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His Majesty King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein is the 43rd generation direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him).

Straight from the Hussein, No! website.

I guess his dad was Hussein Hussein, but I’m not going to look that up because I really thought I already had my fill of Hashemite trivia.

Jordan–Dang–with friends like us, who needs enemas?

The mind boggles. The Earth wobbles.

Ben sez with heavily laden sarcasm: “But, lets go ahead and bring our troops home anyway. It doesn’t matter if they’re doing some good, or cleaning up after a mess we helped create…..”

I mean, what the fuck is the “all the good we’re doing over there?” all about?

School painting, at best, is a photo op for the military. Kindof like having the Air Force Band play an outdoor jazz concert at the park during the summer festival. It’s nice, and it’s good for the Air Force’s image, but it’s not their real job. Their real job is, you know, flying airplanes to kill other countries’ soldiers, or support the killing of such by ground forces..

And Ben adds: “while sustaining less casualties than we would have had in a single battle during WWII over the entire invasion….”

Umm…, right, Ben.

I’m curious, does anyone know? Are there statistics about the number of wounded and maimed coming home ALIVE that, under WWII or Vietnam conditions, and lacking current medical treatment, would not have survived?

It’s one thing to say, Gosh, we have so few casualties, i.e., DEAD soldiers, rather than horribly maimed ones. But it seems to me that our numbers simply show us that we’re a whole lot better at keeping horribly wounded people alive than we used to be. That’s a comfort for some…but the statistics make it a false comparison; those who hold up the numbers as a GOOD thing are simply comparing apples to oranges.

So if we would try the fetuses in a court of law, abortion would be legal?

Would the fetus have the right to plead the Fifth?

Yes, so the government should stop forcing women to have all those abortions!

I love it when toddlers use big grown-up words — like “5th Amendment” and “due process” — when they have absolutely no idea what they’re saying. It’s just so adorable!

1. America is the best country EVAH!
1A. People who don’t agree with 1 are free to go somewhere else.
2. The free market determines an item’s value.
3. Individuals have a responsibility to pay for the things they receive (i.e. TANSTAAFL)

BUT-

when it comes to paying for the freedom and standard of living that America provides, why, then, it’s supposed to be a free fuckin ride, especially if you’ve managed to milk the American system enough to make yourself wealthy. And let’s not talk about the people, like the Bushes and Cheney, who have accrued their wealth by DIRECTLT sucking on the government spigot.

I mean, come on, Gary. If you really think you’re being taxed so damn much, you can fricking take a hike. There must be plenty of countries with lower tax rates…. oh, yeah, the standard of living in those countries is abysmal.

Look! He was responding to mikey’s post! it was an almost lifelike… well, it kind of seemed like a response. Much improved.

I think we’ve raised Gary’s game.

I like this ‘shorter’ format. Can I try?

Shorter Gary Ruppert: “The 5th amendment opposes taking life without due trial. Support gun ownership!”?

Ooh, and that other bit at the top: “The Democrats committed massive fraud to win the election, but the Republicans didn’t do anything about it.”

This “Ben” is new to me and I am intrigued. I believe it is a GopBot MCA2006, an impressive feat in technology. It develops what seem to be actual “arguments,” in that it advances “claims” and follows them up with copious amounts of SynthEvidence, by and large in complete sentences and even paragraphs. However, it has some glitches, such as automatically disengaging when valid questions are introduced into its interface.

Further, a quick glance at its warranty reveals the following loophole: “This blog is a collection of random thoughts. I in no way take responsibility for them,� to which I am forced to say PFFFFFT!

And Gary. Dear, sweet Gary, posting multiple-sentence entries that still make absolutely no sense. Gary? More words just don’t equate to more reasonableness. Sorry, guy. I agree with you that Obama’s pretty special, but you’ll never demonstrate that he (or anyone else) is objectively “anti-war” and “anti-life.” It’s rather like being both “anti-sex” and “anti-celibacy.” Try plugging that into the more logically programmed BenBot and see if it fries his circuits. (Psst! Do it, Gary! Then maybe he’d go away for good and you could be our bestest troll again.)

Actually, it says:

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

I think the key word here is “person.” One has to have been born to be a person. Unless one is a corporation, of course.

Now that’s just silly. Why would a tax hiker be anti taxpayer? I mean, you hike taxes, you want people to pay them, right? So wouldn’t you be about the most PRO taxpayer of anyone? It IS a mystery.

Abortion violates the 5th Amendment people!!

And yet, somehow, it keeps sneaking past the supreme court – they, the arbiters of constitutionality, keep upholding it…

mikey

When it comes down to it, it’s the man’s name, and i’m gonna use it.

*wipes tears* That is why I love having Gary around. Abortion violates the 5th Amendment people!!

What’s hilarious is when he starts doing his Blofeld/Dr. Evil impersonation when he pontificates on the fate of the ‘Democrat’ party.