Tuesday - October 13, 2009

Inbox Humor

Sorry for the light posting. Peiper is sick again, and I’ve been at wits-end. We’re trying to get a mortgage and the bank seems to be staffed by idiots. Long story for another day maybe.

Anyway, here’s a joke sent to me by Carol. Thanks Carol!

Or, maybe it’s not a joke. It could work, maybe.



The Dallas Solution

I have a friend who is president of his homeowners association in the Dallas, Texas suburbs. They were having a terrible problem with litter near some of his association’s homes. The reason is that six very large, luxurious new houses are being built right next to their community.

The trash was coming from the Mexican laborers working at the construction sites and included bags from McDonald’s, Burger King and 7-11, plus coffee cups, napkins, cigarette butts, coke cans, empty bottles, etc.

He went to see the site supervisor and even the general contractor, politely urging them to get their workers not to litter the neighborhood, to no avail.

He called the city, county, and police and got no help there either.

So here’s what his community did. They organized about twenty folks, named themselves The “Inner Neighborhood Services” group, and arranged to go out at lunch time and “police” the trash themselves.

It is what they did while picking up the trash that is so hilarious. They bought navy blue baseball caps and had the initials “INS” embroidered in gold on the caps. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand what they hoped people might mistakenly think the letters really stand for ...

After the Inner Neighborhood Services group’s first lunch time pickup detail, with all of them wearing their caps and some carrying cameras, 46 of the total of 68 construction workers did not show up for work the next morning—and haven’t come back yet.

It has been ten days now.

The General Contractor, I’m told, is madder than hell, but can’t say anything publicly because he could be busted for hiring illegal aliens. Wallace and his bunch can’t be accused of impersonating federal personnel, because they have the official name of the group recorded in their homeowner association minutes along with a notation about the vote to approve formation of the new subcommittee—and besides, they informed the INS in advance of their plans and according to Wallace, the INS said basically, “Have at it!”

SO, FOLKS, I THINK YOU COULD SAY THAT TEXAS INGENUITY TRIUMPHS AGAIN!

Reminder: Don’t forget to pay your taxes....... 12 million illegal aliens are depending on you.

Posted by Drew458     on 10/13/2009 at 09:22 AM   
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   Sunday - October 11, 2009

Nice Rant

Today’s Day By Day cartoon

Posted by Drew458     on 10/11/2009 at 07:29 AM   
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President John Bolton… I like it.

John Bolton is my best choice for President. Especially now, we need a President who is strong on national defense. I’ve read his book, Surrender is not an Option Put this man in the White House! At least he would defend us, unlike the current beta-male who ‘won’ the ACORN-tainted election.

Former UN Ambassador John Bolton on Øbama’s Nobelol prize:

In reality, I’m surprised at how ‘unnewsworthy’ Øbama’s Nobel award was. Nobody at work talked about it. I got the impression at work that, for or against Øbama, we were all ashamed. He doesn’t deserve it. And he’ll never deserve such a prize.

Posted by Christopher     on 10/11/2009 at 07:37 AM   
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   Saturday - October 10, 2009

Fearsome Froggies

French soldiers successfully defended two fishing boats from capture by pirates in the Indian Ocean on Saturday, and 11 men suspected of involvement in the failed attack were pursued at sea and captured, officials said.

The chain of events illustrated the teamwork in the international community to crack down on piracy in the Indian Ocean, where pirates cruise the waters searching for boats to hijack for ransoms.

After French soldiers chased away the pirates, the coast guard of the Seychelles archipelago, south of where the attack took place, chased the assailants. The coast guard captured two boats — a small craft with eight men aboard and a larger ship carrying three that was the pirates’ suspected mothership, said Jacqueline Sherriff, chief press officer for the maritime unit of NATO in Northwood, outside London.

It was not clear how many pirates had been involved in the attack, and whether any got away. The nationality of the suspects was not known, but Somali pirates are active in the Indian Ocean.

The two tuna trawlers, the Drennec and Glenan, were heading toward the Seychelles after a fishing trip when they were attacked. The pirates approached at sunrise, when they were about 300 kilometers (190 miles) north of the Seychelles, said French military spokesman Rear Adm. Christophe Prazuck. French soldiers stationed aboard the fishing boats first tried to warn the pirates away with flares and warning shots. But once the pirates used their weapons, the soldiers returned fire, Prazuck said. The pirates then fled.

All those aboard the French boats were unharmed, but it was not clear if any pirates were injured, he said.

...

One of the fishing boats involved in Saturday’s incident — the Drennec — had already escaped a rocket attack by pirates in September 2008, an event that led the fishing industry to ask for military protection.

France is a key member of the EU’s naval mission, Operation Atalanta, fighting Somali pirates in the area, which has aggressively tracked and caught suspected pirates.

France is, however, the only nation to station military escorts aboard its fishing boats in the region, though Spain’s fishing industry has petitioned its government unsuccessfully for similar help. About 10 French fishing vessels are currently under military protection, Prazuck said. Cable-laying ships have used on-board military escorts as well.

On Wednesday, the French military foiled another attack by pirates, under different circumstances. Somali pirates fired on a French navy vessel — after apparently mistaking it for a commercial boat. The French ship gave chase and captured five suspects.

Hey, Obama - how many pirates did your guys get this week? What? Huh? Speak up, and take off that silly medal. I can’t hear you!

Hmm, protecting your nation’s vessels by putting troops on board (France has no Marines??). Sounds like a PLAN, maybe even a SOLUTION. Sounds like DOING SOMETHING.

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Dirty Saturday

No, not that way. I wish!

Nope, it was car repair day.

Last month the old Saturn wouldn’t start. So I got a jump start and went on my way. Smart boy put the jumper cables in the trunk. When I was on my way back, the car wouldn’t start again. I figured it was time for a new battery. The last one was a 3 year model that I got just over 8 years out of I think. Fair enough. So off to Walmart, and in with a potent new battery. Problem solved. Car starts just fine. 5 weeks go by. Somewhere in that period the power door lock switch on the driver’s door gave out. No more power doors. I’ll have to do something about that someday ... but not this day. Thursday the car wouldn’t start. Aww crap. Well, the battery is new, right, so it must be the alternator. Right? Right. Take the wife’s little hot rod down to the auto parts store, get a new alternator. No core charge! Brand new, not remanufactured. Costs more than the OEM Delco part online, but it’s right here, right now. I’ll take it. Then it started to rain.

The rain let us early this afternoon, and it wasn’t too crisp outside, so off to toolville I go. Looked up how to do it on the forums, found a video at YouTube. They helped somewhat. “It’s a 15 minute job” says one source. Yeah right. Ok, so I got it done in just over 2 1/2 hours, but that included jacking the car up and down and taking the tire on and off so I could get at the underside of the engine. On a Saturn, the alternator is mounted on the back of the engine, down behind the power steering pump. And the engine sits sideways - transverse mounted for front wheel drive - so the alternator is actually just over the driveshaft. Halfshaft? Whatever they call the rods that actually spin the wheels to make the car go. The key to the whole job is to take the front right wheel off, and then pull off the plastic bits that form the wheel well. After that you can actually get at most parts of the engine. From the top all you can get to is the spark plugs and the battery.

Got things out, put the new things back in, not too greasy grimy, and I didn’t even get scraped knuckles. A miracle. It was a bit tricky, since the top mounting bolt was properly hidden from view, and I had to pretty much unscrew the alternator to get it out from between various bits, tubes, and wires. Not a whole lot of spare room under the hood these days. Reconnect the battery, give her a jump, vrooom. Outstanding. Drive around town for half an hour, figuring that would charge the battery. Wrong. Turned off the ignition, tried to restart .... click. Not even click-click-click-click. Just click. Crap.

So I borrow her zippymobile again (it’s a SPEC-V, a little yellow Sentra with entirely too much horsepower. FUN!!) and go get a battery charger. I remember battery chargers as being about $12, and they took most of an afternoon, usually overnight, to charge up your battery. Oh hella no. These days a battery charger can actually start your car, even if you car doesn’t have a battery in it! Amazing. And pricey. So I threw 75 watts worth of starting charge at the battery, then switched it to Smart Charge. Whereupon it took about 2 hours to get the battery up to 98% charge. Good enough. Turn the key. Silence. Merde.

Well, not quite silence. Ding ding, ding ding, ding ding. The “you left your lights on” bell is going off, and the dashboard lights are flashing. WTH? This makes no sense to me. Try it again. Same thing. Let’s charge the battery a bit more, maybe the gauge wasn’t right. So I get out of the car and notice that the flashers are flashing too. Huh? Then it dawns on me - this car has an alarm in it. No, seriously, I’d forgotten. Like most car alarms, this one was always a pain in the ass, so I’d ripped out the wire to the siren years ago, and put the Secret Switch into Valet Mode, and forgotten all about it. In theory, opening my car locks with the factory remote control should disarm the alarm. But the two remotes wore out ages ago. And GM wants about $100 each for a new one, and all it is, is one shitty little chip inside a plastic lozenge the size of a half dollar. Every GM uses the same remote control key fob. The thing gets tuned to your vehicle’s VIN at the dealership. Anyway, the first one wore out after 4 years, and I smashed the spare. On purpose. Mostly. Well, I threw my keyring down in the middle of the street in the midst of an argument with my wife, because we were at my eldest cousin’s wedding and had become hopelessly lost in the middle of Marblehead Massachusetts, always coming back to the same spot no matter which way I turned. Seriously, this is not hard to do, as the town is ancient, and it seems like every other house is on it’s own street, plus you can drive between the houses because the alleys are the driveways and also used as streets. The place is a rabbit warren built on a lump of weathered granite. The “old town” part at least, and that’s where we were staying. In some ultra-twee, utterly charming B&B that turned out to have one damp and lumpy B, and the other B was a small paper bag of rolls left by the door. Plus the walls had no interior surfaces - they were just sheathing. No insulation, no drywall. And the bathroom was exactly 22 inches wide. I measured it, and I have photographic proof. It was not a good weekend for the two of us. But that was ages ago. That cousin’s eldest kid is in 3rd grade now I think, and this was his wedding day. So I haven’t had a remote in a damn long time. And the alarm has been disabled even longer.

But while doing the repair, I got to thinking. Why was it that the battery had drained down even more? See, I’d tried to start the car twice on Friday, and each time it seemed weaker. And today when I turned the key, nada. Not even a click. So I thought that maybe something was draining the battery. So I disconnected the trunk and glovebox lights, made sure the dome light was in the OFF position, and ... maybe the bad door lock switch is shorting things out? So I pulled the fuses and solenoids for the power door locks.

Hours later, the battery is all charged up ... and nothing happens. And the alarm keeps going off. I knew a work around, once upon a time. But I’d forgotten. So I dig out the manuals, read through all the paperwork ... nothing. No clue. I try a bunch of stupid shit, remember where the Secret Switch is located, recall that it was a dumb location and broke ages ago, remember that I put in a replacement switch at some point ... did it work? Who knows. So I flicked it this way and that, and kept trying to start the car. Nothing. New battery, fully charged, brand new alternator. Nada. The alarm is interrupting the ignition circuit. Shit.

So back to the owner’s manual and all those old papers that have been filling up my glovebox for 12 years now. Horry clap, 13 years actually! I got that car just before Thanksgiving in 1996. Still no clue. Then I spied one little paragraph in the alarm brochure. “Locking the door with the ignition turned on will cause the alarm to fail to arm.” And then I remembered my work around: If the Secret Switch is in the proper position, then the alarm can be shut off by turning the key, pushing the power door Lock button, turning the key off, then turning it back on. After that the car will start. Because “fail to arm” actually means “disarm”. And they probably didn’t want to advertise the fact that their alarm was so easy to bypass. Heck, that’s how I used to start the car every day until I got around to fixing that broken little secret pushbutton thingy. So I tried that ... and nothing. Duh, you can’t use the power door locks if their fuse and solenoids are pulled. So I put them back in. And ... nothing. Um, duh, the switch is broken, remember? Crap. So I reached over to the passenger side and pushed that one, and pushed it really hard, and heard a little solenoid “clunk” from under the dash. And the alarm turned off, and the car started right the hell up. VROOOM! Woo freakin hoo!

I ran it for a couple minutes, then turned it off. Then started it again. Vroom! So I went and found a parking space and put it away for the night. We’ll see if it starts in the morning, but I think it ought to. Problem solved? For now. I have the new power door lock switches on order. $12 each, plus shipping.

Posted by Drew458     on 10/10/2009 at 09:29 PM   
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By Popular (Drew) Request!

If you have the book in front of you, post some of that tripped out poetry.

Thus requesteth Drew. Ask, and ye shall receive…

Uhh, not sure if it’s poetic…

“This Ring, no other, is made by the elves,
Who’d pawn their own mother to grab it themselves.
Ruler of creeper, mortal, and scallop,
This is a sleeper that packs quite a wallop.

The Power almighty rests in this Lone Ring.
The Power, alrighty, for doing your Own Thing.
If broken or busted, it cannot be remade
If found, send to Sorhed (the postage is prepaid).”

“Shakestoor, it isn’t,” said Frito, hurriedly putting the Ring back in his shirt pocket.

Next, Tim Benzedrine shows up. Mind you, the boggies are being, ah, ‘eaten’ alive when Tim’s song reaches them.

“Toke-a-lid! Smoke-a-lid! Pop the mescalino!
Stash the hash! Gonna crash! Make mine methedrino!
Hop a hill! Pop a pill! For Old Tim Benzedrino!”

Yes, it gets worse:

“Snorting, sporting! Speeding through the arbor,
Pushing till the folk you burn toss you in the harbor!
Screeching like a dying loon, zooming like the thrush!
Follow me and very soon, your mind will turn to mush!

Higher than the nowhere birds grooving in the air,
We’ll open up a sandal shop where everyone will share!
Flower folk are springing up, wearing bead and boot,
And if you down me you can stick a flower up your snoot!

To Love and Peace and Brotherhood we all can snort a toast,
And if the heat is on again, we’ll all split to the Coast!”

Now Tim sees the boggies in… peril…

“Oh uncool bush! Unloose this passle
Of furry cats that you hassle!
Tho’ by speed my brain’s destroyed,
I’m not half this paranoid!

So cease this bummer, down the freak-out,
Let caps and joints cause brains to leak-out!
These cats are groovy here among us,
So leave ‘em be, you uptight fungus!”

Wow, Drew. Back when I first read this, my bedroom was decked out with all kinds of blacklite posters, and a blacklite, of course.

What’s scary is that such people who’s ‘by speed my brain’s destroyed’ are running our government. Liberals, er, ‘Progressives’, never could tell reality from fantasy.

Posted by Christopher     on 10/10/2009 at 09:35 PM   
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BØRED OF THE RINGS

Thank you Drew.

It’s your fault that I came up with this lame idiocy.

Too much Benzedrine and Hashberry, I guess.

There on the stoop were twenty-three lyre-strumming nymphs in gauzy pants-suits couched in a golden canoe borne on the cool mists of a hundred fire extinguishers and crewed by a dozen tipsy leprechauns uniformed in shimmering middy-blouses and fringed toreador pants. Facing Frito was a twelve-foot specter shrouded in red sateen, shod in bejeweled riding boots, and mounted on an obese, pale-blue unicorn. Around him fluttered winged frogs, miniature Valkyries, and an airborne caduceus. The tall figure offered Frito a six-fingered hand which held a curiously inscribed identification bracelet simply crawling with mysterious portents.

Frito banged the door shut in the specter’s surprised face, bolted, barred, and locked it, swallowing the key for good measure. Then he walked directly to his cozy fire and slumped in the chair. He began to muse upon the years of delicious boredom that lay ahead. Perhaps he would take up Scrabble.

I’m not sure which was a worse influence: HP Lovecraft, Robert A. Heinlein, or Bored of the Rings.

Posted by Christopher     on 10/10/2009 at 09:08 PM   
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WEEKEND WOMEN ….

Her father was a famous circus clown of his era and by age 18, Billie Burke was performing in theater. She had a very popular radio show which how I came to be familiar with the name and personality.  She was the second wife of Florenz Ziegfeld, and became a very successful musical comedy star. 

I used to listen faithfully every week to her show on radio. She sang the theme song which was, “Look For The Silver Lining.” She was great in her day. And a classy lady too.

She was destined to be immortalized forever in the classic THE WIZARD OF OZ in 1939. At 54, she played Glinda, the Good Witch of the North.
Once I got a computer a few ago, I started looking up the stars of old. Some I’d never seen but heard on radio or records.  I am still fascinated by the changes in styles and makeup and how women wore their hair. Especially going back to the time of The Gibson Girl. Hey ... The Gibson Girl may well have been my first pin up.

It could never have been easy for the ladies to maintain the hairstyles they did in the Gay 90’s and early 1900’s. And those dresses. That couldn’t have been easy either. Don’t know how they did it but I love the magic.

Yeah, I know. You want a different eye candy from a younger perspective.  OK ... be patient.  I know it’s here someplace. Meanwhile.

The most erotic looking, most beautiful woman with the most kissable lips ever till Anne Margaret. And Celia Walden.  Hmmm..
Sometimes my mind wanders and my mouth follows ...

MISS BILLIE BURKE

I think she may have been about 18 here.

OK ... Some eye candy below the fold.

Posted by peiper     on 10/10/2009 at 08:29 AM   
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SOME WEEKEND HUMOR THROUGH CARTOONS ….

Am way behind in checking mail boxes ... and behind in some posts. Trying like mad to get things done before I just have to quit. I think I caught some sort of damn bug. ??  Don’t know but feel like hell so may leave early today.  Took off yesterday thinking I could shake it.

I have to H/T a friend and former neighbor for a host of toons he sent me. Sharing a few here.
H/T Jim Miller

Posted by peiper     on 10/10/2009 at 07:55 AM   
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One gay man, two lesbians, a three-legged cat and a poisoned curry plot to kill.

Pretty bizarre and not only that.  What’s it say about queer solidarity?

One gay man, two lesbians, a three-legged cat and a poisoned curry plot
By Jaya Narain

A gay queer man tried to poison his lesbian neighbours by putting slug pellets into their curry after he was accused of kidnapping their three-legged cat.
Gary Stewart, 37, had been at loggerheads with Marie Walton and Beverley Sales for months.
But things looked brighter when he made a peace offering of some curry, claiming he had ordered too much from the Indian takeaway.

When the women started to eat, they found the curry studded with slug pellets.  They called the police and Stewart was arrested.
He appeared before magistrates in Manchester where he admitted attempting to poison the two women on September 22.
He denied a further charge of making threats to kill.

Last night it emerged that Miss Walton, a full-time mother, and Miss Sales, a goods vehicle driver, had been the victims of an apparent hate campaign by Stewart at their home in Denton, Manchester.  Stewart is even alleged to have kidnapped the family’s three-legged cat, Amber, and dumped her in a village miles away. The cat was eventually found after posters were put up with her photograph. She was found three miles away being cared for by a woman who had taken her in.

Last night neighbours said the alleged harassment had left Miss Walton and Miss Sales distraught. The attempt to poison them with slug pellets was the final straw.
‘It has been nothing short of a nightmare and I hope this brings things to an end because what those two girls have had to endure these past years has been horrendous,’ one neighbour said. ‘He was abusive to them and made their lives a misery.
‘And to cap it off, he kidnapped their cat and dumped it on the streets.’

Slug pellets - which normally contain the chemical metaldehyde - can be extremely dangerous to animals and children.
But the chemical is classed as being ‘moderately hazardous’ by the World Health Organisation and would not normally kill an adult. 

Residents said that when Stewart had initially moved in with his partner, Paul Kleisier, several years ago they had been perfect neighbours.
But over time they became ‘vindictive’ and began arguments with residents over petty matters.
Stewart’s partner, 43, is thought to have become seriously ill and died this summer.
Stewart is due to appear again before Manchester magistrates at a later date.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1218880/One-gay-man-lesbians-legged-cat-poisoned-curry-plot.html?ITO=1490#ixzz0TXKyECP2

Posted by peiper     on 10/10/2009 at 07:49 AM   
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   Friday - October 09, 2009

Next Week’s Awards

I think Obama might be well on his way to actually earning these two:




Order of Lenin
For strengthening peace and for other meritorious services to the Soviet state



Hero of Soviet Labor
For exceptional achievements in national economy and culture




Sorry, the Nobel thing has just flattened me. I’m tempted to just hang it up like Steamboat did today, and say Fuggit. But ... never retreat, never surrender!

Posted by Drew458     on 10/09/2009 at 05:51 PM   
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Subversive grade-schoolers

I do NOT believe it. Some subversive is teaching grade-schoolers a song that does NOT praise The Øne, President DingleBarry Øbama, (who, by the way, also won the Nobel prize for wishful thinking).

Oops! Sorry. Pasted the wrong file. [You can edit that out can’t you? No problem.] Here is the subversive video. Can you believe someone is actually teaching this song? It’s so 19th century.

H/T Meridian Magazine.

All joking aside, this is an awesome performance. Something got in my eyes while watching this and I kept having to wipe the tears away.

Some things deserve a “Wow,” and this performance by two six-year-olds, two seven-year-olds and an eight-year-old at a Texas Tech University Basketball game some months ago is one of those.

To misquote Art Linkletter, kids sing the darndest things.

Posted by Christopher     on 10/09/2009 at 06:19 PM   
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An Absolute Disgrace

The official citation:

“The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. The Committee has attached special importance to Obama’s vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons.

“Obama has as president created a new climate in international politics. Multilateral diplomacy has regained a central position, with emphasis on the role that the United Nations and other international institutions can play. Dialogue and negotiations are preferred as instruments for resolving even the most difficult international conflicts. The vision of a world free from nuclear arms has powerfully stimulated disarmament and arms control negotiations. Thanks to Obama’s initiative, the USA is now playing a more constructive role in meeting the great climatic challenges the world is confronting. Democracy and human rights are to be strengthened.

“Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world’s attention and given its people hope for a better future. His diplomacy is founded in the concept that those who are to lead the world must do so on the basis of values and attitudes that are shared by the majority of the world’s population.

“For 108 years, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has sought to stimulate precisely that international policy and those attitudes for which Obama is now the world’s leading spokesman. The Committee endorses Obama’s appeal that “Now is the time for all of us to take our share of responsibility for a global response to global challenges.”

Despite less than one year in office and leading two wars, President Obama snatched the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, stunning the world one week after failing to win an Olympic bid for his adopted hometown.

The Nobel committee said its decision was motivated by Obama’s initiatives to reduce nuclear arms, ease tensions with the Muslim world and stress diplomacy and cooperation rather than unilateralism.

Yet the choice was stunning given the nomination deadline of Feb.1, less than two weeks after the Obama presidency began.

Oh this is such bullshit that it’s nearly incomprehensible. It’s a BRIBE, m’kay? It isn’t an award for anything actually accomplished, it’s a come-on to steer this weak willed wiener in the direction that International Socialism wants him to go in: make America weak, and cave in to every tinpot dictator on the planet. Which is exactly what he’s been doing as far as I can see. Bow to the Saudis, dis our allies, obey his chicom masters, meet with and befriend every tyrant he can find ...

I know the Nobel Prize is a crock, that’s it’s nothing but politics and has been for ages. But this is the most disgusting implementation ever. Usually the prize committee can at least base their award on some kind of accomplishments. This one was given out based on expectations. And that’s beyond being a crock. It’s a bribe, straight up.

And you thought Obama was prideful and arrogant before this? Shit, I bet his swelled head just inflated another 3 hat sizes. We are so fuckin doomed it’s disgusting.

Go find your own links. I’m not linking to this BS.

Posted by Drew458     on 10/09/2009 at 09:20 AM   
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   Thursday - October 08, 2009

He’s Nuckin Futs!

President Obama is inclined to send only as many more U.S. troops to Afghanistan as are needed to keep Al Qaeda at bay, a senior administration official said.

The official, in an interview with The Associated Press, also added that the president is prepared to accept some Taliban involvement in Afghanistan’s political future, reiterating what Obama said in March.

The assessment comes from an official who has been involved in the president’s discussions with his war council about Afghanistan strategy.

Aides say the president’s final decision on Afghanistan strategy and troop levels is still at least two weeks away, but the emerging thinking suggests he would be unlikely to favor a large military ramp-up of the kind being advocated by his top commander in Afghanistan.

McChrystal’s troop request is said to include a range of options, from adding as few as 10,000 combat troops to—the general’s strong preference—as many as 40,000.

Obama’s developing strategy on the Taliban will “not tolerate their return to power,” the senior official said. But the U.S. would fight only to keep the Taliban from retaking control of Afghanistan’s central government—something it is now far from being capable of—and from giving renewed sanctuary in Afghanistan to Al-Qaeda, the official said.

Recognizing the U.S. can neither win in Afghanistan nor succeed more broadly against Al Qaeda without Pakistan’s cooperation, Obama’s war council is weighing a new role for Pakistan in the 8-year-old struggle in the region.

Oh bullshit.  What a total crock. The only reason we haven’t won in Afghanistan is because the ROE are so skewed that it’s almost impossible for our troops to fight. By adapting a “policy of containment” Obama just sentenced our serving men and women to a long drawn out death. No victory. No elimination of our enemy. No nothing. Just a bunch of pawns to be spent at random intervals.

Fuck that: bring them home now.

Which is exactly the sentiment he wants to encourage.

This tastes like treason.

Vice President Biden has argued against increasing the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, saying Pakistan poses the greater threat, but Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have both warned that the Taliban and Al Qaeda remain connected. If the Taliban were to regain control of large parts of Afghanistan, the country could serve as a sanctuary for Al Qaeda fighters, the have advisors said.

A State Department spokesman said Thursday that Clinton believes the Taliban and Al Qaeda are both a threat and the U.S. is fighting the whole idea of killing in the name of religious extremism.

In Pakistan, though, the government has shown new willingness to battle extremists, with most believed to be operating from the largely ungoverned terrain along the border with Afghanistan.

If the full force of our military was brought to bear on Afghanistan the war could be over in a matter of weeks, perhaps months. Without nukes or poison gas. Yes, there would be tens of thousands of collateral damage casualties. Who gives a shit? Kill them all, burn the whole country to the ground, paraquat the opium fields, push a wall of fire and death 150 miles into Pakistan and eliminate every last proto-human in the “ungovernable semi-autonomous zones”. And the world will breath a sigh of relief. Nobody cares.

But Obama and the Democrats will find a way to pull defeat from the jaws of victory. And just piss away your serving son’s and daughter’s lives. Because he despises the military and he despises America and he has no stomach for a real war.

General McChrystal wants another 40,000 troops. Send him 140,000. And then untie their hands and let them fight. It’s time to stop the soft approach; it doesn’t work. 

Posted by Drew458     on 10/08/2009 at 03:45 PM   
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