Happy (?) "Mission Accomplished" Day
By Logan Murphy Wednesday Apr 30, 2008 9:30am
Along with Iraq war veterans and concerned citizens, Iraq Campaign 2008 says it will unfurl a 50-foot replica "Mission Accomplished" banner at the White House tomorrow, marking the five-year anniversary of President Bush's now-infamous speech...The unfurling is slated to occur at 10:30 a.m. on Pennsylvania Ave.
In related news, the aircraft carrier where Bush made his speech five years ago, the USS Abraham Lincoln, departed early April for a seven-month deployment in the Persian Gulf.
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happy fucking anniversary, mr.preznitwit
Dana Perino spun the "mission accomplished" banner by saying it referred to the carrier itself; its "mission" was "accomplished". Apparently she was mistaken about THAT, too.
Pres. Caligula could find a cure for cancer, aids, broker peace in the middle east and yet he will still always be remembered for that pathetic minstrel show on that aircraft carrier.
If this country wants to elect McCain for president, they might as well leave bush in the oval office. Bush already knows his way around and all. The only change I can see with McCain in the oval office is that he'll be less predictable than bush. He'll be changing his mind on everything every twenty minutes or so.
Yeah, hell of an anniversary. The anniversary of one of the biggest lies ever told to the world.
Great ad by MoveOn, as always.
Left&Left @ 3:
A guy who could find a cure for cancer, aids, and broker peace in the middle east wouldn't have done what bush did, because that guy would be intelligent and would realize we aren't dummies either.
Yay! Only 95 years to go!
/McCain 2008!
Elect or appoint madmen ... we get madness.
5 Years after Mission Accomplished;
April US Troop Toll 50 Killed;
1,073 Iraqis Killed this Month
http://www.juancole.com
On this solemn anniversary, do you think His Imperial Majesty will deign to come out onto a White House balcony and favor us with another Presidential crotch shot? I hear Chris Matthews gets a chubby just thinking about that day.
Does anyone know of a web cam where you can watch the banner unfurling?
Kuparuk @ 6:
One F.U. at a time.
Here's my anniversary present for this May Day in the form of something I found funny. Yesterday a man was introducing Hillary and he said she had "testicular fortitude".
Yer doin' a heck of a job
BrownieGeorgie.Yay!!! FU Boooosh! And a big ole patriotic, flag lapel-pin filled FU to McCain, too!
And FU to FoxNews, Chris M. , Russert, David Gregory and all the dancing , BBQ eating media shysters.
The banner was referring to the fact that chimpy mccodpiece didn't cause the plane he was in to flip upside down, burst into flames and nose dive into the ocean.
Sadly.
I would love to see that banner unfurled. I'm kind of surprised that a crowd like that can get anywhere near the White House.
Knowing this administration, all of the participants will be arrested and renditioned to some godforsaken place.
This is also the anniversary of the creation of those famous 'aWol winnin' the war,' action figure dolls. Sources tell us that neo-cons, and other right wingers, are able to achieve orgasms by cramming a couple of those up their ass.
Whose best interest are these profiteers Elitist and warmonger s following? Clearly not the average American citizen. Who takes the torch to forge the way forward? The status quo is just that. How does the modern serfdom bite the hand and impale the self serving ass
Guaranteed War Department
This is like holding up the sign "Bomb Here": "Iran ends oil transactions in US dollars."
Call it what you want, but it's Codpiece Day!
Ya know. All the comments are so spot on.
I have no need to comment.
And THAT is saying alot! LOL!
Exxon Mobil 1Q profit up 17 pct, Wall Street Disappointed.
No, no. It's not "Mission Accomplished Day." It's Codpiece Day
I love Move On. It's one of the few organizations I give my little money to. I hope they keep going after McWar without mercy.
Since that banner actually referred to Goergie's promise to totally disrupt the Middle East as a payback to the oil interests that have bailed him out and supported him his entire career I'd say it was pretty damned accurate.
Today is the fifth anniversary of President Bush's infamous "Mission Accomplished" speech. What many don't know is that just three weeks later, on May 22, 2003, Sen. John McCain offered a mission accomplished speech of his own.
On the Senate floor, McCain proclaimed "massive victory" in Iraq and credited combat-readiness for "our victory" in Afghanistan and Iraq.
"We were able to end aggression with minimum overall loss of life, and we were even able to greatly reduce the civilian casualties of Afghani and Iraqi citizens."
Read about it here
They should have put 4000 candles on it. One for every Dead Soldier who died since Bush made the declaration.
What a Life
Mission Improbable?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k55NuWQCh78&feature=related
Yes! Happy Codpiece day indeed.
In addition to the 4000 candles for dead soldiers can we add some candles and partial candles for the dead and/or dismembered Iraqi women and children?
I think the banner was quite accurate, actually. Bush & his crimminal cabal did accomplish THEIR mission: to line the pockets of their oil buds, Haliburton, Blackwater, etc. all. 9/11 was a gift to these warmongers. They had been planning to find any excuse to attack Iraq. And they're all very, very wealthy because of it. Slimmy socio-pathic "family values" bastards.
Mi$$ion A¢¢ompli$hed
Lorraine @ 29:
You couldn't light enough candles for all the dead in shrubbie's personal armaggedon for oil. I know, let's build a bonfire instead. We can use that place in crawford as kindling to start.
From Dem candidate in N.C.:
"It being May Day, Mission Accomplished Day, I think it is important to recall the words our president spoke on the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln.
Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the Battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed.
Curious, no mention of the Lincoln's mission.
In this battle, we have fought for the cause of liberty, and for the peace of the world. Our nation and our coalition are proud of this accomplishment — yet it is you, the members of the United States military, who achieved it. Your courage — your willingness to face danger for your country and for each other — made this day possible. Because of you, our nation is more secure. Because of you, the tyrant has fallen, and Iraq is free.
Still no mention of the Lincoln's mission.
Operation Iraqi Freedom was carried out with a combination of precision, and speed, and boldness the enemy did not expect, and the world had not seen before. From distant bases or ships at sea, we sent planes and missiles that could destroy an enemy division, or strike a single bunker. Marines and soldiers charged to Baghdad across 350 miles of hostile ground, in one of the swiftest advances of heavy arms in history. You have shown the world the skill and the might of the American Armed Forces.
Still no mention of the Lincoln's mission.
This nation thanks all of the members of our coalition who joined in a noble cause. We thank the Armed Forces of the United Kingdom, Australia, and Poland, who shared in the hardships of war. We thank all of the citizens of Iraq who welcomed our troops and joined in the liberation of their own country. And tonight, I have a special word for Secretary (Donald) Rumsfeld, for General (Tommy) Franks, and for all the men and women who wear the uniform of the United States: America is grateful for a job well done.
Bravo Zulu to everyone, not just the Lincoln.
Snow (D-SC) "
The National Cathedral Of American Consciousness
TV
Sen Boxer is not my senator so I only know her by what I see of her on c-span. But right now she is giving one hell of a speech on the Senate floor about Mission Accomplished and the war.
pissed off patricia @ 35:
Yeah, speeches.
Even PhD level investors are nervous and can't figure out what the hell is going on.
L.A. Confidential @ 36:
Will there be a strongly worded letter [tm] sent later too?
MargeAggedon @ 38:
Politicians are the galaxy's consummate blame-shifters.
Wake up guys.
Life isn't going to wait around for us.
Okay I'll do it L.A.'s Blog Round Up
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Janet Hussein @ 25:
But McCain Stream Media wouldn't dare touch this story.
What if you go to collect your retirement (pension-whatever) and it's not there even thought you thought it was?
Think about that.
How simple is this...Who is Bush and the Republicans most alike with
Is Bush more like Hitler or FDR?
Is Bush more like Stalin or TR?
Is Bush more like Nixon or Lincoln?
Is Bush more like Mussolini or Ike?
If Bush and the Republicans are opposed to democracy why are they still standing?
calgarylady @ 15:
My thoughts exactly. I'll believe it when I see it.
Apparently the country is in morning because Brooke was ejected. That must be the weird malaise-vibe permeating the ether today.
L.A. Confidential @ 46:
mourning. . . I'm really spewing some bloopers this morning.
Not a good sign
It's Codpiece Day, for the love of Pete! Get with the spirit of the holiday.
According to CNN Radio News this morning, when asked about Mission
Accomplished, she said that the banner was actually referring to the
job done by the sailors on the carrier Bush was speaking from .
Oh sorry I'm referring to Presidential Spokesliar Dana Perino int eh previous post.
Pittsburgh surpasses Los Angeles as nation's sootiest city.
A REAL leader would come out and give a speech that his announcement was premature, thank the country for its sacrifices in spite of all, acknowledge the loss of life (both coalition and Iraqi), and give the people a more realistic date as to when the "Mission" will be "Accomplished".
Since we don't have one, look instead for a heavy police presence arresting the banner displayers.
How pathetic this country has become.
Another aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf...any alarms goin off yet?
Don @ 53:
Nope. Most people have their heads in the sand and don't want to confront reality.
Here's a place where you look back at what some reporters and others said about the Mission Accomplished day and the president the day it happened.
G Gordon Liddy's remarks are especially disturbing
"You know, he's in his flight suit, he's striding across the deck, and he's wearing his parachute harness, you know -- and I've worn those because I parachute -- and it makes the best of his manly characteristic. You go run those -- run that stuff again of him walking across there with the parachute. He has just won every woman's vote in the United States of America. You know, all those women who say size doesn't count -- they're all liars."
46 L.A. Confidential Says: Apparently the country is in morning because Brooke was ejected. That must be the weird malaise-vibe permeating the ether today
Shields?
CIA director says Iranian policy at highest level is to kill Americans in Iraq
AP
Nooooooo, we're not looking for an excuse to "go in" not at all.
ysbaddaden @ 56:
No Brooke White. American "Idol"
Ruth @ 33 shows good evidence that he was not just referring to only the crew of the Lincoln. That plus the fact that the Lincoln had no equipment that could produce such a banner. And I read that it was determined later that the banner was produced by the White House.
Watching "Carrier" on PBS this week. I don't envy the sailors who are going off on that seven-month deployment. But sheesh, who knew they were all a bunch of Southern, right-wing religious fanatics? That series has been a real eye-opener, especially the segment last night on "True Believers," some of whom were revealed to be tremendous hypocrites (no surprise there, we're none of us perfect) and/or mentally disturbed.
Phil @ 60:
Mental issues and religion go hand and hand.
Don @ 53:
I keep telling myself that this administration can't be stupid enough to fire missiles into Iran.
But then I stop laughing.
Lorraine @ 29:
You put over a million candles on a cake you'll burn down the house
StirFry @ 62:
Don't kid yourself baby. The U.S. Military is a formidable force. Unfortunately the Top Brass are a bunch of idiots who rather then ending this thing want to play "army guys".
I must confess I do not recall a time when our country was in such a mess, except maybe for the long lines at gas stations during the Arab Oil Embargo and the Watergate crisis back in early 1974. The death toll in Iraq during April was 50 more of our soldiers, lives wasted. The federal budget deficit for fiscal year 2008 is expected to be $500,000,000,000, that's half a trillion more added to the National Debt. Gas prices are still climbing despite the fact that the actual price of a barrel of oil is somewhere near $70.00, according to some "analysts." Food prices are skyrocketing.
Well, we can still laugh, can't we? Here are some quotations to ponder.
"Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed." - George on the USS Abraham Lincoln on May 1, 2003
(MY COMMENT: A Republican True Believer, a friend of mine, has a framed picture hanging in his den of President Flightsuit striding across the deck of the aircraft carrier beaming from ear to ear. That picture is next to the one of an equally beaming Ronald Reagan.)
"The battle of Iraq is one victory in a war on terror that began on September the 11th, 2001 - and still goes on." - George on the USS Abraham Lincoln on May 1, 2003
(MY COMMENT: This statement sure seems to contradict the one below.)
"We have no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved with the September 11th." - George on Sep. 17, 2003
(MY COMMENT: Then, why did we attack?)
The "Mission Accomplished" banner hanging on the USS Abraham Lincoln on May 1, 2003 was placed there by navy personnel, said the White House. Yet, Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld later told reporter Bob Woodward that the words "mission accomplished" had been in the president's speech. Rumsfeld had them removed. So, who was responsible for the banner?
(MY COMMENT: My guess is master of dirty tricks spin doctor KKKarl Rove who remarked months later, after it became obvious that the mission had not been accomplished, that in retrospect the banner may have been a mistake.)
While making the case for war with Saddam, Bush and Cheney highlighted the danger posed by Iraq's fleet of unmanned aircraft. Congress was even briefed about this alleged threat. After the invasion, a military commission discovered that these aircraft had a flying range of only 300 miles, about 8,000 miles short of targets in the US.
(MY COMMENT: I guess these were the weapons of mass deception.)
"They could still be hidden, like 50 tons of mustard gas on a turkey farm." - George during April 2004 talking about the weapons of mass destruction
"Those weapons of mass destruction have got to be somewhere." - George joking about his failure to find Saddam's weapons during the Correspondents Association Dinner on March 24, 2004
(MY COMMENT: I wonder if all our dead soldiers appreciate George's humor.)
"We know for a fact that there are weapons there." - White House Press Secretary, Ari Fleischer on Jan. 9, 2003
(MY COMMENT: Ari was the first in a series of Bush press secretaries who are the most dishonest spokespersons I have seen since the bizarro days of Ron Ziegler during the Nixon years. Beam-me-up Scotty McClellan, Fox "News" Network Tony Snow, and Dana (I never heard of December 7, 1941) Perino have managed to equal, if not exceed, Ari's arrogance and doublespeak.)
And finally, a few Bushisms:
"One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures." - Jan. 3, 2000
"And one of the things we've got to make sure that we do is anything." - May 7, 2002
"I can only speak to myself." - Apr. 28, 2005
"This foreign policy stuff is a little frustrating." - Apr. 23, 2002
58 L.A. Confidential Says: ysbaddaden @ 56:
46 L.A. Confidential Says: Apparently the country is in morning because Brooke was ejected. That must be the weird malaise-vibe permeating the ether today
Shields?
No Brooke White. American “Idol”
I always wanted to write a horror satire called, "The Creature From the Blue Lagoon."
L.A. Confidential @ 37:
sure they can but refuse to believe we could suffer the same hyper-inflation NAZI Germany did because our war mongers are smarter that the Germans. Surly we will be the never ending empire all warmongers strive for.
58 L.A. Confidential
Are you telling me Brooke Shield's not white?
That might explain her dating Michael Jackson back in the day.
ysbaddaden @ 68:
I could really care less.
46 L.A. Confidential Says: Apparently the country is in morning because Brooke was ejected. That must be the weird malaise-vibe permeating the ether today.
I'm still trying to figure out the relationship between aether, Philippus Theophrastus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim's (also known as Paracelsus) Quinta Essentia, Quintessance and ectoplasm.
69 L.A. Confidential Says: ysbaddaden @ 68:
58 L.A. Confidential
Are you telling me Brooke Shield’s not white?
That might explain her dating Michael Jackson back in the day.
I could really care less.
Shouldn't that read, "I could not really care less?"
Otherwise you're saying you care some.
L.A. Confidential @ 64:
Yep. I can hear it now. "It will all be air strikes . There will be no ground forces. " then months later " The ground troops will not be permanent. They'll greet us with flowers and chocolates!"
...then 600 dead soldiers later.
ysbaddaden @ 71:
Caring isn't enough these dark days. We're to deep in sh*t and caring our way out of it isn't going to happen.
StirFry @ 72:
It will be more like we. . . . a) “discover” that Iran has thousands, if not millions, of WMDs pointed straight at the United Parking Lot of America because they hate our freedumbs, b) declare Iran to be a threat to the democracy of the entire world, and c) cobble together a coalition of unwilling-but-dumb allies to go in with us when we invade, in order to give it the pretense of being a multi-state effort?
#14 im sure the real pilots wife mother or friends can be thankful that never happened!
The 'Mission Accomplished' sign was an inside joke that a small number of people understood... the people with a mission to wage war. Mission Accomplished!
StirFry @ 13:
HEY NOW!!! Leave BBQ outta this!
henry wallace @ 44:
They have all the guns.
In the eyes of BushCo & the Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex the War On Iraq HAS BEEN a great success.
Profits galore, with promises of much much more to come in the future.
Just another day in the Life of the Corporations.
The saber rattling is just to provide an excuse for another big jump in prices (and profits) for the Bush cabal and their cronies in the oil industry.
The policy is called BOMB (Blame the Militant Brownies).
I expect Republican outrage.
I expect Republican smearing of Move On again.
Finally of course, defenders of democracy and freedom that the Republican party is, they will demand this ad not be shown. After all, they just did the same for the 50,even 100 years ad about McCain.
Mazel tov!
Ya know,
the following comment is apropos of nothing other than if what I am proposing happened we wouldn't be calling this Mission Accomplished day. And may I request that we not honor this embarrassment any further else we face Happy blue cum stained dress day after hillary is elected. And this is my heretical Idea. What if we all just turned our backs on our president after monica? What if the right wing conspiracy weren't just a bunch of pussies unable to close the deal. What if henry Hyde as his last big move in congress actually got the president to resign? What if rather than rise up as one to defend the indefensible we liberals said "f that guy let him hang on his own swingin' naughy bit" Who would be president in 2001? Probably the same guy who would be president in '96. Gore. Wow. That would have certainly sucked. Right?
So that's what ol' Honest Abe is up to these days. Why, just the other day, FOX was recalling his debates with Frederick Douglass.
About a month after President George W. Bush stood on the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln before a banner proclaiming, "Mission Accomplished," Fox News' Neil Cavuto asserted to Senator John McCain that, "many argue the conflict isn't over" in Iraq. McCain responded, "Well, then why was there a banner that said mission accomplished on the aircraft carrier?"
For a detailed history of John McCain's predictions of a short war and claims U.S. troops would be greeted as liberators to his casual attitude towards casualties and his ongoing confusion over friend and foe in Iraq, see:
"John McCain on the Mission Accomplished in Iraq."
St.Peter at the gate: "And where do you think you bushco people are going? Step away from the GATE!".
On May 1, 2003 George W. Bush proudly procliamed ..
"MISSION ACCOMPLISHED !!!"
Our military has been shouting "MAYDAY, MAYDAY !!!!" ever since, and no one is listening.
L.A. Confidential @ 58:
::: coffee_spew :::
LOL!
A trip down memory lane, offered with little comment, although a bottle of cheap tequila and a few dramamine might be necessary, probably like the President before he took off:
David Gergen on Fox "news" with Greta Van Susteren: "Well, it was a stunning backdrop. I don't -- you know, Greta, I've watched the choreography of presidential events for a long time and participated in a few. I can't remember an event as spectacular, as stunning as this, as impressive as this, since Richard Nixon returned from China 30 years ago."
Newt Gingrich on Fox "news" with Sean Hannity: "Well, somebody reminded me this afternoon of the movie Independence Day, which has a fighter pilot who becomes president of the United States. And in a sense, this afternoon you were reminded that this is a man who has served as a fighter pilot in the Texas National Guard, who has been prepared to fight for his country. Landing on the carrier must have reminded him of his father's career, also, having been, I think, the youngest pilot in the U.S. Navy in the Second World War."
Miles O'Brien on CNN: "Chris Burns, I don't suppose the president was wearing a G-suit. I don't think they're going to run him through his paces too much. But a flight suit, nevertheless. I suspect he's going to have a fun day. This is about as -- it's a good day to be a president, isn't it?"
And O'Brien with Kyra Phillips in deep dialogue:
PHILLIPS: He looks like a fighter pilot.
O'BRIEN: Yes. He's got the look, doesn't he? Yeah. That's ...
PHILLIPS: He sure does. Look at the stroll.
O'BRIEN: I'm telling you, that is the fighter pilot strut if I ever saw it. He's got it going.
PHILLIPS: Tom Cruise look at him.
Lawrence O'Donnell on MSNBC's Hardball: "He's earned this, Chris. As you said. he flew jets in the reserves back in his college years. And so the problem is, when people accuse him of taking too much advantage of it, the mind reels back to what other presidents could have done this? Certainly his predecessor could not have done it. Bill Clinton never served in the military. Probably had a little too much beef on his bones to fit in one of those cockpits. And you just can't imagine him walk out of one of those jets on to that deck. So, the guy has earned it. He did prosecute a war successfully. And it is all show business, that's absolutely true. But you also can tell that this president really in his heart does feel joined with those people serving on that aircraft carrier."
And, in a sample of the kind of dialogue the Rude Pundit is sure goes on in Hell, from that same episode of Hardball, here's Chris Matthews and Ann Coulter wondering which Democrats running for president might have been able to fly in that fighter jet:
MATTHEWS: OK, let me run through the names, Ann. Lieberman -- can you see him in this picture? Ann?
COULTER: What about him?
MATTHEWS: Can you see him getting into an F-18...
COULTER: Oh, no!
MATTHEWS: ... an flying onto an aircraft carrier?
(CROSSTALK)
MATTHEWS: Joe Lieberman, can you see him there?
COULTER: No possibility. I -- I have...
MATTHEWS: Can you see John Edwards doing it?
COULTER: No possibility.
MATTHEWS: Can you see Dick Gephardt doing it?
Finally, for the latent homosexual take on it, Pat Buchanan on MSNBC "It was one of those acts of symbolism and dash and daring that call to mind, frankly, John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan at their best. It was class. It was beautiful...it's neat...It makes you feel young again...Well, America can not help but be thrilled by what you saw today...That's a president with nerve. That's a president with nerve...Upcoming folks, should Scott Peterson get bail tomorrow?"
carrier sailors are a different breed of sailors, one thing they know they will never be in close enough to the enemy except for thier pilots, they the crewmen can afford to be blood thirsty, unlike destroyermen who useually bare the brunt of combat because they are expendable unlike the carriers , its been like that since the end of ww2, anyway its frustrateing to be told your there to kill the enemy and all you do is sail up one coast and down the other, its boreing and gets tiresome, they have nothing to show for thier time there, im not saying anything other then whats true, this tv series carriers is made by this government as a praganda video, do you think that they would put any sailor on tv that would condem this government ? even if they felt this cruise is crap thier not going to admit it on tv , thiers to many dark nights on deck and to many that are willing to shove your ass overboard and i guarantee you yoll never be seen again! these guys were hand picked just like all the propagana videos are, im under no illusions thiers many on a ship that are hatefull pricks ,they will allways be with us in any branch of the service , i saw it in korea on my ship the southen boys outnumbered the northen boys and hated the black crewmen, as i said its a propaganda video ! dont take it so seriously!
73 L.A. Confidential Says: ysbaddaden @ 71:
Shouldn’t that read, “I could not really care less?”
Otherwise you’re saying you care some.
Caring isn’t enough these dark days. We’re to deep in sh*t and caring our way out of it isn’t going to happen.
And I'll be the guy with the Porta-Potties
But I'll only accept Euros.
he he ysb i can remember as a kid when a dime bought you a movie theater ticket , and a dime was a hard thing to come by, now my drawer is full of them along with nickles quarters and half dollar coins and i dont even care, the want is gone a dime isnt woth what a penny is now and it wont even buy a popsicle! whatcha going to charge to take a dump in your porta potties?
"I could really care less." = “I could not really care less”
It's a kind of slang/ironic statement I believe ...
92 tyree Says: he he ysb i can remember as a kid when a dime bought you a movie theater ticket , and a dime was a hard thing to come by, now my drawer is full of them along with nickles quarters and half dollar coins and i dont even care, the want is gone a dime isnt woth what a penny is now and it wont even buy a popsicle! whatcha going to charge to take a dump in your porta potties?
Euros.
I remember hearing a joke, I think on the Simpsons, where an older character was saying, "I remember in my day a dime would get you into the movies where you'd get cartoons, newsreels, movie shorts, the main feature, popcorn, coke and a whuppin'."
What is crazy is that after all this cost in blood and money, not only is the mission not accomplished, but WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE MISSION IS!!
80 Liberal AND Proud Says: The saber rattling is just to provide an excuse for another big jump in prices (and profits) for the Bush cabal and their cronies in the oil industry.
The policy is called BOMB (Blame the Militant Brownies).
What does the O stand for?
Countdown one year ago ~ my vidcaps:
Countdown ~ Obermann 05/01/07 ~ Mission Accomplished!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSfpz_YP3SM
Countdown 05/01/07 w/Rachel Maddow ~ Mission Accomplished!!! ~ Bogaucity!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwNpvYjChG4
& so it goes ...
It ain't that hard to grasp:
Oil is $120.
Mission Accomplished.
What I love about the ad is that closing shot -- Shades of LIEberman's famous "Kiss". Someone NEEDS to make a giant paper-mache` float of "The Hug", so it can follow the "I don't know my ass from a hole in the ground, and Hey You Kids...Get off my lawn!" Express.
earl @ 98:
you can almost imagine all of them sitting around wondering what they could do to jack up the price of oil.
100 zugzug Says: earl @ 98:
It ain’t that hard to grasp:
Oil is $120.
Mission Accomplished.
you can almost imagine all of them sitting around wondering what they could do to jack up the price of oil.
I'm sure their sitting around having a group jack.
The sea tilts in its mournful ballet
Waiting upon your puffed utterance to strike
An awkward chord over the rapturous.
Pirouetting jauntily you make your way front
Captured in the sun’s golden swagger.
They wait. Fearing what death may come upon
Their course. What long faces tip of this gloom;
Furrows patterned of your barefaced malice.
You’ve no more magic hour light to snuff or bend.
All that you have crawls over innocence.
A tomb howls in the mist. It beckons,
Etched with your name.
La mission a accompli.
© 2007 mrp/thepoetryman
Baltimore Colt @ 65. What an excellent post. I salute you.
CESURE RESOLUTION FOR MOVEON! (35 killed in Iraq bombing today) CENSURE RESOLUTION FOR MOVEON!
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