:39 AM (LH6ir)

42 Ha.  Our preznit plays eleven-dimensional chess in his sleep.

The real story behind the killing of UBL (ha.. hint: he's not really dead) is one that Darth Cheney could not even have come up with.

Unfortunately, I cannot tell you the details of the plot created by his Awesomeness.  You'll have to wait for next week's edition of The Inquirer.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at May 07, 2011 07:40 AM (TaOum)

43 Fox has found a new RINO to push off on us. I guess they see Romney as already tanking.

In a mere matter of minutes, Hannity should be washing his balls.

Posted by: Barbarian at May 07, 2011 07:41 AM (EL+OC)

44 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at May 07, 2011 11:39 AM (LH6ir)

Yeah, this guy must be rich as hell because he has almost zero chance of getting any primary win. One wonders what his game is?

Posted by: Vic at May 07, 2011 07:41 AM (M9Ie6)

45

This came fror a Saudi newspaper.  I'm sure the Saudis are looking at us whacking UBL as an opportunity to be washed clean of the AQ taint.  What better way than to say "bin Ladin wasn't in control.  He was forced out by those damn Egyptians.  Go bother them.  AQ is an Egyptian creature now, not Saudi.  Leave us alone." 

I don't put a lot of credence in this story.  I think it's just a way to distance the Kingdom for AQ.  It's a little too cute. 

Posted by: Colin at May 07, 2011 07:42 AM (ZO86w)

46 When you think about where OBL was hiding (pretty much in the open), and some of the reactions to his retirement (scorn for us, not him) - the dude could have been living in a Manhattan apartment.

Posted by: eman: Japanese Babe Rescue Team at May 07, 2011 07:42 AM (mGq5S)

47 If I had to suspect anyone, it would be Mullah Omar.  Things aren't going to well for the TB, and Pakistan has been pushing the reconciliation line.  I could see them selling out AQ in hopes that the US will be more amicable to negotiations after that.

Posted by: Alex at May 07, 2011 07:45 AM (J2ejK)

48 I agree completely that inception will not work with these guys. They are just too bizarre to mess with in "smart" ways. But, it would be great to get inside of their loop just a little bit and freak them out some.

Posted by: Errol at May 07, 2011 07:47 AM (uAzAD)

49
Osama's Obama's weakly address today was about...?

yep, you guessed it. Oil dependence and "investing" in green energy to "win the future."





Posted by: Soothsayer, AoS Team 6 at May 07, 2011 07:48 AM (uFokq)

50 @ 30

Sorry.  Hit post before I was finished.

The reason I ask is that it is having a huge negative effect, at least with the guys they serve with.

Now that the WH has released all of this intel, it just 'supports' this theory in their minds.

They have already been demoralized with the ROE, but this is hitting them harder (from what I have heard).

Just like yesterday, hours before we droned Northern Paki., some Senators were giving interviews saying we know they are in Northern Paki.

In their eyes, the WH is warning these thug terrorist whose on existence is to kill our people and our soldiers.

The quote I remember is: 'We see ROEs as politics.  We see this as personal.'

Um, that isn't good.

Posted by: momma - West/Bolton 2012! at May 07, 2011 07:48 AM (penCf)

51 I'd watch out for Ebola announcing some grand "Peace Talks" and a ceasefire all just in time for 2012.

Posted by: eman: Japanese Babe Rescue Team at May 07, 2011 07:48 AM (mGq5S)

52 I posted this early in the Murphy thread but is "news" that some may have missed.

We anxiously await prosecution of Obama by Eric Holder


Oh how times have changed!

H/T NRO/Andrew McCarthy

Posted by: Vic at May 07, 2011 07:49 AM (M9Ie6)

53 Anybody have any idea why we would release bin Laden home videos?   Are we trying to make him more sympathetic now? 

Posted by: rdbrewer at May 07, 2011 07:49 AM (BLd0J)

54 I don't care much about social-con issues.

But Huntsman is a warmist.

Which means that as far as I'm concerned he can take a flying f**k in a rolling doughnut.


Posted by: JEM at May 07, 2011 07:49 AM (o+SC1)

55 Damn. Prayers for her and her family.

About Hailey (sidebar):

Posted an hour ago: 
Hailey Update: the doctors tried to turn the LVAD down to see if her heart would work on it's own and it did not work, so they put everything back on. We'll have to try again Monday.

Posted by: momma - West/Bolton 2012! at May 07, 2011 07:50 AM (penCf)

56 48
When you think about where OBL was hiding (pretty much in the open), and some of the reactions to his retirement (scorn for us, not him) -
the dude could have been living in a Manhattan apartment.

You have no Moral Authority™ to say that!  *sob*

Posted by: curiouser at May 07, 2011 07:50 AM (UOM48)

57 But I have a rich daddy!

Posted by: John Huntsman at May 07, 2011 07:51 AM (BLd0J)

58 I gave up Bin Laden!

Posted by: Spartacus at May 07, 2011 07:51 AM (TrAxp)

59
rdbrew, to keep Osama/Obama in the news cycle

the White House wants to control the news cycle for as long as they can.

Or we'd have to talk about the deficit, unemployment, school records, etc.

Posted by: Soothsayer, AoS Team 6 at May 07, 2011 07:51 AM (uFokq)

60 But Huntsman is a warmist.

He also wants a "more progressive" income tax.

Posted by: Vic at May 07, 2011 07:51 AM (M9Ie6)

61 Anybody have any idea why we would release bin Laden home videos?   Are we trying to make him more sympathetic now? 

Posted by: rdbrewer at May 07, 2011 11:49 AM (BLd0J)


I can't believe that it is just to keep the story going because the media is more than willing to do that anyway.

Tin Foil Hat: He wants his George Bush on a pile of rubble moment?

Posted by: momma - West/Bolton 2012! at May 07, 2011 07:52 AM (penCf)

62
plus it's a nice gesture to the Muslims to air a video montage of their beloved leader

Posted by: Soothsayer, AoS Team 6 at May 07, 2011 07:52 AM (uFokq)

63 So what are the odds that one of these videos will be a coded message to start an attack?

Posted by: CDR M at May 07, 2011 07:53 AM (cqZXM)

64 What is the point of speculating about #2 betraying #1? We don't even know if #1 was even #1 anymore. The initial explanation that the raid was produced by diligent and skillful work on our part is the explanation that praises us the most. Why deviate from that?

Posted by: eman: Japanese Babe Rescue Team at May 07, 2011 07:53 AM (mGq5S)

65 to keep Osama/Obama in the news cycle

the White House wants to control the news cycle for as long as they can.

Or we'd have to talk about the deficit, unemployment, school records, etc.

Yeah, but.  Home videos?  Unless it puts him in a bad light, it's a terrible idea.

Posted by: rdbrewer at May 07, 2011 07:54 AM (BLd0J)

66 The one thing that lends credence to this is the fact that info found at Osama's hideout shows Al Qaeda affiliates were sending money to Osama. Much like the mafia or McDonald's. Why? I have no clue. Supposedly Osama was worth 300 million and I don't believe for a second his family really cut him off. Wherever there's money to be made you will have treachery. Zawahiri may have just been trying to up his cut of the pie.

Posted by: Rocks at May 07, 2011 07:54 AM (th0op)

67 You have no Moral Authority™ to say that! *sob* Posted by: curiouser at May 07, 2011 11:50 AM (UOM4 I missed the outing of "curious". What happened?

Posted by: eman: Japanese Babe Rescue Team at May 07, 2011 07:55 AM (mGq5S)

68 Anybody have any idea why we would release bin Laden home videos?   Are we trying to make him more sympathetic now? 

Posted by: rdbrewer at May 07, 2011 11:49 AM (BLd0J)

I'm waiting for the funny one where bin Laden tries to jump a fence in his compound and snags his robe on the chain link and flips him upside down, exposing his bare ass.

I think it will be released with a goofy voice over from Tom Bergeron.

Posted by: ErikW at May 07, 2011 07:55 AM (s+/VV)

69
After President Reader's speech in Cairo, we no longer have to worry about terrorist attacks.

Posted by: Soothsayer, AoS Team 6 at May 07, 2011 07:55 AM (uFokq)

70
...it's a terrible idea.

ya think?

Posted by: Soothsayer, AoS Team 6 at May 07, 2011 07:56 AM (uFokq)

71 So what are the odds that one of these videos will be a coded message to start an attack?

OBL wouldn't be accustomed to encoding orders. He never had to.

It'll be the usual Al Gore- and Michael Moore-sounding shit for his American fans.

Posted by: oblig. at May 07, 2011 07:57 AM (xvZW9)

72 In the OBL home videos OBL will be the clueless Dad who always needs help from the smart Mom(s) and his adorable, yet vulnerable kids. I wonder if he had a wacky neighbor.

Posted by: eman: Japanese Babe Rescue Team at May 07, 2011 07:58 AM (mGq5S)

73 Then there is this (that BO obviously provoked):

Taliban launch spate of attacks in Afghan's Kandahar
Taliban insurgents, including six suicide bombers, hit a series of government targets across Kandahar in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, triggering gunbattles that wounded at least 24 people.

Posted by: momma - West/Bolton 2012! at May 07, 2011 07:59 AM (penCf)

74

I found the speech that George W. Bush gave in 2003 after Saddam Hussein was captured.  Not once, not one damned time does he take any credit for the capture.  He gives 100% of the credit to the military and intelligence agencies, even though he declared the war and ran it with his policies.  Contrast this with Obama who did nothing to cause the capture of Bin Laden but emphasizes HIS judgement, HIS decision, HE signed the order.  What a cocksock.

George W Bush Speech - Capture Of Saddam Hussein

http://is.gd/dX3kun

Posted by: Crusty at May 07, 2011 08:00 AM (hoNcO)

75
Think about it. They killed him on Sunday and gathered his stuff.

6 days pass and they've already viewed and translated all his vids and tapes and prepared them for broadcast release.

This whole post-kill-operation has been "packaged" for political gain. The trips to GZ, the fire stations, and to Ft. Campbell.

And now the release of vids and tapes.


Posted by: Soothsayer, AoS Team 6 at May 07, 2011 08:00 AM (uFokq)

76 About two days ago, during a spirited discussion about publsihing the Osama photos, Curious put in her two cents, and then proceeded to take out an ARM (Asinine Retarded Maelstrom). She played a NYC is the only victim of 9/11 card. Not surprisingly, several Morons took exception to this. Posted by: Blue Hen at May 07, 2011 11:59 AM (c9Ivb) Thanks! You know, if she isn't a troll, she's as close to a perfectly disguised troll as you can get.

Posted by: eman: Japanese Babe Rescue Team at May 07, 2011 08:00 AM (mGq5S)

77 They have their roots in the Chicago political machine. But that isn't subtle politics; it is heavy-handed power politics that relies on good old blackmail and arm twisting and stealing of votes, etc.

Well that's true enough.  I remember the shock I felt when we first moved to Chicago after having grown up outside D.C. where everyone was plugged into national and international politics.  The political machinery there over shit like the parks department was so foreign to me.  I really hated it for the first few years, then learned to ignore it.  I assume it's kind of the same in most big metro areas on some level, but Chicago seems to have elevated it to an art. 

Posted by: Y-not at May 07, 2011 08:01 AM (pW2o8)

78 I think I figured out how to predict what this administration will do in any given situation.  Think of the best course of action they could take, and then look for the opposite.  That'll work 85-90% of the time.

Posted by: rdbrewer at May 07, 2011 08:01 AM (BLd0J)

79
The Obama Administration is pleased to present...

O S A M A
I S
D E A D

-- tours
-- dvd's
-- speeches


Posted by: Soothsayer, AoS Team 6 at May 07, 2011 08:02 AM (uFokq)

80

Anybody have any idea why we would release bin Laden home videos?   Are we trying to make him more sympathetic now? 

Who is going to pay for all the Al Qaeda Daycare Centers now that Bin Laden is dead?  Hmmmm?     

Posted by: Patty Murray at May 07, 2011 08:02 AM (sOtz/)

81 And I wear the 'special' underwear. Keeps me safe from the devil.

Posted by: Jhunt at May 07, 2011 08:02 AM (JZBti)

82 Bin Laden will come off as cantankerous but loveable, adored by all the children, and especially warm when making plans to kill westerners.

Posted by: rdbrewer at May 07, 2011 08:02 AM (BLd0J)

83

15 minutes 'til I'm off to bathe a horse. 

A sentence I never really expected to write.

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 07, 2011 08:02 AM (xMT+4)

84 I much prefer discussing American "conspiracy" theories.

Posted by: Commie Frank Marshall Davis is Bambie's father at May 07, 2011 08:03 AM (wOaLi)

85 Posted by: Soothsayer, AoS Team 6 at May 07, 2011 12:00 PM (uFokq) Yep. The Campaign never ends for Ebola and it knows no bounds. One leaked WH memo would sink their garbage scow.

Posted by: eman: Japanese Babe Rescue Team at May 07, 2011 08:03 AM (mGq5S)

86 Think about it. They killed him on Sunday and gathered his stuff.

6 days pass and they've already viewed and translated all his vids and tapes and prepared them for broadcast release.

This whole post-kill-operation has been "packaged" for political gain. The trips to GZ, the fire stations, and to Ft. Campbell.

And now the release of vids and tapes.


Posted by: Soothsayer, AoS Team 6 at May 07, 2011 12:00 PM (uFokq)


Yeah, but it took him 2 years to produce his bc.


I keed! I keed!

Posted by: momma - West/Bolton 2012! at May 07, 2011 08:03 AM (penCf)

87
You ain't seen nothin yet,

Just wait until the Osama Icecapades.

Posted by: Soothsayer, AoS Team 6 at May 07, 2011 08:04 AM (uFokq)

88 If 95% of the media wasn't a propaganda arm for Marxism/Dems we would be reading editorials in all the big papers criticizing release of the videos as a dangerous publicity stunt. I loathe Barry but it is tempered by the fact that he is who I thought he was. OTOH I only realized we had a 99% MarxSpewMedia in 2008 and my fury for them is white hot, but that is tempered by depression that even as obvious as and ham fisted as the MBM has become a large # of people still seem to base opinions and decisions on what they are hearing on TV and reading from NYT shills.

Posted by: palerider at May 07, 2011 08:04 AM (cQZV0)

89 15 minutes 'til I'm off to bathe a horse. A sentence I never really expected to write. Posted by: Lincolntf at May 07, 2011 12:02 PM (xMT+4) Spartacus style?

Posted by: eman: Japanese Babe Rescue Team at May 07, 2011 08:05 AM (mGq5S)

90 I'll let you know when I get back. First time trying to do it alone (or at least with minimal assistance).

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 07, 2011 08:05 AM (xMT+4)

91

 I agree completely that inception will not work with these guys. They are just too bizarre to mess with in "smart" ways. But, it would be great to get inside of their loop just a little bit and freak them out some.

Having spent time around a group of arab males, I can say with some authority the only thing that will get their attention and respect is blood.

Theirs.

The arab mindset is extremely rigid in ideology. Their beliefs are honored above reality. They look down upon Western values (and Westerners in general) because they truly believe themselves superior due to the age of their culture, as if a long, rich history of violence is something to be proud of.

They are destroyers, not builders. They rape and pillage instead of contributing to their quality of life, as has been noted by more than one historian. Such strongly ingrained cultural mores are only defeated once you recognize what they value - strength. If we don't have it or show it, then they feel quite justified in exercising their superiority over us. The weaker we are (or seem to be), the more attacks we invite.

All this is why I strongly advocate a take-no-prisoners approach to the WOT. Knowing them as I do, the only way to keep six-year-old children from being molested at airports is to start *ahem* cleaning out Gitmo and making a public show of it, the rest of the world be damned. Let them condemn us, they can deal with their own terror attacks their way. If they want to coddle those rabid animals, go ahead. We should fix ourselves to stopping them at all costs by whatever means necessary with extreme prejudice.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at May 07, 2011 08:06 AM (d0Tfm)

92

She played a NYC is the only victim of 9/11 card

It was silly, but it's critical to have people in here who disagree.  No blog is great if everyone agrees on everything. 

 

Unless it's bagging hobos, big bewbs, and serious alcohol abuse

Posted by: Beagle at May 07, 2011 08:06 AM (sOtz/)

93 With this Admin, you have to read between the lines

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Fuck you America.

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Posted by: momma - West/Bolton 2012! at May 07, 2011 08:06 AM (penCf)

94 I missed the outing of "curious".

What happened?

Posted by: eman: Japanese Babe Rescue Team at May 07, 2011 11:55 AM (mGq5S)


Yeah I'm kind of curious myself.  Since you are calling it "the outing of curious", I missed it too,.

Posted by: curious at May 07, 2011 08:07 AM (k1rwm)

95 If I may, "Dodo/Lurker" would make a pretty good choice for the OBL DVD background music.  (And that should be "Dearth Vader" not "dog baiter" -- sheesh!).

Posted by: LC LaWedgie at May 07, 2011 08:07 AM (Sos7/)

96 If the Arabs want conspiracy theories then lets give them some-this is the ultimate psyops opportunity and we are letting it go as usual. Some possible examples: 1. UBL was not buried at sea, he was fed to various [unclean animals]-they would believe that. 2. The U.S. is pulling out of Afghanistan. The jihads would get brave AND stupid. Stupid is/are easy to kill. 3. The U.S. is starting a real project for domestic energy production on all fronts. I "believe" that would lower the price of oil until the next election-oh...forget #3.

Posted by: McAwesome at May 07, 2011 08:08 AM (GFa7/)

97 Huntsman, a conservative who has taken moderate positions on environmental issues and came out in support of same-sex civil unions,

I looked into Huntsman when his name first came up.  I'm a pragmatist at heart and didn't find his ambassadorship under Obama to be disqualifying in and of itself.  Anyhoo, he has a reputation around here, which he seems to have truly earned, of throwing aside campaign promises and positions when the chips are down.  He drew a lot of fire for walking back on his commitment to school vouchers, for one thing.  And he signed UT up for a regional carbon credit consortium, which I gather was pretty unpopular. 

The folks I've spoken with about him are more concerned about his character than his level of conservatism. 

I do find it odd that everyone in the media keeps acting like endorsing civil unions is some kind of left field position for a Republican, however.  I thought even back in 2008 the polls indicated that most Republicans were ok with civil unions or some version thereof.  It's simply that most (I think) of us are opposed to gay marriage. 

Posted by: Y-not at May 07, 2011 08:09 AM (pW2o8)

98 They are releasing the home videos so that the actor playing him in the movie of this will have an idea how to play the character. I'm thinking Jim Carrey is a shoo-in for the part. I believe Will Smith is already cast as Obama but there is no truth to the rumor John Goodman will play Hilary. I can't wait till the part where Obama hears one of the helicopters has malfunctioned and Will Smith says "Awww! Hell no!". Chevy Chase is all set to play Biden too.

Posted by: Rocks at May 07, 2011 08:09 AM (th0op)

99 That's the nice thing about leading the stupid, you can shit in their Chex Mix and tell them it adds flavor.

Posted by: Zawahiri at May 07, 2011 08:09 AM (gqqCJ)

100
Rasmussen and Michael Barone were on with Hannity yesterday.

Michael Barone provides the best poll/election analysis. Barone + Rasmussen = Outstanding team.

Anyway, they were talking about how shitty Osama Obama is doing on the issues.

Posted by: Soothsayer, AoS Team 6 at May 07, 2011 08:10 AM (uFokq)

101 OBL had multiple wives so his videos will show multiple annoying MILs. He grabbed a SEAL's gun and put it on his own forehead and begged for a trigger pull, man-to- man.

Posted by: eman: Japanese Babe Rescue Team at May 07, 2011 08:10 AM (mGq5S)

102

A sentence I never really expected to write.

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 07, 2011 12:02 PM (xMT+4)

And one that provides endless opportunities for mocking.

Not me, though. I don't mock. I scorn.

Posted by: ErikW at May 07, 2011 08:10 AM (s+/VV)

103

Yes, another sweet, sweet commentary from Iowahawk. Or should I say Zarkman. Beautiful.

http://tinyurl.com/6ea5vg8

Posted by: 141Driver at May 07, 2011 08:13 AM (DXa7u)

104 Whoa! Zawahiri is a U.S. citizen? This changes everything!

Posted by: Eric Holder at May 07, 2011 08:13 AM (s+/VV)

105
I think the topic of the kerfluffle between curious and a few other commenters has been exhausted.


Posted by: Soothsayer, AoS Team 6 at May 07, 2011 08:13 AM (uFokq)

106
It's just a goddamn comment thread.

Posted by: Soothsayer, AoS Team 6 at May 07, 2011 08:13 AM (uFokq)

107

And one that provides endless opportunities for mocking.

Not me, though. I don't mock. I scorn.

Posted by: ErikW at May 07, 2011 12:10 PM (s+/VV)

Hm. I'm not even sure what that really meant.

Posted by: ErikW at May 07, 2011 08:14 AM (s+/VV)

108 The fucking Ace Of Daytime Soap Drama. I those discussion were reserved to the ONT? Geeez.

Posted by: Barbarian at May 07, 2011 08:14 AM (EL+OC)

109 It was silly, but it's critical to have people in here who disagree.

Yes, therefore I suggest that curious' friends, from whom all of her opinions seem to derive, start posting here.  Perhaps they have the intellectual capacity to do more than post links to articles they haven't read and ask inane questions. 

Posted by: Y-not at May 07, 2011 08:15 AM (pW2o8)

110 Arab culture is awash in lies.  They will both believe this and reject it out of hand.  For example, 9-11 was a glorious victory for Islam and the Mossad did it.

They'll believe Zawahiri sold out Osama the second that's what they want to believe.

Posted by: AmishDude at May 07, 2011 08:16 AM (73tyQ)

111 Wish me luck, I'm off to see a sponge about a horse.

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 07, 2011 08:17 AM (xMT+4)

112  Wish me luck, I'm off to see a sponge about a horse.

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 07, 2011 12:17 PM (xMT+4)

Can't you just ride it through a car wash?

Posted by: robtr at May 07, 2011 08:18 AM (MtwBb)

113 To be honest, she attacked me and I lost it.  In real life I'm a very nice person.  I was a little shocked but the moniker "dumb blond" seems to say it all already.  You all took everything I was trying to say wrong and then piled on.  I'm looking around for another place to crash.  I feel as though you really don't want anyone who isn't a real die hard conservative around.  Being an independent, not a liberal at all, you assume as soon as I disagree with you that I'm a moby (which I still haven't' gotten the definition to since I am a post and run type and never go back to the thread where I asked the question) or a troll or whatever else you all decide to label someone who isn't one of the main posters and who might just happen to disagree with you.  Lately I've noticed you guys don't like me anymore, you want me gone, I think it's because I have said I vehemently dislike Rove and the candidates you all think should have your republican nomination.  But in that real world I live in, I don't know one independent who would vote for any of your top guys.  Several independents I know watched the debate on Fox and "breathed a sigh of relief that the republicans do have some good candidates that the dems won't pick for them".  I try to tell you how the libs and independents are thinking cause really you can't win an election without us independents but I think you just think you are better off in your own little uber conservative world.  That's how it was on the liberal blogs, they would attack you as soon as you disagreed with them.  It was different here.  I felt I could truly express my opinion, but I'm not so sure that is the case anymore and it's very disheartening. 

Posted by: curious at May 07, 2011 08:18 AM (k1rwm)

114 Wish me luck, I'm off to see a sponge about a horse.

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 07, 2011 12:17 PM (xMT+4)

Can't you just ride it through a car wash?

Posted by: robtr at May 07, 2011 12:18 PM (MtwBb)

Or the neighbor's pool?

Posted by: Tami at May 07, 2011 08:18 AM (VuLos)

115

http://tinyurl.com/6ea5vg8

Posted by: 141Driver at May 07, 2011 12:13 PM (DXa7u)

Holy shit, that's gotta be Top 10!

Posted by: ErikW at May 07, 2011 08:18 AM (s+/VV)

116

@119

Even though I read a lot of that whole thing, I'm not really sure what you're talking about.  Oh look, boobies...  

Posted by: Beagle at May 07, 2011 08:19 AM (sOtz/)

117 First ice cream truck of the season!

Man I love the summer months!

Posted by: momma - West/Bolton 2012! at May 07, 2011 08:19 AM (penCf)

118 They simply don't have the intellectual capacity to do anything clever!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at May 07, 2011 11:18 AM (LH6ir)

Ace doesn't like this guy because his souce is anonymous...and nothing can be verified...but there seem to be a lot of things that the souce says that pan out

Posted by: beedubya at May 07, 2011 08:21 AM (AnTyA)

119 The folks I've spoken with about him are more concerned about his character than his level of conservatism.

Support for the AGW fraud is a deal breaker by itself for me. Support for a "more progressive income tax" (i.e. tax the rich more) is just more pudding on the liberal cake.

If someone is not concerned about his "conservatism" I would question their "conservatism" bonifides. As for opposition to social con stuff that is not on my list of hot items but I would find it odd that he was elected in Utah with that stance.

Posted by: Vic at May 07, 2011 08:22 AM (M9Ie6)

120 What will be the next Arab street conspiracy?  Mossad Djinn sold out Osama bin Laden.  Bet all those QE2 deflated $s on it.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 07, 2011 08:22 AM (zmG5G)

121 Lately I've noticed you guys don't like me anymore, you want me gone, I think it's because I have said I vehemently dislike Rove and the candidates you all think should have your republican nomination




Who the hell likes Rove?  I thought we all hated his RINO ass.  Plus, we don't like the R nominees at this time, so we don't disagree with you there either.

Posted by: momma - West/Bolton 2012! at May 07, 2011 08:23 AM (penCf)

122 Lately I've noticed you guys don't like me anymore, you want me gone, I think it's because I have said I vehemently dislike Rove and the candidates you all think should have your republican nomination.

I don't know of anyone here who likes Rove.

Posted by: Vic at May 07, 2011 08:24 AM (M9Ie6)

123  I felt I could truly express my opinion, but I'm not so sure that is the case anymore and it's very disheartening. 

Posted by: curious at May 07, 2011 12:18 PM (k1rwm)

eh curious I still like you. When people gang tackle you about something you can either agree with them and say maybe you went to far or you can tell them to fuck off.

Either way works for me.

Posted by: robtr at May 07, 2011 08:25 AM (MtwBb)

124

I am puzzled by Curious.  When did this place become a tongue-wash of adoration?  Get over it Curious, at some point each of us really get jiggy on the smackdown on some things with each other and with people like Obama, Rove, Bush, and other honey badger targets.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 07, 2011 08:27 AM (zmG5G)

125 "bin Laden trapped in compound with 3 wives and 13 kids for 5 years."

Bastards... MTV already had a reality TV show booked for him.

Binny and the Bitches

Posted by: Cherry π at May 07, 2011 08:27 AM (+sBB4)

126 "bin Laden trapped in compound with 3 wives and 13 kids for 5 years."

Well there goes the sequel to Married ... with Children.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 07, 2011 08:29 AM (zmG5G)

127 New thread up

Posted by: Vic at May 07, 2011 08:29 AM (M9Ie6)

128 Curious, if you're gonna say something that you know is not going to be popular, you have 3 choices:

1) Take the fallout and move on

2) Reassess what it was you said and the context in which you said it. Contemplate an apology or clarification or....

3) Leave

Seriously....this isn't hard.

Posted by: Tami at May 07, 2011 08:29 AM (VuLos)

129 Obama, dude.  You might want to let up on waving the bloody red shirt just a little.  Just sayin'.

Posted by: Jesse Jackson at May 07, 2011 08:29 AM (gqqCJ)

130 Posted by: Mr. Bubble at May 07, 2011 12:22 PM (c9Ivb)

I know that you guys wanted to interpret what I posted the way you wanted to interpret it.  Sheesh I've heard a lot of the news folks that you think are credible say exactly what I was saying in the last couple of days.  Then when I brought it up, you said "true conservatives form their own opinions and don't need authorities to back them up" (not you in particular, a couple of posters, and that's not a direct quote)  And it had nothing to do with "moral authority".  If you didn't grow up in NY, you might not understand the feeling of genuine, born and bred NYer's.   Probably the pentagon area folks and the folks in PA and everyone who lost someone on the plains, have similar feelings.  I've been around this country.  People have forgotten.  The fact that teenagers were googling "who is OBL" means the country has forgotten.  I'm sorry you disagree with me but it's my opinion.   This "moral authority" stuff I'm not so sure how you got that stuff. 

I really think that the republican party, as it is has to change, and that some of you are feeling this and are a little on the defensive about it.  Cause it seems the "tea party" which really isn't a party at all, will grab a lot of folks who might have gone over to the republicans.  they'll become "independents" like me and then move towards vetted tea party candidates.  this is the only thing I can think of as to why you are all so old and grouchy when I really haven't said anything offensive. 

I hate blonds, they already are fake, they've dyed their darker hair to what, attract men.  Brunettes attract men with their brains.

Posted by: curious at May 07, 2011 08:30 AM (k1rwm)

131 bin Laden trapped in compound with 3 wives and 13 kids for 5 years."

Well there goes the sequel to Married ... with Children.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 07, 2011 12:29 PM (zmG5G)

Jeebus, now you are making it sound like we did him a favor. Maybe that's the reason he didn't pick up his rifle.

Posted by: robtr at May 07, 2011 08:32 AM (MtwBb)

132 I hate blonds, they already are fake, they've dyed their darker hair to what, attract men.  Brunettes attract men with their brains.

Posted by: curious at May 07, 2011 12:30 PM (k1rwm)

It appears I left out a 4th option....

4)DOUBLEDOWN!!


Posted by: Tami at May 07, 2011 08:32 AM (VuLos)

133
Apology?

curious owes no one an apology. Blond dummy or whatever her name is started it.


Posted by: Soothsayer, AoS Team 6 at May 07, 2011 08:32 AM (uFokq)

134
curious, drop it

And ignore the comments about you. This shit is spilling over into every goddamn thread and it sucks.



Posted by: Soothsayer, AoS Team 6 at May 07, 2011 08:34 AM (uFokq)

135

Jeebus, now you are making it sound like we did him a favor. Maybe that's the reason he didn't pick up his rifle.

Posted by: robtr at May 07, 2011 12:32 PM (MtwBb)

Yep, suicide by SEAL.  To save him from having three Peg Bundys.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 07, 2011 08:34 AM (zmG5G)

136 I hate blonds, they already are fake, they've dyed their darker hair to what, attract men.  Brunettes attract men with their brains.

Posted by: curious at May 07, 2011 12:30 PM (k1rwm)

Wow.  Thanks.  And there you go again.

Two Savannah families I know of lost loved ones in the towers.  And two first responders from here left as the towers were falling with their cadaver dog.  After two weeks on the pile, the dog fell and was severely injured.  Savannah restaurateurs closed down and went to NYC to feed the workers.

I'll take my blonde, fake head to run my errands now.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 07, 2011 08:35 AM (UOM48)

137 124...  I feel as though you really don't want anyone who isn't a real die hard conservative around.  Being an independent, not a liberal at all, you assume as soon as I disagree with you that I'm a moby (which I still haven't' gotten the definition to since I am a post and run type and never go back to the thread where I asked the question) or a troll ..  blah blah blah

You are a horrid scruntish liberal shill.  You refuse to consider any correction of the shit you puke out on all the threads (all at the same time, much like a couple others).  Your only defense (when you make one) is to say we could not understand and some big kahuna says you are right.  Just fuck off and die. (horribly, painfully and slowly over a medium fire).          

Posted by: Spartacus at May 07, 2011 08:35 AM (TrAxp)

138 79
Think about it. They killed him on Sunday and gathered his stuff.

6 days pass and they've already viewed and translated all his vids and tapes and prepared them for broadcast release.

This whole post-kill-operation has been "packaged" for political gain. The trips to GZ, the fire stations, and to Ft. Campbell.

And now the release of vids and tapes.


Posted by: Soothsayer, AoS Team 6 at May 07, 2011 12:00 PM (uFokq)

Treatcher had a perfect name for this post-kill-operation goat rope: "Obama's victory lap in a clown car."

Posted by: Minuteman at May 07, 2011 08:35 AM (gqqCJ)

139
"Obama's victory lap in a clown car."

Yeah, I saw that earlier in the week. Perfect.

Posted by: Soothsayer, AoS Team 6 at May 07, 2011 08:37 AM (uFokq)

140 Posted by: iknowtheleft at May 07, 2011 12:30 PM (G/MYk)

wow, a B+ from you is making me feel better.  Your posts are always amazing and always make me think and do research.  You really do know the mindset of the left.  It's like you've met all my friends.  But, you when you post, give me the courage to start challenging them and I get clues from your posts how to go about it.  Right now I have a lot of people who are starting to think GWB might have done the right thing with the interrogation and they are horrified about the holder thing and the seals so I thought "wow, I'm making some progress".  One of my friends even sent an email to the president about holder and the seals which I thought was an amazing accomplishment.  He did it after I sent him ace's post about debra.

Posted by: curious at May 07, 2011 08:37 AM (k1rwm)

141

How is calling someone a selfish bitch not calling them selfish?

Posted by: buzzion at May 07, 2011 12:35 PM (oVQFe)

I held my tongue she belittled my intelligence.

Posted by: curious at May 07, 2011 08:39 AM (k1rwm)

142 Posted by: Soothsayer, AoS Team 6 at May 07, 2011 12:34 PM (uFokq)

And boring. Don't forget boring.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at May 07, 2011 08:40 AM (LH6ir)

143 ust fuck off and die. (horribly, painfully and slowly over a medium fire).          

Posted by: Spartacus at May 07, 2011 12:35 PM (TrAxp)


sent to the FBI cyber crimes unit, and I"m not kidding

Posted by: curious at May 07, 2011 08:40 AM (k1rwm)

144 I can now say; I am Spartacus.

Posted by: s☺mej☼e at May 07, 2011 08:41 AM (TrAxp)

145 Posted by: Spartacus at May 07, 2011 12:35 PM (TrAxp)

Seems a bit...aggressive. Did you used to be a brunette?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at May 07, 2011 08:42 AM (LH6ir)

146

New Fox sitcom - Trapped... with bin Laden

We got Kelly bint Laden who wants to show off some ankle and be decadent.

Bud bin Laden who would love to see some Kelly ankle and then kill her.

Then there is Peggy, Peggie, and Peg the wives.

And of course for Osama, his love interest the goat.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 07, 2011 08:43 AM (zmG5G)

147

sent to the FBI cyber crimes unit, and I"m not kidding

Posted by: curious at May 07, 2011 12:40 PM (k1rwm)

Wrong reaction. Mock him. Poke fun at him. But don't threaten. That's not your job.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at May 07, 2011 08:43 AM (LH6ir)

148 If you didn't grow up in NY, you might not understand the feeling of genuine, born and bred NYer's Americans.

Posted by: Curiously Corrected at May 07, 2011 08:43 AM (wOaLi)

149 Well congrats Curious.  With your threat you just lost all positive vibes you might have had with people here.  You just won the boobie prize.  You get to sit in the clown car with Obama as he takes his victory lap.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 07, 2011 08:44 AM (zmG5G)

150 Good Lord this stuff is going too far. I suspect if it keeps up Ace is going to weigh in.

Posted by: Vic at May 07, 2011 08:45 AM (M9Ie6)

151 Seems a bit...aggressive. Did you used to be a brunette?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at May 07, 2011 12:42 PM (LH6ir)


You really want to go there foolish liberal you can't grasp my nuanced meaning boy?

Posted by: s☺mej☼e at May 07, 2011 08:45 AM (TrAxp)

152 People have forgotten.


That's the point they were trying to make IMHU. 

WE haven't forgotten.

Our children will never forget.

Yes, you are from NY, but think about every single one of us that weren't there.  That couldn't do anything to help.  That leaves a scare too.

When you have to name call and insult, you are no longer debating, you are no longer defending your position.  You are just slinging shit and no one deserves it.

I thought I tried to help you before when you were wondering why people kept getting upset with you.  Do you remember?  I tried to explain that the way you write your post comes out more like a 1 on 1 conversation where people can see your facial expressions, hand gestures, etc.  They know what you are saying but seeing your body language.  Because you can't see that on the internet, your word choice and lang. has to be concise.

Ex.

You can say 'I hate blondes' to a person and they will laugh if in fact, you are a blond.

But if you typed it into a comment, people would take offense because they can't see you are joking (because they don't know you're a blonde).

Posted by: momma - West/Bolton 2012! at May 07, 2011 08:45 AM (penCf)

153 At this stage in life, I would just settle for having all of my hair......irrespective of color.

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at May 07, 2011 12:43 PM (OWjjx)

Mine is now a nice shade of grey, with light brown highlights.

Posted by: robtr at May 07, 2011 08:45 AM (MtwBb)

154 (which I still haven't' gotten the definition to since I am a post and run type and never go back to the thread where I asked the question)

Which is exactly what makes you so insufferable.  Constantly injecting yourself into a thread, constant, copious off topic posts, constant me me me.  Such utter teflon defense of your stances that you cannot be reasoned with. All about you and your diaspora of flattened fauna, who claim superiority because, "well you can't when an election with out us, ya know".....

Oh. and long blocks of text with no punctuation.
You are a two year old constantly asking why, but possess no cognitive ability to discern the answers, let alone the attention span to address those who chose to respond to you.  Beyond tiresome.

Sorry to pile on, but you deserved those slaps upside the head a couple of days ago. People have been really tolerant of you here for an amazingly long period of time.  You ought to have a little respect. You have made it  clear you don't.

Posted by: Derak at May 07, 2011 08:46 AM (CjpKH)

155 Posted by: Curiously Corrected at May 07, 2011 12:43 PM (wOaLi)

This is the kind of retarded shit that spews from some of the back-of-the-bus types around here that makes it easy to get irritated.

I grew up in New York. And I watched the towers burn. And my wife lost friends.

Don't presume to know the hearts and minds of all New Yorkers.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at May 07, 2011 08:47 AM (LH6ir)

156 I'm heading out to Lowe's.  Will someone please stop me? 

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 07, 2011 08:50 AM (UOM48)

157

Curious, if you have a real issue with someone then call them out.  Ask them for their address so you and them can really talk it out face to face. 

Instead like any nanny-state lover, you invoke a bastion of governmental authority in an attempt to cower those who disagree with you.  You have now quadrupled down on being stuck on stupid.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 07, 2011 08:50 AM (zmG5G)

158 I'm heading out to Lowe's.  Will someone please stop me?

I avoid that store because it will bankrupt me.

Posted by: Vic at May 07, 2011 08:51 AM (M9Ie6)

159
  Well, it IS an open thread, so have at it, I guess.

Posted by: irongrampa at May 07, 2011 08:51 AM (ud5dN)

160 All home improvement stores will bankrupt you because you keep finding stuff about the house to fix, upgrade, or change.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 07, 2011 08:51 AM (zmG5G)

161 I just need to pick up spray screen (porch) cleaner.  I wonder if they'll have more than one register open on a Saturday?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 07, 2011 08:52 AM (UOM48)

162 I'm heading out to Lowe's.  Will someone please stop me? 

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 07, 2011 12:50 PM (UOM4

Getting hubby a TV stand?

Oh, and pick me up some regular lightbulbs, kthxbye.

Posted by: Tami at May 07, 2011 08:52 AM (VuLos)

163
  Vic, you ain't in trouble until they start sending thank you cards out of the blue.

  Go have fun.

Posted by: irongrampa at May 07, 2011 08:52 AM (ud5dN)

164

Oh, and pick me up some regular lightbulbs, kthxbye.

Posted by: Tami at May 07, 2011 12:52 PM (VuLos)

Lol.  I've literally run out of storage space for incandescent bulbs.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 07, 2011 08:53 AM (UOM48)

165 Stockpile on incadescent lights while at it.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 07, 2011 08:53 AM (zmG5G)

166 Posted by: s☺mej☼e at May 07, 2011 12:45 PM (TrAxp)

Ah, the chirping of a budgie.

Stop ranting; you sound like an idiot.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at May 07, 2011 08:54 AM (LH6ir)

167 *steeles self*  I'm off. 

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 07, 2011 08:54 AM (UOM48)

168 All home improvement stores will bankrupt you because you keep finding stuff about the house to fix, upgrade, or change.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 07, 2011 12:51 PM (zmG5G)

Lowes is like crack to me. Everytime I go in that place it's a $200 bill at least. I've got tools that I don't even know what they do and I have been in construction for 35 years.

Posted by: robtr at May 07, 2011 08:54 AM (MtwBb)

169 All home improvement stores will bankrupt you because you keep finding stuff about the house to fix, upgrade, or change.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 07, 2011 12:51 PM (zmG5G)


Yes, but the problem is that eventually you have to go there for lumber because you filled your garage with so much 'shit I bought at Lowe's to fix the house with but never got around to doing so now it makes a wall of piled shit' that you need to build a shed.

Posted by: momma - West/Bolton 2012! at May 07, 2011 08:55 AM (penCf)

170 Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at May 07, 2011 12:49 PM (OWjjx)

And we have a winner!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at May 07, 2011 08:55 AM (LH6ir)

171

And I'm a tax lawyer.

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life and Frequent Lowe's Shopper at May 07, 2011 12:56 PM (OWjjx)

Are you that guy on tv all the time?

Posted by: robtr at May 07, 2011 08:58 AM (MtwBb)

172 Ah, the chirping of a budgie.

Stop ranting; you sound like an idiot.


Just say no and save yourself some more embarrassment fool.

Posted by: s☺mej☼e at May 07, 2011 08:59 AM (TrAxp)

173

196 Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at May 07, 2011 12:49 PM (OWjjx)

 

That was funny!

Posted by: Catlady at May 07, 2011 08:59 AM (CyPWX)

174 Don't presume to know the hearts and minds of all New Yorkers.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at May 07, 2011 12:47 PM (LH6ir)

Don't presume to understand my comment.


Posted by: Curiously Corrected, Back of the Bus at May 07, 2011 09:00 AM (wOaLi)

175

Well tis a fine Saturday so going out to enjoy it.

Plus go play Powerball.  $50million, with QE2 I will need it to afford food, electricity, Internet, and gas.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 07, 2011 09:03 AM (zmG5G)

176 But for the most part........if you have IRS issues, avoid the guys on t.v. like the plaque.

And Roni Duestch and her "$20 dollars" bit is the biggest pile of crap...evah.

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life and Frequent Lowe's Shopper at May 07, 2011 01:00 PM (OWjjx)


OH AG is looking into both companies and is very close to bringing charges. (Heard it on the news over the weekend).

Posted by: momma - West/Bolton 2012! at May 07, 2011 09:03 AM (penCf)

177
  Noticed that as kids grow they lose phrases if vocabulary, such as "shut the door" and "turn that off". Puzzling. Someone should do a study.

Posted by: irongrampa at May 07, 2011 09:05 AM (ud5dN)

178 Lately I've noticed you guys don't like me anymore, you want me gone, I think it's because I have said I vehemently dislike Rove and...

Chill out.  It'll blow over.

Posted by: rdbrewer at May 07, 2011 09:06 AM (BLd0J)

179

And Roni Duestch and her "$20 dollars" bit is the biggest pile of crap...evah.

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life and Frequent Lowe's Shopper at May 07, 2011 01:00 PM (OWjjx)

Yeah, that's pretty much what I thought. I have only been audited once but the IRS seemed pretty willing to get it over with as much as I was. I met with them 2 or 3 times and never felt the need for an attorney. Tax planning is a different story

Posted by: robtr at May 07, 2011 09:07 AM (MtwBb)

180 Eh, curious?  The horse is dead.  Put down the stick.

Posted by: huerfano at May 07, 2011 09:09 AM (6zFxS)

181 With your threat you just lost all positive vibes you might have had with people here.

Speak for yourself.

Posted by: rdbrewer at May 07, 2011 09:11 AM (BLd0J)

182

Speaking of "ignorance and stupidity", I've been hearing on the radio today about our upcoming debate for our open congressional seat (remember that stupid embarrassment with Chris Lee, in Western NY?)

The people on here have described this seat as "safe", might want to listen up. It is a 3-way race, and the last poll I saw (not too recently) was that the Republican is ahead, but not by a huge margin, and with something like thirty-something percent of the vote.

The "ignorant and stupid" part is how they have described the 3rd party candidate as a "Tea Party" candidate for the upcoming debate. This is the guy who usually runs as the sacrificial Democrat in our congressional race, and whose only issue is always government intervention to keep jobs from leaving the country! He adds never say a damn thing about cutting govt spending, or govt being to big and intrusive in any way, whatsoever.

Posted by: Optimizer at May 07, 2011 09:12 AM (F56VB)

183 Buzzion, relax, dude.

Posted by: rdbrewer at May 07, 2011 09:12 AM (BLd0J)

184

And I can say I have never had a difficult audit with a client. Sure, sometimes the client gets dinged a little..........but most of the time its due to the client's sloppy bookkeeping or client's math error.

 

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life and Frequent Lowe's Shopper at May 07, 2011 01:13 PM (OWjjx)

In the end all they got me for was milage because I didn't keep track of it in my daytimer. I just guessed at work and personal from the total.

The money I paid them was a lot cheaper than hiring an attorney.

Posted by: robtr at May 07, 2011 09:16 AM (MtwBb)

185

I think the dems are hoping to do that constantly.  Call any 3rd party candidate running in close races as a Tea Party candidate even when they obviously aren't.  Hoping to draw off the less informed voters about the guy's actual views and give the Dem a better chance of winning.  And the media of course is very willing to help this along.

Posted by: buzzion at May 07, 2011 01:15 PM (oVQFe)

Like calling Ron Paul the 'father of the tea party', so then voters associated his nutness w/ the tea party.

Posted by: Tami at May 07, 2011 09:16 AM (VuLos)

186 94 15 minutes 'til I'm off to bathe a horse.

A sentence I never really expected to write.

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 07, 2011 12:02 PM (xMT+4)


Spartacus style?

Posted by: eman: Japanese Babe Rescue Team at May 07, 2011 12:05 PM (mGq5S)

you realize this is pretty much the story of my life?

I have two to wash today when it warms up.


Posted by: Gushka at May 07, 2011 09:25 AM (93zw2)

187

Like calling Ron Paul the 'father of the tea party', so then voters associated his nutness w/ the tea party.

Posted by: Tami at May 07, 2011 01:16 PM (VuLos)

That little gem of shit originated with Kommie Karl Kameron at Fox. We blasted it into space here when they did it. 

Seriously though Carl Cameron hates Republicans unless they are pure RINO.

Posted by: Vic at May 07, 2011 09:29 AM (M9Ie6)

188 I hate blonds, they already are fake, they've dyed their darker hair to what, attract men.  Brunettes attract men with their brains.

Posted by: curious at May 07, 2011 12:30 PM (k1rwm)

please stop. I have backed you up  several times, But you need to take a break and reflect .

Posted by: willow at May 07, 2011 09:30 AM (h+qn8)

189

I suspect if it keeps up Ace is going to weigh in.

Its Saturday. I don't think gets up till around 3..............

You did see who posted this thread?

Posted by: Vic at May 07, 2011 09:31 AM (M9Ie6)

190 Faux News not showing the Obama Bin Laden videos? DIAF squishy Rino types.

Posted by: FlaviusJulius at May 07, 2011 09:32 AM (qIHlG)

191
you see Obama Osama watching tv?

He's sitting on the floor holding the remote. What's he watching?

a) American Idol
b) Celebrity Apprentice
c) the Weather Channel

Posted by: Soothsayer, AoS Team 6 at May 07, 2011 09:34 AM (uFokq)

192 sparticus,  little over the top i'd think?

Posted by: willow at May 07, 2011 09:36 AM (h+qn8)

193 Faux News tries to maintain credibility while giving airtime to racist brown supremacist Geraldo Riviera.

Posted by: FlaviusJulius at May 07, 2011 09:36 AM (qIHlG)

194 Maybe we need to play some tunes for a bit.  Kinda relax. Anyone have good ones to share?

Posted by: willow at May 07, 2011 09:37 AM (h+qn8)

195 Maybe we need to play some tunes for a bit.  Kinda relax. Anyone have good ones to share?

LOL, look at the ONT (which is still going strong)

Posted by: Vic at May 07, 2011 09:38 AM (M9Ie6)

196

 since I am a post and run type and never go back to the thread where I asked the questions.

What? Then why in hell even ask the question if you don't have the curiousity to see the answer(s)?

That's so lame it's not even funny.

Jesus...

Posted by: HH at May 07, 2011 09:39 AM (6oDXl)

197 Oh, and Vic if yer still here, I'm planning to be out in your neck of the woods come late Aug. What's the weather like then?

Posted by: HH at May 07, 2011 09:42 AM (6oDXl)

198

30 You guys with loved ones in the military, have you heard this therory from them (I heard this from my nephew & my cousin (hubby in Afghanistan)):

Obama did everything in his power not to kill /attack /capture OBL.  He kept wanting more intel, better images, etc, etc, etc.  Then when the time came he waited some more.

Posted by: momma - West/Bolton 2012! at May 07, 2011 11:27 AM (penCf)

See for example

I have other links but effing minx:cc thinks I'm a spammer.

 

Posted by: Nash Rambler at May 07, 2011 09:42 AM (vmcYN)

199 Posted by: s☺mej☼e at May 07, 2011 12:59 PM (TrAxp)

Chirp...chirp...chirp

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at May 07, 2011 09:43 AM (LH6ir)

200 You know, if she had come back as "her old self" and just pretended it didn't happen, I would have got over it.

Of course not, this is like quadrupling down. Not only does she not give a shit about what anyone else thinks (because they're not sufficiently co-regional), but she gets all butthurt and calls them names if they don't agree with her instantly. Then she gets all butthurt and runs screaming to mommy if someone calls her a name back.

Enough. If I wanted to deal with a bunch of five-year-olds, this is not the website I'd be at.

Misinterpreted my puffy white Sith ass.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 07, 2011 09:44 AM (bxiXv)

201 What's the weather like then?

Posted by: HH at May 07, 2011 01:42 PM (6oDXl)

Hot and humid. I call it "oppressive" but it isn't so bad in the bars.

Where you going to be?

Posted by: Vic at May 07, 2011 09:44 AM (M9Ie6)

202 Chirp...chirp...chirp
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative)

Pathetic.  You proudly wear the moniker of fool offered by Ace.  A gesture of defiance that only marks you for what you are. 

Posted by: s☺mej☼e at May 07, 2011 09:48 AM (TrAxp)

203

Where you going to be?

Florence. My oldest Niece is having some sort of Shindig, and most of the Family is going. I'm planning on driving from here in KC.

Posted by: HH at May 07, 2011 09:48 AM (6oDXl)

204 Florence eh. That's about 35 miles from me. Want to try for a get-together?

Posted by: Vic at May 07, 2011 09:53 AM (M9Ie6)

205

. Want to try for a get-together?

I'll let you know. As you say, not too bad in the bars...

Posted by: HH at May 07, 2011 09:55 AM (6oDXl)

206

Lowes is like crack to me. Everytime I go in that place it's a $200 bill at least. I've got tools that I don't even know what they do and I have been in construction for 35 years.

Posted by: robtr at May 07, 2011 12:54 PM (MtwBb)

Don't even think about going to Harbor Freight then. What you got for $200 at Lowes, you could get for about $50 there. It's mostly Chinese stuff, but the dirty little secret is that most of the major tool makers get their stuff from over there also, but they mark it up about 400%

Posted by: beedubya at May 07, 2011 09:59 AM (AnTyA)

207 I'll let you know. As you say, not too bad in the bars...

Or the restaurants which is where all the bars are at here. Ruby Tuesday at Magnolia Mall is good and it will be easy to find from out of town.

Posted by: Vic at May 07, 2011 10:05 AM (M9Ie6)

208 Plug the following address in Google Maps and it will show you how to get there off of I-20.

2701 DAVID MCLEOD BOULEVARD, FLORENCE SC 29501

Posted by: Vic at May 07, 2011 10:22 AM (M9Ie6)

209 Re Huntsman and the rest of the GOP field:

We need to get to a point where warmists are unelectable, both at the primary and the general election level.


Posted by: JEM at May 07, 2011 10:26 AM (o+SC1)

210 Posted by: curious at May 07, 2011 12:18 PM (k1rwm)

Curious, all I can say is that if you don't get a thicker skin you're not going to last long at any place you crash.

You were completely full of shit about the bin Laden pics and the reasons you gave for opposing the release were condescending, provincial, insulting, and just flat-out stupid.

But I would have far more respect for a simple "Fuck you, this is what I believe" from you in response to the well-deserved bashing you're getting, than these repeated, drawn-out paragraphs whining about how everyone was mean to you and it's so unfair and you need to go camp out some other place.

If you feel that strongly about a matter then FUCK what other people think.  But learn to gird your loins and take angry blowback with a smile, because if you're going to call people "whiny bitches" for wanting to see the head of one of the most notorious mass murderers in human history then that's exactly what you're going to get.

Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at May 07, 2011 11:10 AM (lBZXI)

211 214 I think the dems are hoping to do that constantly.  Call any 3rd party candidate running in close races as a Tea Party candidate even when they obviously aren't.  Hoping to draw off the less informed voters about the guy's actual views and give the Dem a better chance of winning.  And the media of course is very willing to help this along.

That certainly makes sense. I guess it's in the playbook, right next to calling them "extremists". Although, now that I've written that, it's ironic that they would impersonate people who they are calling "extreme". Boy, hypocrisy is really their favorite sport these days, isn't it?

It's a funny situation because our radio station that airs conservative talk radio almost all day long is apparently owned by the MSM. All the newsbreaks have an obvious leftist bias to them, and they even aired the Katie Couric "Notebook" segments, each one of which is pretty transparently socialist propaganda.

Posted by: Optimizer at May 07, 2011 11:20 AM (F56VB)

212

@245

I missed that whole episode, but I can only assume that on some issues I, myself, have said my peace and undoubtedly really, really pissed of many "morons".

Having set up that context, I couldn't agree with The War Between the Unded States more. Whining about people being mean to you is pathetic. State your case. Defend it with facts and arguments.

And to go further, I'd say appreciate the opportunity. A lot of forums - especially the fascist lefties (He Who I Will Not Name comes to mind!) - would delete your comments and throw you out on your kiester.

I am always struck by how my libtard brother will spew leftist nonsense, and when he is challenged he simply resorts to robotic namecalling, and nasty notes under the radar (where it won't see the light of day). He is proud to call himself an elitist, and thinks himself an intellectual, but will not even engage in debate, and is sometimes even cowardly enough to resort to censorship, himself.

Posted by: Optimizer at May 07, 2011 11:38 AM (F56VB)

213

247 ... That station might get its news from the CBS news desk? ...

Probably. I'm not up on who owns the station, but on a related point the Buffalo News is quite literally owned by Warren Buffett, who was quite literally on Obama's election team. Interestingly, I never hear any mention of that, and I don't remember ever seeing any "full disclosure" kinds of statements in any news stories.

Posted by: Optimizer at May 07, 2011 11:43 AM (F56VB)

214
I am only interested in conspiracies perpetrated  by our government against the American people. How OBL was ratted out is immaterial to me.

Why gas is 4 fucking dollars a gallon and how Barney and Chris are not in jail are more important to me.

Posted by: Theory Slut at May 07, 2011 12:37 PM (VMcEw)

215 Thank you
Waiting for new works

Posted by: قصي خضر at May 07, 2011 01:50 PM (ihk4k)

216 Is this the Kentucky Derby thread?

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