Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 07, 2011 01:45 PM (MIfkS)

I don't have a problem with the name "Crusty"

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 07, 2011 01:45 PM (MIfkS)

I'd kill for a sexy name like 'Crusty.'

Posted by: Barack OGreatness at May 07, 2011 01:49 PM (FcR7P)

Two words:  Golden Shower

I'm ready to listen.

Any freshman/sophomore HS English student should know that you never, ever, ever use too many first-person references in any paper/speech/etc. - even an autobiography.  You ALWAYS find different ways to express actions, because too much I/me/mine becomes boring very quickly.

Of course, Bamster's speechwriters are juveniles themselves, so I'm not too surprised.  And they do know the mindset of Teh One for whom they are composing these speeches, so I guess they want to keep their jobs....

"We give thanks for the men who carried out this operation, for they exemplify the professionalism, patriotism, and unparalleled courage of those who serve our country. And they are part of a generation that has borne the heaviest share of the burden since that September day.

The more stuff like this comes out the more my retroactive respect for Bush goes up.  I never knew how good we had it under his administration.

Crusty's a he, BTW.

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at May 07, 2011 01:54 PM (gvBdW)

Are you trying to say I've never had an original thought?  That's what I thought.

Did Obama ever say "Thanks/Thank you" in his speech?

No, he was too busy with "You're Welcome".

You think they'd be saying thank you!

I'd kill for a sexy name like 'Crusty.'

Posted by: Pus Puss at May 07, 2011 01:50 PM (1fanL)

I hear ya...

Somebody else had this observation in comments, which bears repeating:

Obama got bin Laden in the same way that Nixon put a man on the moon

This talk about Crusty...anybody here ever play Battletoads?

The main character's names were Rash, Zitz, and Pimple.  'nuff said.

I'd kill for a sexy name like 'Crusty.'

Posted by: Pus Puss at May 07, 2011 01:50 PM (1fanL)

I hear ya...

Posted by: scabby at May 07, 2011 02:01 PM (Rwudm)

Amen, brother.

The main character's names were Rash, Zitz, and Pimple.  'nuff said.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at May 07, 2011 02:04 PM (c0A3e)

Sounds like a list of my ex-husband's brothers...

I'd kill for a sexy name like 'Crusty.'

Posted by: Pus Puss at May 07, 2011 01:50 PM (1fanL)

I hear ya...

Posted by: scabby

Dudes, I get so much ass with this name...

Dudes, I get so much ass with this name...

Posted by: Crusty at May 07, 2011 02:05 PM (qzgbP)

Shiksas!!!!

The very symbol of Affirmative Action bullshit.

All that crap needs to go away for good.

Interestingly, the media now loves them some military men

( others have realized this but I wanted to say it again )

Did anyone else see the Kneepad Express on 20/20 last nite? The young'un's were over and they turned it on. It was a breathless recount of the raid that was obviously meant to convey to an otherwise clueless populace the magnificence of The Vapid One™ and his daring order after many hours of agonizing deliberation to allow ST6 to take out bin Leaden.

I raised some questions about what they were reporting to said young'uns. Maybe they'll think about a few things now when it comes to reporting they hear from the Progressive Pravda.

You think they'd be saying thank you!

Posted by: Barry Obysmal at May 07, 2011 02:01 PM (Ew27I)

Oh, man, I'd forgotten that doozy. Not only was it insulting and self-superior, the premise was a lie.

I'll have to add that to my "Obama Screw-Ups List."

Confident, humble servant-leaders are the best kind of leaders.  Not ego-maniacs with image insecurities.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 07, 2011 02:09 PM (MIfkS)

I keep getting the nag window and I keep telling it later.

Thanks for the heads up. Shit.

OH, and Barky wouldn't even rate shining Bush's shoes.

I denounce myself.

Now here is how you give credit where credit is due, not "I gave the order". 

Well, technically Bammy did give the order...

Petraeus just had the foresight to set up the right go-code: "FORE!"

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 07, 2011 02:09 PM (MIfkS)

To a certain extent you can fix the layout, but what is the compulsion of software designers to screw with the interface? I don't want to go shopping for a car and then find out the pedals are in a different order and the steering wheel turns the opposite way to the wheels.

The very symbol of Affirmative Action bullshit.

All that crap needs to go away for good.

Posted by: TexasJew at May 07, 2011 02:07 PM (uR5Zf)

This.

Obama is such a collossal fail, it's difficult to describe how this incompetent, arrogant jackass not only was elected President by a 52% majority of fools, he's also the Commander-in-Chief who has the gall to take credit for something he had nothing to do with besides saying, "Okay."

I asked a friend of mine who is in the AF Reserve what he thought about having the JEF as his boss. His reply, "I try not to think about it."

Posted by: Vic at May 07, 2011 02:13 PM (M9Ie6)

But the URL preview popup (as opposed to the old status bar) was not reliable for me, and when I removed it they still had not fixed the security info missing.

Why simply remove the status bar from the design? Not as an option, just remove it completely? Because, um, er, "design philosophy."

Obama is a marxist elitest who believes that the oligarchy or dictator rules. Bush is an american who believes the people rule through their duely elected representative.

That's why you see even a difference in their speech pattern.

Yes, I do miss Bush. All he needed to do was secure the Mexican border and call out the liars in the media and he would have secured a place in history as one of our better presidents.

His failure to do those two things is the reason why we have the JEF in the White House today. Bush played into the hands of the media by not stating the facts when he had the opportunity. Still, he's head and shoulders above the idiot with his hooves on the Resolute Desk whom we have to suffer and this comparison proves it.

DIE! Speeder Bike Levels!!!!!

Try playing those in 2-player mode. 

By the Gods, the game designers were sadistic when they thought that scheme up. 

I asked a friend of mine who is in the AF Reserve what he thought about having the JEF as his boss. His reply, "I try not to think about it."

Posted by: ErikW at May 07, 2011 02:16 PM (uZPG

That's what we always said when Carter was prez.

Ha! Ha!  Noted Linguist, Noam Chomsky had this to say about the whole sordid affair.  (From Hotair):

It’s increasingly clear that the operation was a planned assassination, multiply violating elementary norms of international law. There appears to have been no attempt to apprehend the unarmed victim, as presumably could have been done by 80 commandos facing virtually no opposition—except, they claim, from his wife, who lunged towards them. In societies that profess some respect for law, suspects are apprehended and brought to fair trial. I stress “suspects.” In April 2002, the head of the FBI, Robert Mueller, informed the press that after the most intensive investigation in history, the FBI could say no more than that it “believed” that the plot was hatched in Afghanistan, though implemented in the UAE and Germany. What they only believed in April 2002, they obviously didn’t know 8 months earlier, when Washington dismissed tentative offers by the Taliban (how serious, we do not know, because they were instantly dismissed) to extradite bin Laden if they were presented with evidence—which, as we soon learned, Washington didn’t have. Thus Obama was simply lying when he said, in his White House statement, that “we quickly learned that the 9/11 attacks were carried out by al Qaeda.”…

Same with the name, Operation Geronimo. The imperial mentality is so profound, throughout western society, that no one can perceive that they are glorifying bin Laden by identifying him with courageous resistance against genocidal invaders. It’s like naming our murder weapons after victims of our crimes: Apache, Tomahawk… It’s as if the Luftwaffe were to call its fighter planes “Jew” and “Gypsy.”

Bwhahaha!  If I was a man, I'd be sporting wood right now!

I'd kill for a sexy name like 'Crusty.'

Posted by: Pus Puss at May 07, 2011 01:50 PM (1fanL)

I hear ya...

Posted by: scabby at May 07, 2011 02:01 PM (Rwudm)

Word

Posted by: FlaviusJulius at May 07, 2011 02:19 PM (qIHlG)

They must have put it back in after all the complaints.

Did they change the context menus back? The open-in-new-tab and open-in-new-window options had been reversed, I started it up and promptly opened up about 7 windows accidentally.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at May 07, 2011 02:22 PM (0vDuM)

True dat!  With Obama, the media is bending themselves into a pretzel to pontificate on the hidden joys and benefits of high gas prices. 

Posted by: FlaviusJulius at May 07, 2011 02:25 PM (qIHlG)

No, that's MSNBC and Al Jazeera talkin over bits of the videos.

Posted by: FlaviusJulius at May 07, 2011 02:25 PM (qIHlG)

Oh the humanity!  The dude doesn't even have a 19" flatscreen!  Geez, all the welfare queens in America have at least a 43" plasma or LCD.  It makes me feel kind of badly for him.

Posted by: California Version of Team 6 at May 07, 2011 02:20 PM (jkZYN)

Wasn't there a bit of a kerfuffle about when Obama took office, he replaced the Stars and Stripes with the gold fringed military standard, as if to position himself as a military leader?

It's increasingly clear the operation was a planned assasination, multiply violating norms of international law.

Note the absence of any such concern when bin Leaden murdered 3,000 innocent Americans, which he later took credit for IIRC. Where's his sanctimony over that little violation of international law, hmm?

Chuck Fomsky.

 Wow - OBL looks like a serious candidate for being a patient at any of our local state mental institutions, in the videos. 

He looks just  like any one of the genteel denziens living under the Auroura Bridge. 

In the Oval Office, I mean.

He looks just  like any one of the genteel denziens living under the Auroura Bridge. 

Posted by: runningrn at May 07, 2011 02:29 PM (ihSHD)

Oh, I don't think he looks that good.  I was thinking more like the crowd that hangs out in White Center.

I recall the media giving him all sorts of shit about taking some time each day to exercise.

Yeah as they breathlessly reported how Obama and Moochelle fly in their personal trainer from Chi-town to work out with them 3 or 4 times a week and ignore all the golfing and basketball that Obama purportedly plays.  I bet if you had a bike race, golf match or running race, GWB could easily kick Barry's skinny butt any day of the week.

Posted by: Papa Editor at May 07, 2011 02:31 PM (6neGz)

I heard that on the way to work this morning. Really good guy, died way too young.

Posted by: Vic at May 07, 2011 02:32 PM (M9Ie6)

Those are really app plugins. The "status bar" is part of Firefox and displays a few critical pieces of information about links, page errors, and page security.

On a completely unrelated matter I downloaded FF4. Ick. I couldn't stand it. Went back to 3.6.17. Unfortunately it seems like they're retiring that version sometime this year so I'll eventually have to upgrade to V4.

V4 is horrible. The layout is teh suck.

Our new 'puter came with IE 9.  You can't use the text attributes on Ace with IE 9.  I have to use FF all the damn time just because of that one stupid glitch.  Thanks for putting us the knowledge of teh suck that's V4.  I'll stick with 3.

Posted by: FlaviusJulius at May 07, 2011 02:33 PM (qIHlG)

LOL, million dollar house with jury-rigged electrical outlet. Epic fail.

Awwww, just heard the news about Seve Ballesteros.  Bummer. 

Quickest Dead Pool evah.  Better luck next Friday.

'I stand there and people explain it to me and I pretend like I know what theyÂ’re talking about,' he continued to laughter. 'But it looked outstanding.'"

Hmmm, just saw the Osama Home Video on Drudge.

Since there is no sound, I would suggest Springsteens "Glory Days".

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 07, 2011 02:35 PM (seRb5)

Evidently she held her tongue. I would let loose on the cocksucker.

Posted by: FlaviusJulius at May 07, 2011 02:25 PM (qIHlG)

Four wives and the place is a dump!

Posted by: FlaviusJulius at May 07, 2011 02:36 PM (qIHlG)

What I don't get is they said they got rid of the status bar to save screen real estate and then made the top bars like 9 feet tall by default.

Also, Flashman, Status-4-Ever doesn't have site security info, and it didn't even install properly for me.

'I stand there and people explain it to me and I pretend like I know what theyÂ’re talking about,'

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at May 07, 2011 02:37 PM (P+zzG)

That is about the least surprising thing Obama has ever said.

This is why you always carry emergency supplies in a car when traveling in the boondocks.

 I determined that we had enough intelligence to take action. . . . Today, at my direction . . . IÂ’ve made clear . . . Over the years, IÂ’ve repeatedly made clear .

I'd really hoped y'all were exaggerating about this, but no, not at all. That first sentence would not have been stated that way by most people, probably because it was not really true...

 insignificant stuff like pronouns while at the same time, they all completely ignore the context Hanson provides over Barry's Earth-sized hypocrisy in the matter...

Right. It's all about Pronoun Fear. Sure sign of a racist, you know.

Posted by: Vic at May 07, 2011 02:13 PM (M9Ie6)

--Yeah, I caught that quick.  It does not seem like V4 will save a session when closing tabs though.   Yes, I can go to the History menu and select "Restore last session" but it only restores one window of the last session, not all of them if more than one was open.

147

An intelligence official today argued that videos of a living bin Laden, which only he would have, in fact prove that he's dead

I never thought the death of Bin Laden would be such a fantastic source of accidental humor of the PR disaster variety.   It sounds like something from Dr Stangelove or Catch-22.  

Posted by: Jack Landsman at May 07, 2011 02:47 PM (PYIcY)

--The Assclown in Chief is the one taking it too far, 'tard.  Check your stupid before posting here.

An intelligence official today argued that videos of a living bin Laden, which only he would have, in fact prove that he's dead

I have videos of myself...oh no!!!!

There are plenty of places in Nevada where cellphones don't work.

But seven fucking weeks? Hell, Nevada ain't but 275 miles across. I can't but walk 4-5 miles a day (maybe could double that in an emergency) because of a health condition, and I bet I could be rescued from any point on even a logging road in Nevada in 3-4 days.

I mean, how far had they driven down that logging road from a highway? I bet it wasn't more than 20 miles.

I'm just gobsmacked at seven weeks. Holy crap. Also, don't split up.

Now, the article did not *say* that she couldn't walk, in fact it said she was walking at the end, but if she was disabled that might explain it.

Also, cut down some branches and make a ramp to get out of the mud.

rd- excellent post brother. sent you a message on twitter.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at May 07, 2011 02:53 PM (0vDuM)

Again, how does one respond?

It's so nonsensical that it renders a rational response impossible.

I'm not going to say it. I'm not going to say it...

But if you notice in the video...

No, I'm not going to say it.

Posted by: Jack Landsman at May 07, 2011 02:47 PM (PYIcY)

AT this point I would like to quote the great statesman and improvised military leader, Private Leonard Church, who once said:

"Tucker, what the fuck are you babbling about?"

It's so nonsensical that it renders a rational response impossible.

But did you expect them to say anything else? I didn't. That's kind of scary.

Obama is selfish and arrogant, but I also think he is a sign of a new generation.

He is the first Facebook/Twitter President. Every single damn thing that happens has to be expressed through personal narrative and emotion. No history, no context, no shared culture, just whatever some dumb fuck happens to be feeling at the time.

We say it all the time here, but Obama is a reflection of a large segment of the country (liberals). Self-centered, non-productive, and dangerous.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith

Somehow, that really sums up my feelings about Noam Chomsky.

Why is academia so full of these arrogant dipshits?

Posted by: FlaviusJulius at May 07, 2011 02:59 PM (qIHlG)

How long will it take for stuff found in the UBL compound to leak out? My guess it that this will continue until about November.

By about July 2012 though, Fox, CNN, and MSNBC are going to have 'Breaking News' updates about the amount of times the interior of the compound was painted.

Why is academia so full of these arrogant dipshits?

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at May 07, 2011 03:05 PM (sJTmU)

Who else would have them?

Posted by: FlaviusJulius at May 07, 2011 02:34 PM (qIHlG)

Got it Flav, thanks.

#189

Miss'80s, do you know what is going on with Huntsman? I'm hearing a lot of talk about him, and people I know are starting to really push him rather than Daniels or Pawlenty.

They are disappointed in Pawlenty's ability to gain any traction and are starting to think that Daniels isn't going to be a serious candidate for a while.

Why is academia so full of these arrogant dipshits?

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at May 07, 2011 03:05 PM (sJTmU)

Because it's a place where an arrogant dipshit can be a great success. If he had to sell things or build things or solve real problems in his work, he'd be in an alley digging through dumpsters for recyclables.

We say it all the time here, but Obama is a reflection of a large segment of the country (liberals). Self-centered, non-productive, and dangerous.

Posted by: Paper

What makes them dangerous is not some pre-meidtated evil or malevolence, it's their incredible carelessness and  obliviousness to reality. 

#191

Give it time. I wouldn't be surpised if Obama doesn't start talking about himself in the third person if he wins a second term.

#204

I'm hearing that all of the establishment candidates are going to basically write off SC. The goal for Romney, Huntsman, Daniels, and Pawlenty is to stay close enough to a potential emergent 'populist' candidate (which includes Huck and Palin), and then win the big delegate states like NY and California on Super Monday.

The very symbol of Affirmative Action bullshit.

All that crap needs to go away for good.

It is racist to say that a beneficiary of affirmative action is a beneficiary of affirmative action.

Posted by: gesc at May 07, 2011 03:18 PM (SL1xT)

Yon has it up like it is.

#217

I've heard that for Romney, Hunstman, and Daniels. The only candidate's team who didn't say that was Pawlenty, but they were very disappointed with the debate results and the straw poll results. I heard that they are going to spend more time in Iowa from now on.

Also, I keep hearing that people are concerned about 'wasting' time in SC if Huckabee comes in the race because he will really shift votes around, and it might be worth 'less' if people are not really trying much there.

I was thinking along the same lines. I remembered the difference.

I am getting tired of the assholes referencing the mission accomplished banner thing. Instead of the common knowledge being that THAT SHIP'S mission was accomplished, The Narrative became "Bush is an idiot". The funny thing is that so many assholes now think Obama should have the banner, cuz, uknow, the war on terror is over nstuff.

The Narrative is that Obama is a genius. He is courageous, etc etc. What a decsion maker. Ironically, we had KSM, so we already "got those responsible for 9/11". obl simply approved the 9/11 attacks, not much more. Obama simply approved (cuz he really had no choice) the mission that killed obl. But, wow, he has sure fucked up everything about it other than the mission itself! 

You know what the best way to show that Bin Laden was still involved with Al Qaeda?  Use the intelligence gained to take a huge chunk out of their operations.  Once the intelligence is exhausted announce what was taken out that originated from intelligence acqured at Bin Ladens home.

Too bad this great idea isn't an option anymore, thanks to Obama's grandstanding. 

Too bad this great idea isn't an option anymore, thanks to Obama's grandstanding. 

Hell yes!!!

I really can't believe all tthis intel leak. I mean I really can't.

What kind of idiots?...

Posted by: Joe Biden, VP at May 07, 2011 03:27 PM (ndqJC)

Yeah, hair plugs, you want another BLT, extra bacon like last time. 

Hold the spit.

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at May 07, 2011 03:30 PM (P+zzG)

He matured in office.

Yeah, hair plugs, you want another BLT, extra bacon like last time. 

Posted by: AoSHQ Diner's head waitress at May 07, 2011 03:34 PM (JpFM9)

My last trip to Katie's I ate the Moon pie.  Moon's a waitress at Katie's.

The article in the sidebar on Bin Laden's sympathy brigades. 

I think a lot of the Europeans criticizing those American twentysomethings who went out to celebrate Bin Laden's death are forgetting that Bin Laden ruined the childhoods of all those young adults to one degree or another.  I was older and in tune with the increase in jihadi terror, especially Bin Laden (Khobar, embassies, Cole).  But remember all those news stories about traumtized kids after 9/11?

So in a nutshell, fuck you Eurotrash pundits -- especially the Archdhimmi of Canterbury and Ken Livingston -- two men who vie for most contemptible every time it's up for grabs. 

 Why does international law never apply in places like North Korea or Syria, where it could actually make things better.

Ugh, they literally make me sick to my stomach. 

Posted by: Tami at May 07, 2011 03:39 PM (VuLos)

Awww....

It is amazing that Obama's speechwriters haven't learned the first lesson of Presidential rhetoric.   It's found, most notably, in the Gettysburg Address:

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate—we cannot consecrate—we cannot hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom— and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

Presidential speeches, especially in times of national crisis or moments where national security is at stake, should always be in the first person plural, not the first person singular.  It's always about "us"; it should never be about "me."   The narcisissm of President Obama is on full display in this truly poor speech. 

Posted by: Tami at May 07, 2011 03:39 PM (VuLos)

Reason #356 why there are more male than female animals in kids' books.

This may be part-way off-topic, but something occurred to me today about the Republican debate that I wonder if everybody noticed.

Specifically, about the focus group. There were two "shows of hands" that really speak volumes, if you put them together:

At one point, Luntz asked, "Do you believe Obama is a socialist?" Practically all of them raised their hands, and Luntz seemed kind of taken aback. He asked them why they thought that, and the result was both encouraging and discouraging at the same time. Mostly they mentioned "Joe the Plumber", which was encouraging, because apparently at least somebody noticed that "the king is naked" moment. But I was disappointed that nobody tied it to Obama's actions while in office.

Now, keep in mind that Alinsky-fied narrative that calling Obama a socialist makes you a racist.

Which brings us to the second "show of hands" of interest, where they were asked which candidate they liked best. As you all know, this entirely white (IIRC) focus group selected the only black candidate as their favorite. (Maybe they're just racist against biracial people!)

"Myth Busted!" (As if it was ever credible to begin with).

#281

We talked about this the other day. I think that many primary voters are tired of the race-baiting by liberals, think that is the reason why Republicans won't attack Obama, and look at Cain or West as a way out.

I think Republicans in office just aren't messaging well at all and just aren't very conservative. The (R)s in office don't call him a socialist because they are to the left of their base voters. The base thinks the (R)s are scared of being labeled a racist, but they are really scared of not being re-elected and they are sure that being too conservative is a negative.

Primary voters are more than a bit naive if they think the liberal smear machine skips a beat with a Black (R) candidate. See Blackwell, Steele, Keyes.

29 ..."Tonight, we give thanks to the countless intelligence and counterterrorism professionals who've worked tirelessly to achieve this outcome. The American people do not see their work, nor know their names. But tonight, they feel the satisfaction of their work and the result of their pursuit of justice." ...

Er, didn't he mean to say "But tonight, they feel the fear of being prosecuted by my Justice Dept"?

Posted by: Y-not at May 07, 2011 04:07 PM (pW2o

Not good when native son status is not even supported.

How long will it take for stuff found in the UBL compound to leak out? My guess it that this will continue until about November.

By about July 2012 though, Fox, CNN, and MSNBC are going to have 'Breaking News' updates about the amount of times the interior of the compound was painted.

Posted by: Paper at May 07, 2011 03:06 PM (VoSja)

Or more likely for sale on Ebay

298@292
Yeah, the dad is really wealthy and by all accounts a really wonderful guy, but I just don't see him spending his entire fortune on a losing proposition.  People really love Mitt here and a lot of it has to do with how he saved the Olympics. 

I'm just a little surprised that someone in the LDS church hasn't talked him out of running.  But maybe he wouldn't listen to them since he's not really serious about his faith.  Still, you'd think he'd listen to his dad and his dad is high up in the church. 

I am freaked out about the LDS after reading "Under the Banner of Heaven"

Merkel was charged with a crime for saying something positive about Bin Laden being killed.  The charge: endorsing a crime. 

Europe is mostly insane.  A hundred crazed Bin Laden "supporters" are opposed by "right-wing extremists" in England.  Merkel is charged with a crime for saying something amazingly bland and noncontroversial.  Wilders needs 24-7 protection to stay alive and he's the one on trial...  The examples go on and on.   

ATLANTA — Recent college graduates will soon be getting advice from an ex-president.

Former President Jimmy Carter is set to deliver Georgia State University's spring commencement address.

The Georgia Democrat is scheduled to deliver the address at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Georgia Dome. The event is open to the public.

Darn, missed it.

Posted by: gesc at May 07, 2011 04:05 PM (SL1xT)

Well, not necessarily his 'mission' stories....more after mission stories. ;o)

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at May 07, 2011 04:32 PM (P+zzG)

Congratulations! 

Posted by: humphreyrobot at May 07, 2011 04:36 PM (EiH7n)

Now ya tell me....

Posted by: BHO at May 07, 2011 04:41 PM (RvW2

Speaking of that.. bid lObamba send his iReggie on the raid to report ?

Just use the arrows as a back up just in case.

_{congrats on flowers and mothers day tomorrow btw}

Posted by: Carnoustie at May 07, 2011 04:45 PM (CDtZU)

Yeah.  I've seen restrooms at run-down gas stations that look much better than that.  I can't even imagine the smell in that shithole. 

Posted by: Y-not at May 07, 2011 04:27 PM (pW2o

This just in:

The Obumbler administration in cooperation with Time Life Books will be offerring a full Commemorative set of  DVDs of the Osama home videos, narrated by "Teh One"

They will be released in time for the 2012 election.

This just in:

The Obumbler administration in cooperation with Time Life Books will be offerring a full Commemorative set of  DVDs of the Osama home videos, narrated by "Teh One"

They will be released in time for the 2012 election.

Posted by: Jackhole at May 07, 2011 04:50 PM (+qHxi)

Order now and get a free copy of "How I played golf and still got him"

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at May 07, 2011 04:39 PM (P+zzG)

That's what I'm talkin' 'bout!

All good things come from math.

_{congrats on flowers and mothers day tomorrow btw}

Posted by: ontherocks at May 07, 2011 04:44 PM (HBqDo)

Thanks...it was really sweet and a surprise to get them.

Posted by: Y-not at May 07, 2011 04:59 PM (pW2o

Dump it in the ocean with a muslim ceremony

Posted by: Y-not at May 07, 2011 05:01 PM (pW2o

That was this quarter, besides the accounting tricks they use and the fact that their debt mysteriously dissappeared most of their profits were in the US and caused by the earthquake in Japan. They had less competition. Their profit in China actually dropped.

 Their stock is still below issued price.

Posted by: toby928™ at May 07, 2011 05:03 PM (GTbGH)

Either that or keep them alive in the basement and bring 'em up periodically to bleed them out around the rose bushes. 

I bet if you looked at the income statement it would indicate that they did really well with their fudge.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at May 07, 2011 05:08 PM (0vDuM)

Are you kidding? With this asshat's history of licking Mooslime booty, that's about the only thing you can believe.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at May 07, 2011 05:05 PM (0vDuM)

I have trouble having them get over my name.

Posted by: Optimizer at May 07, 2011 05:14 PM (F56VB)

...and now it's fit for me to live in!!

Posted by: momma at May 07, 2011 05:13 PM (penCf)

I would also say that watching the Osama videos is much more attention-grabbing than any of Dear Leader's tv appearances.

Posted by: gesc at May 07, 2011 05:16 PM (SL1xT)

Posted by: Vic at May 07, 2011 05:14 PM (M9Ie6)

They still bust out the B52s sometimes and they haven't made those things in decades. I love those things. Look at the F4s. Everytime someone declares something is dead the battlefield finds use for it. The death of the supercarrier has been greatly exagerrated.  

407  ...and now it's fit for me to live in!! [by a goat]

See how they are? The US improves the neighborhood, and all the Pakis do is complain, complain, complain!

Posted by: gesc at May 07, 2011 05:16 PM (SL1xT)

Posted by: toby928™ at May 07, 2011 05:19 PM (GTbGH)

I think Sarah Palin is very much electable and would be a great president.

They still bust out the B52s sometimes and they haven't made those things in decades. I love those things. Look at the F4s. Everytime someone declares something is dead the battlefield finds use for it. The death of the supercarrier has been greatly exagerrated.  

Posted by: Jackhole at May 07, 2011 05:20 PM (+qHxi)

I don't think they are flying the f 4 anymore are they? They used them as wild weasles in the 80's but I think they have been replaced by f 18's

Ah, asked and answered Your Honor.

Mucho Macho Man has a cool ring to it AAAAAND that's all I know about horse racing.

Which is nothing. I don't care.

Posted by: Vic at May 07, 2011 05:25 PM (M9Ie6)

Sounds like a good read. Nothing says I love you like a good old fashioned carpet bombing.

Posted by: Soona at May 07, 2011 05:33 PM (O55hK)

I take it you're Fwench?

I take it you're Fwench?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 07, 2011 05:34 PM (UOM4

Nope.  Stalingrad-German.

Chad Connely elected SC GOP Chairman today

They still bust out the B52s sometimes and they haven't made those things in decades. I love those things. Look at the F4s. Everytime someone declares something is dead the battlefield finds use for it. The death of the supercarrier has been greatly exagerrated.  

Posted by: Jackhole at May 07, 2011 05:20 PM (+qHxi)

I don't think they are flying the f 4 anymore are they? They used them as wild weasles in the 80's but I think they have been replaced by f 18's

Posted by: robtr at May 07, 2011 05:29 PM (MtwBb)

Seems like they retired them in 96 from what I could find out. The did participate in the Gulf war extensively. They were ancient then.

Posted by: Cherry ð at May 07, 2011 05:35 PM (+sBB4)

That's one nifty hose carrier that guy's got.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at May 07, 2011 05:39 PM (c0A3e)

heh

For a really good read on the old BUFs read Flight of The Old Dog by Dale Brown

Linky no workie, Vic. But I found it anyway.

I don't think they are flying the f 4 anymore are they? They used them as wild weasles in the 80's but I think they have been replaced by f 18's

Heck, Eglin is running low on QF-4s (target drones) that they are heading to the boneyard to create QF-16s.  Other Air Forces still fly the F-4 though.

Posted by: momma at May 07, 2011 05:47 PM (penCf)

_{dammit momma....cleaning up iced tea off keyboard}

_{dammit momma....cleaning up iced tea off keyboard}

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 07, 2011 05:49 PM (UOM4

It has been raining for 2 straight months in OH.  I really needed a good laugh.

Posted by: Soona at May 07, 2011 05:48 PM (O55hK)

What's with the OR?

JWF:

Not only did the Pakistanis let a mass murderer live right under their noses -- they also looked the other way on zoning-code violations!

They didn't even go after him for unpaid property taxes

I'm starting a rumor that Osama isn't dead but has become a member of Obama's cabinet.

Posted by: Freddy Kruger at May 07, 2011 05:47 PM (DCSiq)

Freddy Kruger has always struck me as the Roman Polanski of slasher-murderers as he always goes after teenagers. 

 She used to throw great Derby parties.

I've always wanted to throw a combo Cinco de Mayo/Derby party.

I picture people getting really drunk and racing horse piñatas around the yard.

It has been raining for 2 straight months in OH.  I really needed a good laugh.

Posted by: momma at May 07, 2011 05:50 PM (penCf)

Get ready for another month of rain, it ain't over yet.

_{and what's a bunny sticker?}

I'm starting a rumor that Osama isn't dead but has become a member of Obama's cabinet.

Posted by: Mama AJ at May 07, 2011 05:53 PM (XdlcF)

Terrorist Czar.

 She used to throw great Derby parties.

I've always wanted to throw a combo Cinco de Mayo/Derby party.

I picture people getting really drunk and racing horse piñatas around the yard.

Posted by: Mama AJ at May 07, 2011 05:55 PM (XdlcF)

You didn't get your invite to the WH this year? 

Get ready for another month of rain, it ain't over yet.

_{and what's a bunny sticker?}

Posted by: ErikW at May 07, 2011 05:55 PM (uZPG

Seriously?!  Another freaking month?  I am so sick of being inside!!11!!11!

A playboy bunny sticker. So when you take it off you can see how tan you are.

PS:  I used to call it my pleasure cave but hubby thought I meant 'for his pleasure'.  Now it is my please cave because he has to ask very, very nicely (and I want pleased)

442 DEAR ABBY...

Er, um... what city did you say that was?

Posted by: momma at May 07, 2011 06:03 PM (penCf)

It read:  Your uniform is just so hawt!

Mrs. North just rolled back the computer a couple weeks during a routine troubleshooting adventure precipitated by a superfluous and unnecessary hardware "upgrade" that cost me $197.

Would it kill you to send me all your porn already?

I know Cahrles Jhonson is now officially an irrelevant clown...but this is fun anyway.

He's been busted by Weasel Zippers for inflating his hit count by 400%

Say, has anybody noticed yet how the people who are genuinely the happiest about Barry's Big Day are his biggest political foes, and how his greatest political allies seem kinda conflicted about the whole thing.

I wonder if it has also been forgotten how King Barry the Intelligence Analyst spared us from the endless Royal wedding coverage that had been going on. (IQTT!?!) Maybe he really does have a soft spot for the country, after all.

Really, the Bin Ladin thing has been like a reality TV show all week. Every day there's a different, dramatic story, and the best part is that the good guys always come out of it without a scratch, and the evil arch-villian always gets his comeupance in the end. Someday maybe we'll hear the full, real, story, but as long as the ending is the same, I'll be good with it. Til then, I'll be looking forward to the re-makes and sequels.

What is RAI news?

If as in  Priya Rai He doesn't what to play Golf today.

Posted by: buzzion at May 07, 2011 06:05 PM (oVQFe)

Every time the kids and I get ready to go outside it is raining again.

When we do get an hour or two without rain, the ground is too muddy to play on.

The farms look more like ponds.  Last year at this time corn was already growing strong.  This year, they haven't even plowed it yet.

I feel really bad for the people with smaller farm.  They don't have expensive crop insurance like the big farms do.

My life is becoming a "two trains leave their stations..." math problem. I'm trying to fit in different types of summer camps/classes for the kids. Some of them are offered multiple times, some are only one week. Swimming lessons are for a two week period. I'm trying to figure out the different ways this will all work out without me having to be in two places at once and it's giving me a headache.

Pretty sure tequila and mint julips are required to figure it out.

491 WOW: What could this note be?

I'm putting my money on "I have to do a #2."

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 07, 2011 06:10 PM (UOM4

That's why you had to go to LOWE'S!

When we do get an hour or two without rain, the ground is too muddy to play on.

Oh, that is no fun. I've had that here and in Maryland. I hate looking out the windows and seeing puddles on the lawn.

IIRC, Frito Bandito caught a lot a flak about being racist and got banned.

A playboy bunny sticker. So when you take it off you can see how tan you are.

PS:  I used to call it my pleasure cave but hubby thought I meant 'for his pleasure'.  Now it is my please cave because he has to ask very, very nicely (and I want pleased)

Posted by: momma at May 07, 2011 05:59 PM (penCf)

Ah! Got me some larnin' that I didn't expect. Thanks, momma!

Posted by: HeatherRadish at May 07, 2011 06:13 PM (0vDuM)

Leave the fire pie alone.

>>My life is becoming a "two trains leave their stations..." math problem. I'm trying to fit in different types of summer camps/classes for the kids. Some of them are offered multiple times, some are only one week. Swimming lessons are for a two week period. I'm trying to figure out the different ways this will all work out without me having to be in two places at once and it's giving me a headache.

Pretty sure tequila and mint julips are required to figure it out.

Posted by: Mama AJ at May 07, 2011 06:10 PM (XdlcF)

Car pooling is your friend, as is one of those big desk calendars hanging on your kitchen wall probably. I used to go crazy with setting up summer camps with my three kids, who are a single with twins one year younger, but all had different "wants" for summer camp.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 07, 2011 06:25 PM (UOM4

I've never understood why hand to hand combat is cool.

Boxing, wrestling, MMA, all that shit is supposed to be cool but it's half gay and mostly barbaric. That's why we have advanced weapons techniques so the baddies get capped before we get close enough to smell them.

But there is always the chance you might run out of ammo.

Posted by: buzzion at May 07, 2011 06:37 PM (oVQFe)

Good point.

I can't see that happening nowadays but you never know. As the Boy Scout motto goes, "Be Prepared."

Here is the speech that Richard Nixon gave on the night Apollo Eight made the moon landing:

“And so shortly after taking office, I directed Rocco Petrone, Apollo Program Director, to make landing on the Moon the top priority of our space program, even as we continued our broader efforts to explore space with satellites and probes.

Then, last August, after years of painstaking work by our aerospace community, I was briefed on a possible launch to the Moon. It was far from certain, and it took many months to study the options. I met repeatedly with my NASA team as we developed more information about the possibility. And finally, last month, I determined that we had enough confidence to take action, and authorized an operation to go to the Moon.

Today, at my direction, the Lunar Module separated from the Command Module, and began itÂ’s descent to the Sea of Tranquility. Then, I gave orders to land the craft to Flight Director, Gene Kranz. A small, three-man team of Americans carried out the operation with extraordinary courage and capability. No Americans were harmed.  After a soft landing, they set foot on the surface of the Moon and raised the Stars and Stripes.”

Just to so we're all referring to the same speach:

"Good evening. Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of Al-Qaeda, and a terrorist who's responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women, and children.

"It was nearly 10 years ago that a bright September day was darkened by the worst attack on the American people in our history. The images of 9/11 are seared into our national memory - hijacked planes cutting through a cloudless September sky; the Twin Towers collapsing to the ground; black smoke billowing up from the Pentagon; the wreckage of Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where the actions of heroic citizens saved even more heartbreak and destruction.

"And yet we know that the worst images are those that were unseen to the world. The empty seat at the dinner table. Children who were forced to grow up without their mother or their father. Parents who would never know the feeling of their child's embrace. Nearly 3,000 citizens taken from us, leaving a gaping hole in our hearts.

"On September 11, 2001, in our time of grief, the American people came together. We offered our neighbors a hand, and we offered the wounded our blood. We reaffirmed our ties to each other, and our love of community and country. On that day, no matter where we came from, what God  we prayed to, or what race or ethnicity we were, we were united as one American family.

"We were also united in our resolve to protect our nation and to bring those who committed this vicious attack to justice. We quickly learned that the 9/11 attacks were carried out by Al-Qaeda - an organization headed by Osama bin Laden, which had openly declared war on the United States and was committed to killing innocents in our country and around the globe. And so we went to war against Al-Qaeda to protect our citizens, our friends, and our allies.

"Over the last 10 years, thanks to the tireless and heroic work of our military and our counterterrorism professionals, we've made great strides in that effort. We've disrupted terrorist attacks and strengthened our homeland defense. In Afghanistan, we removed the Taliban government, which had given bin Laden and Al-Qaeda safe haven and support. And around the globe, we worked with our friends and allies to capture or kill scores of Al-Qaeda terrorists, including several who were a part of the 9/11 plot.

"Yet Osama bin Laden avoided capture and escaped across the Afghan border into Pakistan. Meanwhile, Al-Qaeda continued to operate from along that border and operate through its affiliates across the world.

"And so shortly after taking office, I directed Leon Panetta, the director of the CIA, to make the killing or capture of bin Laden the top priority of our war against Al-Qaeda, even as we continued our broader efforts to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat his network.

"Then, last August, after years of painstaking work by our intelligence community, I was briefed on a possible lead to bin Laden. It was far from certain, and it took many months to run this thread to ground. I met repeatedly with my national security team as we developed more information about the possibility that we had located bin Laden hiding within a compound deep inside of Pakistan. And finally, last week, I determined that we had enough intelligence to take action, and authorized an operation to get Osama bin Laden and bring him to justice.

"Today, at my direction, the United States launched a targeted operation against that compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. A small team of Americans carried out the operation with extraordinary courage and capability. No Americans were harmed. They took care to avoid civilian casualties. After a firefight, they killed Osama bin Laden and took custody of his body.

"For over two decades, bin Laden has been Al-Qaeda's leader and symbol, and has continued to plot attacks against our country and our friends and allies. The death of bin Laden marks the most significant achievement to date in our nation's effort to defeat Al-Qaeda.

"Yet his death does not mark the end of our effort. There's no doubt that Al-Qaeda will continue to pursue attacks against us. We must - and we will - remain vigilant at home and abroad.

"As we do, we must also reaffirm that the United States is not - and never will be - at war with Islam. I've made clear, just as President Bush did shortly after 9/11, that our war is not against Islam. Bin Laden was not a Muslim leader; he was a mass murderer of Muslims. Indeed, Al-Qaeda has slaughtered scores of Muslims in many countries, including our own. So his demise should be welcomed by all who believe in peace and human dignity.

"Over the years, I've repeatedly made clear that we would take action within Pakistan if we knew where bin Laden was. That is what we've done. But it's important to note that our counterterrorism cooperation with Pakistan helped lead us to bin Laden and the compound where he was hiding. Indeed, bin Laden had declared war against Pakistan as well, and ordered attacks against the Pakistani people.

"Tonight, I called President Zardari, and my team has also spoken with their Pakistani counterparts. They agree that this is a good and historic day for both of our nations. And going forward, it is essential that Pakistan continue to join us in the fight against al Qaeda and its affiliates.

"The American people did not choose this fight. It came to our shores, and started with the senseless slaughter of our citizens. After nearly 10 years of service, struggle, and sacrifice, we know well the costs of war. These efforts weigh on me every time I, as Commander-in-Chief, have to sign a letter to a family that has lost a loved one, or look into the eyes of a service member who's been gravely wounded.

"So Americans understand the costs of war. Yet as a country, we will never tolerate our security being threatened, nor stand idly by when our people have been killed. We will be relentless in defence of our citizens and our friends and allies. We will be true to the values that make us who we are. And on nights like this one, we can say to those families who have lost loved ones to Al-Qaeda's terror: Justice has been done.

"Tonight, we give thanks to the countless intelligence and counterterrorism professionals who've worked tirelessly to achieve this outcome. The American people do not see their work, nor know their names. But tonight, they feel the satisfaction of their work and the result of their pursuit of justice.

"We give thanks for the men who carried out this operation, for they exemplify the professionalism, patriotism, and unparalleled courage of those who serve our country. And they are part of a generation that has borne the heaviest share of the burden since that September day.

"Finally, let me say to the families who lost loved ones on 9/11 that we have never forgotten your loss, nor wavered in our commitment to see that we do whatever it takes to prevent another attack on our shores.

"And tonight, let us think back to the sense of unity that prevailed on 9/11. I know that it has, at times, frayed. Yet today's achievement is a testament to the greatness of our country and the determination of the American people.

"The cause of securing our country is not complete. But tonight, we are once again reminded that America can do whatever we set our mind to. That is the story of our history, whether it's the pursuit of prosperity for our people, or the struggle for equality for all our citizens; our commitment to stand up for our values abroad, and our sacrifices to make the world a safer place.

"Let us remember that we can do these things not just because of wealth or power, but because of who we are: one nation, under God , indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

"Thank you. May God  bless you. And may God  bless the United States of America."

The word we is used 57 times.

The word our is used 51 times.

American: 10

America: 14

God: 4

“I” is used 7 times

And, I believe he did thank a few people

While the speech is a good comparison of different stances there really was a difference in the two captures.  The capture of Saddam was just a lucky day in a war that Bush was no longer looking to draw attention to his personal involvment. On the Bin Ladin operation,  the President could claim some credit, because he was personally involved in the operation.

If you want to read some "I, me, and my" all you need to read is Bush's Decision Point.  He gives very little credit to the people who told him what he should do.  It's always I decided.  Never, I was convinced by ...