tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post9070154510834462952..comments2024-03-26T16:03:42.608-06:00Comments on Flares into Darkness: Off The Reservationambisinistralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03836786826294202405noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-62227905434387115182007-04-16T03:23:00.000-06:002007-04-16T03:23:00.000-06:00For Terrye:---Teresita said... "Say, when a cow's ...For Terrye:<BR/>---<BR/>Teresita said... <BR/><BR/>"Say, when a cow's laying down, which end of her gets up first? <BR/>Answer up prompt now -- don't stop<BR/>to study over it. <BR/>Which end gets up first?"<BR/><BR/>"The hind end, mum."<BR/><BR/>"Well, then, a horse?"<BR/><BR/>"The for'rard end, mum."<BR/><BR/>"Which side of a tree does the moss grow on?"<BR/><BR/>"North side."<BR/><BR/>"If fifteen cows is browsing on a hillside, how many of them eats with their heads pointed the same<BR/>direction?"<BR/><BR/>"The whole fifteen, mum."<BR/><BR/>"Well, I reckon you HAVE lived in the country. I thought maybe you was trying to hocus me again. What's your real name, now?"<BR/><BR/>"George Peters, mum."Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-45458651265284450592007-04-16T03:21:00.000-06:002007-04-16T03:21:00.000-06:00I think terrye's comment about not firing Clintoni...I think terrye's comment about not firing Clintonista Traitors depicts one of W's biggest failures, for which we have paid dearly.<BR/>---<BR/>...and softheads like Gonzales, Rice, and Mineta had no business being in DC.<BR/>(bring back John Ashcroft!)<BR/>---<BR/>• <A HREF="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18109236/site/newsweek/" REL="nofollow">U.S. Softening Stance on Muslim Brotherhood</A><BR/>---<BR/>April 23, 2007 issue - A brief encounter at a Cairo cocktail party could signal a shift in Bush administration policy toward the Muslim Brotherhood, a worldwide Islamic movement that the United States has shunned because of its alleged ties to terrorism. <BR/><BR/>The party, at the residence of U.S. Ambassador to Egypt Francis Ricciardone, was for House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and other visiting members of Congress. <BR/>While there, Hoyer told NEWSWEEK, he was introduced by a U.S. Embassy official to one of the invited guests: Mohammed Saad el-Katatni, a Brotherhood leader who also serves as a chief of an "independent" bloc in the Egyptian Parliament allied with the movement, which itself is banned by the Egyptian government. <BR/><BR/>Hoyer told the embassy he wanted to hear "alternative" voices in Egypt. He had met el-Katatni with other Parliament members earlier in the day. But, Hoyer said, "we didn't ask that the Brotherhood be included in the reception. Frankly, we were surprised to see him." During their five-minute talk, <STRONG>Hoyer and el-Katatni debated the role of Hamas, the Palestinian offshoot of the Brotherhood. "He was definitely rationalizing Hamas's position," said Hoyer</STRONG>.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-36870161819504175972007-03-27T14:02:00.000-06:002007-03-27T14:02:00.000-06:00brylun:If Bush was not willing to stick up for his...brylun:<BR/><BR/>If Bush was not willing to stick up for his domestic allies, Gonzales, Rove and probably Cheney would have been gone a long time ago.terryehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609746018265953069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-57691284793852470402007-03-27T14:00:00.000-06:002007-03-27T14:00:00.000-06:00Well I think Bush should have fired the Democrats ...Well I think Bush should have fired the Democrats left over from Clinton and I think he was naive in a way about his ability to deal with the Democrats in Washington. Washington is not Texas.<BR/><BR/>But I would not say that Bush has not stuck up for his domestic allies, in fact it seems to me that the Republcians are more than willing to abandon him when it suits them.<BR/><BR/>I also think that during the Clnton years people began to get more and more partisan and it has reached a point where I am not sure anyone can really lead in a national sense. That bothers me. Because it makes me feel as if no matter what Bush does, or for that matter the next president, there will always be some Machiavellian plot underway.terryehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609746018265953069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-8606892360264457052007-03-27T13:18:00.000-06:002007-03-27T13:18:00.000-06:00Rick, Nice post! I agree completely.On a differen...Rick, Nice post! I agree completely.<BR/><BR/>On a different subject, check out my new project: <A HREF="http://egopnews.com" REL="nofollow">eGOPnews.com</A>brylunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17865287332396235627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-12653929776023378902007-03-27T11:50:00.000-06:002007-03-27T11:50:00.000-06:00"Do you really think that if Bush had not told peo...<I>"Do you really think that if Bush had not told people to cooperate in the Plame investigation that the Democrats would have just rolled over?"</I><BR/><BR/>No, but there was absolutely no need to emphasize cooperation to the extent that he did. Just as there was no need to make giving up the 5th Amendment a condition of employment. Both of those "ideas" were purely political in nature, meant to distinguish "Bush" from "Clinton". Thet were very empty (and very cheap) words when the deeds were speaking for themselves.<BR/><BR/>There was nothing wrong with going after political operatives who were trying to lie themselves into the Kerry "administration". <BR/><BR/>There is nothing wrong with firing political appointees who fail to pursue administration priorities either. Especially when at least some of the jokers were turning a very blind eye to voting scams.<BR/><BR/>What is wrong is the pretense that the administration is apolitical. That's a lie that a child can see through and it and the possibility that it would boomerang should have been accounted for at the outset.<BR/><BR/>Shoving the "dirty" political decisions downstream in order to keep your hands clean is nice in theory and it works some of the time. Leaving the folks to whom you delegated the dirty work hanging in the wind just guarantees that in the end you'll wish that you had done it yourself.Rick Ballardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11082425215912372067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-27092942529759461182007-03-27T11:01:00.000-06:002007-03-27T11:01:00.000-06:00Do you really think that if Bush had not told peop...Do you really think that if Bush had not told people to cooperate in the Plame investigation that the Democrats would have just rolled over?<BR/><BR/>I agree that this McNulty character is a bad egg, but there are always a few like this in any administration, people being what they are.<BR/><BR/>And I agree that Bush did not have to justify the firings, they were legal. But I also think that you are underestimating the ability of the Democrats together with their allies in the media to exploite virtually any situation.<BR/><BR/>In other words, I don't think it would have mattered what Bush said, this would have gotten out of hand.terryehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609746018265953069noreply@blogger.com