March 25, 2014

Obama: Russia Is Just An Insecure "Regional Power"
— DrewM

Jonathan Karl of ABC asked Obama a question today that wounded Obama's vanity so he answered it like the petulant man-child he is.

“In China, in Syria, in Egypt, and now in Russia, we’ve seen you make strong statements, issue warnings that have been ignored,” Karl began. “Are you concerned that America’s influence in the world, your influence in the world, is on the decline?”

“In light of recent developments, do you think that Mitt Romney had a point when he said Russia is America’s biggest geopolitical foe?” Karl continued.

...

“Russia is a regional power that is threatening some of its immediate neighbors, not out of strength but out of weakness,” Obama asserted, as though he was talking about the psychological insecurities that plague the average playground bully.

“The fact that Russia felt compelled to go in militarily and lay bare these violations of international law indicates less influence, not more,” Obama insisted.

"A regional power"?

I'm going to guess Obama has never looked at a globe and noticed that Russia stretches across many regions...Europe, it's very near the Mideast and encompasses central Asia and reaches to the Pacific.

As Greg Pollowitz notes, if you have a fleet of ICBMs, you're pretty much by definition beyond "a regional power".

They are also making noises about establishing bases in Latin America.

Is Russia a hyper-power like the US or even the superpower it was during the, dare I say, "original", Cold War? Not really. But that doesn't mean they aren't capable of making trouble in many parts of the world for the US.

I am decidedly in the non-interventionist camp when it comes to places like Libya and Syria. I'm also very skeptical of our ability to do much if anything about Russian designs on Ukraine or non-NATO areas of the former Soviet Union but that doesn't mean we can afford to take Russia lightly.

We need to make it clear that NATO boundaries are real and can not be crossed. I don't think we show resolve by drawing lines in areas like Ukraine where our interests are more theoretical than real and our ability to enforce our position is questionable at best.

Critics will say that if we don't make a stand in places like Ukraine Putin won't believe our resolve somewhere like the Baltics. My feeling is it's better not to make a stand if the reality is you will back down when push comes to shove. No one thinks we'd go to war over Ukraine so why pretend we would? Having your bluff called is real weakness that will invite further probing by an adversary.

What should we be doing? If you want to sanction Russia and send military aid to Ukraine, fine. The real aim of our efforts should be showing friendly governments in places like Poland and the Baltics we are serous since they are the ones most open to Russian intimidation. We should be conducting military exercises with the Polish Army and Air Forces. We should be sending US Navy warships to Baltic port visits. In fairness, we are doing things like this.

We should also remember that China is watching and we need to make clear our commitment to Japan, while encouraging the Japaneses to continue their defense build up.

If you missed it earlier, I spoke with Noah Rothman of Mediate about these subjects for a podcast posted earlier today.

Listen: [Stream with Stitcher] [Download]


Unlike Rothman, I think US allies have to carry a greater load of our collective defense efforts. Politically it's just a reality that the US isn't going to keep spending a disproportionate share of defense spending. It's also important that other countries have skin in the game. We can't incur all the costs and run all the risks in confronting Russia while the Europeans use the money they save to compete with us economically and do business with the Russians.

At the very least we need to do more to make it possible for Europeans to buy energy from us and not Russia.

Obama's world view is very much informed by liberal elites who are unconcerned with how the world actually operates. They insist that it should conform to their post-nation state, cosmopolitan, citizen of the world nonsense. These self-styled elite insist that global actors who don't share this view change their outlook and actions to conform to the faculty approved version of reality. Obama actually said today that he's not very interested in the motivations behind Russia's recent actions. People like Putin eat these guys for lunch every time.

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1 Regional, like from Europe to the Pacific?

Posted by: huerfano at March 25, 2014 10:32 AM (bAGA/)

2 Fresh thread smell

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 25, 2014 10:33 AM (ojnk6)

3 What a fucking tool.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2014 10:33 AM (FMbng)

4 Fresh thread smell
It's just a weak, regional thread.

Posted by: fluffy at March 25, 2014 10:34 AM (Ua6T/)

5 Hey, Alaska, how YOU doin'? 

Posted by: Vladimir Putin at March 25, 2014 10:34 AM (vBhbc)

6 Russia Is Just An Insecure "Regional Power" In so may ways, isn't this also the story of Barack and Mooch Obama?

Posted by: Citizen X at March 25, 2014 10:34 AM (7ObY1)

7 Rome was just a regional power too.

Posted by: The Carthaginian Council of Elders at March 25, 2014 10:34 AM (8ZskC)

8 "A regional power"? Yep, only in the Western and Eastern Hemisperes. They're powerless everywhere else.

Posted by: t-bird at March 25, 2014 10:35 AM (FcR7P)

9 Winning! Tiger's blood. And shit.

Posted by: Charlie "Obamasauruz Reckz" Sheen at March 25, 2014 10:36 AM (XUKZU)

10 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a malignant traitor.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at March 25, 2014 10:36 AM (PYAXX)

11 6 Russia Is Just An Insecure "Regional Power" In so may ways, isn't this also the story of Barack and Mooch Obama? Posted by: Citizen X at March 25, 2014 02:34 PM (7ObY1) if we weren't in such serious danger from the scoamf.....i would have laughed....still...well played.....golf clap

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at March 25, 2014 10:36 AM (u8GsB)

12 Poor Obama.  Trying to dis a country like he's a prissy version of a rapper or something.  "Yeah, man - they just be all regional an' shit.  But go on Putin,  Imma let you finish."

Posted by: Dang at March 25, 2014 10:36 AM (MNq6o)

13 Amazing.  A passive-aggressive bedwetter with daddy issues thinks that     bitchy comments can take the place of a foreign policy.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at March 25, 2014 10:37 AM (osZ/6)

14 There are so many scary things in this, but here's one that jumps out at you: Although they are an ever smaller cadre, there are still millions of Americans (and Europeans) who agree with this fool. This is how wars start. What a complete fool...

Posted by: RobM1981 at March 25, 2014 10:37 AM (zurJC)

15 Regional, like from Europe to the Pacific? That's a region.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2014 10:37 AM (uVkIH)

16 “The fact that Russia felt compelled to go in militarily and lay bare these violations of international law indicates less influence, not more,” Obama insisted.


Yeah. All the cool nations smirk knowingly and roll their eyes when Russia invades a supposedly sovereign neighbor.  So SUCK IT, Russia,

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 25, 2014 10:37 AM (8ZskC)

17 Rome was just a regional power too.

Posted by: The Carthaginian Council of Elders at March 25, 2014 02:34 PM (8ZskC)



We are like Rome too, so they say. There are some minor differences. They had Nero, we have a retard.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2014 10:38 AM (FMbng)

18 "A regional power"? ********* He also talks about Russia acting out of a position of weakness.... Projection.

Posted by: tasker at March 25, 2014 10:38 AM (RJMhd)

19 Damn, ace.  I thought you were sick?  This is light content?  You're hardcore!

Posted by: EC at March 25, 2014 10:38 AM (GQ8sn)

20 From the internets...

"Russia is by far the biggest country in the world. Russia makes up about 11.5% of the land in the world, and is 6,601,668 square miles. Russia ranks ninth in the world in population, with around 142 million people, and covers nine time zones."


Posted by: Dang at March 25, 2014 10:38 AM (MNq6o)

21 We will pass through the American patrols, past their sonar nets, and lay off their largest city, and listen to their rock and roll... while we conduct missile drills.

Posted by: Captain Putin at March 25, 2014 10:38 AM (+qoI9)

22 He seriously believes that he isn't making things     worse.        This is going to kill people.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at March 25, 2014 10:38 AM (osZ/6)

23 We are like Rome too, so they say. There are some minor differences. They had Nero, we have a retard. They had orgies. We have a wookie.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2014 10:39 AM (uVkIH)

24 19 Damn, ace. I thought you were sick? This is light content? You're hardcore! I thought DrewM posted this?

Posted by: Citizen X at March 25, 2014 10:39 AM (7ObY1)

25 "So my response then continues to be what I believe today, which is: Russia's actions are a problem. They don't pose the number one national security threat to the United States. I continue to be much more concerned when it comes to our security with the prospect of a nuclear weapon going off in Manhattan," said Obama.

... you remember the last time that happened

Posted by: Harry Reid's conscience at March 25, 2014 10:39 AM (e8kgV)

26 Okay, Barack, I need to tell you something. When your teachers and mom (when she was around) and grandparents said that "bullies are just insecure," they were lying to you. They were trying to make you feel better. Bullies weren't picking on you because they were insecure, but because you were (are?) and effeminate little goy. Calling Vladimir Putin "insecure" and Russia "a regional power" is not going to make them feel bad and take 72 hours for self-evaluation. They're going to laugh at you just like the bullies did after they'd shoved you in your locker and your muffled voice came back, "You're only doing this because your insecure! My grammy says so!"

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at March 25, 2014 10:39 AM (PYAXX)

27 I've always thought that smart diplomacy involves slinging PA insults at those you're trying to reason with.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at March 25, 2014 10:39 AM (A9hpr)

28 Rumsfeld's Ice Follies: Trained Ape Toboggan Free Fall Step rrrrright up...

Posted by: Carny Barker at March 25, 2014 10:39 AM (/vO0r)

29 19 Ace didn't put this one up...

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 25, 2014 10:39 AM (ojnk6)

30 I wish we had that trained ape running things about now.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at March 25, 2014 10:39 AM (osZ/6)

31 Nero=fiddled while Rome burned Teh Won = golfs while America burns

Posted by: Citizen X at March 25, 2014 10:39 AM (7ObY1)

32 indicates less influence, ******** That line also applies to Obama. Look at how he has treated allies--some of that is going to be irreparable.

Posted by: tasker at March 25, 2014 10:40 AM (RJMhd)

33 In fairness to the 'regional power' remark, Russia *is* little better than a third world country with nukes. The Western European countries could kick their ass in a conventional war, if they had the stones.

Posted by: toby928© embraces tribalism at March 25, 2014 10:40 AM (QupBk)

34 Yes, that's why countries invade others all the time. It's because they feel week and have lost power.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 25, 2014 10:40 AM (gOoFi)

35 I thought DrewM posted this?

He did.  Rise and shine, EC.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at March 25, 2014 10:40 AM (FvyJS)

36 Even if Russia was just a "regional power", so what?  Regional powers are still dangerous to their neighbors and require a response from the US.  Furthermore, it's a regional power whose capabilities are enough to threaten us on the ground there.  The next conventional war is likely to be a regional power, a near peer, that can disrupt our communications networks and then fight a 30-45 day war to achieve its objectives.

If Russia can demonstrate that the US is powerless to stop it in Eastern Europe, then it doesn't matter if it cannot project power to Latin America.  In Eastern Europe Russia will be the major player, and the US will be shut out of affairs.  And other regional powers will see that and make the same calculations.  If the US is shut out of Eastern Europe by Russia, Asia by China, the Middle East by Iran, and Latin America by someone else, then we're not much of a world power either.  It doesn't matter whether or not any of the others are world powers.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 25, 2014 10:40 AM (YQ4mh)

37 Regional, like from Europe to the Pacific? That's a region. - I thought he meant the region between Venus and Mars.

Posted by: WalrusRex at March 25, 2014 10:40 AM (XUKZU)

38 Mr. President, when was Syria's deadline for giving up its chemical weapons again?

Posted by: asked no reporter ever at March 25, 2014 10:40 AM (fOLwM)

39 We should also remember that China is watching and we need to make clear our commitment to Japan, while encouraging the Japaneses to continue their defense build up.



Sell the F-22 to the Japs (and maybe S Korea).  Make a little money and beef up our security arrangements with them at the same time. 

Posted by: EC at March 25, 2014 10:40 AM (GQ8sn)

40 The key to growing the Dem party is to maintain immature thought well into adulthood, until it becomes fully ingrained within the psyche. Pajama Boy, insured by parents until 26-years old, victimhood, a "cool" POTUS... No fully mature adult mind operates as their minds do.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 25, 2014 10:40 AM (DmNpO)

41 When your teachers and mom (when she was around) and grandparents said that "bullies are just insecure," they were lying to you. They were trying to make you feel better.

 Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It.


This.

Posted by: Dang at March 25, 2014 10:40 AM (MNq6o)

42 Damn, ace. I thought you were sick? This is light content? You're hardcore!
Dude, don't act like some regional commenter.

Posted by: fluffy at March 25, 2014 10:41 AM (Ua6T/)

43 Obama is so JEALOUS of Putin and shamed by Putin. Bammer's gone full blown bonkers.

Posted by: panzernashorn at March 25, 2014 10:41 AM (/vO0r)

44 How do you influence the Russian Bear? Well it ain't by decimating our Military, Insulting Mother Russia, and sit caning Missile Shields and then telling your adversary you will be flexible after the election!!!!!!

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 25, 2014 10:41 AM (t3UFN)

45 I fully expect that the next time these two publicly meet that Pooty will have a gag shock toy in his palm for the handshake.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 25, 2014 10:41 AM (gOoFi)

46 Just like Hitler -- totes weakness.

Posted by: Jay at March 25, 2014 10:41 AM (oR3X/)

47 The Western European countries could kick their ass in a conventional war, if they had the stones.


Do tell.

Posted by: Zombie Napoleon and Zombie Hitler at March 25, 2014 10:41 AM (8ZskC)

48 Japaneses?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 25, 2014 10:41 AM (da5Wo)

49 They had orgies. We have a wookie.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2014 02:39 PM (uVkIH)



The left tried in the 60s and 70s to give us the orgies, but it didn't take hold. 

Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 25, 2014 10:41 AM (YQ4mh)

50 He did. Rise and shine, EC.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at March 25, 2014 02:40 PM (FvyJS)



Pffftt....you expect me to read EVERYTHING?!?!?



Posted by: EC at March 25, 2014 10:42 AM (GQ8sn)

51 If you choose to do all the wrong things then your name must be obama

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 25, 2014 10:42 AM (t3UFN)

52 Hey!  I'm sure the UN will do something about it, right?
Right?

Posted by: Jay at March 25, 2014 10:42 AM (oR3X/)

53 I assume we are about to start in on a "Russia is a regional power like x is a y" meme?

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 25, 2014 10:42 AM (RZ8pf)

54 Pretty much agree on all this. I'm not willing to go to war over Ukraine. Russia knows this. But I don't want to give Russia the impression that we aren't willing to war over NATO countries. If we aren't, then we shouldn't have allowed them in NATO. But we did. We did it when Russia was weak and couldn't do anything about it. They are there now. If NATO means anything, we must protect those nations. My fear is Russia will draw the wrong conclusion. Wars start when your opponent thinks he is stronger than he really is and doesn't think you will do anything. Right now, I think Putin knows those countries are off limits. But he will push and prod until he sees an opening. The question is are we really going to risk war over the Balkins?

Posted by: SH at March 25, 2014 10:42 AM (gmeXX)

55 From the same guy who couldn't spell "R-e-s-p-e-c-t" and thought there were 57 states. The man is an idiot who knows nothing worth knowing.

Posted by: D-Lamp at March 25, 2014 10:42 AM (bb5+k)

56 Hitler only conquered Europe to make up for the fact that he was missing a testicle.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 25, 2014 10:43 AM (8ZskC)

57 The SCOAMF is a gutless pussy.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 25, 2014 10:43 AM (DrWcr)

58 Barky is kinda like the lion tamer at the circus who puts his head in the lion's mouth except it's a bear and Barky can't get his head back out.

Posted by: WalrusRex at March 25, 2014 10:43 AM (XUKZU)

59 The question is are we really going to risk war over the Balkins? Posted by: SH at March 25, 2014 02:42 PM (gmeXX) ???Scratches head. I do believe it has happened before

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 25, 2014 10:43 AM (t3UFN)

60 In fairness to the 'regional power' remark, Russia *is* little better than a third world country with nukes. The Western European countries could kick their ass in a conventional war, if they had the stones.
***
All the theoretical military power in the world doesn't make a dimes worth of difference if you don't use it.

In 1936-38 the allies could have crushed Germany whose military was still very weak...but they didn't.

Note, I am not saying Putin is Hitler or we should intervene in the Ukraine.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 25, 2014 10:43 AM (78TbK)

61 Putin humiliates SCOAMT and then SCOAMT humiliates himself.  It would be so bad if he were the only one being humiliated.  He's humiliating the entire country.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at March 25, 2014 10:43 AM (BZAd3)

62 The real problem isn't the USSR - it's suitcase nukes in Central Park!

Posted by: President Obama at March 25, 2014 10:43 AM (sWgE+)

63 Japanese only attacked Pearl Harbor because the were insanely jealous of American penis length.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 25, 2014 10:43 AM (gOoFi)

64 22 He seriously believes that he isn't making things worse. This is going to kill people. Posted by: Vashta Nerada at March 25, 2014 02:38 PM (osZ/6) That was predictable back in 2008. Yes, the fool is going to get people killed, possibly many.

Posted by: D-Lamp at March 25, 2014 10:44 AM (bb5+k)

65 Barky is kinda like the lion tamer at the circus who puts his head in the lion's mouth except it's a bear and Barky can't get his head back out.
***
...and he didn't stick his head in the bear's mouth...

Posted by: 18-1 at March 25, 2014 10:44 AM (78TbK)

66 I know this is just a punchline to an overplayed lefty troupe, but Russia is physically right next to the United States.

Posted by: SH at March 25, 2014 10:44 AM (gmeXX)

67 I also like having Obama for lunch.

Posted by: Reggie Love at March 25, 2014 10:44 AM (FGvan)

68 Russia is just a regional power?

Shit.  How do you think that makes Belgium feel?

Posted by: Dang at March 25, 2014 10:44 AM (MNq6o)

69 By the way while "we" are worried about the balkins our enemies will strike elsewhere which is why we should NOT decimate the Military.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 25, 2014 10:44 AM (t3UFN)

70 Calling out Putin with petty insults all while working extra hard to turn America into little more than a regional power.

That there is some wicked-smaht diplomacy!

Posted by: Lizzy at March 25, 2014 10:45 AM (udjuE)

71 Unlike Rothman, I think US allies have to carry a greater load of our collective defense efforts. Politically it's just a reality that the US isn't going to keep spending a disproportionate share of defense spending. It's also important that other countries have skin in the game. We can't incur all the costs and run all the risks in confronting Russia while the Europeans use the money they save to compete with us economically and do business with the Russians.
***

No shit.  Why do you think Europe's been able to let their freak fly with socialism for well over half a century now?  We've had stronger Boy Scout troops than most of Europe's "military" in the last fifty years.  It's easy to hand out dole checks when you don't have to busy yourself with things like planes and tanks. 

As Dennis Miller said back in the 90s, "...a NATO peacekeeping force is a thousand US Marines and one Swede."

Posted by: B at March 25, 2014 10:45 AM (VC56G)

72 Putin is playing Risk while Obama is playing Candyland.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 25, 2014 10:45 AM (RZ8pf)

73 The question is are we really going to risk war over the Balkins? Posted by: SH at March 25, 2014 02:42 PM (gmeXX) ???Scratches head. I do believe it has happened before ---- Oof, I meant Baltics. Carry on.

Posted by: SH at March 25, 2014 10:45 AM (gmeXX)

74 This is not good. Faculty lounge snark, coupled with obvious bluffing and years of signaled weakness. We always get amateur hour in foreign policy with Democrats but this is approaching fresh, new, dangerous lows.

Posted by: Fred at March 25, 2014 10:45 AM (KuUy9)

75 North Korea invaded South Korean in 1950 because they were extremely intimidated by the South's kimchee recipes.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 25, 2014 10:45 AM (gOoFi)

76

Just as dumb  as the statement (was it from Kerry?) that Russia was acting with 19th century  tactics, but of course the disconnect cannot be more plain:

 

"Regional powers"  are a very 19th century  concept. 

 

So as Russia uses its 21st century weaponry, in a  very 21st century melding of socialist/fascist/autocratic/oligarchic power structure, our Administration wants to play act like they're  dealing with  Napoleon III  and Franz Josef I. 

Posted by: BurtTC at March 25, 2014 10:45 AM (TOk1P)

77 Putin humiliates SCOAMT and then SCOAMT humiliates himself. It would be so bad if he were the only one being humiliated. He's humiliating the entire country.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at March 25, 2014 02:43 PM (BZAd3)


Putin to TFG is like the big brother mercilessly grabbing the smaller brother's hands and forcing him to beat up his own self with them.


"Why you hitting yourself?  Why you hitting yourself?  Why you hitting yourself?"



Posted by: EC at March 25, 2014 10:45 AM (GQ8sn)

78

What names did we have for kids at    school who were wimps, but were full of rude comments?  

 

 I'm sure it wasn't 'leader'.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at March 25, 2014 10:46 AM (osZ/6)

79 We have George McFly as our president.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 25, 2014 10:46 AM (8ZskC)

80 From the same guy who couldn't spell "R-e-s-p-e-c-t" and thought there were 57 states.


The man is an idiot who knows nothing worth knowing.

Posted by: D-Lamp


Without a doubt,  the most ignorant person we've ever had in the White House.  He can't even speak Austrian.

Posted by: Dang at March 25, 2014 10:46 AM (MNq6o)

81 30 I wish we had that trained ape running things about now. Posted by: Vashta Nerada at March 25, 2014 02:39 PM (osZ/6) Did you see those headlines in that Belgian newspaper? http://curmudgeonlyskeptical.blogspot.com/2014/03/de-apers.html Apparently they agree.

Posted by: D-Lamp at March 25, 2014 10:46 AM (bb5+k)

82 Nero=fiddled while Rome burned

Teh Won = golfs while America burns
***
Now now...Obama has his flunkies setting the fires while he golfs...

Posted by: 18-1 at March 25, 2014 10:46 AM (78TbK)

83 Anschluss? A an expression of a weak regional power in danger of being shunned by the International Community. Serious you guys.

Posted by: Franklin Delano Obama at March 25, 2014 10:46 AM (dvRYt)

84 Hey, since obamacare's deadline is a week, wouldn't this be a Great Time to run ads telling low-info voters that i. If you do not buy something you cannot afford, obama is going to fine you. ii. If you do not buy something you do no want, obama is going to fine you. This is what *I* would expect from a party that plans on running big against obamacare. But that's just *me*.

Posted by: Soothsayer, Lesbian Outreach Coordinator at March 25, 2014 10:46 AM (HGVmj)

85 "We always get amateur hour in foreign policy with Democrats but this is approaching fresh, new, dangerous lows." Hope and Change, baby!!!!

Posted by: 2008 at March 25, 2014 10:46 AM (gOoFi)

86 Teh JEF is an idiot. At best....

Posted by: backhoe at March 25, 2014 10:46 AM (ULH4o)

87 What names did we have for kids at school who were wimps, but were full of rude comments? Punching bag? Practice dummy?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at March 25, 2014 10:47 AM (PYAXX)

88 Is this the Russia follow-up post from earlier?

Posted by: Soothsayer, Lesbian Outreach Coordinator at March 25, 2014 10:47 AM (HGVmj)

89 I think US allies have to carry a greater load of our collective defense efforts. Politically it's just a reality that the US isn't going to keep spending a disproportionate share of defense spending. ---- Poland may ask why should they if we are going to abandon them. Poland has carried a greater load.

Posted by: SH at March 25, 2014 10:47 AM (gmeXX)

90 76 North Korea invaded South Korean in 1950 because they were extremely intimidated by the South's kimchee recipes. Maybe they were intimidated by the kimchee flatulance. Kimchee farts is teh lethal.

Posted by: Citizen X at March 25, 2014 10:47 AM (7ObY1)

91 The question is are we really going to risk war over the Balkins?
Posted by: SH at March 25, 2014 02:42 PM

This is why no one ever buys me beers. 

Posted by: Scott O'Grady at March 25, 2014 10:47 AM (vBhbc)

92

Quick!  Someone send cousin Willy a telegraph, tell him to stop meddling in Austro-Serbian internal squabbles.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 25, 2014 10:47 AM (TOk1P)

93 Putin is playing Risk while Obama is playing Candyland. *** No way. Obama thinks he's too cool to play such games. What he fails to realize that, in the real world, you aren't invited to play, you are forced into the game. He will either be an active player or a willing loser. He's chosen to be the loser who's above it all.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 25, 2014 10:47 AM (DmNpO)

94 And it would be nice if our allies would carry a larger load of the defense budget.  But they, like us, can't afford it.    "Compassionate conservativism" which is just another name for the failed marriage of heavily regulated capitalism and euro-socialism, has help our pols spend us into a hole that we'll probably never get out of. 



Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at March 25, 2014 10:47 AM (BZAd3)

95 I guess you guys saw that Secretariat Kerry is going to Uganda to straighten them out about homosexuality. Now that is smart diplomacy because if there is one thing that Uganda needs, it's more butt sex.

Posted by: WalrusRex at March 25, 2014 10:47 AM (XUKZU)

96 " I wish we had that trained ape running things about now. " I would vote for a trained ape so fast......

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 25, 2014 10:47 AM (gOoFi)

97 Hiroshima made me feel insecure so...

Posted by: Little Boy at March 25, 2014 10:48 AM (MNq6o)

98 He seriously believes that he isn't making things worse. This is going to kill people.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at March 25, 2014 02:38 PM (osZ/6)


Obama has the world-view that an "imperialistic" United States is the source of all evil.  Everything he does weakens America economically and militarily. 


I don't think future historians will be kind to Obama.  Of course, he will go to his grave blaming Bush.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop posting from work at March 25, 2014 10:48 AM (T6MoX)

99 Barack Obama, the only President to lose Israel, the Middle East at large, North Africa, Poland, England, Canada, The Baltics, Russia the best health care system in the world, the economy and his man card.

Posted by: dananjcon at March 25, 2014 10:48 AM (NpXoL)

100 I guess I can take comfort in that nuke in Manhatten comment being offhand and not because he actually has intel to that effect because lord knows the man never attends any security briefings. Someone could drive a tanker up to the white house and he wouldn't notice.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 25, 2014 10:48 AM (RZ8pf)

101 88 What names did we have for kids at school who were wimps, but were full of rude comments? I called them "Smartasses who gave me their lunch money." But first they blew me.

Posted by: Citizen X at March 25, 2014 10:48 AM (7ObY1)

102 Putin is playing Risk while Obama is playing Candyland
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I don't mean to brag, but I kick ass at Candyland...Putin better watch out.

Posted by: Joe Biden at March 25, 2014 10:48 AM (78TbK)

103 hey where is old horse face kerry? it's been silent lately

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 25, 2014 10:48 AM (t3UFN)

104

 

Now where did I put that over charge button....

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at March 25, 2014 10:48 AM (GjPnA)

105 It's just a flesh wound!

Posted by: The Black President at March 25, 2014 10:48 AM (GXZgZ)

106 The world is changing in ways we are only going to be aware of once the changes are permanent. The damage this clown posse in DC is doing is beyond belief. And as has been pointed out before, I am more concerned that we have a country full of people that voted for this idiot, twice!!!

Posted by: whyme at March 25, 2014 10:49 AM (l9mF2)

107 No fully mature adult mind operates as their minds do. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 25, 2014 02:40 PM (DmNpO) Part of the legacy of allowing non-taxpayers to vote. You get the political influence of stupid people, and you obligate the government to cater to their irrational beliefs.

Posted by: D-Lamp at March 25, 2014 10:49 AM (bb5+k)

108 Hey Israel would you buy a used car from this man?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 25, 2014 10:49 AM (t3UFN)

109 I just can't wait for  Tchaikovsky to write a symphony about all this.  I bet the cannons will REALLY boom this  time. 

Posted by: BurtTC at March 25, 2014 10:49 AM (TOk1P)

110 >>No one thinks we'd go to war over Ukraine so why pretend we would? Having your bluff called is real weakness that will invite further probing by an adversary. Why pretend you'd go to war over NATO? None of the "reasonable" people feel capable of defeating the Taliban, which is just about the most isolated, friendless, broke, and outnumbered yahoos on the planet. Why should anybody then respect or fear the warmaking power of the United States against any organized state? You guys are bassackwards. There's a certain level of war that will break Russia's airforce and army. This is separate of any cause of action, any national situation. The level of involvement to wreck the Russian army is absolute and not contextual. You won't spend blood and treasure to get there. Ever. So, because you won't actually defeat Russia, all the noise about going there if it's Estonia but not Ukraine is horseshit. What we have to look forward to is Russia and China coordinating to do their land grabs together, simultaneously, for maximum effect. And they'll win, because you "reasonable" people will always prefer the costs of doing nothing to the price of winning a world war.

Posted by: Chris_Balsz at March 25, 2014 10:49 AM (5xmd7)

111 "Kimchee farts is teh lethal." All that sweet, sweet cabbage.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 25, 2014 10:49 AM (gOoFi)

112 >>Putin is playing Risk while Obama is playing Candyland.

That's *3D* Candyland, suckers! Face!!

Posted by: Barack the Magnificent at March 25, 2014 10:50 AM (udjuE)

113 On Tuesday, we dusted off the source code for early versions of MS-DOS and Word for Windows. With the help of the Computer History Museum, we are making this code available to the public for the first time.

The museum has done an excellent job of curating some of the most significant historical software programs in computing history. As part of this ongoing project, the museum will make available two of the most widely used software programs of the 1980Â’s, MS DOS 1.1 and 2.0 and Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a, to help future generations of technologists better understand the roots of personal computing.

Posted by: Bill Gates at March 25, 2014 10:50 AM (e8kgV)

114 The government serves the elites of both established parties and is nearly totally disconnected from the rapidly dwindling middle class.  It panders to the unproductive for their votes - period.  That pandering is costing all of us out the ass.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at March 25, 2014 10:50 AM (BZAd3)

115 Poland may ask why should they if we are going to abandon them. Poland has carried a greater load.
***
If I was Poland right now I'd be talking with Israel as to whether they could send us advisers to implement "civilian nuclear power".

Posted by: 18-1 at March 25, 2014 10:50 AM (78TbK)

116 I wonder if Obama is fundraising in Manhattan... 'Hey--you know there's loose nukes around--pony up!"

Posted by: tasker at March 25, 2014 10:50 AM (RJMhd)

117 I think I'll just stick with Beast Mode's discussion of current events.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at March 25, 2014 10:51 AM (VtjlW)

118 Putin is playing Risk while Obama is playing Candyland. Barry is more of a Mystery Date guy.

Posted by: toby928© embraces tribalism at March 25, 2014 10:51 AM (QupBk)

119 110 I just can't wait for Tchaikovsky to write a symphony about all this. I bet the cannons will REALLY boom this time. Sorry, I died after walking into the Volga to kill myself because I was ghey. You might say I'm...decomposing. Heh heh. I've still got it, da?

Posted by: Zombie Piotr Tchakovsky at March 25, 2014 10:51 AM (7ObY1)

120 "The Western European countries could kick their ass in a conventional war, if they had the stones." Hmmmm, and whose army, air force, and navy would they use to kick ass, stones or no stones??? Just asking in case Barry wants to know.

Posted by: Reggie Love at March 25, 2014 10:51 AM (hpgw1)

121 Every time I'm totally scared of somebody.........I invade them.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 25, 2014 10:51 AM (gOoFi)

122 "Russia is a regional power"

Now thanks to 5 years of Obama defense cuts .. so is America

Posted by: Donald Rumsfeld at March 25, 2014 10:51 AM (e8kgV)

123 And as has been pointed out before, I am more concerned that we have a country full of people that voted for this idiot, twice!!! If there was any justice his tombstone would just say "TWICE?!?!?! LOL"

Posted by: eleven at March 25, 2014 10:52 AM (GXZgZ)

124 Those Poles scared shit out of me.

Posted by: Zombie Adolf Hitler at March 25, 2014 10:52 AM (gOoFi)

125 For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction... in both physics, and Politics. Russia has been invaded many times historically.... including from Europe. The EU is working on becoming a Super power. Its combined armies and economic power is very powerful... and with NATO they can then call on the US as well. The EU is EXPANDING to the East... is now sits on Russia's borders. Historically this is a recepie for disaster.... The only way two Large powers exist with common borders, is if they have a large unused frontier between them (like China and Russia)... but that is not the case here....

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 25, 2014 10:53 AM (84gbM)

126 43 Obama is so JEALOUS of Putin and shamed by Putin. Bammer's gone full blown bonkers. Posted by: panzernashorn at March 25, 2014 02:41 PM (/vO0r) If you have not seen this, you HAVE TO SEE THIS. http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-illustrated-guide-obama-vs-putin.html#more

Posted by: D-Lamp at March 25, 2014 10:53 AM (bb5+k)

127 Bammer's "influence on the world"??? WTF as if he EVER had any influence. His handlers, yes. Who the hell bribed the Deutschen Junger yutes to attend Bammer's Berlin or Bust with brats'n'beer? As if Obama Moocher ever had any money of their own. Shit, Rez had to buy Obi the house. So far, everything's been provided for his ease "to be". What no one is satisfied with at this late date is Obama's perpetual losing streak in high stakes games of chance. So his handlers used Rumsfeld to get the writing on the wall: Mene, Tekel, Upharsin.

Posted by: panzernashorn at March 25, 2014 10:53 AM (/vO0r)

128 Czechs too...

Posted by: Zombie Adolf Hitler at March 25, 2014 10:53 AM (gOoFi)

129 obama is expressing the mainstream psyche of the average college campus. This is not new.

Posted by: Soothsayer, Lesbian Outreach Coordinator at March 25, 2014 10:53 AM (HGVmj)

130 Those Poles scared shit out of me.

Posted by: Zombie Adolf Hitler at March 25, 2014 02:52 PM (gOoFi)

**


Not me.


Posted by: A. Cooper at March 25, 2014 10:54 AM (NpXoL)

131 104 hey where is old horse face kerry? it's been silent lately

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 25, 2014 02:48 PM (t3UFN)


Concentrating his full efforts on making sure one of the only countries in the region in relative peace and freedom fixes its pressing problem of being at one of the only countries in the region in relative peace and freedom - Israel.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at March 25, 2014 10:54 AM (BZAd3)

132 Ned Beatty made me feel insecure, so...

Posted by: The Big Hillbilly at March 25, 2014 10:54 AM (JtwS4)

133

120 -

 

Sorry, I meant Jeff Tchaikavsky.  He's like.... eh, your great great great grandnephew or something. 

Posted by: BurtTC at March 25, 2014 10:54 AM (TOk1P)

134 EVERY day is Opposite Day in Libtardia!!!!!!

Posted by: Spongebob at March 25, 2014 10:54 AM (YmPwQ)

135 No, that's not a rabbit in my pocket.  My region is just growing. 

Posted by: Vladimir Putin at March 25, 2014 10:54 AM (vBhbc)

136 The EU is working on becoming a Super power. Its combined armies and economic power is very powerful... and with NATO they can then call on the US as well. ---- I disagree that the EU is becoming a super power. It will likely implode before that could ever happen, and I doubt it can happen anyway.

Posted by: SH at March 25, 2014 10:54 AM (gmeXX)

137 “The fact that Russia felt compelled to go in militarily and lay bare these violations of international law indicates less influence, not more,” Obama insisted. "The fact that I have experience rapid weight gain in the past couple of months indicates that I have had more success in controlling my weight, not less," chique insisted. What a nonsensical statement.

Posted by: Amanda Marcotte, uber-Feminist and clearly not psychologically damaged at March 25, 2014 10:55 AM (r+7wo)

138 I hope this kills NATO. For the life of me, why the hell are we guaranteeing the security of nations that hate us?

Posted by: Oschiams at March 25, 2014 10:56 AM (y9dfJ)

139 Critics will say that if we don't make a stand in places like Ukraine Putin won't believe our resolve somewhere like the Baltics. My feeling is it's better not to make a stand if the reality is you will back down when push comes to shove. No one thinks we'd go to war over Ukraine so why pretend we would? Having your bluff called is real weakness that will invite further probing by an adversary.
-------

I do realize we are not in the position to stop Putin in any real way, at this time . But i do find it agregious that an American President wrote a declaration to state that We assured Their security IF they would de militarize and get rid of their own ability to defend their territory.

It assures any ally we cannot be trusted , imho.

Posted by: willow at March 25, 2014 10:56 AM (nqBYe)

140

People like Putin eat these guys for lunch every time.

 

Nom nom nom nom nom

Posted by: Vlad the Inhaler at March 25, 2014 10:56 AM (BrQrN)

141 It can actually get worse that Carter. Who knew....?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 25, 2014 10:56 AM (gOoFi)

142 > Kimchee farts is teh lethal.

Kimchee burps after drinking a Coke are worse.  They're my secret weapon for making sure meetings don't run long or get off topic.

Posted by: Lemmenkainen, Freelance Warlord at March 25, 2014 10:56 AM (ZWvOb)

143 Barack Obama, the only President to lose Israel, the Middle East at large, North Africa, Poland, England, Canada, The Baltics, Russia the best health care system in the world, the economy and his man card.

Posted by: dananjcon at March 25, 2014 02:48 PM (NpXoL)


A man card written on the underside of a huggies diaper box flap in crayon don't count as a man card.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2014 10:56 AM (FMbng)

144 Buffalo Bills owner Ralph Wilson has died. Last of the original AFC owners.

Posted by: Citizen X at March 25, 2014 10:57 AM (7ObY1)

145 I did a quick calculation and the "region" that Russia influences is only 73.8 percent of the land mass of the earth.

Posted by: traye at March 25, 2014 10:57 AM (sRh7l)

146 "Why you hitting yourself? Why you hitting yourself? Why you hitting yourself?"

Posted by: EC at March 25, 2014 02:45 PM (GQ8sn)


Exactly.  And then he gets in front of a camera and says, "I meant to do that!"

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at March 25, 2014 10:57 AM (BZAd3)

147 “The fact that Russia felt compelled to go in militarily and lay bare these violations of international law indicates less influence, not more,” Obama insisted. ---- As Obama knows, executive fiat often works better than persuasion - well it works quicker.

Posted by: SH at March 25, 2014 10:57 AM (gmeXX)

148 Posted by: SH at March 25, 2014 02:54 PM (gmeXX)

Seems to me like the only unifying aspect of the EU is the entrenched bureaucracy, sort of a super power in their own minds!

Although from experince here, one underestimate the raw power of a  bureaucracy determined to maintain and grow its own perks!

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 25, 2014 10:57 AM (o3MSL)

149 Q: Can Russian nuke us back to the Stone Age?
A: Yes.

Then they're a goddam superpower.

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 25, 2014 10:57 AM (xN1DB)

150

Dear  Leader wants America destroyed.   It's the only answer to his behaviour.   And it has, so far, been a simple plan  AND quite easily executed.

 

What's happening to this country's standing in the world can be pinpointed to one soursce:  The citizenery of the USA.

Posted by: Soona at March 25, 2014 10:57 AM (qHaC/)

151 "Buffalo Bills owner Ralph Wilson has died. " Okay, start the clock. How long until the team is moved to Toronto?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 25, 2014 10:58 AM (gOoFi)

152 The EU is EXPANDING to the East... is now sits on Russia's borders. Historically this is a recepie for disaster.... The only way two Large powers exist with common borders, is if they have a large unused frontier between them (like China and Russia)... but that is not the case here.... Posted by: Romeo13 at March 25, 2014 02:53 PM (84gbM) Yeah I don't think the EU is becoming a super power. Far from it, HOWEVER, we ( The West) made a huge mistake encroaching on Russia's borders with out thinking about the consequences. And we are paying for that now. We kinda rubbed Russia's nose in the fall of the Iron Curtain. That was a mistake

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 25, 2014 10:58 AM (t3UFN)

153 Sorry, I meant Jeff Tchaikavsky. He's like.... eh, your great great great grandnephew or something. Jeff? That kid's... pathetique. Haha. I kill myself. Oh, wait...

Posted by: Zombie Piotr Tchaikovsky at March 25, 2014 10:58 AM (7ObY1)

154 *Shakes off deranged sock* The fact that I have experienced. FIFM

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at March 25, 2014 10:58 AM (r+7wo)

155 source

Posted by: Soona at March 25, 2014 10:58 AM (qHaC/)

156 I think I need a drink really bad. Which one of you J-ville morons wants to drive me home?

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 25, 2014 10:58 AM (V22Sh)

157 Ukraine's acting defense minister ousted CNN 1 hour, 50 minutes ago Ukraine's Parliament dismissed the country's acting defense minister on Tuesday, a day after the acting president ordered Ukraine's military to leave the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea as Russian forces consolidated their control there.

Posted by: tasker at March 25, 2014 10:59 AM (RJMhd)

158 And Jim Kelly has the big C. Bummer......

Posted by: eleven at March 25, 2014 10:59 AM (VhqUZ)

159 139 I hope this kills NATO. For the life of me, why the hell are we guaranteeing the security of nations that hate us?

Posted by: Oschiams at March 25, 2014 02:56 PM (y9dfJ)


And since we... well... can't.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at March 25, 2014 10:59 AM (BZAd3)

160 115 The government serves the elites of both established parties and is nearly totally disconnected from the rapidly dwindling middle class. It panders to the unproductive for their votes - period. That pandering is costing all of us out the ass. Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at March 25, 2014 02:50 PM (BZAd3) And it is unsustainable. It is simply impossible for any government to continue catering to the desires of stupid people. We are on a collision course with the laws of economics and human nature.

Posted by: D-Lamp at March 25, 2014 10:59 AM (bb5+k)

161 John Kerry will send a strongly worded letter......

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 25, 2014 10:59 AM (gOoFi)

162 As Obama knows, executive fiat often works better than persuasion - well it works quicker.

Posted by: SH at March 25, 2014 02:57 PM (gmeXX)


Al Capone supposedly said you can get more cooperation with a smile and a gun than you can with just a smile, but the IRS bureaucracy eventually got him!

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 25, 2014 11:00 AM (o3MSL)

163 The only way two Large powers exist with common borders, is if they have a large unused frontier between them (like China and Russia)... but that is not the case here.... The presence of nuclear weapons changes that dynamic significantly.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 25, 2014 11:00 AM (SY2Kh)

164 Okay, start the clock. How long until the team is moved to Toronto? Believe me, that will be topic #1 here in Buffalo. Meanwhile, Jim Kelly's cancer has taken a bad turn for the worse. The family seems to be preparing the public and themselves for the worst. So sad. The man was one of the toughest SOB's to ever line up behind center.

Posted by: Citizen X at March 25, 2014 11:00 AM (7ObY1)

165 "Buffalo Bills owner Ralph Wilson has died. " Okay, start the clock. How long until the team is moved to Toronto? Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 25, 2014 02:58 PM (gOoFi) And Jim Kelly is very sick with cancer of the mouth that has spread

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 25, 2014 11:00 AM (t3UFN)

166 Blowing, brisk snow. Global something, something..

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 25, 2014 11:00 AM (aDwsi)

167 I like this empty threats, insult Putin's manhood, demonize him as Hitler, and back it up with nothing substantive, in fact jokingly send MREs to the Ukraine as an act of abject feckless stupidity strategy. I dub it walk like an angry stupid drunk and carry a baguette strategy.

Posted by: Beagle at March 25, 2014 11:00 AM (sOtz/)

168 also i believe Ukrainians went in with us in Iraq.

Posted by: willow at March 25, 2014 11:00 AM (nqBYe)

169 What names did we have for kids at school who were wimps, but were full of rude comments? *** Have you ever seen the Broadcast News scene with the young Albert Brooks character?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 25, 2014 11:01 AM (DmNpO)

170 Europe can stop Putin by simply shutting down their gas imports for six months to a year. Or someone could surreptitiously to it for them. Lots of vulnerable pipeline.

Posted by: toby928© embraces tribalism at March 25, 2014 11:01 AM (QupBk)

171

We kinda rubbed Russia's nose in the fall of the Iron Curtain. That was a mistake

 

Yeah, but admit it.  It felt good, didn't it?

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 25, 2014 11:01 AM (JtwS4)

172 Dang beat me to it; when you have nine time zones, you're a pretty large "region".

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 25, 2014 11:01 AM (MtEup)

173 Citizen x, what is the type? And yes JK was a baaad man on the field.

Posted by: traye at March 25, 2014 11:01 AM (sRh7l)

174 I hadn't heard about Kelly....

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 25, 2014 11:01 AM (gOoFi)

175 So Vlad and Barack are battling for control of worldwide communism???

Posted by: Leon Trotsky at March 25, 2014 11:01 AM (kFxpe)

176 Poland may ask why should they if we are going to abandon them. Poland has carried a greater load. Posted by: SH at March 25, 2014 02:47 PM (gmeXX) Actually not. Poland isn't meeting the NATO minimum of spending 2% of GDP on defense spending. They are close but not even meeting the minimum isn't carrying a greater load.

Posted by: DrewM. at March 25, 2014 11:01 AM (8TqNO)

177

Yep. He's worried about Manhattan. Fk you flyover people. Eastern Europe goes up in flames? Kewl, we'll just send in the 41st Racist  Rednecks  Div and take care of 2 problems at once.

Posted by: Bigby's Thumb at March 25, 2014 11:02 AM (3ZtZW)

178 obama takes the same absurd approach to foreign policy as he takes toward business. obama applies theory to both -- a theory constructed from and by people with no practical experience outside academia.

Posted by: Soothsayer, Lesbian Outreach Coordinator at March 25, 2014 11:02 AM (HGVmj)

179 I disagree that the EU is becoming a super power. It will likely implode before that could ever happen, and I doubt it can happen anyway. Posted by: SH at March 25, 2014 02:54 PM (gmeXX) The EU is going Islamist. I see implosion as a good thing considering the alternative.

Posted by: D-Lamp at March 25, 2014 11:02 AM (bb5+k)

180 168 Blowing, brisk snow. Global something, something.. Posted by: Mike Hammer Oh yeah, dropping to 17-18 deg. tonight. Wind chill will be around 4 deg.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 25, 2014 11:02 AM (aDwsi)

181 127. D-lamp My eyes! My eyes! "a wicked man, who comes to children when they will not go to bed, and throws a handful of sand into their eyes, so that they start out bleeding from their heads. These eyes he puts in a bag and carries them to the half-moon to feed his own children, who sit in the nest up yonder, and have crooked beaks like owls with which they may pick up the eyes of the naughty human children." ETA Hoffmann's The Sandman (1816)

Posted by: panzernashorn at March 25, 2014 11:02 AM (/vO0r)

182 *rubbing temples*    A  "regional power."   Yes, okay.   Sure.      You go with that, dickweed.



We have an immature   idiot as Preezy.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 25, 2014 11:02 AM (4df7R)

183 With this brilliant riposte, it becomes apparent that Soetero is playing 5 dimensional Chutes n' Ladders, where Putin is barely playing 3 dimensional Chess. Barry's is like, 2 more. So there.

Posted by: Buster McDissenter at March 25, 2014 11:02 AM (QLbhS)

184 I'm sure Putin is reeling.  Obama called him a regional power.

Posted by: Hepcat at March 25, 2014 11:02 AM (Q4mug)

185 The Death Star occupies just a small region of spa.....

Posted by: Residents of Alderaan at March 25, 2014 11:02 AM (Ec6wH)

186 Was it only a few months ago that Obama was all proud of himself for sending the strong message of disapproval of Putin's stance on gays by including many prominent gay athletes in the US's Olympics delegation. Do not mess Barack!

That Obama, he is all over this preening Putin's game, eh?

Posted by: Lizzy at March 25, 2014 11:02 AM (udjuE)

187 Slappy is like that 2 bit monty pimp daddy want to be who gets bitch slapped by the PoPo then says things like "Allright Allright" to make it appear like he don't mind it. And don't get me started on that Wookie of a Wife. Good Lord I would rather be a fag.....

Posted by: IrishEd at March 25, 2014 11:02 AM (D0NZx)

188 The presence of nuclear weapons changes that dynamic significantly. Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 25, 2014 03:00 PM (SY2Kh


Well, thanks to Barack, we won't be able to contribute to that presence anymore!

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 25, 2014 11:03 AM (o3MSL)

189 Pop's new friends:



http://tinyurl.com/lx5cz5v





http://tinyurl.com/lppejf5



and the worst thing is...I can't convince him that they are shady. He thinks they are great people.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 25, 2014 11:03 AM (V22Sh)

190 Of all the incredible performances I saw from Jim Kelly, the awesomest has to be the time he stayed on the field to complete a TD drive after being knocked senseless with a concussion. Center Kent Hull had to call the last few plays on the drive. Hull said the light was completely out in Kelly's eyes. But Kelly finished the drive and got the TD before he'd let them take him out of the game. The man was nothin' but tough. Prayers to him.

Posted by: Citizen X at March 25, 2014 11:03 AM (7ObY1)

191 "Buffalo Bills owner Ralph Wilson has died. "


Okay, start the clock. How long until the team is moved to Toronto?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 25, 2014 02:58 PM (gOoFi)
 

How about Return to Love Canal

Posted by: Tootsie at March 25, 2014 11:03 AM (kFxpe)

192 Being reported now that Russia captured Ukraine's only war ship. Yep, just a weak, regional player...

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 25, 2014 11:03 AM (ojnk6)

193 I do realize we are not in the position to stop Putin in any real way, at this time . But i do find it agregious that an American President wrote a declaration to state that We assured Their security IF they would de militarize and get rid of their own ability to defend their territory. It assures any ally we cannot be trusted , imho. Posted by: willow at March 25, 2014 02:56 PM (nqBYe) You mean that habitual Liar Bill Clinton? (Whom the media ALSO elected by partisan distortion of "News" coverage.) Yeah, anyone who trusted that lying sack of shit, should not be surprised to discover he was a lying sack of shit.

Posted by: D-Lamp at March 25, 2014 11:04 AM (bb5+k)

194 What's happening to this country's standing in the world can be pinpointed to one soursce: The citizenery of the USA. Posted by: Soona at March 25, 2014 02:57 PM (qHaC/) Shhhh....'The Real Housewives of Honey Boo Boo's Amazing Race' is on.

Posted by: RWC at March 25, 2014 11:04 AM (fWAjv)

195 A "regional power" that:

1. Manages to keep it's thorn in our side proxy Iran on track to develop nuclear weapons.

2. Not only stopped the world's only superpower from attacking pipsqueak Syria, but then maneuvered the USA  into legitimizing it's dictator, and allowing it to retain it's chemical WMDs.

3. Just took over about one-half of one of it's neighbors without firing a shot.

Meanwhile, the United States of America, the Most Powerful Country In The World,  is sending the invaded country food. As I saw it put elsewhere,

"The invasion of Ukraine is being catered by the US".

 This is so pathetic. Next thing Putin is going to give Obama a wedgie.

Posted by: West at March 25, 2014 11:04 AM (1Rgee)

196 It bothers me that we have a President who isn't interested in the motivations behind Russia's moves. One can presumably extrapolate that our President doesn't care much about history either. That is scary.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 25, 2014 11:04 AM (RZ8pf)

197 uh oh! Donald Rumsfeld compares obama to a trained ape! Or more accurately, an un-trained ape. (Not really, but the Media will say so)

Posted by: Soothsayer, Lesbian Outreach Coordinator at March 25, 2014 11:04 AM (HGVmj)

198 76 North Korea invaded South Korean in 1950 because they were extremely intimidated by the South's kimchee recipes.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 25, 2014 02:45 PM (gOoFi)
They got triggered.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 25, 2014 11:04 AM (XeVA7)

199 I can't convince him that they are shady. He thinks they are great people.


Remind me again, who they are?  People that your dad has taken in?

Posted by: EC at March 25, 2014 11:04 AM (GQ8sn)

200 I disagree that the EU is becoming a super power. It will likely implode before that could ever happen, and I doubt it can happen anyway. Posted by: SH at March 25, 2014 02:54 PM (gmeXX) IMO there will be a crises, one when the Individual States of the EU are forced to do something by the EU... something they don't want... And just like our Civil War, the EU will either come out as a single dominant power, or it will break apart. IF the EU comes out of it intact, with a Federal overarching system... it has more Population than the US, is larger than the US, has a Larger standing Army (when you take all the individual countries armies and Nationalize them like we did during the Civil war).... The EU is poised (to use Obama's term) to be the next Super Power... and that is just what the plutocrats of the EU councils want.

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 25, 2014 11:05 AM (84gbM)

201 I do hope for the best for my fellow mick, Jim Kelly.  Great competitor. 

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at March 25, 2014 11:05 AM (Ec6wH)

202 Actually not. Poland isn't meeting the NATO minimum of spending 2% of GDP on defense spending. They are close but not even meeting the minimum isn't carrying a greater load. ---- Maybe so, but I recall them being one of the few countries that actually sent men to the Gulf. That should count for something. And why should they spend on the NATO minimum if we abandon them? Drew, you know more about this than me, so I'll defer to you. But I'm kind of playing devil's advocate. From my perspective, I see a country that was under Soviet control and in a realtively short order was fighting with us in the Gulf. Then we abandoned them on missile defense.

Posted by: SH at March 25, 2014 11:05 AM (gmeXX)

203 How about Return to Love Canal I was born only a few blocks from Love Canal. And I turned out fine. Well, except my penis glows in the dark. But that's a feature, not a bug.

Posted by: Citizen X at March 25, 2014 11:05 AM (7ObY1)

204 and the worst thing is...I can't convince him that they are shady. He thinks they are great people.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 25, 2014 03:03 PM (V22Sh)

 

Grifters are often charming and good at manipulation.  I'm really sorry you're having to deal with this.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 25, 2014 11:05 AM (DrWcr)

205 142 It can actually get worse that Carter. Who knew....? Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 25, 2014 02:56 PM (gOoFi) Are ya kiddin? Worse than Carter has always been my primary assumption, and even Glen Reynolds says that ship has long sailed.

Posted by: D-Lamp at March 25, 2014 11:05 AM (bb5+k)

206 HITLER OCCUPIES  SUDETENLAND:  DEMONSTRATES WEAKNESS, NOT STRENTH

Posted by: Headlines From 1938 at March 25, 2014 11:05 AM (TOk1P)

207 1. Russia is an insecure regional power. 2. I'm not interested in Russian motivation. I'm going to go bang my head in a cabinet door for a bit. BRB.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 25, 2014 11:05 AM (659DL)

208 Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at March 25, 2014 03:02 PM (4df7R)

I've heard more intelligent responses in faculty lounges than we are getting from Barky on the international stage!  Guess he just voted "present" on actually participating in any faculty lounge discussions.

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 25, 2014 11:06 AM (o3MSL)

209

FALL OF SAIGON: INDICATES LESS NVA INFLUENCE, NOT MORE

Posted by: Headlines From 1973 at March 25, 2014 11:06 AM (TOk1P)

210 Obama will do for nuclear proliferation exactly what he's done for gun sales in the U.S..

Posted by: Stateless Infidel at March 25, 2014 11:07 AM (AC0lD)

211 So the light bringer is suggesting the Crimea is Putin's woobie???

Posted by: phreshone at March 25, 2014 11:07 AM (kFxpe)

212 I've heard more intelligent responses in faculty lounges than we are getting from Barky on the international stage! Guess he just voted "present" on actually participating in any faculty lounge discussions.

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 25, 2014 03:06 PM (o3MSL)



Obammy's contribution to faculty lounge discussions was,   "I am here.   You may discuss."   

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 25, 2014 11:07 AM (4df7R)

213 Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 25, 2014 03:03 PM (V22Sh) Dude's name is actually William Clinton. Wow. Sorry GGE.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 25, 2014 11:08 AM (da5Wo)

214 I assume Putin *has* a plan B, if perchance the Euros actually did nut up and send troops to the rump Ukraine. He has Crimea, and he's not giving that up though.

Posted by: toby928© embraces tribalism at March 25, 2014 11:08 AM (QupBk)

215 Weakness, bitches!

"A prominent political ally and advisor to Vladimir Putin has proposed splitting up Ukraine along the lines of an historical pact agreed between the Nazis and Soviet Union.

Vladimir Zhirinovsky, widely regarded as a mouthpiece for the Russian president, proposed a redrawing of the borders of western Ukraine - which would involve regions being incorporated into the territories of Poland, Romania and Hungary.

He appeared to have written the letter in the days after Russia itself annexed the Crimea region of Ukraine last week, and suggested further referendums could be held to see further territory break away from Kiev.

Zhirinovsky wrote: “It's never too late to correct historical errors.”


Posted by: B at March 25, 2014 11:08 AM (VC56G)

216 Posted by: SH at March 25, 2014 03:05 PM (gmeXX)


But Poland sent men to the Gulf to support that evil Bushitler's war for oil (ever noticed how the gas prices have gone down since Barky took office) so what have they done for us lately?.

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 25, 2014 11:08 AM (o3MSL)

217 Yeah, but admit it. It felt good, didn't it? Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 25, 2014 03:01 PM (JtwS4) Sure did. Made my decade

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 25, 2014 11:08 AM (t3UFN)

218 Can you get a hold of either of the grifters? On phone or in person. Let them know that YOU know what gheyh're up to, even if "Pops" doesn't. Maybe they'll move on to a new mark.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 25, 2014 11:08 AM (ZshNr)

219 "Are ya kiddin? " Yep. Tongue and cheek, you see.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 25, 2014 11:08 AM (gOoFi)

220

Angela Merkel said this is a bad example and will make small countries want nukes.  Russia promised not to invade Ukraine when Ukraine gave up its nukes.

 

Ukraine PM says they don't want nukes again. 

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 25, 2014 11:09 AM (JtwS4)

221 We have an immature idiot as Preezy. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at March 25, 2014 03:02 PM (4df7R) I keep pointing this out, but others like to regard him as an "evil genius." No, folks, he's just a fucking idiot.

Posted by: D-Lamp at March 25, 2014 11:09 AM (bb5+k)

222 Muslims take Iraq and western Iran from Yazdigerd: just a cry for help, really

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at March 25, 2014 11:09 AM (Ysbcl)

223 FALL OF SAIGON: INDICATES LESS NVA INFLUENCE, NOT MORE Hanoi is just a regional power.

Posted by: toby928© embraces tribalism at March 25, 2014 11:09 AM (QupBk)

224

“Russia is a regional power that is threatening some of its immediate neighbors, not out of strength but out of weakness,” Obama asserted, as though he was talking about the psychological insecurities that plague the average playground bully.


“The fact that Russia felt compelled to go in militarily and lay bare these violations of international law indicates less influence, not more,” Obama insisted.




Seriously, that is the stupidest...    That's exactly what Kerry said a month ago -- like, exactly, almost to the word -- and was promptly excoriated for   saying,   because   it's   damn fucking  godawful WTF are you retarded    STUPID.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 25, 2014 11:09 AM (4df7R)

225
Remind me again, who they are? People that your dad has taken in?

Posted by: EC at March 25, 2014 03:04 PM (GQ8sn)



People who my father in law are trusting to "take care of things" for him while he's in the hospital (and for the past 6 months, in daily life as well) because he doesn't want to be a burden on his family.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 25, 2014 11:09 AM (V22Sh)

226 Obammy's contribution to faculty lounge discussions was, "I am here. NOW,You may discuss."

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at March 25, 2014 03:07 PM (4df7R)

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 25, 2014 11:09 AM (o3MSL)

227 (ever noticed how the gas prices have gone down since Barky took office) Posted by: Hrothgar at March 25, 2014 03:08 PM (o3MSL) That's a relative term. Still over $3.50/gal here.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 25, 2014 11:10 AM (da5Wo)

228

GERMANY EXECUTES VON SCHLIEFFEN PLAN: THREATENS SOME  OF ITS IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS

Posted by: Headlines From 1914 at March 25, 2014 11:10 AM (TOk1P)

229 People who my father in law are trusting to "take care of things" for him while he's in the hospital (and for the past 6 months, in daily life as well) because he doesn't want to be a burden on his family.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 25, 2014 03:09 PM (V22Sh)

 

How did he come in contact with these people in the first place?

Posted by: Insomniac at March 25, 2014 11:10 AM (DrWcr)

230  Being reported now that Russia captured Ukraine's only war ship. Yep, just a weak, regional player...

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 25, 2014 03:03 PM (ojnk6)

 

 

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The Ukraine should have loaded that warship onto a trailer and  driven it to Poland.

Posted by: Soona at March 25, 2014 11:10 AM (qHaC/)

231 I sure do love playing President.

Posted by: Barack Obama at March 25, 2014 11:10 AM (gOoFi)

232 After less than three months consideration, the IRS has issued its statement clarifying th etax treatment of Bitcoins (and other virtual currencies) before the April 15th Deadline.
The finding, summarized, is that Vitual currencies will be treated as property (not as a currency) which, as WSJ notes, means an investor who buys bitcoin would typically have a capital gain or loss when itÂ’s sold.

Posted by: "Turbo" Timmy at March 25, 2014 11:11 AM (e8kgV)

233 Can you get a hold of either of the grifters? On phone or in person. Let them know that YOU know what gheyh're up to, even if "Pops" doesn't. Maybe they'll move on to a new mark.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 25, 2014 03:08 PM (ZshNr)



I saw them for the first time today. They couldn't get out of the room fast enough. Of course this was before I had checked their arrest records...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 25, 2014 11:11 AM (V22Sh)

234 Since Obama has been an affirmative action hire living in make-believe land all of his life, it makes sense that he views Russia as a fellow affirmative action case. 

Or, maybe we're just some element of Obama's dream.   

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at March 25, 2014 11:11 AM (Ec6wH)

235 213 So the light bringer is suggesting the Crimea is Putin's woobie???

Posted by: phreshone at March 25, 2014 03:07 PM (kFxpe)




Yes.   Yes he is.   



I would contend that Crimea is Putin's MacGuffin.  It could have been anywhere, but Crimea was where opportunity presented itself, so Crimea is where he began.  

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 25, 2014 11:11 AM (4df7R)

236 That's a relative term. Still over $3.50/gal here.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 25, 2014 03:10 PM (da5Wo)


You should be using price per liter, comrade!

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 25, 2014 11:12 AM (o3MSL)

237 People who my father in law are trusting to "take care of things" for him while he's in the hospital (and for the past 6 months, in daily life as well) because he doesn't want to be a burden on his family.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 25, 2014 03:09 PM (V22Sh)



Holy crap!  I know you're down there now, but I didn't get the whole story.  Tell these people to get the fuck out of your dad's house.  You GOT this!



Posted by: EC at March 25, 2014 11:12 AM (GQ8sn)

238 Don't we here all think that everyone else is shady? I do. I hope when we get old (er) we continue to think everyone else is shady. Sorry gge. My best friend is going through the same deal, and whenever he tries to help his dad out with it HE'S the bad guy.

Posted by: traye at March 25, 2014 11:12 AM (sRh7l)

239 I would look forward to the two-by-four Obama is certainly going to get slammed into his ladybits -- but for the fact that the rest of the country is going to pay for his scruntiness.

Angels and Ministers of Grace preserve us.

Posted by: acethepug at March 25, 2014 11:12 AM (03T7/)

240 He'll be lucky if he's not totally cleaned out.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 25, 2014 11:12 AM (ZshNr)

241 181. The EU is going Islamist. I see implosion as a good thing considering the alternative. Posted by: D-Lamp at March 25, 2014 03:02 PM (bb5+k) -- From the Schumann who publicized the global electromagnetic resonance phenomenon (1952) Winfreid Otto Schumann (May 20, 1888 – September 22, 1974) - German electrical engineer with PhD in high voltage physics, the same who developed levitating disks during the Third Reich, stated that IMPLOSIVE energy is divine, EXPLOSIVE is demonic (SS file). For what the earth's song is worth...better for creation to implode than explode?

Posted by: panzernashorn at March 25, 2014 11:13 AM (/vO0r)

242 The finding, summarized, is
that Vitual currencies will be treated as property (not as a currency)
which, as WSJ notes, means an investor who buys bitcoin would typically
have a capital gain or loss when itÂ’s sold.

Posted by: "Turbo" Timmy at March 25, 2014 03:11 PM (e8kgV)


Note to self, property can be lost in a tragic boating accident.

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 25, 2014 11:13 AM (o3MSL)

243 GERMANY EXECUTES VON SCHLIEFFEN PLAN: THREATENS SOME OF ITS IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS

Posted by: Headlines From 1914 at March 25, 2014 03:10 PM (TOk1P)

 

 

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

 

 

Keep an eye on the Germans.  They don't like Russia.  If there's  any country that would at least try to gear up and fight the Rooskies, it would be Deutschland.

Posted by: Soona at March 25, 2014 11:13 AM (qHaC/)

244 Drew's first paragraph reminds me of the old story about the Nazi general telling his mistress the night before the invasion that Germany would attack Russia. He drags out an atlas to show her the plan, pointing out Germany and Russia. She asks only one question. "Liebschen, has the Fuehrer seen this map?"

Posted by: xknight65 at March 25, 2014 11:14 AM (Q5J6h)

245 GGE - Worse than I expected. It is congenital to older folk to think that others around them are honest, well-intentioned folk. I once talked to a lawyer about a guy who was wooing my mother. Had her charmed, really. I didn't know him, but he just 'smelled' bad. The lawyer sic'd one of his go-to guys onto the situation, who confirmed the fellow had a bad history. It was my good fortune that the lawyer, who was a friend of my (deceased) father recognized that I was just a kid, without any influence. He apparently arranged for someone to 'have a talk' with the suitor, and the guy was gone. I've never told anyone about this, until now.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 25, 2014 11:14 AM (aDwsi)

246 I have to go get some things...including paper for the printer. Maybe if I print this stuff out and show it to Pop he'll start to use his head again...and if not, there isn't anything more I can do. I've checked.



I was able to get into his house today and it doesn't look like anything is missing, and we did talk to the bank manager. Even though they can't tell us anything since we're not on his account I'm hoping that they will pay extra close attention to any funny business.



Later roonz and roonettez. I would say fear no evil, but I have seen evil today. I don't fear it...it just pisses me off that I can't fight it.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 25, 2014 11:14 AM (V22Sh)

247 Yeah, I would have no doubts if I were you. You'll probably have to do some forensic accounting on your own, maybe call Life lock on behalf of your father in law. House keys are probably all compromised.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 25, 2014 11:14 AM (ZshNr)

248 That's a relative term. Still over $3.50/gal here. Going to $3.49 in Dallas. And they refine it just down the road.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2014 11:15 AM (uVkIH)

249 I'm so happy that our current administration is keeping the Russian threat in perspective, so that they can continue to focus on really dangerous threats like climate change.

Posted by: Paul at March 25, 2014 11:15 AM (GTyB/)

250 Parting of the Red Sea was a sign of weakness, not strength.

Posted by: The New York Times at March 25, 2014 11:15 AM (wTgwx)

251 "If there's any country that would at least try to gear up and fight the Rooskies, it would be Deutschland." There is no historical precedent for that. Never. Happen.

Posted by: Barack Obama at March 25, 2014 11:15 AM (gOoFi)

252 The EU is poised (to use Obama's term) to be the next Super Power... and that is just what the plutocrats of the EU councils want. ---- If the Catholic Church couldn't unify Europe, I doubt beaurocrats will be able to.

Posted by: SH at March 25, 2014 11:16 AM (gmeXX)

253 I Really, really hope Putin doesn't decide to smack TFG's nose with a rolled up newspaper.

Posted by: CSMBigBird at March 25, 2014 11:16 AM (jsWA8)

254 253 "If there's any country that would at least try to gear up and fight the Rooskies, it would be Deutschland."
***

Now, now. That's 19th century thinking...

Posted by: B at March 25, 2014 11:16 AM (VC56G)

255 Parting of the Red Sea was a sign of weakness, not strength. ----------------- A passive-aggressive act. A micro aggression really.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 25, 2014 11:16 AM (aDwsi)

256 Carter sends helicopters to Iran. Shows strength, not weakness!

Posted by: Citizen X at March 25, 2014 11:17 AM (7ObY1)

257 Wow, that Mediaite article is something. Someone doesn't understand the term "geopolitical." I'm looking at you Mr. President.

Posted by: duke at March 25, 2014 11:17 AM (d3clc)

258 Putin's response will be predictable: Well, then let me show you how weak I am, obama.

Posted by: Soothsayer, Lesbian Outreach Coordinator at March 25, 2014 11:17 AM (HGVmj)

260
A weak insecure regional power is what Obama is determined for the United States to be.

Yo!  Canada!  We're number one!!

Posted by: Frankling at March 25, 2014 11:17 AM (Xv7f/)

261 Sorry gge. My best friend is going through the same deal, and whenever he tries to help his dad out with it HE'S the bad guy.

Posted by: traye at March 25, 2014 03:12 PM (sRh7l)




I don't mind being the bad guy. He can be pissed at me until the day he dies and I'm fine with that.



Mike, I'd really like to find some of the people my late wife knew, because she knew people who knew people. Unfortunately...




And now, really, I'm off.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 25, 2014 11:18 AM (V22Sh)

262 Parting of the Red Sea was a sign of weakness, not strength. ----------------- A passive-aggressive act. A micro aggression really. Triggers.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2014 11:18 AM (uVkIH)

263 I learned a long time ago, don't poke a bad-ass with a stick unless you're prepared to fight.

Posted by: CSMBigBird at March 25, 2014 11:18 AM (jsWA8)

264 You'll probably have to do some forensic accounting on your own, maybe call Life lock on behalf of your father in law. House keys are probably all compromised.

I've had some recent experience with this.


Lifelock does what you can do for free yourself.  The big thing that you can do to lock down your credit profile is to call the three agencies and activate a credit freeze.  Anyone attempting to open a line of credit, apply for a loan, or do anything that requires a credit check will be locked out.

If GGE knows his dad's personal info (SSN), he can do it himself and create the security pin #'s that only he himself knows.  These two shady characters will only be able to rob his dad physically, and not electronically.

And if things should get physical, well then....


Posted by: EC at March 25, 2014 11:18 AM (GQ8sn)

265 The EU is poised (to use Obama's term) to be the next Super Power... and that is just what the plutocrats of the EU councils want. ----------------- Yeah. Portugal, Italy, Greece, and Spain...., all elements of a 'Superpower'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 25, 2014 11:18 AM (aDwsi)

266 Can't wait til China decides "Hey we're a regional power too." Taiwan we're lookin at you.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 25, 2014 11:18 AM (78GBd)

267

245 -

 

I hope they've upped their game a bit.  We did some training with German troops when I was  stationed over there.  Disciplined  is not a word I would use. 

 

That was a few years ago though (I'm not saying how many is a few).

Posted by: BurtTC at March 25, 2014 11:19 AM (TOk1P)

268 That fishy smell is mackerel agression.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 25, 2014 11:19 AM (XeVA7)

269 So what Obama just said is, essentially,   "Russia's   being bossy."


MATURITY.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 25, 2014 11:20 AM (4df7R)

270 175 Citizen x, what is the type? And yes JK was a baaad man on the field. Cancer of the jaw, as I understand it.

Posted by: Citizen X at March 25, 2014 11:20 AM (7ObY1)

271 268 And Japan. If I were them I'd be assembling those Nuc components stat.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 25, 2014 11:20 AM (ojnk6)

272 Going to $3.49 in Dallas. And they refine it just down the road. Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2014 03:15 PM (uVkIH) My compressed natural gas system delivers fuel to me for ~$1.00 per gallon. I recommend that people go this route if they are able.

Posted by: D-Lamp at March 25, 2014 11:20 AM (bb5+k)

273 Let me be very clear..................Oh, Hell I know I don't have it in me.

Posted by: Barack Obama at March 25, 2014 11:20 AM (gOoFi)

274 Not sure if anyone has mentioned it, but the Apple/ebook publisher price fixing refunds came today. If you're on Amazon and were eligible, you should have a credit.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at March 25, 2014 11:20 AM (zEeUf)

275 GGE _ Do the credit agency stuff. It's easy.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 25, 2014 11:21 AM (aDwsi)

276 Hey. Give us youe nukes and we'll have your back.

Posted by: bill the "big creep" at March 25, 2014 11:21 AM (WCnJW)

277 Jim Kelly's wife just posted this on FB, accompanying a picture of her hugging her husband in his hospital bed. And I am getting verklempt now. Jill Kelly - Author/Speaker This. Is. Greater. Than. The. cancer. And this gift from God; a love that knows no measure...it will prevail. Because GOD IS LOVE! Please keep praying. Please! "The Lord is my helper. I WILL NOT BE AFRAID." Hebrews 13:6

Posted by: Citizen X at March 25, 2014 11:22 AM (7ObY1)

278 To really send a message, use Western Union.  haha.

Re-open the F-22 production line
Announce a new class of frigates
Re-activate an army division

That's the kind of thing Russia and China respect.  Not ObamaCare mk. 404.

Posted by: mrp at March 25, 2014 11:22 AM (JBggj)

279 Way back when, the German troops from the nearby artillery school would stop mid-road march, untuck their uniforms and drink big honking bottles of beer when they stopped for lunch. We were so jealous.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 25, 2014 11:22 AM (ZshNr)

280 I recommend that people go this route if they are able. Posted by: D-Lamp -------------- Going CNG used to be easy. I believe that that the current Fed standards only allow certain conversions, no?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 25, 2014 11:22 AM (aDwsi)

281 Gengis Khan?

Just a pie-eating contest judge.

Posted by: Pres. LowFlight [/i][/b] at March 25, 2014 11:22 AM (wMsSu)

282 261 223? D-Lamp ?Yes- Barky is a high-functioning Idiot. At best. And a braying jackass. And Ø-Merica elected him- twice. Tells you a lot about how far we have fallen.... Posted by: backhoe at March 25, 2014 03:17 PM (ULH4o) To be fair, they were fed an endless stream of lies and false narratives by the LIBERAL DEMOCRATS WHO RUN THE MEDIA. If they could have heard accurate information, they probably wouldn't have let him win the primary, let alone the general.

Posted by: D-Lamp at March 25, 2014 11:22 AM (bb5+k)

283 I think we should let Russia invade all the eastern European former Soviet satellites, creeping westward year by year until they finally take over France and march through the Arc D'Triumph in Paris.

Then the Muslim immigrant besodden Brits MIGHT take notice and call for war to be declared and ask for the US's help.

And then we say.   No.

Posted by: Sphynx at March 25, 2014 11:23 AM (OZmbA)

284 I Really, really hope Putin doesn't decide to smack TFG's nose with a rolled up newspaper.

Posted by: CSMBigBird at March 25, 2014 03:16 PM (jsWA

 

 

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

 

 

The newspaper smack was when he invaded the Crimea.  I'm waiting for Pooty to bring out the  baseball bat.  And he will bring it out.

 

I really do feel sorry for the people of Ukraine.  They  loved their freedom.  I do think if the Russians make another move against them, they'll fight.

Posted by: Soona at March 25, 2014 11:23 AM (qHaC/)

285 Yeah, Russia's 'region' is Eurasarctic. Remember the Second City TV's CCCP1? Look at what fits in Mother Russia! Puny America many times.... and so on.

Posted by: Beagle at March 25, 2014 11:23 AM (sOtz/)

286 Yeah. Portugal, Italy, Greece, and Spain...., all elements of a 'Superpower'. Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 25, 2014 03:18 PM (aDwsi) Yeah.... just like Mississippi, Illinois, Alaska...

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 25, 2014 11:23 AM (84gbM)

287 We'll be the luckiest nation in the history of ever if we manage to survive this douchenozzle currently polluting the Oval Office...and the LIVs who put him in it.

Posted by: Jaws at March 25, 2014 11:23 AM (eKZp1)

288 The possession of nukes and the means to deliver them alone transform their possessor from a regional power to a strategic power.  That's the whole idea of nuclear non-proliferation. 

Just when you think the question, "How'd this idiot ever get to be President?" could not ever get more plaintive...."

Posted by: Zombie Clancy at March 25, 2014 11:23 AM (Xv7f/)

289 289.  We can survive the douchenozzle,  but surviving the LIV who put him there I am not so sure.

Posted by: Zombie Clancy at March 25, 2014 11:25 AM (Xv7f/)

290 "At the very least we need to do more to make it possible for Europeans to buy energy from us and not Russia." vs. WSJ link There's NO WAY to either safely or economically deliver natural gas from the USA to Europe for OUR profit. "At the very least we need to do more to make it possible for Europeans to buy energy from us and not Russia." Obama and Hillary should have thought of THAT before destroying Libya and giving the entire military arsenal of Libya to Islamofascists spreading chaos around the world while committing the genocide of Christians, and spawning all the more terrorists for having ruined lives/nations "Because I Could" (Clinton's response to why he perjured himself).

Posted by: panzernashorn at March 25, 2014 11:25 AM (/vO0r)

291 Remember the Second City TV's CCCP1? Look at what fits in Mother Russia! Puny America many times.... and so on. Posted by: Beagle at March 25, 2014 03:23 PM (sOtz/)
I liked their Soviet mini-cam which took two guys to roll around.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 25, 2014 11:26 AM (XeVA7)

292 One thing we could do is lift some of the regulations of the energy industry, approve the Keystone pipeline, and allow the market to lower the price of oil and natural gas. That would be good for the world, and bad for Russia's geopolitical designs.

Posted by: JohnJ at March 25, 2014 11:26 AM (TF/YA)

293 da Zero doesn't just shovel bullshit, he can stack it too.

Posted by: maddogg at March 25, 2014 11:26 AM (xWW96)

294 So let me get this straight.  Obumbles basically just called Putin a Punk in the world media. Yeah, this will work out good.

Posted by: CSMBigBird at March 25, 2014 11:26 AM (jsWA8)

295 If they could have heard accurate information, they probably wouldn't have let him win the primary, let alone the general. Posted by: D-Lamp at March 25, 2014 03:22 PM (bb5+k) Hate to burst your bubble, but they *could* have heard accurate information. Many of them *did*. And they voted him anyway. More verifiable information has never been easier to get. In fact, in some cases you actively have to attempt to avoid it. The media wholly owns its complicity in electing the SCOAMT, but the People wholly own their willful ignorance.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at March 25, 2014 11:26 AM (PYAXX)

296 Anyone around here know a "B. Obama?" I'm look for a "B. Obama." I have a message for him. Kind of important. Okay, send him my way if you see him.

Posted by: Zombie Neville Chamberlain at March 25, 2014 11:26 AM (gOoFi)

297 When a man reaches a certain station in life, he's expected to have enthusiasms. Enthusiasms ...

Posted by: vladimir putin at March 25, 2014 11:27 AM (QupBk)

298 The conservative war drum beating over Ukraine went nowhere. The American people do view that land as worth blood and treasure. Admit defeat on this issue and move on. The American people are not buying it and refuse to have war with Russia.

Posted by: Peace not War at March 25, 2014 11:27 AM (JLKJJ)

299 To really send a message, use Western Union. haha. --------------- Last time I did that, was when the Frogs refused fly-over for the bombing of Gaddafi. I fired off a telegram to the French Embassy in D.C. I was fairly drunk, and angry at the time. I may have made some unfortunate remarks.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 25, 2014 11:27 AM (aDwsi)

300 Going CNG used to be easy. I believe that that the current Fed standards only allow certain conversions, no? Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 25, 2014 03:22 PM (aDwsi) If you think you might have to worry about Fed inspection, then I advise you to purchase factory converted vehicles or one of the EPA approved systems. If you aren't worried about such a thing, you can go with various aftermarket kits, though the state I live in requires you to be certified in gaseous fuel systems before you install anything. I have bought several factory made CNG vehicles, so I haven't had to worry about converting anything so far, but it is my intention to get that certification so I can convert vehicles myself.

Posted by: D-Lamp at March 25, 2014 11:27 AM (bb5+k)

301 To be fair, they were fed an endless stream of lies and false narratives by the LIBERAL DEMOCRATS WHO RUN THE MEDIA.


If they could have heard accurate information, they probably wouldn't have let him win the primary, let alone the general.


Posted by: D-Lamp at March 25, 2014 03:22 PM (bb5+k)

 

 

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Sorry.  But in so many ways I disagree.   All the information was out there and readily available if only the citizens would have cared enough to look at it.  But they wanted they're platitudes.   They wanted to feel good.  They wanted "historic first".  They wanted free shit.

Posted by: Soona at March 25, 2014 11:27 AM (qHaC/)

302 It's like     our idiot    Preezy   and his bumblefuck     minions    really BELIEVE that   the whole   "a bully is someone with a lot of insecurities who   picks on weak   people to make themselves feel    stronger"   is   actually applicable    to geopolitical actors.    Like   all Ukraine has to do is punch    Russia in the nose and they'll develop a grudging respect and turn into best buddies who go on to have a lifelong friendship full of laughter and good times.  



WHAT THE FUCK BULLSHIT IS THAT!?  



What would ACTUALLY happen is Ukraine    would try to fight back   and Russia would unleash   ALL THE FUCKING WEAPONS AND EXPLOSIONS and crush the    Ukrainians into   a fine powder.    This is also called "What is going to happen, especially with   the Mocha Messiah   shooting off his mouth and flapping his ears at Putin like a concussed Dumbo."



You cannot apply    grade   school   psychology   to      global   power dynamics.    It's like    asking a first grader   to      compute   advanced astrophysics.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 25, 2014 11:27 AM (4df7R)

303 Daily Reminder- All Trolls are Average Joe.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at March 25, 2014 11:28 AM (PYAXX)

304 da Zero doesn't just shovel bullshit, he can stack it too.

Posted by: maddogg at March 25, 2014 03:26 PM (xWW96)



..........and Putin is making him eat it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2014 11:28 AM (FMbng)

305 Yeah, stick Putin in the eye, Barry. I'm sure that will work. Germany was a regional power, in all of the wars it fought - and in which tens of millions died. North Korea is barely even that, but how many died? Was Japan even a regional power when they killed all of those Americans? This ignoramus would be unbelievable, if he wasn't so consistently stupid...

Posted by: RobM1981 at March 25, 2014 11:28 AM (zurJC)

306 "Obumbles basically just called Putin a Punk in the world media. " That's how Barry fights. He calls names and then finds a skirt to hide behind when then they start throwing punches.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 25, 2014 11:28 AM (gOoFi)

307

Lets take stock:

KGB operative 1, Community Organizer da 0.

Posted by: maddogg at March 25, 2014 11:28 AM (xWW96)

308

This is also called "What is going to happen, especially with the Mocha Messiah shooting off his mouth and flapping his ears at Putin like a concussed Dumbo."

 

This is pure, concentrated awesome.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 25, 2014 11:28 AM (DrWcr)

309 The conservative war drum beating over Ukraine went nowhere. The American people do view that land as worth blood and treasure. Admit defeat on this issue and move on. The American people are not buying it and refuse to have war with Russia. ----------------- Golly. Same attitude that the Progressives had in 1948 towards Berlin. Coincidence?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 25, 2014 11:29 AM (aDwsi)

310 You cannot apply grade school psychology to global power dynamics. You can't apply grade school psychology to grade school power dynamics. You'd be amazed at how often "ignore them and they'll stop" failed to work when I was a kid.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at March 25, 2014 11:29 AM (PYAXX)

311 Random off-topic tidbit: Rather curious to see Hollowpoint's reaction to Mark Kirk refusing to campaign against Durbin.


Pragmatism, right? 
 

An acceptance of the way things are and how we have to deal with them, no?

Posted by: Kinley Ardal at March 25, 2014 11:29 AM (9LuAk)

312

Did that fool just call me a Regional Power?

 

Did you see the naked pics of his mom on the internet?

Posted by: Russia at March 25, 2014 11:30 AM (W6iIX)

313 Daily Reminder- All Trolls are Average Joe.
Looks like Average Joe didn't bother to read any comments here before typing.

Posted by: fluffy at March 25, 2014 11:30 AM (Ua6T/)

314 Badinov - 1 Squirrel & Moose - 0

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 25, 2014 11:30 AM (aDwsi)

315 285.  One of the best scenes in the original Red Dawn is when Col. Tanner, played by Powers Booth, the shot down F-15 pilot, explains the war to the Wolverines.

In a tone dripping with contempt, he explains the failure of our European "Allies" to come to our aid after the Soviets invaded:  "I guess they figured twice in one century was enough. They're sitting this one out. All except England and they won't last very long..."

John Milius is awesome.

Posted by: Zombie Clancy at March 25, 2014 11:30 AM (Xv7f/)

316 Posted by: fluffy at March 25, 2014 03:30 PM (Ua6T/) This is often the case.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at March 25, 2014 11:30 AM (PYAXX)

317 You cannot apply grade school psychology to global power dynamics. ---- I beg to disagree. I think what is sorely lacking is grade school psychology, but only that which is learned through experience on the grade school fields.

Posted by: SH at March 25, 2014 11:31 AM (gmeXX)

318 Did that fool just call me a Regional Power?


Did you see the naked pics of his mom on the internet?

Posted by: Russia at March 25, 2014 03:30 PM (W6iIX)




Dude,   everyone   saw    Obammy's mom naked.   She never met a commie cock she didn't love.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 25, 2014 11:31 AM (4df7R)

319 You cannot apply grade school[s/] nursery school recess psychology to global power dynamics. ---- FIFY

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 25, 2014 11:31 AM (aDwsi)

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 25, 2014 11:31 AM (aDwsi)

321 Sorry. But in so many ways I disagree. All the information was out there and readily available if only the citizens would have cared enough to look at it. But they wanted they're platitudes. They wanted to feel good. They wanted "historic first". They wanted free shit.

Posted by: Soona at March 25, 2014 03:27 PM (qHaC/)



This.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2014 11:32 AM (FMbng)

322 Whew...

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 25, 2014 11:32 AM (aDwsi)

323 Nice save.

Posted by: toby928© at March 25, 2014 11:32 AM (QupBk)

324 I swear, the next person who says to me, "but you've got to admit, Obama is really intelligent," is getting punched square in the cocksucker.

Posted by: mugiwara at March 25, 2014 11:32 AM (/ZNZD)

325 Posted by: Zombie Clancy at March 25, 2014 03:30 PM (Xv7f/) My favorite part is when Col. Tanner tells the kids he's from Texas, and then contemptuously smacks them around a bit when they think that Austin is not the capitol of TX.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at March 25, 2014 11:32 AM (PYAXX)

326 I'm waiting for you Mike.  I will not be denied!

Posted by: The Barrel at March 25, 2014 11:32 AM (DrWcr)

327 323 Well, that was close....

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 25, 2014 11:32 AM (ojnk6)

328 /sock

Posted by: The Obvious Sock at March 25, 2014 11:33 AM (W6iIX)

329 314. 

Kirk's toast and he knows it, or should.  Between the stroke and living the Bolshecrat land he's done.

Posted by: Roscoe at March 25, 2014 11:33 AM (Xv7f/)

330

316 -

 

No, but I'm thinking of using that  name  for the band I just started: Conservative War Drum.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 25, 2014 11:33 AM (TOk1P)

331 Nice save, Mike.   You were   thisclose    to   Barreldom!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 25, 2014 11:33 AM (4df7R)

332 One of the best scenes in the original Red Dawn is when Col. Tanner, played by Powers Booth, the shot down F-15 pilot, explains the war to the Wolverines.In a tone dripping with contempt, he explains the failure of our European "Allies" to come to our aid after the Soviets invaded: "I guess they figured twice in one century was enough. They're sitting this one out. All except England and they won't last very long..."John Milius is awesome.

Posted by: Zombie Clancy at March 25, 2014 03:30 PM (Xv7f/)


And his bit about how the Chinese were actually on our side...for a while.


"Correction.  There were a billion screaming Chinamen."


Posted by: EC at March 25, 2014 11:33 AM (GQ8sn)

333 Tell me more, please. Just bought home heating oil a couple weeks ago at ~$4.22 a gallon. Posted by: SE Pa Moron at March 25, 2014 03:23 PM (oGrEy) I bought a used CNG filling station because there was no means of filling CNG vehicles in my area at the time. This is not practical for everyone, and so I suppose the answer depends on whether you have a CNG station nearby, or the means to provide your own. You can buy the home fill stations for about ~$5,000.00, but you'll have to have a gas line to use one. If you are buying heating oil, I would presume you don't have natural gas available? Conversions for vehicles (that are not already CNG) cost between 1,300.00 at the low end, to 13,000 at the high end. I Simply bought several used CNG vehicles that were factory produced.

Posted by: D-Lamp at March 25, 2014 11:34 AM (bb5+k)

334 329 - No innocent bystanders were harmed. No harm, no foul. A damned close brush with Ol' Stinky though.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 25, 2014 11:34 AM (aDwsi)

335 Speaking of Red Dawn- did anyone bother with the new one? Would I be able to watch it and enjoy myself, or would I put a boot through my TV?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at March 25, 2014 11:34 AM (PYAXX)

336
I think I give the Obama a case of, how you say, red ass!

Posted by: Vlad the Impaler at March 25, 2014 11:34 AM (nQjHM)

337 @312 Mike Hammer Russia is not Communist and this is not the Cold War. Americans are sick of chickenhawks sending their kids to die for nothing. Running on Russia hate in 2016 will get your party nothing but laughs and ridicule. The American people have spoken and do not want warn over the Ukraine. You lost on this issue, deal with it.

Posted by: Peace not War at March 25, 2014 11:35 AM (JLKJJ)

338 I wish I could say that if a nuclear device was set off in Manhattan Obama would genuinely be devastated and horrified but I can't. If I turned out that it was set off by someone else Obama considers an enemy (Who that is) and not Putin I think it would mainly how Obamas affected,. and would give him a chance to see "See, see. Romney was wrong and I was right." Obama is a deeply disturbed individual in need of healing.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 25, 2014 11:35 AM (XyM/Y)

339 Boring troll is boring. I wonder if we can make it dance.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at March 25, 2014 11:35 AM (PYAXX)

340 294 Remember the Second City TV's CCCP1? Look at what fits in Mother Russia! Puny America many times.... and so on. Posted by: Beagle at March 25, 2014 03:23 PM (sOtz/) That, was fucking HILARIOUS! If for no other reason, I buying the entire series DVDs for that sketch. I bust up every time I think about it. SCTV blows SNL, at almost it's best, away. OK, might have to watch "Strange Brew" later.....

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at March 25, 2014 11:36 AM (Oej64)

341 341 @312 Mike Hammer

Russia is not Communist and this is not the Cold War. Americans are sick of chickenhawks sending their kids to die for nothing. Running on Russia hate in 2016 will get your party nothing but laughs and ridicule.

The American people have spoken and do not want warn over the Ukraine. You lost on this issue, deal with it.
***

What color is the sky up in your ass?

Posted by: B at March 25, 2014 11:36 AM (VC56G)

342 In before MUMR goes full Pat Buchanan?

Posted by: Adam at March 25, 2014 11:36 AM (Aif/5)

343 Speaking of Red Dawn- did anyone bother with the new one? Would I be able to watch it and enjoy myself, or would I put a boot through my TV? Suspension of disbelief is the key, but then it was in the first one too. I enjoyed it well enough for a Red Box rental.

Posted by: toby928© at March 25, 2014 11:36 AM (QupBk)

344 We are like Rome too, so they say. There are some minor differences. They had Nero, we have a retard. Caligula put a horse in the Senate. We took one out of the Senate and make him SecState.

Posted by: Weirddave at March 25, 2014 11:36 AM (N/cFh)

345

Posted by: Peace not War at March 25, 2014 03:35 PM (JLKJJ)

Da Zero is the loser, loser. Now go eat shit and die a protracted and painful death.

Posted by: maddogg at March 25, 2014 11:36 AM (xWW96)

346 Reggie smacking me in the face with his donger is weakness... weakness on my part. Oh how I love it!!

Posted by: TFG at March 25, 2014 11:36 AM (fWAjv)

347 I'm 22 and I know all there is to know.  Make love not war.

Posted by: Peace not War at March 25, 2014 11:36 AM (OZmbA)

348 Why do you hate brown people?

Posted by: Peace Not War says Hector at March 25, 2014 11:37 AM (Aif/5)

349 Hey, Russia is always the Number One seed in the Big East. The real Big East, not the basketball conference. When there's killin' and genocide to be done, that's where it gets done. Obama is not of the "typical" US liberal mindset. He is a Leftist, and would frankly be more comfortable with a lot of former Soviet intellectuals than with most Americans. You can always find the picture of the recredescent Bill Ayers with his Cuba t-shirts, and stomping on the US flag.

Posted by: Bossy Conservative riding Orca at March 25, 2014 11:37 AM (RFeQD)

350 Same question about Red Dawn. I see it is on Netflix now, but don't want to destroy my fond memory of the original.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 25, 2014 11:37 AM (ZshNr)

351 327.   "There there is [Obama] the happy-talk boy wonder, the plaster Balthazar in the Cook County political creche...."  -- P. J. O'Rourke

That's some fine writing, there.

Posted by: Ennerway at March 25, 2014 11:37 AM (Xv7f/)

352 Hate to burst your bubble, but they *could* have heard accurate information. Many of them *did*. And they voted him anyway. Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at March 25, 2014 03:26 PM (PYAXX) I use the term "could" in the manner of it being easy. Nowadays, most Low information voters are of the opinion that "if it isn't on television, it doesn't exist." Sure they could get information elsewhere, but this does nothing to deal with the presumption that the "News" people will tell them what they need to know. The idea that the "News" people are biased partisan hacks intent on pushing them towards electing a Liberal Democrat, just does not occur to most people. They think the media is objective and fair, and they pretty much accept whatever the media people say.

Posted by: D-Lamp at March 25, 2014 11:37 AM (bb5+k)

353 I haven't read all the comments but, has anyone noted that Average Joe sucks cock by choice yet?

Posted by: that guy that doesn't read all the comments at March 25, 2014 11:37 AM (QupBk)

354 Speaking of Red Dawn- did anyone bother with the new one? Would I be able to watch it and enjoy myself, or would I put a boot through my TV?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at March 25, 2014 03:34 PM (PYAXX)



EoJ reviewed it.



You can almost guess how that went.


Posted by: EC at March 25, 2014 11:38 AM (GQ8sn)

355 Speaking of Red Dawn- did anyone bother with the new one? Would I be able to watch it and enjoy myself, or would I put a boot through my TV? --- Not as good as the original, but it was much better than I thought. I definitely recommend it as a rental.

Posted by: SH at March 25, 2014 11:38 AM (gmeXX)

356 fucking average joe again.

Posted by: maddogg at March 25, 2014 11:38 AM (xWW96)

357 Mmmmm.  Troll meat.

Posted by: Soona at March 25, 2014 11:38 AM (qHaC/)

358 Nood

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 25, 2014 11:38 AM (ojnk6)

359 Never mention K#rry.
It's my Trigger word.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 25, 2014 11:38 AM (hn5v5)

360 This is not the Coolie War. Do not have fight on top of Old Smokey. We have woon. Conthervatives are the dumbbyes. We shall odorcome. My sister earn'd $1500 per anus. Ask me how.

Posted by: Piss not Whore [/i][/b] at March 25, 2014 11:38 AM (wMsSu)

361
I know everything important, and the world revolves around the pussy!

Posted by: Piece Not War at March 25, 2014 11:38 AM (nQjHM)

362 223 I keep pointing this out, but others like to regard him as an "evil genius." No, folks, he's just a fucking idiot. Posted by: D-Lamp at March 25, 2014 03:09 PM (bb5+k) --------------------------- He's an idiot in the Leninist sense of being a useful idiot --- or stupid in the Orwellian sense of having his common sense dulled by ideological stupor. It's not that he has a low IQ, IMO. It's that he utterly lacks wisdom and circumspection. And it's not just him. I continue to be amazed at how childishly people in this administration behave: Hillary with her little reset button, Kerry with his "unbelievably small" pronouncements, Obama with his petulant wisecracks. Obama is not the first POTUS to have an incoherent, silly foreign policy, but he is the first to run a diplomatic kiddy camp. Warren Christopher, Cyrus Vance, and Madeline Allbright may have been doing the wrong thing but at least they walked and talked like professionals, like grown-ups. Hillary? Kerry? Powers and S Rice? It's like middle-school student government.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 25, 2014 11:39 AM (dfYL9)

363 Posted by: Peace not War at March 25, 2014 03:27 PM (JLKJJ) Is this a troll? Or sarcasm?

Posted by: D-Lamp at March 25, 2014 11:39 AM (bb5+k)

364 Yeah, a regional power. In the same way the Yankees are just a regional baseball team, or Elvis was a moderately successfull regional singer. Gotcha.

Posted by: LizLem at March 25, 2014 11:39 AM (ijXVY)

365 Speaking of Red Dawn- did anyone bother with the new one? Would I be able to watch it and enjoy myself, or would I put a boot through my TV? Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It.

I thought it was okay.  It's on Netflix so why not?  I was expecting it to be really bad but it wasn't.  Decently directed action scenes.  I think it may have gotten a bad rap because it shows how guns can be really handy to own.

Posted by: Dang at March 25, 2014 11:39 AM (MNq6o)

366 Speaking of Red Dawn- did anyone bother with the new one? Would I be able to watch it and enjoy myself, or would I put a boot through my TV? Probably neither. It sucked, but not infuriatingly so.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 25, 2014 11:39 AM (SY2Kh)

367 Same question about Red Dawn. I see it is on Netflix now, but don't want to destroy my fond memory of the original. ---- I think it will actually make you appreciate the original more. Its entertaining, which is more than I can say for a lot of movies lately.

Posted by: SH at March 25, 2014 11:39 AM (gmeXX)

368 fucking average joe again.

Posted by: maddogg at March 25, 2014 03:38 PM (xWW96)

 

 

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Then stop!  That's what he wants.

Posted by: Soona at March 25, 2014 11:39 AM (qHaC/)

369 Hey, rmember when we all rooted for war with Russia? Good times. AT LEAST WE HAD AN IMAGINED POLICY.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 25, 2014 11:39 AM (659DL)

370 The American people have spoken and do not want warn over the Ukraine. You lost on this issue, deal with it. *** What color is the sky up in your ass? Posted by: B at March 25, 2014 03:36 PM (VC56G) Who said we want to go war, you stupid jagoff?

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at March 25, 2014 11:40 AM (Oej64)

371 The reason that I cannot and will not watch the new Red Dawn: Logistics. Nope. Nope. Nope.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 25, 2014 11:40 AM (659DL)

372 TFG isn't worried about Russians or Muslims .. His REAL enemy is 48 percent of Americans who didn't vote for him Read any lefty "analysts" and they believe that Putin can be sweet talked or lectured into getting his mind right Conservatives to the left are unreasonable and inhuman so therefore there is no dialog with us, only elimination

Posted by: kbdabear at March 25, 2014 11:41 AM (aTXUx)

373 347 Speaking of Red Dawn- did anyone bother with the new one? Would I be able to watch it and enjoy myself, or would I put a boot through my TV?
***

Eh, I enjoyed it for the most part.  It has some great parts and one or two not so great parts.  It could have been a great flick had it not been kicked around and re-edited to pieces because of overseas concerns ( i.e. China). Instead we got North Korea for a bad guy.  Once you get over that, it's not that bad.  The ending is abrupt as fuck though.

Posted by: B at March 25, 2014 11:41 AM (VC56G)

374 The reason that I cannot and will not watch the new Red Dawn: Logistics.

 Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here)

Can't find the remote?

Posted by: Dang at March 25, 2014 11:42 AM (MNq6o)

375 Thanks. I'll watch it tonight.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 25, 2014 11:42 AM (ZshNr)

376 351 I'm 22 and I know all there is to know. Make love not war.

Posted by: Peace not War at March 25, 2014 03:36 PM (OZmbA)


A common fault that has plagued every generation before you, and will plague every generation after.


We are the ones we've been waiting for.


Assuming you understand as your forebears did not, secure in the knowledge that you have gazed into the abyss and won a game of chicken with it, when, in reality, you do not even know what the abyss is.


You haven't even a clue what is actually occuring in Ukraine, other than Obama did the right thing.  I'm 28, kid, and let me tell you something; no human being is completely trustworthy.


To trust in a person completely is not a virtue; it is childish naivete.  o_O That you think it is a virtue adds a bit of black humor to the impending collapse of society.


I shall remember your youthful conviction fondly as we dig for petrol in the wasteland.  Mad Max, baby.

Posted by: Kinley Ardal at March 25, 2014 11:42 AM (9LuAk)

377 Is this a troll? Or sarcasm? Posted by: D-Lamp at March 25, 2014 03:39 PM (bb5+k) Evidently, this post popped up on their Playskool® 3DBB so, here they are. I thought I specifically told maintenance to NOT to fix the short bus. I'll get them on the phone.....

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at March 25, 2014 11:42 AM (Oej64)

378 Sorry. But in so many ways I disagree. All the information was out there and readily available if only the citizens would have cared enough to look at it. But they wanted they're platitudes. They wanted to feel good. They wanted "historic first". They wanted free shit. Posted by: Soona at March 25, 2014 03:27 PM (qHaC/) And they didn't HEAR contrary voices because Liberals control all the microphones. Low information voters use the internet to watch cat videos and shit. They tend to get their news by word of mouth and by television, and television is completely in the hands of Liberal Democrats. We can bemoan the fact that Low Information voters don't research their opinions or we can deal with it by getting opinions counter to Liberal Democrats on television.

Posted by: D-Lamp at March 25, 2014 11:43 AM (bb5+k)

379 It seems that Obama sees Fox News as a bigger threat than Vlad Putin.


Posted by: Sphynx at March 25, 2014 11:43 AM (OZmbA)

380 Meanwhile, at Hot Air, and I swear that I am NOT making this up: Boxer: Why doesnÂ’t Hobby Lobby oppose Viagra?

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 25, 2014 11:43 AM (659DL)

381 What ever happened to just basic troop and material movement in response to major global strategic changes? Obviously we should be arming all the nearby NATO countries with armor, planes, choppers, anti-tank missiles, AA missiles, and so on. Send in trainers. If you are serious about an alliance that is just precautionary. You don't talk shit to Putin while doing it. You say it's because you will respond to any aggression against a NATO ally. Obama is such a power vacuum he's like a singularity of sucktitude.

Posted by: Beagle at March 25, 2014 11:43 AM (sOtz/)

382 Poland may ask why should they if we are going to abandon them. Poland has carried a greater load. Doesn't the question answer itself?

Posted by: Weirddave at March 25, 2014 11:43 AM (N/cFh)

383 Piece Peace - How terribly amusing. You say that as though the American people have been well informed via the national media. How much time has been given to the issue, relative, say, to Christie's bridge closing problem? Very, very little. As a matter of curiosity, how many other areas would have to be annexed before you became concerned? So far as the Cold War goes, it wasn't the Cold War in 1948 either..., just the nascent stage..., somewhat like the current situation. Including, BTW, the attitude of Progressives, who actively wanted to turn Berlin over to the Soviets As an aside..., aren't the people here 'American people'? In point of fact, I think you will find that folk here are exceptionally well informed.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 25, 2014 11:43 AM (aDwsi)

384 "Boys,  Avenge me!!   AVENGE ME !!"

(Speaking of the original Red Dawn. )

Posted by: The America that lives only in memory at March 25, 2014 11:43 AM (Xv7f/)

385 379 The reason that I cannot and will not watch the new Red Dawn: Logistics. Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) Can't find the remote? ------- Think he means the Norks would have logistical trouble invading S. Korea let alone the US.

Posted by: Adam at March 25, 2014 11:44 AM (Aif/5)

386 Speaking of Red Dawn- did anyone bother with the new one? Would I be able to watch it and enjoy myself, or would I put a boot through my TV? Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at March 25, 2014 03:34 PM (PYAXX If you have Netflix check out 'Tomorrow, when the war began.' Kind of an aussie version of Red Dawn.

Posted by: TFG at March 25, 2014 11:44 AM (fWAjv)

387 Can't find the remote? Posted by: Dang at March 25, 2014 03:42 PM (MNq6o) NORKS in California. No, I cannot get past that.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 25, 2014 11:44 AM (659DL)

388 Russia drives  a big truck to  overcompensate for its insecurities.

Posted by: Dormroom philospher king Obama at March 25, 2014 11:46 AM (BAS5M)

389 @366 Margarita DeVille "It's like middle-school student government." The country is being ran by lefty college students. The country might survive, but we will have to cull that herd.

Posted by: Dick Cheney at March 25, 2014 11:46 AM (CflnK)

390

So, by extension, Obama is saying that the US will back down from a mere weak regional power, instead of defending a country whom we have enticed into disarming via a treaty inferring that we will defend their territorial integrity

Posted by: TSgt Ciz at March 25, 2014 11:46 AM (xcAaF)

391 I shall remember your youthful conviction fondly as we dig for petrol in the wasteland. Mad Max, baby.

Posted by: Kinley Ardal at March 25, 2014 03:42 PM (9LuAk)



..or as a previous poster a few weeks ago said - "In colander face mask world".



Yeah, still laughing over that one.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2014 11:47 AM (FMbng)

392 Poland may ask why should they if we are going to abandon them. Poland has carried a greater load. Doesn't the question answer itself? Posted by: Weirddave ----------- Yet another parallel with '48. The French et al wondered why they should resist the Soviets, if the U.S. wasn't going to. Fortunately, Truman was astute enough to recognize that the Soviets had to be resisted.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 25, 2014 11:47 AM (aDwsi)

393
If you have Netflix check out 'Tomorrow, when the war began.'

Kind of an aussie version of Red Dawn.
***

Yep. I caught that a few months ago surfing Netflix.  Not a bad movie, either.

Posted by: B at March 25, 2014 11:47 AM (VC56G)

394 339 Speaking of Red Dawn- did anyone bother with the new one? Would I be able to watch it and enjoy myself, or would I put a boot through my TV? Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at March 25, 2014 03:34 PM (PYAXX) In my opinion it was actually quite good, if you can suspend disbelief of the Norks as the bad guys. It would have made far more sense for them to have been Chinese, but the Movie company made a business decision not to throw away potential earnings from the Chinese market. But the plot and action were decent in my opinion. It turned out far better than I expected of it.

Posted by: D-Lamp at March 25, 2014 11:47 AM (bb5+k)

395 'Tomorrow, When The War Began' trailer http://tinyurl.com/k65ougn

Posted by: TFG at March 25, 2014 11:47 AM (fWAjv)

396 Damn TFG sock

Posted by: RWC at March 25, 2014 11:48 AM (fWAjv)

397 Posted by: Peace not War at March 25, 2014 03:35 PM (JLKJJ) I think it's hector. There's just something about the stupidity he writes that seems recognizable.

Posted by: D-Lamp at March 25, 2014 11:48 AM (bb5+k)

398

145 Buffalo Bills owner Ralph Wilson has died.

Last of the original AFC owners.

 

Well I give it one year before we meet the Toronto Bills.

Posted by: Chaos the other dark meat at March 25, 2014 11:49 AM (oDCMR)

399 “The fact that Russia felt compelled to go in militarily and lay bare these violations of international law indicates less influence, not more,” Obama insisted." Russia-felt-compelled. He is regurgitating some conflict resolution BS he learned at his private Hawaii HS, trying to convince everyone that he is so totally aware of Putin's lack of self confidence, self awareness, that Putin is simply acting out his frustration and will best respond to kindness and understanding. He isn't going to admit(or even believe) that Russia didn't feel "compelled", but instead felt "emboldened," at "ease", "confident", "justified," "was willing", etc. etc. The word compelled is simply Obama convinced that Putin's emotional problems meant he couldn't help himself from invading another country and some time with a good therapist will give Putin a new outlook.

Posted by: Jen at March 25, 2014 11:50 AM (mynOu)

400 "but you've got to admit, Obama is really intelligent,"
Ask the assholes how many geniuses they know who don't speak any foreign languages, don't play a musical instrument, don't have (near) photographic memories so they need teleprompters for even the shortest of speeches, don't know any scientific facts (like not knowing WTF ferrous and nonferrous metals are); and can't even help his middle school daughter with her math homework. Tell them to hit Wiki for the list of those with the highest IQs and WTF they did for work and for pleasure and compare and contrast that to Obama.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 25, 2014 11:51 AM (hn5v5)

401 I think it's hector. There's just something about the stupidity he writes that seems recognizable. ---------------- I particularly like the phrase, "The American people have spoken". Isn't that the same phrase used on American Idol? Well, maybe MSNBC and HuffPo too. Coincidence?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 25, 2014 11:51 AM (aDwsi)

402 Drew and several others have said going to war over Ukraine isn't on the table. I agree with the sentiment except for one thing, we signed a treaty with Ukraine along with the UK. Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons and we agreed to protect them. If we allow Russia to take all or part of Ukraine why should any country believe any treaty past or future?? Would love to hear why this is ok.

Posted by: i4cu2 at March 25, 2014 11:52 AM (CiDmi)

403 385.     

I am so friggin' tired of Low Info liberals equating abortion and birth control pills to Viagra and penis pumps.

Does anybody even know if Hobby Lobby even covers boner pills?

There is no comparison.  Viagra is a medication intended to restore a malfunctioning body to normal function.  That's called making the sick, well.

Birth control, to say nothing of abortion, is intended to interfere with the normal function of the body. 

They are opposites, not the same.

The better comparison to Viagra are the various estrogen replacement medications prescribed to treat the vaginal dryness that makes sex difficult or impossible for menopausal women.  Those drugs ARE covered.

Posted by: Powderhouse Rules at March 25, 2014 11:53 AM (Xv7f/)

404 Drew and several others have said going to war over Ukraine isn't on the table. I agree with the sentiment except for one thing, we signed a treaty with Ukraine along with the UK. It wasn't a treaty.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 25, 2014 11:53 AM (SY2Kh)

405 407.   The Budapest accord is pretty narrow.   We only have to help Ukraine if it is threatened by nuclear weapons.  Conventional war is not covered.

Posted by: Powderhouse Rules at March 25, 2014 11:54 AM (Xv7f/)

406 407 Clinton signed an agreement, not a treaty. It was never ratified by Congress.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 25, 2014 11:55 AM (ojnk6)

407 ..or as a previous poster a few weeks ago said - "In colander face mask world".

Yeah, still laughing over that one.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2014 03:47 PM (FMbng)


o.O I am stealing that quip for future use.

Posted by: Kinley Ardal at March 25, 2014 11:55 AM (9LuAk)

408 “Disinformer!” the Daily Kos screamed. “One of the country’s leading tricksters on climate change,” charged the Huffington Post. “Inaccurate and misleading,” was ThinkProgress’s measured verdict. ---------------- When you start taking flak, you know that you are over the target.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 25, 2014 11:57 AM (aDwsi)

409 we signed a treaty with Ukraine along with the UK. Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons and we agreed to protect them. FWIW, we signed an agreement, not a treaty per se. The point being that there is not a lot we can do if we are unwilling to throw the world into total depression. We aren't going to war, so it would have to be economic shutdown, and in the words of Moe Green, The Corleone Family doesn't have that kind of muscle anymore.

Posted by: toby928© at March 25, 2014 11:57 AM (QupBk)

410

405 "but you've got to admit, Obama is really intelligent,"

***

How many really intelligent pronounce "corpsman" as " korps-man' "?

How many geniuses can't spell "RSPECT"?

Obama is a real life Chance the Gardener, only not funny.

Posted by: Powderhouse Rules at March 25, 2014 11:58 AM (Xv7f/)

411 Well I give it one year before we meet the Toronto Bills.
Oh, good. Another 2nd rate local team for me!

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 25, 2014 12:01 PM (hn5v5)

412 Ukraine wanted to ditch their debt to Russia, so played their EU sympathy card. The EU was never going to admit Ukraine membership. The Ukraine can't afford membership, boasting no national wealth, expired bank credit beyond too much bankruptcy. The EU is in no economic position to assume Ukraine's debts to Russia. And the EU is in no position to provide Ukraine with power or energy, having none to give even if they wanted to sell. And the EU is in no mood to militarize for anyone's sake -- perhaps not even for their own. The US "is" the NATO Military Interventionist war machine. The US Air Force Magazine editorial, "Syria Is Not Libya" specified not only that the US carried the lion's share of the load for NATO in their invasion of Libya, mission to steal the national treasury, destroy everything and leave everyone in hell. More that that, our aircraft were so beyond expiration with no means to keep refueling and repairing were conflict ongoing, already falling apart, and with no tax funded appropriations to repair or to replace. Currently, our aircraft are nowhere in top condition for another bombing air war. There is no thorough fleet of anything, since every contract is cancelled as soon as production occurs. "Reset NATO" -- PAY US UP FRONT PER SERVICE Our EU NATO allies have been sucking our tax teats dry for decades with no gratitude, but with a lot of grief hurled our way for a multitude of reasons. They love hating us for still occupying Europe. They won't lift a finger to accomplish their demands which they make upon us to give them. As with Afghanistan's Karzai whom Bush "made", Europe should be paying foreign aid to the US, purchase of contracted services, for providing their effective military defense. Ex: Switzerland, for instance, Air Force is only "open for business" during business hours, no response available weekends or overnight. Our US foreign policy should absolutely cut off foreign aid since it never goes to anyone but the wealthiest "made" insider-trading crooks who steal it for their own profits without providing the promised public works. If private enterprise want to invest their own private investors' funds abroad, that has no legitimate claim to "being" US foreign policy via tax subsidies, or via military interventionism, as if transnational corporations represent US Government interests or provide the US with national security. Opposite game, Parasites! We lack the position to yet encourage (tolerate) fraud and corruption, especially since we can no longer afford to be so stupid, being bankrupt ourselves as a nation. What Putin is doing, Obama has been told by his handlers' handlers to do. They dragged out Kissinger from zombie shadows to tell Obama "negotiate mutual dissatisfaction because that's the best anyone concerned can hope for under the circumstances." Obama played golf and sent Moocher females to vacay in Red China. Now termite Rumsfeld and Rove crawl out of the woodwork to snark. Like America needs more holes in our heads, to revamp the same constitutional deconstructionists who created The Patriot Act, DHS and all the fascist authoritarianism gone full blown under Obama/Hillary/Holder.

Posted by: panzernashorn at March 25, 2014 12:01 PM (/vO0r)

413 414.   Easy on the Moe Greene analogies.    Look how he ended up. 

Posted by: Roscoe at March 25, 2014 12:01 PM (Xv7f/)

414 If Russia is a regional power, what is the US under Obama?  And if the US is a regional power, which region?  Europe certainly doesn't give care what Obama thinks.  Canada and Mexico both regard him as useless.   Even inside U.S. borders half the population think the president is a complete doofus whose every utterance is worthless, worst than worthless, actually a bunch of lies almost without exception.  If this is true, and it is, whose fault is it?

Posted by: dirks strewn at March 25, 2014 12:05 PM (kfcYC)

415

; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal">405"but you've got to admit, Obama is really intelligent,"
Ask the assholes how many geniuses they know who don't speak any foreign languages, don't play a musical instrument, don't have (near) photographic memories so they need teleprompters for even the shortest of speeches, don't know any scientific facts (like not knowing WTF ferrous and nonferrous metals are); and can't even help his middle school daughter with her math homework. Tell them to hit Wiki for the list of those with the highest IQs and WTF they did for work and for pleasure and compare and contrast that to Obama.

Posted by: andycanuck

Obama's no longer even any good at feigning intelligence, or sincerity for that matter.

Posted by: dirks strewn at March 25, 2014 12:10 PM (kfcYC)

416 407. Not a treaty by any account of that word. Screw media lies aka misstatements. Clinton negotiated a memorandum, aka a MEMO. The entire process was mere show, a publicity stunt for all concerned. Ukraine was represented by a private engineer, not a public official, much less anyone elected in that Ukrainian administration involved in negotiating THE MEMO. (The following year, the Ukraine engineer ran for and was elected to public office.)

Posted by: panzernashorn at March 25, 2014 12:10 PM (/vO0r)

417 Teh jug earred fuck stick is an idiot, at best.
Can't point it out enough....

Posted by: backhoe at March 25, 2014 12:11 PM (ULH4o)

418 "399 339 Speaking of Red Dawn- did anyone bother with the new one? Would I be able to watch it and enjoy myself, or would I put a boot through my TV?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at March 25, 2014 03:34 PM (PYAXX)

In my opinion it was actually quite good, if you can suspend disbelief of the Norks as the bad guys.

It would have made far more sense for them to have been Chinese, but the Movie company made a business decision not to throw away potential earnings from the Chinese market. "

Well, that's pretty stupid, since the Chinese actually get along with the Norks, culturally at any rate. I was talking to a Chinese student the other day and he refers to the 'Koreans' (North AND South) as pretty much one unit, like a marriage that has gone a little rocky but will reemerge any day now stronger than before.

It' s the Japanese that the Chinese hate.


Posted by: West at March 25, 2014 12:19 PM (1Rgee)

419 I'm ready for a coast-to-coast street brawl. Awaiting the word.

Posted by: Rip Steakface at March 25, 2014 12:20 PM (r8b64)

420 "but you've got to admit, Obama is really intelligent,"
Ask the assholes how many geniuses they know who don't speak any foreign languages, don't play a musical instrument, don't have (near) photographic memories so they need teleprompters for even the shortest of speeches, don't know any scientific facts (like not knowing WTF ferrous and nonferrous metals are); and can't even help his middle school daughter with her math homework. Tell them to hit Wiki for the list of those with the highest IQs and WTF they did for work and for pleasure and compare and contrast that to Obama.
Posted by: andycanuck

Awesomeness.

Posted by: Dang at March 25, 2014 12:24 PM (MNq6o)

421 And Obama is a ignorant, flaming-ass fool.

Posted by: rplat at March 25, 2014 12:31 PM (UAHTK)

422 russia is more afraid of you than you are of russia

Posted by: chelsea danger at March 25, 2014 12:32 PM (KfDDN)

423 And Barack Obama is just an insecure poser who doesn't know what the fuck he's doing but DOES know what cock right out of your ass tastes like.

Posted by: microaggressor at March 25, 2014 12:42 PM (yhJhK)

424 We don't have a cure for cancer yet.  A President some day has to get cancer and die in office.  Let it be Obama.

Posted by: microaggressor at March 25, 2014 12:44 PM (yhJhK)

425 Russia is not what it once was and what it once was had been hyped. Readiness and all that. They were, in the parlance of that ultimate cold warrior and all around regular guy from Scranton, "A Big Fucking deal" . While they have fallen a bit the world has fallen further. They have something like 14,000 tanks though the decent ones probably number five to six thousand. We have about five thousand. We have a battalion of tanks in Germany. A.fucking.battalion. what has really changed is what the rest of Europe has. France has two armored brigades. A wild-ass guess for Germany is 400 tanks. I ain't arguing that Russia is about to slam through the Fulda Gap. But it really looks like they could if they wanted to any day and twice on Sunday. Then there's that whole blue water Navy thing. Point being that sure as shit is not anyone but Barack's definition of a regional power. If your neighbor is the only one with an M1A2 for 500 miles, as and when he decides to take a drive he is not a neighborhood problem

Posted by: Mac at March 25, 2014 12:49 PM (0J18b)

426 "We are like Rome too, so they say. There are some minor differences. They had Nero, we have a retard." We have a magic Negro...

Posted by: Rep. Sheila Houston We Have a Problem Jackson Lee at March 25, 2014 01:11 PM (o6g4X)

427 Remember this motherfucker whining to Medvedev that he would have more flexibility after his reelection? What a bitch.

Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at March 25, 2014 01:17 PM (MVGKx)

428 And then I was all like "Putin, you're so, like, last week" And then Putin's all like "hey! And so I'm all like "what -ever!"

Posted by: O'Breezy Preezy at March 25, 2014 01:19 PM (HEo6y)

429 Are you less dead if you were killed out of weakness?

Posted by: Michael at March 25, 2014 01:35 PM (smKbx)

430

Obama hasn't eaten lunch in weeks ...

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because Putin is taking his lunch money and knocking him on his a** everyday in the playground that is the world stage  ...

Posted by: JeffC at March 25, 2014 02:23 PM (A3tpD)

431 I'm surprised Obama, even if feigning, takes the Russian profile so unseriously. As he clearly knows from studying his briefs, they have Transcontinental Ballistic Missiles...

Posted by: BuddyPC at March 25, 2014 02:24 PM (jfUIE)

432 13th!! but adjusts to 11th due to cost of living....

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at March 25, 2014 03:30 PM (u8GsB)

433 wait....wrong thread

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at March 25, 2014 03:31 PM (u8GsB)

434

Disband Nato. So say the two most authentic conservatives in the US, Ron Paul and Pat Buchanan.

We are governed by "liberal Elites?" No kidding.

In Russia, Putin can appeal explicitly to Russia's founding ethnic core, Russian Slavs, to reunify territory.

In the US, try appealing to our founding ethnic core to do anything but apologize for alleged past misdeeds.

Russia is conservative, the American Empire, which usurped the nation is liberal to the core. That is why both W. Bush and Obama pretend our government represents "the International Community" rather than its own citizens. To reinvigorate the Nation we must dismantle the Empire, and Nato along the way.

http://tinyurl.com/qbcyzm2

Posted by: Ken Hoop at March 25, 2014 03:33 PM (DZbll)

435 "....we signed a treaty with Ukraine along with the UK. Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons and we agreed to protect them." The Ukraine IS NOT/WAS NOT a nuclear power. It NEVER 'had' nuclear weapons.....The weapons in question were RUSSIAN nukes which were deployed in the UKRAINE when the Ukraine was part of the then USSR. Russia would NEVER have allowed Ukraine to "split away' AND KEEP THOSE RUSSIAN NUKES. Russia would have gone to war over that issue, and I suspect Billy C recognized that fact. Hence the 1999 Budapest Memorandum Agreement (not Treaty). Was it hypocritical for Clinton to sign it? Yes, but still and all, probably the right thing under the circumstances. That's the way the Grand Game is (supposed to be) played...Something Obama could never learn in a lifetime. A large number of Americans believe Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation "freed the slaves". It did NOT. It only freed the slaves "in the states currently in rebellion against the United States". In other words, Lincoln freed ONLY those slaves he was not in a position to actually free (at the time) Cynical? You betcha? Clever politics? You betcha.

Posted by: alwyr at March 25, 2014 04:08 PM (V0j3u)

436

Anyone remember "I hope he fails" and going WTF?  Dittos to the genius.

 

Posted by: Rattrays Old Gowrie at March 26, 2014 02:28 AM (CfpNk)

437 This may have been said upthread, but here's my take:

Can someone please tell me the names of all the "regional" powers that have both ICBMs and SLBMs?

The SCOAMF strikes again...

Posted by: Jeff Lebowski at March 26, 2014 06:13 AM (GkYi/)

438 I can see geography is not one of Obama's strong points!  He thinks the United States has 57 states and Jacksonville, Florida is located on the Golf of Mexico.  This guy makes Millard Fillmore look like a genius.

Posted by: burt at March 26, 2014 07:29 AM (1+kJ5)

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