tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post9049352605487689813..comments2024-03-28T06:32:24.557-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Qatar’s foreign policy, as Saudi is motivated by religion. Success in Mali would greatly increase the Emirate’s influence in West Africa and the Sahel region. Qatari influence in Mali must be seen in the context of two branches of a global competition with Saudi Arabia to be the centre of Sunni Islam and competition between the Sunni and Shiite branches of the Muslim faith. It is an extension of the effort Qatar is already making in Egypt, Libya and in Tunisia.Deuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-34668511371975912452013-02-26T19:49:36.682-05:002013-02-26T19:49:36.682-05:00Thanks in support of sharing such a fastidious tho...Thanks in support of sharing such a fastidious thought,<br />article is nice, thats why i have read it entirely<br /><br />My web blog :: <a href="http://safedietsthatwork.bloghi.com" rel="nofollow">diets that work Fast</a><br /><i>Also see my page</i> :: <b><a href="http://safedietsthatwork.webnode.com" rel="nofollow">diets that work</a></b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-51449730981837703232013-02-02T12:05:06.942-05:002013-02-02T12:05:06.942-05:00Same goes for the woman, vice versa, of course.
E...Same goes for the woman, vice versa, of course.<br /><br />Example of Hem's inveterate male chauvinism.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-69268481481670276232013-02-02T11:54:54.808-05:002013-02-02T11:54:54.808-05:00Maybe death is best thought of in our limited way ...Maybe death is best thought of in our limited way as a kind of 'time out' (we are told there is no time there, or of a different type), a sort R and R, another way station of the the unending way. But not to forget the judgement scenes found in all the traditions, to sober us <i>all</i> up.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-83888767526150244582013-02-02T11:45:57.556-05:002013-02-02T11:45:57.556-05:00((((an over-sedated Elmer Fudd ))))
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...((((an over-sedated Elmer Fudd ))))<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />:):):):)<br /><br />Bwahahahaha<br /><br />Come on, you have to admit, that is exactly what he looks like.<br /><br />The kind of guy that might get millions killed when a few thousand would have been enough to stop it. <br /><br />Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-56122833746378544732013-02-02T11:34:38.517-05:002013-02-02T11:34:38.517-05:00I just knew Mark Steyn would write an article on H...I just knew Mark Steyn would write an article on Hagel, the choice of Deuce, Chris Matthews and the Iranian mullahs, a motley and diverse crew if ever there was such a crew -<br /><br /><i>You don’t have to be that good to fend off a committee of showboating senatorial blowhards. Hillary Clinton demonstrated that a week or so back when she unleashed what’s apparently the last word in withering putdowns: What difference does it make?<br /><br />Quite a bit of difference it seems. This week, an over-sedated Elmer Fudd showed up at the Senate claiming to be the president’s nominee for secretary of defense, and even the kindliest interrogators on the committee couldn’t prevent the poor chap shooting himself in the foot.<br /><br />Twenty minutes in, Chuck Hagel was all out of appendages.<br /><br />He warmed up with a little light “misspeaking” on Iran. “I support the president’s strong position on containment,” he declared. Breaking news!</i><br /><br /><br />(Notice he only begins were Deuce ends, with the committee of showboating blowhards.)<br /><br /><br /><i>All fascinating questions, and now that Hagel has announced “containment” as the official administration position, we can all discuss them.<br /><br />Unfortunately, as Hillary said the other day, “our policy is prevention, not containment.” So five minutes later the handlers discreetly swung into action to “contain” Hagel. “I was just handed a note that I misspoke,” he announced, “that I said I supported the president’s position on containment. If I said that, I meant to say that we don’t have a position on containment.” Hagel’s revised position is that there is no position on containment for him to have a position on.<br /><br />Carl Levin, the Democrat chair, stepped in to contain further damage. “We do have a position on containment, and that is we do not favor containment,” he clarified. “I just wanted to clarify the clarify.”</i><br /><br /><br />February 1, 2013 4:30 P.M.<br />Containing Hagel<br />Tehran is pleased that we aren’t.<br /><br />By Mark Steyn <br /><br /><br /><br />Steyn is a really good writer. A good writer is a writer you feel good after reading, to paraphrase Hemingway.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-54048105102419536512013-02-02T11:20:01.280-05:002013-02-02T11:20:01.280-05:00free in the tearing wind
In a Dark Time
By Theod...free in the tearing wind<br /><br /><br />In a Dark Time<br />By Theodore Roethke<br /><br />In a dark time, the eye begins to see,<br />I meet my shadow in the deepening shade; <br />I hear my echo in the echoing wood—<br />A lord of nature weeping to a tree.<br />I live between the heron and the wren, <br />Beasts of the hill and serpents of the den.<br /><br />What’s madness but nobility of soul<br />At odds with circumstance? The day’s on fire! <br />I know the purity of pure despair,<br />My shadow pinned against a sweating wall. <br />That place among the rocks—is it a cave, <br />Or winding path? The edge is what I have.<br /><br />A steady storm of correspondences!<br />A night flowing with birds, a ragged moon, <br />And in broad day the midnight come again! <br />A man goes far to find out what he is—<br />Death of the self in a long, tearless night, <br />All natural shapes blazing unnatural light.<br /><br />Dark, dark my light, and darker my desire. <br />My soul, like some heat-maddened summer fly, <br />Keeps buzzing at the sill. Which I is I?<br />A fallen man, I climb out of my fear. <br />The mind enters itself, and God the mind, <br />And one is One, free in the tearing wind.<br /><br /><br /><br />Tearing, ripping, crying wind<br /><br />I don't see any promise of any rose garden, here or hereafter<br /><br />not for the self at least<br /><br />One is to experience 'eternal life' right here, what the hell else are we doing?<br /><br />....<br /><br />Ernest Hemingway said the worst loneliness of all is that of an older man who has lost a good wife after a long marriage.<br /><br /><br />Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-29582746535226259302013-02-02T09:52:46.644-05:002013-02-02T09:52:46.644-05:00I have read that Qatari were early backers of the ...I have read that Qatari were early backers of the Radical elememt in Syria, too.<br /><br />I doubt Mr Obama would be so obvious as to do a victory line dance with the Emir, there. US policy remains steady, on course.<br /><br />The US, Wahabbi and Israeli, united against the Shiite, except in Iraq.<br /><br />Wonder if the Saudi really did extend over flight authority to. The Israeli, or if that was just another piece of misdirection?desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-69373280829101074352013-02-02T09:29:48.179-05:002013-02-02T09:29:48.179-05:00Nothing like moving to bring one back to Earth.Nothing like moving to bring one back to Earth.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-22468346465245607962013-02-02T09:27:41.978-05:002013-02-02T09:27:41.978-05:00Got to run now. Moving the family out of town and ...Got to run now. Moving the family out of town and the guys that were going to help have been out plowing snow all night.<br /> looks like it's just me and my Son now.Dougmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08468871451814828157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-44258990763375858942013-02-02T09:25:36.226-05:002013-02-02T09:25:36.226-05:00"Faith is said to complete the continuum.&quo..."<i>Faith is said to complete the continuum.</i>"<br /><br />In the end, that's all we have.<br /><br />The Tears Burn.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-14686600478497493412013-02-02T09:24:33.731-05:002013-02-02T09:24:33.731-05:00We would all prefer that. That is the nature of lo...We would all prefer that. That is the nature of love whether for a child, parent, friend, spouse or self.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-14620921615670844402013-02-02T09:18:51.763-05:002013-02-02T09:18:51.763-05:00"your""your"Dougmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08468871451814828157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-84149182027758004012013-02-02T09:18:11.665-05:002013-02-02T09:18:11.665-05:00And so Hope and Love are carried within you until ...And so Hope and Love are carried within you until you're earthly demise.<br />Faith is said to complete the continuum.<br />Love maybe the greatest but faith, IMO, the hardest to attain and hold.<br /><br />My condolences Doug. Dougmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08468871451814828157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-23578642821329761032013-02-02T09:16:12.908-05:002013-02-02T09:16:12.908-05:00Mark Knopfler - In Profile<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBAjHCwUzms" rel="nofollow">Mark Knopfler - In Profile</a>Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-87532204272553357532013-02-02T09:13:17.475-05:002013-02-02T09:13:17.475-05:00That thing, whatever you want to call it, is purpo...<i> That thing, whatever you want to call it, is purported to be better than life</i><br /><br />You are correct. Life is the greatest gift bestowed to us mere mortals.<br />To give it away under the banner of <i>Love</i> for a righteous cause, or so that other *deserving individuals or groups may live, justifies that "Sacrificial" return.<br /><br />(How I wish we had a Jewish scholar here to correct my mistakes when I make them)<br /><br />*This being a different debate.Dougmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08468871451814828157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-12253545786252483662013-02-02T09:10:30.565-05:002013-02-02T09:10:30.565-05:00"I hate the illusion and the deception that i..."<i>I hate the illusion and the deception that if one rushes to the gate at the boundary of life, there is something far better on the other side waiting for you. That thing, whatever you want to call it, is proported to be better than life and is life everlasting. It is so wonderful that the barrons in the clergy fight to the finish to prevent their own going through the gate, but are quite free with advice and encouragement for others to take the plunge.</i>"<br /><br />---<br /><br />That was my view for my entire concious life.<br />...until the death of my wife.<br /><br />Now I would prefer life everlasting in heaven with her.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-2463718784887571882013-02-02T08:56:41.924-05:002013-02-02T08:56:41.924-05:00At the 53 minute mark, the speaker discusses the n...At the 53 minute mark, the speaker discusses the number of Muslims in the West, Britain, the US, New York City and Philadelphia.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-56047306656008934132013-02-02T08:47:14.387-05:002013-02-02T08:47:14.387-05:00At the 44 minute mark of the video, the young man ...At the 44 minute mark of the video, the young man speaking talks about Islam warning about changing things. Muslims react against change. The history of Islam came about to reform Christianity and reform the Abrahamic religion. The irony in it all.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-19408093584361727142013-02-02T08:36:46.670-05:002013-02-02T08:36:46.670-05:00D-man, I have the greatest respect for death becau...D-man, I have the greatest respect for death because there is nothing that I can do about it. In fact, it clears the mind by setting a known border and boundary to all that one person can experience and accomplish. It focuses individual experience, learning and accumulated wisdom. <br /><br />I hate the illusion and the deception that if one rushes to the gate at the boundary of life, there is something far better on the other side waiting for you. That thing, whatever you want to call it, is proported to be better than life and is life everlasting. It is so wonderful that the barrons in the clergy fight to the finish to prevent their own going through the gate, but are quite free with advice and encouragement for others to take the plunge.<br /><br />Dying for one’s king, country or belief system. It is far better to live and then die for the consequence or the price of having the privledge to have ever lived at all than to die for a grand deception.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-71431718757277264712013-02-02T08:05:32.524-05:002013-02-02T08:05:32.524-05:00Maybe I'm on the wrong track, if so than let m...Maybe I'm on the wrong track, if so than let me know.Dougmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08468871451814828157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1587239949846329832013-02-02T08:00:16.075-05:002013-02-02T08:00:16.075-05:00Deuce, what do you have against physical death?
Do...Deuce, what do you have against physical death?<br />Do you not see the need for it?Dougmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08468871451814828157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-89829295832476952312013-02-02T07:28:12.276-05:002013-02-02T07:28:12.276-05:00This isn't bad.
Better would be "If all...This isn't bad. <br /><br />Better would be "If all, as some have done, could visit that minute and then return, the ardor........<br /><br />But it's a quibble.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-90680773439595178702013-02-02T07:26:07.592-05:002013-02-02T07:26:07.592-05:00Is Qatar fueling the crisis in north Mali?
Ask Ch...Is Qatar fueling the crisis in north Mali?<br /><br />Ask Chuck Hagel. He will know.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-7941354883936950122013-02-02T06:59:53.542-05:002013-02-02T06:59:53.542-05:00Lol, go to the 44 minutes mark.Lol, go to the 44 minutes mark.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-83219417316354567232013-02-02T06:57:40.127-05:002013-02-02T06:57:40.127-05:00Education and intelligence will not save us from m...Education and intelligence will not save us from missing the lesson of life. We die and the evidence of “death plus one minute” dies with us leaving those on the shore hoping for the best. If any or better yet, all of us could visit that minute and then return, the ardor for doing anything that causes or accelerates death would vanish from human experience.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.com