tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post8704853778626180176..comments2024-03-28T06:32:24.557-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Massacre at Virginia Tech: 32 Confirmed DeadDeuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger172125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-79190566080385352072007-04-17T11:03:00.000-04:002007-04-17T11:03:00.000-04:00If it was up to me, there would be 55 Korean visa ...If it was up to me, there would be 55 Korean visa students traveling back to Korea in a casket today.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11132252460964519368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-83381980960528066902007-04-17T03:46:00.000-04:002007-04-17T03:46:00.000-04:00Second hand story about shootingAbove is a link to...<A HREF="http://www.redstate.com/stories/breaking_news/virginia_tech_open_thread#comment-435497" REL="nofollow">Second hand story about shooting</A><BR/><BR/>Above is a link to another blog, one which claims to have heard the story from a relative on campus. It says that a jilted boyfriend tried to confront his girl at her dorm. She was at class, and he ended up killing a room mate and resident assistant who investigated.<BR/><BR/>The killer supposedly later went to a class room building and shot students in several class rooms.Herr Wu Weihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00439448704543478131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-12866127433140606432007-04-17T03:40:00.000-04:002007-04-17T03:40:00.000-04:00Confirmation is starting to build that the shooter...Confirmation is starting to build that the shooter was a jilted boy friend who began by shooting the girl friend or a female room mate, then killed an RA who investigated. That was before the second set of killings.<BR/><BR/><B> Two persons -- one male and one female -- were found dead in a dorm room in West Ambler Johnston Hall, a co-ed dormitory that houses about 900 people, Virginia Tech Police Chief Wendell Flinchum said. <BR/> The man was identified last night as Ryan Clark, 22, of Martinez, Ga., near Augusta, a resident assistant at the dorm. <BR/> Mr. Clark, who had been at the school since 2002, had completed his course work and was set to walk across the graduation stage next month with bachelor's degrees in psychology, biology and English, his twin brother said last night. <BR/></B><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.washtimes.com/metro/20070417-122123-6043r.htm" REL="nofollow">Massacre at Virginia Tech</A>Herr Wu Weihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00439448704543478131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-66238411097786893402007-04-17T03:03:00.000-04:002007-04-17T03:03:00.000-04:00"The Bush Administration knows exactly what they a..."The Bush Administration knows exactly what they are doing for strategy, democracy, and for tactics, winning by counter insurgency. General Cut & Run just doesn't agree with it."<BR/><BR/>Then they can attempt to hire another retired general.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-61682919897969813242007-04-17T02:47:00.000-04:002007-04-17T02:47:00.000-04:00The Bush Administration knows exactly what they ar...The Bush Administration knows exactly what they are doing for strategy, democracy, and for tactics, winning by counter insurgency. General Cut & Run just doesn't agree with it. He throws out all the double talk because he doesn't want to say out loud "Give Iran and Syria whatever they want to get them to stop sponsoring terrorism. Cut a face saving deal where the enemy in Iraq ceases fire long enough for us to save face while retreating."Herr Wu Weihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00439448704543478131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-72421582044985926072007-04-17T02:43:00.000-04:002007-04-17T02:43:00.000-04:00It is shocking. A Marine General who can't stand t...It is shocking. A Marine General who can't stand the idea of fighting Al Qaeda and winning, but instead wants us to figure out "how the hell do we get out of Dodge and survive?"<BR/><BR/><B>There's the residue of the Cheney view -- 'We're going to win, al-Qaeda's there' -- that justifies anything we did," he said. "And then there's the pragmatist view -- how the hell do we get out of Dodge and survive?</B>Herr Wu Weihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00439448704543478131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-20837003679314980042007-04-17T02:41:00.000-04:002007-04-17T02:41:00.000-04:00There's no basic mission, wu.There's no basic mission, wu.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1713102863277237792007-04-17T02:40:00.000-04:002007-04-17T02:40:00.000-04:00"The very fundamental issue is, they don't know wh..."The very fundamental issue is, they don't know where the hell they're going," said retired Marine Gen. John J. "Jack" Sheehan, <BR/><BR/>And they don't.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-74224525805510109672007-04-17T02:37:00.000-04:002007-04-17T02:37:00.000-04:00Here is the link to the article where Sheehan says...Here is the link to the article where Sheehan says he wants to cut and run. It's the same article the whole discussion is based on. Sheehan also says he never believed in fighting in Iraq in the first place. Many of his comments, like about sanctions hurting the Iraqi people, sound like something Ted Kennedy or netroots would say.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/10/AR2007041001776_pf.html" REL="nofollow">Sheehan says he wants to cut and run</A><BR/><BR/>Article quotes in bold:<BR/><BR/><B>"I've never agreed on the basis of the war, and I'm still skeptical," Sheehan said. "Not only did we not plan properly for the war, we grossly underestimated the effect of sanctions and Saddam Hussein on the Iraqi people."...<BR/><BR/>There's the residue of the Cheney view -- 'We're going to win, al-Qaeda's there' -- that justifies anything we did," he said. "And then there's the pragmatist view -- how the hell do we get out of Dodge and survive? Unfortunately, the people with the former view are still in the positions of most influence." Sheehan said he wrote a note March 27 declining interest...<BR/><BR/>"The very fundamental issue is, they don't know where the hell they're going," said retired Marine Gen. John J. "Jack" Sheehan, a former top NATO commander who was among those rejecting the job. Sheehan said he believes that Vice President Cheney and his hawkish allies remain more powerful within the administration than pragmatists looking for a way out of Iraq. "So rather than go over there, develop an ulcer and eventually leave, I said, 'No, thanks,' " he said.<BR/><BR/></B><BR/><BR/>It's true that the White House wouldn't have interviewed Sheehan if they knew he wanted to cut and run. They wouldn't have interviewed him if they knew he was such a whiner. They wouldn't have interviewed him if they knew Sheehan had such rotten ethics that he was going to write attack articles about his interview.Herr Wu Weihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00439448704543478131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-41018064092633159542007-04-17T02:30:00.000-04:002007-04-17T02:30:00.000-04:00This criminologist says that the killer was follow...This criminologist says that the killer was following a well known pattern:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18141368/site/newsweek/" REL="nofollow">Premeditative and Selective</A><BR/><BR/><B> Jack Levin, a leading authority on mass killings and those who commit them, the story emerging out of Virginia already has many sadly familiar hallmarks...<BR/><BR/><I>NEWSWEEK: You’ve studied mass shootings for more than 20 years. What’s the first thing you think of when a story like this starts unfolding?</I><BR/><BR/>Jack Levin: I can talk in general terms about this and I’m probably going to be right. In almost every case the motive is revenge. Usually the killer is on a suicidal rampage—he sets out to take his own life but first he takes his revenge on all the people he believes to be responsible for his miseries. Usually the killer has suffered from some catastrophic loss; it could be a girlfriend, a loss of a place in the university—assuming he’s a student or faculty. Either way, in his eyes, it’s catastrophic. It’s the trigger, the catalyst, what pushes him over the edge... <BR/><BR/>Almost every one of these shootings is premeditative and selective. It’s very rare to see a mass killer in a school or workplace or family target random victims. He’ll more likely step around those he doesn’t see as part of the conspiracy. I bet that happens here. At the same time this looks like a family annihilation where a husband-father wants to get even with his wife because he blames her for all his misery, but does so by killing everything associated with her, everything she loved. I’ve seen things in [the] postal service, where [the attacker] will kill his supervisor, the one who laid him off, and then target everyone else at the post office. This killer may have been setting out to kill the college. I’d like to know who his first victim was.<BR/><BR/><I>I would imagine many younger people don’t also quite have the same sense of the value of life either.</I><BR/><BR/>There are teenagers I would call “temporary sociopaths.” They’ll commit a hideous act, such as the taking of human life with impunity, when they’re 16 or 19. They wouldn’t dream of doing the same thing when they’re 30<BR/></B>Herr Wu Weihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00439448704543478131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-84822958702132313262007-04-17T01:58:00.000-04:002007-04-17T01:58:00.000-04:00If he wanted to cut and run from Iraq, they wouldn...If he wanted to cut and run from Iraq, they wouldn't have interviewed him in the first place.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-44291573082481259092007-04-17T01:54:00.000-04:002007-04-17T01:54:00.000-04:00Sheehan's problem is that he wants to cut & run fr...Sheehan's problem is that he wants to cut & run from Iraq, but the President wants to win. All the double talk about strategy is just to disguise his whining and quitting.<BR/><BR/><B>"Sheehan said he believes that Vice President Cheney and his hawkish allies remain more powerful within the administration than pragmatists looking for a way out of Iraq. 'So rather than go over there, develop an ulcer and eventually leave, I said, "No, thanks." '<BR/></B>Herr Wu Weihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00439448704543478131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-4958912687997960942007-04-17T01:02:00.000-04:002007-04-17T01:02:00.000-04:00Sorry to offend your taste Rufus, but at this bar ...Sorry to offend your taste Rufus, but at this bar it is hard boiled eggs, slim jims and pickled lambs tounge.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-50724285212896295212007-04-16T23:27:00.000-04:002007-04-16T23:27:00.000-04:00Going Up? Or, Going Down, Quickly?Going Up? Or, <A HREF="http://biglizards.net/blog/archives/2007/04/is_sadr_on_the.html#more" REL="nofollow">Going Down, Quickly?</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-39410435242149271482007-04-16T23:04:00.000-04:002007-04-16T23:04:00.000-04:00Because you brought it up, Doug:Westhawk begs off ...Because you brought it up, Doug:<BR/><BR/>Westhawk begs off commentary or critique of Sheehan's piece - saying only that Rice and Hadley would disagree with the general.<BR/><BR/>But Sheehan's simply stating what has been stated by others, inside and out - and in doing so did the admin (and a lot of other people) a favor.<BR/><BR/>They are not ready for an implementation manager because they have no (agreed upon) strategy to implement. The NSA is already the executive coordinator, but there's nothing to coordinate. What neither Rice previously nor Hadley currently can do, neither can a newly created WH chair. At this time, that person would only end up being another cog in the wheel.<BR/><BR/>Find a strategy, let DoD and other departments figure our how they're going to achieve it with the guidance given, then put your NSA to work.<BR/><BR/>The WH is good at dictating tactics; not so good at dictating strategy. But the latter is their job.<BR/><BR/>(It was McCain, I believe who first came up with the idea of a "war czar." I guess someone bit on it.)<BR/><BR/>And, yeah, Sheehan could be considered for NSA in the next administration.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-41270328652211309242007-04-16T22:45:00.000-04:002007-04-16T22:45:00.000-04:00This is an Interesting Take on Nouri al Maliki.This is an <A HREF="http://www.nypost.com/seven/04162007/postopinion/opedcolumnists/nouri_nixing_tehrans_tyrants_opedcolumnists_amir_taheri.htm?page=1" REL="nofollow">Interesting Take on Nouri al Maliki.</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-73965914139489812982007-04-16T22:35:00.000-04:002007-04-16T22:35:00.000-04:002164...I love..1. the smell of napalm in the morni...2164...<BR/><BR/>I love..<BR/><BR/>1. the smell of napalm in the morning<BR/>2. cordite<BR/>3. a nicely placed 7.64 at 800yds.<BR/>4. pecan pie<BR/>5. semtex<BR/>6. the sound of a knife on a whetstone<BR/>7. I'm a people person<BR/>8. boston creme pie<BR/>9. flyfishing<BR/>10. hiking in griz country<BR/><BR/>Feel the love.Habuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15883037170077821624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-71646847123420477262007-04-16T22:24:00.000-04:002007-04-16T22:24:00.000-04:00The money was released, but the NorKs left it in t...The money was released, but the NorKs left it in the bank.<BR/><A HREF="http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200704/200704170011.html" REL="nofollow">money, money, money</A><BR/><BR/><I>N.Korea Leaves BDA Money Untouched <BR/> <BR/>North Korea has left untouched US$25 million unfrozen in a Macau bank and offered no statement Monday after missing a Saturday deadline to shut down its nuclear facilities under a Feb. 13 six-nation agreement. Experts differ about the reason for Pyongyang’s reticence. <BR/>Some pundits expect the North to demand a foreign currency transaction account, which it is effectively denied under U.S. financial sanctions. Prof. Kim Hak-sung of Chungnam National University points out that the Stalinist regime cannot transfer the assets from the Banco Delta Asia to a bank in a third country; it can only withdraw the money in cash. He predicted the North will keep demanding the use of a legal account but eventually accept the U.S. solution. </I><BR/><BR/>But while looking for the above there was this:<BR/><I>Iran 'is seeking N Korea's nuclear expertise' <BR/>By Con Coughlin<BR/>Last Updated: 2:20am BST 17/04/2007<BR/><BR/>Iran and North Korea have appointed high-level delegations to deepen co-operation between the two countries on nuclear weapons technology, according to diplomatic sources in Beijing.<BR/><BR/>The countries are keen to seal a deal before North Korea starts to close its controversial Yongbyon reactor under the terms of an agreement with the United States and regional powers in February.<BR/><BR/>N. Korea's Yongbyon reactor <BR/>The Feb 13 accord was negotiated after North Korea conducted a successful test of a nuclear warhead at the end of last year. Following the international outcry that greeted the test, Pyongyang agreed to close the reactor in return for aid.<BR/></I>desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-65697220819679776522007-04-16T22:20:00.000-04:002007-04-16T22:20:00.000-04:00From the NewsMax.com Staff For the story behind t...From the NewsMax.com Staff <BR/>For the story behind the story... <BR/><BR/><BR/>Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2004 10:25 p.m. EST<BR/>Gen. Giap: Kerry's Group Helped Hanoi Defeat U.S.<BR/><BR/>The North Vietnamese general in charge of the military campaign that finally drove the U.S. out of South Vietnam in 1975 credited a group led by Democratic presidential front-runner John Kerry with helping him achieve victory.<BR/><BR/>In his 1985 memoir about the war, Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap wrote that if it weren't for organizations like Kerry's Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Hanoi would have surrendered to the U.S. - according to Fox News Channel war historian Oliver North.<BR/><BR/>That's why, he predicted on Tuesday, the Vietnam War issue "is going to blow up in Kerry's face."<BR/><BR/>"People are going to remember Gen. Giap saying if it weren't for these guys [Kerry's group], we would have lost," North told radio host Sean Hannity.<BR/><BR/>"The Vietnam Veterans Against the War encouraged people to desert, encouraged people to mutiny - some used what they wrote to justify fragging officers," noted the former Marine lieutenant colonel, who earned two purple hearts in Vietnam.<BR/><BR/>"John Kerry has blood of American soldiers on his hands," North said.ICEX_71https://www.blogger.com/profile/03957485395862151693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-5703439361881612142007-04-16T22:18:00.000-04:002007-04-16T22:18:00.000-04:00And, by the way, don't the managemunt ever slug th...And, by the way, don't the managemunt ever slug the juke box around here?<BR/><BR/>Other bars put out some ov them little cheesy fish things every now and then. Why dont cha'll aever do anything like that, huh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-38883117781393734532007-04-16T22:17:00.000-04:002007-04-16T22:17:00.000-04:00aren't the NORKS a bit upset about the delays in g...aren't the NORKS a bit upset about the delays in getting their 25 million released? I hope their delays are just petulant reprisals for holding up ALL THAT MONEY...Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06232405130481114127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-58423081869110710362007-04-16T22:16:00.000-04:002007-04-16T22:16:00.000-04:00And, put it on my "Tab."Iffen you kin do it withou...And, put it on my "Tab."<BR/><BR/>Iffen you kin do it without padding it, that is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-73734395307262389812007-04-16T22:15:00.000-04:002007-04-16T22:15:00.000-04:00Meantime, give me one of them Bud Lites. You cain...Meantime, give me one of them Bud Lites. You cain't do that bottled beer any harm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-36712136361351499242007-04-16T22:13:00.000-04:002007-04-16T22:13:00.000-04:00Anyway, PossumTater done give me the name of his l...Anyway, PossumTater done give me the name of his lawyur and you'll be hering frum him, shortly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-52053122570526664352007-04-16T22:12:00.000-04:002007-04-16T22:12:00.000-04:00Hey, the only time I wuz late was when I was sick ...Hey, the only time I wuz late was when I was sick from drinking that watered-down rotgut you been passing off as <B>"Top-Shelf!"</B><BR/><BR/>And, I'd a been on-time then if I hadn't tripped and sprayned my ankle when I wuz startled by that Rat. I mean: I'm used to the rats; but, that one wuz bein eatin by the cockroaches. <BR/><BR/>THAT wuz startlin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com