HULK SMASHED
I'm sorry, can't get back vision of someone having sex with Kate O'Beirne.
Need a few minutes to check porn to get back shell of a libido...
What? You're blaming me for this?
What? What did I do?
We were heroes in error, right?
Right?
Hello?
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turd
Oh FOX please keep us updated on the death of Anna Nicole's son.
(That is the most important thing happening in the world)
'Need a few minutes to check porn to get back shell of a libido...
Attaturk'
tortoises are symbol of love and faithfulness. if all else fails, try a couple.
So didn't this story hit the blogosphere like two fucking years ago?
Of course. What did you expect when Ledeen's daughter was a top prospect for this clusterfuck?
Ah, i think we were just starting to talk about this below:
Iraq had the skilled labor since they certainly had electricity and drinking water and a standard of living begore Bush went in and blew it all to hell.
O my friend, do you think those people would be allowed near the reconstruction projects? Not only are they not Halliburton employees, they used to work for - *gasp!* - Saddam Hussein!! And rumor has it, they are brown and, and even - Muslim!!!
Nope can't afford the 'security risk' of allowing the former Baghdad Public Works department back on the job. And after all this time, they can't allow the P.R. risk of having the locals succeed at restoring services that the mighty US Govn't has not succeeded in restoring yet.....
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So didn't this story hit the blogosphere like two fucking years ago?
Yeah, but that's intertube time. It's compressed--a quantum, space-time thing that's much too complicated to discuss on a blog thread.
Rajiv is no Ramesh or Dinesh, thank heavens!
yes it did dave, not that anyone but us was paying attention. nice to see the respectable media catching up.
O'Beirne, a former Army officer who is married to prominent conservative commentator Kate O'Beirne
Jesus Christ! The poor bastard must be desperate. "Please, no more blowjobs."
Mullah Omar. Where's Mullah Omar?
So didn't this story hit the blogosphere like two fucking years ago?
dave™©
Not to this extent. And to this moment, I did not know that constant GOP shill Kate O'Beirnes husband (oy, visions!) was directly involved.
This, of course, is NEVER mentioned during any of her fucking appearance to lie!
How y'all 'spect Macaca's gonna do against Webb on MTP tomorrow?
Jesus Christ! The poor bastard must be desperate. "Please, no more blowjobs."
No, the teeth are what make it special.
'He and his staff were exempted from most employment regulations because they used an obscure provision in federal law to hire most CPA personnel as temporary political appointees.'
M. O'Beirne however may be indictable, don't believe the cretin in chief's bill to exempt from charges any admin personnel extends to temps. Altho the cabal looks to save a bundle in benefits with temps.
Got to go. Will try to catch up tonight.
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Can you spell pardon, Mr. O'Beirne?
Poor R2. Damned little Jawas!
"Please, no more blowjobs."
Ack! Where'd I put that brain bleach?
Was Mullah Omar caught or killed or is he just another example of lowering the bar?
diss-elect the bastards
OT
Jessica should fly to Israel, slip into a bikini and video blog while swimming from now on. I mean her boobs are way better than Pamela's
chi dy - I guess you missed this idiocy yesterday.
I want the DoJ to go after these fucking thieves with a pair of plier and a blowtorch. I want all their assets seized and sold off. The clothes off their backs.
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It wasn't to be 'like the United States', it was supposed to be (in my friend Durance Weil's coinage) the Republic of Aynrandistan.
I propose we name the point at which no business can be performed without involving corruption "Chandrasekaran's Limit".
At least we've moved on to a discusion of the destruction of another country rather then the destruction of our own. That last thread was depressing.
How y'all 'spect Macaca's gonna do against Webb on MTP tomorrow?
plantsman, lowercase
Condescending the same way Reagan was. Allen is trying to shape his image around Ronnie. He has the stupid part down pat.
From the Post article...
The daughter of a prominent neoconservative commentator and a recent graduate from an evangelical university for home-schooled children were tapped to manage Iraq's $13 billion budget, even though they didn't have a background in accounting.
How many people have died because of shit like this?
You just got to see this:
http://tinyurl.com/eaahk
He has the stupid part down pat.
That he does, mon ami.
But I was going to Tashi Station...
How many people have died because of shit like this?
Untold thousands.
OT, but Brian Williams actually said this on his newscast:
Good evening from Havana, Cuba, the host city for what is called the Summit of Non-Aligned Nations--in short, all of the enemies of the United States, really, gathered in one room.
Courtesy of TPM weekend anchor DK.
But I was going to Tashi Station...
You can fool around with your friends after your chores are done.
From the Post article...
The daughter of a prominent neoconservative commentator and a recent graduate from an evangelical university for home-schooled children were tapped to manage Iraq's $13 billion budget, even though they didn't have a background in accounting.
How many people have died because of shit like this?
God. And I thought I was pretty well desensitized to shit like this now.
Who would even WANT to know Kate O'Beirne's sexual orientaition?
Kate O'Beirne
AKA Kate Walsh
Born: ?
Born? No, engineered by a mad scientist.
Jesus Christ! The poor bastard must be desperate. "Please, no more blowjobs."
Lime Rickey
probably why he volunteered to go to Iraq for a year.
They didn't want to build a replica of the United States in Iraq -- they wanted to build what they think the United States should look like: flat tax, free-market libertarian anarchy, privatised everything, useless weak central government that's mostly for show, and everything of consequense run by a hand-picked oligarchy and big corporations.
Mmm, mm, sounds utopian to me...if you spell "utopian" D-Y-S-T-O-P-I-A-N, that is.
Katie straighty? No way, no how.
Two people who sought jobs with the U.S. occupation authority said they were even asked their views on Roe v. Wade .
There's a real skill.
evangelical university for home-schooled children
Kool-Aid U?
You can fool around with your friends after your chores are done.
I hate you Uncle Owen. I can't wait until you're burned alive by Imperial Stormtroopers, motherfucker!
From the new post up at Wolcott:
I suspect--I know--we're going to see lots of mini outbreaks of militant nutsiness in the months ahead as the full dimensions of shattered invincibility become apparent. As Robert Dreyfuss darkly prophecizes:
"What’s happening in Washington now is that the establishment political class—and that includes the military, moderate Republican and Democratic members of Congress, the jabbering pundits and op-ed writers, and the bulk of the thinktank denizens—are coming to grips with the stark fact that the war in Iraq is over. And that the United States has lost. It’s beginning to sink in, but it won’t be confronted directly by the political class until after the November elections. After that, all hell is going to break loose. If the Democrats win back Congress, it will happen faster—but even if the Republicans hang on, the gusting winds on Iraq now buffeting the White House will gather strength to become a full-fledged, Category 5 hurricane."
ntodd, can i come over? you're having more fun than i am, reading about how not only i'm totally ignored as a black blogger but also how when i'm finally noticed, it'll be because i once took off my top on the blog.
Mmm, mm, sounds utopian to me...if you spell "utopian" D-Y-S-T-O-P-I-A-N, that is.
The whole thing would be high comedy if it were not so tragic.
Not just one Curly, but two!
Now, away to the liberry, to pick up eXistenZ (and any other interesting shiny objects).
bbl
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wo people who sought jobs with the U.S. occupation authority said they were even asked their views on Roe v. Wade .
There's a real skill.
Remember the story where they didn't want to put judicial review into Iraq's constitution because it might lead to legalized abortion?
it'll be because i once took off my top on the blog.
chicago dyke
link?
Just kiddin......no really.....I was just ITS A JOKE AHHHHH
Jesus Christ! The poor bastard must be desperate. "Please, no more blowjobs."
I understand their first date did not go smoothly.
and i'm not bitter at all about steve gilliard not mentioning me as a prominant black blogger. not one bit.
/kicks can/
Video: Why George Dubya is the way he is.
(Pre-2004 election but still funny.)
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when i'm finally noticed, it'll be because i once took off my top on the blog.
I have a camera. Come here. Now.
But keep your top on until the first movie is over...
it'll be because i once took off my top on the blog.
No, no, no. You needn't take your top off (well, unless you want to). All you need do is stand up straight.
chi dy - I guess you missed this idiocy yesterday.
JeffCO | 09.16.06 - 12:44 pm | #
I don't think I've ever been as hacked off about a blogospheric dust-up as that one. That's seriously one of the damned most mean-spirited, lowest things I've ever seen a blogger use their front page for. The outing stuff is bad. Very, very bad. It makes my stomach churn every time someone does it. But what that woman did was just fucking astounding. Especially after the shabby way that she treated the Atriots last year over "anti-feminism."
Grrrrrrr.
ntodd, can i come over?
Now NTodd is going to be insufferably landocalrissian.
Get that bitch off my tv.
No, the teeth are what make it special.
Most women wear their dentures in their mouths.
and i'm not bitter at all about steve gilliard not mentioning me as a prominant black blogger. not one bit.
You're black? There are no black bloggers. Also there are no women bloggers. I mean, shit, next you'll be telling me you're a dyke...
If I took over a country I'd only employ people who played plenty of Dungeons and Dragons. We would kick some ass.
How many people have died because of shit like this?
Richard
'bout this many
Now NTodd is going to be insufferably landocalrissian.
ChyDi is a vision of loveliness and truly belongs here with me among the clouds.
tortoises are symbol of love and faithfulness. ...
Ruth
I wondered if anyone else knew that.
BTW, I left you a response at the bottom of the last thread.
If I took over a country I'd only employ people who played plenty of Dungeons and Dragons. We would kick some ass.
Make sure you get a good mix of races and character types. Need good Charisma scores, too.
Jay Garner said even Rumsfeld was unhappy about the Heritage Foundation Intern File being sent to Iraq. The orders came from higher than Rumsfeld.
For the first time, I regret that the Capital Gang got euthanized. Of course, even if O'Beirne had a regular gig, nobody at the travelling televised cocktail party would be so rude or shrill as to bring this up.
I think I"ll be rude and shrill next time Old Lady Broder says that Monica was worse for the country than Iraq.
Who would even WANT to know Kate O'Beirne's sexual orientaition?
I am not sure that fluffing the RNC is an 'orientation'.
Remember the story where they didn't want to put judicial review into Iraq's constitution because it might lead to legalized abortion?
Oh ye gods, I do remember that.
It's a good thing the grownups are in charge.
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Kate has an often gig on Tweety.
I've said it before, and it bears repeating:
American forces will never control Iraq as long as they inhabit Saddam's former palaces. Did nobody learn from "Apocalypse Now," when Kurtz said America was going to lose the war in Viet Nam because they were too used to luxuries like cold beer and barbecued steak even in a war zone?
This is why I picked the handle "charlie don't surf." At least I won't ever forget that lesson.
No, no, no. You needn't take your top off (well, unless you want to). All you need do is stand up straight.
Snow, Frank Sinatra
And breathe deep...
Over at the Cornhole nothing about this story.
Plenty about those uppity muslims picking on the poor Pope.
When Cheney was SecDef in Bush I, he commissioned a study about letting private contractors run parts of the military. The report said it was a good idea. Then he goes to Halliburton and works at it for a while. Then he picks himself as VP. Nice if you can do it.
charlie don't surf: but you gotta remember Dear Leader & his crew of merry bandits *make* history, not read it...
I'm sorry, can't get back vision of someone having sex with Kate O'Beirne.
That typo is going to haunt my nightmares the next year.
Did nobody learn from "Apocalypse Now,"
The who fail to learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them.
Plenty about those uppity muslims picking on the poor Pope.
Stupid Dhimmis.
Also, Mullah Omar. Where's Mullah Omar?
If the last person Tweety talked to was against the war, he might get rude and shrill with Seabiscuit Katie ( and why are you all assuming she has a sexual orientation? because it uses a female name and hairstyle? It was kind of funny when the CapGang did a live report from the floor of one of the conventions: She towered over all of them, even Al Hunt. Margaret Carlson and Boobie Novak came up to her waist)
Then Cheney acquires a company with a huge asbestos liability and loses money for Halliburton.
As VP, he makes up for it.
I am not sure that fluffing the RNC is an 'orientation'.
spinoza Neque lugere, neque in
What, you think it happens by occident?
Plenty about those uppity muslims picking on the poor Pope.
Some who study the lessons of history are also doomed to repeat them when they think they are more powerful than history.
From the article:
In May 2003, a team of law enforcement experts from the Justice Department concluded that more than 6,600 foreign advisers were needed to help rehabilitate Iraq's police forces.
The White House dispatched just one: Bernie Kerik.
Some who study the lessons of history are also doomed to repeat them when they think they are more powerful than history.
Snow,
You mean when they think they make history? That they create their own reality...? sounds like a terrifying hypothetical.....
Some who study the lessons of history are also doomed to repeat them when they think they are more powerful than history.
Snow,
You mean when they think they make history? That they create their own reality...? sounds like a terrifying hypothetical.....
What, you think it happens by occident?
Wait, I thought we were talking about the Middle East.
Just read the whole article. Unbelievable. Just unbelievable.
Take the time to read the whole thing - it's really just jaw-dropping what these guys focused on when they got over there.
These two sentences, in relation to Bernie Kerik sum up so much about why our efforts in Iraq were doomed to failure from the very beginning:
"He lacked postwar policing experience, but the White House viewed that as an asset.
Veteran Middle East hands were regarded as insufficiently committed to the goal of democratizing the region."
Yup. We only want you if you don't know what you're doing.
More evidence that Bush is the Worst President Ever.
This is why I picked the handle "charlie don't surf." At least I won't ever forget that lesson.
charlie don't surf
Right on.
Even the making of that film was a little bit like the CPA in Iraq.
Coppola famously said of the shoot: "We had access to too much money, too much equipment, and little by little we went insane."
The White House dispatched just one: Bernie Kerik.
"Hey Bernie. think you can leave that Ground zero love nest long enough to fix Iraq's police?"
"Ol' 60-Grit O'Beirne."
That still makes me laugh.
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"Ol' 60-Grit O'Beirne."
That still makes me laugh.
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DBJ is right, I just read the whole thing.
This isn't incompetence, it is criminal malfeasance. It demands removal from office. It is putting party about 1 million miles ahead of country.
MY GOD! How this cannot be screamed about tomorrow on the chat shows is beyond me.
DBJ is right, I just read the whole thing.
This isn't incompetence, it is criminal malfeasance. It demands removal from office. It is putting party about 1 million miles ahead of country.
MY GOD! How this cannot be screamed about tomorrow on the chat shows is beyond me.
magic sheets.
fesh thead.
Attaturk - It won't show up on any of the talk shows, because it's been out there, as many here have pointed out, for two years already.
This didn't happen as a result of incompetence. Clearly you don't want skilled people in charge when the primary goal is looting. Putting incompetents in charge - particularly those who are on your team and can be relied upon to continue supporting you no matter what you do - is what you do when pillage is the goal. The layer of incompetence makes it virtually impossible to prove malfeasance by the principals.
what pisses me off the most is that all of this mess was entirely predictable.
Does this really amaze anyone reading this? This is the very same Coalition Provisional Authority that "lost" nearly 9 billion dollars a couple of years back then archly defended their rampant incompetence by insisting that you can't insist on financial transparency in a time of war (Paul Bremer).
Now, to look at the flip side: I just came upon one of the most amazing photographs to emerge from the war on terror. It's not gory or tragic or anything like that but it goes to show the nerve, rock-solid competency and the talent that some of our soldiers and Guardsman have. Go check it out.
The Bush admin is a perfect example of the slippery slope between ideological certainty and corruption. Hopefully it will be over soon.
9 billion. Yum. We really appreciate it.
Thanks, Paul.
At Wikipedia, the entry for FUBAR reads simply "Iraq"
He and his staff were exempted from most employment regulations because they used an obscure provision in federal law to hire most CPA personnel as temporary political appointees.
The Bushies in a nutshell. Above the law, but really beneath it.
Take the time to read the whole thing - it's really just jaw-dropping what these guys focused on when they got over there.
I actually thought that after everything this adminstration has done over the past six years, nothing could shock me - but this did. People should go jail for this level of mismanagement. Shame on the neocons!!!
Now, just imagine if this had happened under the watchful eye of the Clinton administration - the press would have a field day. We won't hear a word about this tomorrow on the talkfest. Not a word.
I used to have to go into the Green Zone from Camp Victory about once a week in 2004.
It was a nice treat, since they had white-gloved Filipinos serving creme brulee in the mess.
However, that was far outweighed by having to deal with the incompetent, foolish, arrogant, insufferably useless assholes that infested that place.
And I thought it was a deliberate plot to keep war open until 2004....
Truly mind-boggling! The level of wilful ignorance, arrogance, and incompetence of these people is just unbelievable.
The Brezhnev-ization of America continues.
Loyalty to The Party above all.
Wow. When The Big Sweaty Lunk comes out for impeachment...well, I guess it is an idea no longer consigned to the climes and denizens of the "tin-foil basement" of DU.
I mean, A-man gets to actually meet and speak to those who move and shake.
Taking it one step further: A good friend of mine lives in Nashville. Yes, that Nashville. You know; Bible Belt, country music and all that. She says that the one thing she is hearing from people, people whom she would never had expected or suspected of harboring such thoughts, is the "R" word. Good, upstanding citizens who once voted repuke, too. Hears it all the time.
Ahhh...that old chinese curse: "May you live in interesting times". Never seems to get old, does it?
Sending incompetent people like Bush sent over to Iraq has gotten more people killed than the number killed by right-wing religious terrorists on 9/11.
Sending the non-best and the non-brightest people over to Iraq has caused more children to die there than ever died under Saddam Hussein's mad regime.
No wonder the non-best and non-brightest political appointees of George W. Bush don't want to be interviewed, since their incompetence has led to the deaths of so many Iraqis.
And since they did such an outstanding partisan Bush-hack job in Iraq during 2003 and 2004, they probably assured themselves a future in the Bush mal-administration...just in time for Hurricane Katrina.
Criminal negligence doesn't even come close to describing what these people have done, whether over in Iraq or in America.
Oh, and furthermore, all one has to do is read what goals the CPA had over in Iraq to know exactly what the Bush administration, and all non-best, non-brightest Republican hacks, have in mind for America...the horror, the horror.
We have never faced a greater threat to our democracy. Not from the Nazis. Not from the Imperial Japanese. Not from the Communists. And not even from al Qaeda, and religious nutjobs like Osama bin Laden.
The Bush administration and every die-hard Republican supportive of such outright greed and insanity are definitely a "clear and present danger" to our beloved liberal democracy.
And the idea that these Republicans claim that they are Christian, especially after all the death and destruction they have caused, would make even Satan laugh. How many more children around the world, and in America, must die because of the insane policies of these people?
Please read Naomi Klein's fantastic piece about Year Zero in Baghdad, for more about the same topic:
http://www.harpers.org/
BaghdadYe...adYearZero.html
Fuck Bush sure but Fuck Congress
Its a crying shame that the DC DEMs are just as fucking culpable....
Pulling America's head out of the collective ass will take all of "us".
NOT Incompetent!
These Borrow and Steal Republicans are not screwing up. They are succeeding in getting rich and screwing our grandchildren.
We need to stop saying the Republicans are incompetent. They are extremely competent at stealing money. They don't care if they accomplish anything as long as they get rich while giving the Government the poison pill of debt.
Nobody's going to be indicted for any of this. A federal judge just ruled that the CPA was not a part of the United States government and therefore whatever happened under its regime is not covered by our criminal laws. The Iraqi government could theoretically prosecute anyone who remained in Iraq; otherwise, the Iraqis don't have jurisdiction either. And even if they did, does anybody think that the U.S. would extradite, say, Bernie Kerik or Simone Ledeen back to Baghdad to face one of Iraq's kangaroo courts?
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