Here's wishing you all a happy, prosperous, peaceful New Year.
I felt a shift yesterday on my way to a meeting. A shift in my own consciousness, and the words came very loudly: "This is finished. You are now free." I'll expound on what this means later, but I feel that a dark cloud has lifted and hell is over.
This is a thought universe. Consider the material world as the clay which the artist works with, to make of it something beautiful or ugly. We need not fear material things, which are neither good nor bad in the moral sense. There seems to be no active force for evil — outside of human beings themselves. Humans alone can have either evil intentions — resentments, malevolence, hate and revenge — or good intentions — LOVE and GOODWILL. This is God: the energy of love. We can make something beautiful out of the clay of our lives. It's up to us. But avoid fear as you would a plague.
Shed peace, not discord, wherever you go. Try to be part of the cure for every situation rather than part of the problem. Try to ignore evil, rather than to actively combat it. (This diminishes it.) Always try to build up, never to tear down.
We hope 2007 will be a year of peace and love in your homes and throughout the world.
May each of us endeavor to express compassion, understanding, integrity and honesty in all our dealings with our fellow man and in all our activities.
If we are wrong, if we have made a mistake or offended anyone, let us admit it promptly, ask for forgiveness and make amends.
Let us keep Love (God) foremost in our thoughts and prayers, pray daily for guidance, and be willing to take
whatever human footsteps we need to take to improve our lives, our relationships, our fnancial situations, our talents, our mental and physical health.
"Progress is the Law of God," and we pray that you experience much progress in your daily lives throughout the New Year and always.
Wishing you a MOST HAPPY, PEACEFUL AND FRUITFUL NEW YEAR!
PRAYER CHANGES THINGS. Prayer is focusing so completely on the good, that good becomes all you see. We have to become willing to put on a new pair of glasses and adopt a new point of view.
Fear = False Evidence Appearing Real. Love (God) casts out fear.
This is an open thread. I will add to this post later today.
British Gary said...
ReplyDeleteFOX REPORTER SAYS BUSH USED COCAINE LIVE ON
AIR... RAW ACQUIRING CLIP... DEVELOPING....
Well thats not going to look good.
BG, sorry. The recipe just doesn't sound like anything I'd want to eat, or even be in the same room while its being made.
ReplyDeleteSorry. But fish pie?
:D
Can't I just have a hamburger?
If Bush did coke recently, while being President, there is no force in the world that will keep him from immediate impeachment and possbile jail time.
ReplyDeleteHe will be finished.
Okay, here's what happened. I told my girlfriend to listen to Worf regarding whose posts to delete. She has my password.
ReplyDeleteShe deleted the posts Worf told her to.
I think Worf did the right thing. Although those posts did not seem particularly offensive to me, we are trying to make a point:
WHENEVER MY BLOGGERS ARE LOCKED OUT OF MY OWN BLOG, POSTS WILL BE DELTED UNTIL WE CATCH THE CRIMINAL.
For my part, I do not believe Freedom Fan is guilty of locking people out. I've known him for a long time.
So glad to hear from you British Gary. Please apologize to your wife for taking you away — and for the racy sheet of photos that came with your DVDs.
xoxo
BG - that recipe sounds delicious.
ReplyDeleteIs this cocaine story possibly true???
I wonder if it's a right-wing ploy to get Bush out of power quickly, so the party stands a chance in 2008...
Sorry to bust your "cocaine dreams", but Kiran Chetry was obviously referring to Kitty Kellys unauthorized biography of Bush.
ReplyDeleteBush DID'NT use cocaine "on air".
Chetry claimed "on air" that he'd admitted such in a book...
Also, in regard to your derision of TT's blog, he HAS limited discussion to "team members" only. However since HE is the ONLY team member no one can post there EXCEPT HIM, even I and FF are not able to.
Secondly, I have not limited posting on my blog either, so your delusions of being "excluded" are completely unfounded.
How Ironic, that Germany is now our moral superior.
ReplyDeleteVoltron said.
ReplyDeleteAlso, in regard to your derision of TT's blog, he HAS limited discussion to "team members" only. However since HE is the ONLY team member no one can post there EXCEPT HIM, even I and FF are not able to.
Lol.
Is that what passes for free speech with TT?
Kitty Kelly's "biography" was written a few years ago. (2004) It caused some uproar during that years elections.
ReplyDelete(The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty)
Regarding it's veracity, she also wrote a book on the british royals which REALLY wasn't taken well by your national side.
She's also made statements regarding Clinton that their side denies as well...
I believe TT did that in response to Lydia's request that he remove some posts Johnny made.
ReplyDeleteHe obviously doesn't have time or doesn't want to have to moderate posts and that was probably the quickest and easiest solution to the problem.
There has been no posting by anyone there since the afore mentioned incident.
THIS IS HILARIOUS!!
ReplyDeleteBG wrote: "Only the Queen has any semblance of dignity and she's getting on a bit now. And she was caught picking her nose while driving her Range Rover with her finger buried up to the first knuckle!"
They also don't seem very open to anyone discussing their german heritage...LOL
ReplyDeleteWhatever happened to Koo Stark?
ReplyDeleteShe was a hottie!
Well, gotta run. Have fun...
ReplyDeleteVOLTRON: said...
ReplyDeleteHe obviously doesn't have time
Really?
He sure seems to have plenty of time to spend in here.
Guess its selective time management, huh?
My guess is he, or his "friend" have nothing to say to each other.
ReplyDeleteLike most neocon trolls, they all think the exact same thoughts, so theres not much to say. And like I said yesterday, they're not happy unless they're making someone miserable.
Bad teeth and now nose pickers.
ReplyDeleteWe have people like that here too Gary.
They're called hillbillies.
Well it looks like Clif was right last night.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like Bush is going to try and send 20,000 more troops into Iraq as targets for the insurgency.
Lydia, great post and great pictures. I think 98% of the time not fighting evil or stooping to their level is the answer, the other 2% of the time evil needs to be challenged and fought lest it grow like the Nazi's did when unchecked.
ReplyDeleteThe hard part is having the wisdom to discern the difference, certain evil can never be won over to the side of good it knows only destroying others or being destroyed itself, sometimes destroying the evil and slaying the dragon is the solution, but that small exception to what you say does not in any way disprove what you say if anything it strengthens it because ALL rules and laws have exceptions.
Last night on NBC Jim Miklaszewski reported that an administration offical admitted the decision was a political one.
ReplyDeleteImagine sending 20,000 young people into a war zone to up your own political image.
And idiots like FF and TT think Bush is a "good man".
I've got news for them.
He's not.
Well said Mike.
ReplyDeleteAs BG would say, "here here".
Gary,
ReplyDeleteI don't know if this is true or not, but it is something I've read.
Evidently in Germany many decades ago, A german officer went into a cafe in Hamburg and ordered a steak. The proprietor was out of steak at the time and did'nt think it wise to deny the officer. They took scraps of beef they had laying around and ground them up and formed them into a steak like patty.
So although it is beef, it's called a "Hamburger" for its hometown origins... ie: 'hamburg'-er.
BG said...
ReplyDeleteyou didn't answer my question - is a hamburger beef or pork? Because if it's beef (which I think it is) why call it a hamburger?
Well BG, as far as I know the word originated from its city of origin, Hamburg Germany.
They ate something in Germany called, "Hamburg Steak". In the 1800's when Germans migrated to America they brought the meal with them, and sometime in the early 1900's the name morphed into "Hamburger".
Anyone see that Nardeli the CEO of Home Depot got the axe for excessive compensation, its sinful that these thieves can somehow think they deserve 100s millions and even billions of dollars of compensation.
ReplyDeletethe CEO's should get the SAME percentage of stock options as the lowest paid worker, everyone should share equally in the wealth, including regular workers and shareholders.
this notion that only the high level executives deserve to share in the spoils and get to carve up and have a slice of the pie is dispicable, its criminal in fact.
Bush suports only the wealthy, his disdain for the poor and middle class could not be more evident.
The term frankfurter comes from the city of Frankfurt, where I guess they ate a sausage on a bun.
ReplyDeleteWhere the term "hot dog" came from however I am not certain.
I know that I'd gladly eat some hamburgers today and pay for them next tuesday....
ReplyDeleteActually Voltron, thats right, except the hamburg steak was a common dish in Hamburg in the 1800's.
ReplyDelete"...CEO's should get the SAME percentage of stock options as the lowest paid worker, everyone should share equally in the wealth, including regular workers and shareholders..."
ReplyDelete-Mike
Should EVERYONE even the lowest paid worker also be required to share equally in the LIABILITYS AND LOSSES of the company?, Should they be required to make equal financial investments in the company?
Another interesting article I read recently stated that Coal fired power plants produce the same nuclear by[products that could possibly be converted to nuclear weapons as nuclear power plants.
ReplyDeleteSo in light of that does that mean GWB would issue an edict banning Iran from having Coal fired power plants.
another interest illustration of GWB's hippocrissy is the fact he offered to build nuclear powerplants for India yet denys then to Iran.
now dont get me wrong, I would rather not see Iran have nuclear weapons, but its a bit of a stretch to unequivocally state that they are making nuclear weapons with no evidence at all when they are claiming they want nuclear power plants, Bush further muddies his position by offering to build India's nuclear plants for them, doing nothing about North Korea's nuclear weapons and saying NOTHING about countries building coal fired power plants which reportedly can produce the same nuclear weapons grade material as nuclear power plants.
You show me one CEO of a large fortune 500 company that shares in the losses, those thieves get paid millions and millions even when the company does terrible and loses money.
ReplyDeletemany of these CEO's should be in jail for manipulating quarterly earnings or doing contrived stock buy backs to boost earnings so their options come into the money and they can make millions.
No BG, coal is not radioactive, but from what I read, the byproducts of burning it are.
ReplyDeleteC14 (carbon 14) exists in everything, and diminishes with time. Coal probably begins with a vast amount anyway.
ReplyDeleteIt's the source of the technology and science of "carbon dating", Or determining when an object first existed. (like dinosaurs, or egyptian pottery or whatever)
It stated that in a book and an online article, they both clearly stated that nuclear weapons could be made from materials from coal fired power plants.
ReplyDeleteNow I do gotta run, I'm late...LOL
ReplyDeleteLOL I KNOW what Carbon 14 is Volt!
ReplyDeleteTHE PRESIDENT: My fellow Americans, all of us are saddened by the news that former President Gerald R. Ford passed away last night. I spoke with Betty Ford. On behalf of all Americans Laura and I extend to Mrs. Ford and all President Ford's family our prayers and our condolences.
ReplyDeletePresident Ford was a great man who devoted the best years of his life in serving the United States. He was a true gentleman who reflected the best in America's character. Before the world knew his name, he served with distinction in the United States Navy and in the United States Congress.
As a congressman from Michigan, and then as Vice President, he commanded the respect and earned the good will of all who had the privilege of knowing him. On August 9, 1974, he stepped into the presidency without ever having sought the office. He assumed power in a period of great division and turmoil. For a nation that needed healing and for an office that needed a calm and steady hand, Gerald Ford came along when we needed him most.
During his time in office, the American people came to know President Ford as a man of complete integrity who led our country with common sense and kind instincts.
Americans will always admire Gerald Ford's unflinching performance of duty and the honorable conduct of his administration, and the great rectitude of the man himself.
We mourn the loss of such a leader, and our 38th President will always have a special place in our nation's memory.
President Ford lived 93 years, and his life was a blessing to America. And now this fine man will be taken to his rest by a family that will love him always, and by a nation that will be grateful to him forever.
May god bless Gerald Ford.
Well the original place I read it was in a Book called "The Oil Factor"
ReplyDeleteafter reading that I googled it and found several articles that supported what the author had said.
The reason I brought it up was because it was shocking news to me.
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ReplyDeleteNo Gary, it was a great book and I was skimming it for a second time a few nights ago and came across that, so i thought i'd throw it out for discussion today
ReplyDeletethe "Oil Factor" is more about Energy than Nuclear weapons although it does delve into politics and investing as well, its a good read and fairly short, only about 200 pages.
ReplyDeleteWho's Ann Coulter?
ReplyDeleteGary from what i read, they sais coal and nuclear power plants could generate the material that could later be enriched with centrifuges to weapons grade material.................thats what i read at least, i dont have that good of an understanding of how the process works but the book and article said the materials COULD be enriched to weapons grade materials.
ReplyDeleteWell Gary I have to admit that bit about coal shocked me and i figured i'd look into it further and bring it up on here, but the author is a very interesting and intelligent person, and my impression is he opposes the Neo Cons and their folly.
ReplyDeletestill you are right he could very well be incorrect.
his Name is Stephen Leeb!
BG, is Britain going to pull out of Iraq any time soon, you guys have to see that it is hopeless there and more death is all than can result in staying there.
ReplyDeleteGWB is the only one who actually believes in staying there and even then i think he believes it will save his failed legacy and he wont have to admit failure.
that Fool would rather send 10 million troops to their deaths than admit failure.
Gary,
ReplyDeleteAgain, who is Ann Coulter?
Do you Brits still drink a cup of tea with your pinkies extended?
ReplyDeleteoh look there is intelligent discussion going on so the trolls are trying to hijack the thread.
ReplyDelete0.Intelligent...LOL...LOL
ReplyDeleteOnce again Mr. Mike is wrong...he's always getting his fanny handed to him!
ReplyDeletebbq said...
ReplyDeleteAgain, who is Ann Coulter?
A more accurate question would be "what" is Ann Coulter.
Yes thats him BG, he only mentioned what i said in one little paragraph at the end of a chapter, he didnt go into much detail about it, if you want i'll post the paragraph from his book this evening.
ReplyDeleteIt is interesting Dolty Boy got over his getting caught lying about somebody else's son, and what HE had said about his non-son,
ReplyDeleteWhy do repugs lie about SO MUCH?
His "goodbye" lasted so long, he seems a true repugnant, flip flopping just like Bush ET AL HAS DONE FOR YEARS.
Tell us another bedtime story crusty.
ReplyDeleteTell us the one about how you guys "honor the sacrifice of the troops".
I love that one.
Or I know, tell us about how we are "spreading democracy" in Iraq.
ReplyDeleteThats one of my favorites.
Ellison To Be Photographed With Koran Owned By Thomas Jefferson
ReplyDeleteConservatives have repeatedly argued that Muslim Rep.-elect Keith Ellison’s (D-MN) decision to take an unofficial swearing-in photograph with his hand on the Koran was un-American.
Rep. Virgil Goode (R-VA) warned last month that “if American citizens don’t wake up and adopt the Virgil Goode position on immigration there will likely be many more Muslims elected to office and demanding the use of the Koran.” Talk show host Dennis Prager said Ellison’s act “undermines American civilization.”
In a symbolic decision showing how misguided this argument is, Ellison has chosen to take his photograph with a personal copy of the Koran once owned by Thomas Jefferson:
Jefferson’s copy is an English translation by George Sale published in the 1750s; it survived the 1851 fire that destroyed most of Jefferson’s collection and has his customary initialing on the pages. This isn’t the first historic book used for swearing-in ceremonies — the Library [of Congress] has allowed VIPs to use rare Bibles for inaugurations and other special occasions.
Jefferson was a champion of religious tolerance. His 1777 Draft of a Bill for Religious Freedom states…
…that our civil rights have no dependance on our religious opinions, any more than our opinions in physics or geometry; that therefore the proscribing any citizen as unworthy the public confidence by laying upon him an incapacity of being called to offices of trust and emolument, unless he profess or renounce this or that religious opinion, is depriving him injuriously of those privileges and advantages to which, in common with his fellow citizens, he has a natural right.
In an ironic twist, the Washington Post reports that Virgil Goode “represents Jefferson’s birthplace” of Albemarle County, Virginia, but had no comment on Ellison’s book choice
I hear theres a new one coming out in the series too.
ReplyDeleteSomething about how 20,000 more troops is going to save Iraq.
That one sounds like a keeper.
Rusty,
ReplyDeleteYou are correct.
Anybody who thinks a frigging janitor should make the same as a doctor is mentall retarded....Mike is stupid!
Lying and spinning again I see Rusty I Never said Janitors should get the same amount of stock options as CEO's what I did say was that they should be awarded the same amount as a percentage of their salary for example if CEO make 400,000 he should get the same 1% od salary in stock options as the 40,000 worker.
ReplyDeleteAnd I never said they should receive the same compensation that is a dirty troll lie.
But answer me this O Genius if these wonder CEO's are taking such risks how is it that complete failures that have performed terribly and lost their companies money can STILL make 100sof millions i see no risk i see a culture of entitlement were the good and bad CEO's both devour the pie and worker and shareholder expense like pigs at the trough regardless of performance.
Anyone notice Fords funeral?
ReplyDeleteAll the people coming out by the tens of thousands, lining the streets, crying, waving, saluting?
Of course, I imagine that at Bush's funeral, people will also file out by the thousands, of course only to throw rotten eggs.
And I imagine the only salute he'll be getting will be the middle finger salute.
ReplyDeleteOr as its more commonly referred to as, "the Bird".
ReplyDeleteWorfeus notice how the little liars have NOTHING intelligent to say, so they blatently lie and try to imply i'm saying a janotor should make the same as a CEO or doctor,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,look how desperate the pathetic little brutes are!
ReplyDeleteyou can read it tomorrow then BG.
ReplyDeleteAdministration official: Surge "more of a political decision than a military one."
ReplyDeleteOf course it was, the war is not an intelligent military decision, lying about intelligence is NEVER an intelligent military decision, lying about false connections of an attack is not an intelligent military idea, and lying about the progress of a war to hide how bad it is going is NEVER an intelligent military option, but when was Bush ever accused of being TOO intelligent?
They lied about the intell
they lied about mission accomplished
they lied about connections between Iraq and 9-11
they lied about being greeted as liberators
they lied about the cost of the war
they lied about how long it would take to win
they lied about the insurgency in 2004-2005
they lied about it becoming a civil war
they lied about HOW BAD the war had become in 2006,
so why should anybody be surprised when they would LIE about the pending escalation of troops into a failed war.
Mike is a janitor, obviously, that's why he wants to be paid the same.
ReplyDeleteMike, if you would've gone to college, but I doubt it, could have made something out of your godforsaken life.
Hey Clif,
ReplyDeleteShouldn't you post some more quotes from Jesus and the Bible in between your typical hateful and slanderous dialogue?
Exactly Right Clif, a political decision is all it is, the flunky in chief is too stubborn to admit he is wrong and is a failure.
ReplyDeleteWhat I really notice Mike, is how not ONE of them can muster enough gumption to address the headlines.
ReplyDeleteI BET they want to talk about CEO salaries.
Because God knows they don't want to talk about the war in Iraq.
Thats what I noticed.
Not ONE word about Iraq.
They LIED and 3004 US soldiers Died.
ReplyDeleteBecause they know they're wrong.
ReplyDeleteThey lied and 22,032 soldiers were wounded.
ReplyDeleteHey Voltron, shouldn't you post some quotes to defend your boy on Iraq?
ReplyDeleteIn between your mindless babblings?
They lied and 10,107 soldiers were wounded to bad they had to be medivaced from combat.
ReplyDeleteGee, BBG sounds an awful lot like clippy.
ReplyDeleteGuess its just a coinkydink.
Middle finger salute insinuates the f-word, a no-no.
ReplyDeleteI love that little poem Gary.
ReplyDeleteDolty how about telling us HOW many showers you non-son takes each day, and how many times he changes his clothes?
ReplyDeleteBTW do you watch?
Worf said "What I really notice Mike, is how not ONE of them can muster enough gumption to address the headlines.
ReplyDeleteI BET they want to talk about CEO salaries.
Because God knows they don't want to talk about the war in Iraq.
Thats what I noticed."
yep they want to do EVERYTHING possible to wrench things to slandering the bloggers personally.
Look at Volt Clif posts and article about the war with nothing offensive or directed at anyone personally at all and Volt immediately pops in with a personal attack trying to imply Clif isposting hateful dialog.
why dont you tell that to your sockpuppets spewing the hatespeak here Volt, or better yet why dont you take them back to your failed blog.
Uhhh, genius.
ReplyDeleteYou just can't spell it out. You're not precluded from referring to it.
So go "F" yourself.
bbq ..l..
ReplyDeleteWell worf,
ReplyDeleteWhile you guys get agitated and claim that WE seem to think all of you believe the exact same things, You guys seem to have no problem thinking WE all believe the same things.
The debate here has NEVER been between individuals and ideas, but more between YOUR strawman and OUR strawman.
I've stated MANY times I don't like EVERYTHING Bush has done, and the things I do like, he hasn't done right.
Yet somehow I'm still his puppet...
Censoring foul language is fine by me.
ReplyDeleteLooks like Fascist Fan threw in the towel so Volt is coming in off the bench to obfuscate and hijack the thread.
ReplyDeleteNice Clif, I'm SURE Jesus approves.
ReplyDeleteMikey, try READING the damn blog. I made NO remarks about Clif until HE brought me into it.
ReplyDeleteBush has lied about MOST of his pathetic loser life, which his daddy had to get people to clean up for 60 years.
ReplyDeleteCheney even LIED about shooting a man in the face when he was drinking.
ReplyDeletebecause you still support him like a puppet, any smart repug would be distancing themselves fromthe Fool in Chief as fast as they can run to salvage their partys chance in 2008, not you guys you claim to be against everything GWB stands for with the exceptions of a few things yet support him unwaveringly.
ReplyDeleteNo genius.
ReplyDeleteIf you support the war, which you have done in here religiously for the last year, then now would be the perfect time for you to put your money where your mouth is, and sign on for the big mission.
You support the war with your mouth.
Your big, fat mouth.
Now support it with your body.
So we can count on you, right?
Let us all know where you're going to be stationed, and we'll send you some freakin brownies or something.
ReplyDeleteCrusty could you ever think YOU should be the assclown who goes boy?
ReplyDeleteBet you ain't got the balls eh son?
What are the Odds of you ever going?
Bet it is zero son.
Free speech is wrong when it offends someone, or speaks in sexual language that's sinful.
ReplyDeleteLanguage about your gay people is acceptable
ReplyDeleteWell dolty boy, I just reposted WHAT you said son.
ReplyDeletehe is NOT your son, bet you never ever adopted him so legally he is NOT your son
YOUR the one who posted he took 3 showers a day, and changed his clothes several times a day boy, I just reposted it .
Well crusty?
ReplyDeleteWhen is your deployment date for the war you support?
Thats not a peace sign on your helmet, is it soldier?
We are here to "help" the Iraqi people son, because inside every Iraqi, is an American.....trying to get out.
BTW crusty what is the odds of Bush ever winning in Iraq?
ReplyDelete1,000,000 to 1, and that is being generous boy.
You sound mad Volt may i suggest you calm down and focus on the war and the guy you allegedly disagree with yet still blindly support like a good little minion.
ReplyDeletebbq sending people to their deaths based on a LIE is much worse than the word FUCK ever was son.
ReplyDeleteJust as I thought.
ReplyDeleteAll mouth and no man-up.
Consider Crusty like his leader, Bush.
He's a J.A.C.
Just Another Cheerleader.
ReplyDeletethe sock puppet said "Free speech is wrong when it offends someone, or speaks in sexual language that's sinful."
ReplyDeletewell lets start by deteting you and Rusty because you are the most offensive people(S) here.
Ra Ra Ra
ReplyDeleteClif,
ReplyDeleteWatch it, boy
Personally I would much prefer to see the word fuck everyday than have to read about MORE deaths in an illegal war.
ReplyDeleteI would prefer to see another one of Janet Jackson's breast on TV instead of fighting and people dying for Bush's lie.
“If we surge and it doesn’t work,it’s hard to imagine what we do after that.” — Fredrick Kagan, the “intellectual architect” of the Iraq escalation. 4:40 pm | Comment (1)
ReplyDeleteFiled under:
Posted by Nico at 4:40 pm
Permalink | Comment (1)
Big Bitch Queen said....
ReplyDeleteClif,
Watch it, boy
Watch it?
Thats about all you and your kind are doing about the war in Iraq, isn't it?
Watching it.
what is sinful is your asinine assertion that a word is a sin, BUT killing people based on a LIE is not.
ReplyDeleteNothing is as bad as sending 150,000 US troops to kill Iraqi's based on a lie and keeping them there for years resulting in somewhere around 750,000 total deaths,
that is the real sin asswipe.
I wouldn't mind seeing Janet Jacksons breast any day.
ReplyDeleteMcCain On Iraq War: ‘This Issue Isn’t Going To Be Around In 2008′
ReplyDeleteIn the February ‘07 issue of Vanity Fair, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is quoted telling a group of conservatives last October that the Iraq war “isn’t going to be around in 2008.”
According to Vanity Fair, an audience member told McCain, “The war’s the big issue. Some kind of disengagement — it’s going to have to happen. It’s a big issue for you…in 24 months.” McCain responded:
“I do believe this issue isn’t going to be around in 2008. I think it’s going to either tip into civil war … ” He breaks off, as if not wanting to rehearse the handful of other unattractive possibilities. “Listen,” he says, “I believe in prayer. I pray every night.” And that’s where he leaves his discussion of the war this morning: at the kneeling rail.
bbq is the same brain dead human who posts with the sock puppet name clippy, he uses the same terminology and empty threats
ReplyDeleteBTW BBQ;
ReplyDelete..l..
So Crusty?
ReplyDeleteWhats it gonna be?
Are you gonna suit up and go in on the war you've been supporting with your mouth, or are you just gonna sit on the sidelines in here, with your Pom Poms?
Those are cute Gary..
ReplyDeleteHere... lemme see if I can remember that one from my youth...
"there was a young man from nantucket......
Crusty spewing capitalism form a gutless punk who rigs the bet for the goons in Las Vegas?
ReplyDeleteThey do not believe in equal opportunity than Bush does.
they believe is stealing as much as they can and have fooles like you top RIG they system so they can.
BTW crusty when YOU gonna sign up and really support the war son?
ReplyDeleteBet the odds of that are even slimmer than Bush winning in Iraq.
Bet crusty is another gutless chicken hawk repugnant little puss who lacks the balls to go HIMSELF
ReplyDeletelook at that, even John McCaine cant say anything positive about Iraq, he chooses to take the 5th because he doesnt want a stupid comment coming back to bite him come election time.......................maybe you trolls should take a lesson from him.
ReplyDeleteOf course he is Clif.
ReplyDeleteHe's sitting here, "cheering" on the war, shaking his little pom poms like the rest of them.
But God forbid he suits up and gets in the game.
BET none of the gutless repug punks here ever is gonna suit up in uniform and serve, it ain't the gutless repugnant way, they prefer others to do their fighting.
ReplyDeleteMaybe they are taking odds Clif on how long old Crusty the Clown can cheer on this war, before coming to grips with reality, downing a bottle of Seagrams and swallowing his 357.
ReplyDeleteI'll take 6 months on the pool.
Clif,
ReplyDeleteCool down now, You lost your temper there, young man.
Crusty it is YOUR turn son,
ReplyDeleteYOU want the war boy,
GO FIGHT IT SON.
Listen to poor dumb Crusty.
ReplyDeleteTalking about me and Mike, two OPPONENTS of the war, signing up for it, while he, a PROPONENT of the war, sits on the sidelines in his cheerleader costume and little pom poms.
RA RA RA.
bbq go join the service boy.
ReplyDeleteget your self some of it son.
Go fight the war you pimp here for boy, otherwise STFU gutless.
Well it fits.
ReplyDeleteBush was afraid to play football in College, so he put on a skirt and joined the girls on the Cheerleading squad.
It makes sense that lil Crusty the Clown is likewise, nothing more than a sissy little cheerleader.
Cause you repugnant trolls are just gutless war pimps son, if you ain't got the bvalls to fight a war you cheer lead for.
ReplyDeleteClif,
ReplyDeleteMike and Worf are on their way over, to give you a back rub,,,,Cliffy now keep that "johnson" in your pants
You repugnant broke back morons should be the FIRST gutless repugnant foole to join up asking to be part of the Idiot in Chief's surge.
ReplyDeleteWell crusty enjoy the emptiness of money son.
ReplyDeleteI would rather have enough to support my daughters and survive with out selling my soul son, but to each their own boy.
my name is Crusty and I love to cry,
ReplyDeleteI cheer the war and watch them die.
But if they ask me to join the fray.
I'll piss my pants and run away.
GO TEAM GO!
RA RA RA.
BTW crusty when YOU gonna sign up son?
ReplyDeleteBBQ proly would be willing to share your foxhole if you Promise NOT to TELL son.
Dollar Dethroned By Red Ink
ReplyDeleteWill Congress allow President Bush to waste another year on his Iraq misadventure while serious problems overwhelm the United States?
During 2006 while the US government focused on the deteriorating situation in Iraq, the US dollar declined sharply against many currencies. By December China’s central bank was expressing its concern that the massive US trade deficit could lead to a run on the dollar and to an international financial crisis.
Since WW II the US dollar has been the world’s reserve currency, the currency in which oil is billed and international trade accounts are settled.
The low US saving rate means that Washington’s budget deficits must be financed by foreign lenders, who are awash in US Treasury bonds. The massive US trade deficit means that foreigners acquire US assets as payment for US consumption of goods made abroad.
Foreigners are worried about their large dollar holdings, because there is no indication that the US can reduce either deficit. The war against Iraq has run up the US budget deficit, and the practice of US corporations of producing offshore for their US markets has increased the US trade deficit. Every time a US company moves its production abroad, domestic output is turned into imports.
China has indicated that it will continue to accumulate dollars, but at a slower rate by trading some of the dollars for other currencies.
On December 18 Iran announced that it will cease to use the US dollar as reserve currency.
On December 28 United Arab Emirates, a close US ally, announced that the weakening US dollar has caused its central bank to move some of its foreign exchange reserves from dollars to Euros.
The decisions of foreign central banks to reduce the rate at which they acquire dollars implies higher US interest rates at a time when the US economy is slowing, making it difficult for the Federal Reserve to ease monetary policy and more expensive for the US to borrow.
If foreigners take the next step and begin dumping their dollar holdings, there is nothing the US government can do to avert the catastrophe. Washington must take steps before it is too late.
The only timely solution is to reduce the US budget deficit. This requires Congress to cut spending or raise taxes or both. Raising taxes on a weakening economy is not a good idea. As entitlements
(Social Security and Medicare) comprise most of nondefense spending, the easiest step for Congress to take is to stop funding Bush’s pointless war. With less red ink to be financed, there would be less pressure on the dollar.
It is possible that Washington has waited too long to address the dollar problem. If 2007 brings recession to the US, the rise in the budget deficit from the loss of tax revenues could offset deficit reduction achieved by ending the war.
Many economists offer false solutions. We hear, for example, that a weaker dollar will lead to more exports and a reduction in the US trade deficit. This “solution” overlooks the impact of offshoring. With so many US brand name manufactures now produced offshore, there is less for the US to export. Some economists still believe that the gap can be filled by the export of services, but offshoring has also taken its toll on professional services. The US cannot simultaneously offshore the production of goods and services and reduce its trade deficit.
Other economists still think that the Federal Reserve can rescue the dollar by raising interest rates, thus making US Treasuries more attractive to foreigners. However, the US economy shows many signs of weakening. By stifling growth or provoking recession, higher interest rates can simply generate more red ink that must be financed by foreign borrowing, thus increasing the pressure on the dollar.
The US cannot afford the Iraq war, and it cannot afford the distraction from the serious economic problems that a war-obsessed government has permitted to accumulate. Offshoring is destroying the ladders of upward mobility that made America an opportunity society.
Economists, in their commitment to offshoring, offer “solutions” that conceal offshoring’s real impact on Americans. For example, we are told that education is the solution to “America’s competitiveness problem.”
People who advance the education solution are obviously unfamiliar with the character of US job growth in the 21st century and with the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ predictions of the areas of job growth over the next decade.
The problem America faces is not a lack of educated people, but a lack of jobs for educated people. In the 21st century, the US economy has been able to create net new jobs only in domestic services, such as waitresses, bartenders and health and social services. The vast majority of these jobs do not require a college education, and they do not produce tradable goods and services that could be exported or substituted for imports. Income inequality is worsening as CEO pay soars while median income stagnates.
This new year will be the fifth year that the American people will have let President Bush commit their country to an illegitimate war that cannot be won. Will the US extract itself from Bush’s misadventure and address its real problems, or will the dollar’s decline bring new economic hardships
BBQ said "Clif,
ReplyDeleteMike and Worf are on their way over, to give you a back rub,,,,Cliffy now keep that "johnson" in your pants"
BBQ said "Free speech is wrong when it offends someone, or speaks in sexual language that's sinful."
so talking out of both sides of your mouth again aye sockpuppet, by your own words it appears you should get flushed little troll.
I say its time to flush the little trolls all they are doing is insulting people and burying the thread.
Crusty the Clown said...
ReplyDeleteI love the smell of money in the morning
Well that makes sense.
Most money is covered in urine, fecal matter and semen.
3 scents ole Crusty most likely is quite used to smelling in the morning.
Better grab some MORE dollars crusty, cause they are losing some of their value boy.
ReplyDeletemy name is Crusty and I love to cry,
ReplyDeleteI cheer the war and watch them die.
But if they ask me to join the fray.
I'll piss my pants and run away.
ignore the trolls lets just talk right around the little fools.
ReplyDeleteWhat war are you referring to?
ReplyDeleteSorry I've been gone so long. We've been busy planning, with trepidation, that we are going home. And the trepdiation has just put me in a funk where I dont feel like writing or interacting with people except the ones I absolutely have too. I just dont feel like doing anything but going home and seeing my son. I dont even give a shit about the mission anymore. It's the same shit day after day and has been for 13 months. So, once you've been here for that long you should be allowed to go home...you shouldnt have to stay longer.
ReplyDeleteWe see today that the plan calls for beefing up Baghdad and Anbar province and they are calling for extending units already in those areas and calling others up sooner. We've already been extended to do a 14 month tour and we're thinking it might turn into 16.
My wife and I have been planning this great disney trip with our son when we get back...we're putting all planning on hold until we get the final word within the next couple of weeks. It looks like all of our hopes could possibly be destroyed.
16 month tour for nothing. We havent accomplished a fucking thing out here but getting more people killed. Sen McCain and Liebermann stopped by a few weeks ago and I just wanted to ask them one question but since I wasnt from their state I wasnt allowed to go. Bahy and Lugar will probably never show up. The Senators were apparently not pleased with the fact that we've lost a high number of people and equipment. "With all due respect Senators, What the FUCK do you expect? I know your NeoCon friends told you it was going to be a walk in the park but you would think you would have figured out it wasnt by now."
We're still packing up like we're leaving in a month or so...but only time will tell. We havent sent anything away yet.
How many more Americans are they willing to sacrifice to score a pyrrhic domestic political victory? I dont know. I'm sick of the politics that I cant say anything about, and I'm sick of the situtation that I cant do anything about. Suicides and attempted suicides are increasing and if they extend us MORE I dont expect it will get much better. We're doing the job that a unit twice our size should be doing and there doesnt seem to be an end in sight at this point. I can understand why there would be a propensity to want to end your life. I'm not a suicide person...if I get sent away from here it will be for homicide. I'll just start shooting random Iraqis because they piss me off with their stink, their apathy, their two-facedness. Maybe we're being too nice? We need to become the common enemy for the Sunni and SHia to unite around.
Clif did you see those articles I posted on the last blog about China shifting the tax burden onto foreign companies, looks like they are getting set to let the Yuan rise.
ReplyDeleteHey Marcus.
ReplyDeleteWish you were here.
I wonder whatever happened to Big Kay who is a pain in the State of Maine.....driven away by the "Boogie Man".
ReplyDeleteTime to Flush the trolls!!!
ReplyDeleteThey just locked Clif out.
Marcus, Glad your ok buddy!
ReplyDeleteNone of your business Crusty.
ReplyDeleteBut if you really want to know, let us know when you're gonna put down the Pom Poms, stop "cheering" on the war from the sidelines, and take your worthless carcus over there so guys like Marcus, who are worth something, can come home.
Please share with us that revelation, and I'll elaborate on you stupid question.
Time to Flush the losers!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteMike
ReplyDeleteGo flush your toilet.
Mike, is Clif really locked out?
ReplyDeleteCLIF! Email me if you're banned from posting!
Clif,
ReplyDeleteStop being naughty..boy
YES HE IS, THE DIRT BAGS LOCKED HIM OUT!
ReplyDeletethese scum think they rule the blog, look at them mockingly posting insults under multiple alias's and locking people out these losers dont believe in Freedom of speech, they are as foul as they come.
ReplyDeleteNobody is locked out...Mike is full of shit...Mike is an instigator from day 1 and should be banned from the Internet...and I mean NOW
ReplyDeleteI still have the page with ;
ReplyDeleteComments have been disabled on this post.
On the screen
Well, if Clif is locked out Mike, you know the rules.
ReplyDeleteNot ONE right wing post for the rest of the night for each time they lock one of us out.
Please have Clif email me.
We might just have to shut crusty's big fat mouth tonight.
ReplyDeleteWhat a shame.
He was shaking his little pom poms so well.
Ok Clif. Thats what I was looking for.
ReplyDeleteBBQ. Crusty. Voltron.
Say goodnight boys.
Cause your big mouths are shut for the rest of the night.
I have switched ISP and web broser so I could post again, BUT have not flushed the screen with me being blocked yet.
ReplyDeletehe lost your e-mail, if you can e-mail him or else i'll forward it to him a little later when i get a chance.
ReplyDeleteLydia I do not have a print screen function in the web browser I was using, BUT I have saved the web page, so I will e mail that to you.
ReplyDeleteI guess the trolls really DO not want to debate the War they cheer lead for.
They just don't get it do they Clif?
ReplyDeleteEach time they lock ONE of us out, they are ALL locked out for the rest of the night.
Silence us once, cheat just once, and we silence them for the rest of the night.
Hear that mr BBQ?
You're not gonna say one more word in here tonight.
Not one.
look at BBQ insulting and poking at a soldier serving in the war he cheers from his keyboard.............it doesnt get much worse or more pathetic than that.
ReplyDeleteWhat is BBQ still doing here worfeus he is one of them also, reread HIS posts, he is the same sock puppet as clippy is.
ReplyDeleteSee what bbq comments guys?
ReplyDeleteI don't see nuthin.
Nuthin at all.
I guess BBQ is really a empty sock puppet after all............LOL
ReplyDeleteI guess the little trolls couldn't handle two real soldiers in here.
ReplyDeleteWhen Marcus showed up the probably pissed their pants, so they locked Clif out.
They'd may be the ones responsible for locking Marcus out too.
I know they can't handle any one willing to fight in the war they only fight with their mouths.
welcome to irrelevance stupid little troll!
ReplyDeleteYou Have No Power Here!
You guys must have good eyes.
ReplyDeleteAll I see is hot air, where once a little big mouthed troll was.
Trolls.
Can't live with em....can't live with em.
He's toast Mike.
ReplyDeleteHe doesn't get to say one more word in here tonight.
Not one.
And theres not a damned thing he's gonna do about it.
I hope that the trolls really enjoy their little games, because their time if lies and smear is coming to an end, and NOT just on this blog.
ReplyDeleteIf you didnt think this punk was a paid blog troll think again this fool is some little college repug that TT hired to hijack the blog he's probably getting $7-$8 an hour to play his little troll games.
ReplyDeleteThey're evil little criminals Clif.
ReplyDeleteThey send guys like Marcus and his wife off to Iraq, and then leave them there.
They talk about "staying the course" but they themselves are unwilling to even get on the course they so apathetically make others trod.
And then in here, one of the little pricks has access to the blogger server, or someone who works there, so they think they can control this blog, and lock out liberal bloggers as a way of controlling.
Well they can't.
We can beat their stupid IP blocks, but they can't beat us.
They try and silence just ONE liberal blogger, not ONE of them will get one more word for the rest of the night.
Not ONE.
Much cleaner BG.
ReplyDeleteLike we put a "scrubber" in.
Seems they do NOT want to discuss the falling value of the dollar.
ReplyDeleteThey do NOT want to discuss the failed war in Iraq.
They do not like to discuss the Katrina mess a year and a half later with new Orleans still destroyed.
They do not want to discuss failed economic policies.
They do not want to discuss they failure of Bush's economy top help the middle class let alone the poor.
They do not want to discuss the crimes of Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, the repug congress, Abramoff, Fletcher, Harris, Blackwell ET AL.
Why do they pretend they even debate at all.
I don't know Clif.
ReplyDeleteBut one thing I do know.
They're not gonna talk about ANYTHING tonight.
At least not in here.
If they think LOSING last November was BAD they ain't sseen nothin' yet, tommorrow is the opening of the 110th congress with Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Reid.
ReplyDeleteAnd the investigations are gonna make quite a few repugnants squeal rather loadly, and they will not be the trolls but the repug criminals selling out other repugs to save theuir own sorry buts.
Hey Worf why dont you just turn on Word verification and make the little prick work harder.
ReplyDeleteall Lydia has to do is tell him he's banned then he's tresspassing if he's in here.
ReplyDeleteLooks like somebody is too gutless to go and serve but he can be real brave from mamma's basement even if his stupid remarks float away like they never even existed.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you guys think, even that lap dog Ole John McCaine cant say anything positive about Iraq.
ReplyDeleteHey Worf.
ReplyDeleteThe little prick is Dippy Clippy, and he thinks he's slick.
ReplyDeleteHe's not.
Like I told you BBQ.
Not ONE more word tonight.
Not one.
BTW dolty boy and gaydalf are discussing what is happening here, I guess you've made it as a blog if all another blog does is to discus what is happening here.
ReplyDeletesee you wimps and gimps tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteHi Worfy,, I know you are reading this
ReplyDeleteThey dont "THINK" they are losing Clif, they "KNOW" they are losing thats why all the dirty tricks and thats why Troll Tex isnt here posting very much, he's busy hacking and running his troll operation for Coulter and the GOP.................too bad for him repugs will be extinct in a few more years...........LMAO
ReplyDeleteBWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Good. Cindy should give them hell.
ReplyDeleteThey're not elected to congratulate themselves.
They're there to get the will of the people done.
Your links dead though Gary.
ReplyDeleteclif said...
ReplyDeleteBTW dolty boy and gaydalf are discussing what is happening here, I guess you've made it as a blog if all another blog does is to discus what is happening here.
Lol.
They're losers.
I guess they don't like it when we adopt their tactics, huh?
ReplyDeleteRemember ancient Rome?
If a subject of a foriegn kingdom killed just ONE Roman citizen, Rome would kill ONE THOUSAND of their subjects.
Because of that, a Roman citizen could walk anywhere in the provinces, unafraid of harm.
Well, its the same here.
If just ONE of our people get locked out, then ALL of the right wing trolls get locked out for the rest of the night.
IF they don't like it, too freakin bad.
I hope the Congress Starts the hearings and investigations ASAP we need to get rid of this madman like a cancerous tumor is excised.
ReplyDeleteBush should not be allowed to put one more soldier in danger, He's a fool, and should be impeached!
I guess that the trolls are gonna have a lot to cry about this year, but they ain't gonna have a lot to cheer about.
ReplyDeleteAnd notice how I said whenever someone gets locked out, Moo Mook is there?
ReplyDeleteFunny how he showed up tonight, huh?
Like he was here all along, huh?
Oh well, tonight, he's as impotent as the rest of his gang.
No. I am not the webmaster.
ReplyDeleteI've actually never met that guy. I've talked to him once on the phone. He's a friend of Lydia's.
Look.
ReplyDeleteCrusty actually thinks he has a voice in here tonight.
Someone explain it to him.
For crusty, and all the trolls, consider tonight, "Silent Night".
ReplyDeleteTomorrow you will be permitted to speak, but tonight, consider your mouths closed.
What do you think Clif?
ReplyDeleteThink they learned?
Should we let them babble some more?
Tell you what trolls. We'll lift the ban, TEMPORARILY, but if ONE more person gets locked out of the blog this evening, we won't be hearing from any of you till tomorrow.
Clear it up any?
You play nice, we'll play nice.
Bush is getting ready to Surge in Iraq.
ReplyDeleteGeorge Bush is getting ready to push a surge on to the country, a surge of troops into the morass that is Iraq. He is asking the country to allow more troops to be sent into the Fiasco he created in the country of Iraq even though he does not have a plan for victory or a strategy for withdrawal. Bush wants to put in more troops so he an look strong, look like he is doing something after he got spanked last November in a national election, and undermined by the Iraq Study Group. The ISG said Iraq is real bad and getting worse.
Bush now wants to make more American sons and daughters to enter into that country in the beginnings of a civil war. He wants to try to save his legacy with more US blood. Blood from soldiers who just no longer believe that we have a strategy for victory, and the majority of whom no longer believe in the War. Bush wants people to die and get maimed just so he does not have to say he was wrong.
Wrong for lying about the WMD’s
Wrong for ignoring Gen Shinseki.
Wrong for “Mission Accomplishment”.
Wrong for “the insurgency is in it’s last throes”.
Wrong for “stay the course”.
Wrong for “bring it on”.
Wrong for calling those who realized the war was illegal and immoral traitors.
Wrong for ignoring Generals who called for a change in strategy.
Wrong for refusing to fire Rumsfeld last year instead of the day after the election.
WRONG
Sending more troops into Iraq in 2007 is as wrong as it was sending MORE troops into Vietnam in 1968 when Gen Westmoreland asked Lyndon Johnson to do it. Iraq is past any possible American Military victory with 150,00 or even 200,00 troops. Iraq is no longer an insurgency but an actual civil war between two groups who have fought before for control.
Bush failed, he had NO plan, and allowed Cheney and Rumsfeld to use a flawed strategy and inadequate force to invade a country and NOT secure it.
They failed to secure the weapons, like the US did in Germany and Japan after the WW2 surrenders.
They Failed to secure the weapons and Ammunition in Iraq like they did at the end of WW2. They failed to improve the lives of the Iraqi people because the republican patricians they outsourced the Iraq reconstruction were in for the MONEY, not the mission. They hired 25 year old campaign workers from 2004 who had NO experience in reconstruction of a war torn country.
They hired Bernie Kerik to reconstitute the Iraqi police so they lost a year with rising chaos. The same Bernie Kerik who had to drop out of contention for Director of Homeland security because of his criminal problems. A man who was barely qualified to be NYC police commissioner, let alone rebuild a police force from scratch.
They passed out contracts to US companies which bypassed the Iraqi people. They allowed unemployment to rise, electricity production to fall. Potable water supplies to fail. Governmental services to suffer along with the people. They branded an entire group of people who KNEW how to make Iraq work criminals and then wondered why Iraq did NOT work any more.
They did the dumbest thing possible most of the time, and people suffered, both Iraqi civilians which fed the insurgency, and US troops who were trying in vain to stabilize the country and get it back on it’s feet. They failed in 2003, 2004, 2005 2006, and each year the War got worse. The war got more violent, and sectarian violence grew even when they ignored it. People were forced out of their homes and neighborhoods, and the Americans who failed to secure Iraq in 2003 were powerless to stop it in 2006.
They did not protect the people in 2003 from the Iraqi insurgents or out of control American contractors and military personnel, and NOW they barely can protect barricaded areas of Baghdad. The entire province of Anbar is lost, cities like Ramadi and Fallugha are too dangerous for patrols unless they act like major combat operations continue. Now in 2006 they are fighting for control of Baghdad a city that supposedly fell April 9th 2003. Stalingrad comes to mind when I think of this.
They were wrong about so much for so long I wonder why anybody listens to them any more. Why is Bush even given the change to send 20,00 more young Americans into the meatgrinder to kill more Iraqis and die in a country that no longer wants us there?
Why is anybody listening to Bush at all?
Why is a war criminal allowed to continue to pursue his war crimes?
Why are American and Iraqi lives being sacrificed to save a EGO?
At some point the EGO must be sacrificed to save the lives.
Its all about ego with the Idiot in Chief, thats why he needs to be impeached, he is incapable of doing his job and looking out fotr the best interests of his country, the selfish arrogant fool ONLY cares about whats best for HIM!
ReplyDeleteWell thank you Lydia/Worfeus.
ReplyDeleteI'll repost the last message from me you deleted:
"Clif,
If you hit the "print screen" button on your keyboard just to the right of "F12" that will copy your screen and you can paste it into MS paint and then save it to your desktop as a .jpg or .bmp and email it from there."
Maybe a little late, but considering the circumstances I hope you don't mind.