Qwerty's Qoncepts: Turns out Chef Bill has visited Eye-talian, "Jewish", and even Lebanese (with falafel you can eat rather than shower with! Who knew?) restaurants too, and lived to tell the tale....
Google CEO Schmidt Admits It's DEMAND That Creates Jobs
Bloomberg Blames Lack of Confidence on the Threat of Bankers Going to Prison
Larry Summers: Dodd's Financial Reform Bill Prevents 'Too Big To Fail'
Ellen Responds to Anti-LGBT Group: 'My Haters Are My Motivators'
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frist????
Arrrrghhhh, please no more from this idiot, I happen to like eating falaffel:)
Im starting to think this BillO things is starting to get a bit of an obsession on C&L, maybe you could start a 2nd blog up and call it Freaks&Bigots ;)
Finally! An open thread without Bill O'Rielly!
Oh, nevermind.
Does he have a loofah hidden under that hat?
It was taken out of context.....SHUT UP!
I'm a white man and I want my motherfucking iced tea!
++++
odanny @ 6:
"If Bill O'Reilly were caught red-handed robbing a bank, he'd tell the arresting officers they were taking him out of context."
---Paul Waldman, Media Matters
It appears that Ms. Coulter does not believe that she has received enough attention lately. It now appears that she wishes someone would put her out of her misery. http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/d... .
Hey, for those of you as saddened as I was by the Joe Slobberman (I-Israel)/Kill Amendment going through, all I gotta say is...
Hang tough, amigos. This is one hell of a fight for justice we patriotic Americans without our heads up our asses are in.
Just remember, Ali had to rope-a-dope the younger, stronger and meaner Foreman to get back his belt.
And Luke had to let the Emperor zap him for a while before Old Man Skywalker finally snapped out of it.
We're gonna exorcise them demons outta Washington, I'd bet my wife and kids on it.
And then we're gonna tell Alan Greenspan America's not in the market for snake oil.
can we have a different open thread please:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IlE8yAmW3E
I like how O'Reilly is using this and warning everyone to watch out for this "corrupt media" in this election year. In other words, listen to him, he has the truth on the candidates and issues, and everyone else is wrong because they can't be trusted due to how they "smeared" him. This from a pathological liar who is been caught in more lies and spin in a day than Dan Rather did in his entire career.
All one has to do is say, Paris Business Review, and that will shut them up.
Bluestater @ 12:
The agenda of FUX News, and right wing media in general, appears to be to discredit the notion of objective truth altogether. They want it so that their viewers won't believe any empirical assertion that does not come from one of their agents. The rule they want branded into the brains of their lemmings is that if O'Reilly / Hannity / Limbaugh / etc. says so, it's true. If anyone else says so, it's a liberal lie.
It is frightening how successful they have been so far.
Laura Ingraham was disgusting sucking up to him
Whoopi Goldberg and Sherri Shepherd were not pleased with comments made by Bill O'Reilly about black people, based on observations he made while dining with Al Sharpton in Harlem.
Earlier today they played audio of Bill and then said this on ABC's "The VIew ":
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/09/26/watch-whoopi-and-sherri-_n_6596...
jr @ 14:
Laura Ingraham is always disgusting!
OK enough of this ass-clown!
jr @ 14:
She does not need to suck up to be disgusting. It occurs naturally.
Navy Barracks shaped like a Swastika.
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2007/09/26/sot.swastika.cnn
WOW! Clinton and Christ together. Charlie’s gonna get it.
http://www.news4jax.com/news/14210917/detail.html
Ed Wyszynski, a longtime party activist from Eagle, said the Paul supporters threatened to throw Giuliani overboard and harrassed him as he took shelter in the ferry's pilothouse for the 15-minute journey back to Mackinaw City.
"I was embarrassed to be a Republican. Never, ever, have I seen such a disgraceful performance."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/realclearpolitics/20070926/cm_rcp/ron_paul_suppo...
I have often wondered WHY Boeing got that Contract to build the fence across the border with Mexico. I think I know why now.
Boeing Co. receives ``lavish'' government subsidies that give the U.S. aircraft maker an unfair competitive edge over rival Airbus SAS, the European Union told the World Trade Organization at a hearing today.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20070926/pl_bloomberg/avyqtzydvola;_yl...
A fire hydrant painted as an American flag has been removed from a dog park after complaints it was disrespectful to let dogs use it for what dogs do.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,,-6950992,00.html
What do 50m waves and 2 billion rats have in common? The Three Gorges Dam, that’s what.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/26/three_gorges_confession/
Billo Reilly checkmated his critics on this race issue. Somehow he managed to get prominent Blacks to spring to his defense. Juan Williams, 'Screamin' A. Smith of ESPN, Al Sharpton, and Jesse Jackson are all scheduled to appear in the No Spin Zone this week to grant Billo Reilly a ghetto pass for his Sylvia's restaurant comments. I guess Billo is a lot more savvy than Imus.
Sorry. That should have been Clinton and Crist together.
Navy Barracks shaped like a Swastika.
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/vid.....astika.cnn
They knew what that was going to look like...
One has to wonder whether the segment with Jackson will be pre-taped? I bet the house they will be. Segments with controversial Liberal/Progressive/Democrat guests who don't fall for his tactics and can easily place O'Reilly's rightwing rants and charges on its ear usually get that treatment.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgWZ3jbSaFw
... This war has nothing to do with us ...
Yes, I'm a child of one-hit wonders of the 80s. :)
Wouldn't "open turd" have been more fitting?
Bluestater @ 22:
odanny @ 6:
if the quote was taken out of context, why did lufa boy spend his entire program this morning lying about the subject of the discussion?
in doing so, he dug himself a deeper hole
he will not lose his job, because his advertisers will not be scared away, because he and they sell to the racist, lunatic fringe....like you
also, im not sure why lufa boy trumpets his ratings so much
one day the advertisers are gonna get wise and really look up the numbers, which show he skews to an audience that will be dead in a few years
O'Reilly is such an asshat that even when he attempts to be funny he still sounds like an...................uh, asshat.
xoites defends Constitution @ 24:
I believe the song was taking a shot at warmongers ... OF COURSE THIS WAR HAS A CONNECTION TO ALL OF US IN THIS COUNTRY!
I was amazed when I first went into a Jewish restaurant and there weren't Jews shouting, Oeyveh, can I get another ice tea you putzes? Later I went to a Streisand concert and nobody broke out a fiddle and started doing a polka.
I'd like to wad up Bill O'Reilly's neocon agenda like a piece of smutty magazine paper and shove it up his @$$.
On second thought, he'd probably like that, so I take it back.
I'm kinda ashamed of having to ask but what is the origins of the "Falafel Guy" nickname for Bill O?
Karl Bauer @ 29:
EEEWWW! You mean after......he..........uh..............
The media went nuts over Gays in Iran , taking statements out of context , pretending to be concerned , all the while it's just part of the white house demonization of Amadinajan and the preparation for war . If cnn was so damn concerned , why didn't THEY say something about it earlier . But the real example of White House manipulation of the media , is their sudden awareness of Burma's unrest . Bush gives some RIDICULOUS speech about Burma , feigning concern over the terrible conditions there , the same maniac that illegally invades Iraq, slaughters hundreds of thousands, and all of a sudden CNN discovers Burma , CBS, NBC.
We'll where were they before BUSH gave his phony speech, they haven't said squat about Burma , CNN between beating the weather to death and their advocacy of the "jena 6' , didn't know Burma existed .
What other stories or issues are they pushing for the White House, what other diversions are they creating , for the neocons .
Meanwhile: Down, down, down ... Is the U.S. dollar the new Schrute Buck?
> I’m kinda ashamed of having to ask but what is the origins of the “Falafel Guy” nickname for Bill O?
He wrote a book. In it he fantacises him being in a shower with a girl giving her the business with a fafalah. You know, family values.
Wow, an Italian, a Jewish, a Lebanese and now a Black owned restaurant...I just can't get over how brave Bill'O-job is!
Dems flip-flop on troop withdrawal, with the exception of Dodd. Two Patriot Act provisions have been overturned.
Pace still hates gay people. Europeans get with the program and ban Creationism. More recalls.
Another stupid gun policy.
I just want to say how disapppointed I am with the debate tonight. Russert asked to republican talking points. He was the worst person in the world in my opinion. They think we're stupid.
Karl Bauer @ 10:
Thank You.
sorry for the double post.
I know websites like this need the type of media exposure we have to thrive (profit?) but come on.
I can't watch the news anymore. It's getting worse every year.
Every time I turn on the news there is somebody citing dubious evidence and frivolous arguments in this endless sort of debate chatter, but does it end? No, because somebody needs to chatter about how the previous chatterer made erroneous statements about so and so, and the cycle continues. The fact that we as the public receive so little news regarding the happenings of the political world is lost upon the public, because of the endless bombardment of chatterers! It's status quo at washington though, since I've been watching the news pretty steadily now for about, what, 7 years? I've maybe seen the legality of this iraq war raised, what twice? three times at best? I'd think that would be an important topic! But oh no, Bill O'riely said something mean last night. Come on people, grow up. Oh and by the way, questioning whether we should be in iraq is not like questioning it's legality.
Mainstream media today is the most heinous propaganda machine in the history of this planet.
fuming rage...subsiding. Thank you and my apologizes for any offenses.
-Ali
This O'reilly ordeal is getting rediculous. The site is losing my interest day by day when I hear this nonsense. How about something productive?
Ali @ 40:
It doesn't offend me.
Ate at a Canadian McDonalds about ten years ago and was quite impressed with everything from the cuisine to the clientele. The punjab waitress politely served and didn't shortchange me, the wetback behind the counter cooked out all of the E Boli before throwing my chow into the bag and the chinks behind me in the line didn't shove me even once. But seriously, folks..
Can you believe this shite:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/silvery/143053448/
What should we talk about?
Orangutan. @ 43:
Monkeys
How about the fact that washington has decided to go to war with Iran, and Ahmadinejad's visit media circus was falsely painting him as public enemy number 1.
A call for a strike is upon us... http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/9/26/164042/941
I wonder if that would work. At least it's an idea.
Amen Ali. And I liked your synopsis on the American media and its impotence.
http://www.getitstraightby2008.org
Might as well try to pre-emptively get our election process in good shape before anyone else tries to steal an election.
Are there any Democrats with spines left in Washington?
FDR had the guts to tell Hitler, Mussolini, Hirohito and Prescott Bush to f#ck off.
Kennedy had the guts to tell Kruschev, the CIA, the Fed and the Mob to f#ck off.
Who are these little slithering slugs, Clinton, Obama and Edwards? Will no one stand?
Orangutan. @ 47:
thanks, I know i'm not the only one frustrated. Judging from the dailykos story you mentioned.
A Richard Head @ 18:
When a nut-case meets nuttier-cases. Thanks, that was fun. GN.
Ali @ 46:
I think the fact Bush didn't mention Iran during his speech at the UN General Assembly this week is quiet telling. There's a good chance the US is going to strike Iran unilaterally without seeking the approval of any international body (i.e. the security council).
Are there any real cowboys left in Texas?
Or are they all of the Hollywood cardboard cut-out variety?
Does it bother any of ya'll in the Lone Star State there's a rogue posse from your territory running amok down Washington way, ruining America?
C'mon, Texas Suburban Cowboys. Get off your fat lazy NASCAR-worshipping @$$es and help get America out of the mess you created.
Can someone with definite knowledge clear something up for me. The Lieberman-Kyl amendment to the Defense Act was passed today. Some on another blog are saying this is a non-binding resolution. So is an amendment the same as a resolution? Can amendments be binding or non-binding? I thought amendments were just that, amending a stated agreement. I am getting confused.
Another Surprise Visit by Bush
Man arrested and jailed for 20 hours after reciting the first ammendment.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/26/nyregion/26billy.html?_r=6&oref=login&...
Username: aruiz9
Password: Davidg
Bill O is a lot like Santa Claus...If no one liked Santa Claus and all he brought you every Christmas was another dull excuse as to why he's still alive and on the air. Maybe him and Imus can get a show together once her gets canned, but it'd have to be on some crazy network that would just let right-wing lunatics do whatever they want....Oh, yeah, right.
Since 2004, State has paid Blackwater $833,673,316, compared with Defense Department contracts of $101,219,261.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20982306/
If I saw him in a restraunt I would have to call the health department and report the sighting of a RAT!
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Number of Operations Iraq Freedom and Enduring Freedom casualties
as confirmed by U.S. Central Command: 4225
> Are there any real cowboys left in Texas?
Well, there are cowgirls here.
They even have a title!!!! They call themselves the "Dixie Chicks".
LOL - and you remember the grief they recievbed, only to be ultimately vindicated.
Of course, Dr. Know. And I'm still not ready to make nice. :-)
Well, if it's any consolation, Stanley - neither am I.
In fact, after my impromptu trip to the NE, I'm hotter than ever...
Dr. Know, do I still owe you delivery of a laser disc player for $10? One Of These Days, my friend. ;-)
aquarius2 @ 55:
Amendments are changes to current policies that have already been passed into law. Resolutions are usually to effect the way Congress approaches policy decisions. The main thing is whether or not something is binding or non-binding. Non-binding, by definition, means nothing. The resolution or amendment is simply words that accomplish nothing more than perceived political gains or losses for those who vote. Lawmakers don't do anything but talk a good game because nonbinding cannot be made into law nor force action to be taken. Binding resolutions are often used by either body to pass certain actions it must take if certain circumstances play out. For example, The House can pass a resolution stating that if, in the next six months, the President orders a military attack on Iran, such an action will be considered a "high crime," as the term is used in the Constitution. The House will then immediately vote to instruct the Judiciary Committee to begin impeachment proceedings. There will be no debate on starting the hearings as they must be enacted by the the Judiciary Committee. It is rare that we see binding resolutions because both the senate and house are so evenly divided and our Congress is anything but representative of the people these days.
Stanley, you don't _owe_ me anything. As I recall, the deal was for me to pick it up - boy, was that a long time ago. Or so it seems... After blowing a wad in gas/lodging up north, it'll be a while before I get back to TX. Although I want to visit Portland, etc. soon, my projected route would take me a few hundred miles north of you.
So how's life in H?
No, I was supposed to deliver it (in a trip to Georgia to also go skiing, from my recollection.) But sorry, it's already gone. I had to move and I delivered it to a Houston recycling place as part of my downsizing for my move. I moved from Bellaire to Houston, and whilst it's not that far from Bellaire (considering that Bellaire is surrounded by Houston) I think I like it better being back in my home town. Sorry about the Vick thing, we seem to have gained a decent quarterback (Matt) before Vick became the thing, though I would still prefer that our QB was a native (Vince Young.)
I understand about the moving thing, Stanley - I'm facing a similar situation.
I have literally tons of equipment, yet I don't want to part with any of it - as I plan on having a real life one day. But not here, the meddling NeoCon asshats here are getting on my nerves - ergo the trip up north.
I had the most tremendous urge to attach a pitchfork to the front of the car - labeled "DC or Bust" - just to see if anyone else would follow suit. As it was, I still engaged in quite a few interesting, "coincidental" encounters - seems to have followed me home... Agenda anyone?
One thing for sure - I saw more smart, well mannered, attractive young ladies up there than in nearly a lifetime of living here... Now, if I weren't so damned old and fugly... Shucks, if I'm going to be lied to and cheated on, it might as well be with a PYT, as opposed to some worn out old knife wielding meth addict with three ex's and 3 kids. Yea, I know, TMI. ;-)
> my projected route would take me a few hundred miles north of you.
That would be 50 miles north of Dallas? It's only 250 miles from here to Dallas (home of the incredible Dixie Chicks ... ). 300 miles would put you almost on the Texas/Oklahoma border.
Hey GN good Doctor (and all else)! Great to see you again!
Oh, and as for the Vick thing - He's an overpaid idiot, reguardless of his temporal talent with a pigskin. Tell you one thing, the guys in Boston sure love their baseball. They'll sit in gridlocked traffic for 5 hours for the mere "chance" of getting to Fenway before the game. Wow. If people would only pay that much attention researching the idiots they elect. :-/
Stanley Rosenthal @ 34:
Close. Actually, he made an obscene phone call to one of his producers, performing phone sex while he regaled her with news of his vibrator. Seriously
GN Stanley, good to "see" you again. I still lurk occasionally, but have gotten away from commenting due to the fact that it eats up a lot of time, my hands are falling apart (RSI), and preaching to the choir doesn't seem to be helping. Plus, I never get to actually meet any of the fine people who post here. I've been going to a few progressive meetings here, but their politics have recently taken a back seat to one couple's marital planning.
Later, Dude!
MACKRIS! :D
Media Matters has really made it tough on O'Reilly and other liars. They used to be able to say the most outrageous nonsense, and either deny it the next day, or release a doctored tape to "prove" it was taken out of context.
Now, Billo's only defense is the classic "Who are you going to believe? Me or your lyin' eyes?"
This is my take on Bush's speech at the UN a couple of days ago. What worries me is when Scott Pelley and CBS starts getting in on the act and misquotes the Iranian president right in front of him and seems to be falling in line with this "Iran must be stopped" line of shot that we're hearing from the WH.
WE MIGHT ATTACK IRAN SOON!!!!
Link
WE'RE GOING TO ATTACK AMERICA SOON!!!!!!
http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=3039345&C=america
Blackwater doing domestic law enforcement!
http://kewlreport.com/pg392.html
Almost One trillion in sales since 2004. 2/3 of 80% through no bid contracts with the government.
jurassicpork @ 77:
It wasn't just Pelley. The next morning, CBS' 'foreign affairs analyst' was gushing about Bush's speech, how 'impassioned' and 'confident' he was ... and repeating the 'denied the Holocaust' and 'called for the destruction of Israel' memes, unchallenged by the anchor.
A Richard Head @ 18:
I heard about that on NPR. The logic, such as it was, was apparently that when the building was being built nobody noticed the resemblance. Until Google Earth.
Of course, I'd like to see the architectural drawings. You know, the ones that they commission architects to draw, of what the thing looks like. I'm sure the fucking architect knew what the buildings looked like.
slippytoad @ 80:
Arrgh. And the airheads bought that bullshit hook, line, and sinker. This is why I can't STAND network news. Cable news. Any talking-head news. They're such goddamn AIRHEADS.
That's not how I drew my swastikas when I was a kid.
Daily Reading pt 1...
The Climate Change Peril That Insurers See - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/26/AR200709...
"Insurance companies make money by accurately assessing risk. For decades environmentalists have been sounding the alarm about global warming. Now major insurers are becoming engaged as they look after their own assets and those that they cover.
Federal reluctance to commit to international agreements on climate change, or otherwise cap total carbon emissions, appears to be driven by influential businesses that fear the limitations will hurt their bottom lines. But the risk perceived by the insurance industry -- the world's largest economic sector -- may shift that political balance. At the least, it should tell us something."
Even if you hate science deniers...you're going against an industry created by 'risk assessment & management' the unanimously is putting their money behind it...so once again, you're the stupidest P'sOS on the planet...congrats
Democratic frontrunners can't make guarantee on Iraq troops - http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070927/ap_on_el_pr/democrats_debate_10;_ylt...
Clinton, Obama, & Edwards all say...they can't guarantee all troops out by 2013 Dodd & Richardson only two that do guarantee
Lieberman-Kyl’s Iran amendment passes - http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/26/breaking-lieberman-kyls-iran-amendme...
List of those that voted no....Hillary Clinton votes Yes
Another vote bought for you by AIPAC....with a just a smidge of Sunni Saudi Arabian Royal Gold...unbelievable...if the Bush crime family starts dropping bombs...then it might be time to seek political refuge sooner, rather than later/being round up by Blackwater....
Newt Gingrich: Bush Should Blow Up Iran's Natural Gas Insfrastructure - http://www.newshounds.us/2007/09/26/newt_gingrich_bush_should_blow_up_ir...
The Star Tribune of Minneapolis will be refunding about $12,000 spent on a full-page ad to Al Franken's Senate campaign, a Franken campaign spokesman says. This week, Sen. Norm Coleman's campaign took out a full-page ad in the newspaper criticizing Franken for not condemning a New York Times ad by MoveOn.org, which had attacked General David Petraeus.
Coleman's campaign says it paid a little over $23,000 on the ad - far less than the $37,000 that Franken's campaign says it paid for a full-page ad two months ago.
- http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_con...
Franken wrote a commentary piece for the Star Tribune earlier today, in which he commented: "[Coleman] voted last week against a resolution that condemned personal attacks on anyone who had served our nation honorably. That would include Democrats like Max Cleland, John Kerry and John Murtha -- proud American veterans who were the targets of political attacks not just on their character, but on their patriotism.
In 2004, when Murtha (a Silver Star winner) called for better armor for our troops, Coleman himself accused him of 'emboldening the enemy' and 'undermining the morale of our troops.'
"And as his reelection campaign gets underway, it's worth noting that Coleman has hired the same media consultant who ran ads in Georgia that juxtaposed pictures of Cleland, who lost two legs and an arm in Vietnam, with Osama bin Laden."
Fox's Race Problem: It's Not Just O'Reilly; Sadly, it's true. - http://mediamatters.org/foxandrace/
Daily Reading pt 2...
'A former GOP state legislator's conviction for taking bribes from an oil services firm has wider implications: the FBI is investigating whether Ted Stevens, the U.S. Senate's longest-serving Republican, also received illegal gifts from the same company.'
- http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070926/ap_on_re_us/alaska_corruption_10
HEY CALIFORNIA WTFU! Funding for the controversial initiative ballot drive to change the way electoral votes are apportioned in California seems to have come from a newly-formed company in a small town in Missouri. A leading Democratic opponent to the measure said, "This sounds, smells and feels like the creation of front group to launder money through yet another front group.
What does that tell the people of California, when the people behind it don't want to tell who they are." - http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/397154.html (you may have to cut & paste this link to avoid 'registering')
NYT: Multinational companies and financial institutions that use bribery and tolerate illicitly gained wealth are helping fuel corruption in the world's poorest countries, a global corruption watchdog said on Wednesday. Transparency International said in its latest corruption perceptions report that while poorer countries should tackle their own graft problems, richer states are also responsible, and often to blame. "Bribe money often stems from multinationals based in the world's richest countries."
- http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-crime-corruption.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
You can't trust corporations: Best Buy Adds Disclaimer To Secret Website - http://mparent7777-2.blogspot.com/2007/09/best-buy-adds-disclaimer-to-se...
In response to being sued and humiliated on the internet over their "secret website," reader MK says Best Buy has added a disclaimer that warns customers that the in-store kiosk doesn't display the same prices as the public website...
Busheviks Still Shortchanging Our Soliders at Walter Reed as expected - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2007/09/26/ST20070926...
John "what's media integrity" Stossel's Healthcare Solution: One-sided report omits context--and facts; The question we keep asking is "Why does he remain employed and get 1-hour specials for his misleading, ethically dubious broadcasts?" - http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3189
These 'free market' corporatist magic bean sellers....would sell their mothers
Daily Reading pt 3...
Gorbachev warns Russians against rise of Stalinism - http://news.scotsman.com/latest_international.cfm?id=1541612007
World wide con-servatives trying to bring back Cold War, WWIII, Armageddon, etc...oh don't worry they'll be fine, you'll be dead...so much for 'terrorism'
Report Says Hussein Was Open To Exile Before 2003 Invasion - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/26/AR200709...
"It's like Chinese water torture," he said of the U.N. negotiations. "We've got to put an end to it." GWBush - on waiting for UN so he could go to war...
"Bill has visited Eye-talian, “Jewish”, and even Lebanese... restaurants too"
Me too!
I couldn't get over the fact there wasn't one person at the Jewish restaurant who was saying "What!What!You call this a glass of ice tea? This is not a glass of ice tea. Now over there, at that table. He has a glass of ice tea!"
And at the Italian restaurant I couldn't get over the fact there wasn't one person at the restaurant who was saying "Yo, asshole. I been waitin' 10 fuckin' minutes for my ice tea. You gonna' get that for me, or do I kill your whole family?"
And at the Lebanese restaurant I couldn't get over the fact there wasn't one person at restaurant who was saying " Jihad! Jihad! ice tea now infidel, or I blow myself up!"
It was such a pleasant surprise.
All white people should go to these places, they're finally trying to be just like us!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_ar...
Saddam Hussein offered to step down and go into exile one month before the invasion of Iraq, it was claimed last night.
Fearing defeat, Saddam was prepared to go peacefully in return for £500million ($1billion).
The extraordinary offer was revealed yesterday in a transcript of talks in February 2003 between George Bush and the then Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar
Bushes reply: whatever happens: "We'll be in Baghdad by the end of March."
Seems like the only remaining excuse for invading Ireaq evaporated right there.
re BO's culinary knowledge: Is asshole considered an organ meat?
Why Bother?
'A Coup Has Occurred'
Daniel Ellsberg, the former Defense Department analyst who leaked the secret Pentagon Papers history of the Vietnam War, offered insights into the looming war with Iran and the loss of liberty in the United States at an American University symposium on Sept. 20.
Below is an edited transcript of Ellsberg's remarkable speech
I think nothing has higher priority than averting an attack on Iran, which I think will be accompanied by a further change in our way of governing here that in effect will convert us into what I would call a police state.
If there's another 9/11 under this regime ... it means that they switch on full extent all the apparatus of a police state that has been patiently constructed, largely secretly at first but eventually leaked out and known and accepted by the Democratic people in Congress, by the Republicans and so forth.
Will there be anything left for NSA to increase its surveillance of us? ... They may be to the limit of their technical capability now, or they may not. But if they're not now they will be after another 9/11.
And I would say after the Iranian retaliation to an American attack on Iran, you will then see an increased attack on Iran – an escalation – which will be also accompanied by a total suppression of dissent in this country, including detention camps.
It's a little hard for me to distinguish the two contingencies; they could come together. Another 9/11 or an Iranian attack in which Iran's reaction against Israel, against our shipping, against our troops in Iraq above all, possibly in this country, will justify the full panoply of measures that have been prepared now, legitimized, and to some extent written into law. ...
http://www.antiwar.com/orig/ellsberg.php?articleid=11674
Bush 'threatened retaliation' against countries that refused to back Iraq war
Gee, I wonder who might be behind this:
(Not the Americans or the Brits..couldn't be them! NOT)
Kurdish guerillas launch clandestine war in Iran
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/09/10/wkurds11...
Has Billo ever eaten Vietnamese?
ysbaddaden @ 93:
He had other priorities.
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