I'm missing Bush the Elder. I never thought that day would come. Oh, for the days of a President who understood foreign policy!
Now I did a job. I got nothing but trouble since I did it, not to mention more than a few unkind words as regard to my character so let me make this abundantly clear. I do the job. And then I get paid.
Mal ,'Serenity'
Natter 47: My Brilliance Is Wasted On You People
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Connie Neil - Sep 27, 2006 6:23:52 am PDT #534 of 10001
brillig
Sean K - Sep 27, 2006 6:23:59 am PDT #535 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I feel I should note once again that what Bin Laden et al wanted to accomplish with 9/11 was to provoke an armed response from the West, so as to fuel the rise of jihadism. Seriously, it was like he was waving a big red flag and the Bush Administration was a particularly stupid bull.
This is something that's been driving me absolutely insane since the occupation began. Two things, actually -- the "flypaper" argument, and what Bin Laden wanted to accomplish with 9/11.
The "flypaper" argument, or "we fight them there so we don't have to fight them here," is easily the stupidest argument I've never heard. Even if we were fighting a regular army (which, as the administration and their propagandist puppets constantly like to remind us, we are not), who ever heard of an army that couldn't spare just a few guys to sneak into enemy territory for some special attack mission? It's absolutely idiotic to think that because our army is in Iraq that suddenly everyone planning an attack somewhere else, likely with the cell already set up and plans in motion, is going to drop everything and run to Iraq to get shot by US guns, tanks, bombs and missiles.
And secondly, what Bin Laden wanted. As Theo pointed out, it seems most likely that what Bin Laden wanted was to provoke an armed response in the Middle East by the US. Anybody with even a modicum of intelligence can tell you that if your enemy wants something, the last thing in the entire world you should ever do is to give it to them. READ FUCKING SUN TZU! Seriously? Sun Tzu would take one look at our current situation, shake his head, and tell us we're fucked.
Aims - Sep 27, 2006 6:24:42 am PDT #536 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Oh, for the days of a President who understood foreign policy!
Oh, for the days of a President who understood ENGLISH.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 27, 2006 6:27:47 am PDT #537 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Oh, for the days of a President who understood ENGLISH.
Which may explain the problem with what Shrub thinks his Father in heaven is telling him.
erikaj - Sep 27, 2006 6:28:18 am PDT #538 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
wrod.
Ailleann - Sep 27, 2006 6:29:38 am PDT #539 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
"I said STOP fighting! Jesus, humans can be stupid."
brenda m - Sep 27, 2006 6:32:45 am PDT #540 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Jesus: "You're telling me?"
Frankenbuddha - Sep 27, 2006 6:33:27 am PDT #541 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
With apologies to The Onion:
"What part of 'thou shalt not kill' don't you understand??!??!"
tommyrot - Sep 27, 2006 6:39:33 am PDT #542 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Did anyone here used to watch Saved by the Bell?
Megan E. - Sep 27, 2006 6:42:03 am PDT #543 of 10001
(puts hand up sheepishly). I did, tommyrot.