John Kerry taking dubious page from Howard Dean's book
John Kerry seems congenitally incapable of saying the right thing.
November seventh is going to be a fine opportunity for me to vote my contempt of the Democratic Party. They aren't smart enough to keep me interested.
Yeah, thems sure aint smart 'nuff to deal with them nukular arms in that ko-ree-ah, or nuffin' like that.
Ibram...were you deliberately taking off GWB or was it an accident? lol
They certainly weren't: look how President Bill, D after his name, got pwnd by the DPRK. Not smart at all, in the end.
Most politicians aren't that smart...regardless of which side they bat for.
That's how it looks. In their defense however, it's noted that In politics, sometimes all that is presented is a choice of blunders.
Success in politics comes from blunder recovery. Speed of recovery is not necessarily the cardinal virtue.
UG...if your system over there is anything at all like the one we have here - which I believe it is - every minister (you call them senators etc) has a host of staff who 'advise' him/her on policy decisions. The advisers are the smart ones.
The only thing a member of parliament really has to have is the ability to speak well in public.
John Kerry did a great job of saying the right thing today! He finally stopped sugarcoating everything and told the Bush administration off in so many words. He told the truth, and laid it out there, and made himself look great, and Bush look badly (not that this takes much effort).
Nobody in Iraq is defending America. The war in Iraq has created MORE not less terrorism. The war in Iraq is both unconstitutional and a cluster fuck.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGwc-9pmmbM&eurl=I do believe a spine is slowly developing among the Dems. Dean, Clinton and now Kerry.
Why didn't Kerry talk this way during the Presidential election? Why's he getting a spine now?
Another case of twisting what was said, and politicizing it.
What he said was that if you don't study, you'll grow to become a stupid president who gets the country stuck in an illadvised war.
No, that's not what he said. That's what his handlers said they told him to say, after the fact.
At least when Dubya mangles things most people can tell what he meant to say.
I guess Yale didn't make Kerry all that damn smart....he ended up getting stuck in Vietnam. ;-)
Why didn't Kerry talk this way during the Presidential election? Why's he getting a spine now?
Is that a spine? It's definately a bone growth, and it's near the skull.
Another case of twisting what was said, and politicizing it.
Oh, so it wasn't political when he said it. That's a pretty comical assertion.
Oh, so it wasn't political when he said it. That's a pretty comical assertion.
No kidding. I was making fun of the repubican response to any Democrat criticism: "why are the Democrats politicising the Weldon investigation?" "why are the Democrats politicising the Iraq war". Glad you agree.
Glad you agree.
You're so driven to find validation you often see it when it isn't there. This isn't the first time.
Kerry's statement was already political, and it was only twisted by his handlers. It's his claim that the Republicans have politicized it, and
he's not kidding.
As far as we can tell, anyway. Or maybe he's joking again. Hard to tell.
No, that's not what he said. That's what his handlers said they told him to say, after the fact.
MaggieL knows all, sees all....
At least when Dubya mangles things most people can tell what he meant to say.
really?
"I think -- tide turning -- see, as I remember -- I was raised in the desert, but tides kind of -- it's easy to see a tide turn -- did I say those words?" --George W. Bush, asked if the tide was turning in Iraq, Washington, D.C., June 14, 2006
Translate for me, please.
You're so driven to find validation you often see it when it isn't there. This isn't the first time.
Kerry's statement was already political, and it was only twisted by his handlers. It's his claim that the Republicans have politicized it, and he's not kidding.
As far as we can tell, anyway. Or maybe he's joking again. Hard to tell.
That's what I said. Are you going way out of your way to pick a fight?
Translate for me, please.
Shit, that's easy. He's saying:
"The tide is turning so much in Iraq that even a desert boy like me can see it.
Maggie, stop being a Bush apologist. Bush is the single worst scumbag to ever befoul the oval office. He is guilty of treason, and he's a military deserter.
Each and every word Kerry said was the truth, and a jerk like Bush isn't worthy to question comments about the military made by a decorated combat veteran and neither are you.
Those who join the military tend to be less educated. This isn't an opinion, it's a fact. Smart people don't sign up to get shot at in an unconstitutional, unwarranted, and unprovoked war in which nobody is defending America and everyone taking part has violated their oath.
Each and every word Kerry said was the truth...
So why is he respinning it? Can't have it both ways. Either he really meant it or he was misunderstood.
Translate for me, please.
I wouldn't dream of it. I can't get you to read, how could I get you to listen?
Besides, I said "most people". That doesn't include you.
You mean like "this administration will stay the course" and "this adminiistration has never been stay the course"?
Those who join the military tend to be less educated. This isn't an opinion, it's a fact.
And people who vote Big-L tend to be more educated too. But it doesn't make them smarter.
The funniest thing about the embroglio may be Kerry conflating academic success with intelligence. Especially given his record as an undergrad.
Each and every word Kerry said was the truth, and a jerk like Bush isn't worthy to question comments about the military made by a decorated combat veteran and neither are you.
Kerry's not decorated anymore, he gave them back.
He was decorated. Tossing the medals does not mean you weren't decorated. Kerry didn't respin anything, he tried to stop the Bush administration from doing the spinning. Kerry said it the second time the same way he did the first. He has more honor, integrity, honesty, and character than the entire Bush administration combined.
Bush is a disgrace to the office, and to all Americans. He should be tried and executed for the treason he's openly admitted to.
Kerry at his very worst is a better man than Bush at his very best.
Kerry said it the second time the same way he did the first.
What he actually said and what his handlers said he was supposed to say are *not* the same thing.
I caught Kerry's act the first time around in the 1970's...and he hasn't improved since then.
Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.
I'd like to see the Bush supporters try to spin this one.
I guess Yale didn't make Kerry all that damn smart....he ended up getting stuck in Vietnam. ;-)
And Bush managed to avoid it, *and* become President, thus proving that serving your country makes you stupid no matter how you slice it.
*NOTE* This is not intended as a slight to any of the wonderful people who serve their country. This is intended as a slight to moron politicians.
From drudgereport.com
VIDEO: KERRY WARNS STUDENTS: EDUCATE YOURSELF, OR YOU'LL GET STUCK IN IRAQ...
VIDEO: BUSH: KERRY COMMENTS 'INSULTING AND SHAMEFUL'...
Iowa candidate asks Kerry to cancel visit...
*Kerry Pulls Out Of Minnesota Appearance...
**No Casey/Kerry In Philly...
TN - Harold Ford asks Kerry to apologize...
McCaskill in Mo. Asks, Too...
MORE DEMS PILE ON...
VIDEO: IMUS TO KERRY: 'Please stop it. Stop talking. Go home, get on the bike'...
I'd like to see the Bush supporters try to spin this one.
Thinking of new ways to harm America doesn't necessarily mean
you're going to implement them. You might just possibly have to figure out what the threats are before you can prevent someone else from implementing them.
That's just the spin his handlers came up with after the fact.
If more people did educate themselves about what's really going on in the world then people like Bush wouldn't be in power.
Whether it was a joke or not doesn't change the fact that what Kerry said was a fact.
People who vote for Bush may know what's going on in the world, and that's the way they like it. Sad.
Well you never know. Maybe if the military get sick of being used as cannon fodder they may decide to instigate a coupe, then you'll all be glad you're armed and dangerous...cept those of you who don't own guns...then you'll just be dangerous, cause deadly force doesn't always come from a gun. ;)
I agree with everything Kerry said and I applaud how he defended himself from the Republicans trying to accuse him of insulting the troops, but this photo is still funny so I'll share.
The average military person's IQ is 8 points above the average American's.
Well that just goes to prove they rig the tests doesn't it?
Either that or pretty much everyone in the US is a bit below par. ;)
This site is always interesting to look at.
Also, have a look at this
wikipedia site.
Just be glad you're not from Equatorial Guinea!
Chris Matthews transcript
Isolated comment:
You know education, you make the most of it, you study hard, do your homework, work hard, you do well. If you don‘t, you get stuck in Iraq.
More complete version including preface to comment:
Yesterday, I was in the state of Texas. As you all know, President Bush used to live there. Now he lives in a state of denial, a state of deception. I‘m glad to be here with you now, I really, thank you. We‘re here to talk about education and I want to say something. You know education, you make the most of it, you study hard, do your homework, work hard, you do well. If you don‘t, you get stuck in Iraq.
I think he was joking. His preceding comment is a similar Bush-is-dum lefty line of the sort that did not win him the election two years ago.
US Army Lowers Recruiting Standards Due To Iraq
Lower standards help Army meet recruiting goal
Maybe it's just a small slip, but it's still a relaxation of the previous standards. How much further do you think it'll go?
The articles you are referencing are only one branch of the US Armed Forces. The USA Today article suggests that 2,600 soldiers were recruited who otherwise would not have made the cut. Out of 450,000 soldiers, perhaps they lowered the average a point.
Unlikely to be even that much I'd say. From my perspective it's more about the fact that the military in any way is willing to compromise it's standards simply for the sake of gathering recruits.
On the other hand, they need people to fight the wars, so I can see the difficulty they're facing.
J. Foot-in-Mouth Kerry has lost the military vote. Again.
Schadenfreude, Goetterfunken, Tochter aus Elysium...
If you understand what he's said he's not even implying that people in the military are stupid.
He's implying that it's stupid decisions that put the military into wars. Specifically the war in Iraq.
However, if people are too stupid to see that, then I guess maybe they should be better educated...or at least learn how to critically analyse text.
His point was that BUSH is stupid, not the military.
Though since Bush is the Commander in Chief, the entity that is the Military is stupid, not neccessarily the people IN it.
They (the totalitarian-symp Left) told us Reagan was stupid too. Apparently on the grounds that Reagan conceived what no President before him had: that communism was to be defeated, and how it should be done.
George W. Bush is clearly thinking the same way. I applaud this. When totalitarians no longer exist, how much of the world's misery will have fled? The big problem is one of logistics: bringing up enough bullets, shells, napalm, perhaps nukes, to wipe them out. I do not care how they die, so long as they either die or convert to genuine democrats. If you're a totalitarian, you have zero business in politics. Leave rulership to people more enlightened than yourself -- and less sociopathic.
I mean, wouldn't that be heaven on Earth? (I'm not persuaded of that, either, but it can hardly fail to be closer.)
communism is the flip side of democracy. If you don't have communism, there is no democracy. If you remove communism as it is now, then what will you do? Start telling people who are 'less democratic' than you that they should choose to be 'more democratic'?
Obviously Regan failed in his quest as will Bush or whatever government comes after his.
Communism is not the "flip side." It is a classist, ancient European style of oppression of the populace by the rulers. American democracy, as merely the latest effort at democracy, preexisted communism.
Half-democracy is more than half a dictatorship. There is no reason to object to getting or causing greater and greater democracy anywhere. The more nearly a society approaches a libertarian democracy of some description -- ours, and yours, are not direct democracies, but republics of the democratic persuasion (republics tend that way), owing generally to the scale of the endeavor: we delegate the political power that comes of the people, the electorate, to our sundry Representatives, Senators, and Members of Parliament.
The average military person's IQ is 8 points above the average American's.
What's the average Americans IQ when you take out all the mentally deficient? Last I knew the army wasn't quite desperate enough to let the mentally retarded in while Burger King does.
Many people argue that even with a democracy 'the people' still have little or no voice and that decisions are made based not on what the people want, but on what the government tells them they want.
J. Foot-in-Mouth Kerry has lost the military vote. Again.
Schadenfreude, Goetterfunken, Tochter aus Elysium...
John Kerry isn't running for office right now, and even if he were, he wouldn't lose the military vote. In fact MOST of the veterans I've spoken to in the last few day (a few dozen) agree with him, especially the combat vets.
They (the totalitarian-symp Left) told us Reagan was stupid too. Apparently on the grounds that Reagan conceived what no President before him had: that communism was to be defeated, and how it should be done.
George W. Bush is clearly thinking the same way. I applaud this. When totalitarians no longer exist, how much of the world's misery will have fled? The big problem is one of logistics: bringing up enough bullets, shells, napalm, perhaps nukes, to wipe them out. I do not care how they die, so long as they either die or convert to genuine democrats. If you're a totalitarian, you have zero business in politics. Leave rulership to people more enlightened than yourself -- and less sociopathic.
I mean, wouldn't that be heaven on Earth? (I'm not persuaded of that, either, but it can hardly fail to be closer.)
George W. Bush doesn't think the same way as Reagan, he thinks the same way as the communists Reagan wanted to beat.....if he thinks at all, which his supporters do not.
I don't think these guys got it, either, but that's okay. It was a dumb thing to say, period, no matter what he meant. Doofus.
However, if people are too stupid to see that, then I guess maybe they should be better educated...or at least learn how to critically analyse text.
Unfortunately that's not what he actually
said.
Since he claims that he meant something
other than what he actually said, misunderstandings are hardly something you can blame on the
listener's lack of education.
Kerry was originally acclaimed for being a magnificent orator...he seems to have trouble working without a script now.
I think he's a cargo-cult JFK wannabe.
MaggieL knows all, sees all....
Maggie reads the news wires.
You know that old PSA..."Reading is Fun-damental".
What he did say can be interpreted in the way he intended (George Bush got stuck in Iraq, figuratively), and that interpretation is supported by the context.
Taken out of context, that meaning certainly isn't the first one that comes to mind, so it's good he clarified.
I think that %100 of Democrats would agree that the average soldier serving in Iraq is smarter than his or her Commander-in-Chief.:thumb:
Of course they're in a free fire zone and he's in the Oval Office, but that says more about the stupidity of the average voter than the intelligence of our soldiers.
Of course they're in a free fire zone and he's in the Oval Office, but that says more about the stupidity of the average voter than the intelligence of our soldiers.
Exactly!
This LA Times Opinion piece explains how the military is smart
During the Vietnam War, the controversial student deferments helped keep most affluent and educated young men out of the military, while those without college opportunities were far more likely to be drafted. Today, the military continues to attract many young men and women from less-affluent families by offering job training and scholarships.
But recent studies of military demographics suggest that today's military is neither uneducated nor poor. Statistically, the enlisted ranks of the military are drawn mainly from neighborhoods that are slightly more affluent than the norm. The very poor are actually underrepresented in the military, relative to the number of very poor people in the population.
That's mainly because the military won't accept the lowest academic achievers. The Army limits recruits without high school degrees to 3 1/2 % of the pool, for instance, while the Marines won't accept recruits without high school degrees. Poverty correlates strongly with high school dropout rates, so these rules significantly limit the access of the very poor to military service.
At the same time, they ensure that enlisted members of the military are more likely than members of the general population to have high school degrees. The same pattern holds for commissioned officers. In 2004, for instance, only 4.2% of officers lacked college degrees, and a whopping 37% held an advanced degree of some sort, compared to only 10% of adults nationwide.
Then, who doesn't serve at all? Upper middle class and elites:
...the percentage of enlisted military personnel from households with more than $60,000 in annual income is close to zero. Military recruiters don't even both to recruit in affluent neighborhoods: They know no one's going to sign up. At elite universities — Harvard, Stanford and Yale, for instance — the percentage of graduates who enter the military is minuscule.
The upper middle class and elites maintain Vietnam-era notions about the military. Why?
Kerry said pretty much exactly that.
I wish he had responded to the pseudoscandals during the election as well as he has handled this one.
Kerry's been saying the same thing since Vietnam. I don't have the quote handy, but he said in 1972 that, essentially, "a volunteer army would be made mostly of brown people, black people, and the disenfranchised". He thinks very little of the people in the armed forces, and always has, even when he was one. He spent all of his political career apologizing for being in the military, except when he needed the military vote.
He hasn't handled this with any more than C grade political aplomb; he's just lucky enough to have a fanbase who are willing to take any excuse he gives as long as it doesn't damage the effort of Democrats to regain power.
Kerry is a tool, irrespective of the toolishness of any Republican.
You understand, they had to go back to 1972 to find something he said that resembled the isolated quote.
I think in 1972 I said something about bollards being unsafe.
I just "heard" Howard Dean on my computer's speakers, which are hooked into my TV. He was on the Jim Lerher News Hour. I was not paying attention, so I didn't realize to whom I was listening. Then I started listening; the guy sounded reasonable, smart, articulate, and intelligent. Damn. Was it really "the scream," or was it the comment about the bumper sticker? I'll take him over Kerry any day.
What was the bumper sticker comment?
And yes, Dean was the best option by far in the last election.
Howard Dean may have a virtue or two hidden away in there somewhere -- but I doubt "keeping the Republic" numbers among them. I don't trust the man, and the entire senior leadership of the Democratic Party has forfeited my confidence for fifteen years plus, now.
The only senior, nationally known Democrat with any sense at all that I could recognize is Joseph Lieberman.
Heh, that figures.
On a different note, Dean losing the primary did have a silver lining. He has gone a long way towards fixing what was wrong with Democratic campaign strategy at the national level. Without his 50 state strategy, the chances that the Democrats would
take over 30 seats in the House would have been slim to none.
The previous strategy of only funding candidates and local party organizations if chances were good allowed attitudes like UG's to grow unchecked, with the Republicans defining the Democrats in every local election. A vocal Democrat in every race may not always win (or may almost never win in some areas) but they can help attract more Democratic votes for statewide and national races, insert the real Democratic view into the debate, and allow Democrats to take advantage when the Republicans implode as spectacularly as they have this time around.
What I don't understand is not how everyone jump on him for leaving Bush's pronoun out of this joke... but people forgive Bush's every damn sentence?
What I don't understand is not how everyone jump on him for leaving Bush's pronoun out of this joke...
Well, it's not Bush's pronoun, it's Kerry's. But according to him (and his fans) it's everybody else's fault for being too dumb to realize he made a mistake he was too dumb not to make.
I don't think that is accurate.
Monkey, the short answer, and the only one I feel like giving, is that the "real Democratic view" isn't worth holding.
The very last Democratic candidate I was wholly in favor of was Lyndon Baines Johnson.
I was in the third grade.
Furthermore, Sen. Kerry has worked very publicly in the interest of America's foes, whomever they be, all his political life. This latest utterance is no aberration, it is the man's core. If any of America's enemies seek at least a bit of comfort, they should apply to Mr. Kerry. What a fuckin' scrub.
Well it looks like Mr. UG was actually half-smart once... In the third grade.
Monkey, the short answer, and the only one I feel like giving, is that the "real Democratic view" isn't worth holding.
No, it is. But you aren't worth convincing.
Well it looks like Mr. UG was actually half-smart once... In the third grade.
He said once before he had set his opinions and course in life by the time he was 10 years old. That's why he thinks and acts like a 10 year old. :rolleyes:
No, it is. But you aren't worth convincing.
It is not, and I am.
If you actually possessed some of the superiority you're claiming, you wouldn't try and fob things off with an excuse. You are, I believe, now fairly well acquainted with me and my views. How might you go about convincing a skeptic?
You, my friend, are not only a liar, you are lazy also. Now meet my challenge or do like tw does, and run.
If yours is the best available example of the Democratic argument, a whole passel of you could stand some enlightenment.
He said once before he had set his opinions and course in life by the time he was 10 years old. That's why he thinks and acts like a 10 year old. :rolleyes:
Bruce, I'll have to fault you for your reading comprehension. I do recall saying I wasn't fooled by Communist propaganda the way people twice my age clearly were, at circa 10 years of age, yes.
I think more flexibly than you do, Bruce, for I can recognize and acknowledge you when you get something right, such as the gun issue, where we are on the same side of the divide. This is thinking like a 10-year-old? Bruce, oh
dear.:rolleyes: I keep telling you there is no divide....no black and white. Every issue has multiple points of view.....10 year olds don't understand that. :rolleyes:
It is not, and I am.
If you actually possessed some of the superiority you're claiming, you wouldn't try and fob things off with an excuse. You are, I believe, now fairly well acquainted with me and my views. How might you go about convincing a skeptic?
You, my friend, are not only a liar, you are lazy also. Now meet my challenge or do like tw does, and run.
If yours is the best available example of the Democratic argument, a whole passel of you could stand some enlightenment.
That's just it. You're not a skeptic. You're a believer. You believe you're right and all others are wrong. There's no convincing you.
There have been numerous, countless posts that contribute to persuading someone who has an open mind, but that's not you. You're not interested in learning anything. Your mind is closed. There is no teaching you.
I came to this conclusion
long ago:
Hey, really, I'm not talking to you to persuade you. I have long since concluded that your mind, which may or may not be open, is so firmly sealed up your butt that nothing can get in. Fine. You're more useful as a negative example anyway.
Really long ago.
UG, I do not accept you as my pupil. You do not posess the proper attitude. If you learn anything from me, it is to your credit and you'll be better for it, but I decline to take responsibility to teach you the error of your ways. Should your attitude and your ability to think clearly improve, you may petition again. In the meantime, you have a LOT of work to do and I leave you to it.
Howard Dean may have a virtue or two hidden away in there somewhere -- but I doubt "keeping the Republic" numbers among them. I don't trust the man, and the entire senior leadership of the Democratic Party has forfeited my confidence for fifteen years plus, now.
The only senior, nationally known Democrat with any sense at all that I could recognize is Joseph Lieberman.
I've finally realized that UG is a brilliant humorist. Bravo. Republicans for the Republic, indeed, you are a card!
That said, some of us who actually do like the idea of a republic are not comfortable with much of the senior Democratic leadership, so don't take your joke too far and give them too much credit, people can get confused.
That's just it. You're not a skeptic. You're a believer. You believe you're right and all others are wrong. There's no convincing you.
There have been numerous, countless posts that contribute to persuading someone who has an open mind, but that's not you. You're not interested in learning anything. Your mind is closed. There is no teaching you.
If your ideas, and others I've rejected in this forum, were actually good enough to persuade me they were not shoddy goods intellectually, then I'd be interested in learning them. Until then, what is there to do?
To teach me, show me wisdom. There's not been enough of that.
I have strength enough to hold ideas that are unpopular with you.
You mean show you right-wing, prejudiced, eyes-closed garbage?
Ibram, go outside and play some hoops or something, okay? You're being tedious and immature.
God, you're a dick. Is this an alter ego?
Ibram's a bright kid, and I value him for his intelligence. But when he tries to bait me, I remind him that he's not in my weight class -- though he has every chance of developing that far assuming he doesn't fall under the wheels of a bus.
He can't bait me, but he can bore me.
I have no interest in 'baiting' you, only making fun of and/or insulting you, which is fast becoming boring and far too easy.
Maybe we should all just bow down and recognise the intellectual giant that is Urbane Guerilla.
John Kerry tells jokes
Q: How many blondes does it take to change a light bulb?
A: 10, but 15 if the blondes are some of our nation's farmers.
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Knock Knock!
Who's There?
Interrupting Politician who accidentally insults constituents!
Interrupting Politician who accidentally insults const—
SENIOR CITIZENS ARE LAZY!
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Last night I had this dream that I was eating a giant marshmallow and when I woke up, my pillow was gone! I'm thinking it was probably stolen by a WWII veteran and sold for drugs.
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A priest, a rabbi and a minister walk into a bar. The bartender looks at them and says, “Get out. God is dead and religion is the opiate of the masses.”
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Q: How do you know an elephant's been in your refrigerator?
A: By the footprints in the ashes of 911 victims.
I mean, 911 victims' pizza.
Wait a second. Just pizza.
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Q: What do you get when you cross a teacher with a vampire?
A: A teacher who gives blood tests, but remains employed due to the strength of corrupt unions.
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Take my wife, please. Seriously, women are useless.
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Three men are stranded on an island when they find an old lamp and rub it. Suddenly, a genie appears and offers to grant them each one wish. The first man wishes to be off the island and, poof, he's gone. The second man wishes to be off the island, and poof, he's gone. The third man says, “Gee, I'm really lonely. I wish the Jews wouldn't start all the wars in the world.”
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A waiter brings a restaurant patron a bowl of soup. The patron notices a fly and says, “Hey, there's a fly in my soup.” The waiter replies, “Yes. Unfortunately our chef is Latino.”
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Q: Why did the chicken cross the road?
A: To head into the army recruiting office so he could fight in Iraq.
Oh, wait. I told that wrong. I forgot to say the chicken was retarded.
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It's pretty clear that Kerry was wise not to become a comedienne, 'cause he sucks at it.
Sticking to being a compassionate human is his forte. :D
Making John Forbes Kerry into a comedienne would take a lot of expensive work.
I have no interest in 'baiting' you, only making fun of and/or insulting you, which is fast becoming boring and far too easy.
Get thee to a dictionary; go. This was even worse thought out than that post of yours about how you can hold every communist opinion that ever was, push every communist take on anything that ever was, and still not be a communist.
Not exactly up to your best potential intellectually, and snotty doesn't impress except as proof of not being mature. You need reminding that you want to look smart on this forum, and having wisdom is good too. Again, it is not within your power to bait me, though it is within your power to bore me.
So what're you doing answering him UG? ;)
Yawn.
Like I said, fast growing boring.
Quick, over there! Another liberal conspiracy! Go yell at them so I can laugh at you some more.
Tsk tsk, it's a communist conspiracy, not a liberal one; haven't you learned anything Ibram?
Honestly I'd like to see UG paint the whole canvas if you will. The whole story (in a nutshell) with legitmate links to show why he believes the way he does.
... I remind him that he's not in my weight class -- ...
Light weight?
Waiting tables?
10 pounds of sand pounded up your ass?
...I remind him that he's not in my weight class...
lol...poor UG. They're making fun of you now.
Light weight?
Waiting tables?
10 pounds of sand pounded up your ass?
Spexx, I've already taken your measure, and found you ill-equipped to duel with me: persons ignorant of guns, of gun control and its necessity to later genocides, get sandbagged with those ten pounds, and continually.
And this is your idea of an
appropriate reaction to getting schooled? You emotionally immature bitch of a leftist, you -- something not unheard of among the left, for it seems to require a certain immaturity to stay Left. Take your resentments, spindle them, and insert them, as I've less time for them than you, busymouth. Take your lesson, too, whiner, and shut the hell up. I'm here to make you a better human being, as your current condition doesn't show much to recommend it. I do not do what you are doing.
Which will cause me to stay interested in your condition, truth to tell.:eyebrow:
Flint: needs a full beard, grizzled in large vertical stripes, and a longer mustache, sufficient for waxing a la George V. In fact he needs to look more English and less Italian. :D Oh, and sleeves on the T-shirt, which I'm not wearing just now as the room's oddly warm and I'm living through the getting-over-a-cold ickies -- that unpleasant sweat when you do anything, like stand up.
I'm a good sport.
So what're you doing answering him UG? ;)
My yawns are more articulate than his. He doesn't like it, but I beat him on experience, having more of it than he. Really, the very materially worst things I've ever done to the poor kid has been to say "solecism," and to tell him that if he really knew all there was to know about communism and communist propaganda, he'd've spotted tw for a communist before I did. Right about then, he decided he'd try making me feel bad by getting nasty. Fat chance of that.
Jeb, I'm not all that much on linking, to be sure, though there is some from time to time. For an overall picture of the essential Guerrilla, try searching up every single post I've written. The bulk of it is there, if not in great concentration. Or you can PM me if you like, I have no problem with corresponding. (Can't remember if my email's up to date or not.)
I have a martial-arts background, I shoot a little and politick a lot, I reckon too much government is bad for just about everyone, I've read most of what Robert A. Heinlein wrote, was converted to political Libertarianism by reading Murray Rothbard (and concluded immediately that libertarian thinking might cure a lot of what ails the sicker, poorer nations of Latin America) though I don't share his touching faith in anarchy as the Solution to It All, and since our foes in the present war are thoroughgoing antidemocrats, we should cut their throats like chickens in a processing plant and make their carcasses into something useful, as the democratic cause is humanity's cause. That's the nutshell.
I'm a good sport.
You realize that's Carl from Aqua Teen Hunger Force, right? Anyway...
I figured you wouldn't take it the wrong way. You big internet-opinion-having guy, you.
Well, yeah, though I couldn't remember his name, as I'm not so sure ATHF is all that clever that I should stay up late to watch it -- Meatwad always kills my appetite, which I resent, grr. There's stuff like Cowboy Bebop around, after all.