tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post7203466545795363452..comments2024-03-28T06:32:24.557-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: With NO Thanks to Israel, The US has a Thanksgiving without a new war in the Middle EastDeuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger198125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-19819006492918140652013-11-28T22:36:43.588-05:002013-11-28T22:36:43.588-05:00Ash: Like with habu y'all think being a vet gi...<b>Ash:</b> <i>Like with habu y'all think being a vet gives one credibility.</i><br /><br />It's kind of like voting, Ash. Sure you don't really make a dent, especially if you live in a blue state, but it gives you the right to kvetch when chickenhawks start talking about starting some more shit ala Iraq 2003.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05294240310371429923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-76359170630295287272013-11-28T22:34:10.386-05:002013-11-28T22:34:10.386-05:00“As we have seen in the data, resentment against t...<br />“As we have seen in the data, resentment against the West comes from <br />what Muslims perceive as the West's hatred and denigration of Islam;<br /> the Western belief that Arabs and Muslims are inferior,; <br />and their fear of Western intervention, domination, or occupation.”<br /><br />― John L. Esposito,<i> Who Speaks For Islam?: What a Billion Muslims Really Think </i>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-23826333631650365192013-11-28T22:27:52.387-05:002013-11-28T22:27:52.387-05:00“Biblical, Talmudic, or Koranic literalists remind...“Biblical, Talmudic, or Koranic literalists remind me of children ....<br />wrinkling their noses at Belon oysters and asking for more Chef Boy-E-Dee. <br /><br /><b>They want the world to be as simple as they are.</b>”<br /><br />― Tim Kreider, <i>Twilight of the Assholes </i>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-19894562407103410152013-11-28T22:24:15.552-05:002013-11-28T22:24:15.552-05:00.
Troublemaker.
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..<br /><br />Troublemaker.<br /><br />:)<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-25209551717964319662013-11-28T22:22:47.028-05:002013-11-28T22:22:47.028-05:00And all the while I am waiting for email from niec...And all the while I am waiting for email from niece.<br />The only important thing.<br />Get your priorities straight<br /><br />bobAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-53617749752233233062013-11-28T22:20:46.084-05:002013-11-28T22:20:46.084-05:00Had a little wine with dinner, did we, Ash? :)Had a little wine with dinner, did we, Ash? :)Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-19990278109280690392013-11-28T22:20:25.255-05:002013-11-28T22:20:25.255-05:00“On the ethics of war the Quran and the New Testam...“On the ethics of war the Quran and the New Testament are worlds apart. <br /><br />Whereas Jesus tells us to turn the other cheek, the Quran tells us, <br /><b>'Whoso commits aggression against you, do you commit aggression against him'</b> (2:194).<br /><br /> The New Testament says nothing about how to wage war. <br /><br />The Quran, by contrast, is filled with just-war precepts. <br />Here war is allowed in self-defense (2:190; 22:39), <br />but hell is the punishment for killing other Muslims (4:93), <br />and the execution of prisoners of war is explicitly condemned (47:4). <br /><br />Whether in the abstract is is better to rely on a scripture that regulates war or a scripture that hopes war away is an open question,<br /><b> but no Muslim-majority country has yet dropped an atomic bomb in war.</b>”<br /><br />― Stephen R. Prothero, <br /><i>God Is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World--and Why Their Differences Matter </i>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1423218326500619342013-11-28T22:19:39.225-05:002013-11-28T22:19:39.225-05:00And, besides, you can't possibly equate Rat...And, besides, you can't possibly equate Rat's arguments with allens hateful comments. That's not "apples to oranges," that's "apples to something outside the known universe."Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-64030436350733555232013-11-28T22:17:43.549-05:002013-11-28T22:17:43.549-05:00Hey shitface, you done lost long time ago.
You no...Hey shitface, you done lost long time ago.<br /><br />You nothing' but big gas passer.<br /><br />And everybody knows it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-75524519521922977292013-11-28T22:16:38.300-05:002013-11-28T22:16:38.300-05:00Like with habu y'all think being a vet gives o...Like with habu y'all think being a vet gives one credibility.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />it doesn't mean shit. In fact it can be used as evidence of ones gullibility - especially one who tends towards the libertarian pov.Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688752302081088907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-48362294190980924872013-11-28T22:16:23.543-05:002013-11-28T22:16:23.543-05:00allen attacked Me, personally. Maybe you don'...allen attacked Me, personally. Maybe you don't understand the insult of the "stolen valor" slur.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-87829741301734551942013-11-28T22:12:28.271-05:002013-11-28T22:12:28.271-05:00Allen pulls a page out of the Rat method book and ...Allen pulls a page out of the Rat method book and folk get their knickers in a knot.<br /><br />we all felt betrayed by T's lies and Allen is pilloried for his but rat prances about all proud for his storytelling.Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688752302081088907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-75540523432822206852013-11-28T22:11:34.690-05:002013-11-28T22:11:34.690-05:00I don't think it's beyond the realm of pos...I don't think it's beyond the realm of possibility that he was "counseling" that Vet with the beer bottle in his shaking hand on how to work the VA for drugs (which he could, of course, sell to allen.)<br /><br />It smells kinda right.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-44764093558509547212013-11-28T22:07:33.375-05:002013-11-28T22:07:33.375-05:00“There are certain verses in the Quran which conve...<br />“There are certain verses in the Quran which convey injunctions similar to the following: 'Kill them wherever you find them.' (2:191)<br />Referring to such verses, there are some who attempt to give the impression that Islam is a religion of war and violence. <br /><b>This is total untrue. <br />Such verses relate in a restricted sense, to those who have unilaterally attacked the Muslims. </b><br />The above verse does not convey the general command of Islam.”<br /><br />― Maulana Wahiduddin Khan,<i> The True Jihad: The Concept of Peace, Tolerance and Non Violence in Islam </i>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-25867561139558554802013-11-28T22:06:12.460-05:002013-11-28T22:06:12.460-05:00I take it back. That is just too much damned work...I take it back. That is just too much damned work. :) :)<br /><br />(although, that job was easier than most.) :)Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-15018444386684351402013-11-28T22:04:47.490-05:002013-11-28T22:04:47.490-05:00Thank ye, thank ye
any time, boss. :)Thank ye, thank ye<br /><br />any time, boss. :)Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-11516070718795121712013-11-28T22:01:42.625-05:002013-11-28T22:01:42.625-05:00Rufus, I have been watching the dialogue and you h...Rufus, I have been watching the dialogue and you have made Allen get downright sloppy with the fraud. His latest comments about VA procedures are too antiseptic and are right out of a manual and not presented in a way that would be done by someone familiar with the system.<br /><br />He is another Habu. When he lost it with Quirk on the QED post, we all knew he what he is. He is a fraud. Good work.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-54856580525649186122013-11-28T21:58:01.293-05:002013-11-28T21:58:01.293-05:00
“I challenge anyone to understand Islam, its spir...<br />“I challenge anyone to understand Islam, its spirit, and not to love it. It is a beautiful religion of brotherhood and devotion.”<br /><br />Yann Martelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-6124027432340261112013-11-28T21:56:26.128-05:002013-11-28T21:56:26.128-05:00Gave you a claim to that 350 ,shitface.
:)Gave you a claim to that 350 ,shitface.<br /><br />:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-65501867255806187172013-11-28T21:41:08.456-05:002013-11-28T21:41:08.456-05:00
“Half the people in the world think that the meta...<br />“Half the people in the world think that the metaphors of their religious traditions, for example, are facts. <br />And the other half contends that they are not facts at all.<br /> As a result we have people who consider themselves believers because they accept metaphors as facts,<br /> and we have others who classify themselves as atheists because they think religious metaphors are lies.”<br />Joseph Campbellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-74319347207455580532013-11-28T21:38:11.162-05:002013-11-28T21:38:11.162-05:00“Eleanor looked up, surprised; the little girl was...“Eleanor looked up, surprised; the little girl was sliding back in her chair, sullenly refusing her milk, while her father frowned and her brother giggled and her mother said calmly, 'She wants her parve chocolate.'<br /><br />Indeed yes, Eleanor thought; indeed, so do I; parve chocolate, of course.<br />E. Newmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-101719706084313352013-11-28T21:30:50.730-05:002013-11-28T21:30:50.730-05:00What, Fünfte Kolonne von Teamleitern, gave the US ...What, Fünfte Kolonne von Teamleitern, gave the US claim to Asia?<br /><br /><br />Fudd Busters Internationalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-22710600437691928302013-11-28T20:30:23.362-05:002013-11-28T20:30:23.362-05:00She put in twenty years at the old Desert Inn, and...She put in twenty years at the old Desert Inn, and now on her fourth husband seems satisfied finally with her life.<br /><br />:)<br /><br />We didn't have a chance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-44683431686162017742013-11-28T20:03:22.985-05:002013-11-28T20:03:22.985-05:00"quiescence"
I do not respond to foul m..."quiescence"<br /><br />I do not respond to foul mouthed louts unless and until I am ready. While your vulgarity may have impressed your wives and children to jump on command, that does not work on me.<br /><br />You know nothing about the Corps and you know nothing about VA. You are liar and, indeed, Rufus Stolen Valor.<br /><br />As to not meeting your deadlines, a) I do as I please and b) this site refused to take five comments by me (each reported to Teresita; one telling Deuce that calling him an "idiot" was a misnomer; he is a vile little man, who has created a vile little world.<br /><br />Oh, Rufus Stolen Valor, I have a family and friends. Today is both Thanksgiving and Hanukkah. Get a life. While you're at it, I want to know your VA rating and its cause.<br /><br />Take care of that 228, boot.<br /><br />:-)allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15605114251615293411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-49601876850818112082013-11-28T19:55:09.255-05:002013-11-28T19:55:09.255-05:00http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2013/11/day...http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2013/11/day-america-lost-asia-100411.html?hp=l15<br />The Day America Lost Asiaallenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15605114251615293411noreply@blogger.com