tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post116334405008106478..comments2024-03-28T21:41:52.558-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Bugler, Sound "Recall" and "Retreat"Deuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger99125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163391060430460782006-11-12T23:11:00.000-05:002006-11-12T23:11:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Habuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15883037170077821624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163387296227128072006-11-12T22:08:00.000-05:002006-11-12T22:08:00.000-05:00hey, you're right--might need that loan!hey, you're right--might need that loan!buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163387194873032192006-11-12T22:06:00.000-05:002006-11-12T22:06:00.000-05:00That's the spirit, redactor--can't do squat withou...That's the spirit, redactor--can't do squat without the spirit!buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163386745590202842006-11-12T21:59:00.000-05:002006-11-12T21:59:00.000-05:00Maybe it'll all work out. Maybe the Dems'll be loo...Maybe it'll all work out. Maybe the Dems'll be looking to '08 enough to get through all this. Have to admit, tho, the nat'l security & economy issues--*the* issues--don't seem to interest voters unless both issues are in the shit can. (*sigh*)buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163386389332658332006-11-12T21:53:00.000-05:002006-11-12T21:53:00.000-05:00You'll like it, the Texas coast south of Corpus is...You'll like it, the Texas coast south of Corpus is pretty open--not much development, even in this day and age. I'm in the book, rufus, in DS (you know the town, west of Austin). Just a mile up the hill off hwy 165, two miles south of the hwy 290 junction. If you get up this way, gimme a holler. I'm out in the sticks a way, but not all that fur off the beaten path. we'll drink a cold un and cuss rat.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163385979052233502006-11-12T21:46:00.000-05:002006-11-12T21:46:00.000-05:00We did not shoot them, we talked.The Soviets becam...We did not shoot them, we talked.<BR/>The Soviets became Russians and the Game goes on. The threat remains the same, though. <BR/><BR/>The Russians are still armed and MAD takes care of the rest.<BR/><BR/>Mr Olmert says that option is not available to Israel, he should know. <BR/>The options that depend upon US, he should be wary of. Mr Diem or the Shah could give him adequate advise on how fast the tide can turn, in regards the USA. <BR/><BR/>Any US President would sacrifice Tel Aviv to save New York. Count on it. Hell, look to Coventry, not Dresden for the proper example of Allied thinking in WWII.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163385623801821212006-11-12T21:40:00.001-05:002006-11-12T21:40:00.001-05:00I just think, that in the end, the Israeli will go...I just think, that in the end, the Israeli will go the route of the Shah, or the Catholics in 'Nam, if they depend upon US for the existence.<BR/><BR/>Same tune, different lyric.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163385578003261242006-11-12T21:39:00.000-05:002006-11-12T21:39:00.000-05:00well, that's an interpretation of the official lin...well, that's an interpretation of the official line. But Hez is in fact your enemy, and Israel is in fact your ally.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163385093751844862006-11-12T21:31:00.001-05:002006-11-12T21:31:00.001-05:00I've got lots of fighting spirit, amigo, tell me, ...I've got lots of fighting spirit, amigo, tell me, where is the fight?<BR/><BR/>And with whom?<BR/><BR/>The Religion of Peace? I think not.<BR/>Mr Bush has made that clear, my Country is not at War with Islam.<BR/><BR/>Iran, no, no war there. Not even after ample provocation, smae with Syria. Darfurs' Mohammedan genocide, not my concern says Mr Bush. The UN will surfice.<BR/><BR/>Israel is not my country and faces no US enemy. Why the US funds the Palisinian Authority, how could we be at war with them?<BR/><BR/>Hezbollah is part of the new Iraqi Government, one of our devout allies in Peace.<BR/><BR/>When the Mohammedans are the Enemy, I'll fight 'em, but today they are not. LAst month the Ramadan Fast was broken with Feasting at the White House.<BR/><BR/>My fighting spirit is fine.<BR/>The US has, by Law. no dog in the fight. I do not write the Laws, either, just comment upon them.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163385064113036562006-11-12T21:31:00.000-05:002006-11-12T21:31:00.000-05:00the election just keeps washing over me in waves. ...the election just keeps washing over me in waves. don't really know what to do. the trainloads of destructors steaming into DC is just freaking heartbreaking.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163384888601634992006-11-12T21:28:00.000-05:002006-11-12T21:28:00.000-05:00yep, rufus--i tried to read publius the other day,...yep, rufus--i tried to read publius the other day, and just could not stand it. what a major f88ked up deal we done did.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163384691227688092006-11-12T21:24:00.001-05:002006-11-12T21:24:00.001-05:00the rat package oughtta come with a handy wrist-ra...the rat package oughtta come with a handy wrist-razor, tho, for sure.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163384482547467822006-11-12T21:21:00.000-05:002006-11-12T21:21:00.000-05:00I share 'em with the world, a good dry hump.Limit ...I share 'em with the world, a good dry hump.<BR/><BR/>Limit the oil monies, that'll be the day. Don't hold your breath, or you'll be dead, from the waiting.<BR/><BR/>The US had its opportunity to "roll on" it decided not to. I thought it a bad choice, but it was not my day to decide. <BR/>Now i just get to comment on the obvious facts and the untold back stories that abound.<BR/><BR/>The Israeli are between a rock and a hard place, and my choice of costume will not change that. How many Palistinian refugees are there in the UN canps in Lebanon, sixty years on?<BR/><BR/>The Israeli are playing in a fixed game, marks in a sea of sharks.<BR/><BR/>I sure did not write the rules they play by.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163384443122786412006-11-12T21:20:00.001-05:002006-11-12T21:20:00.001-05:00Redactor, rat has signed the whole west off to the...Redactor, rat has signed the whole west off to the Mohammadans already--don't take it personally. The modus operandi is to get readers to face the worst-case scenarios, and think about them. A good G2 man.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163384267093088342006-11-12T21:17:00.000-05:002006-11-12T21:17:00.000-05:00Unions, rufus--they don't go for all this free tra...Unions, rufus--they don't go for all this free trade shit, and they will get their pound of flesh now. Been in the desert a long time. Can you say "trouble"?buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163384171944250122006-11-12T21:16:00.000-05:002006-11-12T21:16:00.000-05:00rufus said:The main thing (basically, the only thi...<B>rufus</B> said:<BR/><BR/><I>The main thing (basically, the only thing) Russia's worried about is their sizable business deal in the Iranian Reactor(s.) Somebody will, somehow, some way, have to make them whole.</I><BR/><BR/>Putin is busy these days making the Soviet Union whole.Teresitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05528002521904908827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163383851835578192006-11-12T21:10:00.001-05:002006-11-12T21:10:00.001-05:00The Peace of the Deador the Peace of the Victor, b...The Peace of the Dead<BR/>or the Peace of the Victor, buddy<BR/><BR/>Those are the choices available.<BR/>The downside to the "Long War" is that the US lacks grit. Called it the first day I heard the new meme.<BR/><BR/>Not much has changed, the prior predictions are falling into place.<BR/>Nov '07, that'll be the target date for US to be already leaving Iraq. The pullout will be underway by August. The window of opportunity for escalation closing.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163383808076259932006-11-12T21:10:00.000-05:002006-11-12T21:10:00.000-05:00Well, redactor gets no madder'n you would if he we...Well, redactor gets no madder'n you would if he were dispassionately discussing the Chihuahuaians taking Arizona and putting the rat tribe to the sword.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163383440553579832006-11-12T21:04:00.000-05:002006-11-12T21:04:00.000-05:00Arafat always said that the palestinian womb was h...Arafat always said that the palestinian womb was his greatest weapon.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163383388994918902006-11-12T21:03:00.000-05:002006-11-12T21:03:00.000-05:00Every solution is short-term, you're right. Long-t...Every solution is short-term, you're right. <BR/><BR/>Long-term, need a peace somehow. But the short term is what has to be dealt with, next minute.<BR/><BR/>It's a non-sequiter, anyway--nobody lets themself be murdered on the grounds that mother nature is gonna get 'em eventually anyway.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163383320231172712006-11-12T21:02:00.000-05:002006-11-12T21:02:00.000-05:00With Mr Baker and the 41 team back in charge of US...With Mr Baker and the 41 team back in charge of US Foreign Policy,<BR/>redacktor takes offense, but has no facts to dispute.<BR/><BR/>He dislikes the scenario proposed.<BR/>So it's back to PC name calling for him. The attempt to orstricize and thus limit the debate.<BR/><BR/>So bush league.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163383272233680522006-11-12T21:01:00.000-05:002006-11-12T21:01:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163383045419390982006-11-12T20:57:00.000-05:002006-11-12T20:57:00.000-05:00I wonder how many Jewish fellows belong to the "Sk...I wonder how many Jewish fellows belong to the "Skull & Bones"desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163382891146809782006-11-12T20:54:00.000-05:002006-11-12T20:54:00.000-05:00I do not miss it, buddy, it just does not matter.T...I do not miss it, buddy, it just does not matter.<BR/><BR/>The numbers tell the tale, if not this round, then the next or the one after that.<BR/><BR/>Syria, Eygpt, Iran, the proxies France, Russia and HB.<BR/><BR/>There are 5.2 million jewish Israeli and 5.3 million Palistinians, 'tween the river and the sea.<BR/><BR/><I>The population of Palestinians living in Israel, the Occupied (2004)Gaza Strip, Occupied East Jerusalem and rest of the Occupied West Bank combined now exceeds the number of Israeli Jews, a U.S. government report has revealed.<BR/><BR/>The Palestinian population stands at over 5.3 million while the Jewish population stands at 5.2 million.<BR/><BR/>The figures come from the U.S. State Department's annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2004. The report provided population figures for each of these territorial units separately but failed to connect all the dots to arrive at the explosive new demographic reality that an Israeli Jewish minority now rules over a larger number of Palestinians living between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. <BR/><BR/>The section on Israel and the Occupied Territories states that the population of Israel stands at 6.8 million, of whom 5.2 million are Jews, 1.3 million Arabs and another 290,000 are other minorities.</I><BR/><BR/>Let alone the bordering countries and their populations, Lebanon and Jordan. Egypt and Syria.<BR/><BR/>A sea of Araby and a tiny ship of state.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163382609288441862006-11-12T20:50:00.000-05:002006-11-12T20:50:00.000-05:00That pretty low-life politics, tho.That pretty low-life politics, tho.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.com