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2004-09-22 Fifth Column
Retired Lefty American tourists opt for Afghanistan
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Posted by Super Hose 2004-09-22 22:18|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Darwin Award contenders?
Posted by raptor 2004-09-22 9:17:43 AM||   2004-09-22 9:17:43 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 From the article:
The tourists have encountered only generosity from ordinary Afghans.
followed later by:
"My main object in life is to get Bush out of the White House," said Connie Pencall, a retired teacher. "He is a terrible, terrible man. We are not welcomed anywhere any more."
Can you say cognitive dissonance?
Posted by Spot  2004-09-22 9:19:11 AM||   2004-09-22 9:19:11 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 "My kids think we are nuts," admitted Richard Glenn, a 79-year-old retired college principal from Ojai, California.

Well at least their kids aren't idiots.
Posted by tu3031 2004-09-22 11:58:00 AM||   2004-09-22 11:58:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Sort of reminds me of P.J. O'Rourke's article about The Nation magazine's Volga(?) River Cruise. Same flakes, just a lot older.
Posted by Pappy 2004-09-22 12:15:36 PM||   2004-09-22 12:15:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 if his only goal is to get Bush out of office then need to stop and think..

'I am here only because of Bush'

just a bunch of moonbats...
Posted by Dan 2004-09-22 12:16:45 PM||   2004-09-22 12:16:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 
"He is a terrible, terrible man. We are not welcomed anywhere any more."
Can you say cognitive dissonance?

Maybe she prefers faked hospitality...?
Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-09-22 2:10:02 PM||   2004-09-22 2:10:02 PM|| Front Page Top

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