Friday, March 25, 2005
Monday, March 14, 2005
If you are wheelchair bound, unable to hold a rifle, or otherwise would like to shoot things from the comfort or your own computer, then Live-Shot.com has exactly what you're looking for.
Thursday, March 10, 2005
Public version of Saddam capture fiction:
[World News]: RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, March 9 : A former U.S. Marine who participated in capturing ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein said the public version of his capture was fabricated.
Ex-Sgt.Nadim Abou Rabeh, of Lebanese descent, was quoted in the Saudi daily al-Medina Wednesday as saying Saddam was actually captured Friday, Dec. 12, 2003, and not the day after, as announced by the U.S. Army.
"I was among the 20-man unit, including eight of Arab descent, who searched for Saddam for three days in the area of Dour near Tikrit, and we found him in a modest home in a small village and not in a hole as announced," Abou Rabeh said.
"We captured him after fierce resistance during which a Marine of Sudanese origin was killed," he said.
He said Saddam himself fired at them with a gun from the window of a room on the second floor.Then they shouted at him in Arabic: "You have to surrender. ...There is no point in resisting."
"Later on, a military production team fabricated the film of Saddam's capture in a hole, which was in fact a deserted well," Abou Rabeh said.
Abou Rabeh was interviewed in Lebanon.
- -- Copyright 2005 by United Press International.
[World News]: RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, March 9 : A former U.S. Marine who participated in capturing ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein said the public version of his capture was fabricated.
Ex-Sgt.Nadim Abou Rabeh, of Lebanese descent, was quoted in the Saudi daily al-Medina Wednesday as saying Saddam was actually captured Friday, Dec. 12, 2003, and not the day after, as announced by the U.S. Army.
"I was among the 20-man unit, including eight of Arab descent, who searched for Saddam for three days in the area of Dour near Tikrit, and we found him in a modest home in a small village and not in a hole as announced," Abou Rabeh said.
"We captured him after fierce resistance during which a Marine of Sudanese origin was killed," he said.
He said Saddam himself fired at them with a gun from the window of a room on the second floor.Then they shouted at him in Arabic: "You have to surrender. ...There is no point in resisting."
"Later on, a military production team fabricated the film of Saddam's capture in a hole, which was in fact a deserted well," Abou Rabeh said.
Abou Rabeh was interviewed in Lebanon.
- -- Copyright 2005 by United Press International.
Monday, March 07, 2005
Friday, March 04, 2005
(Reprinted with permission from Rip Rense)
WAR ON DRUGS (copyright 2005 Rip Rense)
Drugs, as we know, are evil. This is why Nancy Reagan told everyone to "just say no." This is why countless millions---er, billions---are spent fighting the "War on Drugs" instead of on, say, schools. (Gee, isn't it funny how drugs are more plentiful and popular than ever, anyhow?)
This is why Tommy Chong was thrown in jail for selling water-pipes.
This is why we have lots of "operatives" in the cocaine republics of South America doing strange things that we rarely hear about (especially when good reporters who write about them, like the late Gary Webb, are discredited and demoralized to the point of suicide.)
This is why "President" Bush will not admit to past use of marijuana (and, judging from his remarks on recently released tapes, possibly cocaine and LSD, too.)
This is why we have those neat "This is your brain on drugs" commercials, in which the wacked teenaged girl smashes her kitchen up with a frying pan. Wow. Potent stuff. Convinced me not to have children.
And this is why we are now giving enemy Iraq combatants the illegal drug, methylenedioxymeth- amphetamine, or MDMA. AKA "Ecstasy." The Love Drug. Adam. Hug Beans. High of choice at "raves" for at least fifteen years.
No, no---wait, I've got it wrong. We're not giving it to the enemy, we're giving it to our combatants! Our soldiers. That's right. G.I. Joe and G.I. Jane are on MDMA.
War on Drugs, meet the war on drugs.
"Private, I gave you an order! Did you hear me?"
"You have a beautifu soul, sir."
"Pick up your weapon!"
"But the enemy is human, sir. If we could just sit down together and talk for a while. . ."
And you thought it was crazy that the military recently considered devising a drug to turn enemy combatants into instant homosexuals. You know, so they would immediately put down their guns and pick up their, well, you get the idea.
This is your country. This is your country on drugs.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says that Ecstasy could help traumatized soldiers deal with "flashbacks" and recurring nightmares---and maybe even head off post-traumatic stress disorder. So a clinical "trial" program is under way, in which military victims of rape, sexual abuse and post-traumatic stress have been given MDMA.
Michael Mithoefer, a shrink in charge of the clinical trial, recently made a lot of clinical statements to the press, such as how it all looks "very promising," and "it's too early to draw any conclusions, but in these treatment-resistant people so far the results are encouraging," and "people are able to connect more deeply on an emotional level with the fact they are safe now."
Wink, wink.
Help with nightmares? Ease post-traumatic stress disorder? Make you "connect more deeply on an emotional level?" Is he kidding? You fall in love with the goddamn kitchen table. Kirstie Alley looks like three hundred pounds of heavenly joy. And er, "safe?" Well, Herr Mithoefer is right about that. There is only one thing imaginable that could induce a feeling of safety right in the middle of the Iraq war, and it ain't a visit from Donald Rumsfeld. . .
________________________________________
Can't you see it? Men with assault rifles and big fake nipples in their mouths. . .
_________________________________________
Ecstasy is paradise with an ocean view. Physiologically, it blows open the seratonin floodgates until your brain is swimming, bathing, floating in unimaginable bliss. Malice toward no one. Before you know it, you're picking up ants from the carpet and gently placing them on the front lawn, wishing them a long and prosperous life, muttering "you have souls, too, little fellows. . ."
Ecstasy is Viagra for niceness. Give it to soldiers, and they won't want to kill the enemy, they'll want to kill 'em with kindness.
"It appears to act as a catalyst," says Mithoefer, "to help people move through whatever's been blocking their success in therapy."
Oh, it's a catalyst. It'll catalyze you into really enjoying the Teletubbies, and Mister Rogers and trance music. Ever see Rave People with pacifiers around their necks, or even---gasp---in their mouths? One of the features of Hug Beans is that their methampetamine component gets your jaw grinding, so the pacifier sates that particular compulsion.
Can't you see it? Men with assault rifles and big fake nipples in their mouths, breaking down Iraqi doors to win "hearts and minds." That ought to scare the crap out of Al-Qaeda.
So here's another reason to enlist, kids! Aside from the fact you have no job, a lousy education, and that Marine recruiter at Wal-Mart said you could use a military career as a springboard to becoming a famous rapper.
Drugs!
Go to Iraq, tell a shrink you're a little upset, and you'll get lots of pure pharmaceutical Ecstasy---not that watered down, speedy junk going around the raves. The good stuff. Far out! It's still a felony for us, but it's good fellowship for you. Why not just issue it with K-rations instead of free cigarettes?
Beats shooting heroin, like those poor Vietnam guys did.
Yes, forget all the "just say no" rhetoric and all the claims that ecstasy puts holes in the brain (now discredited)---it's a good drug again. Forget about suspicions that too much MDMA burns out seratonin producers or receptors, and can leave users with long-term depression. Just say yes!
After all, it was legal until the late '80s, when therapists employed it to help patients conquer fear, anxiety, and related disorders. Then the government banned it for the same reason that most things are banned: kids found that it was a lot of fun at parties, then got into automobiles.
I'm for it, risks and all. I'm for giving all our soldiers Ecstasy---and all their soldiers, too. In fact, all the armies of the world should take it, and certainly all the terrorists and politicians.
We'd have no more worries, at least until the drugs wore off.
"Soldier, what is your mission?"
"Mmmph Blurgh pfrkph."
"Take the pacifier out of your mouth, son."
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WAR ON DRUGS (copyright 2005 Rip Rense)
Drugs, as we know, are evil. This is why Nancy Reagan told everyone to "just say no." This is why countless millions---er, billions---are spent fighting the "War on Drugs" instead of on, say, schools. (Gee, isn't it funny how drugs are more plentiful and popular than ever, anyhow?)
This is why Tommy Chong was thrown in jail for selling water-pipes.
This is why we have lots of "operatives" in the cocaine republics of South America doing strange things that we rarely hear about (especially when good reporters who write about them, like the late Gary Webb, are discredited and demoralized to the point of suicide.)
This is why "President" Bush will not admit to past use of marijuana (and, judging from his remarks on recently released tapes, possibly cocaine and LSD, too.)
This is why we have those neat "This is your brain on drugs" commercials, in which the wacked teenaged girl smashes her kitchen up with a frying pan. Wow. Potent stuff. Convinced me not to have children.
And this is why we are now giving enemy Iraq combatants the illegal drug, methylenedioxymeth- amphetamine, or MDMA. AKA "Ecstasy." The Love Drug. Adam. Hug Beans. High of choice at "raves" for at least fifteen years.
No, no---wait, I've got it wrong. We're not giving it to the enemy, we're giving it to our combatants! Our soldiers. That's right. G.I. Joe and G.I. Jane are on MDMA.
War on Drugs, meet the war on drugs.
"Private, I gave you an order! Did you hear me?"
"You have a beautifu soul, sir."
"Pick up your weapon!"
"But the enemy is human, sir. If we could just sit down together and talk for a while. . ."
And you thought it was crazy that the military recently considered devising a drug to turn enemy combatants into instant homosexuals. You know, so they would immediately put down their guns and pick up their, well, you get the idea.
This is your country. This is your country on drugs.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says that Ecstasy could help traumatized soldiers deal with "flashbacks" and recurring nightmares---and maybe even head off post-traumatic stress disorder. So a clinical "trial" program is under way, in which military victims of rape, sexual abuse and post-traumatic stress have been given MDMA.
Michael Mithoefer, a shrink in charge of the clinical trial, recently made a lot of clinical statements to the press, such as how it all looks "very promising," and "it's too early to draw any conclusions, but in these treatment-resistant people so far the results are encouraging," and "people are able to connect more deeply on an emotional level with the fact they are safe now."
Wink, wink.
Help with nightmares? Ease post-traumatic stress disorder? Make you "connect more deeply on an emotional level?" Is he kidding? You fall in love with the goddamn kitchen table. Kirstie Alley looks like three hundred pounds of heavenly joy. And er, "safe?" Well, Herr Mithoefer is right about that. There is only one thing imaginable that could induce a feeling of safety right in the middle of the Iraq war, and it ain't a visit from Donald Rumsfeld. . .
________________________________________
Can't you see it? Men with assault rifles and big fake nipples in their mouths. . .
_________________________________________
Ecstasy is paradise with an ocean view. Physiologically, it blows open the seratonin floodgates until your brain is swimming, bathing, floating in unimaginable bliss. Malice toward no one. Before you know it, you're picking up ants from the carpet and gently placing them on the front lawn, wishing them a long and prosperous life, muttering "you have souls, too, little fellows. . ."
Ecstasy is Viagra for niceness. Give it to soldiers, and they won't want to kill the enemy, they'll want to kill 'em with kindness.
"It appears to act as a catalyst," says Mithoefer, "to help people move through whatever's been blocking their success in therapy."
Oh, it's a catalyst. It'll catalyze you into really enjoying the Teletubbies, and Mister Rogers and trance music. Ever see Rave People with pacifiers around their necks, or even---gasp---in their mouths? One of the features of Hug Beans is that their methampetamine component gets your jaw grinding, so the pacifier sates that particular compulsion.
Can't you see it? Men with assault rifles and big fake nipples in their mouths, breaking down Iraqi doors to win "hearts and minds." That ought to scare the crap out of Al-Qaeda.
So here's another reason to enlist, kids! Aside from the fact you have no job, a lousy education, and that Marine recruiter at Wal-Mart said you could use a military career as a springboard to becoming a famous rapper.
Drugs!
Go to Iraq, tell a shrink you're a little upset, and you'll get lots of pure pharmaceutical Ecstasy---not that watered down, speedy junk going around the raves. The good stuff. Far out! It's still a felony for us, but it's good fellowship for you. Why not just issue it with K-rations instead of free cigarettes?
Beats shooting heroin, like those poor Vietnam guys did.
Yes, forget all the "just say no" rhetoric and all the claims that ecstasy puts holes in the brain (now discredited)---it's a good drug again. Forget about suspicions that too much MDMA burns out seratonin producers or receptors, and can leave users with long-term depression. Just say yes!
After all, it was legal until the late '80s, when therapists employed it to help patients conquer fear, anxiety, and related disorders. Then the government banned it for the same reason that most things are banned: kids found that it was a lot of fun at parties, then got into automobiles.
I'm for it, risks and all. I'm for giving all our soldiers Ecstasy---and all their soldiers, too. In fact, all the armies of the world should take it, and certainly all the terrorists and politicians.
We'd have no more worries, at least until the drugs wore off.
"Soldier, what is your mission?"
"Mmmph Blurgh pfrkph."
"Take the pacifier out of your mouth, son."
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Thursday, March 03, 2005
Good afternoon. Synchronicity...strange coincidences...random acts of madness. This is life in Los Angeles. If you haven't seen or heard from someone in a long-ass time, you're sure to "run into" that person within a 5-mile radius of Hollywood. I'm not kidding. My fiance's client works for a school that just interviewed my mother's husband. AND, the funny thing about it was that my fiance's client KNEW who he was, and what his relationship was to me the entire time, but she kept it quiet. Ha ha. She had to laugh. He was actually using his wife's father's name on his resume. Can you believe the lowest form of name-dropping there is? My Grandfather, (Jackie Coogan) was deceased before he had even met my mom. He hadn't even met the man who's name he was using as a reference! That's balls. Just goes to show you, the kind of ankle-biting, fleas you pick up in this park. So, in the name of fairness, here's his name.
Rob Tobin, I hope you google this.
-Hollywoodkids
Rob Tobin, I hope you google this.
-Hollywoodkids
Friday, February 25, 2005
Jeff Gannon, Male Presstitute. Flogger. (Fake Blogger) He finally got mention on a mainstream news outlet, but it's not to warn the public about our corrupt administration. The focus on the piece was, "What is a journalist?" Are you kidding me? One thing I know, is that Jeff Gannon was not a journalist. Flat fact. What the fuck is "Talon News?" OK, fine. I have a news outlet called, "A blog". Now may I have a press pass so I can ask MY questions of the President. I didn't think so.
Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Sunday, November 14, 2004
A Yuppie International Banker's Apology to his children in 2008 just before he disappears from public view:
"On behalf of my generation and all others like me, please accept my apology for those acts listed below:
1. Forgive me for allowing my children to play excessive video games and become violence oriented from them. I didn't listen to the researchers back in the 1980's. Back then it was clinically discovered that the affects of violent games had lasting effects but I ignored those findings. The games became worse and more violent after the turn of the millennium but I figured "it would happen to someone else's children."
2. Forgive me for not making my children play outside with other children. Instead, I sheltered them indoors where they were in front of either the television or computer.
3. Forgive me for ignoring the cries, pleads and warnings of true patriots that years ago told me liberties would vanish forever, until a civil war ensued. But today experts don't think a grass roots movement has a chance, because of tracking chip implants.
4. Forgive me for laughing off the crooked elections back in 2004 as an internet hoax - and thinking that because the media was silent about it there wasn't a problem. Was I ever wrong.
5. Forgive me for not voicing opposition towards the Patriot Act, and the follow-up to it some called Patriot 2. It truly was the beginning of the end of freedom in America.
6. Forgive me for not disciplining my children, and giving into the whining liberals that said any form of effective discipline is abuse. Now my son is in trouble with the law because he thinks the world is like a video game, and lashes out at anyone at anytime. Teachers at school now are threatening that if he isn't on a mind-controlling drug, he won't be allowed at school.
7. Forgive me for finally giving in to email porn and letting my children see it. I could have stopped it with the right software, but didn't think it would affect them that much. That is, until my 14 year old daughter tried to pose for a pay-porn website. By then it was too late.
8. Forgive me for firmly thinking that God doesn't exist. Scientists today have finally admitted to it after decoding the remaining DNA. I was dumber than a door-knob and went with the ultra-liberal viewpoints of past years. It was the recent miracle of a drowned 12 year old girl that changed me. She was underwater for an hour, and when she was revived without brain damage. This convinced me God must exist.
9. Forgive me when I thought the economy would perpetually support a ballooning national debt. Now it's crashed and all agree it will not come back as it was. The chip implant has replaced all the cash I carried before. Years ago I knew the right powerful people in world government that could have averted this inventory system for humanity. It was right there within my grasp, but I never grabbed the chance to change things. Now were all just like inventory on a store shelf.
10. Forgive me for believing the Federal Reserve was part of the government. I was just going along with what I was taught in school. Shortly after becoming successful as a international banker, I discovered the truth but still chose to ignore it. It was when I found it was only in the business section of telephone directories, did I begin to think about it and look into it. Now I know America is run by the Bankers, and they pull every string in Washington. As we say in the business world about the golden rule - "He who has the gold, rules."
11. Forgive me for believing the fabricated myth of terrorism. Why did I believe only men that wear bed sheets in civilian life could only be responsible for the numerous terror acts that began in 2001 ? Television and media all stated this as fact, therefore I believed foreign terrorism on American soil was real.
12. Forgive me for pretending to ignore the missing people that began to be public in 2005. Good friends and relatives that vanished during the night. Neighbors whose front doors were wide open in the morning, no one home and their car in the driveway. But I was told it was for the good of America, so I believed it.
13. Forgive me for ignoring the countless deaths, mutilations and birth defects of returning service-people from the mid-east. There were so many that suffered from this. It wasn't on television, so I laughed them off as conspiracy nuts. Now my own grandchild is missing and arm and a leg at birth. And all my millions won't help him be normal again. Already the children are ridiculing him. This was his father's reward for volunteering for Bush's war - to bring the radioactivity and toxins home to harm his wife and unborn children.
14. Forgive me for thinking that chemtrails were not real. Recently a whistle-blower named John was on a live television interview exposing everything about it. He claimed he knew all about it, because he helped mix the chemicals used in the planes. I thought he was another conspiracy nut too, until the next morning it was announced a mysterious explosion happened in his home during the night where he was sleeping. He didn't survive. What got my attention was the Homeland Security vehicles that showed up at the blaze, and prevented ordinary local police from getting near it. Even fireman were not allowed access to put out the blaze. All they could do was to water down nearby buildings to prevent flash-over.
15. Forgive me for refusing to believe we were really under martial law since 2001. Only recently did Bush declare this, and tell the world he kept it secret to protect the world's economy. And all those years, many suspected that since 2001 it was in place ! It explains why all those various acts and bills on capitol hill Bush wanted, he always got. Including Patriot 2, the worst freedom crushing act in US history.
17. Forgive me for thinking that social engineering is a myth. Because of all the things I've listed above, I know its fact.
18. Forgive me for believing everything in history books must be true and factual. And for laughing off historical documents and European history that contradict what I was taught in school.
19. Forgive me for believing that the government could not legally take my hard-earned fortune and assets. They did it anyway. And everything else I owned. All because of a casual remark I made at the office talking about the president and a mentally challenged chimpanzee in the same sentence. But with the crashed economy all of it would have been lost anyway, because now the dollar is obsolete. I'm writing this email to you at the library because they also took my computer. I have to sign off now to go visit a camp for a place to eat and sleep. Some people here are whispering that I can't leave the camp once inside, but this America and that can't happen here."
Ted Twietmeyer
"On behalf of my generation and all others like me, please accept my apology for those acts listed below:
1. Forgive me for allowing my children to play excessive video games and become violence oriented from them. I didn't listen to the researchers back in the 1980's. Back then it was clinically discovered that the affects of violent games had lasting effects but I ignored those findings. The games became worse and more violent after the turn of the millennium but I figured "it would happen to someone else's children."
2. Forgive me for not making my children play outside with other children. Instead, I sheltered them indoors where they were in front of either the television or computer.
3. Forgive me for ignoring the cries, pleads and warnings of true patriots that years ago told me liberties would vanish forever, until a civil war ensued. But today experts don't think a grass roots movement has a chance, because of tracking chip implants.
4. Forgive me for laughing off the crooked elections back in 2004 as an internet hoax - and thinking that because the media was silent about it there wasn't a problem. Was I ever wrong.
5. Forgive me for not voicing opposition towards the Patriot Act, and the follow-up to it some called Patriot 2. It truly was the beginning of the end of freedom in America.
6. Forgive me for not disciplining my children, and giving into the whining liberals that said any form of effective discipline is abuse. Now my son is in trouble with the law because he thinks the world is like a video game, and lashes out at anyone at anytime. Teachers at school now are threatening that if he isn't on a mind-controlling drug, he won't be allowed at school.
7. Forgive me for finally giving in to email porn and letting my children see it. I could have stopped it with the right software, but didn't think it would affect them that much. That is, until my 14 year old daughter tried to pose for a pay-porn website. By then it was too late.
8. Forgive me for firmly thinking that God doesn't exist. Scientists today have finally admitted to it after decoding the remaining DNA. I was dumber than a door-knob and went with the ultra-liberal viewpoints of past years. It was the recent miracle of a drowned 12 year old girl that changed me. She was underwater for an hour, and when she was revived without brain damage. This convinced me God must exist.
9. Forgive me when I thought the economy would perpetually support a ballooning national debt. Now it's crashed and all agree it will not come back as it was. The chip implant has replaced all the cash I carried before. Years ago I knew the right powerful people in world government that could have averted this inventory system for humanity. It was right there within my grasp, but I never grabbed the chance to change things. Now were all just like inventory on a store shelf.
10. Forgive me for believing the Federal Reserve was part of the government. I was just going along with what I was taught in school. Shortly after becoming successful as a international banker, I discovered the truth but still chose to ignore it. It was when I found it was only in the business section of telephone directories, did I begin to think about it and look into it. Now I know America is run by the Bankers, and they pull every string in Washington. As we say in the business world about the golden rule - "He who has the gold, rules."
11. Forgive me for believing the fabricated myth of terrorism. Why did I believe only men that wear bed sheets in civilian life could only be responsible for the numerous terror acts that began in 2001 ? Television and media all stated this as fact, therefore I believed foreign terrorism on American soil was real.
12. Forgive me for pretending to ignore the missing people that began to be public in 2005. Good friends and relatives that vanished during the night. Neighbors whose front doors were wide open in the morning, no one home and their car in the driveway. But I was told it was for the good of America, so I believed it.
13. Forgive me for ignoring the countless deaths, mutilations and birth defects of returning service-people from the mid-east. There were so many that suffered from this. It wasn't on television, so I laughed them off as conspiracy nuts. Now my own grandchild is missing and arm and a leg at birth. And all my millions won't help him be normal again. Already the children are ridiculing him. This was his father's reward for volunteering for Bush's war - to bring the radioactivity and toxins home to harm his wife and unborn children.
14. Forgive me for thinking that chemtrails were not real. Recently a whistle-blower named John was on a live television interview exposing everything about it. He claimed he knew all about it, because he helped mix the chemicals used in the planes. I thought he was another conspiracy nut too, until the next morning it was announced a mysterious explosion happened in his home during the night where he was sleeping. He didn't survive. What got my attention was the Homeland Security vehicles that showed up at the blaze, and prevented ordinary local police from getting near it. Even fireman were not allowed access to put out the blaze. All they could do was to water down nearby buildings to prevent flash-over.
15. Forgive me for refusing to believe we were really under martial law since 2001. Only recently did Bush declare this, and tell the world he kept it secret to protect the world's economy. And all those years, many suspected that since 2001 it was in place ! It explains why all those various acts and bills on capitol hill Bush wanted, he always got. Including Patriot 2, the worst freedom crushing act in US history.
17. Forgive me for thinking that social engineering is a myth. Because of all the things I've listed above, I know its fact.
18. Forgive me for believing everything in history books must be true and factual. And for laughing off historical documents and European history that contradict what I was taught in school.
19. Forgive me for believing that the government could not legally take my hard-earned fortune and assets. They did it anyway. And everything else I owned. All because of a casual remark I made at the office talking about the president and a mentally challenged chimpanzee in the same sentence. But with the crashed economy all of it would have been lost anyway, because now the dollar is obsolete. I'm writing this email to you at the library because they also took my computer. I have to sign off now to go visit a camp for a place to eat and sleep. Some people here are whispering that I can't leave the camp once inside, but this America and that can't happen here."
Ted Twietmeyer
Wednesday, October 20, 2004
Do We See A Pattern Here?
Democrats
* Richard Gephardt: Air National Guard, 1965-71.
* David Bonior: Staff Sgt., Air Force 1968-72.
* Tom Daschle: 1st Lt., Air Force SAC 1969-72.
* Al Gore: enlisted Aug. 1969; sent to Vietnam Jan. 1971 as an army journalist in 20th Engineer Brigade.
* Bob Kerrey: Lt. j.g. Navy 1966-69; Medal of Honor, Vietnam.
* Daniel Inouye: Army 1943-47; Medal of Honor, WWII.
* John Kerry: Lt., Navy 1966-70; Silver Star, Bronze Star with Combat V, Purple Hearts.
* Charles Rangel: Staff Sgt., Army 1948-52; Bronze Star, Korea.
* Max Cleland: Captain, Army 1965-68; Silver Star & Bronze Star, Vietnam.
* Ted Kennedy: Army, 1951-53.
* Tom Harkin: Lt., Navy, 1962-67; Naval Reserve, 1968-74.
* Jack Reed: Army Ranger, 1971-1979; Captain, Army Reserve 1979-91.
* Fritz Hollings: Army officer in WWII; Bronze Star and seven campaign ribbons.
* Leonard Boswell: Lt. Col., Army 1956-76; Vietnam, DFCs, Bronze Stars, and Soldier's Medal.
* Pete Peterson: Air Force Captain, POW. Purple Heart, Silver Star and Legion of Merit.
* Mike Thompson: Staff sergeant, 173rd Airborne, Purple Heart.
* Bill McBride: Candidate for Fla. Governor. Marine in Vietnam; Bronze Star with Combat V.
* Gray Davis: Army Captain in Vietnam, Bronze Star.
* Pete Stark: Air Force 1955-57
* Chuck Robb: Vietnam
* Howell Heflin: Silver Star
* George McGovern: Silver Star & DFC during WWII.
* Bill Clinton: Did not serve. Student deferments. Entered draft but received #311.
* Jimmy Carter: Seven years in the Navy.
* Walter Mondale: Army 1951-1953
* John Glenn: WWII and Korea; six DFCs and Air Medal with 18 Clusters.
* Tom Lantos: Served in Hungarian underground in WWII. Saved by Raoul Wallenberg.
Republicans
* Dick Cheney: did not serve. Several deferments, the last by marriage.
* Dennis Hastert: did not serve.
* Tom Delay: did not serve.
* Roy Blunt: did not serve.
* Bill Frist: did not serve.
* Mitch McConnell: did not serve.
* Rick Santorum: did not serve.
* Trent Lott: did not serve.
* John Ashcroft: did not serve. Seven deferments to teach business.
* Jeb Bush: did not serve.
* Karl Rove: did not serve.
* Saxby Chambliss: did not serve. "Bad knee." The man who attacked Max Cleland's patriotism.
* Paul Wolfowitz: did not serve.
* Vin Weber: did not serve.
* Richard Perle: did not serve.
* Douglas Feith: did not serve.
* Eliot Abrams: did not serve
* Richard Shelby: did not serve.
* Jon! Kyl: did not serve
* Tim Hutchison: did not serve.
* Christopher Cox: did not serve.
* Newt Gingrich: did not serve.
* Don Rumsfeld: served in Navy (1954-57) as flight instructor.
* George W. Bush: failed to complete his six-year National Guard; got assigned to Alabama so he could campaign for family friend running for U.S.
Senate; failed to show up for required medical exam, disappeared from duty.
* Ronald Reagan: due to poor eyesight, served in a non-combat role making movies.
* B-1 Bob Dornan: Consciously enlisted after fighting was over in Korea.
* Phil Gramm: did not serve.
* John McCain: Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Purple Heart and Distinguished Flying Cross.
* Dana Rohrabacher: did not serve.
* John M. McHugh: did not serve.
* JC Watts: did not serve.
* Jack Kemp: did not serve. "Knee problem," although continued in NFL for 8 years.
* Dan Quayle: Journalism unit of the Indiana National Guard.
* Rudy Giuliani: did not serve.
* George Pataki: did not serve.
* Spencer Abraham: did not serve.
* John Engler: did not serve.
* Lindsey Graham: National Guard lawyer.
* Arnold Schwarzenegger: AWOL from Austrian army base.
Pundits & Preachers
* Sean Hannity: did not serve.
* Rush Limbaugh: did not serve (4-F with a 'pilonidal cyst.')
* Bill O'Reilly: did not serve.
* Michael Savage: did not serve.
* George Will: did not serve
* Chris Matthews: did not serve.
* Paul Gigot: did not serve.
* Bill Bennett: did not serve.
* Pat Buchanan: did not serve.
* John Wayne: did not serve.
* Bill Kristol: did not serve.
* Kenneth Starr: did not serve.
* Antonin Scalia: did not serve.
* Clarence Thomas: did not serve.
* Ralph Reed: did not serve.
* Michael Medved: did not serve.
* Charlie Daniels: did not serve.
* Ted Nugent: did not serve. (He only shoots at things that don't shoot back.)
Democrats
* Richard Gephardt: Air National Guard, 1965-71.
* David Bonior: Staff Sgt., Air Force 1968-72.
* Tom Daschle: 1st Lt., Air Force SAC 1969-72.
* Al Gore: enlisted Aug. 1969; sent to Vietnam Jan. 1971 as an army journalist in 20th Engineer Brigade.
* Bob Kerrey: Lt. j.g. Navy 1966-69; Medal of Honor, Vietnam.
* Daniel Inouye: Army 1943-47; Medal of Honor, WWII.
* John Kerry: Lt., Navy 1966-70; Silver Star, Bronze Star with Combat V, Purple Hearts.
* Charles Rangel: Staff Sgt., Army 1948-52; Bronze Star, Korea.
* Max Cleland: Captain, Army 1965-68; Silver Star & Bronze Star, Vietnam.
* Ted Kennedy: Army, 1951-53.
* Tom Harkin: Lt., Navy, 1962-67; Naval Reserve, 1968-74.
* Jack Reed: Army Ranger, 1971-1979; Captain, Army Reserve 1979-91.
* Fritz Hollings: Army officer in WWII; Bronze Star and seven campaign ribbons.
* Leonard Boswell: Lt. Col., Army 1956-76; Vietnam, DFCs, Bronze Stars, and Soldier's Medal.
* Pete Peterson: Air Force Captain, POW. Purple Heart, Silver Star and Legion of Merit.
* Mike Thompson: Staff sergeant, 173rd Airborne, Purple Heart.
* Bill McBride: Candidate for Fla. Governor. Marine in Vietnam; Bronze Star with Combat V.
* Gray Davis: Army Captain in Vietnam, Bronze Star.
* Pete Stark: Air Force 1955-57
* Chuck Robb: Vietnam
* Howell Heflin: Silver Star
* George McGovern: Silver Star & DFC during WWII.
* Bill Clinton: Did not serve. Student deferments. Entered draft but received #311.
* Jimmy Carter: Seven years in the Navy.
* Walter Mondale: Army 1951-1953
* John Glenn: WWII and Korea; six DFCs and Air Medal with 18 Clusters.
* Tom Lantos: Served in Hungarian underground in WWII. Saved by Raoul Wallenberg.
Republicans
* Dick Cheney: did not serve. Several deferments, the last by marriage.
* Dennis Hastert: did not serve.
* Tom Delay: did not serve.
* Roy Blunt: did not serve.
* Bill Frist: did not serve.
* Mitch McConnell: did not serve.
* Rick Santorum: did not serve.
* Trent Lott: did not serve.
* John Ashcroft: did not serve. Seven deferments to teach business.
* Jeb Bush: did not serve.
* Karl Rove: did not serve.
* Saxby Chambliss: did not serve. "Bad knee." The man who attacked Max Cleland's patriotism.
* Paul Wolfowitz: did not serve.
* Vin Weber: did not serve.
* Richard Perle: did not serve.
* Douglas Feith: did not serve.
* Eliot Abrams: did not serve
* Richard Shelby: did not serve.
* Jon! Kyl: did not serve
* Tim Hutchison: did not serve.
* Christopher Cox: did not serve.
* Newt Gingrich: did not serve.
* Don Rumsfeld: served in Navy (1954-57) as flight instructor.
* George W. Bush: failed to complete his six-year National Guard; got assigned to Alabama so he could campaign for family friend running for U.S.
Senate; failed to show up for required medical exam, disappeared from duty.
* Ronald Reagan: due to poor eyesight, served in a non-combat role making movies.
* B-1 Bob Dornan: Consciously enlisted after fighting was over in Korea.
* Phil Gramm: did not serve.
* John McCain: Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Purple Heart and Distinguished Flying Cross.
* Dana Rohrabacher: did not serve.
* John M. McHugh: did not serve.
* JC Watts: did not serve.
* Jack Kemp: did not serve. "Knee problem," although continued in NFL for 8 years.
* Dan Quayle: Journalism unit of the Indiana National Guard.
* Rudy Giuliani: did not serve.
* George Pataki: did not serve.
* Spencer Abraham: did not serve.
* John Engler: did not serve.
* Lindsey Graham: National Guard lawyer.
* Arnold Schwarzenegger: AWOL from Austrian army base.
Pundits & Preachers
* Sean Hannity: did not serve.
* Rush Limbaugh: did not serve (4-F with a 'pilonidal cyst.')
* Bill O'Reilly: did not serve.
* Michael Savage: did not serve.
* George Will: did not serve
* Chris Matthews: did not serve.
* Paul Gigot: did not serve.
* Bill Bennett: did not serve.
* Pat Buchanan: did not serve.
* John Wayne: did not serve.
* Bill Kristol: did not serve.
* Kenneth Starr: did not serve.
* Antonin Scalia: did not serve.
* Clarence Thomas: did not serve.
* Ralph Reed: did not serve.
* Michael Medved: did not serve.
* Charlie Daniels: did not serve.
* Ted Nugent: did not serve. (He only shoots at things that don't shoot back.)
Monday, October 18, 2004
Friday, October 08, 2004
The lies that we were told...
Every day Saddam remains in power with chemical weapons, biological weapons, and the development of nuclear weapons is a day of danger for the United States.
Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-CT, September 4, 2002
Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction.
Dick Cheney August 26, 2002
If we wait for the danger to become clear, it could be too late.
Sen. Joseph Biden D-Del., September 4, 2002
Right now, Iraq is expanding and improving facilities that were used for the production of biological weapons.
George W. Bush September 12, 2002
If he declares he has none, then we will know that Saddam Hussein is once again misleading the world.
Ari Fleischer December 2, 2002
We know for a fact that there are weapons there.
Ari Fleischer January 9, 2003
Our intelligence officials estimate that Saddam Hussein had the materials to produce as much as 500 tons of sarin, mustard and VX nerve agent.
George W. Bush January 28, 2003
We know that Saddam Hussein is determined to keep his weapons of mass destruction, is determined to make more.
Colin Powell February 5, 2003
Iraq both poses a continuing threat to the national security of the United States and international peace and security in the Persian Gulf region and remains in material and unacceptable breach of its international obligations by, among other things, continuing to possess and develop a significant chemical and biological weapons capability, actively seeking a nuclear weapons capability, and supporting and harboring terrorist organizations.
Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, February 5, 2003
We have sources that tell us that Saddam Hussein recently authorized Iraqi field commanders to use chemical weapons -- the very weapons the dictator tells us he does not have.
George Bush February 8, 2003
So has the strategic decision been made to disarm Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction by the leadership in Baghdad? I think our judgment has to be clearly not.
Colin Powell March 8, 2003
Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised.
George Bush March 18, 2003
We are asked to accept Saddam decided to destroy those weapons. I say that such a claim is palpably absurd.
Tony Blair, Prime Minister 18 March, 2003
Well, there is no question that we have evidence and information that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction, biological and chemical particularly . . . all this will be made clear in the course of the operation, for whatever duration it takes.
Ari Fleisher March 21, 2003
There is no doubt that the regime of Saddam Hussein possesses weapons of mass destruction. As this operation continues, those weapons will be identified, found, along with the people who have produced them and who guard them.
Gen. Tommy Franks March 22, 2003
I have no doubt we're going to find big stores of weapons of mass destruction.
Kenneth Adelman, Defense Policy Board , March 23, 2003
One of our top objectives is to find and destroy the WMD. There are a number of sites.
Pentagon Spokeswoman Victoria Clark March 22, 2003
We know where they are. They are in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad.
Donald Rumsfeld March 30, 2003
Saddam's removal is necessary to eradicate the threat from his weapons of mass destruction
Jack Straw,
Foreign Secretary 2 April, 2003
Obviously the administration intends to publicize all the weapons of mass destruction U.S. forces find -- and there will be plenty.
Neocon scholar Robert Kagan April 9, 2003
I think you have always heard, and you continue to hear from officials, a measure of high confidence that, indeed, the weapons of mass destruction will be found.
Ari Fleischer April 10, 2003
We are learning more as we interrogate or have discussions with Iraqi scientists and people within the Iraqi structure, that perhaps he destroyed some, perhaps he dispersed some. And so we will find them.
George Bush April 24, 2003
Before people crow about the absence of weapons of mass destruction, I suggest they wait a bit.
Tony Blair 28 April, 2003
There are people who in large measure have information that we need . . . so that we can track down the weapons of mass destruction in that country. Donald Rumsfeld April 25, 2003
We'll find them. It'll be a matter of time to do so.
George Bush May 3, 2003
I am confident that we will find evidence that makes it clear he had weapons of mass destruction.
Colin Powell May 4, 2003
I never believed that we'd just tumble over weapons of mass destruction in that country.
Donald Rumsfeld May 4, 2003
I'm not surprised if we begin to uncover the weapons program of Saddam Hussein -- because he had a weapons program.
George W. Bush May 6, 2003
U.S. officials never expected that "we were going to open garages and find" weapons of mass destruction.
Condoleeza Rice May 12, 2003
I just don't know whether it was all destroyed years ago -- I mean, there's no question that there were chemical weapons years ago -- whether they were destroyed right before the war, (or) whether they're still hidden.
Maj. Gen. David Petraeus,
Commander 101st Airborne May 13, 2003
Before the war, there's no doubt in my mind that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, biological and chemical. I expected them to be found. I still expect them to be found.
Gen. Michael Hagee,
Commandant of the Marine Corps May 21, 2003
Given time, given the number of prisoners now that we're interrogating, I'm confident that we're going to find weapons of mass destruction.
Gen. Richard Myers,
Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff May 26, 2003
They may have had time to destroy them, and I don't know the answer.
Donald Rumsfeld May 27, 2003
For bureaucratic reasons, we settled on one issue, weapons of mass destruction (as justification for invading Iraq) because it was the one reason everyone could agree on.
Paul Wolfowitz May 28, 2003
Every day Saddam remains in power with chemical weapons, biological weapons, and the development of nuclear weapons is a day of danger for the United States.
Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-CT, September 4, 2002
Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction.
Dick Cheney August 26, 2002
If we wait for the danger to become clear, it could be too late.
Sen. Joseph Biden D-Del., September 4, 2002
Right now, Iraq is expanding and improving facilities that were used for the production of biological weapons.
George W. Bush September 12, 2002
If he declares he has none, then we will know that Saddam Hussein is once again misleading the world.
Ari Fleischer December 2, 2002
We know for a fact that there are weapons there.
Ari Fleischer January 9, 2003
Our intelligence officials estimate that Saddam Hussein had the materials to produce as much as 500 tons of sarin, mustard and VX nerve agent.
George W. Bush January 28, 2003
We know that Saddam Hussein is determined to keep his weapons of mass destruction, is determined to make more.
Colin Powell February 5, 2003
Iraq both poses a continuing threat to the national security of the United States and international peace and security in the Persian Gulf region and remains in material and unacceptable breach of its international obligations by, among other things, continuing to possess and develop a significant chemical and biological weapons capability, actively seeking a nuclear weapons capability, and supporting and harboring terrorist organizations.
Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, February 5, 2003
We have sources that tell us that Saddam Hussein recently authorized Iraqi field commanders to use chemical weapons -- the very weapons the dictator tells us he does not have.
George Bush February 8, 2003
So has the strategic decision been made to disarm Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction by the leadership in Baghdad? I think our judgment has to be clearly not.
Colin Powell March 8, 2003
Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised.
George Bush March 18, 2003
We are asked to accept Saddam decided to destroy those weapons. I say that such a claim is palpably absurd.
Tony Blair, Prime Minister 18 March, 2003
Well, there is no question that we have evidence and information that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction, biological and chemical particularly . . . all this will be made clear in the course of the operation, for whatever duration it takes.
Ari Fleisher March 21, 2003
There is no doubt that the regime of Saddam Hussein possesses weapons of mass destruction. As this operation continues, those weapons will be identified, found, along with the people who have produced them and who guard them.
Gen. Tommy Franks March 22, 2003
I have no doubt we're going to find big stores of weapons of mass destruction.
Kenneth Adelman, Defense Policy Board , March 23, 2003
One of our top objectives is to find and destroy the WMD. There are a number of sites.
Pentagon Spokeswoman Victoria Clark March 22, 2003
We know where they are. They are in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad.
Donald Rumsfeld March 30, 2003
Saddam's removal is necessary to eradicate the threat from his weapons of mass destruction
Jack Straw,
Foreign Secretary 2 April, 2003
Obviously the administration intends to publicize all the weapons of mass destruction U.S. forces find -- and there will be plenty.
Neocon scholar Robert Kagan April 9, 2003
I think you have always heard, and you continue to hear from officials, a measure of high confidence that, indeed, the weapons of mass destruction will be found.
Ari Fleischer April 10, 2003
We are learning more as we interrogate or have discussions with Iraqi scientists and people within the Iraqi structure, that perhaps he destroyed some, perhaps he dispersed some. And so we will find them.
George Bush April 24, 2003
Before people crow about the absence of weapons of mass destruction, I suggest they wait a bit.
Tony Blair 28 April, 2003
There are people who in large measure have information that we need . . . so that we can track down the weapons of mass destruction in that country. Donald Rumsfeld April 25, 2003
We'll find them. It'll be a matter of time to do so.
George Bush May 3, 2003
I am confident that we will find evidence that makes it clear he had weapons of mass destruction.
Colin Powell May 4, 2003
I never believed that we'd just tumble over weapons of mass destruction in that country.
Donald Rumsfeld May 4, 2003
I'm not surprised if we begin to uncover the weapons program of Saddam Hussein -- because he had a weapons program.
George W. Bush May 6, 2003
U.S. officials never expected that "we were going to open garages and find" weapons of mass destruction.
Condoleeza Rice May 12, 2003
I just don't know whether it was all destroyed years ago -- I mean, there's no question that there were chemical weapons years ago -- whether they were destroyed right before the war, (or) whether they're still hidden.
Maj. Gen. David Petraeus,
Commander 101st Airborne May 13, 2003
Before the war, there's no doubt in my mind that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, biological and chemical. I expected them to be found. I still expect them to be found.
Gen. Michael Hagee,
Commandant of the Marine Corps May 21, 2003
Given time, given the number of prisoners now that we're interrogating, I'm confident that we're going to find weapons of mass destruction.
Gen. Richard Myers,
Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff May 26, 2003
They may have had time to destroy them, and I don't know the answer.
Donald Rumsfeld May 27, 2003
For bureaucratic reasons, we settled on one issue, weapons of mass destruction (as justification for invading Iraq) because it was the one reason everyone could agree on.
Paul Wolfowitz May 28, 2003
Wednesday, October 06, 2004
I'm putting this in writing because I know no one will believe it when I say I can predict the future. This is dated Oct. 6th, 2004, and follows the Vice-Presidential debates held last night. We will have an October Surprise. Osama Bin-Laden will be caught and captured or killed within the next 3 weeks. There will be another terrorist incident between now and the election on Nov. 2nd. Martha will go to jail. And you will still be the cutest kitten on the planet. I love my kitten. Meow....
If you are bored, and can't find a new website to visit, try this one...
Fark, your total news source
Very funny....
-K
If you are bored, and can't find a new website to visit, try this one...
Fark, your total news source
Very funny....
-K
Tuesday, October 05, 2004
Friday, September 24, 2004
S.A.G. Election results are in!
In a loud clear voice, the membership of Hollywood , which generates 65% of the guilds revenue from over fifty percent of the total membership, has Overwhelmingly rejected the policies of The Restore Respect leadership while giving a clear mandate to the policies of Membership First Slate!
Membership First swept the Hollywood Board winning 34 out of 35 Seats!
Here are the confirmed winners!
In the order of votes received:
Lou Diamond Phillips, Valerie Harper, Esai Morales, Kent McCord, Seymour Cassel, Bill Daniels, Frances Fisher, Alan Rosenberg, Jane Austin, France Nuyen, Bonnie Bartlett, David Huddleston, Leigh French, Bob Carlson, Jenny Worman, William Russ, Gretchen Koerner, Cynthia Steele, Yale Summers, Reneé Aubry, Angela Watson, Millie Wright, Russell McConnell, Mark S Reed, David Jolliffe, Robert Amico, Paul Hartel, Anthony DeSantis, James St. James, Mark Carlton, Jeff Austin, Justin Shenkarow, *Loretta Swit, Brad Blaisdell, Laird Stuart
*Loreta Swit ran on the Restore Respect slate
Membership First garnered all 13 NATIONAL BOARD SEATS!
Congratulations to all of the confirmed elected winners.
I know that true Union folk, who keep an eye out for the little guy, will help bring our talented and patriotic Guild back to the fold. In the members hands.
Now, let's send Melissa Gilbert back to the prairie.
In a loud clear voice, the membership of Hollywood , which generates 65% of the guilds revenue from over fifty percent of the total membership, has Overwhelmingly rejected the policies of The Restore Respect leadership while giving a clear mandate to the policies of Membership First Slate!
Membership First swept the Hollywood Board winning 34 out of 35 Seats!
Here are the confirmed winners!
In the order of votes received:
Lou Diamond Phillips, Valerie Harper, Esai Morales, Kent McCord, Seymour Cassel, Bill Daniels, Frances Fisher, Alan Rosenberg, Jane Austin, France Nuyen, Bonnie Bartlett, David Huddleston, Leigh French, Bob Carlson, Jenny Worman, William Russ, Gretchen Koerner, Cynthia Steele, Yale Summers, Reneé Aubry, Angela Watson, Millie Wright, Russell McConnell, Mark S Reed, David Jolliffe, Robert Amico, Paul Hartel, Anthony DeSantis, James St. James, Mark Carlton, Jeff Austin, Justin Shenkarow, *Loretta Swit, Brad Blaisdell, Laird Stuart
*Loreta Swit ran on the Restore Respect slate
Membership First garnered all 13 NATIONAL BOARD SEATS!
Congratulations to all of the confirmed elected winners.
I know that true Union folk, who keep an eye out for the little guy, will help bring our talented and patriotic Guild back to the fold. In the members hands.
Now, let's send Melissa Gilbert back to the prairie.
Wednesday, September 15, 2004
Tuesday, September 14, 2004
Wednesday, September 01, 2004
Wednesday, August 11, 2004
Monday, August 09, 2004
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