A bright side to the economy…

This topic is closed… I’ve decided it’s not worth talking about anymore.

We’ll resume the “light & fluffy” topics and the no-brainers like “how much of a bigot is trent lott”, or “how much of a poon hound was clinton”, or “how bad can bush butcher the english language” at a later date.

Real issues have no place here on this site. I thought after I was in the clear, and was able to stop talking in riddles, people would understand the whole CPS situation in this country.

Instead, I find myself looking at rape victims, driven to tears, insisting that they “didn’t ask for it” to a skeptical crowd with raised eyebrows… and me sympathizing with their frustration.

Maybe I’m still not talking clearly. I don’t know. Screw it.

But I can’t waste any more time on a subject no one is interested in.

For those who missed it, I gave the Democrats a swift kick in the balls, and talked about stuff. I *WAS* going to discuss the May 20th Primary here in the Poconos, and the (even higher) importance of local government in our lives… but that has no place here.

Yeah. Ok. Light & fluffy coming up.

Have we gone nuts?

There’s got to be some mistake. How on earth can so many countries and so many people feel so strongly against our occupation (oops, I meant to say “liberation”) of Iraq, and yet polls in America strongly support it?

The world is apparently nuts. We can’t be wrong, right?

Saudi Arabia has handed us our eviction papers; Turkey wouldn’t let us use their bases for all the money in the world; Russia is constantly nagging us “So, where are the weapons, genius???”, and wouldn’t cave in to the administration’s threatspolite suggestions that “not supporting the invasion wouldn’t be beneficial for future U.S./Russian endeavors”.

Blair suffers double rebuff as peace-maker – “Mr Blair was taken aback when, at a joint news conference, Mr Putin ridiculed the US and Britain for failing to find weapons of mass destruction – or Saddam Hussein. Russia would not support lifting sanctions until there was ‘evidence’ that the weapons existed, Mr Putin said. He demanded a key role for the UN in post-war Iraq, including the return of its weapons inspectors.”

We had a war because Bush expected Saddam to PROVE he DIDN’T have weapons of mass destruction. Now we’re in and Rumsfeld feels, after bashing Hans Blix for months, that NOW it’s irrelevant whether we find these weapons or not. Saddam’s gone. Lift the damn sanctions already. Fuck U.N. resolution 1441, or 1401, or whatever the hell it was about the WMD’s.

Wouldn’t it be a HOOT if Putin made us PROVE something doesn’t EXIST now?

While we’re at it, I offer a challenge to you atheists out there: Prove there isn’t a God!!!!

Whatever happened to Hans Blix anyway?

The Elusive Weapons Of Mass Destruction – “Hans Blix has not been interviewed in the American media since the war began on March 19. However, he gave an extensive interview to the Spanish newspaper, El Pas on April 9 in which he made it clear that the United States’ claim that intelligence sources had proof of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq was doubtful at best. ”

GASP!!! I can’t imagine why this wouldn’t make the papers in America, could you??? Well, there you go Russia. There’s no WMD’s in Iraq. Can you support lifting the sanctions now?

I mean, the love us… we set them free, and they’re on the road to democracy – The war is over (except for Iraq) – “Hatred was present in the taunts of the youths goading the American troops face-to-face, calling them “babies” and waving a banner that said “Sooner or later, US killers, we’ll kick you out”. And it was there in the burning eyes of the man outside Fallujah General Hospital, who began bellowing about the “lies of the Western press” and the wickedness of the American occupation after we arrived to see the bloodied victims of the latest US shooting.”

Oh shit, wait. Don’t click that. I meant to link to the American version where the protesters had militants shooting at the troops, and that’s why they fired back.

Remember

I look back at the August 2002 article “Seven Arguments Against Bombing Iraq” – “Besides, an American invasion of Iraq would probably weaken the battle against terrorism. It would not only distract FROM the more immediate threat posed by Osama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda network, but it would also likely result in an anti-American backlash that would lessen the level of cooperation FROM Islamic countries in tracking down and neutralizing the remaining Al Qaeda cells. ”

Ha! Yeah right! Like THAT is ever gonna happen!

Note to Bush: We Need the World – What? I thought the United States WAS the world???

Payback for the Warbloggers?

“Not like I don’t enjoy the occasional once-a-decade ass kicking like every other red-blooded American, but any administration that starts to make the French look like they have a point is probably irredeemably fucked up.”
– Reverend Mykeru – War Whores –

Ah yes… in the past few weeks, Reverend Mykeru has quickly risen to fame as a champion to the people who thought going to war with Iraq was probably not the brightest idea.

It takes a certain level of hypocrisy to be a warblogger. And you have to pray everyone has a short memory when it’s over. You need to put pictures of the flaming twin towers next to Saddam Hussein (not that he had anything to do with 9/11), you need to cry when people de-link you for your views… and yet ban people FROM your site, and support boycotts of “Un-American Celebrities” for their views later.
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How quickly they forget…

People, you gotta love ’em.

With all the Susan Sarandon/Tim Robbins bashing going on, I was on Mykeru.Com, where he brings up an article about 9/11… and oh lookie… Susan Sarandon cooking for the rescue workers, and Tim Robbins rounding up steel-toe boots for the crews at Ground Zero.

Yeah, they are sooooo damn un-American, aren’t they?
No one remembers that, they just want to remember how outspoken they’ve been on the war lately. Blacklisted FROM certain events for it.
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Patriots Day

Gonna be back-to-back-to-back posts today, so much stuff is going on (and yes… the pilot episode of Super Dudes is done and online. Link to follow.)

God Bless the troopsDaphne reminds us today is Patriots Day.

You know, anyone can cheer on the winning team, root for the home team in an “easy war”. When the going gets tough? When things go really wrong? That’s when you see what people are made of. Our troops need our support more than ever.

Whether Saddam and Oday Hussein are hiding on a farm dressed as peasants somewhere, or they’re primordial ooze underneath a pile of rubble… either way, they’ll never be a threat to anyone again. No one will shed a tear for them, least of all me.

Where are all the holy men? You know the ones who scream “Death to America” everytime their coffee is too cold, or their eggs are too runny? Why aren’t they putting out a plea to the Iraqi looters and say “Hey, stop stealing other people’s shit, and destroying 7,000 years of history and artifacts!” ?

Just something new to blame America for.
It’s always America’s fault over there, isn’t it.
When the U.N. sends peace-keeping troops to some hotspot on the planet, they only see it as “The Americans interfering again.”

So now, on top of dealing with mercs, suicide bombers, and snipers, they’re expected to stop people FROM stealing their own shit? Give me a fucking break. Sorry we’re more concerned with combat and finding our people who are being tortured somewhere. Amid the gunfire and chaos, these ingrates are whining “this is democracy???”. What, they don’t have the balls to stop the looters themselves?
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In the news…

TOP STORY – ACTOR FOUND DEAD
Mr. WinkyNEW YORK (AP) – Famed flash actor Mr. Winky, was found dead in his apartment today. Police are ruling it “suspicious”, and no two-legged suspects have been named. While his fall appeared like a suicide, an unnamed doorman was quoted as saying: “Man… Humpty Dumpty was pushed.”

IN OTHER NEWS…

  • Sayed’s goon squad has now decided to give me a break and has now moved on to harrassing Maria… Who has run Traceroutes on their IP addresses, tracked them down, and kicked all their asses… YOU GO GIRL!!!!
    (How much more of this guy’s shit do we have to put up with, anyway?)
  • Sources in Norfolk, VA say that Michele will be on CNN Monday.
  • Cheyenne has started a meme today called “Wednesday Wishes”. Leave your “I wish…” either in her comments, or somewhere where she can find it… sounds FUN! And we need some fun around here.
  • The Super DudesNo promises, but I’m trying to get The Super-Dudes out the door sometime tomorrow night.

    Why? Cuz the web’s so boring without me….
    (Gawd I can’t get that Eminem song out of my head…)

    Tina’s movin’ on up…

    Anyone looking for The Other Cheek can find Tina at her new fancy URL: www.othercheek.net… lookin’ good, sis! 🙂

    I just finished the last two panels of “The Super Dudes” (no, I didn’t forget… just no time with all this War Coverage I’m doing.)

    God Bless the troops
    I learned something new in the newspaper biz lately. You would think something monumental like a war would be good for us, right?

    Wrong.
    While circulation goes up, advertisers pull their ads faster than you can say “Saddam Sucks”. Within hours before the deadline for Saddam to go INTO exile, advertisers were calling in to pull their ads. Customers see advertisers as ghouls at times like these, trying to cash in on a tragedy. (They get angry letters like “How dare you sell cars/cell phones/houses while people are dying???” )

    Why do you think September 11th coverage went commercial-free after a while? Public service FROM the tv stations, or all the advertisers pulled their ads? You tell me.
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    Newz Briefs…

    Couple of quick announcements…

    • A new post at East Coast Bloggers.
      Yes… we are all STILL getting together. My apologies for the lack of updates, but I have a life, but there really isn’t much new to report. What’s going to happen will hinge a lot on who’s coming and when. I will be putting up a slideshow with a tour of Stroudsburg (and yes, it includes Frazetta’s House Of Horrors). The hype goes INTO full swing in February…

      • The Zoo comes to Anarchtica.
        New Yorkers (like me) are rejoicing as Max 106.3 is becoming Z-100… WOO HOO!!! That’s NOT to say that Max isn’t awesome, but I miss the Z Morning Zoo.And I will also miss DJ Chaz Henderson, who has moved on to bigger & better places. He was a good friend to me, and my other site, and plugged it on Max 106.3 many times.
  • More popular than Jesus Christ (and Don Ho).
    Experiment #626Johnny Kai reports that 25,000 people (?) showed up and voted at The Hawaii Music Awards this week. Blowing last year away. This is largely due to GREAT friends who spread the word online. (Steve and Ali… you TROOLY rock my world!) Any one else who was a part of this, please let me know. MAHALO!!!Johnny will be back here in the Spring, and anyone wants to come here and CHECK out his Hawaiian SHOW at the resort over the summer, let me know… this dude is awesome.
    • Am I to understand there’s a new celebrity in CyberTown for me to kick around?
      There is no way in hell that I believe this is the *REAL* Dave Barry. On BLOGSPOT? Give me a break. More like the return of KayCee’s mom?I would well imagine that Dave Barry would write posts of epic Ezrael-like proportions, and he’d have something more profound to say than “The Dixie Chicks kick ass” (Fuckable? Yes. Ass kicking? I dunno. I don’t listen to Country Music. Slide guitars and banjos make me queasy unless it’s done by The Eagles.).

      I would love nothing more than to test my mettle by engaging in a battle of wits with the REAL Dave Barry, but I refuse to believe this clown is him. I have the feeling that someone is pulling my third leg, which makes me want to hurt this guy even more.

    The people have spoken are schmucks

    Well, more or less… the Associated Press has projected Ed Rendell the new Governor of Pennsylfuckingtucky.

    I wonder how much hate mail I’ll get if I keep referring to him as “That big goofy Jew in Harrisburg”? :0)

    Truth be told, if it were anyone else besides Mike Fisher running against him, I would have voted for him too. This State, in my opinion, is TOO fucking Republican… a scary kind of totalitarian Republican…

    …and this comes from a lifelong Republican.
    Hell, the Taliban wouldn’t even move here.
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