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Carol Platt Liebau
A Modest Proposal
Carol Platt Liebau
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Dec 31, 2009 03:57 PM EST
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In the spirit of Jonathan Swift, could I just close out 2009 with
one modest proposal
: How 'bout asking former Vice President Dick Cheney to take over Al Qaeda and all the terrorist groups in the world intending to do the US harm?
That way, maybe
The White House would actually be committed to a swift, aggressive response
.
Get well soon, Rush
, and Happy 2010!!!
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Careful with that axe, Eugene Wrote:
Jan 01, 2010 10:54 PM
Irrelevent. They are just waiting for us to leave, after which they will thrown in with Iran.
So we essentially made Iraq safe for the Ayatollah's.... Heckuva Job, Neo.
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NeoConScum Wrote:
Jan 01, 2010 4:55 PM
you mean(GASP)WAR is NOT the Answer?
Sorry, Boyo, sometimes it is the only answer left. Speaking of Iraq, which Boooosh & the Evil Cheney helped mightily to liberate from a butcher and WON, didja see the casualty figures for December 2009 for American Warriors? Naw, didn't think so.
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Careful with that axe, Eugene Wrote:
Jan 01, 2010 4:36 PM
NeoConScum writes: Friday, January, 01, 2010 11:12 AM
Axeman-Recippy...In Psychology, It's
called "enabling" what'cher'doing fer FDR, Boyo.
But, being January 1, 2010, I, a Giver, will grant you dispensation for Roosevelt, as, I KNOW, you will for Cheney the Great.
Me- Ask kids coming back crippled from Iraq or the parents whose kids came back in bags how "Great" Cheney was.
You skip over the main point. NO ONE ASKED FDR to serve at the time he was eliagible to wear a uniform. Cheny, on the other hand, sought draft deferments FIVE TIMES to avoid military service.
Incidently, I don't excuse FDR because I'm sort of on the fence on whether our involvement in WWII was necessary. Hitler would have been...
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A.J.6 Wrote:
Jan 01, 2010 2:52 PM
go back and shoot some birds, or putter around with his toys or something? Who wants to hear from this corrupt toad anyway? He should just enjoy his kickbacks from his business/government deals and realize that Bush is gone and his regime is over and go back and crawl under his rock.
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Cicero9 Wrote:
Jan 01, 2010 2:35 PM
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Cicero9 Wrote:
Jan 01, 2010 2:32 PM
[[The Jihadist view is simple:
Convert or kill the infidel.]]
No, it is your understand of reality that is simpl(istic).
Here, let me help you out:
http://www.antiwar.com/scheuer/?articleid=12576
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Cicero9 Wrote:
Jan 01, 2010 2:27 PM
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Cicero9 Wrote:
Jan 01, 2010 2:26 PM
[["Being an actual VETERAN you liberal jerks are full of everything but patriotism and courage, oh and common sense."
You'd do well to remember that you're not the only veteran here.]]
Not only that, morons here like Douglas need to understand that not all veterans share their demonstrably bankrupt neocon views. I quoted one such veteran, James Webb, above. For the historically-challenged, Webb is a decorated Marine who served in the Reagan administation as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs, and later as Secretary of the Navy. I could have quoted the paleocon veteran and foreign affairs scholar Andrew Bacevich, who recently lost his son in Iraq. Or retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Karen...
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BK22 Wrote:
Jan 01, 2010 11:31 AM
RACIST!!!!!!!!!
LOL!
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Bitter Klingon Wrote:
Jan 01, 2010 11:23 AM
This lilly liver'd, limp wrist'd, linguine spined, congenital coward of a president, will only immediately and aggressively respond, with the intent to destroy, W, Cheney, Fox News, Glen Beck, Sarah Palin, Special Ops troops who bloody the lip of a terrorist, etc etc.
But terrorists who successfully thwart our newly de-fanged terrorist detection apparatus and board a plan with explosives, and nearly blow it out of the sky. 3 days. Can't be bothered; to busy workin it on the links.
Could he be more disinterested? I think not. But if your an American speaking out against this administration, you are met with an immediate, coordinated attack.
Alinsky applied.
After all, it's simply and 'overseas contingency...
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NeoConScum Wrote:
Jan 01, 2010 11:13 AM
called "enabling" what'cher'doing fer FDR, Boyo.
But, being January 1, 2010, I, a Giver, will grant you dispensation for Roosevelt, as, I KNOW, you will for Cheney the Great.
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**Note to newer commenters:The 'Cheney the Great' moniker was done by me full-well knowing that the multiple lefty boy would be unable to resist smearing a fine patriot's service. Ahhhhh, so predictable. I weep. I snicker.** :-)
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Careful with that axe, Eugene Wrote:
Jan 01, 2010 10:31 AM
"I agree, Cicero
that only Generals should make war policy. I think that'd be terrific as a matter of fact."
Me- Not really, and if you ever served, you'd realize most officers are fairly deficient human beings you'd never want making those kinds of decisions.
Actually, I have a better idea.
1) We only let you serve in the government if you have a child between the ages of 18-22.
2) That child will serve in the military as an enlisted member during the time you serve in office.
3)If your dumb @s$ gets us into a war, his or her unit goes first.
I think our leaders would think long and hard before sending their own kids off to look for mythical weapons of mass destruction or continuing to...
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Careful with that axe, Eugene Wrote:
Jan 01, 2010 10:24 AM
socalcon...Excellent Suggestions, Boyo !
Oh, and Molotoid...Uhhhhhhhhh...the branch of the armed forces in which which your bud, FDR, served? Nope, polio ain't no excuse, Bro. That was AFTER he'd served as Sec'y of the Navy.
C'mon, Molotoff, make my freaking day, Midget.
Me- Well, exactly, he served as secretary of the navy.
It should also be pointed out that unlike Cheney, who got deferments from the draft during a war, FDR's primary age was too young to have fought in the Spanish-American war and too old by the time World War I rolled around.
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Speedicut Wrote:
Jan 01, 2010 10:19 AM
That will destroy anything
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Careful with that axe, Eugene Wrote:
Jan 01, 2010 8:48 AM
If he effs up Al Qaeda as badly as he effed up America, they'd be out of business.
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Molotov2 Wrote:
Dec 31, 2009 9:47 PM
"Being an actual VETERAN you liberal jerks are full of everything but patriotism and courage, oh and common sense."
You'd do well to remember that you're not the only veteran here.
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douglas228 Wrote:
Dec 31, 2009 9:41 PM
you liberal jerks are full of everything but patriotism and courage, oh and common sense. Bush and Cheney, right, lets follow your liars like Kerry, I was in NAM, and I tell everyone, HE DID NOT EARN OR DESERVE A MEDAL as have very few GENERALS, and MOST LEADERS CHILDREN DONT SERVE IN WAR ZONES, but being chastized by those who never served AT ALL is really a left wing trait, from a left wing traitor, and PLEASE TELL ME OF WHAT EXACTLY HAS YOUR SURPREME LEADER done to prepare for being commander of the military??? OOOOOOOO thats what, as is true of his CABINET, whom are made up of anti american much less anti military people, of which LETS SEE how many years combined of military service among them, AGAIN I WAGER O, so blow off.
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NeoConScum Wrote:
Dec 31, 2009 8:40 PM
Oh, and Molotoid...Uhhhhhhhhh...the branch of the armed forces in which which your bud, FDR, served? Nope, polio ain't no excuse, Bro. That was AFTER he'd served as Sec'y of the Navy.
C'mon, Molotoff, make my freaking day, Midget.
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socalcon Wrote:
Dec 31, 2009 6:30 PM
strap explosives to his 'johnson' and ignite them.
Makes as much sense as any of the 'old war horses' exchanging places with the young men doing their bidding.
Here's an invite to you:
Join us in the real world, some time. Then post. "A mind is an awful thing to waste".
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Molotov2 Wrote:
Dec 31, 2009 5:31 PM
"'Sis and 'Moley never summon the huevos to pay a well deserved nod to D ick Cheney for his tremendous service as Sec.of Defense and that little action called Gulf War I. Don't remember ANY Lefturds or Paleos b'yotching about his college days then. Mites in the poop on his lug soled fishing boots."
No, I fully grant that the man seems to be adequately able to plan an engagement where we bomb things for a while, advance against rather weak resistance, and then leave.
As a counter-insurgency guru, he's rather lacking.
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tribeck Wrote:
Dec 31, 2009 5:29 PM
The Jihadist view is simple:
Convert or kill the infidel.
Our response should be come with an equal and opposite reaction (thanks Newton) i.e.
Smoke them out of their caves and kill them wherever we find them - at home, in their meeting places, at home and abroad. They should loose all their rights to exist.
About middle easterners living in the USA - only those who are associated with Jihadists and worship with them should be afraid, the others would be just fine.
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NeoConScum Wrote:
Dec 31, 2009 5:29 PM
of the Armed Services wassssss....?
Hello...Hello...Hellooooooooooo....? :-)
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michael1158 Wrote:
Dec 31, 2009 5:25 PM
Thats right nuke the sob's. I mean look at all the tax payer money spent on nuke weapons and we havn't even got ANY of our moneys worth yet. Damn that an't right! I want my moneys worth of nukeing dad-blast-it!!! And nuke Irans butt as well cause there not gonna be good anyway. And nuke-um before Israel does so we tax payers can get the credit and not them jewish people!!!!
And heck to get some more of our moneys worth tell China were not paying back no loan too! And they better keep sending us stuff we want to buy or will nuke-um for that too!!! And I bet we'd still have money left over to spend on some more nuke-in if we wanted! (-:
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NeoConScum Wrote:
Dec 31, 2009 5:23 PM
'Sis and 'Moley never summon the huevos to pay a well deserved nod to D ick Cheney for his tremendous service as Sec.of Defense and that little action called Gulf War I. Don't remember ANY Lefturds or Paleos b'yotching about his college days then. Mites in the poop on his lug soled fishing boots.
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Crispian Wrote:
Dec 31, 2009 5:21 PM
"That way, maybe The White House would actually be committed to a swift, aggressive response."
lol. Great observation!
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