(2007-02-12) — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad today confirmed U.S. allegations that high-ranking Iranian officials provide Shiite militias in Iraq with armor-piercing explosives, however, Iran’s president said the devices are for peaceful purposes only.
“No one can deny the right of the Iranian people to develop technology that improves our lives,” said Mr. Ahmadinejad. “Although we cannot control how our Iraqi customers use our products, we make these armor-piercing devices to generate energy.”
The Iranian leader noted that the devices are “especially useful for bringing light to confined dark places, like the inside of an Abrams tank or Humvee, as well as for providing a plentiful source of instant heat.”
123 responses so far ↓
1 Darthmeister // Feb 12, 2007 at 8:12 am
Valentines is coming up. Pre-emptive love, don’t leave home without it!
2 Scott Ott // Feb 12, 2007 at 8:18 am
Iran Sends IEDs to Iraq for Peaceful Purposes…
by Scott Ott
(2007-02-12)
— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad today confirmed U.S. allegations that
high-ranking Iranian officials provide Shiite militias in Iraq with armor-piercing explosives, however, Iran’s president said the device…
3 Darthmeister // Feb 12, 2007 at 8:20 am
I think Ahmadaboutjihad and the rest of the Islamofascists have a different definition of “peace” than we do. In fact it’s very similar to that of the ol’ Sov-Coms: Peace means cessation of all resistance to their pernicious ideology.
4 Big Java // Feb 12, 2007 at 8:21 am
Shoudn’t AlGore be sent over there to warn the terrorists er “insurgents” about the global warming problem from the use of IEDs?
Mornin’ all and especially “God bless the USA”
5 Ms RightWing, Ink // Feb 12, 2007 at 8:25 am
Ha! Down south they make cast iron frying pans-not for eating but tossing at someone to kill or injure them. That is a Kentuckian’s right to self defense.
Snow watch out for tomorrow but I don’t shovel snow here at The Plaza until it gets up to the 7th floor. One more day of steroids though and I may of made a parking lot full off igloos.
Day time come and I no longer bark at moon.
6 mig // Feb 12, 2007 at 9:34 am
IEDs are for illuminating purposes. Libs are queing up.
7 Darthmeister // Feb 12, 2007 at 9:45 am
Liberal Jews are discovering it’s not just Muslim madmen like Ahmadaboutjihad who are producers of anti-Jewish hatred but also the socialist left.
I think the Jews had better wake up and find out who their real friends are when it comes real world survival … and it ain’t the liberal media and their left-wing “friends”.
8 RedPepper // Feb 12, 2007 at 9:52 am
He wasn’t looking to become an anti-Western fundamentalist. But the more he interacted with other Muslims, the more he was pushed, in a form of groupthink, to embrace an increasingly restrictive faith. He learned that in Islam, all sorts of things are haram (forbidden). Alcohol, of course. And listening to music. And wearing shorts that expose the thigh. And wearing necklaces. Or gold. Or silk. Or using credit cards. Or shaving. Or shaking hands with women.
One Last Thing .
9 mig // Feb 12, 2007 at 10:27 am
“Politics being a battle of the brains, it’s very brave for so many of our
officials to fight completely unarmed”.
- Anon.
10 gafisher // Feb 12, 2007 at 11:18 am
Piece-ful, perhaps?
11 mig // Feb 12, 2007 at 11:45 am
Nobody Likes John Kerry Men’s Tee
The only way this guy could make himself less likeable would be to start poking puppies with sharp sticks.
Even his fellow Democratic Senators are giving him the Heisman after his last bout of verbal diarrhea.
Wow.
The perfect shirt if you’re smart, hardworking, and STILL going to Iraq.
12 PreventTruthDecay // Feb 12, 2007 at 11:46 am
Good work ABC … Diane Sawyer’s about to be one-upped by CBS and their forthcoming interview with Mahmoud - where he discusses the need for anti-aircraft batteries surrounding Iran’s 70 subterranean nuclear err,… energy bunkers.
- PreventTruthDecay.com
13 Shelly // Feb 12, 2007 at 12:13 pm
I hope these stores can keep the shovels in stock, because NY is about to get hit with global warming again.
14 kajun // Feb 12, 2007 at 12:38 pm
They are sending IED’S because IUD’S are harem in the harem.
15 kajun // Feb 12, 2007 at 12:45 pm
I don’t know how things are up in Kentucky; but down here in The South, cast-iron skillets are for making cornbread.
16 Darthmeister // Feb 12, 2007 at 12:50 pm
I’m surprised Ahmadaboutjihad didn’t complain the the IEDs in question were actually made in secret U.S. factories in Iran by outsourced American union labor.
In best Sgt. Schultz fashion, Ahmadaboutjihad can then claim, “We know nothing … nothing about those IED with apparent Iranian serial numbers!!”
17 RedPepper // Feb 12, 2007 at 12:55 pm
This column by Clifford May primarily discusses the current “civil war” in Iraq. I think it might also suggest some useful, if alarming, ways to think about the larger struggle between the Islamofascists and “moderate” Muslims. FWIW.
Minority Rule .
A sample:
In 1917, most Russians were not Bolsheviks. The Bolsheviks were a minority, but they were fanatical and ruthless. So they prevailed — and for most of the 20th century Russians lived and died under Communist oppression.
In 1933, most Germans were not Nazis. The Nazis were a minority, but they were fanatical and ruthless. Tens of millions would perish before Hitler’s dream of world conquest collapsed.
Today, it is not clear that most Iraqis want to slaughter other Iraqis and return Iraq to despotism. But a fanatical and ruthless minority does.
The subtitle of the piece?
In a war between moderates and fanatics who would you bet on?
18 Bill's Bites // Feb 12, 2007 at 12:56 pm
Iranian bombs killing Americans in Iraq — Update 3…
See previous: Iranian bombs killing Americans in Iraq (Updated, bumped), Iranian bombs killing Americans in Iraq — Update, Iranian bombs killing Americans in Iraq — Update 2 *** Iran Sends IEDs to Iraq for Peaceful Purposes by Scott Ott (2007-02-12)…
19 mig // Feb 12, 2007 at 1:18 pm
Here are the real Peace Keepers. Iran can be kept in pieces for all I care.
20 mig // Feb 12, 2007 at 1:21 pm
Here are the real Peace Keepers. Iran can rest in pieces for all I care.
21 mig // Feb 12, 2007 at 1:22 pm
Two!Two! Two Posts in one!
22 Darthmeister // Feb 12, 2007 at 1:22 pm
A very interesting experiment has been designed and conducted by a young university student, Samuel J. Hunt, concerning the ability of sound waves to release photonic energy when encountering bubbles. It’s called sonoluminescence. It goes back to the original Creation Light theory. Actually a see a bit of String Theory or M-Theory which posits the existence of interdimensional membranes called D-branes.
It’s not definitive proof this is how Big Bang, or some similar first-cause creative event occurred in ages past, but it’s quite elegant and certainly follows the order of creation in the Genesis account. I haven’t heard anything better except a bunch of hypothetical blather from evolutionary cosmologists. This theory, of course, doesn’t address how inanimate matter become animate matter … but neither does Evolution Theory.
23 upnorthlurkin // Feb 12, 2007 at 1:49 pm
Congrats, Scott! Roger Hedgecock, filling in for Rush, just complimented and credited you for your wonderful satire in this piece!! Watch the visitor counter spin!
24 upnorthlurkin // Feb 12, 2007 at 2:09 pm
Thanks for the beautiful link, Mig!! (Although you’re supposed to issue a Kleenex alert for sites like that one!!) I urge everyone who needs their tear ducts cleaned out to visit!! (Then go to AnySoldier.com and adopt one and show your appreciation if you’re so inclined!!)
25 Maggie // Feb 12, 2007 at 2:41 pm
Please go back to “”Obama declares in Springfield” and read post #88,if you haven’t already.One of our scrapplers lost his wife and daughter in a car accident and he is requesting prayer.
26 boberinyetagain // Feb 12, 2007 at 2:42 pm
Good (but scary) stuff Scott, congrats
Red, I had read that article too, loved the part about spreading evil by making soccer players wear shorts thus exposing their thighs (heaven forbid!)
Very odd folks indeed
27 conserve-a-tips // Feb 12, 2007 at 2:58 pm
OK, I’m confused. I thought that IED’s were birth control devices. What’s wrong with that? I mean, Iran is doing its part to stop over-population in the world by peaceful means. And they are spreading their wares to other countries. How cool is that? With global warming being such a hot topic and the fear of famines and starvation, don’t you think that Iran’s attempt to control the world population is admirable? I learned all about that in the 70’s because we were going to die in 10 years.
So you might rethink your position on these IED’s. So what if Iran’s name is on them? I am sure that Merck or Phfizer are the producers and there is enough fame and money to go around. Don’t begrudge them their day in the sun…..What? They’re called IUD’s? Oh.
Nevermind.
28 conserve-a-tips // Feb 12, 2007 at 3:13 pm
Oh BTW, Roger Hedgecock mentioned Scrappleface on Rush Limbaugh today. He is sitting in for the ailing Rushter and read Scott’s story above. Kudos Scott, for the attention and for the brilliance that gets the attention!
29 Possumtrot // Feb 12, 2007 at 3:58 pm
I have no words to express my sorrow for John’s loss.
Wandering around the internet this morning, I came upon the sad news on the previous thread. Let me add my condolences to the rest of Scrappledom. My prayers are with you. Great Scott was right in his editor’s note. Prayer will sustain us when nothing else will.
To try and get on topic, Ah’m-a-madman insisted earlier today that the US is notorious for “fabricating evidence”.
If we’re so elegant at making stuff up, how come everyone keeps calling us liars? I would think that we can cover our tracks better than that!
Don’t the Iranians have about half the Iraqi air force parked over there after that first war? Good thing they never figured out how to change the oil and lube those jets up!
Do T-72s have VIN numbers on them for proof of ownership? Just wondering…
It’s hard to try and be funny in the face of John’s loss. Prayers and condolences, my friend. Be strong, and trust in God.
30 Ms RightWing, Ink // Feb 12, 2007 at 6:11 pm
8 to 14 inches of global warming heading my way Tuesday and Wednesday. I better get ready and run to the store and load up.
It always kills me how people think the storm will never stop-but then maybe it won’t. The big chill has arrived
31 Harry Daschle // Feb 12, 2007 at 7:16 pm
IED’s don’t kill people,—-terrorists placing IED’s kill people!
32 Maggie // Feb 12, 2007 at 9:22 pm
Possumtrot…..I sent you an e-card for your birthday .Check your email.
CAT……re # 28 …..What is ailing Rush?
33 conserve-a-tips // Feb 12, 2007 at 9:41 pm
Maggie, I don’t know. Hedgecock just said that he is under the weather after a trip to Palm Springs and will be back tomorrow.
I do not know you John, but I am so sorry for your loss. I can’t begin to imagine your pain or your sorrow. And though it is so hard to realize it now, never forget that the Lord is in control and knows exactly why every little thing happens. There is a scripture that I read one time that I have held onto ever since, to prepare me for the times of loss in my life. It is found in Isaiah 57 and reads, according to the NIV: The righteous perish, and no one ponders it in his heart; devout men are taken away, and no one understands that the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil. Those who walk uprightly, enter into peace; they find rest as they lie in death.
The knowledge that God spares us from evil when we are taken was just astounding to me. It does not help the pain that those of us left behind must bear, but it is a comforting thought. My prayers are with you.
34 Darthmeister // Feb 12, 2007 at 10:04 pm
I wonder when President Bush will reciprocate by sending “nuclear energy for peace” to Iran? We can get this phase of our negotiations with Iran up and running in oh … fourteen minutes.
35 Darthmeister // Feb 13, 2007 at 8:25 am
I can tell Spring is right around the corner. We just got hit with a Global Warming™ blizzard today here in flyover country - 15 degrees, four inches of snow already and 35 to 45 mph gusts. If only Bush had signed on to Kyoto!
36 Ms RightWing, Ink // Feb 13, 2007 at 9:02 am
Darthmeister
Global warming is starting here today. We are expected about 8 inches of it. If so ( and it is starting to get white) this will be our first biggie and with luck, the last.
37 Darthmeister // Feb 13, 2007 at 9:04 am
Sign this petition urging President Bush to pardon Border Agents Ramos and Compeon since new evidence has surfaced that other border agents perjured themselves and exculpatory evidence was excluded.
After hearing new facts about the case the last two weeks, I for one would hold President Bush responsible if these two agents are killed in prison despite broken promises that they would be kept separate from the general prison population, 25% of whom are illegal aliens who know who these two agents are.
38 Darthmeister // Feb 13, 2007 at 9:05 am
Ms RightWing, my Global Warming Shovel™ is at ready!
39 Maggie // Feb 13, 2007 at 9:09 am
Global warming must be true.Each morning I check my yard for icebergs and have yet to see one.
40 mig // Feb 13, 2007 at 9:18 am
Does anyone have an EASY button for weather?
41 RedPepper // Feb 13, 2007 at 9:29 am
MsRW #36: Up here, they are predicting a snowfall of a FOOT (or more …); count yourself lucky if you are only getting 8″ !
Curse you, Algore! (shaking fist at sky …)
42 conserve-a-tips // Feb 13, 2007 at 9:42 am
We are having global warming too because the temperature has dropped again and snow or ice is expected. I just thought that you all would like to do some fun reading and am linking this article from 1975 which will tickle your fancy. Oh those silly liberals.
43 Darthmeister // Feb 13, 2007 at 9:58 am
Ten Commandments Coverup At The Supreme Court Building
I’ve been following this controversy for almost a year. This is one of the better debunkings of dishonest secular officials who have attempted to deny the Christian heritage of this nation. I’m not surprised at the lengths these hyper-secular demagagues will go in altering documents and ignoring others in order to promote their atheist worldview.
44 Darthmeister // Feb 13, 2007 at 10:00 am
Maggie, buwahahahahahaha! Now that’s funny!
I too looked out the front door and … WHERE’S THE PENGUINS!? WHERE’S THE POLAR BEARS!?
45 onlineanalyst // Feb 13, 2007 at 10:04 am
John:
Let me also share my condolences for your grievous loss. I left a message at the thread where you first told us of your sad news. The prayers and support of the Scrapple family are a source of comfort, hands reaching out in healing.
46 JamesonLewis3rd // Feb 13, 2007 at 10:43 am
I say the Bank of America should be peering out through prison bars.
47 Ms RightWing, Ink // Feb 13, 2007 at 10:44 am
Red Pepper
You are so right. The great white warming machine has now predicted over a foot. Oh dear, maybe the 7th floor of the Plaza is not high enough
48 Ms RightWing, Ink // Feb 13, 2007 at 11:15 am
“Tis a good day for filling the freezer with sweet savory breads since nobody (me) is going anywhere but my friend left her year and a half old Christmas present spread about my floor.
She promised to make my kitchen one more step towards disabled independence and rebuild my pantry. Previously I had to get down on the floor to get canned goods etc. from under my counter, pasta from over there, mixer over yonder-if you get my drift.
Yesterday she brought stainless shelving, storage bins, and lots of miscellaneous parts to be assembled that now lies scattered about. Of course that is only half the job, everything has to come out of the pantry and then back in, nicely placed in an orderly style.
I am really excited because I like order in the midst of chaos, so hopefully when those days arrive when my chef blood begins to bleed my petite area called a kitchen will beckon my call.
I know this is all off topic, but what the heck-it is a Global Warming™ day.
49 Darthmeister // Feb 13, 2007 at 11:36 am
Iranian smoking guns found in Iraq … literally.
I’ve shot the Austrian sniper rifle in .308 caliber, but never the .50 caliber version. One inch groups at three hundred yards! Looks like there’s a clear trail from Austria to Iran to Iraq. But of course it’s all Bush’s Fault™.
The milblog MudvilleGazette has some interesting comments on this latest find implicating Iran. Should have gone into Iran immediately after the fall of Saddam’s regime, if not on the ground at least pounding them around the clock from the air. Looks like Iran will have enough enriched uranium for its nukes within six months, according to the UN. The anti-war left will continue using their Bush Lied™ meme in order to justify ignoring the latest evidence which connects Iran with killing American troops in Iraq.
50 Musing » Iran’s “peaceful” exports to Iraq // Feb 13, 2007 at 1:11 pm
[…] The Iranians expect us to believe that they will only use nukes for “peaceful” purposes (and sadly, many among us actually do believe them), so why not try the same line with their IEDs? Mahmoud Ahmadinejad today confirmed U.S. allegations that high-ranking Iranian officials provide Shiite militias in Iraq with armor-piercing explosives, however, Iran’s president said the devices are for peaceful purposes only. […]
51 RedPepper // Feb 13, 2007 at 1:45 pm
MsRW #47: They’ve updated the snowfall estimates here, too. Current prediction: 20+ inches, up to two feet in some areas. Sigh.
52 Fred Sinclair // Feb 13, 2007 at 3:49 pm
I’ve looked and looked in vain until now, trying to find a conservative to vote for in 2008 elections, Seemed to be various RINO’S who are too far right to run as democrats and are different only in the area of their liberality.
Not a lot of “name recognition” yet but coming on strong is the one I will vote for President. A recent quip from the internet helped with my decision about Duncan Hunter. His son has served two terms in Iraq and he is very strongly pro military. He is the closest to a Reagan Conservative I’ve seen to date. Check him out.
Heirborn Ranger
HUNTER ANSWERS KERRY “PARIAH” COMMENT
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-CA) responded to comments made by Senator John Kerry (D-MA) at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland that America has become an “international pariah.”
“I strongly disagree with Senator Kerry’s characterization,” said Congressman Hunter. “The benevolence of the United States is unprecedented.
“When there have been floods around the world, the Americans have been there. When there have been earthquakes, tsunamis and typhoons, the Americans have been there. And when attacked, Americans have left the safety of their homes to defend and preserve freedom. The generosity of our nation and its citizens cannot be questioned.”
Congressman Hunter cited several examples of U.S. assistance to foreign nations during previous international disasters:
1998, hurricane in Honduras and Nicaragua – $882.9 million;
1999, flooding in Venezuela – $11.05 million;
1999, earthquake in Turkey – $24.46 million;
2001, earthquake in India – $13.1 million;
2003, earthquake in Iran – $5.7 million;
2004, earthquake and tsunami in Indian Ocean – $882.5 million;
2005, earthquake in Pakistan and India – $510 million;
2006, humanitarian aid to Africa – $264 million;
2006, international HIV/AIDS – $3.4 billion.
“These figures only represent government to government assistance,” concluded Hunter. “These numbers do not include the contributions and generosity of millions of Americans during times of need.”
53 Maggie // Feb 13, 2007 at 6:27 pm
Darth…..re#44….Thank you.
54 mig // Feb 13, 2007 at 7:50 pm
This sounds like a grizzley scenario. Islamic camps are planning attacks on American schools.
55 JamesonLewis3rd // Feb 13, 2007 at 7:59 pm
Interesting: Moqtada al Sadr and his henchmen boogie for higher ground and leave their troops to eat dust (and/or lead). I’ll bet that’s a real confidence builder.
al Sadr to his followers: “That’s okay, you go to the virgins; I’ll pass.”
I have to agree with John’s comments at Power Line.
Although, personally, I never did have any doubts that the troop augmentation would work, IF given the opportunity to do what needs to be done.
Also, I wouldn’t let that piece of dung al Sadr and his cronies strut back into the country (alive, that is).
56 GnuCarSmell // Feb 13, 2007 at 9:02 pm
American Thinker has a must-read article on the Stockholm Syndrome. An excerpt:
“Rather than feel righteously angered by the terrorist mass murder of 3,000 innocent people, large parts of the Left have adopted the aggressors’ point of view. They keep telling us that the Islamic fascists were right to blow up innocent people who had done them no harm; some of them have taken on conspiracy theories, claiming that Bush or Israel really committed the atrocities. At the same time they are in deep denial about the danger of future terrorist attacks on American soil, and blindly refuse to see the rising threat of nuclear proliferation by stateless terror groups. Instead, they “displace” their fear and anger on George W. Bush. To the Left, once Bush is gone, the terror problem will simply and magically go away.”
On another matter, I want to give Scrapplers a heads-up on my announcement soon to run for President while simultaneously claiming to be the father of Anna Nicole’s baby. I may not be the only candidate to do so, but I hope to be the first.
57 GnuCarSmell // Feb 13, 2007 at 9:04 pm
Oops, here’s the American Thinker link:
http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/02/the_lefts_identification_with.html
58 mindknumbed kid // Feb 13, 2007 at 10:57 pm
What ? I can’t believe Scott doesn’t know that it is spelled “pieceful”.
59 nylecoj // Feb 14, 2007 at 12:04 am
Re # 52,
I just noticed Duncan Hunter myself. I think he would be great. I would like to hear from some folks in CA that know him or of him to get their take.
60 conserve-a-tips // Feb 14, 2007 at 8:04 am
nylecoj, I would ask my family in California for you, but they are liberals and I don’t think that we would get much help there!
It’s snowing this morning. Sigh. 25 degrees outside. Sigh. The wind is blowing hard. Sigh. Oh AlGore. Sigh.
61 conserve-a-tips // Feb 14, 2007 at 8:06 am
Heh!!!
Happy Valentine’s Day Guys and Gals!
Love you guys!!
62 Darthmeister // Feb 14, 2007 at 8:30 am
Muqtada al-Sadr has left Iraq. One brave jihadist there. We should have killed him when we had the chance but then the bleeding-heart liberals would have whined even more.
Global Warming™ dumped 16 inches of snow in my driveway last night. Had to dig it out twice plus the snowplow furrow this morning.
63 Pros and Cons » Mad gunmen and the “religion of peace”, or what’s in a name? // Feb 14, 2007 at 8:44 am
[…] With Iran not only sending in the same anti-tank devices used by Hizb’Allah against Israel into Iraq but also sheltering first Hassan Nasrallah and now Muq’tada Al Sadr, one has to ask, “why can’t we get along with these nice people”, or at least negotiate with them. Because we will not offer Islamists anything they would want, that’s why? […]
64 mig // Feb 14, 2007 at 9:13 am
Bleeding Hearts at You Tube censors Dennis Miller! They find his comments inappropriate! Hah! Liberal censorship. Now that’s a laugh.
His take on Nancy Pelosi is quotable.
65 mig // Feb 14, 2007 at 9:14 am
Happy Valentines y’all.
66 mig // Feb 14, 2007 at 9:30 am
City To Open Arabic Public School In Brooklyn”
The Department of Education says that it will open a public school next fall dedicated to Arabic language and culture. Varsity and Jr. Varsity dedicated to IED training. Choir chanting ‘Down with America’ in two part harmony.
The Khalil Gibran International Academy is one of 40 new schools that will their debut in the city next September. This will be a public religious school that has no need for vouchers.
Education officials say that although half the classes at the school will be taught in Arabic, they want to enroll a diverse student body. . Writing classes will focus on anti-American speech and liberal ease will dominate language arts. The ultimate success of this school will be determined by the numbers of non-Muslims that can be recruited to blow up in the center of American culture.
The school is set to open in Brooklyn. The idea is that it will spread to other progressive cities like a plague.
67 mig // Feb 14, 2007 at 9:37 am
Here we go. It just takes a dam frying pan to the head to wake up! “Salt Lake Killer Is A Bosnian With A Muslim Name”
68 mig // Feb 14, 2007 at 9:39 am
I forgot to add hat tip kudos to Atlas Shrugged.
69 Ms RightWing, Ink // Feb 14, 2007 at 9:47 am
Hmm, an interesting look being focused on the young Salt Lake City mall killer. Seems his pappy was a radical Islamic cleric. I just heard enough on the radio this morning to be be dangerously wrong, but what I heard answered the question-where was ABC, NBC, C-span CNN and all the other networks when a young male gets a gun in his hand and shoots somebody.
Yes, there has been TV reports, but my, how quiet they have tip-toed about this killing.
Two other topics I have not seen thrashed on Scrapple ,The Dixie Chicks being elevated to top musicians by the Hollywierd liberals and good ol’ Bank of America giving credit cards to hombres from south of the border. Me have a credit card? Nope, not good enough because I LIVE HERE.!!!
P.S. White global warming has caused major headaches here in the now-not so dirty old factory town
70 Ms RightWing, Ink // Feb 14, 2007 at 9:49 am
re:67
Sorry mig, while you was writing I was still thinking. Thanks for adding the spice to the stock pot.
71 Ms RightWing, Ink // Feb 14, 2007 at 9:52 am
On a lighter note-from Websters Word For Today
CUPID
Did you know?
According to Roman mythology, Cupid was the son of Mercury, the messenger god, and Venus, the goddess of love. In Roman times, the winged “messenger of love” was sometimes depicted in armor, but no one is sure if that was intended as a sarcastic comment on the similarities between warfare and romance, or a reminder that love conquers all. Cupid was generally seen as a good spirit who brought happiness to all, but his matchmaking could cause mischief. Venus wasn’t above using her son’s power to get revenge on her rivals, and she once plotted to have the beautiful mortal Psyche fall in love with a despicable man. But the plan backfired: Cupid fell in love with Psyche, and she eventually became his immortal wife.
Happy Valentines to all my sweeties across the Scrapple globe
72 JamesonLewis3rd // Feb 14, 2007 at 10:12 am
RE: #69~~
Ms RightWing Ink~~
That’s why I said this regarding BoA.
73 JamesonLewis3rd // Feb 14, 2007 at 10:12 am
74 RedPepper // Feb 14, 2007 at 10:19 am
Good Morning, Scrapplers!
I would wish you all a Happy Valentines Day … but the local radio station announced a few hours ago that they’ve cancelled it due to the blizzard. Oh well. Perhaps it has merely been postponed.
Hope springs eternal …
75 nylecoj // Feb 14, 2007 at 10:23 am
Happy Valentine’s Day, or as I like to call it Singles awereness day.
76 nylecoj // Feb 14, 2007 at 10:29 am
Awareness that is
Well, CAT, perhaps we could get a pretty good indicator based on how much your family does not like him.
77 JamesonLewis3rd // Feb 14, 2007 at 10:49 am
Well, my Dodge pickup is supposed to get out of the shop sometime today and tomorrow morning my dear wife and I are leaving on a drive to FL.
Scheduled: Epcot on Saturday, the Daytona 500 on Sunday and the Kennedy Space Center on Monday.
We’re SO excited! Our first vacation in our 16 years together.
78 JamesonLewis3rd // Feb 14, 2007 at 11:03 am
These people are driving me nuts! This kind of underhanded undermining of the strength of the United States of America flat-out infuriates me.
You know, it’s as if we, here in the USA, are undergoing our very own civil war.
Where will it end? My heart weeps…..this is just so very, very wrong…..
79 Ms RightWing, Ink // Feb 14, 2007 at 11:04 am
re:72
JamesonLewis3rd
So right you are. Every so often I realize how human I am since to err is human. sigh
Enjoy your vacation. If I see you in the crowd on television during the Daytuna 500 I will wave. An interesting side note on NASCAR-they booted a few crew chiefs out for the early season for cheating and Casey Kane and Matt Kennseth (sp), the sweathearts of NASCAR have been clobbered for the same reason.
Imagine NASCAR’s good ol’ boys cheating. What is the world coming to. Actually, it was more exciting when they cheated, had a slug of whiskey, smoked cigarettes, got into a fist fight-then settled down and had a race.
Now the Japanese have moved in with big dollars and that closes the chapter of what the big race was all about.
Not bad for a Yankee, huh
80 conserve-a-tips // Feb 14, 2007 at 11:27 am
Ms Rightwing, Ink: You amaze me. NASCAR info huh? I’m a southerner and all I know about NASCAR comes from the news stories when the guys crash. You must have some southern blood in your or else you got a transfusion along the way!
81 mig // Feb 14, 2007 at 11:47 am
Man rapes Woman at a party that was hosted by some members of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity. No mention of it in the alphabetized networks so Tra La La. Good thing none of them play Lacrosse!
82 nylecoj // Feb 14, 2007 at 11:48 am
JL3, that is a great vacation!
Epcot is the best part of Disney World IMO and KSC is awesome. I haven’t been to Daytona though, that would be fun.
83 Darthmeister // Feb 14, 2007 at 12:11 pm
GnuCarSmell,
Excellent link to American Thinker. I sent the Stockholm Syndrome article along to everyone on my email list. This probably also explains the behavior of some militant, hate-conservative trolls who visit Scrappleface from time to time.
Actually, the idea that the left is suffering from a version of the Stockholm Syndrome has been knocking around my braincase for a couple of years, but I never could articulate it clearly enough to make the point, certainly not in the lucid way the article at American Thinker did. The liberals I know are constantly telling me how overwhelmingly “shocked” they were that such innocent humanity (now they are “little Eichmanns” in some liberal quarters) was slaughtered on 9/11. This probably explains why they’ve fallen head-over-heels into unconsciously identifying with the causes of the murderous scum and strenuously oppose any effort on the part of America or President Bush to militarily deal with these dirtbags. Of course the average liberal papers over their syndrome with rhetoric about how “bad” the terrorists are and “we were right for going into Afghanistan” (though many of them now have their doubts about that, too) but wrong for widening the war into Iraq and possibly Syria and Iran. And let’s not forget Bush Lied™, No War For Oil™, blah, blah, blah. And no greater proof that they truly aren’t serious about fighting global Islamofascism than not a single one has A PLAN. Ne’er one word about how to effectively kill Islamofascists, drain their swamps, and take the war to them instead of fighting here in America.
84 Ms RightWing, Ink // Feb 14, 2007 at 12:11 pm
re:80
I grew up amongst motor heads. All my friends either raced Formula Fords, drag raced, street raced or even a few ran in circles. When I lived in California I covered a few day-in-the-life of articles on the Bakersfield NASCAR boys, who at one time, was not much loved amongst the southern boys. But like country music, the Nashville crowd is slowly accepting the Bakersfield crowd.
NASCAR now has drivers from the deep north (Matt Kennseth) who is a cheddar-head. Then their is that scraggly Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Georgia?)ick
So, how much do I know about NASCAR. Not much, but on a lazy Sunday I will record it on my DVR and fast forward through all the commercials just to see who is hot and who is not.
Better than Anne Nichole Smith any day. Hmm, Smith and NASCAR. That was a bomb waiting to happen.
85 JamesonLewis3rd // Feb 14, 2007 at 12:11 pm
BTW:
My ethnicity is Buckeye. Please, don’t let my TX address confuse that issue.
86 JamesonLewis3rd // Feb 14, 2007 at 12:15 pm
That
was supposed to be a :grin:.
If that doesn’t work, let’s try this :lol:.
(I lost all my cool links when I purged this machine of Microsoft)
87 mig // Feb 14, 2007 at 12:16 pm
From Letty: Here The Islamic Mein Kampf, the Nazi Roots of Jihad.
88 JamesonLewis3rd // Feb 14, 2007 at 12:29 pm
RE: #83~~
Darthmeister~~
Yes, I, too, found the article helpful in articulating (oops, dirty word, sorry) the psychosis of these people-I have marveled countless times at their projection of hatred toward President Bush, when it should, in reality, be projected toward our avowed enemies.
Why is it okay for Ahmadinejad to break international law in promoting genocide, yet, it is not okay for us to protect ourselves.
Sort of a mass hysteria-type of thing, I guess. Perhaps, even, similar to the French in WWII.
Despite all of their bluster, though, it’s cowardice and (as far as I’m concerned) treason.
89 conserve-a-tips // Feb 14, 2007 at 12:33 pm
If you want a good chuckle, you have to read the article here . Oh, the hypocricy of the left - and as my mother used to say - “the nerve of some people’s grandchildren!!”
90 Darthmeister // Feb 14, 2007 at 12:36 pm
JL3rd,
If this kind of political sedition would have occurred at any other time in American history before the Vietnam War, these people who be hauled before a court, made to account for their cowardice and sedition in the face of a troubling enemy abroad which continues making threats toward America, and then be hanged.
Ms RightWing,
It is a fait accompli that the little pointy-heads that run the Grammys or hand out the Nobel Peace Prize would see to it that deranged Bush-haters get rewarded whether their performances recommend them for such high honors or not. That’s how Jimmy Carter got his Nobel Prize and I bet the proverbial dollar to jelly donuts that Al Gore will “win” the Nobel Peace Prize this year … after all Bush didn’t sign Kyoto. This is how those afflicted with BDS operate, reward those who make the biggest political statement against those they hate. They can’t help themselves.
91 mig // Feb 14, 2007 at 12:37 pm
The Frying pan again!!! Wake up America!
92 RedPepper // Feb 14, 2007 at 2:10 pm
I have a fear now that I have never known - a fear that my nation, my America, who I know can never be defeated, will simply choose to commit suicide. Like eternal Rome, crippled by a welfare state she couldn’t support, and paranoia that sabotaged her united identity, this nation may very well buckle under the weight of political correctness, self-deprecation, and cowardice.
The Gathering Storm .
93 conserve-a-tips // Feb 14, 2007 at 4:13 pm
Redpepper, I had seen that and passed over it, but just read it and wow…I was so moved that I cut and pasted it into an email and sent it to my entire family. Amazing writing.
94 RedPepper // Feb 14, 2007 at 10:40 pm
Eeeeek!
A snowbank ate my car !
95 IWT-Pam // Feb 15, 2007 at 12:32 am
RedPepper, thanks for the link. Conserve-a-tips, thanks for the complement, and for passing the post along.
96 Darthmeister // Feb 15, 2007 at 8:16 am
Congress “supports the troops” while emboldening the enemy.
Political cowards.
97 Darthmeister // Feb 15, 2007 at 8:17 am
…pushin’ through.
98 mig // Feb 15, 2007 at 8:55 am
Good morrow, Benedick. Why, what’s the matter;
That you have such a February face,
So full of frost, of storm and cloudiness?
-William Shakespeare,
Much Ado About Nothing
99 mig // Feb 15, 2007 at 9:09 am
Show me the money, or at least some receipts scribbled on the backs of old envelopes and grocery bags. This week, we were treated to the spectacle of the former U.S. civilian overlord of Iraq, Ambassador L. Paul Bremer, squirming in the hot seat as he attempted with little success to explain what he did with 363 TONS of newly printed, shrink-wrapped $100 bills he had flown to Baghdad. That’s $12 billion in cold, hard American dollars, and no one, especially Bremer, seems to know where it went.
100 Darthmeister // Feb 15, 2007 at 9:43 am
Like I’ve been saying, Global Warming Is Our Friend.
101 Ms RightWing, Ink // Feb 15, 2007 at 10:46 am
Ring (pause) ring (pause) ring…………..”Hello”
“Hello, Mr. Gore? This is Ms RightWing, Ink calling from North-eastern Ohio. I was just wondering if maybe you could cancel global warming for the rest of the winter. We are um-hum high in frozen snow after the worse blizzard in 20 years.”
(answer from other end) “Well”
“Now we awake to sub zero temps with several days of arctic wind chill forecasted. My power chair can not plow through the drifts and I am getting low on certain vitals. Pills, toilet paper, eggs are getting in short supply here at the 7th floor Plaza.”
(From other end of line) “You see, ahem, when the big oil companies send mercury into the atmosphere we begin a freeze which in turn draws heat from Jupiter…….”
“Alright Mr. Gore, but that stupid treaty can be signed when Hillary wins, so please drop it for now.”
“Hello? Hello? Operator, we been disconnected.”
102 Ms RightWing, Ink // Feb 15, 2007 at 12:07 pm
Are the computers frozen? Nobody has been by to visit the Scrapple for a spell.
103 Darthmeister // Feb 15, 2007 at 12:19 pm
Good news from Iraq by way of Mudville Gazette.
Interesting how the lamestream media doesn’t make ready note of these news stories.
104 MargeinMI // Feb 15, 2007 at 12:31 pm
Been experiencing my own globe bein’ warm-running a temp of 101-102 for a few days. Whew! Finally able to assume a semi-verticle position in front of the computer and catch up a little. The Boy and I have been playing catch with this bug for a couple of weeks now. He’s been sleeping 12-14 hours at a stretch to fight it off.
Running low on staples? Just made a trip to superk last week, but somehow the 3-pack of tissues never made it from the bagger to my van.
hey y’all [waving weakly]
105 Hawkeye // Feb 15, 2007 at 12:47 pm
Hey Marge, Feel better. Prayers goin’ up.
Regards…
106 Hawkeye // Feb 15, 2007 at 12:52 pm
Ms RW,
Just ask Al Gore to come over and “set a spell”. He’s got so much hot air, you can turn the furnace down.
(:D) Regards…
107 onlineanalyst // Feb 15, 2007 at 1:00 pm
At the same time that we face the threats of a death by a thousand cuts from the Islamofascists, we have stabbing us in the back eaually slow-bleeding death by a thousand cuts from Murtha.
Having allied himself with the anti-war crowd funded by questionable Marxist-affiliated groups, Murtha proposes to undermine our Iraq efforts by setting conditions for troop deployment.
Stop the presses! Murtha is proposing a resolution beyond the scope of the rights and duties defined by the Constitution. See what Andy McCarthy has to say about the issue: http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YmVjOGU4MjUyMzRhNjRmZDZiODMzMmRiNDZhMzhiZGM=
Murtha and his ilk are out-of-bounds in wresting defined powers.
108 RedPepper // Feb 15, 2007 at 1:40 pm
Hawkeye #106: No, no, not that! Everywhere Algore goes, the temperature plummets! Ms RW has enough snow and ice already!
109 GnuCarSmell // Feb 15, 2007 at 1:53 pm
Last night was nightmarish. I slept in Gore-Tex™ pajamas and dreamed I invented the Internet. Worst of all, I talked in my sleep. Mrs. GnuCarSmell tried to shoot me while screaming “Who’s Tipper? Who’s Tipper?”
In the interests of domestic tranquility, it’s back to flannels for the duration of this Ice Age.
110 Hawkeye // Feb 15, 2007 at 2:13 pm
RedPepper,
Funny you should mention that. Evan Coyne Maloney over at Brain Terminal has a video that was shot in January 2004, where he interviews people outside an Al Gore global-warming presentation in single-digit weather. You can see it here…
http://brain-terminal.com/posts/2004/01/19/gettin-a-moveon
(:D) Regards…
111 Hawkeye // Feb 15, 2007 at 2:15 pm
Button up your overcoat… etc., etc.
112 boberinyetagain // Feb 15, 2007 at 2:27 pm
Hi-de-ho!
113 MargeinMI // Feb 15, 2007 at 3:43 pm
Thanks Hawk! You know, as I think about it…..blowing hot and cold, feverish dreams, inability to focus, everything just feeeels baaad….my recent symptoms strangely coincide with those of BDS! YIKES! I sure hope that’s not what I’ve got!!!
114 conserve-a-tips // Feb 15, 2007 at 3:44 pm
OK, on this cold and snowy day, even down here in Okie land, I know that you all need a chuckle. Well, Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter are up to the job and you can see their debut at acting here . This is advertising a new show that starts on Sunday that we have to watch.
Marge, hope you are on the mend soon and that your wave becomes stronger.
115 conserve-a-tips // Feb 15, 2007 at 3:54 pm
Marge. NO! You mean you could have Bluestate Derangement Syndrome? Oh no! Someone call the doctor for Marge immediately. This could require a D.C. innoculation. You know, to insure “dedicated conservatism”. Anything to avoid the dreaded stomach surgery that results in “no guts”. Oh Marge, Marge. Please say that it is just the flu!
116 MargeinMI // Feb 15, 2007 at 5:26 pm
c-a-t, If Bluestate Derangement Syndrom is contagious, I’m DOOMED! It’s settled on Michigan like a PLAGUE! There is an EXODUS going on here-folks leaving for PROMISED LANDs flowing with paychecks and cheap insurance!
Feeling good enough to take boy out for pizza and pool-belated Valentine date.
117 Beerme // Feb 15, 2007 at 6:02 pm
With the new “half hour news hour” coming on at 10PM on Sundays, I guess I’ll have to tape another show besides “24″…
118 conserve-a-tips // Feb 15, 2007 at 6:28 pm
Beerme, did you watch the YouTube video that I linked in #114? It’s a hoot.
119 Fred Sinclair // Feb 15, 2007 at 6:28 pm
SUBJECT: THE GLORIOUS APPEARING
You are in your car driving home. Thoughts wander to
the game you want to see or meal you want to eat, when
suddenly a sound unlike any you’ve ever heard fills the air.
The sound is high above you.
A trumpet?
A choir?
A choir of trumpets?
You don’t know, but you want to know.
So you pull over, get out of your car, and look up. As
you do, you see you aren’t the only curious one. The
roadside has become a parking lot. Car doors are open,
and people are staring at the sky. Shoppers are racing
out of the grocery store.
The Little League baseball game across the street has
come to a halt. Players and parents are searching the
clouds. And what they see, and what you see, has never
before been seen.
As if the sky were a curtain, the drapes of the
atmosphere part. A brilliant light spills onto the
earth. There are no shadows. None. From whence came
the light begins to tumble a river of color spiking
crystals of every hue ever seen and a million more
never seen. Riding on the flow is an endless fleet of
angels. They pass through the curtains one myriad at a
time, until they occupy every square inch of the sky.
North.
South.
East.
West.
Thousands of silvery wings rise and fall in unison,
and over the sound of the trumpets, you can hear the
cherubim and seraphim chanting, Holy, holy, holy.
The final flank of angels is followed by twenty-four silver-
Bearded elders and a multitude of souls who join the angels in worship.
Presently the movement stops and the trumpets are
silent, leaving only the triumphant triplet: Holy,
holy, holy. Between each word is a pause. With each
word, a profound reverence. You hear your voice join
in the chorus. You don’t know why you say the words,
but you know you must.
Suddenly, the heavens are quiet. All is quiet.
The angels turn, you turn, the entire world turns and
there He is.
Jesus.
Through waves of light you see the silhouetted figure
of Christ the King.
He is atop a great stallion, and the stallion is atop
a billowing cloud.
He opens his mouth, and you are surrounded by his
declaration:
I am the Alpha and the Omega.
The angels bow their heads.
The elders remove their crowns.
And before you is a Figure so consuming that you know,
instantly you know:
Nothing else matters.
Forget stock markets and school reports.
Sales meetings and football games.
Nothing is newsworthy..
All that mattered, matters no more….
for Christ has come.
Thanks with a tip o the hat to elly cat
Heirborn Ranger
120 onlineanalyst // Feb 15, 2007 at 6:45 pm
The aim of MoveCongress.org? To get us out of Iraq.
What was on its site but since deleted?
“Chairman Murtha will describe his strategy for not only limiting the deployment of troops to Iraq but undermining other aspects of the president’s foreign and national security policy.”
Source: http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/924946ea-4d88-4030-8677-064e484f063c?
and elsewhere around the blogosphere
I’m sure that this information has been cached at assorted blogs. Murtha’s actions certainly smack of sedition and a grasp of power that is not rightly his as a congressman and head of a powerful committee. It is one thing to have an opposing opinion; it is another to work so sedulously to undermine an elected Commander in Chief.
121 mig // Feb 15, 2007 at 8:59 pm
From Frontpage
On January 31, Ismail Yassin Mohamed, 22, stole a car in Minneapolis. He went on a rampage, …
Omeed Aziz Popal, a Muslim from Afghanistan, … murderous … rampage, …
On July 28, 2006, a Muslim named Naveed Afzal Haq …“I’m a Muslim American; I’m angry at Israel,” and then began shooting, …
In March 2006, a twenty-two-year-old Iranian student named Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar drove an SUV onto the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, … “thankful for the opportunity to spread the will of Allah.” …
122 Darthmeister // Feb 16, 2007 at 3:25 pm
Something to think about. Steve Natschke who worked at CENTCOM headquarters for three years:
I recently de-mobilized after spending a total of three years at CENTCOM HQ beginning in Feb 2003. I didn’t work on the OIF plan but I do know something about it. Phase IV was the least planned (by CENTCOM) part of OIF since nobody knew what would happen after the end of major combat activities and the Organization for Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance (ORHA) was supposed to do the planning and carry out many of the activities. In the end, there was little humanitarian assistance to be carried out and little reconstruction due to combat. Declaration of Phase IV has many legal implications in regard to the Geneva Conventions, the Law of Land Warfare, etc… I also believe that it is the demarcation of when the Department of State takes the lead. In any case, the slides, if they show anything, show that the enemy has a vote in how things turn out.
As I see it, things are turning out better than we expected from a GWOT point of view. Al Qaeda’s decision to make a stand in Iraq has provided us with an opportunity to deal them a significant blow. They have invested many resources - there aren’t that many suicide bombers out there - and much of their reputation counts on defeating us in Iraq. All we have to do is stay and we win. Iran is over-playing its hand and will see just as much trouble on their side of the border as they instigate in Iraq. All we have to do is stay and we win.
On the down side, of course, is our inability to play in the information war. I think this is part of the reason that the terrorists and the Democrats are natural allies - they are willing to say the most outrageous things and no one holds them to account. The truth may be on our side but it is not enough - it needs to be marketed. Unfortunately that is easier said than done and we, as a government, are not set up to do it. In fact, we are not set up to win wars efficiently. The very structure of our government prevents us from prosecuting wars efficiently and I doubt a change would be politically feasible. Aside from DoD, no one prepares for their part of the war fight and they don’t train for or fund any activities that contribute to war time success. For now we will have to settle for less efficient war fighting.
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