No sympathy. Lie down with dog, get up with fleas.
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I have sympathy. They were jobless, homeless, depressed and some people were telling them that Soviet Union was workers pardise. Now no death is ignominiuos enough, no hell is hot enough for those who had been in Soviet Union who was wahta it eally was (not merely a dictatorship but the place onearth where the workers were the more brutally exploited) and repeated the lies. And the hell for those people would still be brutally cold for those who after the survivors trickled in the US and told of their experiences continued supporting the Sovioet Union, the Vietcong salevery fighters and tolsd of the beauties of socialism. That is for Jane Genocide Fonda.
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The real villans are the Western communist sympathizers who preached the virtues of communism and willfully ignored the massacres and arrests. Because it was all worth it if communism could take over the world.
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Also at that time the USSR was not at (cold) war with the the United States. I pity them but I really hope Bertrand Rusell rots in hell and genocide Fonda ends hanging.
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A large library near you might have a copy of Paul Hollander's "Political Pilgrims," about Westerners who saw what they wanted to see in Russia. I know Michael Totten has his fans here, but I view that apologist for Balkan islamism in the same light as the Potemkin Village idiots. Totten is proof in human form that intelligence can co-exist with stupidity. Check out Andrew Bostom's stomp of that morally blind jackass, at Atlas Shrugs (not that I agree with everything that comes out on those pages, albeit done in good faith).
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Also at that time the USSR was not at (cold) war with the the United States.
No, it was in a cold war with the entire western world whose economic and social system it was seeking to overthrow. That was why we denied them recognition until the fellow traveler, FDR, got in the White House.
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Let us remember the late Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the greatest chronicler of the evils of the Soviet Union. Yes, he became a crank in the end, but his contributions should not be neglected.
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TERMED a "learning" trip, Sen. Barack Obama's eight-day tour of eight nations in the Middle East and Europe turned out to be little more than a series of photo ops to enhance his international credentials.
"He looked like a man in a hurry," a source close to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said last week. "He was not interested in what we had to say."
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"He gave us the impression that the last thing he wanted was for Iraq to look anything like a success for the United States," a senior Iraqi official told me.
I am shocked, shocked, to hear this.
So he can't do what his antiwar base wants - declare an end to the War on Terror and the start of a period of love and peace in which "citizens of the world" build bridges between civilizations.
There's a truck in the parking lot of my apartment complex with a bumper sticker reading, "World Peace by 2012: Obama for President." Saw one in the Safeway parking lot that said 2021, rather than 2012. Now that's more reasonable.
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"He gave us the impression that the last thing he wanted was for Iraq to look anything like a success for the United States," a senior Iraqi official told me. "As far as he is concerned, this is Bush's war and must end in lack of success, if not actual defeat."
I hope this very astute assessment reaches the USCIT Iraqi voting community here in the United States.
As I was reading all of this happening on Friday (thanks to the technology that integrates into the Net), we could witness this first hand. I read then, that some were discussing, to keep this going -- returning with a handful each week, and continue to take to the floor. Seems, they are gonna do it!
A number of Republicans will be taking to the floor tomorrow, despite the fact the House is officially in a five-week recess, to continue what Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) is calling a "historic effort to free Americans for generations to come from dependence on foreign oi."
Last Friday's spontaneous uprising garnered both media attention and the ire of Democrat leaders, who responded to the GOP's refusal to leave DC to go on vacation when the nation's energy crisis is growing by attempting to have media and visitors expelled from the chamber so that no reports of what was being done there could reach the public.
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via Hotair John Kerry appeared on Meet the Press this morning opposite Joe Lieberman. Among the topics discussed was this campaign's latest TV ad, Celeb. The script for the ad reads:
ANNCR: He's the biggest celebrity in the world. But, is he ready to lead?
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Stealth, hell. I just saw my first bo commercial (there are perks to living backwoods) and it openly said he would interfere with the free market system, though the phrasing was somewhat mondane.
In an interview with Newsweek's Richard Wolffe on July 26, Sen. Barack Obama said his 16-month timetable for withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq wouldn't involve all of the U.S. forces there.
"[Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-] Maliki recognizes that they're going to need our help for some time to come, as our commanders insist, but that help is of the sort that is consistent with the kind of phased withdrawal I have promoted," Mr. Obama said. "We're going to have to provide them with logistical support, intelligence support. We're going to have to have a very capable counterterrorism strike force. We're going to have to continue to train their army and police to make them more effective."
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He must have a lot of saliva to keep his finger wet like that all the time.
Posted by: Jack is Back! ||
08/03/2008 4:26 Comments ||
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He's smart enough to understand where the real power lies in America, something the whining left can't comprehend. The left desperately wants power, but for some reason beyond their comprehension they can't fathom why they don't sweep into power every election cycle. Of course they don't understand democracy or republicanism outside of the term "Peoples Democratic Republic of...".
because deities (The One) are infallible. The hubris, arrogance, and pretentions of the Empty Suit are increasing with every fawning article by his syncophants in the media. He's believing his own echo chamber. I notice too, that he's fatiguing early and often now. Wait til October, when who knows WTF will come out of his mouth
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08/03/2008 10:39 Comments ||
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That's quite a flip-flop. Hell, you could put those words into McCain's mouth, add the words 'as conditions permit', and you wouldn't be wrong.
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08/03/2008 10:55 Comments ||
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Many moons ago, American Ambassador Thomas Simons said in an interview that the first thing he was asked by his Pakistani guests when they came to his home in Islamabad was to get them and their families an American visa.
It became the bane of his and wife Peggy's life. This was the time when Pakistan had not yet exploded its nuclear bomb. Nawaz Sharif was at the helm and apart from the corruption, nepotism and favouritism stories emanating from the Prime Minister's House, life was normal and America was kept at bay.
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You do get the sense that the Pakiwakis are just a tad paranoid, don't you ...
Posted by: Steve White ||
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our attitude is disgust and resignation that, for now, we need that shithole for a logistics route to Afghanistan. It is increasingly clear (except to Sultan Margolis) that Pakland is filled with lying losers, whose pretentions to Great Game status is belied by their inability to control their own overeign state nor beat anyone of staturein a formal war. Hell, they can't even stop the Bugtis. Punks
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08/03/2008 16:43 Comments ||
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or sovereign, even....
/dammit
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Bush administration vents against Pakistan's military intelligence for doing its duty — defending Pakistan
By ERIC MARGOLIS
It's blame Pakistan week. As resistance to western occupation of Afghanistan intensifies, the increasingly frustrated Bush administration is venting its anger against Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI), Pakistan's military intelligence agency.
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The last ISI director general I knew was the tough, highly capable Lt.-Gen. Mahmood Ahmed
Who reportedly ordered Omar Sheikh to wire $ 100,000 to lead 9/11 hijacker Mohammed Atta.
WSJ reporter Daniel Pearl was killed when he got too close to Sheik.
Posted by: john frum ||
08/03/2008 12:28 Comments ||
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ISI, many of whose officers are Pashtun, has every right to warn Pakistani citizens of impending U.S. air attacks that kill large numbers of civilians.
Osama has taken Pak citizenship?
Posted by: john frum ||
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This article is useless except as a window into a moonbat's tortured mind. SEE a world where ISI = noble technocrats vs. bloodthirsty power-mad George Bushitler's AmeriKKKa. MARVEL at the duplicity and evil of the world's most malevolent global super-power. WONDER about the emptiness of life for the Canadian "journalist" who churned out this crap.
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The majority owner of Jamieson Laboratories (the Vitamin company), he writes a lot about the "dark, striking eyes" of his militant friends and pines for the days of the Afghan jihad when he shared campfires with them.
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08/03/2008 13:07 Comments ||
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Nice confirmation that Mr. Margolis is a clueless, superficial moonbat.
Not often do you see someone do such a nice self-immolation.
Posted by: Steve White ||
08/03/2008 13:12 Comments ||
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Ima votrn an Honorary Turban and Curly-Toed-Shoes for Mr. Margolis
Posted by: Frank G ||
08/03/2008 13:48 Comments ||
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Maybe let it slip that he's an ear for Mossad next time he goes to wakiland.
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he writes a lot about the "dark, striking eyes" of his militant friends and pines for the days of the Afghan jihad when he shared campfires with them.
Any link with the Esteemed Feank G's nugget of behavorial information here? Why, I think so! Such fun, at those campfires!
Images can have a profound impact and make a lasting impression even on the most cynical among us. They can also act as a force multiplier in a conflict zone. Recall the photographs and television footage of teenaged Palestinian boys in Gaza and the West Bank confronting Israeli tanks armed with no more than shepherd's slings; of young men, their faces half-covered with handkerchiefs and kafiyeh, racing through billowing clouds of tear gas to hurl stones at soldiers armed with assault rifles; of middle-aged and old women violating police pickets and defying curfew. That was the first time we heard of a little-used Arabic word, intifada, which literally means to shake off but in recent times has come to mean a rebellion premised on the Biblical tale of David vanquishing Goliath, a relentless mass protest born of festering anger, deep-seated grievance and overwhelming, uncontrollable rage.
We are witnessing a similar intifada in Jammu province where young and old, men and women, are locked in an unequal battle with the police -- and, since Friday, the Army -- demanding the immediate revocation of the Government order cancelling the transfer of 800 kanals of land to the Sri Amarnath Shrine Board. The land was meant for creating temporary facilities for pilgrims who trek to the Amarnath shrine every year, braving inclement weather and jihadi attacks. This time, it's a Hindu intifada, an outpouring of pent-up anger which has brought life in Jammu and other towns and villages in the province to a standstill.
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1 Kanal is equal to .125 acres or 20 marlas. This is an old British survey unit that is still used in Pakistan and apparently Jammu. So all this is over 100 acres of land. Geesh! They've really got them pissed off.
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We are not going to be bullied by the Valley any more. Jammu wants a voice of its own. Jammu's Hindus will no longer tolerate oppression by Kashmir's Muslims," says a young protester, still in his teens, from his house in downtown Jammu. His voice has just begun to crack.
The sound of righteous uprising
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Hawaii is east of China. China has shut down factories and cars for the olympics. I guess that means that the Olympics are earth friendly. Maybe instead of planting trees, AlGore can offset his unhealthy life style in Tenn with perpetual sports games? It works if you use the kind of "whatever" science that eco science seems to be soaked in.
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Global Warming Did It! Well, Maybe Not.
We're stuck on the notion that climate change is the culprit every time a natural disaster strikes. But that's just muddying the waters.
We're heading into the heart of hurricane season, and any day now, a storm will barrel toward the United States, inspiring all the TV weather reporters to find a beach where they can lash themselves to a palm tree. We can be certain of two things: First, we'll be told that the wind is blowing very hard and the surf is up. Second, some expert will tell us that this storm might be a harbinger of global warming.
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Viewed broadly, it appears that humans are environment-destroying creatures by nature
Well that won't be a problem in the future according to Ted Turner, we'll just eat them all.
yah, it is true that there have been marginal increases in snowfalls in the West Coast ski resorts. That indicates increased moisture. I attribute it to post Ice Age warming, and not to human caused factors. Not much pollution is being generated, west of LA.
Al Gore - the $40,000,000 man - wraps bogus "Greenhouse Effect" claims in bona fide warming phenomenon. There is global warming, and there will be global cooling when the cycle reaches its next stage.
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In an interview with Newsweek's Richard Wolffe on July 26, Sen. Barack Obama said his 16-month timetable for withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq wouldn't involve all of the U.S. forces there.
