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Foto Funnies Pt. 1
Perhaps it’s time to call our pal Confederate Yankee, because his wingnut pals have been passing around doctored photos lately.
This is one of two examples that me and Jillian stumbled across over the weekend. The post, ‘The Face of the Enemy,’ appeared on the Gathering of Eagles site yesterday, and the text reads: “Anyone who was in Washington D.C. last weekend already knows what the aim of the anti-war ‘peace’ movement is. But in case you still don’t get it, here’s an image that should solidify things for you.”
Above: Screen-cap of post
If that Code Pink picture looks a bit whiffy for some reason, it’s because it was Photoshopped by these characters, who also added watermarks to the top left and right edges of the picture.
Above: The same pic (with watermarks) as grabbed from Atlas Shrugs
As ridiculous as the picture is, Gathering of Eagles are only the latest right-wing whoopsie-victims. In July, it fooled Rick “Get a Brain Moran” Moran of Right Wing Nut House:
Scientists Told To Look For Weird Life
[...]
NOTE: The picture that was previously displayed directly above was a photoshop job. Code Pink did not march down a street with a great big sign that said “We Support The Murder Of The American Troops.” The photo was a fake and I apologize to readers for not making that clear.
Then again, what does it say about Code Pink that I saw no reason why they couldn’t have marched down the street with such a sign? Seemed real to me as I’m sure it did to many readers.
That’s funny, because for awhile there, we totally fell for this Photoshop job of Rick Moran robbing a convenience store:
Above (clockwise from l): unidentified, unidentified, ringleader Moran.
What does it say about Rick Moran that he saw no reason why Code Pink wouldn’t call for the murder of troops, AND we saw no reason why he couldn’t have been robbing a convenience store? A good question indeed: Many questions remain about Rick Moran, who is currently unaccused of a string of vicious $40 shotgun robberies, perhaps to feed a meth habit. (Interesting if true!)
But the wingnuts aren’t gobsmackingly stupid and dishonest all the time. Sometimes they compensate for it by being minorly shifty. Yesterday afternoon, the Gathering of Eagles people did that thing they often do, wordlessly scrubbing the inconvenient post and all its comments as though they’d never existed.*
This was bad news for the commenter, Snooper, who also thought the photo was real, and believed it proved something about the “idiot hate spawner personified” Kevin Hayden, who — well, Kevin, if you’re around, please explain about the hatred and the spawning? Surprise to us, to say the least.
Unfortunately for someone, ‘disappearing’ web pages is going to be a lot harder to do with Pt. II of the series. A clue:
* Except for a few comments on a different thread, such as this one by Eagle ‘navairdan,’ who reposted the picture and added:
In addition to the above… the little moonbat brownshirts should know who the beneficiaries are of moveon’s contributions and direction. Moonbats… these people are your side, and you on theirs. You should be proud.. Also, don’t waste your time suggestiong this isnot a real pic, we were all there and saw it and took pics and video.
Oh, well I guess that settles it then.
Double update: Teh fun continues…
Legalize said,
September 24, 2007 at 19:55
“Then again, what does it say about Code Pink that I saw no reason why they couldn’t have marched down the street with such a sign? Seemed real to me as I’m sure it did to many readers.”
I’ll take a stab at it: Could it be that you and your readers are rabid, clueless, paranoid, deluded nit wits, who are prepared to believe anything that your fellow rabid, clueless, paranoid, deluded nit-wits tell you?
Robert M. said,
September 24, 2007 at 20:02
It means you’ve been drinking the same shit you’ve been peddling, Rick, and also that you can’t be bothered to do the most basic of fact-checking–like, oh, I don’t know, visiting the URL at the side of the image.
Between this and the Blue Star/roaches thread, I’ve just about been driven away from S,N. Even in summary form, the stench emanating from the right these days is a little hard to take.
Percyprune said,
September 24, 2007 at 20:05
What is says about you, son, is that you are either a malicious fabulist or delusional or both.
t4toby said,
September 24, 2007 at 20:09
I’ll bet Part Two has something to do with adding an extra ‘o’ to the things you use to see under water, and a word that is a synonym for an alternate word for ‘dollar’.
rz said,
September 24, 2007 at 20:12
t4toby :
wtf4toby?
Gavin M. said,
September 24, 2007 at 20:12
Masko buck?
…No really, what did you mean? I think it’s something different.
Marita said,
September 24, 2007 at 20:14
I’ve forgotten the final verdict. Is it currently considered bad form to refer to him as D.Ho?
I don’t have any way to shorten Moran, but his name sums him up so nicely, it hardly seems necessary.
El Cid said,
September 24, 2007 at 20:14
Did they actually catch any of the Code Pink marchers in the act of shooting troops? Now that would solidify a case right thar!
J— said,
September 24, 2007 at 20:19
I was hoping Part II might be this past weekend’s variation on John Kerry pheasant hunting excursion, but the clue would indicate otherwise.
rz said,
September 24, 2007 at 20:20
1st word: google
J— said,
September 24, 2007 at 20:20
Kerry’s
rz said,
September 24, 2007 at 20:20
although as t4t described it, it would be “googgle”
mikey said,
September 24, 2007 at 20:21
Well, sure. It makes sense. You could absolutely be an anti-war/pro-murder organization. As long as the murders aren’t done in, umm, in a war-like fashion.
Poisoning! That’s what we endorse! We think that our members should all make a batch of “Support our Troops” cookies, in the shape of spleens and pancreases and lungs and shit, with Drano™ sprinkles, and send them to random American servicemen and women.
That way, we can end war, AND joyously murder teh troops!!
mikey
bemused said,
September 24, 2007 at 20:26
Considering that the photoshopped picture is over 18 months old, there can be no question but that some wingnut put this out knowing that it was false. So it wasn’t sloppy, it wasn’t “inadvertent,” it was fraudulent. Anything to score points. It’s a shame that Democrats in Congress aren’t capable of even 1/10 of the “fight dirty” mentality of the wingnuts.
And in related news, on Capitol Hill, the “majority” Democrats continued to quake in fear today, recoiling in horror at the sight of a cockroach scuttling across the House floor. A hastily arranged resolution praised the cockroach as a “national asset” and Democrats pledged to work with the cockroach in a “bi-species” fashion on issues of “mutual concern.”
Vivek said,
September 24, 2007 at 20:34
El Cid: What does it say about Rick Moran (or Treasonous Racist Schmuck) that I wouldn’t be surprised if he (they) claimed Code Pink had done that?
The possibilities are endless. I like this game!
Rick Moran said,
September 24, 2007 at 20:34
And what does it say about Scarlett Johanson that she was coming on to me hard in my dream last night and I believed it?
Kathleen said,
September 24, 2007 at 20:34
What does it say about Rick Moran that I can totally believe he would say
“what does it say about Code Pink that I saw no reason why they couldn’t have marched down the street with such a sign?”
get a brain, Morans!
Vivek said,
September 24, 2007 at 20:35
The second word’s “loonie.” It’s “loonie,” isn’t it?
Hoosier X said,
September 24, 2007 at 20:35
Well, speaking as a reasonable, rational, reality-based person, I would say this says a whole hell of a lot more about the guy who wrote it and “many readers” than it does about Code Pink.
But then I am reasonable, rational and reality-based and that does tend to give one a liberal bias.
Gary Ruppert said,
September 24, 2007 at 20:49
Many people say that Code Pink hates America, which is why such an image is not shockign to those of us who know of their vile stance against freedom and for totalitititarianism.
Legalize said,
September 24, 2007 at 20:51
OT: I’m watching Ahmadinejad’s Q n A. Goddamn, I don’t know if the translation is bad or what, but that guy argues and rambles like your average wingnut.
Gary Ruppert said,
September 24, 2007 at 20:53
Anybody who is merely watching or listening to the Iraninan dicktator and not trying to kill him as he has killed Americans and Jews, hates us.
Marita said,
September 24, 2007 at 20:53
Many people say that Code Pink hates America, which is why such an image is not shockign to those of us who know of their vile stance against freedom and for totalitititarianism.
C’mon now, fakeGary. That should have started with “The fact is”. “Many people say” is just so wishy washy, and would be beneath realGary.
I do like the extra ‘tit’s in “totalitititarianism” though. Nice touch.
Sadly, Cambridgeport said,
September 24, 2007 at 20:54
Then again, what does it say about Code Pink that I saw no reason why they couldn’t have marched down the street with such a sign? Seemed real to me as I’m sure it did to many readers.
Forget that, what does it say about the Dhimmicrats that they haven’t passed a resolution condemning Code Pink for their traitorous anti-Americanism? Now they are only emboldened to cause us to mistakenly believe more lies about them!
Who do you support, the soldiers, and the courageous patriots who are trying to keep them in the line of fire that they love so very much (at a minimum cost of health care and body armor), or the terrorists and the people who remind us of terrorists? There are only two sides.
MCH said,
September 24, 2007 at 20:57
I want to know if CY got his grill off the neighbor’s lawn yet.
t4toby said,
September 24, 2007 at 20:57
Masko Buck!
Dammit, Gav, you nailed it!
t4toby said,
September 24, 2007 at 20:59
oh, and rz-
If I had some cash for every time someone said that to me…
HumboldtBlue said,
September 24, 2007 at 21:02
This cut and paste from Snoop’s website says it all …
Veteran’s Suicide Hot Line Number!
1-800-273-TALK (8255) Call this number if you need help!!
K. Ron Silkwood said,
September 24, 2007 at 21:02
I like sending the troops socks with a little polonium-210 in the toe.
Rick Moran said,
September 24, 2007 at 21:04
And what does it say about David Johanson that he was coming on to me hard in my dream last night and I believed it?
Wally Whateley said,
September 24, 2007 at 21:06
Rick Moran robs liquor stores, has a meth habit, and once attempted to have sex with a pinecone?
Wait’ll I tell everyone down at the VFW hall!
g said,
September 24, 2007 at 21:06
Anybody who is merely watching or listening to the Iraninan dicktator and not trying to kill him as he has killed Americans and Jews, hates us.
How did Aminwhat’s his name kill Americans and Jews? If I’m going to kill him as he killed them, I need to know. Although, I think I may have already blown this one, since I’m neither watching nor listening to him NOR am I trying to kill him as he has killed Americans and Jews.
But…inquiring minds need to know - how did he do it?
MrWonderful said,
September 24, 2007 at 21:14
What does it say about fake Gary that he stands foursquare against totalitititarianism AND Iraninin dicktators?
It says that it takes a certain kind of man to stutter in print.
Oh, and: shouldn’t we do more this creative Photoshopping? (By “we” I mean Gavin.) Create pix of (e.g.) Michael Moore dining on human flesh, let the w.nutz find them on the web, and triumphantly run them? Talk about punk’d!
t4toby said,
September 24, 2007 at 21:21
Gav-
Okay, I could have used better clues.
Google Cache?
George W Bush said,
September 24, 2007 at 21:23
But…inquiring minds need to know - how did he do it?
Well… let’s give it one last squeeze…remember 9/11?
kiki said,
September 24, 2007 at 21:26
Reminds me of this:
“On one of the Fox news shows, Brit Hume, torturing statistics with abandon, claimed that soldiers have less of a chance of dying in Iraq than citizens have of being murdered in California. He forgot he was comparing 130,000 troops in Iraq to 34 million people in California.
“When this was pointed out to Hume by the Washington Post he didn’t say ‘I’m embarrassed.’ He said admittedly it was a crude comparison but it was illustrative of something. And I agree,” said Franken. “It’s illustrative of what an asshole Brit Hume is.”
(from http://commongroundmag.com/2004/03/politicalworld0403.html)
George W Bush said,
September 24, 2007 at 21:30
Okay, I could have used better clues.
Google Cache?
That wasn’t bad - I picked up on google anyway. But I think that you meant “homophone”, not “synonym”. “Cache” and “cash” share the same pronunciation, not the same meaning.
Besides, how often do you get to use the homophone? teeheheeheee… homophone.
J— said,
September 24, 2007 at 21:31
Google Cache
Then your second term would be a homonym for a synonym for money.
J— said,
September 24, 2007 at 21:32
George W. Bush and I are twins!
Righteous Bubba said,
September 24, 2007 at 21:33
Homogenesis!
rz said,
September 24, 2007 at 21:33
t4toby: “cache” is not a “synonym for an alternate word for ‘dollar’.” It is a homonym for an alternate word for ‘dollar’.
Marita said,
September 24, 2007 at 21:35
Wow, t4toby. You’re getting it from all directions here. That’s ok though. At least you didn’t mistake me for a libertarian this time.
mikey said,
September 24, 2007 at 21:35
I just came across this from Matt Stoller, and simply had to share:
I’m a little worried about upcoming fights over funding for Iraq, inasmuch as they might distract us from discussing the Moveon ad.
mikey
George W Bush said,
September 24, 2007 at 21:35
J-
But to be homonymous, they would also need to share the same spelling. Besides… homophone. C’mon!
I know, my high school banned them too - something about an “agenda” and “recruiting children”.
rz said,
September 24, 2007 at 21:37
Mr. President,
That would be a “homograph.”
Erin "Joannie" Moran said,
September 24, 2007 at 21:38
And what does it say about Adam Sandler that he is legally and cinematically gay-married to Kevin James? And what does it say about grocery stores that they sell hot dogs in 12-packs and hot dog buns in 8-packs?
George W Bush said,
September 24, 2007 at 21:41
A homonym is both a homograph and a homophone.
Why am I suddenly the only one who understands grammar rules?
George W Bush said,
September 24, 2007 at 21:43
Sorry… guess it is an either or both situation. I’ll go back to drinking now.
MCH said,
September 24, 2007 at 21:44
Well… let’s give it one last squeeze…remember 9/11?
As a card-carrying member of Teh Left, I have entirely forgotten 9/11. What was it again? .81818181… ? The name of that Shatner show? What?
objectivelypro said,
September 24, 2007 at 21:44
Okay, I could have used better clues.
Wait, wait!!
Perioscope male deer?
The NEA said,
September 24, 2007 at 21:52
Mr. President,
That would be a “homograph.”
No, no, no, those are those pink sheets with lavender lines we make kids plot fabulous functions on in Gay Calculus.
rz said,
September 24, 2007 at 21:54
W. admits a mistake!
Duros62 said,
September 24, 2007 at 21:54
I like hominym grits with hot sauce and butter.
rz said,
September 24, 2007 at 21:56
objectively pro,
i was thinking it was “bathysphere poorthole flour yeast and water mix”
Cangrejero said,
September 24, 2007 at 21:57
NEA: True God-fearing mathematicians stay away from those and from Homogeneous Differential Equations, just to be sure.
Marita said,
September 24, 2007 at 22:01
NEA: True God-fearing mathematicians stay away from those and from Homogeneous Differential Equations, just to be sure.
Absolutely. They strongly prefer Prigonometry.
t4toby said,
September 24, 2007 at 22:05
I have said many times on the soccer pitch, “I exist solely for your edification.”
I think it applies here.
Synonym is the closest I could get with going ‘homo’. So now you’re accusing me of using a wide stance?
J— said,
September 24, 2007 at 22:05
Perioscope male deer?
Radar stag!
J— said,
September 24, 2007 at 22:07
or sonar bivalve
rz said,
September 24, 2007 at 22:10
or “Glass-bottomed booat U.S. Commanders-in-Chief from Washington through Ford”
J— said,
September 24, 2007 at 22:15
Oops, I forgot the extra O.
radaro stag
soonar bivalve
[Please don't take this wrong, t4toby. We kid because we love.]
MCH said,
September 24, 2007 at 22:16
Facemasko slapper?
Camerao quahog?
noen said,
September 24, 2007 at 22:19
What does it say about us SadlyNoesians that it takes about five min for us to get sidelined into a discussion about grammer?
bemused:
It’s a shame that Democrats in Congress aren’t capable of even 1/10 of the “fight dirty” mentality of the wingnuts.
Fighting “dirty” doesn’t work in the long run. Notice how fantastic the GOP is doing lately? They are on the verge of imploding and hated by a substantial majority around the world. There is an entire generation that is now ripe to be life long Democrats because of the GOP’s dirty tricks.
It does work though, but only short term. Now if we can convince our Dem leaders that GOP lite is not a strategy maybe we could get somewhere.
SamFromUtah said,
September 24, 2007 at 22:21
They strongly prefer Prigonometry.
LOL!
Um, nothing to say other than that was funny and I appreciated it.
fardels bear said,
September 24, 2007 at 22:24
Radar Love?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=NF01SpB6joI
noen said,
September 24, 2007 at 22:27
Marita said,
NEA: True God-fearing mathematicians stay away from those and from Homogeneous Differential Equations, just to be sure.
Absolutely. They strongly prefer Prigonometry.
Marita, you may laugh but I have actually run into fundamentalist alternate Math. Years ago I came across a phd thesis (from some midwest bible college) that tried to refute set theory. His big beef was that he didn’t like the idea of some infinite sets being larger than others. Not only that he proved that it had to be wrong, or so he thought. I bet it would be too hard to find similar examples today.
They are truly insane.
t4toby said,
September 24, 2007 at 22:33
Oh, I know, J.
In case you haven’t noticed, I’m usually the clown of the group, so I’m used to being laughed with, as well as at. (Have fun with that, grammar police! That’s right, I’m dangling my participle right in you face. Whatcha gonna do ’bout it?)
Hey, when you’ve got it, you’ve got it!
El Cid said,
September 24, 2007 at 22:35
Which of course accounts for how Reagan that one time took out a pistol and shot all those Soviet and Cuban and Nicaraguan and Angolan and Mozambican officials at the UN.
noen said,
September 24, 2007 at 22:35
Participle? Where? Seems kinda small.
J— said,
September 24, 2007 at 22:39
In case you haven’t noticed, I’m usually the clown of the group[.]
You the clown? No, I’m the clown!
Actually, I think a good many of us here would be happy to share the title of The Fool (one reason here).
kiki said,
September 24, 2007 at 22:43
Of course, there’s no real evidence that five members of Gathering of Eagles ganged up on the father of a dead soldier and kicked him when they had him down on the ground, but doesn’t it suggest something that I and many other readers weren’t surprised when…
Oh, right. Never mind.
Lawnguylander said,
September 24, 2007 at 22:48
There’s much more fun to be had with Snooper so let’s not take our eye off teh ball. First he got rid of the trackback to this post and then had this exchange:
My god, are you fuckin’ stupid!
I’m laughing so hard right now. The GOP must be so proud to have nimrods like you speaking for them.
You DO know it’s a photoshopped image, right?
LOL…dumbass!
Erik the Red | 09.24.07 - 2:45 pm | #
So Snooper replies and digs himself an even deeper hole:
Erik The Dead…I saw the damn thing.
Too bad for you, moron.
Snooper | Homepage | 09.24.07 - 3:40 pm | #
It seems he’s actually claiming to have seen the sign with his own eyes.
Lesley said,
September 24, 2007 at 22:49
If I were one of the people being slandered in that photo[shop job] I’d be siccing a lawyer on them. Sure, it’s ridiculous and who would believe it…except a bunch of violent lunatics who beat up people who disagree with them.
g said,
September 24, 2007 at 22:49
remember 9/11?
What, Amenidijhad did that? How come he’s still alive them? And what does it say about Gary Ruppert that he wants me to suicide bomb Columbia University?
Vivek said,
September 24, 2007 at 22:53
Man, am I glad David Horowitz hasn’t caught onto my dastardly plot to indoctrinate my students with Homogeneous Differential Equations yet.
Vivek said,
September 24, 2007 at 22:55
His big beef was that he didn’t like the idea of some infinite sets being larger than others.
During undergrad, I went to a talk by an Objectivist on quantum mechanics. The gist of it seemed to be “This can’t be true because I don’t understand it, and I understand Rand’s philosophy therefore I have complete command of the universe.”
I also saw a paper once on the internet that simultaneously “proved” the existence of God and “disproved” evolution all by using Godel’s Incompleteness Theorem. Man, I love how powerful axiomatic systems that can encode arithmetic are.
t4toby said,
September 24, 2007 at 23:00
Really, I can’t quite keep up mentally, so I stick to teh secks and the merry jane.
Lesley said,
September 24, 2007 at 23:01
Erik The Dead…I saw the damn thing.
Too bad for you, moron.
Snooper | Homepage | 09.24.07 - 3:40 pm | #
Any chance Snooper can be lured into this thread? He’d be fun to bat around until Darleen and Beth show up again.
J— said,
September 24, 2007 at 23:05
Lesley: Don’t forget LindaSoG, who, by the way, has moved on to a different metaphor.
lawnguylander said,
September 24, 2007 at 23:13
Lesley, that’s exactly what I’m hoping for because he’s definitely reading this thread. But maybe it’s better that he not come.He’ll comment once and run (more goading for you,Snooper. Come on, tough guy. What are you afraid of?) and break our lefty hearts. Just like Bruce. Sniff.
Kevin Hayden said,
September 24, 2007 at 23:16
Kewl: Code pinko Skankos! I’ll bet I can get some hot action in league with those war-defyin’ persian-rug buyin’ mamas. YOWZER! (And I promise not to denounce anyone’s pubicly because pubics are fuzzy and happy like puppies.)
It’s really such an honor being called a ‘idiot hate spawner’. I presume he/she/it refers to the hate I spawn for the Idiot-In-Chief. (Pol Pot refers to him as ‘Mini-Me’).
Unfortunately, now that I’ve been outed as a troop murderer, my deep cover’s blown, which will wreak havoc on family reunions and stuff. Sure, Grandpa’s dead (WWI) and so’s my Dad (28 years USAF, Berlin airlift, Vietnam), but my Uncle Tom’s still doing well (WWII), so’s my brother-in-law, Bill (Vietnam) and my nephew (Army Nat’l Guard, Iraq) only moved out of my home a month ago. Plus there’s my best friend Paul (Navy, Vietnam) and a host of other vets and military brats I’ve known for decades. I’m guessing I’m off their Christmas Card lists, as well.
I’m a bit baffled how my defense of Columbia U. students inviting a country’s elected leader to speak tipped off people to my secret troop-killing objective. After all, I believe some students killed a military guard during the US Embassy takeover 28 years ago, and some Lebanese Hezbollah bombers took out some troops in Beirut 24 years ago (which might have had some Iranian funding though it was never alleged at the time). And there’s been allegations lately that some Iranians have provided IEDs that have killed US troops in Iraq. But no-one’s produced any evidence that Mahmoud Ahnevermetajew has any ties or complicity to any of those events and fatalities.
Yes, evidence. Yanno, that thing our country used to require before arrests, detentions, prosecutions, convictions and executions.
There’s lots of that evidence stuff about how the Idiot-in-Chief used manufactured evidence to claim Saddam had nukes and other weapons of America-killing horribleness. And as a result, nearly 4,000 US troops and hunnerds of thousands of Iraqis have been murdered. Because the evidence was make believe.
This time, the evidence is all words again. Sure, everyone can tell that Mahmoud Ahnevermetajew is also a liar. But Iranians are stuck with the guy they elected, just like we’re stuck with our liar. And I figger, let them both flap their jaws. Maybe they can find a way to keep more troops and civilians and kiddies from dying.
Maybe not, but it sure seems like it’s a safe gamble to make.
America has invited far worse to its shores in the past because that’s what real democracies do. Fear of leaders that have been demonized by propaganda or even those guilty of some horrible thing, followed by their exclusion, is really not how Americans have demonstrated their courage in the good old days.
Rebuke the guy if you want. But in the meantime, there’s a chance for diplomatic resolutions that could spare millions of lives. I vote for that.
I know that makes me a murderer in some eyes. But they’re awfully cowardly eyes unless one set of them gets me arrested or takes me out. Were someone to threaten my family or pose a real imminent threat to my nation, I know I wouldn’t go to an online schoolyard and photoshop bullshit and yell neener-neener at them.
But I guess that satisfies their primal urge. So here’s my plea for leniency: To the Gathered Eagles, if I’m in a fight, please, please please, promise me you won’t ever cover my back. I need more than pant whizzing neener-jockeys for that.
Lesley said,
September 24, 2007 at 23:19
J. Just below LindaSoG’s rendition of “palestinians=garbage” she writes:
In my quest for truth and justice, I can sometimes be harsh and relentless. Please accept my most sincere apologies for any words written here, or anywhere, which may have caused you hurt.
t4toby said,
September 24, 2007 at 23:40
In my quest for pr0n and cheetos, I can sometimes be bitchy and whiny. Please accept my least sincere apologies for any substances left here, or anywhere, which might have caused you hurt.
g said,
September 24, 2007 at 23:47
Kevin Hayden, you need to give the sarcasometer a whack on the side. I think you might have an intermittent connection.
Lesley said,
September 25, 2007 at 0:06
Exhibit a) US Treasury, Exhibit b) Toilet
rz said,
September 25, 2007 at 0:07
t4t: ha.
The American Street » Blog Archive » The Bogeyman speaks said,
September 25, 2007 at 0:20
[...] I sure know what it’s like to be a bogeyman, now that I’m an idiot hate spawner backing troop murderers. Which I find amusing, since I usually refer to Iran’s prez as [...]
J— said,
September 25, 2007 at 0:33
In my quest for truth and justice, I can sometimes be harsh and relentless. Please accept my most sincere apologies for any words written here, or anywhere, which may have caused you hurt.
Yeah, that was for Yom Kippur. The Day of Atonement came and went for LindaSoG.
M. Bouffant said,
September 25, 2007 at 0:51
Also, don’t waste your time suggestiong this isnot a real pic, we were all there and saw it and took pics and video.
Anxiously awaiting your “pics and video,” navairdan. Jeezis, I hope his connection to naval aviation (if any) doesn’t go any farther than washing aircraft & swabbing the flight deck.
And a reminder of the GoE mission statement:
1. Gathering of Eagles is non-partisan. While each member has his or her own political beliefs, our common love and respect for America and her heroes is what brings us together.
Yep, you can’t get any more non-partisan than those doods. Just interested in protecting memorials & monuments, & of course protecting the photographs of dead Marines from their fathers.
Anne Laurie said,
September 25, 2007 at 1:27
I do like the extra ‘tit’s in “totalitititarianism” though. Nice touch.
Yeah, we all have our suspicions about how Gary and his Reichtard friends touch themselves whenever they think about totalitarianism. Ecch!
Twisted_Colour said,
September 25, 2007 at 1:30
Goddit!!
Snot-o-catcher clam!!
It’s all coming together……….
Vic said,
September 25, 2007 at 1:39
Then again, what does it say about Code Pink that I saw no reason why they couldn’t have marched down the street with such a sign? Seemed real to me as I’m sure it did to many readers.
Holy living fuck. Talk about a great rationalization. Bill Orally probably wants to become this guy by killing him and wearing his skin.
g said,
September 25, 2007 at 1:43
Also, don’t waste your time suggestiong this isnot a real pic, we were all there and saw it and took pics and video.
I sure do hope he lets us know what date it was taken…
Leishalynn said,
September 25, 2007 at 2:00
“Yes, evidence. Yanno, that thing our country used to require before arrests, detentions, prosecutions, convictions and executions.”
Wait a minute, Kevin, you forgot my favorite–torture.
g said,
September 25, 2007 at 2:21
Anxiously awaiting your “pics and video,” navairdan
Went over to the link, and read that navairdan, true to form, in response to someone who informed him that it was a photoshopped image, challenged the other person to produce the original un-shopped image, instead of offering to show the supposed pics and video evidence he claims to have.
Hysterical Woman said,
September 25, 2007 at 2:47
It’s not even a very good photoshop (okay, digital manipulation).
Confederate Yankee said,
September 25, 2007 at 3:01
Since you asked…
Gavin, you did see that in the top left corner of the photo it clearly said “photo illustration,” didn’t you? When it says right on the picture that it is ’shopped, it’s kind of hard to attack those who admitted it, even as they created it.
You do, however, have a just complaint against the folks who posted this without investigating if it was real or not, and against the person who claimed to have seen the sign.
LindaSoG said,
September 25, 2007 at 3:34
Gosh golly gee… I don’t see why ya’ll are so upset. So what if the picture is “fake but accurate.” You guys seemed to like it just fine when Dan Rather did it.
Auguste said,
September 25, 2007 at 3:40
Linda, Linda, Linda.
“Accurate” in the Dan Rather sense meant “conforming to independently verifiable historical events.”
“Accurate” in the sense you’re attempting to use it now means “conforming to the right-wing circle jerk fantasies of what Code Pink believes.”
Different things. Don’t forget to finish your neighbor off, it’s only polite.
LindaSoG said,
September 25, 2007 at 3:44
No, accurate in this sense means that Code Pink donated $650,000 to what they freely admitted was “the other side” in the Iraq conflict.
So yes, the photoshop is “fake but accurate.”
g said,
September 25, 2007 at 3:49
Like if I say that Linda is a hatemongering bitch that eats small puppies for lunch, it’s “fake but accurate”?
LindaSoG said,
September 25, 2007 at 3:52
Nah. I don’t eat puppies, they’re not kosher.
LindaSoG said,
September 25, 2007 at 3:53
sucks to be confronted with facts, don’t it?
My work here is done.
g said,
September 25, 2007 at 3:59
sucks to be confronted with facts, don’t it?
Actually, no, but I don’t see any example of you posting facts. So it would be hard to tell whether it sucks or not.
Righteous Bubba said,
September 25, 2007 at 4:01
It seems that giving blankets and medicine to refugees is “aiding the terrorists.”
Boom said,
September 25, 2007 at 4:06
So according to LindaSoG’s logic, if Blackwater has been running guns to the “other side” in Iraq, I guess its “accurate” that they (and the President who hired them) also support the murder of American Troops.
Didn’t Bush just go to Iraq and shake hands with the guys who were killing our troops a few months ago?
sucks to be confronted with the facts, don’t it?
g said,
September 25, 2007 at 4:09
Wow, Linda’s webpage is a cauldron of paranoia and over-amplified hatred.
Gavin M. said,
September 25, 2007 at 4:10
Oh, I’m not complaining about the guys who made the picture. The image has just taken on a life of its own, especially with the GoE folks who claim to have seen the banner in real life.
J— said,
September 25, 2007 at 4:12
My work here is done.
But the work at her own site has just begun. This one’s for you, Lesley.
g said,
September 25, 2007 at 4:14
Yes, J- I saw that, and wanted to let Lesley. Linda is a vindictive cunt and she posted Lesley’s IP address, which only goes to show what kind of person she is.
Les - I assume you can hold your own here? But we’ve got your back.
mikey said,
September 25, 2007 at 4:15
I’m absolutely gobsmacked. Are you telling me, lindasog, that helping refugees in a town we’re tearing to pieces in a country thousands of miles away is somehow aiding “the enemy”. And even if it is, who will help the people caught in the crossfire? Who will stand up for the innocents trapped by the American hatred and bloodlust? What can we do, other than put a 5.56 round in their head, to relieve their suffering?
Can we help them with clean water? Or is Cholera their due? Can we help them with electricity? Or are you the only bitch entiltled? Can we at least give them blankets and medicine? Or is compassion and “aiding the enemy” suddenly synonymous? You are the worst kind of criminal, young lady. You would have been in fine company in Stalingrad….
mikey
Lame Man said,
September 25, 2007 at 4:22
Really, Bubba, understanding this isn’t that hard. Just think of your SAT analogies. Fallujahn refugees are to the 9/11 terrorists as Saddam Hussein is to:
A) Osama Bin Laden
B) Cindy Sheehan
C) Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
D) All of teh above
Jrod said,
September 25, 2007 at 4:23
What does it say about the jews that I saw no reason they couldn’t have sacrificed christian babies to satan and poisoned our wells? Oops, did I say jews? I meant muslims of course.
g said,
September 25, 2007 at 4:25
The cognitive disssonance in the brain of people like Lindasog is amazing. They totally buy into the whole “painting schools, doing good for the people of Iraq, purple fingers Yay!!! candy and flowers” and “why doesn’t the media tell the good stories?” thing, and then when someone like Code Pink, or Marla Ruzicka actually do something to help the people of Iraq, they call helping the Iraqi people aiding the enemy.
These people are deeply, deeply disturbed.
Lawnguylander said,
September 25, 2007 at 4:29
The latest, including an update, from the soon to be legendary Snooper in response to being asked if he had really seen the banner in question with his own eyes.
I saw the shredding of it.
UPDATE: I have been informed that the picture in question was not the one we saw shredded in DC.
My bad.
The banner was displayed in CA at a separate rally.
Edited By Siteowner
Snooper | Homepage | 09.24.07 - 5:41 pm | #
So, CY, why don’t you go turn your amazing investigatory powers on Snooper? I suggest betting him a new grill that the picture is a fake because he’s not giving it up.
g said,
September 25, 2007 at 4:38
Oh, snooper is a piece of work!!
Vinnie said,
September 25, 2007 at 4:38
“Les - I assume you can hold your own here? But we’ve got your back.”
What’re you gonna do, throw patchouli?
Seriously, you know what pisses me off? I have 40 years of ammo stocked up waiting for you filthy hippies to get around to that “revolution” you keep yammering about, and you never deliver.
When are you sad little freaks going to butch up and stick it to The Man?
Wearing keffiyehs and Che shirts don’t get you very far.
Gavin M. said,
September 25, 2007 at 4:46
What’s going on with Lindasog posting Lesley’s IP address? I followed the link and didn’t see it. But that’s VERY BAD MANNERS, if I may say so.
owlbear1 said,
September 25, 2007 at 4:54
Ooh, Vinnie. We been “Sticking it to the man” for decades.
Care for a Latte?
g said,
September 25, 2007 at 4:57
Seriously, you know what pisses me off? I have 40 years of ammo stocked up waiting for you filthy hippies to get around to that “revolution” you keep yammering about, and you never deliver.
When are you sad little freaks going to butch up and stick it to The Man?
Wearing keffiyehs and Che shirts don’t get you very far.
what exactly are your aspirations, here, vinnie? I’m curious. You have 40 years of ammo stored up — what kind of ammo has to be stored up over 40 years? Are you saving up your boogers or something, or your collection of fingernail parings?
where do you hear people “yammering” about revolution? What radio waves are you listening to - do they come into your antennae with the aid of the tinfoil you add to them? Cuz I don’t know of anyone talking about “sticking it” to “The Man” - but then, I don’t listen to the voices that are talking in your head.
so- what are your plans, vinnie? You gonna barricade yourself off the highway somewhere with your boogers and fingernails in a jar along with your precious bodily fluids, and wait for some innocent passerby?
Are you the kind of idiot who attacks Sikh gas-station operators who wear turbans because you can’t tell the difference between 1) an innocent human being who happens to be muslim and 2) an innocent human being who bears no relation to Islam but who happens to wear headgear you’re stupidly think has something to do with Islam?
Are you the kind of idiot that beats up Chinese-American guys with the misguided idea that you’re somehow championing the American auto industry against Japanese corporations?
You’re the kind of fool who never saw a hippie, maybe read about them sometimes, but secretly wishes he were around during the “free love” era, because you might have gotten laid.
You’re driven by a combination of personal inadequacy coupled with ignorance and stupidity, trapped in an existence where you have no power, and you resent those who aren’t like you. It’s a helluva combination. You must feel a lot of pain.
But you know what? I don’t give a fuck if you feel pain. If the humanity of you has become corroded enough where you relish the day you can kill your countrymen, you’ve forsaken the community of human beings. You can fucking rot for all I care.
Lawnguylander said,
September 25, 2007 at 4:58
Seriously, you know what pisses me off? I have 40 years of ammo stocked up waiting for you filthy hippies to get around to that “revolution” you keep yammering about, and you never deliver.
When did cheetos and granny porn become synonyms for ammo?
nobody said,
September 25, 2007 at 4:59
don’t forget that the Internet Archive (archive.org) has the Wayback Machine.. just type in the website URL, it gives back a list of dates, click a date and you see the website the way it looked back then..
J— said,
September 25, 2007 at 5:01
I followed the link and didn’t see it.
It’s in the screen-capture image.
mikey said,
September 25, 2007 at 5:03
Hey Vinnie. I’m one of those lefty hippies you are so terrified of. I have six months worth of ammo. Why? Because I rotate my rounds from inventory to the range to a) stay comfortable and on target with my full power hollow points and b) because I refresh my ammunition AND magazines every six months to make certain that I’ll get rounds downrange.
That’s .45ACP, 9mm, 5.56NATO and .308. Every six months.
40 years? You’re pathetic…
mikey
Jrod said,
September 25, 2007 at 5:05
Wow, that Vinnie guy is scary! If there’s anything I know about the internets, it’s that tough talkers can always back it up, and are never overcompensating for some real life deficiency.
Why not take your undoubtedly battle-hardened ass and your forty-year-old ammo to Iraq? They could use a straight shooter like you over there.
g said,
September 25, 2007 at 5:05
Actually, mikey, what he’s been saving up for 40 years is grudges.
zsa said,
September 25, 2007 at 5:07
Vinnie, didn’t you get memo? About 1973 or so? … never mind.
Oh, and saying things like “butch up and stick it to The Man” makes you sound like a serious closet case.
Gavin M. said,
September 25, 2007 at 5:07
My Firefox isn’t showing anything but a page with a black background and some orange text. Where’s the screen-cap?
mikey said,
September 25, 2007 at 5:08
Heh. And diapers.
What is it that’s supposed to be scary about these sad idiots on the t00bz?
“I’ll beat you up and, um, and shit”…
It’s just sad. And kind of boring. In the “it’s been done” sense…
mikey
Lawnguylander said,
September 25, 2007 at 5:12
Try this link, Gavin.
Gavin M. said,
September 25, 2007 at 5:14
Oho, she’s blocked me. Now I’ll have to spend two minutes or more going through a proxy server.
J— said,
September 25, 2007 at 5:15
I see a huge header with either a sunrise or sunset. Below that, the title of the blog in orange (”Something… and Half of Something”); then flush left, the blog title again, now in yellow; below that, the date and the post title (”Reading is Fundamental”); directly below that, the following text: “Meet Lesley, from Sadly, No:;” and below that (finally!), centered, the screen-cap.
Righteous Bubba said,
September 25, 2007 at 5:16
I sent you an e-mail with a screenshot. I initially used anonymouser and didn’t see the pic but got the page, which was weird.
mikey said,
September 25, 2007 at 5:22
Umm, waitaminute. C’mon. This is one of the smartest, sharpest communities on the intert00bz. And you’re what, like surprised that a wingnut would publish your IP?
Hell, they’d set your house on fire if they thought there was a way. These are not, well, let’s say they are not going to win the Nobel Rational Award. You have seen their arguments. They pretty much amount to “give money to friends. Try to kill enemies”. Did you miss that part?
mikey
g said,
September 25, 2007 at 5:33
Oh, jeez, well, vinnie and beth are commentors at LIndasog’s blog. So it’s basically the gang from the playground down the block coming over here to our playground to kick our asses.
Horst said,
September 25, 2007 at 5:33
While I’ve not read the entire page of comments, I have a question about the thread, “goggles, googgles, googles, dollar, cash, cache.” Google as a place of concealment confuses me, so I wondered if wrote, “cache,” while thinking, “cachet?” Using Google with a refined sense of fashionable style I grasp. Must have too much time with “homophone” lines.
Horst said,
September 25, 2007 at 5:35
” … wondered if “t4t” wrote …”
Gavin M. said,
September 25, 2007 at 5:40
Thanks, Bubba. Thanks J-.
Ok, I’m going to say for the record that if LindaSog is trying to intimidate Lesley by posting her IP and email address, this crap has to stop now.
Righteous Bubba said,
September 25, 2007 at 5:41
So it’s basically the gang from the playground down the block coming over here to our playground to kick our asses.
It’d save an extra few milliseconds if they’d just announce “hey, we’re full of shit” instead of trying out that 40 years of ammo garbage.
J— said,
September 25, 2007 at 5:47
Vinnie has been stockpiling ammo for 40 years. Che Guevara died 40 years ago this October 9. Coincidence?
Gavin M. said,
September 25, 2007 at 5:56
Posted this in her comments:
Of course I have her IP data, since she’s been commenting over and over here, so I don’t understand the point of this exercise. Lesley, have you been getting any weird private emails since this happened?
lobbey said,
September 25, 2007 at 6:04
Thanks, Bubba. Thanks J-.
Ok, I’m going to say for the record that I have LindaSog is trying to intimidate Lesley by posting her IP and email address, this crap has to stop now.
Beat me to the punch, guys, although I still have a copy too.
Interestedly enough, I commented on her crappy, childish blog, as was blocked about a min later, what is it with wingnuts and criticism? Care to explain Linda?
ignobility said,
September 25, 2007 at 6:08
These people are sick, and sick people scare me. And I’m a nurse. But these people are seriously, frighteningly sick.
Gavin M. said,
September 25, 2007 at 6:09
Corrected that line, btw.
See, the funny thing is that she’s been commenting here repeatedly, and of course nobody ever blocks her or posts her private data. And yet, go over there and try to leave one comment…
Some hospitality, I say.
g said,
September 25, 2007 at 6:16
Yeah. I commented too, and haven’t seen my post.
You know what? she’s a coward. She’s a coward in the worst way. She comes over here and posts the most vile hate language with impunnity - OK, fine, who cares? - and she sics her minions like whimp-ass vinnie over here ( please, Linda, is that all you have?) but she is afraid of critical comments, and she doesn’t restrain herself from a major breach of ethics by posting someone’s IP address - for a mildly critical comment. She’s despicable, but she’s also a pathetic excuse for a human being.
Is she the one who has a son in Iraq? Or is it one of her minions, Beth or someone? If Linda’s son is in Iraq, Linda, I am sorry that your fear and anxiety has twisted your soul into the travesty of a human being that you now appear to be. But you should blame that shit on the one’s who are responsible, instead of living in a state of denial. You’re like a person with Stockholm syndrome - you are curring the favor of those (Bush administration) that are your captors.
Vinnie said,
September 25, 2007 at 6:36
“It’d save an extra few milliseconds if they’d just announce “hey, we’re full of shit” instead of trying out that 40 years of ammo garbage.”
Someone here actually has a brain.
That’s refreshing.
That being said, I only have two years of ammo stockpiled for your 40 year old claims of “revolution.”
Once again, wearing a Che shirt doesn’t cut it. Commie murderer though he was, at least he walked his talk.
“Why not take your undoubtedly battle-hardened ass and your forty-year-old ammo to Iraq? They could use a straight shooter like you over there.”
Gee, Mikey, I did my enlistment in the Navy, how ’bout you? Now, why don’t you get your sissy ass over there and strap on a bomb belt and walk into an Israeli pizzeria. They could use more terrorists, and less terrorist enablers over there.
Or are you just another in a long line of leftist Chickenjihadis?
Vince Aut Morire » Blog Archive » Deranged Comment Of The Day said,
September 25, 2007 at 6:40
[...] from those yukmeisters of the leftard blogosphere, Sadly, Sad! Kewl: Code pinko Skankos! I’ll bet I can get some hot action in league with those war-defyin’ [...]
Gavin M. said,
September 25, 2007 at 6:43
Uh-oh. It seems like this conversation is about to get interesting.
Robert Waldmann said,
September 25, 2007 at 6:53
I don’t want to defend Mr Moran, but he and his pseudojournalist brother have been victims of photoshopping. I mean this can’t be for real can it ?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/rjw88/get_a_brain_morans.jpg
God does not love me that much.
beth said,
September 25, 2007 at 6:55
Is she the one who has a son in Iraq?
No - that minion would be me - Beth. My son is in Iraq.
What I’m curious about is why all of you seem to insist that people are afraid of you? Why would anyone be afraid of you? You don’t believe in violence - right? You think guns are bad. What is there to be afraid of?
Besides, you are just inhabitants of my computer that I can choose to read or not read. You don’t matter one whit to me except that I find this amusing at the moment, now that you have made me aware of your little blog.
Righteous Bubba said,
September 25, 2007 at 7:03
It’s a cast of geniuses: the cross-eyed cockroach lady, the lady who thinks medicine is terrorism, and Vinnie who acknowledges he’s full of shit.
Welcome, winners! Enjoy your stay!
owlbear1 said,
September 25, 2007 at 7:06
So Beth all the wishes for Imprisonment and Death are just for fun?
The Squeals of “Traitor” and “Get out of the country” are just an amusement for you?
Says a lot about you Beth…
zsa said,
September 25, 2007 at 7:08
So we can all come and post at your blog, beth? No banning? No deletions?
Robert Waldmann said,
September 25, 2007 at 7:09
t4toby said,
“I’ll bet Part Two has something to do with adding an extra ‘o’ to the things you use to see under water, and a word that is a synonym for an alternate word for ‘dollar’.”
hmmm drop a g, replace synonym with homonym and go US centric that I forget about other currencies and I get
Google cache
Lesley said,
September 25, 2007 at 7:11
Just catching up. Poor ol’ Linda just can’t help being a petty little bitch.
I just sent her this:
I’ve posted this here because I fully expect Linda to do one of the following
a) not post my response;
b) post it with my IP address and perhaps a pix of me as garbage; or
c) edit it beyond all recognition.
darleen said,
September 25, 2007 at 7:15
ahhhhh Lesley,
Linda posted a screencap of it in all its faux sanctimony
you ought to know that being a religious person doesn’t mean having to bare one’s neck to another’s blade
Does the phrase: Never again ring any bells with you?
Vinnie said,
September 25, 2007 at 7:17
“Uh-oh. It seems like this conversation is about to get interesting.”
It never was.
Throwing your side’s stupid “chickenhawk” argument back in your face is always great fun though.
Especially after some here whined about LindaSog’s post with the picture of the keffiyeh in the dumpster.
Don’t just wear it, defend it! Stand up and be a martyr for Allah!
Otherwise, you’re just a bunch of chickenjihadists.
Righteous Bubba said,
September 25, 2007 at 7:18
Does the phrase: Never again ring any bells with you?
I think that had something to do with not treating people like cockroaches.
darleen said,
September 25, 2007 at 7:18
and seeing how you all are so annoyed with the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy’s p’shop skills … have fun!
Righteous Bubba said,
September 25, 2007 at 7:26
Otherwise, you’re just a bunch of chickenjihadists.
I gather this is “Throwing your side’s stupid “chickenhawk” argument back in your face.”
It’d work if we were, you know, jihadis and the jihadis were in dire need of recruits. But good try! I gather this line of argument has been waiting for some smaller amount of time than 40 years.
beth said,
September 25, 2007 at 7:29
So we can all come and post at your blog, beth? No banning? No deletions?
Depends on what you write, of course. Most just come over and throw a few cuss words out or call me some names and then disappear. So much for having a debate.
zsa said,
September 25, 2007 at 7:30
Someone here actually has a brain.
That’s refreshing.
Vinnie, for you it must be quite a change.
WTF are you on about, man? Can you at least pretend to be rational? “Chickenjihadists”?
“Chickenjihadists”?!?
You make that up yourself? That’s hysterically funny …
beth said,
September 25, 2007 at 7:33
So Beth all the wishes for Imprisonment and Death are just for fun?
The Squeals of “Traitor” and “Get out of the country” are just an amusement for you?
Says a lot about you Beth…
I have no idea what you are talking about … I have not said anything about getting out of the country or treason (here). I’ve said nothing about imprisonment or death.
I find the twisted logic and the skewing of facts somewhat amusing - for moments at a time. Long periods of time with it result in brain damage I think because everyone seems to spout out the same phrases, accusations and talking points repeatedly. There has to be some sort of malfunction for that to happen. I can’t imagine that everyone would somehow come up with the same arguments all on their own.
Righteous Bubba said,
September 25, 2007 at 7:35
I’ve said nothing about imprisonment or death.
You said it with the cockroach photo you were too dim to understand.
zsa said,
September 25, 2007 at 7:41
Well, I may take you up on that, beth.
“Depends on what you write” is a little vague, however. Could you share what your comment blocking/deletion policies are?
Comrade Rutherford said,
September 25, 2007 at 7:43
Here’s the website of the anti-American hater-of-freedom that admits to doctoring the photo.
http://axisofright.com/2007/03/22/code-pinks-in-da-house/
Blue Star Chronicles said,
September 25, 2007 at 8:59
Fake but Accurate Depiction of Code Pink…
There’s a debate going on at a sad little leftist blog about the difference between Dan Rather’s ‘fake but accurate’ news and the ‘fake but accurate’ photoshop below. Talk about parsing words, they are do…
Zython said,
September 25, 2007 at 9:17
Vinnie, beth, why do you both hate America? Why do you love seeing dead soldiers and civilans? Why are you glad that Osama’s gotten away.
Gee, Mikey, I did my enlistment in the Navy, how ’bout you?
Liar.
Now, why don’t you get your sissy ass over there and strap on a bomb belt and walk into an Israeli pizzeria. They could use more terrorists, and less terrorist enablers over there.
Unlike you, we actually WANT to bring Osama to justice. Unlike who, who celebrates thats he’s on the loose.
Seriously, you know what pisses me off? I have 40 years of ammo stocked up waiting for you filthy hippies to get around to that “revolution” you keep yammering about, and you never deliver.
So…you’re a sociopath (or a psychopath)? That’s not a very good arguement.
I have no idea what you are talking about … I have not said anything about getting out of the country or treason (here)
So you’re admitting that you’ve said so elsewhere? Seems you can dish it out, but you sure can’t take it.
I must be keeping you “two”. Those homeless people won’t run over themselves.
Lesley said,
September 25, 2007 at 9:26
Darleen, beyond this statement - which turned out to be lengthy, probably a ramble, and I apologize in advance for that - I can’t respond to the likes of you anymore. I’m sorry to say I don’t think you will change. Maybe if you were living viscerally through war you might, but as Mikey said yesterday, you’re safe. As much as I dislike your Internet persona and disagree with everything you seem to stand for, I’m glad you’re safe, Darleen. I wish you would open your mind a little more, try to perceive the harm others are experiencing on a daily basis.
Yesterday I ventured here, and weighed what I saw against what you say you believe in - all out war against Islam. Every wound in every person on that site - Americans included - reflects a point of view and a decision. (I’m making an effort to be gentle here because I’d like to get through.)
You might say those images are sensational and they shouldn’t be shown. I’m of two minds about that. They are shocking to be sure. Some might say “designed to shock” but they are not designed. These faces are real. What’s happened to them is real.
When I look at them I momentarily lose my ability to breathe. My first reaction is these people shouldn’t be exposed like this. How terrible that they are. In ordinary life, we treat death with dignity, that is what we are accustomed to. There is no dignity here. But then again, it’s too easy to blame the photographer and the person who posted the images on the Internet.
The photographer didn’t put them there. Somebody did. The nausea builds. Suddenly I’m visualizing what were once people in the seconds before they died. People who, if it weren’t for this war, would probably still be walking around doing ordinary things. And then I become acutely and uncomfortably aware of where I am. Planes fly overhead and the sounds do not alarm me. A car backfires and I am not disturbed by it. Soon it will be time to go to the store and I will not think twice about making the journey. It’s likely I’ll bitch a little that I have to walk two blocks.
I am safe but not because these people have lost their lives. I AM NOT SAFE BECAUSE OF THAT.
Beyond all of the above, and beyond all of the nuances of this war - the politics, the alliances, the corruption, the lies, the developments, the news, the expense - THIS IS WHAT WAR AMOUNTS TO. Our eyes cannot easily budge from here.
Some part of me knows with absolute certainty that if we insist on perpetuating this, we will all arrive here eventually. It’s only a matter of time.
It’s always been easy to say yes to war. Saying no is harder, but say no we must if we want to live - and live with ourselves.
I have a lot more to say but I’ve rambled on long enough. I know you want to snicker at me and post my IP address etc, but I hope you will see past me and just look, spend some time in that place and think it over.
lobbey said,
September 25, 2007 at 10:02
Darleen, if you are going to provide a link for us to be able to laugh at you, dont block the IP address so we can’t see it, took the edge of my day not having the chance to see what you simpletons find funny.
Vinnie, give it up, your not even a third rate troll, now back to your basement and our Cheeto’s and masturbate over your fantasy navy career!
Lesley said,
September 25, 2007 at 10:07
oh this is good
From an Eagle to navairdan: that is a bad Photo …and it was Photo shopped I have the original if ya want to see it… we have enough bad press with out spreading Fake crap…
Yes indeedy, good of you to come clean.
(Gad, it’s a good thing these idiots aren’t in Iraq. They got bigger handicaps than trick knees.)
Pinko Punko said,
September 25, 2007 at 10:30
I was gonna post the lyrics to “beth” by KISS, but they seem pretty creepy.
So instead I will post the lyrics to SISTER CHRISTIAN!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sister Christian
Oh the time has come
And you know that you’re the only one
To say O.K.
Where you going
What you looking for
You know those boys
Don’t want to play no more with you
It’s true
You’re motoring
What’s your price for flight
In finding mister right
You’ll be alright tonight
Babe you know
You’re growing up so fast
And mama’s worrying
That you won’t last
To say let’s play
Sister Christian
There’s so much in life Don’t you give it up
Before your time is due
It’s true
It’s true yeah
Motoring
What’s your price for flight
You’ve got him in your sight
And driving thru the night
Motoring
What’s your price for flight
In finding mister right
You’ll be alright tonight
Motoring
What’s your price for flight
In finding mister right
You’ll be alright tonight
(repeat)
Sister Christian
Oh th