tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post115386624778462245..comments2024-02-24T11:50:55.413-08:00Comments on Lydia Cornell: DEMOCRACY AT RISKFans and Friends of Lydia Cornellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01512357844572930333noreply@blogger.comBlogger362125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post-47058164345910308172008-09-02T21:12:00.000-07:002008-09-02T21:12:00.000-07:00You aint kidding our frickin democracy is at risk....You aint kidding our frickin democracy is at risk.sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03163877028602378190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post-1154031794241007862006-07-27T13:23:00.000-07:002006-07-27T13:23:00.000-07:00Lydia posted a new thread. FYI.Lydia posted a new thread. FYI.Tall Texanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14165567672127566894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post-1154019833940539332006-07-27T10:03:00.003-07:002006-07-27T10:03:00.003-07:00do enlighten me about if the Prime Minister of Ira...do enlighten me about if the Prime Minister of Iraq who aided the creation of Hezbollah is the same one who you speak of...or is the PNAC cabasl going to remove him because they did not check him out any better than they did Bernard Keric when they put him up for Secretary of Homeland Insecurityclifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01789324243613548212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post-1154019820936824852006-07-27T10:03:00.002-07:002006-07-27T10:03:00.002-07:00Or is that remove your head from your ass?Or is that remove your head from your ass?clifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01789324243613548212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post-1154019805033018072006-07-27T10:03:00.001-07:002006-07-27T10:03:00.001-07:00But with the normal Orwellian speak the repugs use...But with the normal Orwellian speak the repugs use...claiming you "won" the debate actually means you have to remove your ass from your head to put ypur tin foil hat back on againclifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01789324243613548212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post-1154019789075174102006-07-27T10:03:00.000-07:002006-07-27T10:03:00.000-07:00If you think you even came CLOSE to bitch slapping...If you think you even came CLOSE to bitch slapping me you are MORE of a delusional chicken hawk, than I though you wereclifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01789324243613548212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post-1154018985764399712006-07-27T09:49:00.000-07:002006-07-27T09:49:00.000-07:00Is that the prime minister you speak of?Is that the prime minister you speak of?clifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01789324243613548212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post-1154018882275548652006-07-27T09:48:00.000-07:002006-07-27T09:48:00.000-07:00Dusty this Prime Minister of Iraq?The US Congress,...Dusty this Prime Minister of Iraq?<BR/><BR/>The US Congress, aside from a strange inability to recognize the disproportionate use of force when it sees it, does not seem to realize that the Dawa Party of Iraq, from which Nuri al-Maliki hails, is a revolutionary Shiite religious party not that much different from the Lebanese Hizbullah.<BR/><BR/>The members of Congress also don't seem to realize that the Iraqi Dawa helped to form the Lebanese Hizbullah back in the early 1980s. The Dawa was in exile in Tehran, Damascus and Beirut and it formed a shadowy terror wing called, generically, Islamic Jihad. The IJ cell of the Dawa attacked the US and French embassies in Kuwait in 1983, in an operation probably directed by the Tehran branch, which was close to Khomeini.<BR/><BR/>My understanding is that Nuri al-Maliki was the bureau chief of the Dawa cell in Damascus in the 1980s. He must have been closely involved with the Iraqi Dawa in Beirut, which in turn was intimately involved in Hizbullah. I am not saying he himself did anything wrong. I don't know what he was doing in specific, other than trying to overthrow Saddam, which was heroic. But, did they really think he was going to condemn Hizbullah and take Israel's side?<BR/><BR/>http://www.juancole.com/clifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01789324243613548212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post-1154018666898547742006-07-27T09:44:00.000-07:002006-07-27T09:44:00.000-07:00BTw Tiny inTellect Man has been on softball befo...BTw Tiny inTellect Man has been on softball before and tweety falls all over it, must be lust...eh?clifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01789324243613548212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post-1154018606643245482006-07-27T09:43:00.000-07:002006-07-27T09:43:00.000-07:00Dusty simpleton said;Yesterday he called the P.M. ...Dusty simpleton said;<BR/><BR/>Yesterday he called the P.M. of Iraq an anti-semite. <BR/><BR/>is this the same prime minister who was in Damascus who directally aided Hezbollah during their formative years and still supports them?clifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01789324243613548212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post-1154018346502471872006-07-27T09:39:00.000-07:002006-07-27T09:39:00.000-07:00Ann Coulter will be on Hardball tonight. Let me sa...Ann Coulter will be on Hardball tonight. Let me save Clif and Mike some time in describing the interview:<BR/><BR/>Clif: "Chris really bitchslapped IT around tonight."<BR/><BR/>Mike: "That's right, Clif. Ann Coultergeist really had her ass handed to her in that interview."<BR/><BR/>Clif: "He cleaned her clock. I guess KKKarl Rove and his rich publishing buddies are still buying up copies of her book."<BR/><BR/>Mike: "You know it Clif. When faced with a real interviewer, IT folded up like a cheap suitcase."<BR/><BR/>Clif: "Have a good night, Mike. I'm going to listen to my tape of today's Randi Rhodes program."<BR/><BR/>Mike: "Good night, Clif."<BR/><BR/>There, I hope I saved you two some time.Tall Texanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14165567672127566894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post-1154017877601685842006-07-27T09:31:00.000-07:002006-07-27T09:31:00.000-07:00Or if your going for STUPID comments...how dead ey...Or if your going for STUPID comments...how dead eye's comment we would be WELCOMED in IRAQ, wonder how the soldiers and Marines who FOUGHT from the Kuwaiti border to Baghdad think about their welcome and if they are STILL waiting for flowers, except for the unfortunate ones who got flowers at their funerals...could that be what Cheney meant by throwing flowers?clifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01789324243613548212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post-1154016820037565072006-07-27T09:13:00.000-07:002006-07-27T09:13:00.000-07:00Well Fox and MSNBC are showing they have Captured ...Well Fox and MSNBC are showing they have Captured the suspect in the car chase...so we all are safe from the most important news story of the HOURclifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01789324243613548212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post-1154016747081006212006-07-27T09:12:00.000-07:002006-07-27T09:12:00.000-07:00Tiny inTellect said;"clif said... TT you CLOWNS wo...Tiny inTellect said;<BR/><BR/>"clif said... <BR/>TT you CLOWNS would have a much Harder time debating Larry Johnson"<BR/><BR/>I guess he would have told FDR not to worry about Hitler either. Bring it on. <BR/><BR/>********************************<BR/><BR/>I guess Larry's comment could be compared with the pResident's of "I don't think about him much"<BR/><BR/>which took place AFTER the attacks....clifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01789324243613548212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post-1154016371341875042006-07-27T09:06:00.000-07:002006-07-27T09:06:00.000-07:00Good GOP operative Tiny InTellect is worried about...Good GOP operative Tiny InTellect is worried about somebody else who might or might not be a BLOGGER because he AIN"T really got nothing about Rummies stupid daily comments..or the idiotic hypocracy of responses to possible nuclear poliferation good operative he is he tries to deflect the blog AWAY from that he can not DEBATE OPENLYclifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01789324243613548212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post-1154016291934666432006-07-27T09:04:00.000-07:002006-07-27T09:04:00.000-07:00"clif said... TT you CLOWNS would have a much Hard..."clif said... <BR/>TT you CLOWNS would have a much Harder time debating Larry Johnson"<BR/><BR/>I guess he would have told FDR not to worry about Hitler either. Bring it on.Tall Texanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14165567672127566894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post-1154016061430951112006-07-27T09:01:00.000-07:002006-07-27T09:01:00.000-07:00Lydia, as I said, if they are different people, th...Lydia, as I said, if they are different people, then so be it, but there is a person posting on your beta site as "Larry Johnson," and the ex-CIA employee on your Web site is identified as "Larry J," and he is a dead ringer for the Larry C. Johnson who assured America in July of 2001 that terrorism is a minor threat.<BR/><BR/>Must be a coincidence. <BR/><BR/>The email and IP number I posted was for the Larry C. Johnson, and has been available for at a year on various blogs. I am not revealing anything new.Tall Texanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14165567672127566894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post-1154015971326638962006-07-27T08:59:00.000-07:002006-07-27T08:59:00.000-07:00Oh goody the MSM outlet MSNBC cuts away from talk...Oh goody the MSM outlet MSNBC cuts away from talking about a possible release of the captured Israeli soldier in the Gaza strip <BR/><BR/>to cover<BR/><BR/><BR/>get this<BR/><BR/><BR/>A CAR CHASE IN LOS ANGELOS<BR/><BR/>and they are really ABOUT REAL NEWS?<BR/><BR/><BR/>FOX car chase..<BR/><BR/>CNN captured soldier...clifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01789324243613548212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post-1154015792902199402006-07-27T08:56:00.000-07:002006-07-27T08:56:00.000-07:00TT you CLOWNS would have a much Harder time debati...TT you CLOWNS would have a much Harder time debating Larry Johnson than you have with ME, be glad he does not Blog here, or you would be wearing your ass as your very own tin foil replacementclifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01789324243613548212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post-1154015640965817652006-07-27T08:54:00.000-07:002006-07-27T08:54:00.000-07:00Tiny inTellect dodges the actual point of the comm...Tiny inTellect dodges the actual point of the comment by:<BR/><BR/>We and the Soviets had a number of client states and proxy states that we used to fight each other without actually fighting each other. If you recall, back then, the biggest fear was the Soviets, and a number of presidents, from both major parties, propped up a number of unsavory governments to help fight the Cold War. Was that the right thing to do?<BR/><BR/><BR/>Both sides of the war on terra is the pakistani response to their internal political wishes..and external forces..like what we did to the Taliban...they want their cake(what we give them) and eat it too (support for their Ideological brothers, the Taliban)clifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01789324243613548212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post-1154015523265002452006-07-27T08:52:00.000-07:002006-07-27T08:52:00.000-07:00TT - how on earth would you know what Larry of thi...TT - how on earth would you know what Larry of this blog looks like? <BR/><BR/>He is not the same Larry Johnson that worked with the CIA. But I wish I had that ex-CIA Larry here on this blog. It would be great to talk to him.<BR/><BR/>And I did not get to meet him in Las Vegas; he had left Ruth's Chris Steakhouse where the fundraiser was, before I got there.Fans and Friends of Lydia Cornellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01512357844572930333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post-1154015391270367112006-07-27T08:49:00.000-07:002006-07-27T08:49:00.000-07:00FF, thank you for your advice, but this is somethi...FF, thank you for your advice, but this is something much deeper. <BR/><BR/>And no I'm not wearing a tin-foil hat. But you guys who are banded together know what I'm talking about.Fans and Friends of Lydia Cornellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01512357844572930333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post-1154014903426183892006-07-27T08:41:00.000-07:002006-07-27T08:41:00.000-07:00We and the Soviets had a number of client states a...We and the Soviets had a number of client states and proxy states that we used to fight each other without actually fighting each other. If you recall, back then, the biggest fear was the Soviets, and a number of presidents, from both major parties, propped up a number of unsavory governments to help fight the Cold War. Was that the right thing to do?Tall Texanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14165567672127566894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post-1154014794879926372006-07-27T08:39:00.000-07:002006-07-27T08:39:00.000-07:00Y'know my computer is also having technical diffic...Y'know my computer is also having technical difficulties so I may not be posting much for a while.<BR/><BR/>I'm gonna start by removing and reinstalling my brower software, experimenting between IE and Firefox, calling the cable company, reinstalling the modem software, running the virus scanner and spyware removers, make certain I have the latest virus updates, free up more hard disk space, run the defragmenter, etc.<BR/><BR/>In other words, my approach will be to try to understand and fix the problem.<BR/><BR/>I will do this because I want a solution to the problem and because I highly value truth. <BR/><BR/>I am disgusted when someone is falsely accused without any proof -- the victim's politics are entirely irrelevant.Freedom Fanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05799821534276323350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post-1154014574409278432006-07-27T08:36:00.000-07:002006-07-27T08:36:00.000-07:00And speaking of Rummy, he's apparantly living in t...And speaking of Rummy, he's apparantly living in the ozone zone now....<BR/><BR/>His detachment from his own responsibility is breathtaking. The glibness with which he describes tha mass slaughter of innocents in a country whose security he is responsible for is astonishing. Check this transcript out. Money quote:<BR/><BR/>Q: Is the country closer to a civil war?<BR/><BR/>SEC. RUMSFELD: Oh, I don't know. You know, I thought about that last night, and just musing over the words, the phrase, and what constitutes it. If you think of our Civil War, this is really very different. If you think of civil wars in other countries, this is really quite different. There is - there is a good deal of violence in Baghdad and two or three other provinces, and yet in 14 other provinces there's very little violence or numbers of incidents. So it's a - it's a highly concentrated thing. It clearly is being stimulated by people who would like to have what could be characterized as a civil war and win it, but I'm not going to be the one to decide if, when or at all.<BR/><BR/>His relevance to allowing this to happen is as overwhelming as his irrelevance is today. He's treating one of the biggest military fiascoes in recent history as something to debate at night, the way one would discuss the merits of an interesting movie.<BR/><BR/>http://time.blogs.com/daily_dish/2006/07/the_glibness_of.html?promoid=rss_daily_dish<BR/><BR/>and a really astute comment for historical comparison...<BR/><BR/>I can just picture Rumsfeld during the American Civil War: "Well, there was a lot of violence at Antietam today, and in some other areas, and yet in many states there's very little violence or numbers of incidents. So it's a -- it's a highly concentrated thing." I mean, couldn't this be said about any war, that the violence is concentrated in a few areas? "Well, there was a lot of violence on the beaches of Normandy today, and on the Eastern Front, but to call it a World War is ridiculous, because many regions of the globe are relatively calm."<BR/><BR/>http://zdrake.blogspot.com/2006/07/rumsfeld-in-bubble.htmlclifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01789324243613548212noreply@blogger.com