No, You May Not...

I think I'm going Hezebollah. I like a bit of mystery in my terrorist organizations, and they fit that requirement nicely. Hell, we can't even get the news networks to come to a consensus on how to spell their name.

 

That's why it was kind of refreshing to read George Will's column yesterday saying Kerry's counter-terrorism ideas were better than W's and that the administration seemed "eager to repel all but the delusional."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/14/AR2006081401163.html

 

Damn.

That's a smackdown.

 

This may be a good time to recommend the cover story in the September issue of The Atlantic. While the magazine doesn't allow non-subscribers access to online content, the article "Declaring Victory" makes the following point:

• But the overall proscpect looks better than may Americans believe, and better than nearly all political rhetoric asserts. The essence of the change is this: because of al-Qaeda's own mistakes, and because of the things the United States and its allies have done right, al-Qaeda's ability to inflict direct damage in America or on Americans has been sharply reduced. Its successor groups in Europe, the Middle East, and elsewhere will continue to pose dangers. But its hopes for fundamentally harming the United States now rest less on what it can do itself than on what it can trick, tempt, or goad us into doing. Its destiny is no longer in its own hands.

Fallows, James. "Declaring Victory." The Atlantic, September 2006: 60-73.

 

Ummm, no assclown. They didnt.
They filed in Detroit on behalf of residents in the metro Detroit area.
Where were they supposed to file that -- Oklahoma City?

 

Slappy, he said it was obvious.

Therefore, you disagreeing is merely proof of YOUR bias.

You'll get the hang of this, yet...

 

It's just a different "opinion." Kind of like some people think the earth is round; others, flat.

 

Or ... "Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony ... you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you. ... If I went 'round sayin' I was Emperor, just because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away."

And with that, I give you post No. 1000.

 

They did that in a number of courts around the country. They picked the one most favorable to their cause. They went judge shopping.

 

Might I suggest you go clue shopping?

 

Yeah, Will coming down on the side of the Dems on this one was pretty telling. Was getting the car serviced the other day and had to endure Fox News Channel in the waiting room, where O'Reilly was whining about the Dems' lack of a plan in the war on terror and that "criticizing Bush is not a plan."

Continued Falafel Boy, "If a Democrat puts forth a good plan, I'll have them on this program."

Cue the videotape, Billy Boy:

The Democratic Party's standard-bearer said those things. In 2004.

That strategy played out pretty good in the United Kingdom.

 

Just do it the right f'n way, #43.

Don't act like the Constitution is an inconvenience.

It's meant to be an inconvenience -- to presumptious fratboy scum like #43.