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Sat Nov-26-05 10:02 AM
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Back From Vacation, Who Wants To Give Me the Highlights Of the Past 9 Days |
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I was in tropical paradise from 11/17 until yesterday, what'd I miss?
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Sat Nov-26-05 10:03 AM
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So are Tito and Stalin. :rofl:
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Sat Nov-26-05 10:07 AM
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2. Do you remember the nosedive Bush was in when you left? |
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He hasn't pulled out of it yet.
He's back at the ranch now, resting after doin' all that leadershippin' in Asia.
But Abramoff hasn't gone away. Pat Fitzgerald hasn't gone away (although it's quiet in that quarter for now)
Oh, and his plans to bomb our ally's capitol city have been made public, and it seems like there are several people who aren't too happy about that.
On the bright side, his crotch wasn't attacked by a turkey this year, nor did he serve a rubber turkey to the troops.
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Sat Nov-26-05 10:19 AM
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5. Huh? What City Did He Want To Bomb? |
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Sat Nov-26-05 10:22 AM
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9. Whatever city Al Jazzeera headquarters are located in Qatar. |
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He was pissed enough that Toni Blair had to talk him down to stop it from happening. Al Jazeera satellite offices in Afghanistan and Iraq were hit, however.
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Sat Nov-26-05 10:24 AM
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He wanted to bomb the headquarters building of al Jazeera, because he considers them part of al Qaeda. This was all contained in a top secret British memo detailing a meeting with Blair and Bush. Apparently Blair talked him down from the ledge, explaining helpfully that it would be bad to bomb an ally.
Now everyone wants to know the exact text of the memo, but Blair has threatened to arrest anyone who leaks it and charge them under the Official Secrets Act (I believe that's what it's called anyway).
The British public seems kind of angry about this, as do several politicians. And as you might guess, no one in Qatar is too thrilled with the whole thing.
As far as I know, the WH's only response has been to say that answering such allegations is beneath them, or words to that effect. Note, they didn't deny the story.
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Sat Nov-26-05 10:26 AM
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12. forgot the backdrop to the story |
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All of this was happening while we were bombing the hell out of Fallujah. Al Jazeera had reporters inside, showing dead civilians and so on. The idiot king was incensed by this. Now I'm not saying that the al Jazeera reporting in Fallujah had anything to do with bombing Qatar....wait, yes I am. Nevermind.
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Sat Nov-26-05 10:40 AM
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Sat Nov-26-05 10:49 AM
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15. plus we will someday come to know that the ijotsmirk felt the same |
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way about Sgrena (the Italian journalist who ALSO knew about Fallujah and white phosphorous)whose car, carrying her and SISMI negotiator-hero, was "accidentally" shot 300 times on their way to the Bagdad airport during her "rescue" ...
oh, so many dots and connections, so little truth!
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Sat Nov-26-05 11:16 AM
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17. I hope you're right; I hope that does come out |
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It's almost absurd to argue the point that it wasn't an assasination attempt. Sometimes a thing is exactly what it looks like.
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Sat Nov-26-05 11:21 AM
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18. Yes and he demonstrated his excellent exit strategy while he was there, |
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anyone have the shot? I think MelissaB has the video.
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Sat Nov-26-05 10:07 AM
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3. Evil moron still in the White House, Cheney still an asshole |
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Sat Nov-26-05 10:09 AM
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4. ahhhh, Bush wanted to bomb al Jeezera's HQ |
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Edited on Sat Nov-26-05 10:19 AM by AZDemDist6
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Sat Nov-26-05 10:20 AM
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Those links are great! :thumbsup:
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Sat Nov-26-05 10:21 AM
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8. i edited in a couple more, be sure to hit the last one for comic relief |
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Sat Nov-26-05 10:35 AM
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Unbelievable, what a fucking buffoon...
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Sat Nov-26-05 10:20 AM
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6. The Bush twins had a birthday, and as one reporter said, |
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"What happens in Crawford, stays in Crawford." They must have had a blow-out kegger!
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Sat Nov-26-05 10:24 AM
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11. Murtha, Sanford, Alito, Coulter, O'Reilly, Abramoff, Bushtard, Cheneyitis, |
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... and same ol' same ol'.
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Sat Nov-26-05 11:09 AM
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16. Iragi gov't declared our troops "legitimate targets"& asked us to leave. |
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Sat Nov-26-05 11:41 AM
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19. Flying monkeys came outta Jean Schmidt's ass on the floor of Congress |
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It was cool, in a scary, watch a train wreck sorta way. There will be a new rep from her district elected in 06.
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