I see the problem General Sir!
Your profile shouldn't say that you "satirize the Christian right" when clearly what you mean is you "Spartarize the Christian right." They probably didn't realize that what you mean is that you wrestle the men skyclad in the tradition of our Spartan ancestors. They may have thought you were making jest of them.
Zen Bubba | 01.04.08 - 7:46 am | #

You really are a sad case dude. Fact is, not even your fellow liberals supported your nonsense and childish antics. After being asked several times to either contribute to a serious discussion or leave you were ultimately kicked.

Few points:

Che was a murderous commie.

I couldnt care less that you stood next to me, nor that you stood on your hands and stuck out your tongue, nor that you basically came into the meeting with the express intent of acting like a fool... you must be proud.

Not only am I a member of Fox Force Five and a Defense contractor, I am also a RL Iraqi war vet, that pic on my profile is from active duty, its me dismounting a .50 cal. after a convoy outside the wire. After leaving active duty I took a job as a defense contractor.

Anyhow, once you grow up we'd be happy to have you again.
Tharik | 01.04.08 - 8:53 am | #

You would think that, at the very least, Tharik would have appreciated it when you were breakdancing with him, in a purely hetero-street cred kind of way. But even that seemed to bother him. Go figure.

And it's a shame there's no photo of that one. I should have grabbed one. My bad.
zadig | 01.04.08 - 8:54 am | #

Tharik:

Ooooooh. Did you fight for the freedom of others to spout their nonsense? I mean you seem to like spouting yours. I'm sure you are a very bad killer man, but so fucking what? I know some other really bad killer mans, they don't all seem to think that other people who think George Bush and his clowns are murderous dickheads need to STFU. Oh, well.

General, Sir:

Did that header contain a typo? Should it have been "I meat my fellow republicans"? I mean since the moral majority seems to have been Craigerized to some extent, I was just wondering.

I think I found out where Li'l Ricky Sanscrotum is working these days. I just got an e-mail titled; "Make your lassie moan with pleasure...". Sir, when you're making fun of reptilicans, watch your back(side).
democommie™™™™™©® | 01.04.08 - 9:08 am | #

Dear General,

Forgive my ignorance: I'm originally from that Heathen Center, NYC.

What is the "Kingdom of Hanover"?

Dartmouth U.? in New Hampshire?

Please advise. My thanks and prayers to all.
MsNomir | Homepage | 01.04.08 - 10:20 am | #

Sir, I think you can cancel your subscription to Hannidate at long last. Tharik clearly has "a thing" for you, and I don't just mean the rifle slung over his shoulder, either.

I have no idea what it means to he "dismounting a .50 caliber after a convoy outside the wire" but it sounds a bit like riding bareback to me.

Whatever you and this born-again hunk of manhood get up to in this life or another, Sir, please be careful.

MsNomir, I live very close to the Kingdom of Hanover in New Hampshire, and I'll be sure to let you know if I see Tharik and his .50 caliber worshipping near here.
thingwarbler | Homepage | 01.04.08 - 10:47 am | #

Many thanks, tw!
MsNomir | Homepage | 01.04.08 - 10:56 am | #

Sir, our hats are off to Defense Contractors and others who safeguard US soil. We hope that those who are assigned to posts on foreign soils will pause to thank God for their understanding of the loss of liberty they represent.
OhKayNow | 01.04.08 - 11:04 am | #

Sir,
It seems that you've touched a nerve there - "Not only am I a member of Fox Force Five and a Defense contractor, I am also a RL Iraqi war vet, that pic on my profile is from active duty, its me dismounting a .50 cal. after a convoy outside the wire. After leaving active duty I took a job as a defense contractor."
And, in typical hetero-macho talk, weaponry is the metric used.

Therik - Stand Down soldier. Give it a rest.
Cpl. Stevan | 01.04.08 - 11:17 am | #

"Dude"???
Cpl. Stevan | 01.04.08 - 11:19 am | #

Dear General Sir,

I went to Washington once as a wee lad when the hippies roamed free like so many feral cats. I can recall poking my nostrum thru that black fence and wondering what Mr. Nixon was thinking about at that very moment. They must not of been pleasant thoughts cause he quit and skedaddled out of town shortly after. Anyways, I know history will grade him A+ someday just like our current pilot Mr. Bush. You know how the commie librul press likes to lie about our manly men GOP leaders.

As for Mr. Tharik, I'm reminded of the Yankee butchers and Gen Sherman's march to the sea killing every damn living thing and burning anything that would.

Then the Northern Aggressors claimed they was gonna build every thing back and sent the demon Capetbaggers to loot what little was left. Do you know what a carpetbagger is Mr. Tharik?
Carpetbagger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
christwarrior | Homepage | 01.04.08 - 11:31 am | #

Note to Tharik: it is = it's

How can you defend the country and leave out important apostrophe's?

Its = possessive pronoun.

Grammaticality is next to godliness. Please visit the "Baptists for Brownback" (also known as: "Republican Faith Chat") website, if my word is not enough.
MsNomir | Homepage | 01.04.08 - 12:10 pm | #

I wonder if this guy is on Second Life?

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY -- A Granville man is accused of driving 40 hours nonstop across the country and threatening to rape two girls -- ages 15 and 6 -- whom he met playing an online video game.

Joshua R. Stetar, 20, a self-described "very conservative" Christian who hoped to someday be a Christian school teacher, used mobile text messages to threaten the girls as he drove near their home in Spokane, Wash., police said.

It came after months of stalking the older girl through hundreds of text messages, police said.

"Tell the cops that I'm gonna rape you and your sister," Stetar allegedly wrote to the 15-year-old girl, last week.

Stetar, 20, continually tried to contact the 15-year-old girl since befriending her last December while playing Halo, an action video game played on the Xbox 360 console, Spokane Chief Anne Kirkpatrick said.

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Stetar's Myspace page is filled with Bible verses and also includes the message: "How can I know for sure that I am going to Heaven? First, you must accept that you are a sinner."

His page also includes a video clip of talk show host Bill O'Reilly criticizing Hollywood actors for their anti-war stances.

http://timesunion.com/AspStories...? storyID=651589
Hawthorne Wingnut | 01.04.08 - 12:41 pm | #

forgot myspace page:

http://www.myspace.com/jstetar
Hawthorne Wingnut | 01.04.08 - 12:50 pm | #

MsNomir asks:

What is the "Kingdom of Hanover"?
Dartmouth U.? in New Hampshire?
Please advise. My thanks and prayers to all.

Dear MsNomir,

I am an alumnus of the institution to which you (mis)refer, and therefore I must object to your calumnious insinuation. As confirmed by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1819, Dartmouth is, was, and always will be a College.

I agree with a fellow alum, one Daniel Webster, who informed the Court that "It is, Sir, as I have said, a small college. And, yet there are those who love it!"
N in Seattle | Homepage | 01.04.08 - 1:07 pm | #

N, thank you for the correction.

The question is, however: Is Hanover a Kingdom?

Everyone I know who lived anywhere near there refers to it as "hanGover" (capitalisation for emphasis only) and I have a lot of friends in Vermont, et al.

Prayerfully yours,
MsNomir | Homepage | 01.04.08 - 1:26 pm | #

Tharik is truly a "contractor". My last visit to Iraq, Tharik personally served me my healthy portion of mashed potatoes at the cafeteria. I was so impressed with his need to please, I procured his services for one of my travel companions.
Congressman McHenry said he is the reason that he keeps coming to Iraq. He loves his big strong Tharik real good. It is obvious that the unmounted .50 caliber has replaced the loose cannon of yore.

P.S. Several GOP members of congress have expressed an interest in a photo of you naked riding a T-Rex. Can you help them out?
moondancer | 01.04.08 - 1:46 pm | #

Yes, Hanover is a kingdom. It is where the Georgian kings (notably George III) came from. The Hanoverian line lost their connection to the English crown when Victoria became Queen because there was a rule that a woman could not inherit the crown of Hanover.
Dave from the Lake Effect Zone | Homepage | 01.04.08 - 1:49 pm | #

Ah. so Sir Tharik is very Traditional and a true Brit, in the most Pythonian sense.

oy vey. Thanks, Dave.
MsNomir | Homepage | 01.04.08 - 1:55 pm | #

You need to be careful about standing too close to that Tharik guy General, Sir! Not because he doesn't like it(so he says) but because nothing screams homosexual quite like the title 'defense contractor'. You don't really think they just give those contracts out do you?
Terrible | Homepage | 01.04.08 - 2:01 pm | #

MsNomir @ 01.04.08 - 1:55 pm, Actually I think the Kingdom of Hanover was in what is Germany now so maybe he's more of a true German?
Terrible | Homepage | 01.04.08 - 2:11 pm | #

Ooooo, similes. An elegant anagram for ‘simile’ is ‘I slime’. An elegant simile is ‘Therick is as thick as a brick’. Big, thick, slimy and packin’, Oh, Mama! I mean it, save the last dance for me, dude. I’ll be the girl with the red dress on. I can do the Full-Bird Colonel all night long. Play that Funky Music, White Boy but, absolutely, positively, no ‘La Bamba’, dig? You crank up ‘La Bamba’ on the hi fi and, you watch, swarms and swarms of Solidads’ll be stomping sombreros and John Deere caps until the break of dawn. There goes your neighborhood.
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stinkeye | 01.04.08 - 2:29 pm | #

Mon General,

Eet ees nais to see zat ze GOP een Second Life has resurrected ze Reichstag as zeir headqvarters!
actor212 | Homepage | 01.04.08 - 2:48 pm | #

Not only am I a member of Fox Force Five
Tharik

Ah reemamber zem! Zey were une beeg band in ze Seventees!

I belief zey were a beeg heet wiss ze gay deescos....
actor212 | Homepage | 01.04.08 - 2:50 pm | #

“The Fox Force Five”? I saw those sonsabitches open for the Eagles at Comiskey Park back in the day. Man, they totally sucked. I mean, worse than Pablo Cruise.

Hey, Tharik … is that a .50 caliber in yer pocket ’r are ya just glad t’ see me?
Dave von Ebers | Homepage | 01.04.08 - 3:00 pm | #

Although I don't read German, it appears I'm not the only one who immediately thought the GOP headquarters looks disturbingly similar to the Reichstag.
pattyp | 01.04.08 - 3:11 pm | #

Your people skills are to be admired.
m.e.b. | 01.04.08 - 4:19 pm | #

Patty P … You say that like it’s a bad thing.
Dave von Ebers | Homepage | 01.04.08 - 5:21 pm | #

Wow... just wow.

If George Bush, (and by extension Im guessing the military) are murderous dickheads, can I ask what you last did to defend the poor oppressed freedom fighters?

The Kingdom of Hanover is a SL group that a guy I know started, he let me use some land for commerical purposes.

"Dismounting a .50 cal..." refers to taking the big scary gun off the top of my HMMWV (jeep) after having been on a mission outside of the protection of the US base.

"killing every damn living thing and burning anything that would."

Sadly, the truth of what is actually going on in Iraq is seldom reported. Certainly, the above quote is very far from the truth.

As for the spellcheckers, who cares? As if I turly care enuf to sopend the time required to check my spelling on a forum that is an outright joke.

Ref contracting, I was not a contractor in Iraq, I was active duty.

Anyways... "fox force five," another group that gave me land to use for commerical purposes.

GenJC obviously took an interest in me, so I am returning the favor. Why? Meh, why not?

BTW, if anyone cares I own a very manly store that sells Jewelry and Watches in Pluto. Please stop by, no politics please though, at least not in the store. See ya.
Tharik | 01.04.08 - 5:35 pm | #

I'm not a "he". I'm a "she".

My "Space Slave Princess" title hasn't anything to do with a fantasy group at all - it's a title of one of my outfits that I sell.

When I told you that satirizing Christians isn't really very nice, you flat out lied and said that you only wrote that in your profile to cover the fact that you are really a zealous Christian.

At least get your facts straight when you try to slime me.
Summer Seale | 01.04.08 - 5:51 pm | #

Fox Force Five?

As in Uma Thruman in a catsuit?
tata | Homepage | 01.04.08 - 6:03 pm | #

hahahahahahahahaha

http://luminousinsurrections.blo...wa- hoedown.html

That evil portugy-cum-wannabe-mexican, you-can-give-califas-back-now-thank-you,

solidad

*yes, that's sarcasm - settle down*
luminous | 01.04.08 - 6:08 pm | #

RE: Fox Force Five

Fox Force Five is my group. I made it when I first started SL. Yes, it's from the joke in Pulp Fiction.
Summer Seale | 01.04.08 - 6:10 pm | #

Summer,

Please try to tell the more zealous Minuteman types on the fringe of your party that it ain't gonna work:

http://luminousinsurrections.blo...o-claro- si.html

solidad

ps: So you support family values (I'm presuming), but you're willing to profit (such as it is) from selling slave outfits in SL? Just curious.
luminous | 01.04.08 - 6:14 pm | #

Umm... I never mentioned "family values" at all, did I? I don't remember that I did. I don't think that I did. Again, it appears that people are assuming a heck of a lot of crap about me that is simply not true.

I'm mostly a Republican because I believe in a very hawkish foreign policy. I don't agree with Hitchens on everything, but as an Atheist I do agree with him on a lot of points. I agree that the biggest fight for Atheists and secularists is, at this moment in time, killing jihadis. I'm not going to try to argue this here, and I probably couldn't care less about your anti-war stance. But that happens to be the biggest issue for me - not "family values" or "religion". Okay?

Please don't fucking assume shit about me, and please don't post it when you do. It pisses me off.
Summer Seale | 01.04.08 - 6:20 pm | #

"while holding a very intimate handstand for 20 minutes next to a sexually repressed Freeper with a thing for camo. "

Yet, I "becomes very uncomfortable when a man, even one made up of bytes and pixels, stands close to him."

Flat out lie. Fact is, we all tolerated GenJC for a very long time (I said nothing for said 20mins despite the fact he was desperately trying to get some kind of homophobic response). In fact, if I tried a similiar stunt in a Democrat SL stronghold I have no doubt that I wouldnt last 20 seconds, much less 20 mins.

solidad, just because you are utterly convinced you are right, doesnt mean you are in fact, correct. Otherwise we would all agree about the obvious answer to the border, much like pretty much all sensible people agree its not OK to be allowed to drive 120mph.

Of course, I am just a racist (typical talking point to obscure the issue). Funny thing, my wife, who is not white and who is a LEGAL immigrant, seems to think illegal immigrants need to go back to Mexico as well. God forbid we should enforce our laws.
Tharik | 01.04.08 - 6:23 pm | #

"killing every damn living thing and burning anything that would."

"Sadly, the truth of what is actually going on in Iraq is seldom reported. Certainly, the above quote is very far from the truth."

Yes, of course, that damn pinko MSM has caused the mess in Iraq. All the death and destruction and less electric, and sewage running freely in the streets. Five hundred billion, 4000 American lives and 100 thou dead civilians. I say it was all worth it to get Saddam and his WMD, even if he didn't have them.

And those God fearing American companies Halliburton, Bechtel, Blackwater et al..They've done their part in building Iraq back from the "Shock and Awe" stoneage. Who cares if they make a few bucks or kill a few unfortunate innocent civilians. Just wars foggy underbelly.
christwarrior | Homepage | 01.04.08 - 6:41 pm | #

Christwarrior:

See if any of you fellas actually cared what the perspective of someone who served side by side with Iraqis saw and thinks, you'd take the time and ask. Perhaps maybe you could try to understand why someone that gave up the first year of his marriage to wear the uniform overseas still firmly believes that we are doing the right thing in Iraq.

But you dont, GenJC is more interested in making a big joke about the issue and you are more interested rhetoric to care.

Further, you will write me off as a dumb hick that just wants to kill things despite what my education level, experience, background etc. is (as if it mattered anyways). I mean, how could you guys be wrong? You saw it on CNN! You read it in a book! No way some stupid grunt knows more about it just because he stood on Iraqi soil and worked alongside with Iraqis.

Tolerance and acceptance for liberals only means tolerance and acceptance of those that share thier views. God help you if you think that Jihadists are dangerous and need to be hunted, or if you think its not right to hand out US citizenship to people that think citizenship is thier right and not a priviledge.
Tharik | 01.04.08 - 6:57 pm | #

Ah forgot the URL. See you all.
Tharik | Homepage | 01.04.08 - 7:04 pm | #

For a soldier, that guy sure whines alot.
Major Mel Funkshun | 01.04.08 - 7:16 pm | #

Whining and being passionate about a serious issue are totally different things.

Anyhow, another feeble attempt at character assasination.

Where are you guys? I thought for sure I'd be mobbed "on the grid" by now.
Tharik | Homepage | 01.04.08 - 7:20 pm | #

Tharik

Well I still think you were pretty good kitchen help. Oh I mean contractor. Wink. If I was a dishwasher, I'd make up stories too, especially if my boss was a muslim.
moondancer | 01.04.08 - 7:20 pm | #

Moondancer:

Heh. You ignorant prick *smile*.

Another typical ploy, "You are lying about what you did!" See that only hits home if I'm actually lying.
Tharik | Homepage | 01.04.08 - 7:23 pm | #

Summer,

"Please don't fucking assume shit about me, and please don't post it when you do. It pisses me off."

It's not assuming when I don't know you. Thanks for the clarification.
luminous | 01.04.08 - 7:25 pm | #

Tharik

Any progress on the photos? Lots of "manly" GOP waiting with baited breath. Do you like old Hercules movies? Or do you prefer modern gay pr0n?
moondancer | 01.04.08 - 7:25 pm | #

Moondancer:

Oh wait I can play this game too!

You mean the photos of me and your mom? Or was that your sister or girlfriend? wife? Its hard to keep track what with all your relatives I've been stuffing lately.

OK kewl... we all feel better now. Very grown-up. *smile*
Tharik | Homepage | 01.04.08 - 7:29 pm | #

Tharik,

"solidad, just because you are utterly convinced you are right, doesnt mean you are in fact, correct. Otherwise we would all agree about the obvious answer to the border, much like pretty much all sensible people agree its not OK to be allowed to drive 120mph."

Hun, that's not even an argument. Simply because you deem me to be wrong, and compare what you think to be right to a commonly held value, doesn't prove anything, really.

"Of course, I am just a racist (typical talking point to obscure the issue)."

I think you contract for a racist system, absolutely. Do I think that makes you a racist, as in a bigot? I don't know you well enough to ascertain that.

"Funny thing, my wife, who is not white and who is a LEGAL immigrant, seems to think illegal immigrants need to go back to Mexico as well. God forbid we should enforce our laws."

Well, I disagree with your wife then, but not for the reasons you may think. Feel free make all the assumptions you want about me, but you may want to actually read what I posted on my blog before you make such assumptions.

As for laws: just because something is legal doesn't make it right. And whose laws? I don't seem to recall voting on whether or not ICE raids were a good idea.

"I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law." - MLK
luminous | 01.04.08 - 7:32 pm | #

No I meant the ones of you naked in the desert with your "unmounted .50cal" on the back of T-Rex.

My mom and sisters are gay tolerant.
moondancer | 01.04.08 - 7:32 pm | #

"Hun, that's not even an argument."

I'm not bored enuf to even try and make an arguement here, it will be a big fat waste of time and effort because it will fall on deaf ears. My point was, the nation is just about split right down the middle on this issue, and both sides have valid points. I just happen to disagree with you. How would you know actually trying to close off the border wouldn't work? It hasnt even been tried.

"you contract for a racist system"

Because I believe citizenship is a privledge and not a right? What exactly is racist about that? I could care less what color Mexicans are, thier race isn't the issue, thier citzenship IS.

"feel free make all the assumptions you want about me"

You had your chance last night in discussion. You failed to convince me then, I see no point in reading your blog.

"just because something is legal doesn't make it right"

If you believe in open borders anarchy then yah, I guess a law that says you cant come and go from our nation anytime you please, sounds wrong.

Take that quote from MLK, I would have all kinds of respect for illegals that willingly returned to Mexico when the law comes knocking and then reapplied the correct way in the future. See but they aren't "willingly accept(ing) the penalty of imprisonment." They are demanding that they be given freely what other people (like my wife) had to work for just because they succesfully entered the country illegally.
Tharik | Homepage | 01.04.08 - 7:44 pm | #

Tharik -
"Tolerance and acceptance for liberals only means tolerance and acceptance of those that share thier views."
Your sentence structure (and spelling) needs work - MsNomir?

Son, if you are to be taken seriously,you must come across as someone who has, at the least, a working knowledge of the language; lacking that only reinforces stereotypical images that feeble liberal minds, such as my own, conjure. Capiche?
Cpl. Stevan | 01.04.08 - 7:45 pm | #

Dear Tharik,

I don't think you are a dumb hick that just wants to kill things. The fact you brought it up makes me wonder though. As for my interest in "rhetoric" and "not caring" maybe you didn't get what i said, so i will repeat it.

"Yes, of course, that damn pinko MSM has caused the mess in Iraq. All the death and destruction and less electric, and sewage running freely in the streets. Five hundred billion, 4000 American lives and 100 thou dead civilians. I say it was all worth it to get Saddam and his WMD, even if he didn't have them."

Sometimes "rhetoric" says the truth and other times the truth says the rhetoric, or some such. Just so we're clear, my 2 posts don't apply to soldiers, as I was once one myself. I was speaking of modern day carpetbagger contractors getting fat off of Iraqi misery and the American taxpayer. And for what? A walled off ethnically cleansed country with warring tribes separated so as they won't slaughter one another. With our guys playing a bloody game of referee in a new battle of a 1400 year civil war.

All this whilst Osama Bin Laden et..al.. are dancing a jig and getting stronger every day in the hinterlands of the Pak/afghan border.

God says- we need us some new Republicans.
christwarrior | Homepage | 01.04.08 - 7:48 pm | #

Tharik,

If you're not interested in debating this, then say so. Playing the "oh, I'm bored, who cares what you think...but here are my x number of talking points" thing is just silly. Do you see that you set yourself up for being satirized when you do this? I wonder.

toodles,

solidad
luminous | 01.04.08 - 7:49 pm | #

Cpl. Stevan:

Oh, Im sorry let me take extra care to pay close attention to proper sentence structure and spelling. I wouldnt want to reinforce any sterotypes you hold dear, that you have absolutely no intention of letting go of no matter how well I write.

Dont even try and pretend, your comments on my writing is meant purely as an ad-hominem attack and nothing more. A very weak, trite, and overused attack indeed. A method that is more telling about you then me.
Tharik | Homepage | 01.04.08 - 7:49 pm | #

Christwarrior:

Ahh where did you serve?

Once again, I was not a contractor in Iraq.

Further, thats not the way I saw Iraq. Maybe I am a glass-half full type and you are not.

solidad:

Yah, you are right. Please dont reply and Ill do likewise.
Tharik | Homepage | 01.04.08 - 7:55 pm | #

Tharik,

Deal. ^_^
luminous | 01.04.08 - 8:10 pm | #

^_^ OK this is getting too long. I'm leaving.

Christwarrior: IM me in world sometime. See my profile above courtesy GEN Disorder.

All others: see you at the next meeting. Pls tell the General to bring his actual AV or doubtless he wont last long.
Tharik | Homepage | 01.04.08 - 8:16 pm | #

tharik

I'm an honorably discharged vet from well before Iraq, and is totally irrelevant to the debate.

"Further, thats not the way I saw Iraq. Maybe I am a glass-half full type and you are not"

That's an interesting way of putting it. How about this. There is no glass but a spicket of blood turned out onto the sands of Iraq by idiot neocons running an experiment that blew up in all our faces.
christwarrior | Homepage | 01.04.08 - 8:34 pm | #

"There is no glass but a spicket of blood turned out onto the sands of Iraq by idiot neocons running an experiment that blew up in all our faces."

There is no spoon, just a pile of dead bodies, PTSD victims and trillions of dollars in debt. Once again, napalm smells like victory, right? Sighs.
luminous | 01.04.08 - 8:53 pm | #

Tharik sez, “See if any of you fellas actually cared what the perspective of someone who served side by side with Iraqis saw and thinks, you'd take the time and ask.”

That’s funny. During the four-and-a-half years of this war, I’ve been a regular reader of Paul Rieckhoff’s “Operation Truth,” now known as Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. During the four-and-a-half years of this war, I’ve been in regular contact with a good friend, a Vietnam vet himself, who’s son is on his third (fourth?) tour in Iraq as we speak. During the four-and-a-half years of this war, I’ve gone to one more Marine’s wake than Pres. Bush – that’d be the wake for the brother of my son’s second grade teacher. (Her brother died in an ambush in Iraq. We had the decency to show up.) During the four-and-a-half years of this war, I’ve spoken, corresponded and exchanged e-mails with, I dunno, a half-dozen or so Iraq vets … And the funny thing is, none of them - none of them - seems to support this president’s misguided and likely illegal war over there.

Kinda like that Pat Tilman you Republicans were all so fond of … till you found out he read Noam Chomsky and told his friends, “This war is so fucking illegal …” That, my friend, is what a goddam hero looks like.

No doubt, Tharik, you have your own views of the war and many of your fellow soldiers and marines would agree with you. No doubt, many, many, MANY of your fellow soldiers and marines agree with me. I know, ’cuz I’ve talked to a lot of ’em.

So when you come ’round here sniping and accusing us of not caring what the troops think, you’re dead fucking wrong, my friend. Dead fucking wrong.
Dave von Ebers | Homepage | 01.04.08 - 9:39 pm | #

Tharik: "If George Bush, (and by extension Im guessing the military) are murderous dickheads..."

Kool, you got Rush's talking points!

DvE: ya know, over Xmas I talked with ANOTHER friend from college whose kid is back from iraq sans limb(s). that's number 3. i can also count one with a broken spine (not paralyzed) and one with head trauma (along with other non-life threatening wounds). also 5 marriages (two from the parents, three from the returned soldiers) imploded due to the stress of war; either psychological, physical or financial.

yeah, made my holiday season special!

what, me bitter and angry? go fucking figure..............
Mt | 01.04.08 - 10:28 pm | #

Dave v E

When I get arrested for conspiracy to overthrow the government, I'm hiring you(pro bono) to defend me!
moondancer | 01.04.08 - 11:34 pm | #

christwarrior: "All this whilst Osama Bin Laden et..al.."

In case you hadn't heard...

http://texbetsy.headonradionetwo...ew-with-bhutto/
Mt | 01.05.08 - 12:13 am | #

My brother-in-law (yes, I call him that even though legally he can't be, but I figure that even though I'm female, I'm really married to his sister despite what our insane laws say), anyway my brother-in-law has told us what he can of his tours in the sandbox, and while I support our troops absolutely, he and I are in total agreement that we had no business going over there, that it's a war for oil not justice, and that we need to get out.

But hey, I'm a lesbian so what do I know?
Penitant Liberal Lesbian | Homepage | 01.05.08 - 12:23 am | #

General, sir,

What's this about satyrizing the Christian Right?

I thought satyrs were a myth. Like Pan, and pixies, and fairies. All reported to be very frolicsome. Which means, sad to say, that satyrists are also a myth, though no less frolicsome. Not that I have anything against Greek mythology...because Greece gave us Sparta, and Sparta gave us the manly sport of Spartan wrestling, which is the only civilized way to settle differences among real men, even in a virtual world.
The Oracle | 01.05.08 - 2:12 am | #

Wow. Go, sir, General, sir!!
No Blood for Hubris | Homepage | 01.05.08 - 9:51 am | #

As a veteran I just thank God that that clown is no longer an active military member. No wonder Iraq is such a mess with dirtbags like that in our armed forces. Of course there are still many more of these KKK, white surpremists and other gangs still on active duty thanks to the lousy thilthy America hating bushite trash Rethugs.
Terrible | Homepage | 01.05.08 - 10:06 am | #

Is it just me or is there some irony in the fact that this patriotic Tharik guy LEFT the US military at a time when they were the most desperate for troops that they have been since the winter of 1777/78?
Terrible | Homepage | 01.05.08 - 11:51 am | #

See if any of you fellas actually cared what the perspective of someone who served side by side with Iraqis saw and thinks, you'd take the time and ask.

Ya mean like these guys?
Bill from Dover | 01.05.08 - 4:38 pm | #

Tharik:

Yeah, baby, I did my four. Back during the last GRRRRREAT Merkin War, the Vietnamy one. Fortunately for me, I did not have the bad sense or misplaced rage to want to kill people who were only defending their country. But I'm glad to have a hero like you to fill me on what's real.
democommie™™™™™©® | 01.05.08 - 5:59 pm | #

The Rick had my head spinnin, demo. A Cocksure blockhead is wonder to behold.

I hear the secret service is waterboarding falafel boy. A half-hearted attempt to kidnap Obama ended badly. Too bad. billo, should have thought about that before supporting extreme interrogation. If he doesn't break soon, next stop Uzbekistan. They'll scare the liver spots off his jowls.
moondancer | 01.05.08 - 6:24 pm | #

General, I read you daily and I must say I adore you....
Anonymous | 01.05.08 - 8:08 pm | #

Moondancer,

I am Unthawed Caveman Lawyer. I do not know this “pro bono” of which you speak. Your modern ways confuse me.
Dave von Ebers | Homepage | 01.05.08 - 9:54 pm | #

Dear Dave V B

Don't you know the earth ain't but 5800 years old. You can't be no caveman cause they never existed. Maybe Eve dumped you in an ice pond somewhere, but that's just a guess.

By and by, our glorious GOP nominee, one My Huckleberry, will explain it all when he gives his sermons on the stump this summer. And when he's ordained "Preacher in Chief" next year ,there'll be no more monkeyin' around, if you get my drift.

And anyway, everybody knows "pro bono" is the late great GOP crooner Sonny's other brother.
christwarrior | Homepage | 01.05.08 - 10:54 pm | #

Well there goes the revolution. I hope your happy Dave. Happy New Year anyway.

PS I posted most of "Christmas in Washington" here christmas eve I think. Thought of you and other Earlites when I did.
moondancer | 01.06.08 - 1:21 am | #

when is the 2nd life rapture happening? 2012???
the mayans predicted it, i live it.
lewis stoole | 01.06.08 - 4:44 am | #

Christwarrior,

Unfortunately I feel compelled to correct you. ProBono was not Sonny's other brother; that was Darryl.

And Fox Force Five is a wholey owned subsidiary of TeamAmerica.
Acronym Jim | 01.06.08 - 3:20 pm | #

Second Life: For those who don't have a real one.
Jack Frost | 01.06.08 - 7:12 pm | #

Anyways... "fox force five," another group that gave me land to use for commerical purposes.

Tharik
Ah, you are but une peasant, n'est ce pas? Une "rentair"...Ah see now...

We no longer need to deal wees heem, mon general. He ees of zat osser class of Raypublicans, ze ones we steel from.
actor212 | Homepage | 01.07.08 - 11:12 am | #

Therik is a wuss. Cuts and runs while he still can spout his points and not have his mind changed by reality.
lowly grunt | 01.08.08 - 8:19 pm | #

Oh, wait, I remember why I clicked on the comments link! Duh, got all distracted by y'all handing a dumb ass his ass....

General sir, the Nine Inch Nails song you referenced is "Closer". What you cited is the chorus of said song.
lowly grunt | 01.08.08 - 8:22 pm | #

Is this ass wipe mercenary trying to defend himself.

GO fuck yourself mercenary.
Spudge_Boy | 01.14.08 - 3:33 pm | #