We are losing popular support. Confidence in the Afghan and coalition governments is plummeting. Loss of human terrain is evident. Conditions are building for an avalanche. Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the military commander in Afghanistan, and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates are aware of the rumbling, and so today we are bound by rules of engagement that appear insensible.
Moore, from CNS News (hat tip Jorline):
Documentary film director Michael Moore, who has become a millionaire thanks to the profits from his movies, told CNSNews.com that “capitalism did nothing” for him.
First!
ReplyDeleteSecond! ;)
ReplyDeleteThird?
ReplyDeleteYoo, hoo! Where is everybody?
Pssst. They're downstairs! LOL (I didn't say anything down there yet.)
ReplyDeleteHi, Nana! I'm going to add something to this thread...be right back.
NY Nana said...
ReplyDeleteFirst!
NY Nana said...
Second! ;)
NY Nana said...
Third?
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Wow.... a hat trick!
NY Nana said...
ReplyDeleteThird?
Yoo, hoo! Where is everybody?
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I'm right here ;-)
CC! I am so glad they aren't all falling over in a stampede getting upstairs!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see what you are going to add!
Think there was left-over beer that they all found, and that's why they aren't here?
Whoops! Hi, everyone!
ReplyDeleteI was just about to send out a search party.
Great to see you...
Hi NY Nana, we were discussing Mikey Al-Moor. The man who has pillaged buffets on three continents.
ReplyDelete/that we know of. :)
Phil,
ReplyDeleteIf I posted what I think of that POS, what I really feel? I would be banned.
NY Nana: lol, just let it out or you will explode.
ReplyDeleteHere's a repost by realwest. Earliest human ancestor found.
And Michael Yon is spot on. He did a superb job in writing what he did, and it all is the diametric oposite of what The One is doing.
ReplyDelete/I wonder how The One likes it in Copenhagen, as he takes care of what really matters to him, and the ever-lovely Michelle...themselves.
Damn stairs...crap
ReplyDeleteand I am outta here, see you folks around.
ReplyDelete{Nana} Lurking for firsties?
ReplyDeleteLOL
Later 2P. See you later.
ReplyDeletePhil,
ReplyDeleteI had seen that online yesterday...incredible!
Jorline,
Kwit yer belly achin'! If a 71-year old could get up that staircase.....;)
CC...posted this late on the last thread.
ReplyDeleteCC...perhaps you can insert a pic of Michael and place it in an M&M. Round just like him, but what color?
Green for MONEY!
I do like the loser pic though...or is Loser Lardass.
Bye, Phil
ReplyDeleteI'ma gonna look at your pics later on flickr.
Wow, what a depressing dispatch from Mr. Yon. I can see Obama cutting and running too. He does not have the stomach for this type of thing. We need a surge on the level of the one in Iraq. We need to send in as many troops as we can, and we need to kick our "allies" in the ass and get them to actually do their jobs. Otherwise, we are having our blood and treasure wasted.
ReplyDeleteWhat will happen in Afghanistan if the West pulls out again? The Taliban, safe havens for terrorists....Pakistan is next door, they have nukes. Why is this not a priority for El Presidente?
Redstateredneck
ReplyDeleteLurking for firsties?
Hey, just one little minute here! You weren't supposed to tell!
Will you carry me {Nana}?
ReplyDelete/with cherries and sugar on top...please, please, please.
Yon is terrific.
ReplyDeleteWe have breathing room if we work with wise alacrity. I sense a favorable shift in our operations occurring under Gen. McChrystal.
But will he be given the tools ?
I have no doubt about McChrystals ability at all.
The ball is in O's court. And that is the rub here.
Why is this not a priority for El Presidente?
ReplyDeleteAbove his pay grade.
Jorline, I was thinking of posting a photo of a greasy cheeseburger. I really was. LOL
ReplyDeleteThen I saw the "L" picture, and I like how it contrasts with Yon, so that's what I did instead.
An M&M woulda been cool too. : )
Squatch, I agree - Yon's article is very telling - you just have to wonder what the hell Obama is thinking about some of these things, or if he's thinking about them at all.
ReplyDeleteIt seems like he's so focused on his domestic power grab that he figures things like war can wait.
Correspondence Committee said...
ReplyDeleteJorline, I was thinking of posting a photo of a greasy cheeseburger. I really was. LOL
Your pic is better...
A Winner and Loser!
Hey Sas. Give me a furry Hi Five. :)))
ReplyDeleteBBL
ReplyDeleteMy take on Michael Moore is if he was a bit cleaner and took better care of himself, I'd swear he was just an entrepreneurial shock jock playing to his audience.
ReplyDeleteBut,nope,he's down in the trenches with 'em.
True Believer.
All the while sucking up those capitalist bucks.
Amazing bit of dissonance there.
Hey Sas. Give me a furry Hi Five. :)))
ReplyDeleteAnd a big wet kiss.
Desert Dog
ReplyDeleteExactly. The One only cares about him. Too bad he can't be sent to both Iraq and Afghanistan for 3 months' duty in each country to get a clue, up close and personal, as to what is really happening, and why he is destroying what our amazingly brave military is doing...and how much worse off they are in the nearly 9 months he has eeen the Czar of Bullcrap..
I really wonder how many of those who were stupid enough to vote for him have any shame for their horrific error.Any shame at all.
It seems like he's so focused on his domestic power grab that he figures things like war can wait.
ReplyDeleteYou have to remember, these are just little countries.
What a mess.
"Michelle Obama says she 'sacrificed' to fly to Copenhagen where she's pampered like a goddess. I'm thinking she needs a little dictionary lesson. Men and women who have volunteered to defend us are getting killed in Afghanistan. They're sacrificing while your husband dithers on whether to send them reinforcements 'cause he's afraid it'll hurt him with his base." -Rush
ReplyDeleterighton, righton, righton!
Hey Sas. Give me a furry Hi Five. :)))
ReplyDeleteCan you jump that high ?
/
High five man.
And a big wet kiss.
ReplyDeleteHey now.
What better than a big wet Helen Thomas kiss while rubbing up to her furry sasquatch body?
ReplyDeleteA little girl says, "Daddy, I wish I had a little sister.
ReplyDelete"Trying to be funny, the daddy says, "Honey, you do have a sister."
"I do?" questions the confused youngster.
"Sure," responds the dad,
"You just don't see her because when you are coming in the front door, she
is always leaving through the back door."
The little girl gave this a few moments thought and remarked,
"You mean like my other Daddy does?"
Redstateredneck
ReplyDeleteThank you for that! I wonder if she has been proud of our country twice, after her first admission.
First Lady? Hardly.
Anyone would have a tough time following Laura Bush, but the ever-scowling Michelle sets a new low that I doubt anyone else could achieve. She seems to think that her vile Chicago politics entitle her to be in the White House.
Nana
ReplyDeleteI really wonder how many of those who were stupid enough to vote for him have any shame for their horrific error.Any shame at all.
We were talking about that very thing today at work. They can't all be complete idiots; some of them have got to realize what they've unleashed and just won't admit it.
What better than a big wet Helen Thomas kiss while rubbing up to her furry sasquatch body?
ReplyDeleteThank CC, she found it. Heh.
I damn near choked last night when I saw it.
NY Nana said..
ReplyDeleteI agree Nana. AND, all we heard from Candidate Obama was that Iraq was the wrong war at the wrong time. According to him and his ilk, we "took our eye off the ball" with Afghanistan.
Now that it's President Obama...he is not doing squat with either. He is a disaster waiting to happen with all of the evil in the world. He does not have the will to deal with it.
They ridiculed Bush relentlessly about his alleged lack of intelligence. I am call Obama out for his lack of a spinal column. He is weak, weak, weak...and all the bad guys know it.
Hi Nana, good to see you again! Oh crap, here come the kids from the bus. bbiab.
ReplyDeleteredstateredneck said...
ReplyDelete"Michelle Obama says she 'sacrificed' to fly to Copenhagen where she's pampered like a goddess. I'm thinking she needs a little dictionary lesson. Men and women who have volunteered to defend us are getting killed in Afghanistan. They're sacrificing while your husband dithers on whether to send them reinforcements 'cause he's afraid it'll hurt him with his base." -Rush
KUDOS to Rush.
Will not put into print what my opinion of the other Won.
What better than a big wet Helen Thomas kiss while rubbing up to her furry sasquatch body?
ReplyDeleteEwwwww.
They ridiculed Bush relentlessly about his alleged lack of intelligence. I am call Obama out for his lack of a spinal column. He is weak, weak, weak...and all the bad guys know it.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely right.
What's even worse is that HE KNOWS what they think of him.
That's what makes him truly dangerous IMO. The willingness to go down that road knowing full well what it entails. Reaganism (can I call it that?) is getting rolled back in a huge way right now. The damage he can do right now is going to hugely effect the lives of people all around this globe, and not in any good way for sure, for years to come. From Women in Afghanistan to that Soldier in the IDF to a Family in Poland.
Sees nothing special about America,and has retermed the job description of President to reflect it.
Other than that, it's all good.
/sorry about the rant.
TOFU
ReplyDeleteThat may have been a little more than you can handle. Sorry. It's just SasquatchonSteroids new pic.
Michael Mooron is probably justified in saying that "capitalism did nothing for him." Ultimately, his success is not the result of merit but of the patronage of fabulously wealthy elites who oppose the fundamental principle of free market capitalism -- that individuals should be free to pursue their own economic goals with minimal interference. Elites view wealth and power in a clubish way and don't like sharing it, except as expressions of largesse. And then it is only given to sycophants and clients who help them maintain their stranglehold on power. Michael Moore is a genuine friend of the elites. They find him entertaining and in any event he cannot threaten their own wealth and privilege. He's a bug and if he got too uppity they'd squash him. In the meantime, he does a good job stirring up the pot and making sure that socialist/corporatist radicals can recruit ordinarily thinking persons into their ranks.
ReplyDeletesasquatchonsteroids
ReplyDeleteYou're avatar!
Dude, that ain't right!
Some days I really wish that I could spell.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if Obamamamama and Aunt Esther have ever actually spent any time with people in the military? I doubt it. That would be beneath them.
ReplyDeleteThey are two of the biggest snobs on the planet.
spilllenk iss ouvreeighted.
ReplyDeleteROFL on the avatar, Squatch! LOL!
ReplyDeleteHi everyone!
spilllenk iss ouvreeighted.
ReplyDeleteYou've been grading too many papers, Lucius. It's wearing off on you. :-)
Good Afternoon Pink.
ReplyDeleteDude, that ain't right!
ReplyDeleteHeh. Only for the day.
They ridiculed Bush relentlessly about his alleged lack of intelligence.
ReplyDeleteIMHO, one of Obama's main problems is a lack of education. I'm guessing that the reason he's never released his transcripts is because he never took anything outside the "hate studies" and Marxist theory areas.
Obama has no knowledge of history, no economics training or experience, and no geopolitical perspective.
And that's dangerous.
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ReplyDeleteIt would be interesting to know how much MM has made from his "films".
ReplyDeleteHerro, Shrink. ; )
ReplyDeleteAfternoon Pink!
ReplyDeleteCC found it for me.
redstate
ReplyDeleteYeah, and some of them were pretty funny.
Redstateredneck:
ReplyDeleteWe were talking about that very thing today at work. They can't all be complete idiots; some of them have got to realize what they've unleashed and just won't admit it.
Bingo! Even my own kids still will not admit it, but they also no longer try to stop NY Grampa and me when we make remarks, wheras they were practically livid if we waid one word about The One pre-election. Sadly, their votes are going to hurt them, but damn it, they will hurt the grandkids even more.
One DIL, who is not my favorite,as her parents are so obnoxious, and she, like them, can never be wrong, was kvelling over the indoctrination video that my 7-year old granddaughter was shown in her school. My son just looked at his shoes, while my other DIL asked the 9-year old granddaughter if her school did the same, and she said 'no'...DIL looked glad, and later told me that even though they voted for The One, they did not feel that this belonged in the schools. After I fainted...ahem.
Daughter and son in law? They liked the idea! Thank G-d the grandson is only 3, and goes to Gan(Chabad nursery school), where the teachers never mention The One's name or politics...it just does not belong in any school, secular or religious, to begin with.
I have a feeling that my kids will wake up, but the damage is already done.
Any update on the business, ETR, or did I miss it?
ReplyDeleteHi Squatch, your avatar is somewhat ... un- ... nerv- ... ing. ;-)
ReplyDeleteGreat laughs! - Got my mail?
Hi everybody here on C2 - you bunch of lovely people!
Son of the Black Dog
ReplyDeleteHey there!
And if you read this, Obama isn't even listening to his advisors (sorry for the re-post everyone).
Obamas Wrecking Crew
The grand jury transcript from Polanski's "rape not rape" investigation.
ReplyDeleteRead it and weep. Of course I doubt Whoopi Goldberg or Deborah Winger can read, or at least not books without pictures.
Hi NY Nana! Arrianna did a review of MM's new "documentary" and it's supposed to be non-partisian. Supposedly Jay Leno really like it.
ReplyDeleteCapitalism: A Love Story
I can't believe there is something turn agrees with her on, see if you can pick out the paragraph.
Callahan23 said...
ReplyDeleteYep, just checked it not 5 mins ago. All covered.
Have a good day ?
Lucius Septimius said...
ReplyDeleteYou can't read that and defend that f*ing predator.
Not if you have any human in you,anyway.
BIAB. 1 errand to run...
ReplyDeleteUFO TOFU
ReplyDeleteMillionaire Filmmaker Michael Moore: ‘Capitalism Did Nothing For Me’
Lucius Septimius said...
ReplyDeleteThe grand jury transcript from Polanski's "rape not rape" investigation.
That sounds like rape-rape to me....Wonder what Whoopie would consider an actual rape? What a hypocrite. If you inserted Catholic Priest or Republican politician everywhere it said Roman Polanski, Whoopie and her pals would be demanding blood and the perps head on a pike....
turn -- is this the part you were talking about?
ReplyDeleteIn capitalism as envisioned by its leading lights, including Adam Smith and Alfred Marshall, you need a moral foundation in order for free markets to work. And when a company fails, it fails. It doesn't get bailed out using trillions of dollars of taxpayer money. What we have right now is Corporatism. It's welfare for the rich. It's the government picking winners and losers. It's Wall Street having their taxpayer-funded cake and eating it too. It's socialized losses and privatized gains.
Thank CC, she found it. Heh.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Squatch - and I got it from someone in email to pass on to you (if I'm remembering last night correctly), so I'll pass your props on to them too.
Gotta wonder what the search terms were for that one. ; )
BBL....phonecall, and I know this will not be a 5-minute one!
ReplyDeleteIf you inserted Catholic Priest or Republican politician everywhere it said Roman Polanski, Whoopie and her pals would be demanding blood and the perps head on a pike....
ReplyDeleteRemember to Duke "rape" case? That all you need to know. That and the silence about the psych researcher at Duke who was pimping out the 5 year old he'd adopted for gay sex.
sasquatchonsteroids,
ReplyDeleteHave a good day ?
¡Estupendo! No really 'twas a good day. Thankz.
Only tomorrow and my fortnight of vacation starts, wheeee! How are you kickin'?
NY Nana
ReplyDeleteThanks. And wow, I wonder what amount MM would consider capitalism doing something for him?
sasquatchonsteroids said...
ReplyDeleteAny update on the business, ETR, or did I miss it?
No real news yet. I am working with two different Franchises. They both have to give the nod, before I will close. I have the one, I am waiting on 7-11 now. The fact that I have no credit history in the US is a "hurdle". I am not borrowing money for anything. Cash only. But I will have a monthly 7-11 account, so I hope to hear something today or tomorrow. I go to Tampa on Monday for training.
Thanks for asking. I went clothes shopping today. I don't know why anyone buys clothes at full price. I got 70% off on everything I bought today. All brand names. ETR looks suave.
You nailed it Lucius .. that shocked me to read that.
ReplyDeleteGotta do a little work.
ReplyDeleteHope to BBL
October 1, 2009 1:57 PM
ReplyDeleteturn said...
You nailed it Lucius .. that shocked me to read that.
Do I get a prize?
Hey Cal23. Are you planning anything for your vacation?
ReplyDeleteRemember to Duke "rape" case?
ReplyDeleteMan it's been a long time since I thought about that, friggin Sharpton pissed me off.
I followed that link about Jabba's new movie at Huffpo. I should go over there more often. I did not know that Michael Moore was a genius, the Republicans have no chance next election, there's growing support for the public option, and nobody wants to buy Sarah Palin's book.
ReplyDeleteSometimes, I think some people live in an alternate universe.
Do I get a prize?
ReplyDeleteYes a free online subscription to the Huffington Post (complete with anti nasea perscription)
Desert Dog said... Sometimes, I think some people live in an alternate universe.
ReplyDeleteBlame DEZ's people. They have all been anal probed.
Blame DEZ's people. They have all been anal probed.
ReplyDeleteEasy now, that brush is kind of broad...
LOL Erik!
ReplyDeleteWhat is the html code to italicize?
ReplyDelete<*i*> <*/i*> without the *
ReplyDeleteturn said...
ReplyDeleteWhat is the html code to italicize?
I use <*em*> Text you want to italicize <*/em*>
Remove the *'s
<*em*>text<*/em*> without the asterix.
ReplyDeleteDD's method said tag not closed
ReplyDeleteLet's see if Erik's works for me
Erik The Red,
ReplyDeleteHey Cal23. Are you planning anything for your vacation?
I'll only do a sorta getting away from it all vacation with visiting a family reunion weekend. Whom I only see once a year.
And then some road-trip like zigzagging around the landscape see where the road takes me days. Maybe including the stay in an exclusive spa for a day.
Nothing really fancy, but it should get my thoughts away from the daily routine and the troubles at home.
Thanks guys!
ReplyDeleteJeez you folks are too fast for me.
ReplyDeleteOf course, at times, it's good to go slow.
works for me
ReplyDeleteDD -- well aren't we special?
ReplyDeleteYes a free online subscription to the Huffington Post (complete with anti nasea perscription)
ReplyDeleteToo late. I already hurled.
YES I am :-)
ReplyDeleteDD, I probably screwed up using your method
ReplyDeleteturn said...
ReplyDelete<*i*> is the same as <*em*> I am thinking
You can insert a "b" in there to bold it too.
Blame DEZ, he sent me the link earlier this week ;-)
OK, gotta clean up the kitchen and get working on dinner.
ReplyDeletePut on about 5 hours worth of Led Zeppelin to help move my but along.
Good times, bad times and all that.
Well, we all knew that
ReplyDeletehtml tags -- fun for geeks.
ReplyDeleteBut now the kibbeh calls.
Mr. Moore, since capitalism does nothing for you I expect within the next 48 hours for you do divest yourself of the $50 million you have accumulated exploiting the masses.
ReplyDeleteMaybe the new C2 site will have a feature where you can just click a button to change font stuff but in the mean time this is a good site to learn html.
ReplyDeleteHTML for Dummies
Later C2's, time to go walk the lab along the American. Take care folks.
ReplyDeleteACORN-related pictures worth thousands of dirty little words
ReplyDeleteOn my way back from participating in the Independence Institute's press symposium on Canadian Medicare, I took the opportunity to swing by the Everett, Wash. Labor Temple. Located just north of the Comcast Arena on Lombard Street, the Temple reportedly was the home of things ACORN in Snohomish County.
No kidding!
So, without further adieu, let the pictures tell the story:
Bye turn. Check your FB page for a friend request. :)))
ReplyDeleteturn,
ReplyDeleteSubscript <*SUB*> and Superscript <*SUP*> won't work here though. Nifty things those, to play around with but not to be.
Sub and super are part of the text editor in the new joint, Callahan! It's pretty nice!
ReplyDelete¡ǝɔıu ʎʇʇǝɹd s,ʇı ¡uɐɥɐllɐɔ 'ʇuıoɾ ʍǝu ǝɥʇ uı ɹoʇıpǝ ʇxǝʇ ǝɥʇ ɟo ʇɹɐd ǝɹɐ ɹǝdns puɐ qns
ReplyDelete˙˙˙pıɐs ǝǝʇʇıɯɯoɔ ǝɔuǝpuodsǝɹɹoɔ
Is this one?
File under media bias....
ReplyDeleteNetworks Flip Flop on Jobs
Unemployment under President Barack Obama is at a 26-year-high. The last time the economy had 9.7 percent or higher unemployment was under President Ronald Reagan. But despite similar periods of rising unemployment, Obama and Reagan received almost exactly opposite treatment from the network news media.
Under Obama reporters have gone to great lengths to spin rising unemployment by finding “positive trends” in the job losses, even focusing on as few as 25 jobs being “saved” by the economic stimulus package. But when Reagan was president journalists showed unemployed families living out of their cars under a bridge in Texas and quoted Democrats or union leaders’ attacks on the president’s “wicked” and “sadistic” fiscal policies.
ABC’s George Stephanopoulos looked on the bright side for Obama Sept. 4, 2009, telling viewers, “the unemployment rate nears 10 percent, but the numbers aren’t all bad.” Rewind to May 7, 1982, when unemployment hit 9.4 percent – three-tenths of a percentage point lower than it would be in August 2009. That night, NBC found people in Seattle in dire straights.
Erik,
ReplyDeleteHow on earth did'ya pull that one?
Occasionally a bit of sanity breaks out....
ReplyDeleteNY judge: CIA can keep 9/11 videotape info secret
NEW YORK – A judge cited national security concerns in ruling Wednesday that the CIA does not have to release hundreds of documents related to the destruction of videotapes of Sept. 11 detainee interrogations that used harsh methods.
U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein said he believed he had an obligation to let the CIA director decide what should be released when it pertains to methods used to make uncooperative detainees divulge information.
"The need to keep confidential just how the CIA and other government agencies obtained their information is manifest, and that has to do with the identities of the people who gave information and who were questioned to obtain information," the judge said from the bench.
Callahn,
ReplyDeleteStand on your head when you type......
Damn you JCM. You are giving away my tricks. :)))
ReplyDeleteAfternoon all. Just a quick flyby before I have to run out again. New computer up and running. Still have to do some tweaks on it. See you all in a little while. *zooooooooom*
ReplyDeleteJCM said...
ReplyDeleteʇɐquooɯ ɐ ǝʞıl lǝǝɟ ı
JCM,
ReplyDeleteStand on your head when you type......
Wow, really neat but it apparently cannot flip numbers: 32uɐɥɐllɐɔ
PaladinPhil said...
ReplyDeleteNice.
ETR,
ReplyDeleteSorry.......
Wow, really neat but it apparently cannot flip numbers
ReplyDeleteThat's the MSM's job.
ISI Chief Ahmed Shuja Pasha meets CIA director
ReplyDeleteWASHINGTON: ISI Chief Lt. Gen. Ahmed Shuja Pasha, who is presently on US trip, met with high security officials including CIA director, Leon Panetta and President Barack Obama's national security advisor, Gen. James L. Jones.
According to sources, matters relating to Pakistan and prevailing security situation in the region came under discussion during the above meetings.
The ISI can be trusted about as far as you can punt Michael Moore. Infected with AQ and Taliban sympathizers.
New hot topic thread upstairs, guys - ready, set...GO.
ReplyDeleteNo hurry now. I was teh FIRST. Heh.
ReplyDeleteObama to Iran: 2 wks to allow inspections
ReplyDeletePresident Obama delivered an ultimatum to Iran Thursday, saying it must allow international inspectors "unfettered access" to its recently disclosed nuclear facility at Qom in two weeks or face increased pressure from the international community.
That pressure would likely come in the form of tougher sanctions on the Iranian government and on Iranian firms operating internationally. Such measures could target the country's oil and gas sector, as well as firms that insure shipments to Iran.
The Mad Mullahs don't care about sanctions. Anything done to Iran to reign in their nuclear ambitions will be sold for internal consumption as plot by the Great Satan and Little Satan to attack Iran.
Only one thing will stop the Mad Mullahs.
Only one. It's too late to strike the nuclear sites. There is only one option remains elimination of those seeking the bomb. Removing the current regime, and supporting those moderate elements in who will open the nuclear program is the only sure thing left.
Closing this one to move traffic upstairs...pub at 5:00PM PST.
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