January 28, 2008
State of the Union

Only a few hours are left before President Bush gives his final State of the Union Address.

*Waits for competing cheers between Democrats, whack-job progressives and disillusioned Republicans to die down...*

To be honest this is one of the few addresses in the past decade and a half that this political junkie has not been excited to watch. (My personal favorite was in 2006, sitting in the King County Journal's eastside newsroom and listening to one of the senior editors bark "F*** you Bush! F*** you" over and over again.)

On tap will no doubt be a milquetoast performance with collegial applause from both sides of the aisle, bipartisan support for a tax rebate and how strong the union is right now.

So what do you want to hear from the President this evening? (Other than a resignation my friendly liberal readers)

Me? For once I'd like to see a president act a little less than presidential. It's high noon. Walk down the dusty streets with your spurs jingling. For once be the out-of-control cowboy swinging a half-empty bottle of Wild Turkey that everyone has stereotyped you to be.

"Dubya" has been known for not really caring about opinion polls, what people think of him or how historians will rate his presidential legacy. Just for once the man needs to push back.

We're winning the war in Iraq. The Surge is working. Get out of the bunker and talk up the military's success. During World War II, Korea and Vietnam U.S. presidents spoke to the American people from the Oval Office over and over again telling why blood and treasury was being spent and shed in order to protect democracy. Quick; when was the last time President Bush gave a nationally televised address about Iraq or Afghanistan?

Soldiers, marines, sailors and airmen have waxed the Fedayeen, Baathist die-hards, Sunni and Shiite extremists, Iranian and Syrian foreign fighters, the Taliban and Al qaeda-type forces for seven years. Show the scoreboard. Tell why our husbands, sons, fathers and brothers sacrifice has been necessary.

Apologize for using a stupid Clintonian term like "WMD". Just admit that Saddam Hussein was a bad man, who killed hundreds of thousands of his own people and he needed to die. The only way to secure peace in the Middle East and stop Islamic fundamentalists from attacking the U.S. homeland again was to create a stabile democracy around the most important city in the region. Most boots on the ground in Iraq will tell you the same thing.

And while you're at it fess up for screwing the pooch on illegal immigration.

Your turn.

Posted by DonWard at January 28, 2008 03:20 PM | Email This
Comments
1. I think our esteemed President 'jumped the shark' (so to speak) when he proclaimed (on the aircraft carrier) 'mission accomplished'. THAT in itself precludes him from ANY type of near-gloating whatsoever.

Posted by: Duffman on January 28, 2008 03:29 PM
2. ...and one thing I like to hear tonite is:

'Well folks, I was just kidding...Brownie wasn't doin a hell of a job; in fact he didn't know WHAT the hell he was doin...and nor did I for appointing him'
Could we please hear that, Mr President.

Posted by: Duffman on January 28, 2008 03:38 PM
3. Don,
I agree with your "WMD" paragraph. State what really was on your mind. Sadaam threatened my daddy. We should have finished the job the first time. Sadaam is a nuisance and a thug who gassed his own people. If we keep up this charade of an occassional air bombing it will distract from the fight on terrorism. Sadaam will feed the enemy if he got the chance, even if he didn't care for them one bit (the enemy of my enemy is my friend quote comes to mind).

Enough with the WMD charade. Go out with the blaze of glory and tell it like it is. Dare Kuchinich to try to impeach you. (cue up Clint Eastwood here)

Posted by: tc on January 28, 2008 03:38 PM
4. I'd like to see him announce that they are taking far more impressive measures to jumpstart the stock market than sending people (including those who didn't pay taxes) $300 while sending our family (who pay a ton in income taxes) nothing. Zip. zero. Nada.
They took by force from a bunch of people to give to others. There's nothing honorable about that. Redistribution of income. The stock market doesn't seem super impressed with it. They need to make the Bush tax cuts permanent; in fact, be really bold--lower all the rates AGAIN! the stock market would love that!

But please, please don't take tepid, liberal steps to try and do something that should be done bigger and bolder.

Announce the automatic indexing of the Alternative Minimum Tax for inflation (FINALLY, cuz they sure haven't done that yet!) so it stops being a middle-class punishment. And if they can't get rid of the AMT altogether, then after they index it for inflation they should also announce that the AMT rate goes back to 10% as it originally started in '69.

But really---we need bold fiscal conservative policy that grants the people far more economic freedom than we have right now. F-R-E-E-D-O-M.
WE DESERVE MORE OF IT. NOT LESS

Posted by: Michele on January 28, 2008 03:39 PM
5. Oh yes, the "mission accomplished" comment is one of the prime pieces of evidence about how significant numbers of Democrats, liberals and progressives no nothing about combat operations and the military in general.

The "mission accomplished" dealt specifically with the movement of major combat forces at the division and corp level and the liberation of Baghdad and other Iraqi urban centers. The sailors cheering on board the USS Lincoln understood that.

Duffman... says a lot of things. Oh yeah!

Posted by: Don Ward on January 28, 2008 03:41 PM
6. I'm really not trying to be pedantic, but isn't 'milquetoast' a noun? It's an intriguing word. My understanding is that a person can be a milquetoast, but that it's not an adjective that can describe something, like a performance.

Posted by: Palouse on January 28, 2008 03:42 PM
7. ...and finally I'd like his final thought to be:

'My fellow Americans, I'm sorry to say that I do not have a legacy...but you know what I did sell my interest in the Rangers for one hell of a profit.'

Take him to the ranch and put him to bed, Laura.
Lo siento mucho!

Posted by: Duffman on January 28, 2008 03:44 PM
8. Palouse,

Pretty sure. That's why I used it. Even if wrong, it is fun to verb nouns and noun verbs. Hip and edgy. Oh yeah!

Posted by: Don Ward on January 28, 2008 03:46 PM
9. #5 yeah, sure: try telling that to the families of the young warriors who died subsequent to that infamous mis-statement.
Bottom-line: Pres Bush will go down in the annals of American History as one of the worst Presidents ever. Conversly, Laura may leave a legacy as one of the finest First Ladys' ever.
How sad.

Posted by: Duffman on January 28, 2008 03:54 PM
10. Well, obviously, Don, we can't call you the Straight Talk Express. How could you say this with a straight face?

"To be honest this is one of the few addresses in the past decade and a half that this political junkie has not been excited to watch."

Anyone getting excited about a State of the Union is (you fill in the blanks)?


DW: ...is a political dork. Just filled in the blanks. And no, I will not be hopping aboard any Straight Talk Express hopefully in the near future. Choose your words better because that's how rumors get started my friend...

Although you'd get excited for a State of the Union speech if you add an Eatonville twist or two. Like a case of Buckhorn...

Posted by: swatter on January 28, 2008 03:57 PM
11. And the funny thing is Duffman that Laura CAN take George W home and put him to bed. Hillary has to call around half of Washington D.C. to try and find Bill and then she has to ask his latest "Intern" to scoot over if she wants to get him in the sack.

Posted by: Huh? on January 28, 2008 04:02 PM
12. Well, considering the fact that I know, am related to and am friends with soldiers who were there afterwards, sure. Don't try to play that game Duffman because most military folks aren't with you there. Military families get mighty upset at folks who are willing to trade the safety of their family members overseas just so one party can make sure a person with a "D" behind their name is in the White House instead of an "R".

Right now, with nothing changed, if George W. Bush was a Democrat, not a Republican, he'd be lauded as the greatest president since Harry Truman for liberating millions of people in two countries.

Posted by: Don Ward on January 28, 2008 04:05 PM
13.
Bush is a man of action...not words.

That is something the Libs have never understood. They like to dance around sentences...as if everything a person utters has 12 layers of meaning.

Meanwhile Bush remade the world and the Presidency.

Every candidate running today is running as...Bush.

Posted by: John A. Bailo on January 28, 2008 04:22 PM
14. I agree with you Don. If Bush was a Dem and 9/11 happened during his first year in office he'd be enshrined as a major leftist icon along with FDR.

Unhappily I've never understood Bush's penchant for pandering to the left. When he took office and started talking about a "new tone" I knew there would be trouble. I don't think there is anything to be gained by being nice to the left. They will stab you in the back in a minute. "By any means necessary". It's not just a slogan, it's what the left does.

My poor wife will probably have to restrain me tonight from throwing the nearest heavy object I can grab through the screen of our TV. I fully expect Bush to pander to the "climate change" goofballs the same way he did last year. You aren't going to hear him talk about nuclear power or drilling for oil in Alaska. He'll talk about "alternative energy" and those damned mercury filled lightbulbs. Jeez I hope I'm wrong. But I can smell it coming.

I do like Bush but I wish he would have stood up to the left more forcefully during the past 6-years. For the life of me I don't understand what trying to be nice to them has done for him, or for the country.

Posted by: Bill Cruchon on January 28, 2008 04:32 PM
15. To Don Ward: Nobody believes a word George W. Bush is saying (save for the 20 odd percent that hang on to their delusions) nor will they tonight after his rehearsed malapropisms.

Bush has had 7 years of no restraint. He has lied unabashedly and has never been held to account for even one of those lies.

Don Ward, you are one kooky dude. This president has acted less-than-presidential for his entire reign of terror. It is long past high noon, and he is still walking down Americas dusty streets with his spurs jingling, picking a fight with the U.S. constitution and Americans civil liberties. He has never been anything but the out-of-control drunken cowboy swinging a half-empty bottle of Wild Turkey, and he has unceremoniously brought this nation to its very knees. Our husbands, sons, fathers and brothers have been sacrificed for a pack of lies...935 to be exact according to a recent report.

George W. Bush has committed many crimes, and has lied so many times to the American people, and yet he has never been held to account for even one. Not for lying us into war, not for Osama bin Laden still un-captured, bungling the opportunity at capture him at Tora Bora, not for the Walter Reed outpatient treatment scandal, not for the firing of US attorneys, not for placing political payback above national security in outing a covert CIA agent, not for lack of preparation for occupation of Iraq, not for transferring resources to Iraq before the job was finished in Afghanistan, not for addressing the Iranian nuclear issue through threats, not for the no-bid Halliburton contracts with little or no accountability and overpaid and unchecked contract mercenaries (Blackwater), not for the Military Commissions Act-torture, indefinite detention, the end of habeas corpus, not for Hurricane Katrina and the destruction of New Orleans, not for warrant-less NSA wiretapping, not for Black prisons and extraordinary renditions, interrogation by torture, the list is very, very long and I could use up at least a dozen pages listing his lies and his criminal offences. The media hasn't held him to account for anything...they are facilitators to his lies and crimes.

The Constitutional remedy our Founding Fathers put in place to remove criminals holding office in our federal government is impeachment. What I want to know is when is the House of Representatives going to realize that it is their Constitutional responsibility to impeach? When the the President (and the Vice-President) break the law, the House of Representatives have THE constitutional vehicle that allows them to pursue impeachment. Just how many laws will Cheney and Bush be allowed to break before the Peoples' House performs its Constitutional responsibilities? We've had enough of the unrestrained cowboy

Posted by: Savannah on January 28, 2008 05:17 PM
16. Spot on Savannah! Said beautifully.

Posted by: Duffman on January 28, 2008 05:28 PM
17. #15 is one of the most classic leftist rants I've ever read.

Just have to wonder if the poster ever feels any remorse for the millions of innocent unborn children her side has killed since 1973. Fair is fair.

Posted by: Bill Cruchon on January 28, 2008 05:33 PM
18. Savannah
Since A lot of democrat politicians said the exact same thing about IRAQ while Clinton was president. SHould they also be removed and put in Jail.
Your ravings do you no good. President Bush does not drink so calling him a drunken Cowboy because of his youth. Should we not also call Hillary Clinton a Communist Sympathizer because of the things she did in her youth.
You from your words must believe that Terrorists have the right to kill Americans. They have a right to plan attacks and they are innocent victims until they actually kill someone. Planning is not a crime in your eyes. Prevention of Criminal actions is a crime because there have been no attacks.
Torture waterboarding is not torture. WHy not go to a Turkish Jail and see what torture really is. Or any Middle Eastern Country with and see what they would do to a Christian Man or woman in their jails. We have much higher standards. Our jails are hotel suites compared to conditions of those in Jail in the third world Including Mexico.
I bet you support the right of Drug dealers to kidnap Americans on US soil and take them to Mexico so they can prevent law enforcment interfering with their importation of Illegal drugs.
Remember President Bush kept a majority of the Clinton appointees on the job as US Attorneys. ANd it took over 6 years before he started cleaning house. President Clinton took 1 day in office to fire all the US Attorneys. Bush is just slow to fire anyone right?
Remember Clinton was impeached for lying under Oath. That is pretty bad. And the senate did nothing with it. So far no impeachment has been laid on President Bush. And you claim he lied because he said the same things as Democrats did in the 90's about IRaq.
Get a life and look at what is really happening. Terrorism is alive and well in the world. We may be slowing it down but last year 42 countries had terrorist attacks that could be related to Muslims. So far this year. 15 different countries have had terrorist attacks. Our war on terror has been handicapped. Why because of people like you saying you can not do it. And making excuses and blaming the US for the problems in the world. The fact is the world likes to blame all their internal problems on the US. Because they want to build their swiss bank accounts with money diverted from US and EU tax payers for Projects to help their people. You support Arafat on the day he died had over a billion dollars in his swiss bank account. How can a poor country like Palestine pay so much money to their leader legally to be a billionaire. He must have been a great leader. Instead of helping his people he blamed Israel and US for them being poor. How many lives have been lost because he was so gready?
How many people will have to die before you admit Terrorism is a problem. Because last year over 20000 people have died in terrorist attacks. and over 27000 injured. A total of over 2649 terrorist attacks around the world. OVer 60% of those attacks happened in areas other than IRAQ and Afghanistan.
Look the world is filled with evil that only want to kill you. Will you submit to becoming a Muslim. That was the demand from Osama to stop the killing. Think about it and stop using hate as an excuse. You are part of the problem. You have not solutions except to ignore the issue as what was done during the Clinton Administration. It is a law enforcement issue. SOrry this is a war. Not law enforcement. We can never bring peace to the world by ourselves. we can only help a few places at a time. Dafur will have to wait and over a million people are estimated to have been killed their in the past decade. That issue also known but ignored under the Clinton administration. BUsh could not do anything about it because no world support to stop the killings in Dafur.

Posted by: David Anfinrud on January 28, 2008 05:48 PM
19. Bill, Don't forget to mention that wonderful "Great Society" created by the Democrats in the 60's. In 1965, 2 in 10 African Americans were born out of wedlock; now it's 7 in 10. What a Democrat success story! Now. let's give all those Illegal Immigrants free medical care...

Posted by: Walters on January 28, 2008 06:11 PM
20. Is it just me...or does Nancy Pelosi (back there) look a 'little' like Michael Jackson. :)

Posted by: Duffman on January 28, 2008 06:25 PM
21. "Just have to wonder if the poster ever feels any remorse for the millions of innocent unborn children her side has killed since 1973."

What does abortion have to do with Bush? Nice try.

Posted by: lol on January 28, 2008 06:43 PM
22. lol, what it has to do with is if she really is concerned about people dying, over a million are being torn to pieces and thrown in the trash or garbage disposal each year in this country by abortion/child-killing. If she cares about people dying, here is the biggest cause of completely innocent death right here in this country that she can stand up against (if she really cares about keeping people from dying).

Posted by: Michele on January 28, 2008 07:18 PM
23. Michele,

Actually, there are more "deaths" due to miscarriage than there are abortion. Where is the outrage over God's abortions?

Posted by: lol on January 28, 2008 07:32 PM
24. In 2000, some people were asking what the Rush Limbaughs of the world would talk about with Clinton out of office. So now in 2008, it is fair to ask, what are the Savannahs of the world going to do when Bush leaves office? What will be the new targets of their 1000 word posts?

Posted by: russell garrard on January 28, 2008 07:45 PM
25. Duffman.

Dude.I grow tired of your child like comments.
We both have seen combat, but just remember it was Kennedy & Johnson who put US in NAM!.
You get up set over a banner? Please.

Either put the damn beer down or move to KOS where they need fools like you!

Posted by: Army Medic/Vet on January 28, 2008 07:52 PM
26. lol, I am pro-choice but that is really not very funny to be talking about 'where's the outrage' over miscarrriages. And, an incredibly stupid comparison. Abortion is a decision, a deliberate action. Miscarriage isn't. Are you really that dense not to see that?

Posted by: russell garrard on January 28, 2008 07:52 PM
27. lol: Boy, you must REALLY believe in intelligent design! Apparently, you think God examines every pregnancy and kills the ones he doesn't like? Miscarriages are spontaneous, natural abortions of pregnancies nature deems not able to come to full term. Clinical abortions of convenience, especially late term ones, are premeditated murder.

Posted by: katomar on January 28, 2008 07:55 PM
28. Actually, it was Michele who stated "the biggest cause of completely innocent death right here in this country" was abortion. Thats not true at all since there are, in fact, more miscarriages than abortion. Why aren't they out on the streets calling for more research and funding for pre-natal care if they really want to save innocent lives?

Posted by: lol on January 28, 2008 07:57 PM
29. lol - your point is taken but there is no such thing as God's Abortions. We manage our own destinies and Abortion should not be a part of that love for our families and children.

Posted by: me on January 28, 2008 08:09 PM
30. lol - your rationalization to try to get out of your original statement does not hold water! (nuff said)

Posted by: me on January 28, 2008 08:18 PM
31. Duffman,
Lets see. Carrier comes back from succesful mission and puts up banner "Mission Accomplished", President lands and its automatically his BANNER. Get a grip. If you have any military service "Shame on you for hyping the media's line. Bye the way yes I do 28 yrs/ Retired now.

Posted by: John Reb on January 28, 2008 08:19 PM
32. What does abortion have to do with Bush's drunken cowboy SOTU address?(Bill Cruchton)

All the Bush apologists need to thank Bush for the over 4000 DEAD American military because of Bush lies, say nothing of over 1 million civilian dead in Iraq.

Don Ward was the one who called the drunken cowboy analogy... It fits And none of the Bush apologists have proof that the drinking has ever stopped. You have the burden of proof, and there just isn't anything more than your belief, and his word, and he lies...big time.

All those who hide behind their delusions of Bush need to take a harsh look at the facts on the ground. Not the Fox News version, but what Bush has actually wrought on this nation. It isn't a pretty picture. But hang on to your delusions. They will keep you happy as you are spending your ever reducing income at Wal-Mart while your jobs are outsourced to another country, and you blame your poverty on people of another color or religion. Pathetic lot, but I'll pray for ya'all

Posted by: Savannah on January 28, 2008 08:34 PM
33. 1,000,000 civilian dead... ARE YOU STARK, RAVKING CRAZY... or is that redundant?

Put a fact where your mouth is, moonbat.

Thos who count on the government to support them are disappointed with Bush, and I strongly believe you are probably one of them.

But hells bells, Bush could sign on to stand naked on a corner, throwing condoms, $10 bills and waving a sign for Whorrabillary and you'd STILL complain, still hate him.

Grow up.

Those of us who rely on ourselves are quite pleased with the state of tha nation...except for the useless dim congress.

Posted by: Ragnar Danneskjold on January 28, 2008 08:47 PM
34. lol: Here's some fact for you, before you go all ga-ga. About 50% of all first pregnancies end in miscarriage, most of them between 8 and 12 weeks, often before the mother even realizes she's pregnant. Just how is pre-natal care supposed to alleviate that? Get a grip and live with your completely ignorant and boorish remarks.

And Savannah, you need a vacation!

Posted by: katomar on January 28, 2008 08:49 PM
35. lol, how do you know they are "God's abortions"? And can you distinguish between a spontaneous occurence of unknown cause that the mother didn't wish for vs the literal and intentional tearing to pieces of a baby, whose body parts are "reassembled" on the table so that the abortionists will be able to tell whether they "got it all"? (that's what they have to do--if it's just a 'blob of tissue', they wouldn't bother reassembling legs, arms, heads, etc)

Most of us can. Hopefully now you will, too, now that the difference has been explained to you.

Posted by: Michele on January 28, 2008 09:25 PM
36. From her comments, Savannah is a Neo-Prog who is totally extreme left wing to the sixth sigma. Her discussion asking to prove negatives is intellectually ineffectual.

Posted by: me on January 28, 2008 09:30 PM
37. Check out People Power Granny and see my take on the State of the Union Address tonight. You can also vote in my poll.

Posted by: People Power Granny on January 28, 2008 10:00 PM
38. Savannah,

Can you name one actual impeachable offense committed by President Bush?

Can you tell us all exactly how he "lied" us into war?

Where has he, in fact, ever lied as President?

Posted by: BigGovSux on January 28, 2008 10:34 PM
39. Savannah is a lost cause. She is a moonbat that will hate anything Republican. IF a Democrat was president she would sing a different tune.
Facts are facts CIA gave the information to PResident Bush. Fact Senator CLinton said before the vote on IRAQ that she personnally saw the information and agreed with President Bushes assessments. Look up the Congressional record for her comments. But now that she is against the war Savannah will ignore that she was for the war why because she is a Democrat. Plus Memory for most moonbats goes back two to 3 months if you are lucky. But I know a lot of smart people that talk just like her. Never can convience and when you are winning they always go back to Bush Lied. Because that is their fail safe.
SHe will never listen to facts. She is part of the 5 to 20% of the country that live on hate. Hate over facts. Emotion over reason.
I do not like President Bushes stands on anything over the last 2 years. He is a major dispointment. His Emigration policy and plans for illegals is bad for the country. IT is like he is drinking from the same glass as Ted Kennedy. His support for giving in state tuition to all illegals. Maybe I should have my daughter when they are college age claim they are illegals if they want to go to another state for college. Special rights for illegals special priveleges for illegals not available to US Citizens. Does that even make sense. Illegals have more rights and priveleges than US Citizens and LEgal ALien Residents no wonder they perfer to come to this country as an illegal It pays to commit a crime. Plus by not securing the border Most of the drugs comming into this country are via the Southern Border. After tightening the US Ports where most of the drugs came into the US now it is The Mexican and a small amount the Canadian border that delivers the drugs that kill our kids. I guess those who do not want to secure the border support the Drug Trade. and Want more drugs on the street. They realize that Supply and demand the only way they can have cheap drugs is to have as much as possible on the street. So of course Savannah supports open borders she supports Criminals bringing drugs into this country. Cause and effect.

Posted by: David Anfinrud on January 29, 2008 05:44 AM
40. #25 Ah come on AM/V, can you not stand a little diversity. In terms of standing up for America - I'm on your side, where we possibly part company is in support of GW Bush. I support him as far as he being the President and our Commander-In-Chief, but come on: he's a frickin idiot of the highest magnitude, and simply cannot represent us in the way America needs to be viewed in the eyes of the world. I wasn't upset over the banner - HE should have been. His 'handlers' should have known the implications of having that banner so prominently displayed. It was FAR from over and THEY SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT.
Bottom-line: For America (regardless of Political Party), in it's defense I'm there to the end! :)

Posted by: Duffman on January 29, 2008 06:44 AM
41. Well, medic, you invited him back as his ego "Dufus". Sometimes his alter egos were much better.

Posted by: swatter on January 29, 2008 06:59 AM
42. YOU would certainly know! :)

Posted by: Duffman on January 29, 2008 07:02 AM
43. I am sick and tired of you jerks calling Bush an idiot.

I don't agree with every thing he's done, but I do recognize that the man earned a post-graduate degree from Harvard (where's YOURS, little snipers?) that he is a voracious reader, that he's steadily and repeatedly been elected up, that he thwarts his opponents pretty damned regularly by asking for the moon when he really justwants the stars and that he gracefully takes the heat from you petty hitmen by ignoring YOU. I seem to recall that your savior the peniz prez, did none of those.

I really don't give a fat rat's ass how well a person can tickle and tease a public word. God knows the penis prez was and outstanding tickler and teaser.

Just once I wish you petty snipers would stand up and say you really hate him because he simply doesn't CARE what others think.
You hate him because he is comfortable with himself and it threatens every fiber of your being as it reflects that you are not.
You hate him because he doesn't need you to like him, which is the antithesis of everything you believe.
You hate him because deep in your 'heart' you worry that his "smirk" is actually him having a great big damned laugh at YOUR expense.
You hate him because he has the courage to LIVE his convictions without apology and without taking your temperature. Nothing is as maddening to a human sheep as one who won't baahhh along with the herd.

I say BRAVO, Mr Bush. I trip over my words too... and I don't give a rats ass what little people think either.

Posted by: Ragnar Danneskjold on January 29, 2008 07:08 AM
44. Speaking for myself only, I've not used the word 'hate' you did. I have no hate for Pres Bush, I admire his conviction and diligence; I just feel he was the wrong person for the job last time around. Simple as that, so don't paint me with the 'hate' brush that you so liberally apply to all who might disagree with our President. That you wold refer to others with a different point of view as 'little people' in telling.

Posted by: Duffman on January 29, 2008 07:18 AM
45. So sorry little sniper.. your words are your words, but come on: he's a frickin idiot of the highest magnitude, - have the fickin courage to own them.

And yes, sniper hitmen are most certainly "little": in smallness of mind, in the pettiness of mocking, in the jealouss of their heart and in the stingyness of respect.


The sad part is that by your whine you still don't realize that no one but YOU can make you a "little" person.

See me smirk.

Posted by: Ragnar Danneskjold on January 29, 2008 07:32 AM
46. Thanks, Ragnar. For a while there (past few months) I thought I was the only one to respect and admire Bush anymore.

I attributed a lot of that to the presidential candidates trying to contrast themselves with Bush (which is important), but there also seemed to be a piling on.

Posted by: swatter on January 29, 2008 07:43 AM
47. Those are my words indeed, and they do not explicitly or implicitly portray that I 'hate'.
That you think yourself in a position to judge who is a 'little' person says much about your Republican leaning. Whether actual or 'perceived', Republicans seem to portray a 'holier-than-thou' attitude i.e. patronizingly viewing others as not up to par with them. This is very damaging to your party and more and more folks are recognizing this superiority complex. Your party will diminish accordingly because of it.
-Think about it. :)

Posted by: Duffman on January 29, 2008 07:45 AM
48. Duffman;

Wow, that is exactly how I feel, and many I others I talk to, about the Democrats.

Posted by: REBEL on January 29, 2008 07:57 AM
49. That's funny REBEL, lest you wonder why this country is clamoring for 'change'.

Posted by: Duffman on January 29, 2008 08:32 AM
50. In reading comments and the often referenced banner "Mission Accomplished" I get frustrated at the repeated statements that mischaracterize this event and "message". Tommy Franks claims that the banner was his idea and it was a message to France & Germany specifically as they had promised to assist the USA in the "police action" after Saddam's forces were defeated and his government removed. They would not participate in then action to remove his government but after his regime was defeated they would send troops to help in the security and rebuilding of Iraq. Guess what - they went back on their promises. I wish the left would read more and quit repeating lies.

Posted by: Mike on January 29, 2008 08:58 AM
51. Duffman: Change to what? We have Obama, the cute, charismatic candidate who calls for change, but never says exactly what that entails, except that maybe he thinks he is JFK. Or, conversely, we could have the well-entrenched, D.C. establishment lady who looks like a cabbage patch doll and has the temperament of "Chuckie" with PMS, and who, by the way, brings slick Willie back into our lives in a rather official way. The change she is touting is higher taxes, government run health care, more and more regulations, including punishing "evil corporations", all courses that will will go far in effectively killing the economy. As President Bush said, if you think you're not taxed enough, you know where to send the check. Belly up!

Posted by: katomar on January 29, 2008 09:02 AM
52. My favorite part of the State of the Union: when Bush said something like "judges who follow the Constitution" and then gave a look of disdain toward Justice Breyer.

OK, the look of disdain was probably from me, not Bush. But hey, Breyer's the one who wrote a whole book devoted to explaining why he ignores the Constitution, so he deserves it.

Posted by: pudge on January 29, 2008 09:06 AM
53. Duffperson;

You know what the clamor for change is really about? Even the people clamoring for it don't realize the source of their concern. It is government intrusion into our daily lives. Bush just gave us more of that, but electing a Democrat will be like jumping from the frying pan into the fire. I know you wont understand all this implies before you respond so don't bother, I pretty much know what you'll say. You're so typical of the Koolaid drinking lefties.

Posted by: REBEL on January 29, 2008 09:15 AM
54. Army Medic/Vet @ 25 re: Duffman.

You've seen combat, but believe me - Duffman has not. He just makes-up elaborate scenarios to pull all conversations his way - end scene. He doesn't get enough attention at home & must go elsewhere.

In posting on blogs, he's the first one in. In defense of America, he's the first out.

"I grow tired of your child-like comments"
Take a number.

Posted by: King Diamond on January 29, 2008 09:15 AM
55. I would guess King Diamond to be none other than the infamous 'mercifurious' who naturally will not post under his true moniker herein because of his previous bout with the Shark. He tends (as we all know) to draw conclusions from assumptions. Not a very accurate fellow. What a phony!

Posted by: Duffman on January 29, 2008 09:27 AM
56. Naturally. WHAT!?

As I said before: making-up elaborate scenarios (again). Where did you come up with that one, Duffman? Elaborate!

Army Medic/Vet: Ask Duffman about specific military combat experience.

...Then again, we all "grow tired of his child-like comments". I'd understand if you didn't.

Posted by: King Diamond on January 29, 2008 09:45 AM
57. 'King Diamond' do you deny that you are mercifurious?

Posted by: Duffman on January 29, 2008 09:49 AM
58. That you think yourself in a position to judge who is a 'little' person says much about your Republican leaning.

The fact of the matter is I didn't judge any one person as anything; it is however, my opinion that some most definitely are 'little'. That you took it to mean YOU, is alas your problem. That you see yourself is why you consider Bush an idiot: he refuses to others define him.

That you take such umbrage shows how exactly close this cuts to the quick of how you define youreself.

See me smirk.

Posted by: Ragnar Danneskjold on January 29, 2008 10:23 AM
59. Where did you see combat, Duffman? (Theater, Country, Era)

Posted by: BoGritz on January 29, 2008 10:27 AM
60. ...I don't ask that to be accusatory. I just hate those little hippy jerkoffs who claim combat so we'll respect them.

Posted by: BoGritz on January 29, 2008 10:34 AM
61. Hate to break it to you, Duffman - but no, I'm not. Have you stopped beating your wife?

Duffman: Is this how you deal with everyone who calls you out? Sounds like Napoleon's use of Snowball

Me thinks you protesteth too much.

Posted by: King Diamond on January 29, 2008 10:41 AM
62. Hqtrs Troop., 4th Squadron, 12th US Cav. 1st Brigade, 5th Inf. Div. - look it up!

Posted by: Duffman on January 29, 2008 10:43 AM
63. I suspect "those little hippy jerkoffs" consider coming to conservative websites and rattling their ACLU cards and empty Kooliad packages as combat. I'm pretty sure they won't get a Purple Heart for verbal blackeyes and whiplashing... or the angst of emotional trauma.

See me smirk.

Posted by: Ragnar Danneskjold on January 29, 2008 10:43 AM
64. I will take that 'no' to deny that you are not. Just as I figured! :) just can't leave me alone per your 'manifesto'. What happened to 'ignore'?
Haha, that didn't last long.
I won't waste any more of this blog's space dealing with you herein. Have a good life.

Posted by: Duffman on January 29, 2008 10:54 AM
65. Have a good life.

I do!

See me smirk.

Posted by: Ragnar Danneskjold on January 29, 2008 10:59 AM
66. Dear David @ 18:

Remember President Bush kept a majority of the Clinton appointees on the job as US Attorneys. ANd it took over 6 years before he started cleaning house. President Clinton took 1 day in office to fire all the US Attorneys. Bush is just slow to fire anyone right?

What a crock....Reagan did the same thing the day he got into office. It's quite a standard practice to do when the President is of a different party than the previous occupant. Bush eventually fired all the US Attorneys, even ones he appointed himself.

Torture waterboarding is not torture.

Then what is it? Looks like torture, sounds like torture, likely feels like torture, the UN says it's torture....maybe thats because Waterboarding is torture.

Should we not also call Hillary Clinton a Communist Sympathizer because of the things she did in her youth.

Only if we can call Mitt Romney a racist because his religion officially thought black people were God's rejects (look up Mark of Cain) up until 1979.

WHy not go to a Turkish Jail and see what torture really is.

Are we a third-world country like Turkey is? No, we're not, we're the United States. We're supposed to be the greatest country in the world. We're supposed to be better than the third-world countries you name in your rant.

Prevention of Criminal actions is a crime because there have been no attacks.

Meanwhile the sun has never risen in the West, and cats did not become friends with dogs, all thanks because of the Bush Administration policies.

Remember Clinton was impeached for lying under Oath.

Funny, neither Bush or Cheney ever testified under oath, so I guess we can't accuse them of lying. How convenient.

Our war on terror has been handicapped. Why because of people like you saying you can not do it.

If terrorist attacks went down and we're "winning" then how is the war being handicapped?

How can a poor country like Palestine pay so much money to their leader legally to be a billionaire.

Maybe it was because our buddies the middle east oil sheiks gave him the money so he could continue his attacks on Israel. Last time I checked they don't make mortar shells, C4 explosives, and SCUD missiles in Palestine. Wonder how they got there and how they paid for them? Could it be our Arab oil buddies?

How many people will have to die before you admit Terrorism is a problem. Because last year over 20000 people have died in terrorist attacks. and over 27000 injured.

In 1999 over 42,000 innocent Americans died in car accidents...and another 2 million were permanently injured due to these vicious car to car attacks.

Look the world is filled with evil that only want to kill you. Will you submit to becoming a Muslim. That was the demand from Osama to stop the killing. Think about it and stop using hate as an excuse. You are part of the problem.

When will step up the war on reckless driving and unsafe roadways!! Think of all the children who have dies mercilessly at the hands of terrorist airbags!! It's people like you who don't want to pay for roadway upkeep and red light cameras that keep us from winning this war. If you drive a motor vehicle, you are part of the problem.!!

Posted by: Feakin Liberal on January 29, 2008 11:22 AM
67. . I will take that 'no' to deny that you are not.

uhhhh... what? And now a 'manifesto'?
Do tell, Duffman. Quite a tale - Sounds like you got a thing for this fella.

Posted by: King Diamond on January 29, 2008 11:33 AM
68. @64 (and others)

What the hell is going on?

Posted by: BoGritz on January 29, 2008 11:36 AM
69. King Diamond = Kind Diamond = BoGritz = ?

Posted by: Duffman on January 29, 2008 11:51 AM
70. 64: Obessed much?

Posted by: ogilvie on January 29, 2008 11:52 AM
71. 64: Obsessed much?

Posted by: Ogilvie on January 29, 2008 11:54 AM
72. Etc., et al....

Posted by: Duffman on January 29, 2008 11:57 AM
73. BoGritz

57th Medevac ( Kelly's crazies )
Tan Son Nhut & Cam ra Bay 72/73

Posted by: Army Medic/Vet on January 29, 2008 12:17 PM
74. Should we not also call Hillary Clinton a Communist Sympathizer because of the things she did in her youth.

Only if we can call Mitt Romney a racist because his religion officially thought black people were God's rejects (look up Mark of Cain) up until 1979.

How convenient. We can't condemn Whorribillary for what she is by her ACTIONS but we can condemn a man for what generations of religious leaders have done before him. I guess that mean we can lay the blame for every unwed, fatherless black child in the ghetto and every one of 50 million dead children in the laps of Democrat liberals who celebrate and promulgated both.

How many people will have to die before you admit Terrorism is a problem. Because last year over 20000 people have died in terrorist attacks. and over 27000 injured.

In 1999 over 42,000 innocent Americans died in car accidents...and another 2 million were permanently injured due to these vicious car to car attacks. When will step up the war on reckless driving and unsafe roadways!! Think of all the children who have dies mercilessly at the hands of terrorist airbags!!

AND IN THE LAST 35 YEARS NEARLY 50 MILLION WERE SLAUGHTERED WITH THE CHEERS and PROFITS OF VICIOUS BABY-KILLING PRO-BORTS.

Oh, you don't LIKE apple and oranges? Or is it you only like facts that are not inconvenient to your narrow world view?

Why do we never hear about capitalist hating liberals whine about the excessive profits made from baby-killing?

Is it painful to be such a confuse little sheep? Bahhhh.

Posted by: Ragnar Danneskjold on January 29, 2008 12:29 PM
75. We can't condemn Whorribillary for what she is by her ACTIONS but we can condemn a man for what generations of religious leaders have done before him.

Boo Hoo, Hillary once hung out with communuts. Whoop de do, Romney was raised by avowed racists and says he cried like a little girl when the church was opened to blacks in 1979. That's just great, but the Emancipation Proclamation was issued over 100 years earlier, and MLK had been shot 10 years earlier, nice to see Romney and his religion are keeping up with modern times. Maybe you should read up more on Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, and their followers before opening your mouth.

AND IN THE LAST 35 YEARS NEARLY 50 MILLION WERE SLAUGHTERED WITH THE CHEERS and PROFITS OF VICIOUS BABY-KILLING PRO-BORTS.

What about the millions of sperm killed every day by condoms? We must save them!! =P

Oh, you don't LIKE apple and oranges?

I like both actually, though my presence is Oranges.

Or is it you only like facts that are not inconvenient to your narrow world view?

Umm, yeah. Maybe you should look in the mirror, then go look up the word hypocrisy. Could be a very enlightening experience for you.

Why do we never hear about capitalist hating liberals whine about the excessive profits made from baby-killing?

Wow, baby killers pay taxes too. Good to know.

Posted by: Freakin Liberal on January 29, 2008 01:18 PM
76. Ragnar: Keep it up and you may just reduce Freakin Liberal to saying neener, neener, neener. That's about the depth of his/her intellect and maturity.

Posted by: katomar on January 29, 2008 03:05 PM
77. The Liberal Case Against Abortion

Book Description
"Murti attempts to explore, without religion, one of the most contentious issues of our day: the question of abortion. For as much as the atomic bomb forever altered questions about war and peace, so has abortion forever altered the meaning of human life and our responsibility to it. By creatively and passionately using the universal question of the rights of animals, Murti analyzes the rights of the unborn. The power of his persuasion is not based on one or more bodies of religious thought, but on sentient beings' natural tendency to protect one another." - From the Forword by Carol Crossed, President, Democrats for Life of America Activist Vasu Murti, a card-carrying member of the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), presents a formidable case against abortion, using reasoning and arguments based upon liberal philosophy.

From the Publisher
Activist Vasu Murti, a card-carrying member of the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), presents a formidable case against abortion, using reasoning and arguments based upon liberal philosophy.

Publisher: R.A.G.E. Media (January 22, 2006)
ISBN-10: 0977223434
ISBN-13: 978-0977223435


Civil War, 1861-1865, 498,332 Deaths
World War I, 1917-1918, 116,516 Deaths
World War II, 1941-1945, 405,399 Deaths
Vietnam War, 1964-1975, 58,200 Deaths
Persian Gulf War 1990-1991, 382 Deaths
War on Terror 10/7/2001-12/12/2005, (includes Afghanistan, Iraq and other theatres) 2397 Deaths
Abortion, 1973-2002, 42 MILLION Deaths

War statistics are as reported by CNN, cited from the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Abortion Statistics provided by the Alan Guttmacher Institute, Planned Parenthood's research organization

Planned Parenthood's latest annual report reveals it made $902.8 million dollars from 2005-2006 and did 264,943 abortions.

Planned Parenthood reported total revenue increases of 10.7 percent, 5.7 percent and 8.9 percent in its previous three years. It reported "excess of revenue of expenses" of $55.8 million for the fiscal year. "This marks the 34th year in a row that Planned Parenthood has reported "excess revenue" -- otherwise known as profit. Over the years, Planned Parenthood has reported total profits of over $700 million. It has amassed a treasure chest of assets worth $839.8 million.

Wow, baby killers pay taxes too. Good to know.


Well no, not really:

The annual report showed that Planned Parenthood reported receiving taxpayer funds totaling $305.3 million -- a whopping $32.6 million (12 percent) more than last year. As a result, taxpayer money now accounts for 34 percent of Planned Parenthood's income.

Posted by: Ragnar Danneskjold on January 29, 2008 03:34 PM
78. For YOU freeky, proudly copied from Janet Folger:

Your appointment with the dismemberer

Happy 35th anniversary. Let's see, 25th is silver, and 50th is gold. What marks the 35th anniversary again? Oh yeah: blood.

The blood of nearly 50 million children slaughtered by a Supreme Court and a willing, bystanding America.

I have an anniversary present for those of you who think the whole "choice" thing is the way to go. Maybe you didn't hold the banners, but your silence has confirmed your agreement with someone's "right to choose" the fate of someone else.

So now, in celebration of 35 years of "choice," someone is about to exercise his right to choose what happens with your life: You have an appointment.

At 9 a.m. tomorrow you're going to get to see firsthand what all the slogans are about....

First thing tomorrow, you are scheduled to be strapped down while an instrument with sharp metal teeth will clamp down on your foot and, with a twisting motion, pull it from your body.

When the metal instruments are aimed at you, even the catchiest chant won't diminish the pain in your leg.

Then, without any anesthesia, your ankle and calf will be torn from your body to about your kneecap. Then the thigh, then the other foot, calf and thigh pulled apart while you watch and scream in pain. But don't' worry; the room is soundproof and no one will be able to hear you. Oh, you're still alive. Bleeding, but not as much as you're going to be when your right hand is ripped off your wrist. Then your forearm, then all the way to your shoulder. And then the left hand and arm. Then your torso will be ripped apart, exposing your rib cage and beating heart. The heart will stop beating just about the time your head is crushed. That's what will happen from 9 to about 9:30 tomorrow morning.

Wow, baby killers pay taxes too. Good to know.

Enjoy your dinner freeky.

Posted by: Ragnar Danneskjold on January 29, 2008 03:42 PM
79. Suction Aspiration
This is the most common method of abortion during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. General or local anaesthesia is given to the mother and her cervix is quickly dilated. A suction curette (hollow tube with a knife-edged tip) is inserted into the womb. This instrument is then connected to a vacuum machine by a transparent tube. The vacuum suction, 29 times more powerful than a household vacuum cleaner, tears the fetus and placenta into small pieces which are sucked through the tube into a bottle and discarded.

Dilation and Curettage (D&C)
This method is similar to the suction method with the added insertion of a hook shaped knife (curette) which cuts the baby into pieces. The pieces are scraped out through the cervix and discarded [Note: This abortion method should not be confused with a therapeutic D&C done for reasons other than pregancy.]

Dilation and Evacuation (D&E)
This method is used up to 18 weeks' gestation. Instead of the loop-shaped knife used in D&C abortions, a pair of forceps is inserted into the womb to grasp part of the fetus. The teeth of the forceps twist and tear the bones of the unborn child. This process is repeated until the fetus is totally dismembered and removed. Usually the spine must be snapped and the skull crushed in order to remove them.

Salt Poisoning (Saline Injection))
Used after 16 weeks (four months) when enough fluid has accumulated. A long needle injects a strong salt solution through the mother's abdomen into the baby's sac. The baby swallows this fluid and is poisoned by it. It also acts as a corrosive, burning off the outer layer of skin. It normally takes somewhat over an hour for the baby to die from this. Within 24 hours, labor will usually set in and the mother will give birth to a dead or dying baby. (There have been many cases of these babies being born alive. They are usually left unattended to die. However, a few have survived and later been adopted.)

Prostaglandin Chemical Abortion
This form of abortion uses chemicals developed by the Upjohn Pharmaceutical Co. which cause the uterus to contract intensely, pushing out the developing baby. The contractions are more violent than normal, natural contractions, so the unborn baby is frequently killed by them -- some have even been decapitated. Many, however, have also been born alive.

Five steps to a partial birth abortion
1) Guided by ultrasound, the abortionist grabs the baby's legs with forceps.
2) The baby's leg is pulled out into the birth canal.
3) The abortionist delivers the baby's entire body, except for the head
4) The abortionist jams scissors into the baby's skull. The scissors are then opened to enlarge the skull.
5) The scissors are removed and a suction catheter is inserted. The child's brains are sucked out, causing the skull to collapse. The dead baby is then removed.


Wow, baby killers pay taxes too. Good to know.

Enjoy your dinner freeky and sweet dreams.


Posted by: Ragnar Danneskjold on January 29, 2008 03:52 PM
80. Thanks Ragnut...that was quite insightful. It;s almost 5pm, little early for dinner don't you think? I prefer to have mine around 7pm.

Let's go back and talk about God's abortions...I'd wager that GOD kills more babies a year thorough miscarriages than all the abortion doctors in the world combined. Even after the children are born GOD can implement his evil SIDS scourge and kill the child.

We clearly must stop GOD from killing children (unborn or not)!!

While were at it, in 2003 there were 6,328,000 car accidents in the US. That's more that the 114x the number of abortions performed in 2003 (55,048). Car accidents kill Americans everyday, yet you stand idly by and do nothing to prevent this vehicular holocaust. We must stop the number one cause of American Deaths (after Cancer).

You have the power Ragnut, call upon President Bush and ask him to stop this injustice!! We must stop car accidents in their tracks!!

Posted by: Freakin Liberal on January 29, 2008 04:44 PM
81. Freaky: Nice to know that you feel you can be satirical and make light of the murder of millions of unborn children. Congratulations for illuminating the liberal, progressive mindset and groupthink of "if it's for my convenience or gain, it's okay, whether it's legal, or moral, or not. Anything goes, huh?

Posted by: katomar on January 29, 2008 05:53 PM
82. How interesting that you can neither discriminate nor distinguish the difference between a death caused by a car ACCIDENT and the purposeful jabbing into a childs brain to KILL it.

How enlightening that you consider the death of 50 million children fodder for mocking.

LET'S SEE HOW HARD IT IS TO PLAY YOUR GAME...

You know, I was at the grocery store the other day, and there was this little kid with a box full of puppies. Free to a good home. I wasn't really thinking at the time, but I decided that adopting a puppy would be a fun, pleasurable thing to do. I wanted the companionship and hey, he was just giving them away.

So, I took a puppy home with me.

But then I decided I didn't want it. It got really inconvenient to care for it, plus, honestly I'm just too immature to care for a puppy. I mean, yea, it sure felt good having adopted that puppy - but I didn't really think about the consequences, the results of actually agreeing to take a puppy home. It was a tough decision, but I made my choice.

I took it outside and stomped on its skull.

My neighbors were horrified. They called me all kinds of terrible names. But who gives a damn what they think. They're probably Republicans - and everyone knows that whatever a Republican says is automatically wrong.

NOT HARD AT ALL.... GOT A PUPPY?

Posted by: Ragnar Danneskjold on January 29, 2008 06:15 PM
83. Join the NRA. Hunt for sport. More satisfying and you might get dinner too.

Truce. Let's end abortions. Let's get all those unwanted babies (including the mentally handicapped, emotionally handicapped and black children) and your puppies get adopted and well cared for, for the rest of their lives?

But call me cheap 'cuz I don't want to be paying their welfare out of my taxes.

Posted by: Chris on January 29, 2008 11:57 PM
84. Cheaper to kill em than keep em, eh Chris? That seems to be the standard whine. Now we know at what price you can be bought. Got a puppy?

I don't want to pay taxes TO KILL BABIES but it doesn't appear I have much of a "choice":

The annual report showed that Planned Parenthood reported receiving taxpayer funds totaling $305.3 million -- a whopping $32.6 million (12 percent) more than last year. As a result, taxpayer money now accounts for 34 percent of Planned Parenthood's income.


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