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That picture is disturbing. Either she’s smiling because her plan worked or smiling because ... ahem.... nevermind.

Still, troubling.

By the looks of the pic...she isn’t too concerned about showing her...well...giblets too the public. I think i just threw up in my mouth a little bit…

She stated in Crawford she would protest until she was arrested.  Does this mean she’s done and will go back home and try to get a job?

I’m just not getting something here ...

All these postings bash Sheehan over and over again.

The condescending tone, the quoting of text as if it somehow made you sound smarter, etc ... don’t you people feel a little stupid?  I just happened upon this site and being an independent I thought it was possible that there could be some sort of intelligent commentary about the growing anti-war sentiment (across all party lines) ... apparently not.

Hugely disapointed,

PG

Did everyone see her “speech” over the weekend?  I’m sure it’s still available on the WWW.

She’s not exactly the smartest cookie in the jar.

’Frankly, I’m convinced this was a publicity stunt. ‘

How much convincing did it take? Did you think at some point maybe it wasn’t?

Cindy is a genius.

When a true genius appears in this world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.

Swift

Brandon:

Why aren’t you fighting in Dubya’s for-profit war, chickenhawk?

Dr. King, Dave Dellinger, and many other fine Americans have been jailed for their anti-war activities.

Historically speaking, Ms. Sheehan is in excellent company.

That photo has some nice Photoshop potential.

Keep your eyes peeled over on Fark.

‘Frankly, I’m convinced this was a publicity stunt. ‘

How much convincing did it take? Did you think at some point maybe it wasn’t?

Ha! Good catch, ICall!

I guess you don’t understand sarcasm, Don.

Neither do I, in this case. What did you mean by your comment?

I guess you don’t understand sarcasm, Don.

He was a race-baiting political opportunist?

Ah! So an inside joke between you and yourself. How clever!

That is sooooo something Sue from Accounts Payable would do! LOL

Geez Don!? 

What do you have against Dr. King?

I honestly can’t believe I have to spell it out for you, libs.

Here goes…

We all know how the Chickenhawk meme works, right? You know, you can’t really support the war unless you go over to Iraq to fight.

OK, well let’s turn that logic around on the anti-War left and suggest that you can’t really oppose the war in Iraq unless you attend an anti-War demonstration and get arrested.

Get it now, lefties?

Why aren’t you protesting in front of the White House and getting arrested you chickendove?

It’s been a long time since she’s been picked up by any guys. That explains the spread legs.

Brandon:

I understand sarcasm---you just don’t do it very well.

Don’t you hurt Cindy!  She is grief incarnate

One of the most effective crowd control techniques ever was employed by the South Koreans around the time of the 1988 Olympics.  At the time, Korean students were famous for their massive protests and battles with the police.  The press ate it up with a spoon.  One of the more radical universities decided to have a huge protest and announced the time and place. 

Now, you need to understand that Korean universities look like walled forts.  At the appointed hour, the students geared up and charged through the gates to confront the enemy.  There was only one problem.  The government had decided to NOT do anything about the protest.  AS the cameras rolled, the students milled about for a bit then eventually headed back inside.  Robbed of their chance to “make a statement,” there was no interest remaining in protesting.  As a result of this policy change, there were no protests during the Olympics.

Cool story, Steve. It wouldn’t always work, though; I think it’s fair to say it was impossible for the French government to ignore the ‘68 student protests/riots.

I’m getting sick of all of this “chickenhawk” crap. I left a comment here a while back on that subject. You don’t know who you are talking about or what their prior, current, or future military service was, is, or will be.

With that, this is one former military type who is sick of the America hating peacenik crap of the Left, and since those people can’t be bothered serve their country, I wouldn’t be expecting people like me to defend them.

Let’s try and think of an example of Bush and cronies doing anything that isn’t a publicity stunt. Anything that actually improves the lives of anyone but their 5000 best friends.

Well, just off the top of my head, the tax cut I got from Bush sure helped me out.  And I’m sure the Iraqis who are in the process of creating their own democratic government wouldn’t consider the war that brought that around a “publicity stunt.”

Even the hurricane rebuilding is just another example of Bush’s cronies jumping on the no-bid welfare teat.

Shaw Group, who’s head-guy is the chairman of the Lousiana Democrat Comittee, is a Bush crony?

Believe you me, the President isn’t perfect.  He has done a lot of things I totally disagree with, but if you’re going to criticize him at least try to be accurate.

When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.

-- Thomas Jefferson

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FuB, get with the program! DitchBitch has been trying to get arrested since August. As for Bush and"cronies", who else is going to rebuild anything. Dems don’t own or operate businesses. All they do is whine,cry, and fingerpoint. Having just gotten home from the MS gulfcoast area I can tell you people there are pissed as hell! And not at Bush&"cronies". They are looking and listening to Dems making political hay at their expense, and they DO NOT like it. Nor will they forget it.

"Frankly, I’m convinced this was a publicity stunt.”

Welcome to american politics, Rob. Let’s try and think of an example of Bush and cronies doing anything that isn’t a publicity stunt. Anything that actually improves the lives of anyone but their 5000 best friends. Even the hurricane rebuilding is just another example of Bush’s cronies jumping on the no-bid welfare teat.

Sadly, though, the attention she gets from the media is sanitized so that Amerians don’t really know who Sheehan is and what it is, exactly, she’s advocating for.

When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.

-- Thomas Jefferson

Rob’s recently listened-to songs:

From CNN.com

Sgt. Scott Fear, spokesman for the U.S. Park Police, said they would be charged with demonstrating without a permit, which is a misdemeanor.

SUNDAY! SUNDAY! SUNDAY! Sargeant Fear takes on Hulk Hogan in a no-holds-barred cage match!

She broke the law, MI.  Sgt. Fear was doing his job.

When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.

-- Thomas Jefferson

Rob’s recently listened-to songs:

And yes, I bought in.

Bingo.  The purpose of her being there was to attract attention, end of story.

Geez, Louise, it’s just a joke!

Yea, she is a joke. What was your point again?

Did anyone read her quate about the news being about nothing but H. Rita? What a horrible human being. Getting arrested was the only way to get back on the TV.

She seems to REALLY REALLY be enjoying hereself with all the attention.  You would think a normal person in her shoes would not be acting like that.

Fed up Bitch wrote: “Let’s try and think of an example of Bush and cronies doing anything that isn’t a publicity stunt. Anything that actually improves the lives of anyone but their 5000 best friends.”

Rob wrote:

“Well, just off the top of my head, the tax cut I got from Bush sure helped me out. And I’m sure the Iraqis who are in the process of creating their own democratic government wouldn’t consider the war that brought that around a “publicity stunt.”

Let’s see, are you one of Bush’s best friends: an oil company exec, a billionaire, a member of the Pioneers or Rangers? Well then, I suppose the cuts really did help you. On the other hand, if you received a check from Bush for a few hundred dollars, or used the child tax credit, you’ve traded your children’s future, their education, and their safety in a hostile world, for a few bucks up front and a monstrous deficit they’ll never get out from under. Ok, you’re right, the tax cuts weren’t just a publicity stunt, they were one of the biggest frauds ever perpetrated on the american people. Even the conservative, free market advocate, the Cato Institute, think the tax cuts were a huge step in the wrong direction.

Regarding “Democracy building in Iraq”, Of course it’s a publicity stunt. We’re in Iraq to control their oil, there will be no democracy in Iraq while they are an occupied nation. (Probably none after, either.)

Even the hurricane rebuilding is just another example of Bush’s cronies jumping on the no-bid welfare teat.

Shaw Group, who’s head-guy is the chairman of the Louisiana Democrat Comittee, is a Bush crony?

I guess you’re talking about Jim Bernhard? Funny you should point to someone in the oil and energy business and claim he’s not a Bush crony. Louisiana is so chock full of corrupt politicians, that it hardly matters whether they call themselves Democrats or Republicans. Here’s the connection between Bush and the Shaw group as reported by Reuters:

At least two major corporate clients of lobbyist Joe Allbaugh, President Bush’s former campaign manager and a former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, have already been tapped to start recovery work along the battered Gulf Coast.

One is Shaw Group Inc. and the other is Halliburton Co. subsidiary Kellogg Brown and Root. Vice President Dick Cheney is a former head of Halliburton. (more...)

Rob wrote:

Believe you me, the President isn’t perfect. He has done a lot of things I totally disagree with, but if you’re going to criticize him at least try to be accurate.

I was trying to be accurate, and I don’t think your counterexamples made your point. Got more?

FuB, we are not"controlling" Iraq’s oil. If we were it would all be coming to America. Where is the bulk of the oil exported from Iraq going? When they can export, in between Wahabist/Baathist terrorist bombings? You claim to be accurate, tell us where it is going. And in an aside, just who’s friend are you? What do you do for a living? Social Services worker? Anti-Globalization protester? Para-legal in a public defenders office? Just curious where you work and aquire such bizzare ideas.

tell us where it is going

If we knew where it was going we might know where the $9 Billion in missing oil revenue
was.

As of May 2005, Iraqi production (net of reinjection) had reached perhaps 1.9 million bbl/d, with “gross” production (including reinjection, water cut, and “unaccounted for” oil due in part to problems with metering) of around 2.1 million bbl/d

http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/iraq.html

Was I addressing you? No. And you did not even answer the question. Where is Iraq’s exported oil going. Don’t link some BS that is not pertinent nor germane to the discussion, of which you are not part in the first place. Or are you claiming to be FuB?

Hotel I did not realize you had become Head Bull Goose Looney and I could only reply to your screeds when called upon.
AFLAC.

Just found this. So that is that.

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=17676_A_Media_Advisory_of_Impending_Arrests&only

Beyotch - maybe you can explain why the other 60 million people - yaknow beyond Bushes 5000 (5000?) best friends - supported him? Let me guess, because they’re imbeciles?

"Fed Up Bitch” said, Let’s see, are you one of Bush’s best friends: an oil company exec, a billionaire, a member of the Pioneers or Rangers? Well then, I suppose the cuts really did help you.

Actually anybody who paid taxes got helped.

On the other hand, if you received a check from Bush for a few hundred dollars...

Since when was Bush giving the money out? It was our tax money to begin with.

...you’ve traded your children’s future, their education, and their safety in a hostile world, for a few bucks up front and a monstrous deficit they’ll never get out from under.

The federal government is getting more tax revenue than they have ever recieved before. The revenue really started increasing after the tax rate cut. Your point is null and void.

Ok, you’re right, the tax cuts weren’t just a publicity stunt, they were one of the biggest frauds ever perpetrated on the american people.

Give an argument.

Even the conservative, free market advocate, the Cato Institute, think the tax cuts were a huge step in the wrong direction.

They’re not making the position you are. Their complaint in that article dated two years ago is spending.

Regarding “Democracy building in Iraq”, Of course it’s a publicity stunt. We’re in Iraq to control their oil, there will be no democracy in Iraq while they are an occupied nation. (Probably none after, either.)

Proof?

I was trying to be accurate, and I don’t think your counterexamples made your point.

You were trying to be “accurate” yet you make the claim that you have to be an “oil company exec, a billionaire, [or] a member of the Pioneers or Rangers” for the tax cuts to help. Thanks for making it clear early on that you are not to be taken seriously.

Cindy Sheehan and all of her apologists are traitors. Its time to send them to France and cancel their passports.

Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this sun of Bush!

The federal government is getting more tax revenue than they have ever recieved before.

In inflation adjusted dollars (2000/2005 federal revenues are down.
AS a percentage of GDP revenues are down.
Spending up.
Feds continue to accumulate an expanding deficit.
Call it a birth tax.

Cindy Sheehan and all of her apologists are traitors.  Its time to send them to France and cancel their passports.

Sorry WOOF, I don’t see the evidence. The first two links show the opposite of what you claimed.

Tax Bases (Percentage of GDP)
Corporate book profits year 2004 - 8.4; year 2005 - 10.5
Wages and salaries year 2004 - 45.8; year 2005 - 46.2

Granted, it is only a projection as this calender year isn’t over.

The “responsiblewealth.org” site just gives a claim.

Why does it even matter what the tax take is in regards to the GDP?

The deficit is also shrinking so your claim is also wrong there.

Your claim that we are spending too much is right on. But any time talk comes up of cutting spending you and others like you are the first to cry about it. You said before to “call it a birth tax”. Yes...that’s what I call Social “Security” and all of the Great Society programs that we’ve spent six and a half trillion dollars on. Can we cut that because it obviously isn’t working too well and is costing this nation a bundle.

moderninstances wrote:

Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this sun of Bush!

I shall despair. There is no creature loves me;
And if I die no soul will pity me:
And wherefore should they,—since that I myself
Find in myself no pity to myself?
Methought the souls of all that I had murder’d
Came to my tent; and every one did threat
To-morrow’s vengeance on the head of Bush.

“But cruel are the times, when we are traitors
And do not know ourselves…”

Wow. A confession. This is the first step towards your recovery if you want it.

O illiterate loiterer! it was the son of thy grandmother: this proves that thou canst not read!

Don Myers said, O illiterate loiterer! it was the son of thy grandmother: this proves that thou canst not read!

And you make no sense.

"But cruel are the times, when we are traitors
And do not know ourselves...”

And yet thy tongue will not confess thy error, lik

WOOF said, In inflation adjusted dollars (2000/2005 federal revenues are down.
AS a percentage of GDP revenues are down.

Source?

modern instances said, Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this sun of Bush!

What the hell does that mean?

Source http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=1944&sequence=0
http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=1824&sequence=0
http://www.responsiblewealth.org/press/2005/BushBudget.html

And yet thy tongue will not confess thy error, lik

You on a Shakespear kick Don?

Oh what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practice to sound like a couple of superior, faux-intellectual Kansas City faggots.

You will have a difficult time convincing me that your mistake was intentional.

Hey!?!?

And good job on the inferiority thing!

Besides---what the hell have you got against Kansas City?

Oh what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practice to sound like a couple of superior, faux-intellectual Kansas City faggots.

With his disease of all-shunn’d poverty, Bush, like contempt, alone....

As usual, Tom Tommorow of This Modern World gets it exactly right: Watching right wing bloggers (including the “I’m-not-really-a-right-winger-I-only-play-one-on-the-internet” crowd) attempting to impugn the motives of anti-war protesters, undercount their numbers and discredit them generally is a bit like watching some pathetic reunion show of has-been child actors trying to reclaim a shred of their lost glory, if only for a moment. Sometimes you

Sorry Don.

I didn’t see your snippet and I wouldn’t want it to go unanswered:

Why would you think I’m down on KC?

The bit about “superior, faux-intellectual Kansas City faggots” al

O wad some Power the giftie gie us
To see oursels as ithers see us!
It wad frae mony a blunder free us,

I’ve already won my good man!

Ah! You purposefully exposed your ignorance!

Well played, well played.

I’ve already won my good man!

You’ve just answered my post with more pompous, “better than thou” Fraziertry.

Now take a stab at being inferior.

Stickyshoe said,

Actually anybody who paid taxes got helped.

On the other hand, if you received a check from Bush for a few hundred dollars…

Since when was Bush giving the money out? It was our tax money to begin with.

The Bush spin machine sure managed to convince a lot of idiots that it was a gift from the GOP. Did anyone really think a trivial ‘tax prebate’ was adequate reimbursement for the wholesale trashing of the nations infrastructure?

The federal government is getting more tax revenue than they have ever recieved before. The revenue really started increasing after the tax rate cut. Your point is null and void.

Are you trying to suggest that the deficit is shrinking? That’s gonna take enough spin to leave all of Washington dizzy.

Ok, you’re right, the tax cuts weren’t just a publicity stunt, they were one of the biggest frauds ever perpetrated on the american people.
Give an argument.
Even the conservative, free market advocate, the Cato Institute, think the tax cuts were a huge step in the wrong direction.

They’re not making the position you are. Their complaint in that article dated two years ago is spending.

Yes, and my argument, just like theirs, is that deficit spending is foolish and irresponsible, and real Republicans should be screaming from the rooftops about it. Instead we have both parties doing swan dives into the pork barrel.

Regarding “Democracy building in Iraq”, Of course it’s a publicity stunt. We’re in Iraq to control their oil, there will be no democracy in Iraq while they are an occupied nation. (Probably none after, either.)

Proof?

Oh, please. Are you serious? Do you buy the WMD argument? Then why haven’t we invaded Korea? Terrorist affiliations? Then why are the Saudi Princes still part of Bush’s little circle of friends? Democracy building? There are dozens of tinpot despots in the world, treating their serfs just as badly as Hussein ever did. We aren’t sending our soldiers to die in those countries. Even before the 2000 elections, Neocons never made it a secret that they thought the invasion of Iraq was politically and economically necessary.

You were trying to be “accurate” yet you make the claim that you have to be an “oil company exec, a billionaire, [or] a member of the Pioneers or Rangers” for the tax cuts to help. Thanks for making it clear early on that you are not to be taken seriously.

Oh! Here’s a thread that’s already degenerated to a pissing contest, and I’m not to be taken seriously? Whatever.

Spelling is overrated.

Now if I could just spell we would be blazing along.

woofie, you done been served. Not shut the F up and let the grownups carry on an adult conversation, ya weenie. And you still ain’t answered the damn question.

don, you ain’t denied not being a KC faggot. Have you not read Joseph Heller? I would feel sad for you, though in your instance, it would be a waste.

For those of you haven’t heard it.
Cindy’s Song.

We don’t ever send our soldiers to die.  We send them to kill the bad guys.  Apologies to General Patton.

Brandon said, Because unlike Hussein, Kim Jong Il actually responds to diplomacy.

Egh..I wouldn’t go that far. Kim Jong Il renigs on every single deal.

I love the smell of supply-side economics in the morning.

LOL!

I am right now, interestingly enough, reading Heart of Darkness, the book upon which Coppola’s film was loosely based.

The Bush spin machine sure managed to convince a lot of idiots that it was a gift from the GOP. Did anyone really think a trivial ‘tax prebate’ was adequate reimbursement for the wholesale trashing of the nations infrastructure?

Well no. You see, there’s this thing called research that I engaged in just to see how much the tax cuts saved me. After engaging in this thing called research, I discovered that my family had paid $500 less in taxes thanks to the Bush tax cuts.

Are you trying to suggest that the deficit is shrinking? That’s gonna take enough spin to leave all of Washington dizzy.

I submit the following for your perusal. You see, giving tax breaks to those evil rich guys just means they have more to invest in their own companies. Which could mean hiring more people. And when that happens, the tax base increases. And when that happens, tax revenues increase.

I love the smell of supply-side economics in the morning.

Yes, and my argument, just like theirs, is that deficit spending is foolish and irresponsible, and real Republicans should be screaming from the rooftops about it. Instead we have both parties doing swan dives into the pork barrel.

Some of us are screaming from the rooftops. And to his credit, Rob is one of those Republicans holding our Congressmen’s collective feet to the fire on this issue.

Oh, please. Are you serious? Do you buy the WMD argument? Then why haven’t we invaded Korea?

Because unlike Hussein, Kim Jong Il actually responds to diplomacy.

Terrorist affiliations?

It’s pretty well known that Hussein offered $25,000 payments to the family of any suicide bomber who bombed Israeli interests. Sure, there may not be a definitive link to Al Qaida. But it seems too often that the anti-war left seems to think the Global War on Terror only means going to war against Al Qaida.

Then why are the Saudi Princes still part of Bush’s little circle of friends?

Probably because we’re still so damn dependent upon them for oil. Perhaps if environmental lefties would actually allow us to drill in ANWR or build another refinery, we wouldn’t be so dependent on other nations to supply

There are dozens of tinpot despots in the world, treating their serfs just as badly as Hussein ever did. We aren’t sending our soldiers to die in those countries.

Well, that’s because none of these countries has the economic and political potential that a democratic Iraq has for the entire Middle East.

Even before the 2000 elections, Neocons never made it a secret that they thought the invasion of Iraq was politically and economically necessary.

You mean Neocons like those in the Clinton Administration? Or were you not aware that regime change in Iraq has been this nation’s official policy towards Iraq since 1998?

mark m -

I think i just threw up in my mouth a little bit…

ROFLMFAO

[...] A lot of us were wondering why Cindy Sheehan was smiling when she got carried away by law enforcement officers the other day. Well, over on the Huffington Post she explains the grin: I had a huge grin on my face when I was getting arrested yesterday. I have received a lot of flak for smiling. Apparently I am not supposed to smile, but I had some really good reasons for doing so. [...]

[...] I’m sure that this time Cindy will be sure to assume a more somber, reflective appearance. Because last time she looked like she was having a jolly ‘ole time, and it sort of undermined her message. [...]

[...] Cindy To Celebrate 2000th American Death In Grand Style October 24, 2005 05:19 PM EDT By Rob Port - Subscribe to Author Tags: cindy sheehan war on terror war in iraq anti war protest moonbat Categories: US Politics WASHINGTON, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Cindy Sheehan, the military mother who made her son’s death in Iraq a rallying point for the anti-war movement, plans to tie herself to the White House fence to protest the milestone of 2,000 U.S. military deaths in Iraq.  “I’m going to go to Washington, D.C. and I’m going to give a speech at the White House, and after I do, I’m going to tie myself to the fence and refuse to leave until they agree to bring our troops home,” Sheehan said in a telephone interview last week as the milestone approached.  “And I’ll probably get arrested, and when I get out, I’ll go back and do the same thing,” she said.  The death toll among U.S. military forces since the March 2003 invasion stood at 1,996 on Sunday.  I’m sure that this time Cindy will be sure to assume a more somber, reflective appearance. Because last time she looked like she was having a jolly ‘ole time, and it sort of undermined her message.  Not that we didn’t already know she was a poseur pimping her son’s death for political gain.  You know what I think the D.C. police/secret service ought to do about Cindy’s protest? Nothing. She’s obviously angling for a photo-op here. She wants the media to get pictures and video of her getting cut and pulled away from the White House fence while screeching something requisitely nasty about the President. I think the best way to handle her is to deny her that opportunity. Let her sit there, tied to the fence, until she gets tired and goes home.  More from Rob Port can be found at SayAnythingBlog.com function getDivNode(id) { var divNode = document.getElementById(id); for (i=0;i About Gather | Careers | Contact | Privacy | User Terms of Service | Advertise on Gather Build 2505, “Christo”; Copyright © 2005 Gather Inc. All rights reserved.   [...]