tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post7106472952110612917..comments2024-03-28T21:41:52.558-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Obama Reads the Polls and Decides He Is Furious.Deuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger97125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-27725637002494523902011-03-03T04:06:51.403-05:002011-03-03T04:06:51.403-05:00good article.good article.prom dresses 2011http://www.weddinggownswholesale.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-84946744238049490662011-02-16T09:53:43.718-05:002011-02-16T09:53:43.718-05:00If U.S. officials had followed up on a 1994 respon...If U.S. officials had followed up on a 1994 response plan for a major Gulf oil spill, it is possible that the spill could have been kept under control and far from land.cheap electronicshttp://www.agoodic.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-81867488147400932872010-06-05T10:44:16.281-04:002010-06-05T10:44:16.281-04:00"...he was constrained by being a War Mongeri..."...he was constrained by being a War Mongering Pub..."<br /><br />Tha's right. Don't make that mistake again.<br /><br />Librulz get away with shit no one else can.<br /><br />President Obama: Patron Saint of the Quiet Guys.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-91622355154705006432010-06-05T10:39:27.417-04:002010-06-05T10:39:27.417-04:00"One advantage of using 'secret' forc..."One advantage of using 'secret' forces for such missions is that they rarely discuss their operations in public."<br /><br />Making them and certain others a lot less fun to engage at social events.<br /><br />"So, where'd you just get back from?"<br /><br />"Africa."<br /><br />"Oh, yeah? Whereabouts?"<br /><br />"Africa."<br /><br />"Mmm. Big continent, Africa."<br /><br />"Yep."<br /><br />"Weather nice?"<br /><br />"Not bad."<br /><br />"So. Pretty good bar, hm?"trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-89281361032083342782010-06-05T10:35:53.092-04:002010-06-05T10:35:53.092-04:00The digital archives at the Miller Center of Publi...The digital archives at the Miller Center of Public affairs at the University of Virginia start in 1977, no luck there.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-83403766018844254832010-06-05T10:34:25.528-04:002010-06-05T10:34:25.528-04:00Rat states that money donations speak volumes to t...Rat states that money donations speak volumes to the love of said Gazans and Palestinians by the USA...<br /><br /><br />Rat: Those folks are obviously not enemies of the US, to enjoy such largess, at the expense of US.<br /><br />The subsidies definitely not beginning just last year, but dating back to the Arabfat days. <br /><br /><br />I would simply state that paying blackmail, bribes and extortion fees to the arabs of the middle east started long before arafat.<br /><br />If you learn history, one will find that immediately upon declaring ourselves independent from the Crown of England, that Islamists of the middle east (including the murderous turks) declared open Jihad on the original colonies...<br /><br />The Original Colonies of AMERICA was formed into the UNITED STATES because of the Jihadists, a Navy was created AFTER numerous bribes, tributes and gifts were given to the Jihadists of the middle east...<br /><br />Nothing has changed, nor does it make the fake nationalist people called "palestinians" America's friends...<br /><br />To judge the gifts (in the form of cash, gold, weapons or silk) as pronouncement of actual friendship? Is naive...<br /><br />Now it is clear the CURRENT squatting POTUS, whose own citizenship is questioned by at least 30% of America, whose own actual FAITH is questioned by the same (face facts, born to a Moslem FATHER, raised as a Moslem? YOU ARE A MOSLEM, albeit maybe an apostate Moslem) His actions as POTUS leaves no doubt that B. Hussein is in fact a friend to Jihadists<br /><br />From Presidential directives relocating Hamas to the USA, 1st interview was with an Arab station, to 900 million for Hamas, to throwing Israel under the bus, B Hussein is HONEST in HIS personal love of the true PIRATES of the Middle East... The seed of Ishmael, looting and occupying millions of square miles of everyone else's lands....<br /><br />But that doesnt mean the middle eastern savages are friends with America....What is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/08237879055691019968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-38057479670373611352010-06-05T10:25:32.384-04:002010-06-05T10:25:32.384-04:00No, whit, I cannot find a transcript, today, of Mr...No, whit, I cannot find a transcript, today, of Mr Bush's speech. Not of Mr Bush nor of anyone else that has given a speech at the UN in the last 40 years.<br /><br />I did have it at one time, linked to it and did the usual cut and paste, here at the EB.<br /><br />But that was a year or so ago. Not sure when, really. And as we all know, blogger is none to good with internal searches.<br /><br />Ambassador Scrantons' speech that was referenced, there is no transcript available, either.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-41366019592360444402010-06-05T10:25:13.909-04:002010-06-05T10:25:13.909-04:00Man, I love good secret operations.
(as opposed to...Man, I love good secret operations.<br />(as opposed to USA, Afghanistan and the Soviets)<br /><br />...but not enough to vote for Barry in 2012.<br /><br />...unless one of the Pauls is the Pub.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-15765826714720560302010-06-05T10:19:56.160-04:002010-06-05T10:19:56.160-04:00But Bush was more compassionate, Trish.
(...and he...But Bush was more compassionate, Trish.<br />(...and he was constrained by being a War Mongering Pub by the Dems and their willing allies, the MSM)Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-55871099784665622132010-06-05T10:16:56.530-04:002010-06-05T10:16:56.530-04:001964 Presidential Election
Although he did not ac...1964 Presidential Election<br /><br />Although he did not actively seek the 1964 Republican nomination for President of the United States in the beginning, a “Draft Scranton” movement quickly gathered momentum among moderate and liberal Republicans who saw him as an alternative to conservative front-runner Senator Barry Goldwater, as well as other Republicans who feared that Goldwater's polarizing views would lead to defeat, after the campaign of Goldwater's liberal opponent, New York governor Nelson Rockefeller, had lost steam. <br /><br />Early in the campaign, he announced that he would be willing to accept the nomination for Vice President. <br /><br />Scranton first declined to enter the race but later threw his hat into the ring on June 12, 1964. <br /><br />Scranton won the support of ten state delegations, but Goldwater went on to win the nomination on the first ballot. RNC Chairman and U.S. Congressman William E. Miller of New York was nominated for Vice President.<br />---<br />...and the rest is history.<br />Phoenix grew to become the embodiment of the RE Bubble and it's aftermath.<br /><br />Just ask The Rodent.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-39328137789327582392010-06-05T10:16:01.516-04:002010-06-05T10:16:01.516-04:00WaPo:
U.S. 'secret war' expands globally ...WaPo:<br /><br />U.S. 'secret war' expands globally as Special Operations forces take larger role<br /><br />By Karen DeYoung and Greg Jaffe<br />Washington Post Staff Writer<br />Friday, June 4, 2010; A01<br /><br />Beneath its commitment to soft-spoken diplomacy and beyond the combat zones of Afghanistan and Iraq, the Obama administration has significantly expanded a largely secret U.S. war against al-Qaeda and other radical groups, according to senior military and administration officials.<br /><br />Special Operations forces have grown both in number and budget, and are deployed in 75 countries, compared with about 60 at the beginning of last year. In addition to units that have spent years in the Philippines and Colombia, teams are operating in Yemen and elsewhere in the Middle East, Africa and Central Asia.<br /><br />Commanders are developing plans for increasing the use of such forces in Somalia, where a Special Operations raid last year killed the alleged head of al-Qaeda in East Africa. Plans exist for preemptive or retaliatory strikes in numerous places around the world, meant to be put into action when a plot has been identified, or after an attack linked to a specific group.<br /><br />The surge in Special Operations deployments, along with intensified CIA drone attacks in western Pakistan, is the other side of the national security doctrine of global engagement and domestic values President Obama released last week.<br /><br />One advantage of using "secret" forces for such missions is that they rarely discuss their operations in public. For a Democratic president such as Obama, who is criticized from either side of the political spectrum for too much or too little aggression, the unacknowledged CIA drone attacks in Pakistan, along with unilateral U.S. raids in Somalia and joint operations in Yemen, provide politically useful tools.<br /><br />Obama, one senior military official said, has allowed "things that the previous administration did not." <br /><br />[...]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />You betcha.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-74599498139633449122010-06-05T10:14:11.457-04:002010-06-05T10:14:11.457-04:00"...look to the sudan...
My compassion is bo...<i>"...look to the sudan...</i><br /><br />My compassion is boundless WiO.<br /><br />Sure, Sudan. And Haiti, Hondurus, some areas in the US, you name it.<br /><br />And any other place where the poor smuck is getting the shaft while the rich guys spend half their time at Sandals.<br /><br /><br />.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-91584660585232127582010-06-05T10:13:01.313-04:002010-06-05T10:13:01.313-04:00Scranton lost the election.Scranton lost the election.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-54369942378239397242010-06-05T09:37:35.544-04:002010-06-05T09:37:35.544-04:00Exactly, doug.
Those folks are obviously not enem...Exactly, doug.<br /><br />Those folks are obviously not enemies of the US, to enjoy such largess, at the expense of US.<br /><br />The subsidies definitely not beginning just last year, but dating back to the Arabfat days. <br /><br />I did at one time, whit.<br />Trying to find it, again.<br /><br />While looking for Mr Bush, I did come across this about Ambassador Scranton's speach, at the UN 23Mar76:<br /><br /><i>U.S. Ambassador William W. Scranton had given a speech in the United Nations calling Israeli settlements illegal and rejecting Israel’s claim to all of Jerusalem.7 <br /><br />7. New York Times, March 25, 1976. </i>desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-53452343397593394182010-06-05T09:35:45.330-04:002010-06-05T09:35:45.330-04:00Quirk said...
The population of Gaza is roughly 40...Quirk said...<br />The population of Gaza is roughly 400,000.<br /><br />Try 1.5 million.<br /><br />yep..<br /><br />and add in the 900 million from the USA<br /><br />and how many BILLIONS from the UN? the Saudis?<br /><br />Iran?<br /><br />The Arabs?<br /><br />Gaza is not a ghetto, it's not a prison...<br /><br />It's a jihadist's training camp...<br /><br />If you are worried about starving kids?<br /><br />look to the sudan...What is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/08237879055691019968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-88950875414811152482010-06-05T09:23:14.856-04:002010-06-05T09:23:14.856-04:00The population of Gaza is roughly 400,000.
Try 1....<i>The population of Gaza is roughly 400,000.</i><br /><br />Try 1.5 million.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-84374047065922813112010-06-05T09:09:49.198-04:002010-06-05T09:09:49.198-04:00"the U.S. gave $900 million in aid to Gaza ju..."<i>the U.S. gave $900 million in aid to Gaza just last year in 2009<br /><br />The population of Gaza is roughly 400,000.<br /><br />That's $2,250 for each man, woman, and child in Gaza.</i>"Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-64423387277944896382010-06-05T09:06:28.441-04:002010-06-05T09:06:28.441-04:00Think Piece for Quirk:
Imagine if Antietam had ha...Think Piece for Quirk:<br /><br />Imagine if Antietam had had<br />Oxygen Bars to keep up<br />the boy's metabolism/energy levels.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-46188618081876823422010-06-05T09:03:16.708-04:002010-06-05T09:03:16.708-04:00The Effect of Leftist, Big Government Ideology on ...<a href="http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2009/11/dont-cry-for-me-america.html" rel="nofollow">The Effect of Leftist, Big Government Ideology on a vibrant economy.</a><br /><br />In the early 20th century, Argentina was one of the richest countries in the world.<br /><br />While Great Britain's maritime power and its far-flung empire had propelled it to a dominant position among the world's industrialized nations, only the United States challenged Argentina for the position of the world's second-most powerful economy.<br /><br />---<br />Rufus will contend that history is history, and that has no bearing on the future of socialized healthcare, autos, banking, and etc.<br />Socialism Uber Alles!Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-82579064893737742852010-06-05T08:36:07.844-04:002010-06-05T08:36:07.844-04:00"An interesting "war", where the ec...<i>"An interesting "war", where the economies boom, on both sides."</i><br /><br />:)<br /><br />80% unemployment in Gaza<br /><br />13% malnutrition<br /><br />The rich and powerful always seem to make out regardless of what's going on around them.<br /><br />Same with the picture of Roots the other day.<br /><br />How many Gazans do you think can afford to go there?<br /><br /><br />.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-447596520819124602010-06-05T08:34:38.481-04:002010-06-05T08:34:38.481-04:00I cannot find a transcript or news story about Bus...I cannot find a transcript or news story about Bush the Elder's address to the General Assembly in 1972.<br /><br />Do you have a link, Rat?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-54191272204636355872010-06-05T08:30:48.843-04:002010-06-05T08:30:48.843-04:00desert rat said...
The Pirate of the Mediterranean...desert rat said...<br />The Pirate of the Mediterranean have murdered a US citizen, on the high seas.<br /><br />Brings back memories of the MS Achille Lauro and the murder of another US citizen, Leon Klinghoffer.<br /><br />To bring the murderous pirates of the PLO to justice, President Reagan ordered the use of military, forcing an Egyptian commercial jet to land in Italy.<br /><br />Fighting seaborne piracy, with air piracy, some might say.<br /><br />Will the United States go to the same lengths to obtain justice in the case of Fulkan Dogan that it did with Leon Klinghoffer?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Good morning Criminal Rat!!<br /><br />Just a quick note about your absurd, jew baiting nonsense...<br /><br />To compare the PLO's murderous takeover of a CRUISE ship, sailing peacefully in the MED, singling out a JEW confined to a wheelchair and tossing him into the sea with...<br /><br />A flotilla, flagged by the Turks, in an attempt to break into a warzone blockade, enforced by 2 UN member states, where upon the so called victim of the IDF, was infact a crow bar wielding terrorists supporting, violent, attacking, PREPARED FOR BATTLE thug...<br /><br />Fulkan Dogan was attempting to kill IDF forces boarding a ship committing an act of war...<br /><br />Your comparisons, as usual, are silly, specious and down right disturbing...<br /><br />but then again?<br /><br />you are a criminal murderer yourself..<br /><br />a self confessed piece of garbage...<br /><br />you lie, you distort, you misquote.<br /><br />You are a jew hating, israel hating, zionist hating piece of crap...<br /><br />we all know that...<br /><br />it's a fact jack...<br /><br />just a small minded nitwit....What is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/08237879055691019968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-53234900237427275392010-06-05T08:15:42.490-04:002010-06-05T08:15:42.490-04:00The Pirate of the Mediterranean have murdered a US...The Pirate of the Mediterranean have murdered a US citizen, on the high seas.<br /><br />Brings back memories of the MS Achille Lauro and the murder of another US citizen, Leon Klinghoffer.<br /><br />To bring the murderous pirates of the PLO to justice, President Reagan ordered the use of military, forcing an Egyptian commercial jet to land in Italy.<br /><br />Fighting seaborne piracy, with air piracy, some might say.<br /><br />Will the United States go to the same lengths to obtain justice in the case of Fulkan Dogan that it did with Leon Klinghoffer?desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-6871474354959496632010-06-05T08:05:33.081-04:002010-06-05T08:05:33.081-04:00An interesting "war", where the economie...An interesting "war", where the economies boom, on both sides.<br />Subsidies, direct aid and loan guarantees flood the battlefield.<br /><br />The entire landscape of that battlefield, the same geographic size of Maricopa County, Arizona.<br /><br />Looks like quite the racket the belligerents have going, for themselves.<br />At the expense of US.<br /><br />Equivalency, exemplified again.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-69217951843965465352010-06-05T08:05:07.483-04:002010-06-05T08:05:07.483-04:00"I don't much argue with rufus.
Nor Q.
No...<i>"I don't much argue with rufus.<br />Nor Q.<br />Not even Ms. T."</i><br /><br />Bullshit.<br /><br />Is that some kind of a challenge?<br /><br />I argue with everybody.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />(I'm fealling a little better. Couple trips to the oxygen bar. Guys say we'll get together later for a few drinks. I say, "Sure".<br /><br /><br />No friggin way! They're nutz.)<br /><br />.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com