Saturday, December 31, 2005
Friday, December 30, 2005
PSA...
MEN'S RULES THAT WOMEN NEED TO UNDERSTAND...
Women, learn to work the toilet seat. You're a big girl. If it's up, put it down. We need it up, you need it down. You don't hear us complaining about you leaving it down.
Birthdays, Valentines, and Anniversaries are not considered by us to be opportunities to see if we can find the perfect present . . . . again!
Sometimes we are not thinking about you. Live with it.
Sunday = sports. It's like the full moon or the changing of the tides. Let it be.
Don't cut your hair. Ever. Long hair is always more attractive than short hair. One of the big reasons guys fear getting married is that married women always cut their hair, and by then you're stuck with her.
Ask for what you want. Subtle hints do not work! Strong hints do not work! Obvious hints do not work! Just say it!
We don't remember dates. . . .Period!!
Most guys own three pairs of shoes - tops. What makes you think we'd be any good at choosing which pair, out of thirty, would look good with your dress?
Yes and No are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question.
Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it. That's what we do. Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for.
A headache that lasts for 17 months is a problem. See a doctor.
Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an argument. In fact, all comments become null and void after 7 days.
If you won't dress like the Victoria's Secret girls, don't expect us to act like soap opera guys.
If you think you're fat, you probably are. Don't ask us. We've been tricked before!!
If something we said can be interpreted two ways, and one of the ways makes you sad or angry, we meant the other one.
Let us ogle. We are going to look anyway; it's genetic.
You can either ask us to do something or tell us how you want it done. Not both. If you already know best how to do it, just do it yourself.
Whenever possible, please say whatever you have to say during commercials.
Christopher Columbus did not need directions, and neither do we.
The relationship is never going to be like it was the first two months we were going out. Get over it. And quit whining to your girlfriends.
ALL men see in only 16 colors, like Windows default settings. Peach, for example, is a fruit, not a color. Pumpkin is also a fruit. We have no idea what mauve is.
If it itches, it will be scratched. We do that.
We are not mind readers and we never will be. Our lack of mind-reading ability is not proof of how little we care about you.
If we ask what is wrong and you say "nothing," we will act like nothing's wrong. We know you are lying, but it is just not worth the hassle.
If you ask a question you don't want an answer to, expect an answer you don't want to hear.
Don't ask us what we're thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such topics as navel lint, the shotgun formation, or monster trucks.
Foreign films are best left to foreigners. (Unless it's Bruce Lee or some war flick where it doesn't really matter what they're saying anyway.)
BEER is as exciting for us as handbags are for you.
Thank you for reading this; Yes, I know, I have to sleep on the couch tonight, but did you know, it's like camping.
Howard Daughters
Women, learn to work the toilet seat. You're a big girl. If it's up, put it down. We need it up, you need it down. You don't hear us complaining about you leaving it down.
Birthdays, Valentines, and Anniversaries are not considered by us to be opportunities to see if we can find the perfect present . . . . again!
Sometimes we are not thinking about you. Live with it.
Sunday = sports. It's like the full moon or the changing of the tides. Let it be.
Don't cut your hair. Ever. Long hair is always more attractive than short hair. One of the big reasons guys fear getting married is that married women always cut their hair, and by then you're stuck with her.
Ask for what you want. Subtle hints do not work! Strong hints do not work! Obvious hints do not work! Just say it!
We don't remember dates. . . .Period!!
Most guys own three pairs of shoes - tops. What makes you think we'd be any good at choosing which pair, out of thirty, would look good with your dress?
Yes and No are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question.
Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it. That's what we do. Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for.
A headache that lasts for 17 months is a problem. See a doctor.
Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an argument. In fact, all comments become null and void after 7 days.
If you won't dress like the Victoria's Secret girls, don't expect us to act like soap opera guys.
If you think you're fat, you probably are. Don't ask us. We've been tricked before!!
If something we said can be interpreted two ways, and one of the ways makes you sad or angry, we meant the other one.
Let us ogle. We are going to look anyway; it's genetic.
You can either ask us to do something or tell us how you want it done. Not both. If you already know best how to do it, just do it yourself.
Whenever possible, please say whatever you have to say during commercials.
Christopher Columbus did not need directions, and neither do we.
The relationship is never going to be like it was the first two months we were going out. Get over it. And quit whining to your girlfriends.
ALL men see in only 16 colors, like Windows default settings. Peach, for example, is a fruit, not a color. Pumpkin is also a fruit. We have no idea what mauve is.
If it itches, it will be scratched. We do that.
We are not mind readers and we never will be. Our lack of mind-reading ability is not proof of how little we care about you.
If we ask what is wrong and you say "nothing," we will act like nothing's wrong. We know you are lying, but it is just not worth the hassle.
If you ask a question you don't want an answer to, expect an answer you don't want to hear.
Don't ask us what we're thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such topics as navel lint, the shotgun formation, or monster trucks.
Foreign films are best left to foreigners. (Unless it's Bruce Lee or some war flick where it doesn't really matter what they're saying anyway.)
BEER is as exciting for us as handbags are for you.
Thank you for reading this; Yes, I know, I have to sleep on the couch tonight, but did you know, it's like camping.
Howard Daughters
Nutzo Boingers!...
here...
Warning!...
Do not drink tea made from mushrooms or native american ritual ingredients and watch this for more than twelve hours at any one time...
trust me...don't do it...
Warning!...
Do not drink tea made from mushrooms or native american ritual ingredients and watch this for more than twelve hours at any one time...
trust me...don't do it...
F*ck Christmas!... This Blog's last 5 Star rating...
of 2005...
Actually I had a great one and hope you did too...ah, fuck it!...
this is simply...
Excellent!
And the best t-shirt idea award goes to:
"We’re not going to hell, assholes, we’re fucking in hell. We live with you."
Actually I had a great one and hope you did too...ah, fuck it!...
this is simply...
Excellent!
And the best t-shirt idea award goes to:
"We’re not going to hell, assholes, we’re fucking in hell. We live with you."
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
PSA!...
"Once completed, the grid will let TXU check meter consumption remotely and pinpoint problems before they become major blackouts."
"Construction on the smart grid system will begin early next year along TXU's 14,000 miles of transmission lines and 100,000 miles of distribution lines."
The deal gives Current access to more than 2 million business and residential customers, mostly in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
So you don't forget, order before midnight tonight!
Note to Law Enforcement: You need not worry about the owner of this blog engaging in any such activity. Since I developed a very strong and un-natural thirst for BEER at a very early age...
(see picture below)...
"Construction on the smart grid system will begin early next year along TXU's 14,000 miles of transmission lines and 100,000 miles of distribution lines."
The deal gives Current access to more than 2 million business and residential customers, mostly in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
So you don't forget, order before midnight tonight!
Note to Law Enforcement: You need not worry about the owner of this blog engaging in any such activity. Since I developed a very strong and un-natural thirst for BEER at a very early age...
(see picture below)...
Sunday, December 18, 2005
No matter how many speeches you make...
Mr. President,
On September 11, 2001 you had the resources of the entire world begging to let them help you and your country.
The attacks and follow-up invasion of Afghanistan was something the whole world understood.
The questions began in Iraq.
The questions remain in Iraq.
Afghanistan could have been the new democracy you seek in the region.
Instead it is doomed to return to warlord/druglord rule.
Poppy production has never been higher as a new spirit of co-operation and “dealing” sweeps the country.
Heroin production will reach an all time high this year.
We do not now and never have questioned the “troops”.
We know them, much better than you.
That fact that you tie our questioning of your policies to our patriotism; says little about us and speaks volumes, about you and your administration.
And no matter how many times you try to convince us that some lame-ass like Saddam was a threat to us.
Well, we just don’t think so.
We never have thought so.
We never will think so.
There is something you do not understand.
We are proud Americans!
And we think you are a total asshat!
On September 11, 2001 you had the resources of the entire world begging to let them help you and your country.
The attacks and follow-up invasion of Afghanistan was something the whole world understood.
The questions began in Iraq.
The questions remain in Iraq.
Afghanistan could have been the new democracy you seek in the region.
Instead it is doomed to return to warlord/druglord rule.
Poppy production has never been higher as a new spirit of co-operation and “dealing” sweeps the country.
Heroin production will reach an all time high this year.
We do not now and never have questioned the “troops”.
We know them, much better than you.
That fact that you tie our questioning of your policies to our patriotism; says little about us and speaks volumes, about you and your administration.
And no matter how many times you try to convince us that some lame-ass like Saddam was a threat to us.
Well, we just don’t think so.
We never have thought so.
We never will think so.
There is something you do not understand.
We are proud Americans!
And we think you are a total asshat!
Friday, December 16, 2005
Experiments...part two...
death penalty protest?...
excellent reporting and verbage' as it were by this soul...
about this other soul...or was it...really?...
Yup...
this is worth your time...
this is very well done!...
excellent reporting and verbage' as it were by this soul...
about this other soul...or was it...really?...
Yup...
this is worth your time...
this is very well done!...
Dude!...I'm saying...it's like this sokay?...
All we gotta do is deal with it...
people are not used to people who deal with it dude...
people are used to people who don't deal with stuff at all, ya know?...
Yup, deal with it...that's all we gotta do...
people are not used to people who deal with it dude...
people are used to people who don't deal with stuff at all, ya know?...
Yup, deal with it...that's all we gotta do...
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
This is excellent!...
You live in a place that has no hope of XYZ Box360 or PS3 or anything else for that matter...
Pop quiz hot-shot...what do you do?
What Do You Do?...
R/L...Splinter Cell!...of course!...duh!
(Worth watching in spite of the nasty glitches in the middle)...
Pop quiz hot-shot...what do you do?
What Do You Do?...
R/L...Splinter Cell!...of course!...duh!
(Worth watching in spite of the nasty glitches in the middle)...
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed people
...can change the world...
indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
...Margaret Mead, anthropologist
indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
...Margaret Mead, anthropologist
Saturday, December 10, 2005
There are so many things about this story...
that are really amazing...
How dumb do you have to be to hit a bullet with anything?
How dumb do you have to be to have the bullet pointed toward you, while hitting it with anything?
"There's a bunch of vital organs in there."
Yer sure about that now, ain't-cha ossifer Boland?
"It's like lighting a firecracker and throwing it, then going to pick it up when it doesn't go off," Boland said.
Actually, no. It's not like that at all.
Do you know or work for George Bush?
How dumb do you have to be to hit a bullet with anything?
How dumb do you have to be to have the bullet pointed toward you, while hitting it with anything?
"There's a bunch of vital organs in there."
Yer sure about that now, ain't-cha ossifer Boland?
"It's like lighting a firecracker and throwing it, then going to pick it up when it doesn't go off," Boland said.
Actually, no. It's not like that at all.
Do you know or work for George Bush?
Thursday, December 08, 2005
When you're down on yer luck...
and you just can't compromise...get a girl with INFRA-RED EYES...
Lost...
Lost...
Sure it does...who would have any question?...
when most servers are "iffy"...
we are supposed to believe this?...
we are supposed to believe this?...
Saturday, December 03, 2005
Thursday, December 01, 2005
Sunday, November 27, 2005
Saturday, November 26, 2005
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Everybody oughta know how the rocket goes...genius?
everybody oughta know that it don't go slow...
It goes Rocket!Rocket!...
brilliant!...
ok...not so much...none the less...give them credit for making us laugh!!!...
happy turkey day to you and yours...
gobble...
It goes Rocket!Rocket!...
brilliant!...
ok...not so much...none the less...give them credit for making us laugh!!!...
happy turkey day to you and yours...
gobble...
We speak limey...and they speak U.S.....
At least the next time my friends across the pond go off...
I might have a clue what they are on about or such or something...
I might have a clue what they are on about or such or something...
As related to the previous post..."Shopping"...
All I want for Christmas is an Anti-Spammer Gun...
(also useful in traffic disputes)...
(also useful in traffic disputes)...
A few predictions...(no, I'm not cheating)...
1.
Tomorrow there will be massive NEWS coverage of the massive travel that people made in massive numbers to eat and drink massive amounts with massive groups of family and friends...followed by the weather...
2.
And on Friday...
This will be massively under-reported when compared to the massive amount of people who are visiting massive malls and spending massive amounts of money...(or so local retail shops hope, we will be told)...
3.
We will see featured 'stand up interviews" with someone from the following cities; New York, Atlanta, perhaps San Francisco...and definitely some obscure midwestern central town no one cares about.
4.
Allow me to review:
Travel, travel, travel, crowded travel, travel, shopping, weather, crowded shopping,
Money, Money, Money, Santa, travel, sickly sweet story on "being together"...football...war...shopping!
Who would have thunk it? Not me, I can tell you.
Tomorrow there will be massive NEWS coverage of the massive travel that people made in massive numbers to eat and drink massive amounts with massive groups of family and friends...followed by the weather...
2.
And on Friday...
This will be massively under-reported when compared to the massive amount of people who are visiting massive malls and spending massive amounts of money...(or so local retail shops hope, we will be told)...
3.
We will see featured 'stand up interviews" with someone from the following cities; New York, Atlanta, perhaps San Francisco...and definitely some obscure midwestern central town no one cares about.
4.
Allow me to review:
Travel, travel, travel, crowded travel, travel, shopping, weather, crowded shopping,
Money, Money, Money, Santa, travel, sickly sweet story on "being together"...football...war...shopping!
Who would have thunk it? Not me, I can tell you.
Monday, November 21, 2005
A note for java pranksters...or should I say...
java wankers...thank you!
Your obvious, silly, childish and pointless exercise...
...allowed me just enough time to visit the fridge...
Your obvious, silly, childish and pointless exercise...
...allowed me just enough time to visit the fridge...
And now this...
Which is simply saying that if the people we are there to help don't want us, (and if there is no real plan for winning); don't our troops deserve to be brought home?
Or do they deserve to stay there without everything they need?
Hamstrung by politicians, without the resources to complete the mission they were given?
For years and years and years?...until nearly 60,000 of our best are dead?
Again?
Ask a Vietnam vet what he thought of politicians.
Here is someone who is both, with brass balls.
When we do bring our folks home, and the political expediency of next year's elections says we will...when you see one of our service men or women, say thanks...
Don't blame them for following orders.
Don't blame them for the mistakes of the government.
Don't blame them for following an oath they took to protect and defend.
Just say thank you...if enough of you do it...
that just might be enough...
to bring them home...
Or do they deserve to stay there without everything they need?
Hamstrung by politicians, without the resources to complete the mission they were given?
For years and years and years?...until nearly 60,000 of our best are dead?
Again?
Ask a Vietnam vet what he thought of politicians.
Here is someone who is both, with brass balls.
When we do bring our folks home, and the political expediency of next year's elections says we will...when you see one of our service men or women, say thanks...
Don't blame them for following orders.
Don't blame them for the mistakes of the government.
Don't blame them for following an oath they took to protect and defend.
Just say thank you...if enough of you do it...
that just might be enough...
to bring them home...
More food for thought...note the date...
October 3, 2005
What's Wrong With Cutting and Running?
by Gen. (ret.) William E. Odom
If I were a journalist, I would list all the arguments that you hear against pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq, the horrible things that people say would happen, and then ask: Aren't they happening already? Would a pullout really make things worse? Maybe it would make things better.
Here are some of the arguments against pulling out:
We would leave behind a civil war.
We would lose credibility on the world stage.
It would embolden the insurgency and cripple the move toward democracy.
Iraq would become a haven for terrorists.
Iranian influence in Iraq would increase.
Unrest might spread in the region and/or draw in Iraq's neighbors.
Shi'ite-Sunni clashes would worsen.
We haven't fully trained the Iraqi military and police forces yet.
Talk of deadlines would undercut the morale of our troops.
But consider this:
1. On civil war. Iraqis are already fighting Iraqis. Insurgents have killed far more Iraqis than Americans. That's civil war. We created the civil war when we invaded; we can't prevent a civil war by staying.
For those who really worry about destabilizing the region, the sensible policy is not to stay the course in Iraq. It is rapid withdrawal, reestablishing strong relations with our allies in Europe, showing confidence in the UN Security Council, and trying to knit together a large coalition including the major states of Europe, Japan, South Korea, China, and India to back a strategy for stabilizing the area from the eastern Mediterranean to Afghanistan and Pakistan. Until the United States withdraws from Iraq and admits its strategic error, no such coalition can be formed.
Thus, those who fear leaving a mess are actually helping make things worse while preventing a new strategic approach with some promise of success.
2. On credibility. If we were Russia or some other insecure nation, we might have to worry about credibility. A hyperpower need not worry about credibility. That's one of the great advantages of being a hyperpower: When we have made a big strategic mistake, we can reverse it. And it may even enhance our credibility. Staying there damages our credibility more than leaving.
Ask the president if he really worries about U.S. credibility. Or, what will happen to our credibility if the course he is pursuing proves to be a major strategic disaster? Would it not be better for our long-term credibility to withdraw earlier than later in this event?
3. On the insurgency and democracy. There is no question the insurgents and other anti-American parties will take over the government once we leave. But that will happen no matter how long we stay. Any government capable of holding power in Iraq will be anti-American because the Iraqi people are increasingly becoming anti-American.
Also, the U.S. will not leave behind a liberal, constitutional democracy in Iraq no matter how long it stays. Holding elections is easy. It is impossible to make it a constitutional democracy in a hurry.
President Bush's statements about progress in Iraq are increasingly resembling LBJ's statements during the Vietnam War. For instance, Johnson's comments about the 1968 election are very similar to what Bush said in February 2005 after the election of a provisional parliament.
Ask the president: Why should we expect a different outcome in Iraq than in Vietnam?
Ask the president if he intends to leave a pro-American liberal regime in place. Because that's just impossible. Postwar Germany and Japan are not models for Iraq. Each had mature (at least a full generation old) constitutional orders by the end of the 19th century. They both endured as constitutional orders until the 1930s. Thus, General Clay and General MacArthur were merely reversing a decade and a half of totalitarianism – returning to nearly a century of liberal political change in Japan and a much longer period in Germany.
Imposing a liberal constitutional order in Iraq would be to accomplish something that has never been done before. Of all the world's political cultures, an Arab-Muslim one may be the most resistant to such a change of any in the world. Even the Muslim society in Turkey (an anti-Arab society) stands out for being the only example of a constitutional order in an Islamic society, and even it backslides occasionally.
4. On terrorists. Iraq is already a training ground for terrorists. In fact, the CIA has pointed out to the administration and Congress that Iraq is spawning so many terrorists that they are returning home to many other countries to further practice their skills there. The quicker a new dictator wins political power in Iraq and imposes order, the sooner the country will stop producing experienced terrorists.
Why not ask: "Mr. President, since you and the vice president insisted that Saddam's Iraq supported al-Qaeda – which we now know it did not – isn't your policy in Iraq today strengthening al-Qaeda's position in that country?"
5. On Iranian influence. Iranian leaders see U.S. policy in Iraq as being so much in Tehran's interests that they have been advising Iraqi Shi'ite leaders to do exactly what the Americans ask them to do. Elections will allow the Shi'ites to take power legally. Once in charge, they can settle scores with the Ba'athists and Sunnis. If U.S. policy in Iraq begins to undercut Iran's interests, then Tehran can use its growing influence among Iraqi Shi'ites to stir up trouble, possibly committing Shi'ite militias to an insurgency against U.S. forces there. The U.S. invasion has vastly increased Iran's influence in Iraq, not sealed it out.
Questions for the administration: "Why do the Iranians support our presence in Iraq today? Why do they tell the Shi'ite leaders to avoid a sectarian clash between Sunnis and Shi'ites? Given all the money and weapons they provide Shi'ite groups, why are they not stirring up more trouble for the U.S.? Will Iranian policy change once a Shi'ite majority has the reins of government? Would it not be better to pull out now rather than to continue our present course of weakening the Sunnis and Ba'athists, opening the way for a Shi'ite dictatorship?"
6. On Iraq's neighbors. The civil war we leave behind may well draw in Syria, Turkey, and Iran. But already today each of those states is deeply involved in support for or opposition to factions in the ongoing Iraqi civil war. The very act of invading Iraq almost ensured that violence would involve the larger region. And so it has and will continue, with or without U.S. forces in Iraq.
7. On Shi'ite-Sunni conflict. The U.S. presence is not preventing Shi'ite-Sunni conflict; it merely delays it. Iran is preventing it today, and it will probably encourage it once the Shi'ites dominate the new government, an outcome U.S. policy virtually ensures.
8. On training the Iraq military and police. The insurgents are fighting very effectively without U.S. or European military advisers to train them. Why don't the soldiers and police in the present Iraqi regime's service do their duty as well? Because they are uncertain about committing their lives to this regime. They are being asked to take a political stand, just as the insurgents are. Political consolidation, not military-technical consolidation, is the issue.
The issue is not military training; it is institutional loyalty. We trained the Vietnamese military effectively. Its generals took power and proved to be lousy politicians and poor fighters in the final showdown. In many battles over a decade or more, South Vietnamese military units fought very well, defeating VC and NVA units. But South Vietnam's political leaders lost the war.
Even if we were able to successfully train an Iraqi military and police force, the likely result, after all that, would be another military dictatorship. Experience around the world teaches us that military dictatorships arise when the military's institutional modernization gets ahead of political consolidation.
9. On not supporting our troops by debating an early pullout. Many U.S. officers in Iraq, especially at company and field grade levels, know that while they are winning every tactical battle, they are losing strategically. And according to the New York Times, they are beginning to voice complaints about Americans at home bearing none of the pains of the war. One can only guess about the enlisted ranks, but those on a second tour – probably the majority today – are probably anxious for an early pullout. It is also noteworthy that U.S. generals in Iraq are not bubbling over with optimistic reports the way they were during the first few years of the war in Vietnam. Their careful statements and caution probably reflect serious doubts that they do not, and should not, express publicly. The more important question is whether or not the repressive and vindictive behavior by the secretary of defense and his deputy against the senior military – especially the Army leadership, which is the critical component in the war – has made it impossible for field commanders to make the political leaders see the facts.
Most surprising to me is that no American political leader today has tried to unmask the absurdity of the administration's case that to question the strategic wisdom of the war is unpatriotic and a failure to support our troops. Most officers and probably most troops don't see it that way. They are angry at the deficiencies in materiel support they get from the Department of Defense, and especially about the irresponsibly long deployments they must now endure because Mr. Rumsfeld and his staff have refused to enlarge the ground forces to provide shorter tours. In the meantime, they know that the defense budget shovels money out the door to maritime forces, SDI, etc., while refusing to increase dramatically the size of the Army.
As I wrote several years ago, "the Pentagon's post-Cold War force structure is so maritime heavy and land force weak that it is firmly in charge of the porpoises and whales while leaving the land to tyrants." The Army, some of the Air Force, the National Guard, and the reserves are now the victims of this gross mismatch between military missions and force structure. Neither the Bush nor the Clinton administration has properly "supported the troops." The media could ask the president why he fails to support our troops by not firing his secretary of defense.
So why is almost nobody advocating a pullout? I can only speculate. We face a strange situation today where few if any voices among Democrats in Congress will mention early withdrawal from Iraq, and even the one or two who do will not make a comprehensive case for withdrawal now. Why are the Democrats failing the public on this issue today? The biggest reason is because they weren't willing to raise that issue during the campaign. Howard Dean alone took a clear and consistent stand on Iraq, and the rest of the Democratic Party trashed him for it. Most of those in Congress voted for the war and let that vote shackle them later on. Now they are scared to death that the White House will smear them with lack of patriotism if they suggest pulling out.
Journalists can ask all the questions they like, but none will prompt a more serious debate as long as no political leaders create the context and force the issues into the open.
I don't believe anyone will be able to sustain a strong case in the short run without going back to the fundamental misjudgment of invading Iraq in the first place. Once the enormity of that error is grasped, the case for pulling out becomes easy to see.
Look at John Kerry's utterly absurd position during the presidential campaign. He said, "It's the wrong war, in the wrong place, at the wrong time," but then went on to explain how he expected to win it anyway. Even the voter with no interest in foreign affairs was able to recognize it as an absurdity. If it was the wrong war at the wrong place and time, then it was never in our interests to fight. If that is true, what has changed to make it in our interests? Nothing, absolutely nothing.
The U.S. invasion of Iraq only serves the interests of:
1. Osama bin Laden (it made Iraq safe for al-Qaeda, positioned U.S. military personnel in places where al-Qaeda operatives can kill them occasionally, helps radicalize youth throughout the Arab and Muslim world, alienates America's most important and strongest allies – the Europeans – and squanders U.S. military resources that otherwise might be finishing off al-Qaeda in Pakistan.);
2. The Iranians (who were invaded by Saddam and who suffered massive casualties in an eight-year war with Iraq.);
3. And the extremists in both Palestinian and Israeli political circles (who don't really want a peace settlement without the utter destruction of the other side, and probably believe that bogging the United States down in a war in Iraq that will surely become a war with the rest of Arab world gives them the time and cover to wipe out the other side.)
The wisest course for journalists might be to begin sustained investigations of why leading Democrats have failed so miserably to challenge the U.S. occupation of Iraq. The first step, of course, is to establish as conventional wisdom the fact that the war was never in the U.S.' interests and has not become so. It is such an obvious case to make that I find it difficult to believe many pundits and political leaders have not already made it repeatedly.
What's Wrong With Cutting and Running?
by Gen. (ret.) William E. Odom
If I were a journalist, I would list all the arguments that you hear against pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq, the horrible things that people say would happen, and then ask: Aren't they happening already? Would a pullout really make things worse? Maybe it would make things better.
Here are some of the arguments against pulling out:
We would leave behind a civil war.
We would lose credibility on the world stage.
It would embolden the insurgency and cripple the move toward democracy.
Iraq would become a haven for terrorists.
Iranian influence in Iraq would increase.
Unrest might spread in the region and/or draw in Iraq's neighbors.
Shi'ite-Sunni clashes would worsen.
We haven't fully trained the Iraqi military and police forces yet.
Talk of deadlines would undercut the morale of our troops.
But consider this:
1. On civil war. Iraqis are already fighting Iraqis. Insurgents have killed far more Iraqis than Americans. That's civil war. We created the civil war when we invaded; we can't prevent a civil war by staying.
For those who really worry about destabilizing the region, the sensible policy is not to stay the course in Iraq. It is rapid withdrawal, reestablishing strong relations with our allies in Europe, showing confidence in the UN Security Council, and trying to knit together a large coalition including the major states of Europe, Japan, South Korea, China, and India to back a strategy for stabilizing the area from the eastern Mediterranean to Afghanistan and Pakistan. Until the United States withdraws from Iraq and admits its strategic error, no such coalition can be formed.
Thus, those who fear leaving a mess are actually helping make things worse while preventing a new strategic approach with some promise of success.
2. On credibility. If we were Russia or some other insecure nation, we might have to worry about credibility. A hyperpower need not worry about credibility. That's one of the great advantages of being a hyperpower: When we have made a big strategic mistake, we can reverse it. And it may even enhance our credibility. Staying there damages our credibility more than leaving.
Ask the president if he really worries about U.S. credibility. Or, what will happen to our credibility if the course he is pursuing proves to be a major strategic disaster? Would it not be better for our long-term credibility to withdraw earlier than later in this event?
3. On the insurgency and democracy. There is no question the insurgents and other anti-American parties will take over the government once we leave. But that will happen no matter how long we stay. Any government capable of holding power in Iraq will be anti-American because the Iraqi people are increasingly becoming anti-American.
Also, the U.S. will not leave behind a liberal, constitutional democracy in Iraq no matter how long it stays. Holding elections is easy. It is impossible to make it a constitutional democracy in a hurry.
President Bush's statements about progress in Iraq are increasingly resembling LBJ's statements during the Vietnam War. For instance, Johnson's comments about the 1968 election are very similar to what Bush said in February 2005 after the election of a provisional parliament.
Ask the president: Why should we expect a different outcome in Iraq than in Vietnam?
Ask the president if he intends to leave a pro-American liberal regime in place. Because that's just impossible. Postwar Germany and Japan are not models for Iraq. Each had mature (at least a full generation old) constitutional orders by the end of the 19th century. They both endured as constitutional orders until the 1930s. Thus, General Clay and General MacArthur were merely reversing a decade and a half of totalitarianism – returning to nearly a century of liberal political change in Japan and a much longer period in Germany.
Imposing a liberal constitutional order in Iraq would be to accomplish something that has never been done before. Of all the world's political cultures, an Arab-Muslim one may be the most resistant to such a change of any in the world. Even the Muslim society in Turkey (an anti-Arab society) stands out for being the only example of a constitutional order in an Islamic society, and even it backslides occasionally.
4. On terrorists. Iraq is already a training ground for terrorists. In fact, the CIA has pointed out to the administration and Congress that Iraq is spawning so many terrorists that they are returning home to many other countries to further practice their skills there. The quicker a new dictator wins political power in Iraq and imposes order, the sooner the country will stop producing experienced terrorists.
Why not ask: "Mr. President, since you and the vice president insisted that Saddam's Iraq supported al-Qaeda – which we now know it did not – isn't your policy in Iraq today strengthening al-Qaeda's position in that country?"
5. On Iranian influence. Iranian leaders see U.S. policy in Iraq as being so much in Tehran's interests that they have been advising Iraqi Shi'ite leaders to do exactly what the Americans ask them to do. Elections will allow the Shi'ites to take power legally. Once in charge, they can settle scores with the Ba'athists and Sunnis. If U.S. policy in Iraq begins to undercut Iran's interests, then Tehran can use its growing influence among Iraqi Shi'ites to stir up trouble, possibly committing Shi'ite militias to an insurgency against U.S. forces there. The U.S. invasion has vastly increased Iran's influence in Iraq, not sealed it out.
Questions for the administration: "Why do the Iranians support our presence in Iraq today? Why do they tell the Shi'ite leaders to avoid a sectarian clash between Sunnis and Shi'ites? Given all the money and weapons they provide Shi'ite groups, why are they not stirring up more trouble for the U.S.? Will Iranian policy change once a Shi'ite majority has the reins of government? Would it not be better to pull out now rather than to continue our present course of weakening the Sunnis and Ba'athists, opening the way for a Shi'ite dictatorship?"
6. On Iraq's neighbors. The civil war we leave behind may well draw in Syria, Turkey, and Iran. But already today each of those states is deeply involved in support for or opposition to factions in the ongoing Iraqi civil war. The very act of invading Iraq almost ensured that violence would involve the larger region. And so it has and will continue, with or without U.S. forces in Iraq.
7. On Shi'ite-Sunni conflict. The U.S. presence is not preventing Shi'ite-Sunni conflict; it merely delays it. Iran is preventing it today, and it will probably encourage it once the Shi'ites dominate the new government, an outcome U.S. policy virtually ensures.
8. On training the Iraq military and police. The insurgents are fighting very effectively without U.S. or European military advisers to train them. Why don't the soldiers and police in the present Iraqi regime's service do their duty as well? Because they are uncertain about committing their lives to this regime. They are being asked to take a political stand, just as the insurgents are. Political consolidation, not military-technical consolidation, is the issue.
The issue is not military training; it is institutional loyalty. We trained the Vietnamese military effectively. Its generals took power and proved to be lousy politicians and poor fighters in the final showdown. In many battles over a decade or more, South Vietnamese military units fought very well, defeating VC and NVA units. But South Vietnam's political leaders lost the war.
Even if we were able to successfully train an Iraqi military and police force, the likely result, after all that, would be another military dictatorship. Experience around the world teaches us that military dictatorships arise when the military's institutional modernization gets ahead of political consolidation.
9. On not supporting our troops by debating an early pullout. Many U.S. officers in Iraq, especially at company and field grade levels, know that while they are winning every tactical battle, they are losing strategically. And according to the New York Times, they are beginning to voice complaints about Americans at home bearing none of the pains of the war. One can only guess about the enlisted ranks, but those on a second tour – probably the majority today – are probably anxious for an early pullout. It is also noteworthy that U.S. generals in Iraq are not bubbling over with optimistic reports the way they were during the first few years of the war in Vietnam. Their careful statements and caution probably reflect serious doubts that they do not, and should not, express publicly. The more important question is whether or not the repressive and vindictive behavior by the secretary of defense and his deputy against the senior military – especially the Army leadership, which is the critical component in the war – has made it impossible for field commanders to make the political leaders see the facts.
Most surprising to me is that no American political leader today has tried to unmask the absurdity of the administration's case that to question the strategic wisdom of the war is unpatriotic and a failure to support our troops. Most officers and probably most troops don't see it that way. They are angry at the deficiencies in materiel support they get from the Department of Defense, and especially about the irresponsibly long deployments they must now endure because Mr. Rumsfeld and his staff have refused to enlarge the ground forces to provide shorter tours. In the meantime, they know that the defense budget shovels money out the door to maritime forces, SDI, etc., while refusing to increase dramatically the size of the Army.
As I wrote several years ago, "the Pentagon's post-Cold War force structure is so maritime heavy and land force weak that it is firmly in charge of the porpoises and whales while leaving the land to tyrants." The Army, some of the Air Force, the National Guard, and the reserves are now the victims of this gross mismatch between military missions and force structure. Neither the Bush nor the Clinton administration has properly "supported the troops." The media could ask the president why he fails to support our troops by not firing his secretary of defense.
So why is almost nobody advocating a pullout? I can only speculate. We face a strange situation today where few if any voices among Democrats in Congress will mention early withdrawal from Iraq, and even the one or two who do will not make a comprehensive case for withdrawal now. Why are the Democrats failing the public on this issue today? The biggest reason is because they weren't willing to raise that issue during the campaign. Howard Dean alone took a clear and consistent stand on Iraq, and the rest of the Democratic Party trashed him for it. Most of those in Congress voted for the war and let that vote shackle them later on. Now they are scared to death that the White House will smear them with lack of patriotism if they suggest pulling out.
Journalists can ask all the questions they like, but none will prompt a more serious debate as long as no political leaders create the context and force the issues into the open.
I don't believe anyone will be able to sustain a strong case in the short run without going back to the fundamental misjudgment of invading Iraq in the first place. Once the enormity of that error is grasped, the case for pulling out becomes easy to see.
Look at John Kerry's utterly absurd position during the presidential campaign. He said, "It's the wrong war, in the wrong place, at the wrong time," but then went on to explain how he expected to win it anyway. Even the voter with no interest in foreign affairs was able to recognize it as an absurdity. If it was the wrong war at the wrong place and time, then it was never in our interests to fight. If that is true, what has changed to make it in our interests? Nothing, absolutely nothing.
The U.S. invasion of Iraq only serves the interests of:
1. Osama bin Laden (it made Iraq safe for al-Qaeda, positioned U.S. military personnel in places where al-Qaeda operatives can kill them occasionally, helps radicalize youth throughout the Arab and Muslim world, alienates America's most important and strongest allies – the Europeans – and squanders U.S. military resources that otherwise might be finishing off al-Qaeda in Pakistan.);
2. The Iranians (who were invaded by Saddam and who suffered massive casualties in an eight-year war with Iraq.);
3. And the extremists in both Palestinian and Israeli political circles (who don't really want a peace settlement without the utter destruction of the other side, and probably believe that bogging the United States down in a war in Iraq that will surely become a war with the rest of Arab world gives them the time and cover to wipe out the other side.)
The wisest course for journalists might be to begin sustained investigations of why leading Democrats have failed so miserably to challenge the U.S. occupation of Iraq. The first step, of course, is to establish as conventional wisdom the fact that the war was never in the U.S.' interests and has not become so. It is such an obvious case to make that I find it difficult to believe many pundits and political leaders have not already made it repeatedly.
Added Wikipedia to permanent links...
This is one of the best efforts I have seen to offer the "collective wisdom" of the net to the people who use it!
Saturday, November 19, 2005
Saturday, November 12, 2005
Friday, November 11, 2005
P.S.A.
The people own the net.
Not Bill Gates...
Not Spammers...
Certainly not the government of any nation or body politic...
Have I posted something here on one occasion at least that made you think?
How about Laugh?
Did I make you smile ever?
Chuckle?...
Or have I been offensive? Made you want to run into bed and pull the covers over your head and hide?
You do not have that luxury folks...sorry...you just don't...
If you allow anyone to infringe on the net...we all lose...
Information is power. Make no mistake, the politicians are worried.
In a matter of just a few short years the balance of power has shifted back to the people...
Defend the internet!...
It could be the last bastion of worldwide free speech!
Do not let anyone get in your way!...
If you have something to say then say it.
Many will not care...others will...
And defend Cheetos!...(not the wimpy "puffs", the crunchy ones)!
btw, the new ones that are hot are just way to chemical tasting.
And defend Art!
And music!
And...
...ya'll take care now, ok?
Not Bill Gates...
Not Spammers...
Certainly not the government of any nation or body politic...
Have I posted something here on one occasion at least that made you think?
How about Laugh?
Did I make you smile ever?
Chuckle?...
Or have I been offensive? Made you want to run into bed and pull the covers over your head and hide?
You do not have that luxury folks...sorry...you just don't...
If you allow anyone to infringe on the net...we all lose...
Information is power. Make no mistake, the politicians are worried.
In a matter of just a few short years the balance of power has shifted back to the people...
Defend the internet!...
It could be the last bastion of worldwide free speech!
Do not let anyone get in your way!...
If you have something to say then say it.
Many will not care...others will...
And defend Cheetos!...(not the wimpy "puffs", the crunchy ones)!
btw, the new ones that are hot are just way to chemical tasting.
And defend Art!
And music!
And...
...ya'll take care now, ok?
just so ya know...
please be aware that my girl bought me this sweater last year...
(for Christmas)...nuff said...I kinda have to wear it, ya know?...
Sunday, November 06, 2005
Sunday, October 30, 2005
they are moving to the pacific northwest...
where they hope to find a community that judges people on the color of the skin they have...
this crap is still happening?...
ABC News reports...
this crap is still happening?...
ABC News reports...
A note for the extreme right-wing...
Somewhere Bill Clinton is roflol...
His poll numbers were never this low...
And part of him is probably not laughing at all...
Even when he lied about having "sex" with that woman...
Nobody died...because of his lies...
just so ya know...
His poll numbers were never this low...
And part of him is probably not laughing at all...
Even when he lied about having "sex" with that woman...
Nobody died...because of his lies...
just so ya know...
More on Joe Wilson...
And how the entire weight of the White House was brought down on him...
because they could...
anyone else but me remember the last administration that decided they knew better than the constitution?...
hint...they both had "tricky dicks"...
because they could...
anyone else but me remember the last administration that decided they knew better than the constitution?...
hint...they both had "tricky dicks"...
Saturday, October 29, 2005
Common sense...
Here is some food for thought…
The Vice President of The United States had a conversation with his chief of staff about the wife of a political enemy. Her status as an operative for the C.I.A. was discussed and disclosed.
What possible reason would these two men have for such a conversation?
What does this tell us about the culture within the administration?
This is passing on classified information without a “need to know”.
A clear violation of the spirit, if not the letter of the law.
Anyone who has ever worked with classified material knows this.
Two last questions:
Why is the Vice President not being indicted?
Why is there any question in anyone’s mind that this was done in retaliation for Joe Wilson’s report that one of the basic reasons for war with Iraq was simply not true?
The Vice President of The United States had a conversation with his chief of staff about the wife of a political enemy. Her status as an operative for the C.I.A. was discussed and disclosed.
What possible reason would these two men have for such a conversation?
What does this tell us about the culture within the administration?
This is passing on classified information without a “need to know”.
A clear violation of the spirit, if not the letter of the law.
Anyone who has ever worked with classified material knows this.
Two last questions:
Why is the Vice President not being indicted?
Why is there any question in anyone’s mind that this was done in retaliation for Joe Wilson’s report that one of the basic reasons for war with Iraq was simply not true?
Friday, October 28, 2005
And now for something completely different...
13 nude chicks...
no, no, don't thank me...
my pleasure really...
signed...
the management...
...good-night and have a pleasant tomorrow...
no, no, don't thank me...
my pleasure really...
signed...
the management...
...good-night and have a pleasant tomorrow...
A few thoughts on a late October evening…
I don’t know why I do this folks.
I have no real clue why I spend so much time with something such as a “blog”.
Or anything else I do on the net for that matter.
I could say that I believe in certain things and have found friends who believe much the same way if not exactly like I do. And that would be true.
I could say that sometimes I am just bored out of my mind and need an outlet to explode and that would be true also.
But neither of those truths provides much explanation.
Here is my explanation…
I am an idealist at heart.
I believe because of my life experience, in people.
They will surprise you if you give them half a chance…lol…
Damn, writing this down is much tougher than I thought it would be.
Permit this tangent for a moment…
I have made many friends in life.
I have made many friends on the net.
I do not think of them as being two different classifications of relationships.
When all is said and done…
Friends are to me simply friends.
To the point; we all have done that.
I wanted to make people think and laugh and feel.
There is some truth.
Ah shit, I got my hair cut and I’m having a hard time dealing with it right now ok?...lol…
You folks take care now…much love…
I have no real clue why I spend so much time with something such as a “blog”.
Or anything else I do on the net for that matter.
I could say that I believe in certain things and have found friends who believe much the same way if not exactly like I do. And that would be true.
I could say that sometimes I am just bored out of my mind and need an outlet to explode and that would be true also.
But neither of those truths provides much explanation.
Here is my explanation…
I am an idealist at heart.
I believe because of my life experience, in people.
They will surprise you if you give them half a chance…lol…
Damn, writing this down is much tougher than I thought it would be.
Permit this tangent for a moment…
I have made many friends in life.
I have made many friends on the net.
I do not think of them as being two different classifications of relationships.
When all is said and done…
Friends are to me simply friends.
To the point; we all have done that.
I wanted to make people think and laugh and feel.
There is some truth.
Ah shit, I got my hair cut and I’m having a hard time dealing with it right now ok?...lol…
You folks take care now…much love…
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Bloggers are of course slacker wannabe's...
none of us have much to say of merit or have actually really done anything to impress anybody...many people who read a blog say to themselves "who are you?"
...to tell me?...lmao...many thanx Pete!...(much appreciated)...
...to tell me?...lmao...many thanx Pete!...(much appreciated)...
Monday, October 24, 2005
And The Ugly...
Really Ugly...
Maybe they don't really grasp that Barney the purple dinosaur is...
...Purple and not White
Yep, me too, I will take the flaming bag of poo...
Friday, October 21, 2005
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
wtf?...
bears gone wild...the exclusive video posted only on the world wide net!...
you must act now to get yrs plse send yer soscial security number and all information you can to www. bearsgonewild. net .com ...
j/k...wacky vid within...
you must act now to get yrs plse send yer soscial security number and all information you can to www. bearsgonewild. net .com ...
j/k...wacky vid within...
Batman Begins...is brilliant...that is my opinion and I'm sticking to it...
Now here is a message from Adam West...
...
explaining why other take-offs of the Batman series...
were not so good...
...wait for audio...
...
explaining why other take-offs of the Batman series...
were not so good...
...wait for audio...
Saturday, October 15, 2005
Art!...
some of you you think I'm a mess...
not even close compared to this guy...
j/k...no hate mail or comments please...
(shhh...don't tell anybody); but i think he was
genius...
not even close compared to this guy...
j/k...no hate mail or comments please...
(shhh...don't tell anybody); but i think he was
genius...
Woogle me this...
or woogle me that...wtf?...lol...hey!...ya want I should continue in net speak?...
A comment please...
Comments are now re-enabled...
no...no...don't thank me...
my pleasure really...
signed...
The management...
no...no...don't thank me...
my pleasure really...
signed...
The management...
Monday, October 10, 2005
well said and amen...
(I don't want this god)
by tcremer
Late last night as I was scanning my nightly news via the current buzz technology, RSS feeds*, I rolled my eyes twice after the headline George Bush: 'God told me to end the tyranny in Iraq' scrolled into my newsreader.
Yups, apparently Dubya is on a mission from God to tidy up in the Middle East according to The Guardian Unlimited.
But I somehow doubt that his mission will bring joy to millions as did original mission from God.
He ain't no Elwood and he certainly ain't no Jake.
One of the delegates, Nabil Shaath, who was Palestinian foreign minister at the time, said: "President Bush said to all of us: 'I am driven with a mission from God'. God would tell me, 'George go and fight these terrorists in Afghanistan'. And I did. And then God would tell me 'George, go and end the tyranny in Iraq'. And I did."
Oh so easy to pick fights but oh so much harder to bring about real change, real hope for the future. How much hope, Mr. President, do the people of Afghanistan and Iraq have?
Mr Bush went on: "And now, again, I feel God's words coming to me, 'Go get the Palestinians their state and get the Israelis their security, and get peace in the Middle East'. And, by God, I'm gonna do it."
Christ, how many times is God going to charge Dubya's gonads with a call to arms? Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, North Korea -- how many countries is he going to bring peace to on a direct order from his born again cult?
There's something to be said for having too many irons in the fire and Bush has every one of his pokers red hot.
by tcremer
Late last night as I was scanning my nightly news via the current buzz technology, RSS feeds*, I rolled my eyes twice after the headline George Bush: 'God told me to end the tyranny in Iraq' scrolled into my newsreader.
Yups, apparently Dubya is on a mission from God to tidy up in the Middle East according to The Guardian Unlimited.
But I somehow doubt that his mission will bring joy to millions as did original mission from God.
He ain't no Elwood and he certainly ain't no Jake.
One of the delegates, Nabil Shaath, who was Palestinian foreign minister at the time, said: "President Bush said to all of us: 'I am driven with a mission from God'. God would tell me, 'George go and fight these terrorists in Afghanistan'. And I did. And then God would tell me 'George, go and end the tyranny in Iraq'. And I did."
Oh so easy to pick fights but oh so much harder to bring about real change, real hope for the future. How much hope, Mr. President, do the people of Afghanistan and Iraq have?
Mr Bush went on: "And now, again, I feel God's words coming to me, 'Go get the Palestinians their state and get the Israelis their security, and get peace in the Middle East'. And, by God, I'm gonna do it."
Christ, how many times is God going to charge Dubya's gonads with a call to arms? Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, North Korea -- how many countries is he going to bring peace to on a direct order from his born again cult?
There's something to be said for having too many irons in the fire and Bush has every one of his pokers red hot.
Sunday, October 09, 2005
who was that masked man?...
that took over my blog last night and posted something semi-serious?...
I dunno...
here is The President of The United States of America saying he holds conversations with God...
I dunno...
here is The President of The United States of America saying he holds conversations with God...
here is an idea...
let's all pretend that everything is ok...
that is what Americans do...look how well we are doing...
we drive around bitching about paying gas prices that Europe has paid for years...
we elect idiots to run a country that was once admired by the entire world...
we have no clue that the house of cards we built is in danger of complete collapse...
and why?...
because the very basis that this country was built on...
is no more...
"if you are not with us you are with the terrorists"...is not only a statement to justify whatever else may come after that statement...
it is without regard to basic American principles...
life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness...
(on a human scale I am proud to be an American)...
the American people are good people...the world knows it!...
and "we the people" have proved it time and time again...
on a geo/political scale I feel like dirt...soiled by my own reticence
...nuff said...
that is what Americans do...look how well we are doing...
we drive around bitching about paying gas prices that Europe has paid for years...
we elect idiots to run a country that was once admired by the entire world...
we have no clue that the house of cards we built is in danger of complete collapse...
and why?...
because the very basis that this country was built on...
is no more...
"if you are not with us you are with the terrorists"...is not only a statement to justify whatever else may come after that statement...
it is without regard to basic American principles...
life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness...
(on a human scale I am proud to be an American)...
the American people are good people...the world knows it!...
and "we the people" have proved it time and time again...
on a geo/political scale I feel like dirt...soiled by my own reticence
...nuff said...
Saturday, October 08, 2005
dig it...
this "person of science"...has applied, or so they say...Google mapping to where you would emerge if you dug a hole...this blog wishes to commend them...even if it isn't true...in days of old the destination for some reason when I was growing up was always China...
now...they own us pretty much and are wanting to buy more of us...
or at least our elected officials...
so I guess my fellow Americans will have to find a more exotic location to emerge from...like getting our heads out of our asses...
we could start by kicking every elected official out of office and starting over...
but gee...that would be...revolutionary!...mustn't do that!...that would be like letting the people run the country!...(heaven forbid that the people should actually have the right of self determination)...sheer chaos...
now...they own us pretty much and are wanting to buy more of us...
or at least our elected officials...
so I guess my fellow Americans will have to find a more exotic location to emerge from...like getting our heads out of our asses...
we could start by kicking every elected official out of office and starting over...
but gee...that would be...revolutionary!...mustn't do that!...that would be like letting the people run the country!...(heaven forbid that the people should actually have the right of self determination)...sheer chaos...
Thursday, October 06, 2005
this kind of thing sends me off the deep end...
there were no missiles fired at the world trade center...
ya frickin' idiot!...
oh...speaking of idiots...
there were no missiles fired at the pentagon...
but wait there is more!...
The Ronco Pocket Fisherman...
was not the greatest invention ever...
btw...Oswald killed Kennedy...i could have done it from where he was...after a six pack of brewski...on a bad day...with the sun in my eyes...get a life!...
it doesn't look good for you Phil...
ya frickin' idiot!...
oh...speaking of idiots...
there were no missiles fired at the pentagon...
but wait there is more!...
The Ronco Pocket Fisherman...
was not the greatest invention ever...
btw...Oswald killed Kennedy...i could have done it from where he was...after a six pack of brewski...on a bad day...with the sun in my eyes...get a life!...
it doesn't look good for you Phil...
Sunday, October 02, 2005
Saturday, October 01, 2005
fun with searching...
I could not find my heart's desire nor the one who wantonly stole my virginity...
A victim I was I say!
I did find a high school girlfriend or two...hmmmm...should history repeat itself?...
perish the thought...
After all...life is short...
There is indeed little time to search the past in hopes of finding a future...
Nonetheless...nice search engine...
A victim I was I say!
I did find a high school girlfriend or two...hmmmm...should history repeat itself?...
perish the thought...
After all...life is short...
There is indeed little time to search the past in hopes of finding a future...
Nonetheless...nice search engine...
Here is to looking down on you kid...
a list of "View from Satellite"...
I didn't check this too well but an overview looks like most are either archived or simply boring...there are a few jewels in here though...so check it out...
the more people who see this world as it really is..."small blue marble"...
the better for us all...
I didn't check this too well but an overview looks like most are either archived or simply boring...there are a few jewels in here though...so check it out...
the more people who see this world as it really is..."small blue marble"...
the better for us all...
and s'more...
This is a site that a talented photographer created to display the properties of drops of water...it is actually quite good...
which has little or nothing to do with the fact that I want some of what he has been smoking...
drop in here...
which has little or nothing to do with the fact that I want some of what he has been smoking...
drop in here...
Monday, September 26, 2005
Mr. Picassohead..
fun with copy and paste and my "o" my...are not these folks talented who did this?...
o...my...I just realized I have another appointment also...yep...it was good to see you too...and no that is not even close to the links I had to post here...
so...
It's Monday!...
until next time...
thank you for taking time out of yer day!...
o...my...I just realized I have another appointment also...yep...it was good to see you too...and no that is not even close to the links I had to post here...
so...
It's Monday!...
until next time...
thank you for taking time out of yer day!...
Now, here we have a hurricane expert...from Idaho...
telling us that the Jap Mob was responsible for these hurricanes through some electro-mag sort of thing or something...
did i mention hurricanes?
did i mention the jap mob?
did i mention the guy quit his job to be a certified looney?
did I mention Rush Limbaugh got his job by being a certified looney on drugs?
thank you God!...
I love the net...
did i mention hurricanes?
did i mention the jap mob?
did i mention the guy quit his job to be a certified looney?
did I mention Rush Limbaugh got his job by being a certified looney on drugs?
thank you God!...
I love the net...
In the interest of clarity and yummy good posting...
this post contains pictures of what some folks call...
Stuff on my cat...
(I do not make this up folks)...
Stuff on my cat...
(I do not make this up folks)...
A veritable plethora of links and other stuff...
you just will not believe exist!...are on the way...
(in the pipe...5x5)...
But first...this Important Message!...
just so you know...
I will try to be somewhat more descriptive as to what exactly one may anticipate when one encounters a post here. It has occurred to me that many of you hop skip and jump through the links, as there are a couple of other things you need to get to on the net.
Far be it for me to judge!...
The only purpose of this blog was to try to bring everything I found interesting or absurd or funny or educational or (did I mention interesting already)?...
So it is up to me to try to make those links I bring here better defined with an unprecedented clarity...
Let's clirify ths frst...
The "spellcheck" in blogger.com does not recognize the word
"blog"...now I know that was an easy hit...but there there is something about me that says the software that I use should understand that I exist and so does the word "blog"...
How was that for clarity?...don't even dream of thanking me...
my pleasure...
Johno...
(in the pipe...5x5)...
But first...this Important Message!...
just so you know...
I will try to be somewhat more descriptive as to what exactly one may anticipate when one encounters a post here. It has occurred to me that many of you hop skip and jump through the links, as there are a couple of other things you need to get to on the net.
Far be it for me to judge!...
The only purpose of this blog was to try to bring everything I found interesting or absurd or funny or educational or (did I mention interesting already)?...
So it is up to me to try to make those links I bring here better defined with an unprecedented clarity...
Let's clirify ths frst...
The "spellcheck" in blogger.com does not recognize the word
"blog"...now I know that was an easy hit...but there there is something about me that says the software that I use should understand that I exist and so does the word "blog"...
How was that for clarity?...don't even dream of thanking me...
my pleasure...
Johno...
Friday, September 23, 2005
Rules for men...
and don't even think about not following them...
1. You must offer heartfelt and public condolences over the death of a girlfriend’s cat, even if it was you who secretly set it on fire and threw it into a ceiling fan.
2. Bitching about the brand of free beer in a buddy’s refrigerator is forbidden. But gripe at will if the temperature’s unsuitable.
3. Thou shalt not rent 'Chocolat'.
4. Unless he murdered someone in your immediate family, you must bail a friend out of jail within 12 hours.
5. The minimum amount of time you have to wait for another guy who’s running late: five minutes. Maximum waiting time: six minutes. For a girl, you are required to wait 10 minutes for every point of hotness she scores on the classic 1–10 scale.
6. If a man’s zipper is down, that’s his problem—you didn’t see nothin’.
7. No man shall ever be required to buy a birthday present for another man. (In fact, even remembering your best buddy’s birthday is strictly optional.)
8. While your girlfriend must bond with your buddies’ girlfriends within 30 minutes of meeting them, you are not required to make nice with her gal pals’ significant dickheads — low-level sports/music bonding is all the law requires.
9. It is permissible to quaff a fruity chick drink only when you’re sunning on a tropical beach…and it’s delivered by a topless supermodel…and it’s free.
10. When in a bar that has a ratio of more than five waiting customers per bartender, limit orders to beer and straight liquor. (No, your girlfriend does not need a frozen flying grasshopper with a twist of grapefruit.)
11. Never allow a telephone conversation with a woman to go on longer than you’re able to have sex with her. Keep a stopwatch by the phone; hang up if necessary.
12. You cannot rat out a co-worker who shows up at work with a massive hangover. You may, however, hide the aspirin, smear his chair with soft cheese, turn the brightness dial all the way down so he thinks his monitor’s broken, and have him paged over the loudspeaker every seven minutes
13. Things you can always cheat on: your taxes, exams, and your resumé. Things you can never cheat on: golf, darts, and poker.
14. (The Sergeant Schultz Rule): When queried by a buddy’s wife, girlfriend, mother, father, priest, shrink, dentist, accountant, or dog walker, you need not and should not provide any useful information whatsoever as to his whereabouts. You are even permitted to deny his very existence.
15. Before allowing a drunken pal to cheat on his girl, you must attempt one intervention. If he can get on his feet, look you in the eye, and deliver a “fuck off!” you are absolved of responsibility. Remember: Later on you will have no idea what his girlfriend is talking about.
16. The morning after you and a babe who was formerly “just a friend” have carnal, drunken monkey sex, the fact that you’re feeling weird and guilty is no reason not to nail her again before the discussion about what a big mistake it was.
17. Always split aces and eights. No arguments.
1. You must offer heartfelt and public condolences over the death of a girlfriend’s cat, even if it was you who secretly set it on fire and threw it into a ceiling fan.
2. Bitching about the brand of free beer in a buddy’s refrigerator is forbidden. But gripe at will if the temperature’s unsuitable.
3. Thou shalt not rent 'Chocolat'.
4. Unless he murdered someone in your immediate family, you must bail a friend out of jail within 12 hours.
5. The minimum amount of time you have to wait for another guy who’s running late: five minutes. Maximum waiting time: six minutes. For a girl, you are required to wait 10 minutes for every point of hotness she scores on the classic 1–10 scale.
6. If a man’s zipper is down, that’s his problem—you didn’t see nothin’.
7. No man shall ever be required to buy a birthday present for another man. (In fact, even remembering your best buddy’s birthday is strictly optional.)
8. While your girlfriend must bond with your buddies’ girlfriends within 30 minutes of meeting them, you are not required to make nice with her gal pals’ significant dickheads — low-level sports/music bonding is all the law requires.
9. It is permissible to quaff a fruity chick drink only when you’re sunning on a tropical beach…and it’s delivered by a topless supermodel…and it’s free.
10. When in a bar that has a ratio of more than five waiting customers per bartender, limit orders to beer and straight liquor. (No, your girlfriend does not need a frozen flying grasshopper with a twist of grapefruit.)
11. Never allow a telephone conversation with a woman to go on longer than you’re able to have sex with her. Keep a stopwatch by the phone; hang up if necessary.
12. You cannot rat out a co-worker who shows up at work with a massive hangover. You may, however, hide the aspirin, smear his chair with soft cheese, turn the brightness dial all the way down so he thinks his monitor’s broken, and have him paged over the loudspeaker every seven minutes
13. Things you can always cheat on: your taxes, exams, and your resumé. Things you can never cheat on: golf, darts, and poker.
14. (The Sergeant Schultz Rule): When queried by a buddy’s wife, girlfriend, mother, father, priest, shrink, dentist, accountant, or dog walker, you need not and should not provide any useful information whatsoever as to his whereabouts. You are even permitted to deny his very existence.
15. Before allowing a drunken pal to cheat on his girl, you must attempt one intervention. If he can get on his feet, look you in the eye, and deliver a “fuck off!” you are absolved of responsibility. Remember: Later on you will have no idea what his girlfriend is talking about.
16. The morning after you and a babe who was formerly “just a friend” have carnal, drunken monkey sex, the fact that you’re feeling weird and guilty is no reason not to nail her again before the discussion about what a big mistake it was.
17. Always split aces and eights. No arguments.
Ok kid...you have been surfing the net long enough...
time to get a real job...
Remember!..."Only you"...can prevent this!
click or right click on download...hee hee...
Remember!..."Only you"...can prevent this!
click or right click on download...hee hee...
Snake bit...Warning!...graphic content...P.S.A.
The Eastern Diamondback is big fat and slow...yer average Western Diamondback is smaller and generally pissed off...all the time...
par le vue a humma humma...
I was going to research something really classy in French to say here...
but who cares?...
but who cares?...
Monday, September 12, 2005
And Brownie...yer doing a hell of a...huh?...
(what I really mean to say is that you suck and your fired!)...
But, if I said that I would have to admit that I hired you!
So, just go away! God has annoited me to run this country and you are messing things up! Look at my approval ratings!...What were you thinking?...See, now I have to go down there and ride around in that swamp and dammit Mike!...
And then our great leader appointed Davey Paulison as temporary head of FEMA...
sure...
yes, you remember...
the same idiot who said three days worth of food and some plastic and duct tape would protect us from bio-warfare attacks...
to borrow a phrase...we got our wish!...He is not the same idiot as we had before!
If this whole thing were not so tragic I would be laughing...but it is and I'm not...
But, if I said that I would have to admit that I hired you!
So, just go away! God has annoited me to run this country and you are messing things up! Look at my approval ratings!...What were you thinking?...See, now I have to go down there and ride around in that swamp and dammit Mike!...
And then our great leader appointed Davey Paulison as temporary head of FEMA...
sure...
yes, you remember...
the same idiot who said three days worth of food and some plastic and duct tape would protect us from bio-warfare attacks...
to borrow a phrase...we got our wish!...He is not the same idiot as we had before!
If this whole thing were not so tragic I would be laughing...but it is and I'm not...
Wednesday, September 07, 2005
hmmm...toasty!...
Suicide is wasted on those who kill themselves...
Trudging off to work every day is much worse...
If you want to kill yourself...work with me for one week in the summer...
(You will wonder why you did not do it sooner)...
Honestly...anytime you "give up"...
other people pay...most often, the ones you care about the most...
Trudging off to work every day is much worse...
If you want to kill yourself...work with me for one week in the summer...
(You will wonder why you did not do it sooner)...
Honestly...anytime you "give up"...
other people pay...most often, the ones you care about the most...
Hell...things aint so bad in Nar'lns...
me and my daddy had one hell of a vacation there just last week!
Tuesday, September 06, 2005
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