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dahunan

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Originally posted by: Zebo
Originally posted by: dahunan
- NOW ON TO THE IRAQIS - AT LEAST 50,000 .. How many do you think were innocent?

Be careful with those numbers.

The Problem with sites like Iraq body count is they include sectarian violence which far and away and kill more Iraqis than anything, about 1500 a month. Next is common crimminals and murderers doing the killing. America is acting as no other country in history has ever acted to prevent civilian casualties in warfare. (to thier own peril IMO but that's another thread) Americans are literally taking casualties and acting as a buffer, to prevent casualties on the part of Iraqi civilians. I'd say the numbers of innocent civilains by Americans killed is less than 100 based on news stories. And I think I've read them all being a daily reader of antiwar.com who doesn't hesitate to highlight errant missles or thugs in fatigues.


The reason I chose the 50,000 number is because Mr. Bush was quoted as agreeing on that number.

It is hard to count the innocent when I don't think we should have even gone there and killed one person.
 

Harvey

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Originally posted by: BoberFett
I couldn't care less what most people in this forum think, either of me or of Bush. I just have fun pointing and laughing as they make fools of themselves.
So you'd rather laugh at both the Bushwhackos and those calling to hold them accountable than actually do something constructive about it... for example, by casting a vote that just may stand a chance of really bringing about a change.

Good thinking. :roll:

The absolute first order of business is getting rid of the current Criminal In Chief. At least, you'll be doing the sane people the favor of squandering your vote and not voting for those who still support him.
 

BaliBabyDoc

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Originally posted by: BoberFett
Originally posted by: Harvey
Originally posted by: BoberFett
I'd like to think not, but some of you seem to dance around and congratulate each other every time some liberal talking head spouts another anti-Bush rant. You're the liberal equivalent of feeble minded Republicans who spelled it "Klinton".
And some neocons take every opportunity to spout off and defend the Criminal In Chief, despite the fact that his entire war is based on lies.
And those neocons are idiots as well. Why stoop to their level?

Dying in defense of the nation is tragic, but honorable. :(

Dying for the lies of the nation's leaders is tragic and pathetic, and those who lied are guilty of the murder of those who died. :|

The majority of the nation has finally woken up to the fact that the Bushwhackos are living in a self congratulatory fantasy. Their crimes aren't fiction, and calling those in power out for for their crimes is both reasonable and patriotic.
There's a difference between calling for accountability and acting like petulant children. I've said it before and I'll say it again, as much as I want the radical right out of office, I can't bring myself to vote for a Democrat to do it and I'll continue to cast my vote for Independants and Libertarians. And why can't I vote for Democrats? Because rather than being acting like civilized adults and discussing issues with the tact they deserve, all criticisms of the current administration eventually fall back to name calling and spelling it "Boosh" or some other childish games. Personally, I've never heard anybody, neocon or not, call Bush "The Messiah" yet that seems to come up regularly in this forum. Sorry, but I'm not going to take anybody seriously when all they do is throw temper tantrums.

Fascinating . . . so the potential Representative, Senator, Governor from your district/state that happens to be a Democrat has been posting to P&N?

Seems like your priorities are a little out of order . . . as is your perspective. The atrocious government of the past 6 years is just as much a function of 'united' government as it is a function of bad ideas in general from Republicans. It's downright foolish to say you want the radical right out of power but your righteous indignation prevents you from favoring (or voting) for a narrow Democratic majority in Congress.

The President of the United States of America is currently spending millions of taxpayer dollars to criss-cross the nation giving a retread stump speech implying the terrorist mosh pit he created will 'win' if his failed policies are repudiated. Do you really want to enable him for another 2 years?
 

LLCOOLJ

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Oct 26, 2004
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Originally posted by: BoberFett
Originally posted by: Rainsford
So you're throwing a temper tantrum about other people throwing temper tantrums? That's some zen sh!t right there...
You think I'm throwing a temper tantrum? I couldn't care less what most people in this forum think, either of me or of Bush. I just have fun pointing and laughing as they make fools of themselves.
Just like we have fun pointing out wannabes like you, a Rebel without a Clue dressed in his trendy leathers sitting outside of Starbucks sipping on a Latte admiring his Jap Crap Harley Knockoff. The weather must be to cold for you posers to be out riding so you spend your time here teasing the Internet Armchair Warriors and the Anti Bush crowd. Maybe you could better spend your time getting some ink done to show off to the other Yuppie Bikers when the Orange County Choppers circus comes to town.
 

fitzov

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Jan 3, 2004
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Originally posted by: BoberFett
Originally posted by: Rainsford
So you're throwing a temper tantrum about other people throwing temper tantrums? That's some zen sh!t right there...
You think I'm throwing a temper tantrum? I couldn't care less what most people in this forum think, either of me or of Bush. I just have fun pointing and laughing as they make fools of themselves.

You're really just making a fool of yourself--but please continue to take advantage of your status as an elite member and make personal attacks and troll threads you don't like.
 

BoberFett

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Oct 9, 1999
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Originally posted by: Sonny Barger
Originally posted by: BoberFett
Originally posted by: Rainsford
So you're throwing a temper tantrum about other people throwing temper tantrums? That's some zen sh!t right there...
You think I'm throwing a temper tantrum? I couldn't care less what most people in this forum think, either of me or of Bush. I just have fun pointing and laughing as they make fools of themselves.
Just like we have fun pointing out wannabes like you, a Rebel without a Clue dressed in his trendy leathers sitting outside of Starbucks sipping on a Latte admiring his Jap Crap Harley Knockoff. The weather must be to cold for you posers to be out riding so you spend your time here teasing the Internet Armchair Warriors and the Anti Bush crowd. Maybe you could better spend your time getting some ink done to show off to the other Yuppie Bikers when the Orange County Choppers circus comes to town.
Wow, I'm being stalked by Sonny Barger! What an honor! Hey, thanks for those Starbucks gift certificates, how did you know it was my favorite restaurant? Anytime you want to go Starbucks hopping, you be sure to let me know. I'll bring my Jap Crap, and you can bring your Yuppie Davidson. We can catch up on all the latest hollywood gossip and trade recipes. It'll be great!
 

fskimospy

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My problem with the Democrats is that they don't seem to have any alternative policies. I think that is most likely because Iraq is so far beyond fixable that there ARE no good policies... but ah well. It does suck to see them going around yelling like Kodos "The politics of failure have failed! We must make them work again!"

Oh yeah, and sadly enough reasoned debate really really doesn't work in America. It probably never has. (See Carter, Jimmy; Gore, Al) Everyone is guilty of it. (this recent flap with Kerry was really really cynical and obviously meant to stifle reasoned debate) Sure the democrats are turds...but a lot of their flailing is due to the fact that they don't have the power to do much else. The republicans can't even act like responsible adults when they have all the power.
 

conjur

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Jun 7, 2001
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Originally posted by: eskimospy
My problem with the Democrats is that they don't seem to have any alternative policies. I think that is most likely because Iraq is so far beyond fixable that there ARE no good policies... but ah well. It does suck to see them going around yelling like Kodos "The politics of failure have failed! We must make them work again!"
Murtha didn't have an alternative?

Schumer didn't put forth anything today?
1) Stop policing a civil war
2) Make 2007 a year of transition. Pull some troops out of Iraq to nearby.
3) Train Iraqi security forces in the meantime.

Other Dems have said essentially the same as either of those two. There *is* a Dem plan out there but the "filter" keeps it from the public ears (or the public...er...Republicans...refuse to acknowledge it)
 

LLCOOLJ

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Oct 26, 2004
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Originally posted by: BoberFett
Originally posted by: Sonny Barger
Originally posted by: BoberFett
Originally posted by: Rainsford
So you're throwing a temper tantrum about other people throwing temper tantrums? That's some zen sh!t right there...
You think I'm throwing a temper tantrum? I couldn't care less what most people in this forum think, either of me or of Bush. I just have fun pointing and laughing as they make fools of themselves.
Just like we have fun pointing out wannabes like you, a Rebel without a Clue dressed in his trendy leathers sitting outside of Starbucks sipping on a Latte admiring his Jap Crap Harley Knockoff. The weather must be to cold for you posers to be out riding so you spend your time here teasing the Internet Armchair Warriors and the Anti Bush crowd. Maybe you could better spend your time getting some ink done to show off to the other Yuppie Bikers when the Orange County Choppers circus comes to town.
Wow, I'm being stalked by Sonny Barger! What an honor! Hey, thanks for those Starbucks gift certificates, how did you know it was my favorite restaurant? Anytime you want to go Starbucks hopping, you be sure to let me know. I'll bring my Jap Crap, and you can bring your Yuppie Davidson. We can catch up on all the latest hollywood gossip and trade recipes. It'll be great!
:thumbsup::beer:

 
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Originally posted by: BoberFett

Wow, I'm being stalked by Sonny Barger! What an honor! Hey, thanks for those Starbucks gift certificates, how did you know it was my favorite restaurant? Anytime you want to go Starbucks hopping, you be sure to let me know. I'll bring my Jap Crap, and you can bring your Yuppie Davidson. We can catch up on all the latest hollywood gossip and trade recipes. It'll be great!

With all due respect, all you've done in this thread is deflect legitimate discussion and act like a tool.
 

BoberFett

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Oct 9, 1999
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Originally posted by: DonVito
Originally posted by: BoberFett

Wow, I'm being stalked by Sonny Barger! What an honor! Hey, thanks for those Starbucks gift certificates, how did you know it was my favorite restaurant? Anytime you want to go Starbucks hopping, you be sure to let me know. I'll bring my Jap Crap, and you can bring your Yuppie Davidson. We can catch up on all the latest hollywood gossip and trade recipes. It'll be great!

With all due respect, all you've done in this thread is deflect legitimate discussion and act like a tool.

With all due respect, this thread was full of people acting like tools long before I entered. Did you or did you not see the two posters I quoted initially fluffing each other before any real discussion actually took place? The closest thing to discussion before I got here was Rainsford's take. Everybody else was just congratulating each other on hating on Bush. The progression of threads in this forum is so formulaic, it's almost comical.
 

Bowfinger

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Nov 17, 2002
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Originally posted by: BoberFett
Originally posted by: DonVito
Originally posted by: BoberFett

Wow, I'm being stalked by Sonny Barger! What an honor! Hey, thanks for those Starbucks gift certificates, how did you know it was my favorite restaurant? Anytime you want to go Starbucks hopping, you be sure to let me know. I'll bring my Jap Crap, and you can bring your Yuppie Davidson. We can catch up on all the latest hollywood gossip and trade recipes. It'll be great!

With all due respect, all you've done in this thread is deflect legitimate discussion and act like a tool.

With all due respect, this thread was full of people acting like tools long before I entered. Did you or did you not see the two posters I quoted initially fluffing each other before any real discussion actually took place? The closest thing to discussion before I got here was Rainsford's take. Everybody else was just congratulating each other on hating on Bush. The progression of threads in this forum is so formulaic, it's almost comical.
"As much damage is done by self-righteous do-gooders as by all the evil men in the world. It's the same sin, an unshakable conviction that "I am Right" and so no limits can apply."

Perhaps you should read your own .sig. If P&N isn't to your taste, you can always exercise your freedom of choice and read something else. Just a thought.
 

BoberFett

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Oct 9, 1999
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Originally posted by: Bowfinger
Originally posted by: BoberFett
Originally posted by: DonVito
Originally posted by: BoberFett

Wow, I'm being stalked by Sonny Barger! What an honor! Hey, thanks for those Starbucks gift certificates, how did you know it was my favorite restaurant? Anytime you want to go Starbucks hopping, you be sure to let me know. I'll bring my Jap Crap, and you can bring your Yuppie Davidson. We can catch up on all the latest hollywood gossip and trade recipes. It'll be great!

With all due respect, all you've done in this thread is deflect legitimate discussion and act like a tool.

With all due respect, this thread was full of people acting like tools long before I entered. Did you or did you not see the two posters I quoted initially fluffing each other before any real discussion actually took place? The closest thing to discussion before I got here was Rainsford's take. Everybody else was just congratulating each other on hating on Bush. The progression of threads in this forum is so formulaic, it's almost comical.
"As much damage is done by self-righteous do-gooders as by all the evil men in the world. It's the same sin, an unshakable conviction that "I am Right" and so no limits can apply."

Perhaps you should read your own .sig. If P&N isn't to your taste, you can always exercise your freedom of choice and read something else. Just a thought.
Your complete lack of understanding is surprising, you're usually one of the more intelligent posters here. I don't think I'm right. I have my opinion, and that's all I have. Most of the posters here however see their opinion as fact. Not that any of that really has any bearing on the topic for which I'm being lambasted, which is the masturbatory rantings of a large portion of P&N.

Maybe I should just give up and try to fit in with the rest of the mob. Somebody hand me a pitchfork.


Boosh is teh devil! Boosh lied, people died! Down with Repugs! Boosh stole the election! Diebold!

Is that better? Feed me some slogans, and I'll work on my delivery.
 

Bowfinger

Lifer
Nov 17, 2002
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Originally posted by: BoberFett
Your complete lack of understanding is surprising, you're usually one of the more intelligent posters here. I don't think I'm right. I have my opinion, and that's all I have. Most of the posters here however see their opinion as fact. Not that any of that really has any bearing on the topic for which I'm being lambasted, which is the masturbatory rantings of a large portion of P&N.

Maybe I should just give up and try to fit in with the rest of the mob. Somebody hand me a pitchfork.


Boosh is teh devil! Boosh lied, people died! Down with Repugs! Boosh stole the election! Diebold!

Is that better? Feed me some slogans, and I'll work on my delivery.
The point is that while the "masturbatory rantings of a large portion of P&N" is a legitimate subject for a thread of its own, it is off-topic in this thread, and only lowers the already dismal signal to noise ratio. In that context, I found your .sig a bit ironic.
 

UberNeuman

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Nov 4, 1999
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Originally posted by: BoberFett
The only thing worse than Bush and his ill conceived war are the constant slurping sounds coming from his opponents as they gratify one another.

I thought attacks weren't allowed?

 

FuzzyBee

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Jan 22, 2000
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Originally posted by: UberNeuman
Originally posted by: BoberFett
The only thing worse than Bush and his ill conceived war are the constant slurping sounds coming from his opponents as they gratify one another.

I thought attacks weren't allowed?

How's that an "attack"?
 

EagleKeeper

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Originally posted by: UberNeuman
Originally posted by: BoberFett
The only thing worse than Bush and his ill conceived war are the constant slurping sounds coming from his opponents as they gratify one another.

I thought attacks weren't allowed?
If that were true based on what you quoted; 2/3 of P&N would become informative

 

dahunan

Lifer
Jan 10, 2002
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Originally posted by: FuzzyBee
Originally posted by: UberNeuman
Originally posted by: BoberFett
The only thing worse than Bush and his ill conceived war are the constant slurping sounds coming from his opponents as they gratify one another.

I thought attacks weren't allowed?

How's that an "attack"?

Have you slurped your fellow republican today?

 

kage69

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Jul 17, 2003
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John the Baptist didn't even fluff Jesus the way Republicans did Bush.


You owe me a new keyboard. :laugh:


If Bush and his administration would have heeded the words of those before them, we'd have many more of our Men and Women alive today...

...not to mention billions of dollars that could have been applied to Afghanistan, better Homeland Defense and Disaster Response, and all around upgrades for the military. Faith and support from friends abroad wouldn't have soured to the point that they have as well, of that I have no doubt.

As an anthropology student and history nut who has lived in the Middle East, I'm not so sure the current day scene in the ME is one that can be remedied with the presence of Americans. Idealogies are bulletproof: how many enlisted will we sacrifice to learn this again?

Now there is ample resason to believe that this admin purposefully ignored experience and reason to get us into a situation that will only consume money and life.
Having no exit plan itself is enough reason to expel an entire admin (breaking his vow of office is for another thread). Letting this hijacked party continue to call the shots should be unacceptable to every American, and I say that as someone who can't begin to quantify the fvck he doesn't give about the Dem Party.

We need change ASAP, it's just that simple.

Harvey said it perfectly,

Dying in defense of the nation is tragic, but honorable.

Dying for the lies of the nation's leaders is tragic and pathetic, and those who lied are guilty of the murder of those who died.



:( I don't like knowing my country operates like this. There's something intrinsically fvct up about it, like gay gigolos hanging out in the White House.





 

conjur

No Lifer
Jun 7, 2001
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Originally posted by: conjur
Originally posted by: eskimospy
My problem with the Democrats is that they don't seem to have any alternative policies. I think that is most likely because Iraq is so far beyond fixable that there ARE no good policies... but ah well. It does suck to see them going around yelling like Kodos "The politics of failure have failed! We must make them work again!"
Murtha didn't have an alternative?

Schumer didn't put forth anything today?
1) Stop policing a civil war
2) Make 2007 a year of transition. Pull some troops out of Iraq to nearby.
3) Train Iraqi security forces in the meantime.

Other Dems have said essentially the same as either of those two. There *is* a Dem plan out there but the "filter" keeps it from the public ears (or the public...er...Republicans...refuse to acknowledge it)

???