tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post113466821385540482..comments2024-03-26T16:03:42.608-06:00Comments on Flares into Darkness: Who won today's election?ambisinistralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03836786826294202405noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1134794136692869712005-12-16T21:35:00.000-07:002005-12-16T21:35:00.000-07:00Iran's dictatorship can't live next to Iraq's demo...Iran's dictatorship can't live next to Iraq's democracy--the ranting is already looking like abject fear.<BR/><BR/>Truepeers--you're soo right--the singing of praises has no neutral position when one's people are in the event. <BR/><BR/>Singing praises is part of creating the thing that is praised, the praising itself--showing that that which is meant to be praisworthy, IS SO, is a major determinant of its success. <BR/><BR/>To be praiseworthy by the people praising is to be praieworthy by self-evidence. <BR/><BR/>Of course an apple won't be an orange, but strange fruit may be tried in community--and found to be praiseworthy. <BR/><BR/>Sour silence is just uncommitted booing and hissing. <BR/><BR/>The fence-sitter is a study in the relationship among fear, ego, and emptiness.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1134767206896796922005-12-16T14:06:00.000-07:002005-12-16T14:06:00.000-07:00Anonymous, if your "point" was about unintended co...Anonymous, if your "point" was about unintended consequenes and irony it was well hidden. But then you are probably one of those pomo chaps/esses who can't express himherself without subtle irony, as if your method of thinking and speaking were a truth in itself. But as the CHinese Daoists already learned millennia ago, the way that can be spoken of is not the true or eternal way.<BR/><BR/>Which is no excuse not to have faith, quite the opposite. So you're glad but you'll hold off singing praises? What a life! Little if any faith! If everyone thinks like this, I'll guarantee you that things will turn bad in the next few months and we'll have nothing to sing about.truepeershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16401984575637492845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1134765122005213682005-12-16T13:32:00.000-07:002005-12-16T13:32:00.000-07:00truepeers said "Or how do you get out of bed in th...truepeers said "Or how do you get out of bed in the morning?"<BR/><BR/>I don't.<BR/><BR/>My point wasn't about whether or not democracy is a good thing. It was about unintended consequences and "irony". There's a difference there. <BR/><BR/>Anyhow, I'm glad the voting is going well. But excuse me if I hold off on singing praises while I wait and see what happens over the next few months.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1134763568591357232005-12-16T13:06:00.001-07:002005-12-16T13:06:00.001-07:00Who won today's election?Iran, that's who.Without ...<I>Who won today's election?<BR/><BR/>Iran, that's who.<BR/>Without ever firing a shot.<BR/>Thanks America.</I><BR/><BR/>Now, now. We all know how silly that axis of evil talk was, right?chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15164145672293455823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1134763564566214612005-12-16T13:06:00.000-07:002005-12-16T13:06:00.000-07:00Oh well, anonymous, at least you are showing yours...Oh well, anonymous, at least you are showing yourself what you really think about democracy. In fact, Iraq and the rest of the world is much better off with these elections, even if Shiite theocrats get elected. Because it is step one to establishing the norm of free and open elections. And if there remains enough will in Americs to insist that this norm be re-inforced, that there will be future elections, then in time the self-correcting principles of democracy will soften all edges.<BR/><BR/>BUt it takes faith in humanity to believe in such a thing. Better than giving up and saying just let the tyrants rule, don't you think? Or how do you get out of bed in the morning?truepeershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16401984575637492845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1134757771672355332005-12-16T11:29:00.000-07:002005-12-16T11:29:00.000-07:00Who won today's election?Iran, that's who.Without ...Who won today's election?<BR/><BR/>Iran, that's who.<BR/>Without ever firing a shot.<BR/>Thanks America.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1134757414621193632005-12-16T11:23:00.000-07:002005-12-16T11:23:00.000-07:00Peter, that's OLD News.Today's news is that Bush i...Peter, that's OLD News.<BR/>Today's news is that Bush is a closet KGB type looking into our bedrooms.<BR/>Good enough reason to give Terrorists their Rights, Trash the Patriot Act, and oh yeah, put all your "news" about yesterday behind us, where it belongs, in the dustbin of history.<BR/>...along w/all those bodies.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1134755197444504022005-12-16T10:46:00.000-07:002005-12-16T10:46:00.000-07:00really, everything is already broken in, it does s...really, everything is already broken in, it does some good, is cheap, and it REALLY offends snotty-ass daughters to know you do it.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1134755081132124302005-12-16T10:44:00.000-07:002005-12-16T10:44:00.000-07:00Barry--that's thirdsies, seller, artworker, and id...Barry--that's thirdsies, seller, artworker, and idea man. I'm giving mine to the Salvation Army, since that's where i shop.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1134748006161750362005-12-16T08:46:00.000-07:002005-12-16T08:46:00.000-07:00Buddy,Great graphic. Perhaps the next CafePress T-...Buddy,<BR/><BR/>Great graphic. Perhaps the next CafePress T-shirt could say, "Hey moonbats!" and replace the purple finger with the middle finger.Barry Dauphinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15808109325931309525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1134746949144419452005-12-16T08:29:00.000-07:002005-12-16T08:29:00.000-07:00What's a "Gas Job?"---Schroeder assailed for takin...What's a "Gas Job?"<BR/>---<BR/><A HREF="http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20051216-125650-9936r.htm" REL="nofollow">Schroeder assailed for taking gas job</A> .<BR/>Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder faces mounting accusations of "disgusting" sleaze.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1134743744598797682005-12-16T07:35:00.000-07:002005-12-16T07:35:00.000-07:00Peter, I knew you were going to say that.Peter, I knew you were going to say that.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1134714429294054702005-12-15T23:27:00.000-07:002005-12-15T23:27:00.000-07:00Thanks, Syl--it coulda used your colorism--and it ...Thanks, Syl--it coulda used your colorism--and it was a rush job, fingers needed a clean-up i see now.<BR/><BR/>Chuck, what was the beef, i'd LOVE to be a lesbian!<BR/>\;-D (*groaaan*)buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1134714024203392172005-12-15T23:20:00.000-07:002005-12-15T23:20:00.000-07:00Conrad also obtained a restraining order Wednesday...<I>Conrad also obtained a restraining order Wednesday against her partner, saying Peterson punched a hole in the wall during an argument and threatened to harm a friend.</I><BR/><BR/>I don't know that this really proves anything except bad choices. Lesbian abuse is not a new thing, there was a lesbian couple who lived up the airshaft in the building in NYC where I once shared an apartment. They had big fights and the lipstick lesbian of the pair would sometimes show up sporting a shiner.chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15164145672293455823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1134712157219769312005-12-15T22:49:00.000-07:002005-12-15T22:49:00.000-07:00Hey Buddy, the graphic is great!Hey Buddy, the graphic is great!Sylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03069871911665125873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1134710364351792052005-12-15T22:19:00.000-07:002005-12-15T22:19:00.000-07:00I can't worry about the culture wars until that Ir...I can't worry about the culture wars until that Iranian Adolf bites the dust.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1134705676757287082005-12-15T21:01:00.000-07:002005-12-15T21:01:00.000-07:00No Joke .BRATTLEBORO, Vt. - A lesbian couple who e...<A HREF="http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/12/15/D8EGT8A80.html" REL="nofollow"><STRONG>No Joke</STRONG></A> .<BR/>BRATTLEBORO, Vt. - A lesbian couple who entered into the nation's first same-sex civil union are splitting up amid allegations of violent behavior. Carolyn Conrad, 35, asked a court in October to end her relationship with Kathleen Peterson, 46.<BR/><BR/>Conrad also obtained a restraining order Wednesday against her partner, saying Peterson punched a hole in the wall during an argument and <STRONG>threatened to harm a friend</STRONG>.<BR/><BR/>"All I want to say is that the civil union was a big source of pride for me, and now it's not," Peterson said.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1134705171807823032005-12-15T20:52:00.001-07:002005-12-15T20:52:00.001-07:00here's a peter UK joke modified to a blonde joke:B...here's a peter UK joke modified to a blonde joke:<BR/><BR/>Blonde is joining the army, recruiter asks "Can you kill a man?" Blonde answers "Eventually."buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1134705125735858122005-12-15T20:52:00.000-07:002005-12-15T20:52:00.000-07:00We'll try to fool them into thinkin the rest of us...We'll try to fool them into thinkin the rest of us are like that.<BR/>...or even close.<BR/>At least I'm getting better at paying proper respect.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1134705027912925022005-12-15T20:50:00.000-07:002005-12-15T20:50:00.000-07:00Forgot the important Texas snip:Okay, I know I'm b...Forgot the important Texas snip:<BR/><BR/>Okay, I know I'm beginning to sound like a depressed broken record here, but consider this: <BR/>the elections are still on, and even that worthless <A HREF="http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20051114-102844-4663r.htm" REL="nofollow"><STRONG>fat fuck al-Sadr</STRONG></A> has put down the halwa and waddled over to join the infidel democracy bullshit. <BR/>I'm starting to get paranoid about my job security because OBL stopped returning my emails a month ago. Yeah, I've heard the rumor that he's dead, but either way it looks like I'll be lucky if the bonus this year is <BR/>"Zarkman lives to see the Texas-USC game."Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1134704869735715292005-12-15T20:47:00.000-07:002005-12-15T20:47:00.000-07:00Doug, I get the distinct impression that's what's ...Doug, I get the distinct impression that's what's selling the new way to Iraqis is not so much our system as our soldiers.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1134704534742938642005-12-15T20:42:00.000-07:002005-12-15T20:42:00.000-07:00A few words from the loser:Let me 'shplain it fer ...A few words from the loser:<BR/><BR/>Let me 'shplain it fer ya. Like last month, when a couple of the French recruits knocked on my cubicle while I was filling out the Q3 casualty spreadsheet. "Um, Monsieur Zarqawi, we would like to request a transfer to the Paris office."<BR/><BR/>Okay, so I'm like looking over at Khalid, trying not to laugh. "mmm, okayyyy, any particular reason?"<BR/><BR/>"Well, sir, since we are French, and France is hot right now, um, and we know the territory and all, we just, like, thought our jihad org skill development would be, well better in the, uh...Paris..."<BR/><BR/>"Mmm hmm. And what skills would those be?" <BR/><BR/>"Well, uh, you know. Car burning, subway Jew beating, things like that. People skills."<BR/><BR/>Shit, I though I was gonna spray some Mecca-Cola through my nose when I saw Khalid behind them, doing that throat-slash thingy with his hook, but I kept it together. <BR/>"Sure! Sounds like a plan, guys! Umm, why don't you go with Khalid. He'll take you out back and have you fill out the transfer forms." Long story short, they're back in Paris. Torsos, at least.<BR/><BR/>In fairness I guess you expect that kind of pussified goatshit from French recruits, even when they're shahids. <BR/>Weasels or not, at least they have enough sense to try to save their own asses. <BR/>But man, then there are these crazy fucking Saudi and Yemeni and Syrian assholes. Those guys are so stupid and horny for Paradise poontang that they're already blowing themselves up before they get their luggage unloaded from the courtesy van. We got a little joke here at the office: <BR/><BR/>"<I>What's the last thing <BR/>a Saudi says to a Syrian <BR/>before they met Allah? <BR/>"What does this button do?"</I>"<BR/><BR/>I'm telling you, If you were around these felchers 10 minutes you'd be convinced we need to rethink this whole marrying-in-the-clan thing. <BR/>And, along with the stupid, comes the gullibility. Zawahiri, in all his motivational wisdom, bought a Dish Network subscription for the office so we could get the CNN and MSNBC feeds. <BR/>"Good for morale," <BR/>or something like that.<BR/><BR/>.<A HREF="http://iowahawk.typepad.com/iowahawk/2005/12/zarkman_live.html" REL="nofollow"> <STRONG>I'm Surrounded By Idiots </STRONG></A>Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1134704486993385912005-12-15T20:41:00.000-07:002005-12-15T20:41:00.000-07:00TIME Magazine has just fired the sales staff. Word...TIME Magazine has just <A HREF="http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8EFL1KG0.htm?campaign_id=apn_home_down&chan=db" REL="nofollow">fired the sales staff</A>. Word is, the shake up will be a turn around so radical they're gonna spell 'time' backwards, call it EMIT Magazine, with the new slogan <I>"We emit we were wrong about the war"</I>.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1134704128140133392005-12-15T20:35:00.000-07:002005-12-15T20:35:00.000-07:00Thanks in advance, Julian.---Buddy,When GWB talked...Thanks in advance, Julian.<BR/>---<BR/>Buddy,<BR/>When GWB talked about the honors student we lost that had everything going for him when he informed his dad that he wanted to do something more meaningful like join the Marines, I had a similar, if more tearful reaction.<BR/>...then his dad did something heroic in his loving tribute.<BR/>Forgot the specifics, but not the gravity.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1134703925201514242005-12-15T20:32:00.000-07:002005-12-15T20:32:00.000-07:00The LATimes article--yes--alien invaders--pretty f...The LATimes article--yes--alien invaders--pretty flabbergasting. <BR/><BR/>Maybe now that they've had to downsize the staff, the evening clean-up crew is 'putting it to bed'? <BR/><BR/>The Illegal aliens from Sanchez Janitorial Services?buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.com