March 25, 2011

Watching the liberals peel off [Fritzworth]
— Open Blogger

A few days ago, it was Richard Cohen. Now it's his fellow Washington Post columnist, Eugene Robinson:


Is it just me? Am I the only one who's utterly confused about the rationale, goals, tactics and strategy of the U.S.-led military intervention in Libya?

Thought not.

I call it a U.S.-led operation because, people, let's be real. Without U.S. diplomatic leadership, there would have been no U.N. Security Council resolution. Without U.S. military leadership, there would have been no coordinated shock-and-awe attack to put dictator Moammar Gaddafi's rampaging forces back on their heels. On Thursday, after days of bickering, we heard a grand announcement that NATO will take command of the operation. Don't believe it. The United States will be functionally in charge, and thus on the hook, until this ends.

So what the hell are we doing? I realize that President Obama and his advisers have answered this question many times, but I feel it's necessary to keep asking until the answers begin to make sense.

Yeah, pretty much sums up my own feelings. And Robinson, unlike Cohen, feels no need to throw in some cheap shots at Bush, probably because right now Bush is looking pretty good in how he handled Afghanistan and Iraq. In fact, I think that Obama has done and is doing more to rehabilitate Bush's reputation and popularity than anything the Right could have done. But he has done so at a terrible cost to us, to our children, and to our country.

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[update after the jump]
From the comments comes a link to this video:

"Do you realize you are making Charlie Sheen look rational?" ..fritz..

Posted by: Open Blogger at 07:10 AM | Comments (167)
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1 Miss Me Yet?

Posted by: Boooosh! at March 25, 2011 07:12 AM (zyaZ1)

2 Or me?

Posted by: The Joooos! at March 25, 2011 07:13 AM (zyaZ1)

3 Never heard of any of these people.

Posted by: Charlie Gibson at March 25, 2011 07:13 AM (0IPsJ)

4 So this is what a war run by clueless college professors looks like.  God help our military.

Posted by: Hedgehog at March 25, 2011 07:13 AM (Rn2kl)

5 Do the prius' parked on college campuses now have "Attack Libya NO!" stickers on them yet?

Posted by: Hedgehog at March 25, 2011 07:14 AM (Rn2kl)

6 Nostalgia for my Cock is always on the rise.

Posted by: Dick Cheney at March 25, 2011 07:15 AM (5ZPyY)

7 I realize that President Obama and his advisers have answered this question many times

Huh? When? I guess I'm mistaken

*shrugs*

I'm still waiting for his interview that doesn't involve an ESPN news crew. 

Posted by: laceyunderalls at March 25, 2011 07:16 AM (Iy1jo)

8 The only problem with a crap sandwich is that eventually, someone has to eat it.

Posted by: Bill Mitchell at March 25, 2011 07:17 AM (x3Anv)

9

Sparky the commander isn't working out all that well. It seems everything he complained about has proven the correct way to do things. Who knew?

Posted by: Bueno Arbusto at March 25, 2011 07:18 AM (Q5+Og)

Posted by: The Joooos! at March 25, 2011 07:18 AM (zyaZ1)

11 I'm still waiting for his interview that doesn't involve an ESPN news crew. 

Posted by: laceyunderalls at March 25, 2011 11:16 AM (Iy1jo)

Don't worry, if that ever does happen President Jugears McDipshit will just ignore the question and fillibuster with a 15 minute irrelevant answer.

Either that or he will cancel claiming that he doesn't have a white or blue shirt to wear.  Fuck!

Posted by: Hedgehog at March 25, 2011 07:18 AM (Rn2kl)

12 The part where Obama wants NATO to lead has always confused me.

If the cost to the US in materials, risk and manpower doesn't change with NATO leadership why would we want to outsource the leadership?

Posted by: Buzzsaw at March 25, 2011 07:18 AM (tf9Ne)

13 Something about this whole thing smells to me. 

Posted by: jewells45 at March 25, 2011 07:19 AM (l/N7H)

14 My question is about NATO.  Will they be in charge of our troops?  If so, that seems contrary to what should be happening.  And what is our government doing to insure that no Kinetic military action is taken against us?

Posted by: chillin the most at March 25, 2011 07:19 AM (6IV8T)

15 4 So this is what a war run by clueless college professors looks like.  God help our military.

Obama and Libya: The professorÂ’s war

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at March 25, 2011 07:19 AM (9hSKh)

16 His actions almost look as though he has never run anything before...Oh, never mind.

Posted by: Hedgehog at March 25, 2011 07:20 AM (Rn2kl)

17 What cracks me up abt the idea of Kinetic warfare is that the speakers have no idea what it actually looks like.

Posted by: Zakn at March 25, 2011 07:20 AM (zyaZ1)

18

 In fact, I think that Obama has done and is doing more to rehabilitate Bush's reputation and popularity than anything the Right could have done. But he has done so at a terrible cost to us, to our children, and to our country. ..fritz..

Don't worry.  The BLM won't let that meme out of the bag.

Do the prius' parked on college campuses now have "Attack Libya NO!" stickers on them yet?

Actually... no.  We're still loving Obama at my college campus.  Although the incidence of actual Obama bumper stickers is at about 45%, down from a high of about 70% in 2008.

Posted by: Truman North at March 25, 2011 07:20 AM (8ay4x)

19 Maybe Bammy will run into Daffy on Chatroulette, and they'll just you know... work it out.

Posted by: sherlock at March 25, 2011 07:20 AM (Xq2WY)

20 Thats us whipping ass and taking ground. Which is opposite speak from what they mean.

Posted by: Zakn at March 25, 2011 07:21 AM (zyaZ1)

21

Here is one of those cartoon videos (Xtra Normal) that explains it all quite well.

Perfect video to send off to your libtard friends/co-workers/relatives etc...

Posted by: Roadking at March 25, 2011 07:22 AM (vcTAC)

22 If the cost to the US in materials, risk and manpower doesn't change with NATO leadership why would we want to outsource the leadership?

Posted by: Buzzsaw at March 25, 2011 11:18 AM (tf9Ne)

-------------------------------------------------

He wants to outsource the blame if things go wrong.  You know, 2012 and all.

Posted by: Shoppy at March 25, 2011 07:23 AM (5aWTl)

23 Although the incidence of actual Obama bumper stickers is at about 45%, down from a high of about 70% in 2008.

Sadly, many of the defectors probably think Obama isn't liberal enough. 

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at March 25, 2011 07:23 AM (9hSKh)

24 yeah remember that guy that was rificuled for ridiculously hugh unemployment of 3.5%?

who gained approval of both chambers of congress before firing a single shot?

who actually had a budget deficit annually of below a trillion dollars?

"never heard of him"

//Charlie Gibson

Posted by: sven10077 at March 25, 2011 07:24 AM (kq1lG)

25 24 Kratos,

as long as the split gets Ogabe out who cares?

Posted by: sven10077 at March 25, 2011 07:24 AM (kq1lG)

26 Miss me yet?

Posted by: Jimmy Carter at March 25, 2011 07:25 AM (0pBLV)

27 Stolen from another thread:

So, Obama voters: You voted for Obama and you got:

A worse recession,

Higher gas prices,

Inflation,

Higher unemployment,

Increased influence from corporations and lobbyists,

A ruined health care system,

Gitmo still open,

Reduced respect from Europe,

Disdain from the Muslim world,

and now, after all that, he engages in a war with no goal, no strategy and no endgame that he is taking far less seriously than Bush took anything regarding the military.

So what the hell did you guys vote for anyway?


Posted by: AmishDude at March 25, 2011 07:26 AM (T0NGe)

28 Posted by: laceyunderalls at March 25, 2011 11:16 AM (Iy1jo)

Oh, he's answered it.  It's just that, as Robinson implies, none of his answers are actually coherent.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at March 25, 2011 07:26 AM (8y9MW)

29 No blood for ego!

Posted by: AoSHQ's worst commenter, DarkLord© at March 25, 2011 07:27 AM (GBXon)

30 If the cost to the US in materials, risk and manpower doesn't change with NATO leadership why would we want to outsource the leadership?

Gotta think about this from Ogabe's perspective.  Its not outsourcing leadership, its outsourcing blame if/when the shit goes sideways. 

Posted by: Purple Avenger at March 25, 2011 07:27 AM (lC1cE)

31 Syrian troops are firing on Syrian Civilians as we speak. Wonder what Obama's brand spanking new Ambassador is doing? Hey Bami that outreach to Syria is working out great ha?

Posted by: nevergiveup at March 25, 2011 07:27 AM (0GFWk)

32 Chiming in on the 3rd thread of the day, I better catch up with a trifecta:

Boned. Boned. Boned.  There, I feel better.

Oh, and yeah this makes Bush look better and the hypocritical lefties look stupid.  Bush had what, 17 UN resolutions, congressional approval, hearings, oval office addresses and all those other hoops.  Yet he was rushing into war.

Posted by: Guy Fawkes at March 25, 2011 07:27 AM (Z1jiu)

33 Well, if Bush hadn't led us into an illegal war in Iraq, there would be peace in the Middle East right now.  President Obama(may he live forever) wouldn't have to send our troops into harms way if it weren't for Karl Rove and Dick Cheney.

Posted by: Typical Obama Voter at March 25, 2011 07:29 AM (8y9MW)

34 Funny.....I thought we were NOT the world police. Perhaps we are the world ORGANIZERS.

Posted by: rightzilla at March 25, 2011 07:29 AM (BrvL2)

35 So if we don't take a bad guy out, are we "supporting dictators"?

Posted by: jeannie at March 25, 2011 07:29 AM (GdalM)

36 Posted by: Typical Obama Voter at March 25, 2011 11:29 AM (8y9MW)

And now I need a shower...

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at March 25, 2011 07:29 AM (8y9MW)

37 I realize that President Obama and his advisers have answered this question many times.

Huh? When? I guess I'm mistaken

I think Robinson's point is that none of the answers make sense or jibe with reality. What he doesn't point out explicitly (and, IMHO, should have) is that the answers (and terminology) keep changing daily. ..fritz..

Posted by: fritzworth at March 25, 2011 07:30 AM (TEVqY)

38

Something about this whole thing smells to me. 

You must be the one that has to eat the crap sandwich.  sorry.

Posted by: tom brady's hair at March 25, 2011 07:30 AM (AT52Q)

39 Syrian troops are firing on Syrian Civilians as we speak.

That happens all the time in Syria, it just doesn't usually make the news.  When Jr's father was in power, Syrian artillery completely flattened and literally erased a whole town as retribution for something the townsfolk did that irritated him.

Posted by: Purple Avenger at March 25, 2011 07:30 AM (lC1cE)

40

Iran - the regime gets a pass.  Egypt - the regime's got to go.  Syria - the regime gets a pass.  Libya - the regime's got to go.

Policymaking by coin flip.

Posted by: Cicero at March 25, 2011 07:31 AM (0pBLV)

41 ARE.YOU.NOT.ENTERTAINED?

Posted by: baraximus at March 25, 2011 07:32 AM (GTbGH)

42 Methinks Sparky is missing his strategery. Its like mojo, but operates on a rational dialectic.

Posted by: Bueno Arbusto at March 25, 2011 07:32 AM (Q5+Og)

43 28 Amish dude,


CLOSING 'Gitmo WINGNUTZ!

//moonbat

Posted by: sven10077 at March 25, 2011 07:32 AM (kq1lG)

44 Policymaking by coin flip.

I'm sure its more scientific than that.  We probably bought some billion dollar uranium decay randomizer to make weighty decisions.

Posted by: Purple Avenger at March 25, 2011 07:33 AM (lC1cE)

45 That happens all the time in Syria, it just doesn't usually make the news. When Jr's father was in power, Syrian artillery completely flattened and literally erased a whole town as retribution for something the townsfolk did that irritated him. Posted by: Purple Avenger at March 25, 2011 11:30 AM (lC1cE) Yes I am well aware of Hama. But since Obama deemed his diplomatic skills so great that he thought returning an Ambassador to Syria was such a great idea, I just wondered what the oracle of Chicago thought about that? And hell what? no No fly zone over syria? Or is Obama to concerned with bathrooms on the West bank?

Posted by: nevergiveup at March 25, 2011 07:34 AM (0GFWk)

46

Iran - the regime gets a pass.  Egypt - the regime's got to go.  Syria - the regime gets a pass.  Libya - the regime's got to go.

Policymaking by coin flip.


Nah, no coil flip.  The most muzzie side gets the support.  Could be a coinkydink, I suppose, but I think not.

Posted by: Guy Fawkes at March 25, 2011 07:34 AM (Z1jiu)

47

Iran - the regime gets a pass.  Egypt - the regime's got to go.  Syria - the regime gets a pass.  Libya - the regime's got to go.

Hondurans following their Constitution? 

Unacceptable!

Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2011 07:35 AM (5ZPyY)

48

Policymaking by coin flip.

I'm sure its more scientific than that.  We probably bought some billion dollar uranium decay randomizer to make weighty decisions.

I think they're using the Obama inaguaral commerative coins that Montel Williams, et al were hawking a few years ago. 

Some days it seems like only yesterday and other days such a long, long time ago.

Posted by: tom brady's hair at March 25, 2011 07:35 AM (AT52Q)

49 The comparison of Libya with Afghanistan and Iraq is not valid. We had just been attacked and were responding. Libya was presently no threat to the US though now no doubt Kadaffy is plotting his revenge ( which requires us to take him out) . This is more comparable to Clinton and the Balkans. Obama is just slightly worse than Clinton on prosecuting military action.

Posted by: polynikes at March 25, 2011 07:35 AM (Vt8uu)

50 33 Syrian troops are firing on Syrian Civilians as we speak. Wonder what Obama's brand spanking new Ambassador is doing? Hey Bami that outreach to Syria is working out great ha?

Gates calls for Syrian forces to move aside

Very unlikely.  Syria is run by an Alawite minority and if Assad and the regime fall, there are going to be lots of people pushed up against a wall, starting with Assad and his family.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at March 25, 2011 07:36 AM (9hSKh)

51

The most muzzie side gets the support.  Could be a coinkydink, I suppose, but I think not.

Go with your gut.

Posted by: Rashid Kahlidi at March 25, 2011 07:36 AM (5ZPyY)

52 coil = coin. And why did my italics fail me, oh, the humanity!

Posted by: Guy Fawkes at March 25, 2011 07:36 AM (Z1jiu)

53 HoneyBama's mo remains steadfast. Dilly dally for extended periods of time like an undergrad in a coffee shop taking his first philosophy class... Then make the wrong decision. Implement the wrong decision and FAIL in huge ways.

Posted by: rightzilla at March 25, 2011 07:36 AM (BrvL2)

54 No Blood For O

Posted by: polynikes at March 25, 2011 07:37 AM (Vt8uu)

55 Gates calls for Syrian forces to move aside Very unlikely. Syria is run by an Alawite minority and if Assad and the regime fall, there are going to be lots of people pushed up against a wall, starting with Assad and his family. Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at March 25, 2011 11:36 AM (9hSKh) Just spit balling here, but maybe the boobs in DC might consider withdrawing our Brand New Ambassador as a sign?

Posted by: nevergiveup at March 25, 2011 07:37 AM (0GFWk)

56

repost from last thread:

Wayne LaPierre of the NRA is was on Beck right now claiming that the Obama administration has set up a de facto illegal gun-smuggling ring with Mexico in order to funnel assault weapons into Mexico, hoping that some of those guns will be used against Americans north of the border, in order to push through stronger gun laws.

Posted by: Truman North at March 25, 2011 07:39 AM (8ay4x)

57

 I realize that President Obama and his advisers have answered this question many times

Huh? When? I guess I'm mistaken

Don't despair.  On numerous occasions, President Billy Jeff and his co-president wife answered the same question many times as well.  Sometimes the answer was given under oath, even.  Like Nixon, the current statement is operative until the next clarification makes previous statements inoperative.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 25, 2011 07:39 AM (XBM1t)

58

Bush had 18 UN resolutions, over 30 countries in his coalition and he had not only a vote in his Congress, he also had the backing of the previous administration/congress with the passage of the 1998 Iraq Liberation Act. Not quite the 'rush to kinetic millitary activity' that the MFM/Dems repeated every day.

Posted by: Schwalbe : The © at March 25, 2011 07:39 AM (UU0OF)

59 I'm starting to think that maybe Barry is not really qualified to be President.

Posted by: toby928™ at March 25, 2011 07:40 AM (GTbGH)

60 Meh, the liberals at my government funded workplace are over Barry but they are whining about the the new Republican congress not getting a budget. They switched topics when I walked into the hallway so I didn't really have an opening to remind them that its San Fran Nan's fault for not getting a 2010-2011 budget done. Gubmint fiscal year runs Oct -Sep IIRC --and their only solution to the deficit and debt is we needed and need to raise taxes. Maybe a good portion of these idiots will be too dispirited to go to the polls in 2012 but they are not 'getting it' yet.

Posted by: Palerider at March 25, 2011 07:40 AM (FYUWS)

61 12 The part where Obama wants NATO to lead has always confused me.

If the cost to the US in materials, risk and manpower doesn't change with NATO leadership why would we want to outsource the leadership?

Posted by: Buzzsaw at March 25, 2011 11:18 AM (tf9Ne)

One word.  Plausible deniability!

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 25, 2011 07:41 AM (XBM1t)

62 Liberals, in their hearts, hate this action. A lot of them are currently supporting it for purely political reasons, or based on some measure of 'scale'. You know, like how we remark on how Bush deficits are bad but don't compare to Obama deficits.  They are trying to get themselves into believing this war is a 'lesser evil". It's all a trick, though. It won't work.

 It's an interesting test of who the true believers are, I guess. You almost have to have some respect for a kook like Kucinich. His worldview is retarded, but at least it's consistent. Biden? Not so much.

Posted by: Crazee at March 25, 2011 07:41 AM (xsoRi)

63 Cheer up everybody - "It's Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday.  Everybodys looking forward to the weekend, weekend.  It's Friday .......

Posted by: rebecca black at March 25, 2011 07:41 AM (AT52Q)

64

I saw Robinson's piece in our local rag a few days ago, where he has a regular column. He is a doctrinaire liberal, by the book; and he has, thus far, found a way to twist any Obama development with a liberal's spin - until now.

This surprised me, but in rethinking it, he seems to be what you might call a "serious" liberal. That is, he is 100% tried and true left wing in pretty much all aspects, because that is what he sincerely believes. He's pretty much anti-war, no matter who the President is. He's not driven by wanting to be cool, or hip, or hating Bush and Republicans because that's what they do in Hollywood.

Interesting, and I like to see it, but in 2012 he'll vote Obama, albeit with a few reservations, because that is what serious liberals do. You'll never see them pull a Mike Smerconish, a 'moderate' talk show host from Philly who had always voted R and was a Bush supporter once, but who got fed up with the war and voted for Obama in 2010. They will NEVER be part of a "reverse 52%".  

 

Posted by: RM at March 25, 2011 07:42 AM (TRsME)

65 This is more comparable to Clinton and the Balkans.

Hope we don't blow up a Chinese embassy anywhere.  The chinese might think "Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me."

Posted by: tt at March 25, 2011 07:43 AM (AT52Q)

66

Mike Smerconish

Smirko is a lap dog for whoever holds the leash.  And it don't take a lot to grab his leash, as it turns out.

Posted by: Truman North at March 25, 2011 07:44 AM (8ay4x)

67 12 The part where Obama wants NATO to lead has always confused me.

If the cost to the US in materials, risk and manpower doesn't change with NATO leadership why would we want to outsource the leadership?
________

Blamethrowing.

Posted by: Anachronda at March 25, 2011 07:44 AM (FzhYM)

68 I prefer Flamehrowing.


Posted by: Crazee at March 25, 2011 07:45 AM (xsoRi)

69 Gah! Flamethrowing.

Posted by: Crazee at March 25, 2011 07:45 AM (xsoRi)

70 Obama outdone by a labradoodle. Nice line!

Posted by: t-bird at March 25, 2011 07:46 AM (FcR7P)

71 Don't make me give my Cairo speech again!

Posted by: Rule of the World at March 25, 2011 07:46 AM (KUcUM)

72 Blamethrowing.

Nice.

Posted by: toby928™ at March 25, 2011 07:46 AM (GTbGH)

73 These motherfuckers are starting already.  From a NYT piece linked on NRO.


“We didn’t want to get sucked into an operation with uncertainty at the end,” the senior administration official said. “In some ways, how it turns out is not on our shoulders.”


Posted by: Hedgehog at March 25, 2011 07:47 AM (Rn2kl)

74 hey article in the NY Slime today about how. low and behold, it seems the Muslim Brotherhood is taking over the "revolution" in Egypt? It seems the liberals never saw this coming? Oh G-D we're all gonna die with these idiots in charge

Posted by: nevergiveup at March 25, 2011 07:47 AM (0GFWk)

75 Flamehoing works, sorta.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 25, 2011 07:47 AM (XBM1t)

76

Blamethrowing.

Brilliant!

Posted by: Truman North at March 25, 2011 07:47 AM (8ay4x)

77 Eugene Robinson wrote a piece that doesn't accuse every R voter of racism? I'm shocked

Posted by: Mr Pink at March 25, 2011 07:48 AM (aREfT)

78 The Rebecca Black sock has to be killed.  With fire.  Or better, with a barrage of nuclear ICBMs.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at March 25, 2011 07:49 AM (9hSKh)

79

" if Assad and the regime fall, there are going to be lots of people pushed up against a wall, starting with Assad and his family."

 

I'm okay with that. Sins of the father and all. Shoosh.

Posted by: Bueno Arbusto at March 25, 2011 07:49 AM (Q5+Og)

80 The buck stops over there somewhere.

Posted by: Chicago Jesus at March 25, 2011 07:51 AM (EL+OC)

81 79 Blamethrowing.

Brilliant!
________

I can't take the credit. It's from "Mystery Men"; the mad scientist tries to sell our intrepid band of heroes a blamethrower.

Posted by: Anachronda at March 25, 2011 07:51 AM (IrbU4)

82 But now we haz free healthcare!

Posted by: Obama Voter at March 25, 2011 07:51 AM (3nrx7)

83

The Rebecca Black sock has to be killed.  With fire.  Or better, with a barrage of nuclear ICBMs.

But it's Friday.

Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2011 07:52 AM (5ZPyY)

84 I like that woman's body.

Posted by: ParisParamus at March 25, 2011 07:52 AM (bN5ZU)

85 SAN ANTONIO—After a slow start last Thursday in which they were upset in the first round by 13-seed Morehead State, the Louisville Cardinals have come roaring back in the NCAA Tournament, putting together several dominating performances and advancing to the Elite Eight.

Posted by: Truman North at March 25, 2011 07:52 AM (8ay4x)

86 77 hey article in the NY Slime today about how. low and behold, it seems the Muslim Brotherhood is taking over the "revolution" in Egypt? It seems the liberals never saw this coming? Oh G-D we're all gonna die with these idiots in charge   No, they didn't.  Same mindset as those who stop on the RR tracks for a redlight.  Then act surprised when the crossing arms lower in front and behind them while a train whistle starts to sound.... 

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 25, 2011 07:53 AM (XBM1t)

87 After a month solid of bad news, disasters, epic failures by O-Commie on every front, I need some time off. 

Time to plug in the Atari and play Pong.  Or missile command!

Posted by: tangonine at March 25, 2011 07:54 AM (x3YFz)

88 28 Stolen from another thread:

So, Obama voters: You voted for Obama and you got:

A worse recession,

Higher gas prices,

Inflation,

Higher unemployment,

Increased influence from corporations and lobbyists,

A ruined health care system,

Gitmo still open,

Reduced respect from Europe,

Disdain from the Muslim world,

and now, after all that, he engages in a war with no goal, no strategy and no endgame that he is taking far less seriously than Bush took anything regarding the military.

So what the hell did you guys vote for anyway?

A gradual weakening of the United States to the point of inevitable Socialist revolution... It's progressing nicely so far!

Posted by: Cloward-Piven disciple #368 at March 25, 2011 07:55 AM (cv5Iw)

89 Spacing fail.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 25, 2011 07:55 AM (XBM1t)

90 Posted by: tangonine at March 25, 2011 11:54 AM (x3YFz)

Stay on your computer, and [Search Engine of Choice] a game called "Hack Slash Crawl."  Apparently written by an online acquaintance of my brother.  Pretty fun, if you just want to kill monsters and take their stuff.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at March 25, 2011 07:55 AM (8y9MW)

91 Also in the NYT, it appears that NATO is working on a 2nd phase document that includes a "no drive zone"  I shit you not.  Good Lord.

Posted by: Hedgehog at March 25, 2011 07:56 AM (Rn2kl)

92

SAN ANTONIO—After a slow start last Thursday in which they were upset in the first round by 13-seed Morehead State, the Louisville Cardinals have come roaring back in the NCAA Tournament, putting together several dominating performances and advancing to the Elite Eight.

Obviously from the same twit that writes Janet Napolitano's squawks.

Posted by: Zombie Uncle Leo (Really) at March 25, 2011 07:56 AM (B+qrE)

93 It must be very painful for Obama voters to have to process what is going on now with Libya. I can't imagine the contortions they are having to do in order to continue to believe Obama is great and whatever he does is golden.

Posted by: ParanoidAnxietyGirlInSeattle at March 25, 2011 07:56 AM (RZ8pf)

94

The Rebecca Black sock has to be killed.  With fire.  Or better, with a barrage of nuclear ICBMs.

I denounce myself.

Posted by: tom brady's hair at March 25, 2011 07:57 AM (AT52Q)

95 I'm okay with that. Sins of the father and all. Shoosh.

I wouldn't mind either, except that what will emerge post-Assad will probably be an MB-run state.  And Syria has WMDs, at least bio and chemical - they are working on nuclear arms too.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at March 25, 2011 07:57 AM (9hSKh)

96

Also in the NYT, it appears that NATO is working on a 2nd phase document that includes a "no drive zone"

Might as well go all-in for "no ride," "no walk," and "no loiter in the neighborhood suspiciously" zones, too.

Posted by: Zombie Uncle Leo (Really) at March 25, 2011 07:58 AM (B+qrE)

97

 ...a "no drive zone"  I shit you not.  Good Lord.

ALL of Labia is now a 'Shuck and Jive Zone'

Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2011 07:58 AM (5ZPyY)

98 Sock off.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 25, 2011 07:58 AM (B+qrE)

99 97 It must be very painful for Obama voters to have to process what is going on now with Libya. I can't imagine the contortions they are having to do in order to continue to believe Obama is great and whatever he does is golden.

Don't worry about them.  Cognitive dissonance and double-speak are second nature to liberals. 

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at March 25, 2011 08:00 AM (9hSKh)

100 We sure dodged a bullet with that Palin chick!

Posted by: grognard at March 25, 2011 08:00 AM (NS2Mo)

101

Also in the NYT, it appears that NATO is working on a 2nd phase document that includes a "no drive zone"

Putting and chipping only.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 25, 2011 08:01 AM (XBM1t)

102
The spin on the lefty radio shows: Obama's has a "genuine" coalition.
They're saying Bush created the "illusion" of a coalition.

This is who we are losing to at the polls...

Posted by: Soothsayer3P0 at March 25, 2011 08:02 AM (uFokq)

103

ahhh...chants for 'Allah' and 'Sharia' on the Arab street.

Almost as beautiful as the Adahn....

Arab Spring.

Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama at March 25, 2011 08:03 AM (5ZPyY)

104 Also in the NYT, it appears that NATO is working on a 2nd phase document that includes a "no drive zone"

That's OK, Insty says the CBO's recommending that Obama put GPS units in all our cars so they can tax us by miles driven.  The part where Dems can get a positive GPS missile lock on AoSHQ commenters is purely a coincidence, I'm sure.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 25, 2011 08:04 AM (p05LM)

105 Has His Awesomeness apologized yet for saying that the surge in Iraq would fail?

Posted by: nerdygirl at March 25, 2011 08:06 AM (e11O8)

106 It is good to know that one of the rebel commanders in Eastern Libya actually fought against us in Afghanistan.  I'm really glad that we are serving as his air force.

It's on tepid air.  I'm too fucking disgusted, frustrated and lazy to link.

Posted by: Hedgehog at March 25, 2011 08:07 AM (Rn2kl)

107 In the xtranormal vid, the ending in priceless.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 25, 2011 08:08 AM (XBM1t)

108 Also in the NYT, it appears that NATO is working on a 2nd phase document that includes a "no drive zone" To be delivered by the US Czar of Not Running With Scissors.

Posted by: t-bird at March 25, 2011 08:08 AM (FcR7P)

109 I swear, the female in the xtranormal vid sounds like my sister and all of my in-laws. 

*hurries to forward vid to them*  snerk

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 25, 2011 08:09 AM (UOM48)

110 lol, all the protests around the ME make for the Mother of all No-Fly Zones (MOANs) if we're being consistent.

/Just heard on Rush. 

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at March 25, 2011 08:09 AM (9hSKh)

111 Wouldn't it be nice if any of those wonderful, new reps we elected, the GOP, or fucking anyone other than only right wing blogs noticed the endless list of FAIL of this administration? Heck, I know that no one listens to anything we care about but what about all the crap that Obama was supposed to "fix" from the evil Booosh! years?

- Closing Gitmo- fail
- Catching Bin Laden- fail
- Bringing troops home from Iraq- fail
- "Surge" in Afghanistan- fail
- Bringing troops home from Afghanistan- fail
- Meeting with dictators without preconditions- fail
- N. Korea playing nice with us- fail
- Ahmedinnerjacket taking his meds- fail
- The world respecting us- fail
- "Reset" button- fail
- Olympic bid- fail
- Nationalized Healthcare- fail
- Semi- Nationalized Healthcare- Success!!111eleventy... except for the more than 1000 waivers and the fact that no one has gained coverage and many people have lost coverage
- If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor- fail
- If you like your insurance, you can keep your insurance- fail
- No more terrorist attacks- fail
- Israel- fail
- Cheap gas- fail
- Chevy Volt- fail
- Alternative Energy- fail
- Green Jobs- fail
- Recovery Summer- fail
- Cash for Clunkers- fail
- Most Transparent Admin EVAR!!!- fail
- Smart Power!!!- fail
- Operating Doors- fail
- Turning windows into doors- fail
- Operating an umbrella- fail
- No more embarrassing photos of troops doing stupid things- fail
- Trials for terrorists in the US- fail

...

The list goes on and on, and this is just the stuff that the MFM and the libtards are supposed to care about. Should the White House be being torn down by revolting hippies by now?

Posted by: Damiano at March 25, 2011 08:10 AM (3nrx7)

112

@7

The exact thought occurred to me, also.   Eugene Robinson has to throw his God-King a lifeline even though the truth of the matter is that Obama skated off to Rio for vacation. 

But, hey, we got a cool photo of the First Family standing at the base of the giant Jesus down there -- the only thing missing was the airbrushed halo about Teh Won's head.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop at March 25, 2011 08:10 AM (S2+uh)

113

That's OK, Insty says the CBO's recommending that Obama put GPS units in all our cars so they can tax us by miles driven.  The part where Dems can get a positive GPS missile lock on AoSHQ commenters is purely a coincidence, I'm sure.

Total coincidence.  Saw that last night but really if you try to think like them it makes sense to people like Stephen King and Michael Moore and Joe Biden who don't think they pay enough in taxes or that paying taxes is patriotic.  All those folks driving hybrids and electric cars won't be paying enough in gas taxes so we have the "even the playing field."  How many of them commute an hour each way to work I wonder ... in a car I mean, not a private jet.

Posted by: tom brady's hair at March 25, 2011 08:10 AM (AT52Q)

114 114 lol, all the protests around the ME make for the Mother of all No-Fly Zones (MOANs) if we're being consistent.

/Just heard on Rush.

Rush is ripping Barky a new one.  Heh.  Went off on him dooming Duke.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 25, 2011 08:10 AM (UOM48)

115 But, hey, we got a cool photo of the First Family standing at the base of the giant Jesus down there -- the only thing missing was the airbrushed halo about Teh Won's head. 

*slaps forehead*

Posted by: AP photographer at March 25, 2011 08:11 AM (UOM48)

116 <rush>
Obama spent more time explaining his bracket picks on CNN than he has explaining why US Soldiers are being sent into harms way in Libya.
</rush>

Posted by: MikeTheMoose at March 25, 2011 08:11 AM (0q2P7)

117 I'm reminded of a story my brother tells- He and his friends were playing "The Great Dalmuti" (look it up, fun game for 6 people (minimum)).  He was the Great Dalmuti- who gets to give other people orders and they have to obey them.  The Greater Peon (who, I'm sure you've guessed, has to do all the work) had just dealt the cards.  My brother picked his up, looked at them, and said, "Peon, these cards will not do.  Take them up and deal again."

I feel like that.  "People, this President will not do.  Let's get rid of him and try again."

Or, perhaps, in terms our Dear Leader will understand better, "Can we get a mulligan?"

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at March 25, 2011 08:12 AM (8y9MW)

118
Sen Fossil Lautenberg

Did you hear what this shitbag said about us?

He said we don't "deserve" the freedoms granted by the Constitution...but "we give it to them, anyway."




Posted by: Soothsayer3P0 at March 25, 2011 08:13 AM (uFokq)

119 Did you hear what this shitbag said about us?

I demand a link!

Posted by: MikeTheMoose at March 25, 2011 08:14 AM (0q2P7)

120

The spin on the lefty radio shows: Obama's has a "genuine" coalition.
They're saying Bush created the "illusion" of a coalition.

So....France is now the determining factor of "genuine."

But they have lots of nuclear power and don't allow women to wear head scarfs.

Next up on "How to make libtards look silly"  A Petrobras drilling accident could KILL THE ENTIRE AMAZON BASIN!!!!" 

 

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 25, 2011 08:14 AM (B+qrE)

121

Obama spent more time explaining his bracket picks on CNN than he has explaining why US Soldiers are being sent into harms way in Libya

Relax, things are going well. That secular, non-islamo facist group, the muslim brotherhood are doing well in Egypt.  Unlike Bushhitler these are people we can work with.  I'm sure they've got a great plan to fix this Libyan situation.

Posted by: code pink at March 25, 2011 08:14 AM (AT52Q)

122
I bring up that old cocksucker Lautenberg to make two points.

1) this is what the Republicans get after being conned into sitting next to the Democrats at the STFU address to show unity and civility.

2) Why aren't the Republicans blasting back at this muthafucka?


Posted by: Soothsayer3P0 at March 25, 2011 08:14 AM (uFokq)

123 Huh... I guess that the people burning US flags and burning/ stomping on pics of Chicago Jesus (see link on Drudge) missed his Cairo speech, huh?

Posted by: Damiano at March 25, 2011 08:15 AM (3nrx7)

124 He said we don't "deserve" the freedoms granted by the Constitution...but "we give it to them, anyway."

If you like your Constitution, you don't necessarily get to keep your Constitution.

Now, watch this drive! 

Posted by: King Barry Hussein Obummer at March 25, 2011 08:16 AM (UOM48)

125 Forgot to mention that I,  as a woman protester, am looking forward to my "virginity check" by the muslim brotherhood.

Posted by: code pink at March 25, 2011 08:16 AM (AT52Q)

126 Just because Obama sucks worse than Bush doesn't mean that Bush is somehow rehabilitated.

Posted by: Jim at March 25, 2011 08:17 AM (Ui2H8)

127
Frank Cocksucker Lautenberg at Planned Abortionhood rally saying some Americans don't deserve the freedoms *he* gives us.

Posted by: Soothsayer3P0 at March 25, 2011 08:17 AM (uFokq)

128
2) Why aren't the Republicans blasting back at this muthafucka?

Posted by: Soothsayer3P0 at March 25, 2011 12:14 PM (uFokq)


Why should they do anything different that always? Besides, they are busy trying to figure out how to convince us that 60 billion= 100 billion.

Posted by: Damiano at March 25, 2011 08:17 AM (3nrx7)

129 129 Forgot to mention that I,  as a woman protester, am looking forward to my "virginity check" by the muslim brotherhood.

Posted by: code pink at March 25, 2011 12:16 PM (AT52Q)

-----------------------------------------------------

Code Pink?  You'll pass. 

Posted by: Shoppy at March 25, 2011 08:18 AM (u2rWt)

130 Israel is gonna be in serious trouble very soon.
I am sure this administration is all giddy about that.
 

Posted by: MarkC at March 25, 2011 08:18 AM (yPPVC)

131 ""Iran - the regime gets a pass.  Egypt - the regime's got to go.  Syria - the regime gets a pass.  Libya - the regime's got to go.""


All the anti Israel regimes get a pass, thats what this is about. No more, no less. They are gunning for israel.

Posted by: Berserker at March 25, 2011 08:18 AM (gWHrG)

132 The Women Get Hymen!

Posted by: Egyptian Integrity Police at March 25, 2011 08:19 AM (5ZPyY)

133 NATO doesn't take a crap without asking permission of the U.S..  NATO IS the U.S. for all intents and purposes.

I laughed when they announced we will be handing off control to NATO.  So, some U.S. general assigned to the Pentagon will hand over control to some U.S. general assigned to NATO sitting in Belgium or somewhere....  Big fucking deal.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 25, 2011 08:20 AM (f9c2L)

134 I watched that idiot Weasely Clark talk this morning about how great a job Obie is doing with the Libyan war.

FAIL!

Posted by: d_fitz at March 25, 2011 08:20 AM (UW4ln)

135 As a jersey dude, I prayed constantly for Lautenberg to get a wicked case of ass cancer. Hes a fucking scumbag.

Posted by: Berserker at March 25, 2011 08:20 AM (gWHrG)

136

OT, but I'm listening to Rush right now and he's talking about how the Muslim Brotherhood is taking the lead in Egypt.  I share his reaction:  WELL DUH.  How is that news?  We all knew this was going to happen back when the "revolution" was going on.

I hate the frigging media, I really do.

Oh, and speaking of Egypt...  Bunch of sicko pervs.

Posted by: MWR at March 25, 2011 08:21 AM (4df7R)

137
When Lautenberg finally goes, Obama II [mayor of Newark] will take his place.


Posted by: Soothsayer3P0 at March 25, 2011 08:22 AM (uFokq)

138 2) Why aren't the Republicans blasting back at this muthafucka?

Because we have a cock sucking leader that cries  and weeps on national tv.

Posted by: Barbarian at March 25, 2011 08:22 AM (EL+OC)

139 Sen Fossil Lautenberg Did you hear what this shitbag said about us? He said we don't "deserve" the freedoms granted by the Constitution...but "we give it to them, anyway." He should be first against the wall. Fuck that decrepit piece of elitist shit with the white-hot Chainsaw of Rage.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at March 25, 2011 08:23 AM (OW0nw)

140

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at March 25, 2011 12:23 PM (OW0nw)

They should all be exiled to Haiti.

Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2011 08:24 AM (5ZPyY)

141 "White hot chainsaw of rage." This is why AoSHQ is Invective Central.

Posted by: joncelli, taking notes at March 25, 2011 08:24 AM (RD7QR)

142 Americans don't deserve the freedoms *he* gives us.

Thanks!

Posted by: MikeTheMoose at March 25, 2011 08:26 AM (0q2P7)

143 139 As a jersey dude, I prayed constantly for Lautenberg to get a wicked case of ass cancer. Hes a fucking scumbag.

Didn't they bring this fucking decrepit raisin back from the dead once before? I thought he had a brain tumor or something. Maybe a stroke?

Posted by: Barbarian at March 25, 2011 08:27 AM (EL+OC)

144 129 Forgot to mention that I,  as a woman protester, am looking forward to my "virginity check" by the muslim brotherhood.

Posted by: code pink at March 25, 2011 12:16 PM (AT52Q)

Easy there, "Dusty."  This ain't no Woodstock mudpit.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 25, 2011 08:28 AM (XBM1t)

145 He said we Teabaggers don't "deserve" the freedoms granted by the Constitution Obamacare...but "we give it to them, anyway."

I'm guessing he thinks this too.

Ant he wants this as a response: Oh thank you great and omnipotent one for the scraps you dole out to us

Posted by: Buzzsaw at March 25, 2011 08:30 AM (tf9Ne)

146 freedom from salt and sugar, freedom from owning an suv, freedom of religion, unless you're jewish or christian. freedom from those old silly lightbulbs, freedom to breath freely. Freedom  Lautenberg
style

Posted by: willow at March 25, 2011 08:30 AM (h+qn8)

147 o, he only meant freedom to kill an undersirable, and freedom to tax others  for it.

Posted by: willow at March 25, 2011 08:32 AM (h+qn8)

148

So Sen. Lautenberg thinks he's the great and powerful Oz?

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 25, 2011 08:32 AM (XBM1t)

149
Sen Fossil Lautenberg

Did you hear what this shitbag said about us?

He said we don't "deserve" the freedoms granted by the Constitution...but "we give it to them, anyway."




Posted by: Soothsayer3P0 at March 25, 2011 12:13 PM (uFokq)

Where did you hear about this?

Posted by: Ed Anger at March 25, 2011 08:34 AM (7+pP9)

150
apparently Lautenberg believes our freedom comes from him and Planned and Nonparenthood

Posted by: Soothsayer3P0 at March 25, 2011 08:34 AM (uFokq)

151

"132
2) Why aren't the Republicans blasting back at this muthafucka?"

 

Simple. If the Pubbies attack then MFM goes into reaction mode. Better to lay low, with an occassional observation of failure than to rile up the Media Party. Sparky is their boy and they know it. Every Mother thinks her child is cute - even the ones with big ears that look like a monkey. At some point Mothers do have a revelation that their child is homely and a little stupid. The media party is still trying to find something about their tard baby to talk about. You have to let the Mommies discover their babies defects slowly.


Posted by: Bueno Arbusto at March 25, 2011 08:35 AM (Q5+Og)

152
I posted a link to redsate above. But I heard it this morning on local radio.

Posted by: Soothsayer3P0 at March 25, 2011 08:35 AM (uFokq)

153 AdLib-ya- verb, meaning to dither,dwaddle,play gold and go on vaca's, while the world burns.

Posted by: Jayne on the left coast at March 25, 2011 08:37 AM (SOCWj)

154 We have no idea what's next in regard to military planning.

Duh...Winning!

Posted by: Gen. Charlie Sheen at March 25, 2011 08:39 AM (LTquJ)

155 Feh.

Obama can still count on Robinson's and Cohen's votes next year.

Posted by: logprof at March 25, 2011 08:41 AM (BP6Z1)

156 Decisionmaking by chip shot(?):

Wiff the ball  -  Mulligan!
Chip back into the bunker  -  I need to work on my domestic agenda
Chip into the rough   -  Another bevy of tomahawks
Chip onto the fringe  -  Bomb some ground vehicles
Chip into the water trap   -  Institute a blockade
Chip onto the green  -  Booyah!  I am cool and awesome.

Posted by: Fritz the Caddy at March 25, 2011 08:54 AM (GwPRU)

157 Agreed. Both are cases of a leftist president despising all things military, feeling cornered and then responding (or not) with an lame and unacceptable solution.

Posted by: Soap MacTavish at March 25, 2011 11:40 AM (vbh31)

It reminds me of when libs mock "politicians" for going gung ho on the death penalty before re-election.

Republicans don't do this.  It's Democrats.  They're the ones who need to show they're tough on crime.

Similarly, they'll try to make Obama's indecision into a general indictment of presidents, but it's Democrats who act with this sort of indecision.

Posted by: AmishDude at March 25, 2011 09:01 AM (T0NGe)

158 Did you hear what this shitbag said about us?

Unpossible.  The man has been dead for years.

Posted by: toby928™ at March 25, 2011 09:20 AM (GTbGH)

159

Obama has no respect or consideration for the American people.

We are a burden upon his aspirations and as he has stated before he wishes he were the leader of China because then he could do as he wants with no one to say anything or off with our heads!

I cannot imagine what my fellow Americans were thinking when they voted this this loser into the Presidency.

I for one am glad our founding fathers are not here to see how we have asquandered not only their blood and treasure but ours to for far into the future.

We deserve Obama because we either forgot or were intimidated by those who hate what America stands for and did not heed history or All Of OUR Founding Fathers words for the future to keep our Gift which is our Republic and Constitution.

 

Posted by: vanessa at March 25, 2011 09:51 AM (VHLO2)

160 So this is what a war run by clueless college professors looks like.  God help our military.

Obama and Libya: The professorÂ’s war

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at March 25, 2011 11:19 AM (9hSKh)

 

He's not a professor, goddamnit! He gave a few lectures. That's it. That does not make him a professor. He was never hired for a faculty position, he never published jack shit, he never got tenure.

He's no more a professor for giving a few lectures than he is an MLB pitcher because he threw out the first pitch at the All-Star game!

Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 25, 2011 10:09 AM (XQRNP)

161 I am not a Eugene Robinson fan in any way shape or form, but this was a great lin:

"Clearly, it seems to me, there will be occasions when humanitarian military intervention is our duty. This may be one of them. But the goal must be to prevent the bloodbath, not just reschedule it."

Amen.

Posted by: not neo just conservative at March 25, 2011 10:28 AM (01RS2)

162 a great line even

Posted by: not neo just conservative at March 25, 2011 10:29 AM (01RS2)

163

Limbaugh: all the protests around the ME make for the Mother of all No-Fly Zones (MOANs) if we're being consistent.

Coulter: Take a camel!

 

Posted by: Elize Nayden B. at March 25, 2011 09:44 PM (pCmeq)

Posted by: emlakx.net at March 26, 2011 04:09 AM (O/KdU)

165 worst. president. ever.

Posted by: Garpin at March 26, 2011 10:03 PM (jYB1t)

166

Limbaugh: all the protests around the ME make for the Mother of all No-Fly Zones (MOANs) if we're being consistent.

Coulter: Take a camel!  corsets

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