(2007-05-27) — As the United States marks Memorial Day, recognizing those who sacrificed their lives in service to the country, scientists worldwide admit they are likely years away from discovering a “fertilizer for freedom” as effective as the blood of American troops.
“Where liberty has sprouted around the world,” said one unnamed scientist, “we usually find American blood at its roots.”
Studies show that the rich soil of Europe, Japan, South Korea, hundreds of Pacific Islands and thousands of square miles of other foreign territory have been saturated with what one scientist called “that costly catalyst of human rights, that priceless antidote to tyranny, that precious reagent of democratic revolution.”
“Try as we might, we scientists can find no synthetic substitute for American blood,” he said. “Where diplomacy falters, and negotiations fail, where evil reigns, and fear makes men’s arms hang limp, yet hope rises and moves in measure with the beating of American hearts. The soil of barren lands seems to cry out for this peerless nutrient. And we continue to marvel that volunteers still step forward to pledge their own blood for a cause whose accomplishment might await their last drop of devotion.”
108 responses so far ↓
1 Ms RightWing, Ink // May 27, 2007 at 11:27 am
Amen and Amen. God bless the trops
2 nylecoj // May 27, 2007 at 11:29 am
God Bless all the men and women past and present who have served.
Thank-you for this beautiful post Mr. Ott
3 nylecoj // May 27, 2007 at 11:30 am
Good Morning Ms RW
4 antodav // May 27, 2007 at 11:30 am
Beautiful. Just…beautiful. Almost brought a tear to my eye. Thank you so much, Scott. Thank you.
5 Ms RightWing, Ink // May 27, 2007 at 12:04 pm
er, God bless the “troops.” Spell cheque,” uh ya, I think it is working.
Good afternoon nylecoj
6 Ms RightWing, Ink // May 27, 2007 at 12:09 pm
nylecoj
Haven’t seen you at the Cafe lately. You know there is a mug hanging on the wall with your name on it.
Gotta run, I just heard the oven ding, so my last load of WFCC (raisins)C’s must be done.
7 its-just-me // May 27, 2007 at 12:09 pm
A very nice tribute.
8 JamesonLewis3rd // May 27, 2007 at 12:47 pm
Thank you, Scott. Well said.
9 nylecoj // May 27, 2007 at 12:59 pm
Thank-you Ms RW, between work and the Grandbabies I haven’t had much time to visit. I plan on stopping by soon.
10 Harry Daschle // May 27, 2007 at 2:02 pm
If only we could get the “America hater’s” to understand this!
God bless our dead hero’s, and God protect our troops!
P.S. I didn’t get a chance to post on the “whale thread”. I really want to help the whales get back to sea, so I suggest they drag Rosie and Michael Moore in front of them, (they might think they are3 their mom and dad?), and then leave the two of them out to sea with the whales?
11 JamesonLewis3rd // May 27, 2007 at 2:07 pm
Brilliant!
12 gafisher // May 27, 2007 at 3:45 pm
Very well said.
Sadly, American blood is also the preferred nutrient of leftist political vampires like “Bela” Pelosi, and has been shed, to our shame, as often in the past fifty years at the stained hands of our own Congress as by the bullets of foreign enemies of freedom. That Democrats — and even some cowardly others — would gleefully labor to turn Iraq into “another Vietnam” and those who trust us in the Middle East into another Cambodia is nothing less than a tribute to the genuine Patriotism of those who would volunteer to defend the rights even of such craven homegrown opponents of Democracy.
God has blessed America — and we have all but refused that blessing.
13 da Bunny // May 27, 2007 at 4:57 pm
Thank you and God bless you to all who have served or are currently serving this country. And, to the families of those who have made the ultimate sacrifice, may the knowledge that you have the gratitude of the majority of this nation help to ease the pain of your loss.
Scott, this is a beautiful and well-written piece! Thanks!
14 Darthmeister // May 27, 2007 at 5:49 pm
Sunshine patriots:
Yeah I’ve voted for politicians who have made it their political career to criticize the military and cut the defense budget seven out of eight years under Bill Clinton; you bet I’ve consistently criticized the Commander-in-Chief who is little more than a dunce; I emphatically believe the troops’ mission in Iraq was illegal and immoral; I won’t ever say it but American troops are making it possible to advance Chimperor Bush’s and the neo-cons’ imperialist aims; I now believe the war is lost and we must unite again as Americans to give up like we did in Vietnam; I unquestioningly believe withdrawing American troops will eventually lead to less death and carnage in Iraq as indigenous terrorists and al Qaeda will respect this show of goodwill on our part … oh, but don’t get me wrong, I SUPPORT THE TROOPS and sincerely appreciate their blood and sacrifice in another fool’s errand this Memorial Day.
Simply Orwellian.
15 gafisher // May 27, 2007 at 8:15 pm
Harry #10: If you thought the Exxon Valdez made a mess, imagine the globe-circling bathtub ring Michael Moron and Rosie O’D would leave …
The whales are just trying to figure out where Al Gore’s been feeding the past few years, and to welcome him as a fellow behemoth.
16 Darthmeister // May 27, 2007 at 8:39 pm
Jules Crittenden on Associated Press’s holiday “grim” death toll and spots a telling omission:
I thought body counts went out with the Vietnam War. The AP is kicking off Memorial Day weekend with a fresh body count in Iraq.
How come no mention of Americans killed in Afghanistan since last Memorial Day?
The AP story leads with the number of new graves opened for dead American soldiers since Memorial Day last, but only those in Iraq. Why this slight? Are the dead in Afghanistan not worthy of respect in the eyes of the Associated Press? It is possible that this article is not about honoring the dead at all, or even about reporting the news, but just another thinly veiled editorial attack on the Bush administration? Would the Associated Press be so callous as to use American dead in this manner, as a political tool?
I’m beginning to get the impression there is nothing more important to the Associated Press in its Iraq reportage than the number of “American soldiers killed in this unpopular war.†That phrase, with a number, is typically trotted no later than graph three in AP stories. It’s as though the body count is the sole measure upon which all decisions and action must turn. There certainly has been no effort by the Associated Press, or other major news organizations on the ground in Iraq, to examine progress in anything but the most dismissive manner, with a quick revert to body count.
Now isn’t that interesting? But don’t forget, liberal journalists SUPPORT THE TROOPS!
17 mig // May 28, 2007 at 5:52 am
It’s a glorious morning. Crisp and clear, and the flag is flapping in the front yard. Mine isn’t white. Mine is Red White and Blue. Forever may she wave. When you remember our fallen please add my great grandfather (WWI/France), my great uncle (WWII/Pacific),and my grandfather (WWII/ Pacific). What a glorious country we live in.
18 Ms RightWing, Ink // May 28, 2007 at 7:24 am
Good Morning and may your day be Memorial
19 JamesonLewis3rd // May 28, 2007 at 7:55 am
[Redundancy Alert]
God Bless America
God Bless Our Troops
[End Alert]
God Bless Everyone Everywhere
20 MargeinMI // May 28, 2007 at 8:09 am
Beautifully said (as usual), Scott. The blood of America’s best is truly the most valuable commodity in the world. Woe to them that would cheapen it. God bless all who have benefited from it.
21 Darthmeister // May 28, 2007 at 9:44 am
The ABCs of treason.
22 And Still I Persist » Blog Archive » Why Memorial Day matters // May 28, 2007 at 10:39 am
[...] So where do we get such men and women who endure all this in order to keep free and safe — at the risk and cost of their own lives — not just our country, but much of the world as well? As I’ve said before, I read history in general and military history in particular. One searches in vain to find another country, another military, that has spent so much of its blood and resources merely to defend itself and to free others. I have little patience and even less respect for those who speak of “American Imperialism” — we are the least imperialistic, most altruistic superpower that has ever existed. [...]
23 vittles scooper // May 28, 2007 at 11:01 am
Yesterday walking up First Avenue here in the Big Apple I stopped in my tracks at a most atypical sight for Manhattan - a sign neatly typed in large letters to the effect “We are closed today in honor of those that died so that we might be free”. This store is run by immigrants. I couldn’t believe it. Thank you soldiers all across the world for standing up for our right to be free.
24 Darthmeister // May 28, 2007 at 2:01 pm
Godspeed to every American soldier who has fought and who is fighting on the frontiers of freedom. Every American owes so much to so few.
25 ricketyclick » Blog Archive » Memorial Day // May 28, 2007 at 4:07 pm
[...] And Scott Ott has a gardening tip: As the United States marks Memorial Day, recognizing those who sacrificed their lives in service to the country, scientists worldwide admit they are likely years away from discovering a “fertilizer for freedom†as effective as the blood of American troops. [...]
26 Darthmeister // May 28, 2007 at 5:03 pm
Another jerk Democrat dishonors a fallen soldier. This time its Bill Richardson (D-Moon).
27 EXT // May 28, 2007 at 5:18 pm
So Richardson inspires a new, easy to learn, mantra for The Democrat Party:
ANALPAP!
America Needs A Liberal President And Pronto!
28 Fred Sinclair // May 28, 2007 at 5:51 pm
vittles scooper #23 - AMEN!!!
Heirborn Ranger
29 Fred Sinclair // May 28, 2007 at 6:13 pm
Top Stories…
•No Substitute Yet Found for U.S. Troop Blood
•Greenpeace: Wayward Whales Cheap Source of Fuel
•Al-Sadr Unveils New Plan to Humiliate Bush
•Hillary, Obama List Tips to Fight Unfunded Wars
•Bush Hails Carter as Best Former President
Is anyone else having a problem getting ScrappleFace by e-mail?
The last one I got was the “Bush Hails Carter…” I’m having to pick off of the “Top Stories…” now. Scott tells me that he knows of no reason for my non-receipt. Ideas anyone?
Heirborn Ranger
30 vittles scooper // May 28, 2007 at 6:33 pm
Fred,
I don’t have any idea about why you are not getting your e-mail - - - but this is a thank you for all your service to our country when you were in the Air Force.
Fred, this afternoon I planted impatients around the tree outside which I love to do every spring. There is a little white picket fence not even a foot high. Do you think the dog walkers around here would curb their dogs? Not a chance. They let their dogs run amuck and its amazing to me that the flowers spread about as they do. These dog walkers that allow their dogs to urinate etc all over my little garden remind me of the left. They’ve left all decency. They’ve left all civility. They’ve left our military. They’ve left the American people. They’ve left their senses. They all seem so full of themselves. If I speak to somebody about curbing their dog they become obnoxious just like the demonrats. If it werent’ for the fact that I was born here, have family and a life here, I’d pick up and move to an area where people treat others with more respect. Please call me soon Fred. God Bless you!
31 JamesonLewis3rd // May 28, 2007 at 7:07 pm
After days and days of relentless light rain, the blue sky and the sunshine reappeared about 1840 CDT here in my little nook in the D/FW area. A smile has appeared on everyone’s faces. The world is bright. There is hope.
32 onlineanalyst // May 28, 2007 at 7:14 pm
A salute to Scott Ott for his wonderful tribute to our fallen but not forgotten heroes.
Pat Santy complements your recognition of our troops today with her essay “America the Singularity: Memorial Day 2007″ at http://www.drsanity.blogspot.com/
God bless America. She is a beacon of liberty and hope to all the world, and her troops are her best emissaries.
33 Darthmeister // May 28, 2007 at 9:33 pm
This is how some liberals celebrated Memorial Day.
And though most anti-war liberals wouldn’t engage in such overt behavior, they probably think it.
34 nylecoj // May 28, 2007 at 9:59 pm
Re #33, I am so ashamed of the west side of my state. That is why I call it the ‘dark side’
35 Fred Sinclair // May 28, 2007 at 10:39 pm
Well hooray!! Miss Japan is now “Miss Universe”.It was apparent that they were all from the same cookie cutter. Miss Korea, Brazil, Thailand, USA and Japan all 10 finalists in fact were very beautiful, brunette, tall, skinny and from Chicago or so it seemed.
Miss Japan did look as if she might have had a drop of Japanese blood somewhere in her remote past, otherwise more caucasian it would be hard to be.
Heirborn Ranger
36 Fred Sinclair // May 28, 2007 at 10:51 pm
Re #34
Michigan is the other way around, west side of state should be a separate state ala West Virginia. Most of the states conservatives are here but the libbers in the east outnumber us slightly. Jennifer Grabholm, Debbie Stabenow, Carl Levin and now our own Conservative Republican Pete Hoekstra is dissing our President! Please pray for us.
Heirborn Ranger
37 Laughing@You // May 28, 2007 at 11:38 pm
Hey dOrkwell,
“Yeah I’ve voted for politicians who have made it their political career to criticize the military …”
Try not to take it too personally, you tin horn hypocrite!
Has one of those heterosexual honor students of yours left for the Marines yet?
And say Dorkie, can you think of another term for “Sunshine Patriot”? Give up?
It’s “Chickenhawk”
Have you got anything on you chest besides your breakfast?
You have ridden a good horse into the ground
so put away your “crop”.
38 camojack // May 28, 2007 at 11:45 pm
It’s just a damnable shame that more Americans (and much of the rest of the world) do not appreciate what that sacrifice of blood has bought them…and much of the rest of the world.
39 conserve-a-tips // May 28, 2007 at 11:56 pm
Hi L@Y. In good form, I see. I was just wondering…have you or your children ever served in the Oval Office? No? Huh…I see. Are you sure? Huh…well, I’m wondering how you could possibly be able to make any comments, then, on how the president is doing his job? Better yet. I bet you have served as a policeman, right? No? Well, shoot. Then I am sure that you have no opinion one way or the other when the police go in and use great force to stop a riot. That’s good, because it would make you a hypocrit if you did voice any opinion on a subject with which you have had absolutely no personal experience. You see, only those who have had experience with a subject may voice any observations on that subject. That is why absolutely all child psychologists must have children and all pediatricians are required to have children and no marriage counselor may be divorced or single. I am surprised you didn’t know that.
And by the way, what crop do you insist on putting away? Corn? Wheat? Hay? Cotton? You cute lil’ redneck farmer, you.
40 Harry Daschle // May 29, 2007 at 3:00 am
gafisher, re#15: I can’t figure out why they don’t want the whales here, but keep begging illegal aliens to stay?
Nice, heartwarming story about Danny Glover’s buddy at:
http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles/_a/venezuelans-protest-tv-station-shutdown/n20070528010009990003
Funny how Hugo’s actions in Venezuela didn’t get any where near the press in The Indianapolis Star, that Milka Duno got in Indianapolis for qualifying and running in the Indy 500. All under the disguise of a “story” about a third woman being in the race!
Of course the local media was strangely silent about the fact her car was sponsored by Citgo, (or as we know, by Hugo Chavez, who “owns” it!)
41 Fred Sinclair // May 29, 2007 at 7:11 am
Barack Obama was being inerviewed by Merideth this AM. He might be a viable runner except for his timing. He should be on his knees praying for a way out of this mess.
She is in the race for what she believes to be her birthright and anybody that she deems to be a problem doesn’t remain a problem very long.
Heirborn Ranger
42 Maggie // May 29, 2007 at 7:13 am
Good Morning Ya’ll,
CAT…….re #39,
Wait just a cotton pickin’ minute!
L@Y is not good enough to be called a redneck.We do have standards,you know. :>)
43 Darthmeister // May 29, 2007 at 7:18 am
From OpinionJournal. More about Democratic hypocrisy:
For all of the posturing by Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee during the testimony of former Department of Justice political appointee Monica Goodling, they and their Democrat colleagues in the Clinton administration went to far greater lengths to identify and track the political activities of career and politically appointed lawyers in the Department of Justice and elsewhere.
“We knew the political affiliation of every lawyer and political appointee we hired at the Department of Justice from January 1993 to the end of the Administration,” says a former Clinton Department of Justice political appointee. “We kept charts and used them when it came time for new U.S. Attorney nominations, detailee assignments, and other hiring decisions. If you didn’t vote Democrat, you weren’t going anywhere with us. It was that simple.”
In fact, according to this source, at least 25 career DOJ lawyers who were identified as Republicans were shifted away from jobs in offices they held prior to January 1993 and were given new “assignments” which were deemed “noncritical” or “nonpolitically influential. “When these jobs shifts came to light in 1993, neither the (Democratically-controlled) House nor Senate Judiciary committees chose to pursue an investigation … Remember, we had our own separate database that we could cross check if we had names. Everybody today forgets about the databases we created inside the White House. It’s funny no one talks about that anymore. We were doing stuff far more aggressively than this White House or the Department of Justice did.”
Where’s the liberal Dhimmiecrat outrage? Partisan hypocrites!
44 Darthmeister // May 29, 2007 at 7:32 am
To the disrespectful bloodsucking scum who laughs about young men of a different political persuasion seeking to serve their country during a time of war:
My youngest son recently graduated with honors from our local community college, has already been accepted by a major Division 1 university but is presently seeking an appointment to West Point and hopes to enter service with the Marine Corps as a commissioned officer (it has been done before) … that is if our two left-wing anti-war Senators here in the People’s Republic of Illinois will nominate him for an appointment this coming Spring.
45 gafisher // May 29, 2007 at 7:33 am
Harry Re #15: The Cetacean Voting Act is still in committee. Meanwhile, look here for a bumper sticker defending the need for whales in our current economy.
46 JamesonLewis3rd // May 29, 2007 at 7:48 am
Cindy Sheehan quits the Democrat party-
I’ll bet they’re bummed.
Wow.
47 Ms RightWing, Ink // May 29, 2007 at 7:49 am
c-a-t
Thanks dearly. I will send you a note in the mail (real mail)
48 MargeinMI // May 29, 2007 at 8:47 am
JL3, #46: Awwwwwwwwwwwwww, poor lil’ Shehag. She had to quit the democraps ’cause they aren’t forwarding her anti-American agenda as fast as she wants them to. AND, now they’re calling her the same names those rotton repugs use! sigh. Guess she’ll jsut have to go home and try to be a mother to her remaining kids. (Not sure how she’ll do this; I thought her family disowned her.) Excuse me while I wipe the tear from my cheek-NOT!
Little Miss Shehag
Went on a big nag
Telling our Pres what to do.
But when her plan failed,
The louder she wailed.
Now Dems say “boohoo to you too.”
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
49 Darthmeister // May 29, 2007 at 9:00 am
BTW, ratfilth has already made it plain in past posts that he desires to mock me with “see how it feels” if any of my sons were to serve and and be killed in the line of duty in “Bush’s illegal and immoral war”. Hence my absolute disgust and anger in dealing with this poor excuse for humanity that sees the service and/or possible death of an American soldier as merely an opportunity to mock those who support the GWOT in Iraq.
And ironically that’s precisely the same attitude al Qaeda leadership has exhibited in taunting the American people by claiming the terrorists want to slaughter 200,000/300,000 American soldiers:
Reuters:
“This (withdrawal) bill will deprive us of the opportunity to destroy the American forces which we have caught in a historic trap,” al Qaeda deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri is quoted as saying on ABC’s Web site. . . .
“We ask Allah that they only get out of it after losing 200,000 to 300,000 killed, in order that we give the spillers of blood in Washington and Europe an unforgettable lesson,” Zawahri says.
Once again despicable, gutless trolls and al Qaeda terrorists are on the same page … imagine that. What strange bedfellows.
50 Darthmeister // May 29, 2007 at 9:05 am
Good one Marge. If you notice Cindy Sheehan (who has missed no opportunity to dishonor the service of her son Casey) claimed Republicans “slandered” her by claiming she was nothing but a useful idiot for anti-war Dhimmiecrats, and then she turns right around and confirms the fact she was indeed a useful idiot and will no longer be a useful idiot for those leftists who are now condemning her as an opportunistic “media whore”.
You see, we were right all along despite the web of deception and self-serving lies woven by the radical left and Sheehan which caused even her own family to disown her! Truly sad.
51 Laughing@You // May 29, 2007 at 9:59 am
Dear, Dear Dimwit:
Thanks. No I have never served in the Oval Office, and to date none of my sons have either; but there is still a chance one of them will. Any of them could “presidentize†circles around “The Deciderâ€, and I know they’ve got a better “Strategery†than Dumbyah. But then, it’s still not too late for me to be president, you know? Would you like to start a grass roots movement to draft me? I should tell you I won’t allow any of you to bow, and curtsy, or kiss my ring like you do to Dumbyah, well then again, maybe the biggest jerk lunatic here should!
I do have three kinfolk buried in the Congressional Cemetery. How many of your folks are there?
If you don’t mind, may I suggest you take a course in American Government; but please don’t take it from your preacher (mullah), and not from a party propagandist (even a Democrat) ,and definitely don’t take it here! There appears to have been too much of that already, which has resulted in each of you being overcome by the fumes of the others.
Dim, actually I have been both a soldier, and a policeman. I have seen the mob “up close and personal†during what some have called most violent “civil unrest†in America’s history. Twice I have (not alone) transported murderers who were handcuffed to my wrist. I have even had to defend (successfully) against a charge of the “unnecessary use of forceâ€.
“You see, only those who have had experience with a subject may voice any observations on that subject. That is why absolutely all child psychologists must have children and all pediatricians are required to have children and no marriage counselor may be divorced or single. I am surprised you didn’t know that.â€
HOW UTTERLY AND ABSOLUTELY STUPID!!!
When I became a U.S. Soldier, I gave up for the term of my service, certain of my “civil rightsâ€. When that term of service ended, my well earned rights were returned to me.
It is the duty of United States Citizenship to be vigilant in the oversight of government, and it is the right, if not duty of citizenship to speak out when it is wrong! WELCOME TO AMERICA!
PS
“Redneck†is a racial slur as much as any other derisive remark referring to race, or ethnicity. Are there no other southerners here?
52 boberinyetagain // May 29, 2007 at 10:23 am
And so it goes…
Hank, if your son really wants to get into the fight he needn’t wait to be appointed to West Point, he can jump right in now
53 Darthmeister // May 29, 2007 at 10:39 am
You too, boberin? You disgust me, too. If you have something to say to my son, say it to him and not behind his back in order to get to me you piece of rf.
Last I checked it was a volunteer force … are you really that arrogant enough to volunteer him now, you presumptuous twit? He’s the one considering a life in the military, not you/rf or laughing gasbag/rf. Now you’re showing your true colors, bober, you’re not much different than jerks like Zawahiri are you (read my post 49)? You haven’t a clue about how you sound to decent Americans who love this country and desire victory in Iraq, do you?
54 Laughing@You // May 29, 2007 at 10:52 am
To the pompous hypocrite of Scrappleface:
“but is presently seeking an appointment to West Point and hopes to enter service with the Marine Corps as a commissioned officer (it has been done before)”.
How long will that take? He doesn’t want to miss that glory, your always talking about, does he?
I don’t care if you kid is an honor student, or not. Forget the commission! See if he can make PFC! Tell Dick Cheney Darthmiester his nation needs him now! We are are war you know? There are wounded men now on their fourth tour, they need relief and reinforcement.
Tell him see the recruiter today! Tell him to go do where you are so eager to have other peoples kids do!
Further, I assume the heterosexual honor student knows the way to a Marine Commission is better through Annapolis than the USMA at West Point.
Does he plan on telling the Army his plan; or does he plan on withholding that information?
Why would the Army want to invest in the education of a Naval Officer instead of one of it’s own? Either way it looks like there’s some serious lying going on here. So much for HONOR!
Quit calling “scum”, remember I was in the Army, and I am Democrat I can do that better than you, … I think.
Say, why does Scott let you use those terms? And you call me filth?
There are lots of reasons you should be ashamed.
55 boberinyetagain // May 29, 2007 at 10:59 am
Wow, that surprised me Hank! I thought you said you (he) were trying to get him into West Point, perhaps I misread that as I was not volunteering him for anything.
My daughter is still in the Guard, I was merely pointing out that barring felony convictions it’s not that hard to join up if he’s of a mind to.
Sheesh, take a pill man!
56 conserve-a-tips // May 29, 2007 at 11:06 am
L@Y - y’awl can’t get more southern then me. I have the drawl and everything. I say “co’drink” instead of Coke, and I say “reckon if he’d care to?” instead of “would he like to?”. What more could you want? While your ancesters might be buried in a congressional cemetary, mine are buried in a confederate cemetary AND a union cemetary AND a Native American cemetary. So I’d say that I am pretty well Americanized you pompous, fleabitten windbag.
Oh, and as far as government, please enlighten us as to how many bills you have written and attempted to pass as a plain ol’ American citizen? Would you like my list? How about a kid who works in the state capitol? How about having worked with the governor? Nevermind.
57 conserve-a-tips // May 29, 2007 at 11:07 am
MsRightwing,Ink: You are most welcome. Just glad it got there in one piece!!
58 Laughing@You // May 29, 2007 at 11:09 am
“Read my post number” whatever.
Say Big Head, why don’t you have your posts printed and bound. I like to buy a least a million for what they are worth, and sell them back to you for they value you place on them.
PS
I’m writing a book, and you are in it! This is proof no one is completely useless; in fact you make an excellent bad example.
Does anyone know if California has a statute like the Hatch Act?
How about you Santini?
59 Laughing@You // May 29, 2007 at 11:24 am
CAT,
I said southern, not ignorant! I said southern, not Confederate. Read about the 3rd Kentucky Cavalry, USA, those are my people!
Since I moved to Detroit as a child with a drawl, I’ve learned Hillbilly, and Redneck are not complements, and you are foolish to tolerate them. If fact you may be in violation of my civil rights.
Is you kid Paula Jones?
60 gafisher // May 29, 2007 at 11:36 am
Hey, folks, don’t let trolls like the babbling Atchoo steal the discussion! Keep your wits about you and the half-wits at bay.
61 Laughing@You // May 29, 2007 at 11:39 am
conserve-a-tips
If you insist on addressing me would you at least consider getting a new name?
62 Laughing@You // May 29, 2007 at 11:43 am
Hey Ga! Sup?
The great majority (65-75%) now agree with me, so axed yourself … Could it be, I am WRONG?
63 gafisher // May 29, 2007 at 11:57 am
“Watch for them [the Hate America crowd] in the weeks to come. Before, their numbers were prominent; now, they will stand out like sore thumbs.”
From a sobering article titled The Blood of Patriots written in September, 2001. How soon we have forgotten.
64 Laughing@You // May 29, 2007 at 12:00 pm
Today Darkmonster (woooo),
Has demonstrated “Chickenhawking”, the Chickenhawk in action.
He has also demonstrated hypocrite, but then he does that most everyday.
65 Laughing@You // May 29, 2007 at 12:08 pm
Hey Ga!
Have you served in the Armed Forces?
Are you able bodied?
If you call the majority of Americans, “the Hate American crowd”, who do you think is America?
Is America a government “of the people, by the people, and for the people”?
Would that be a majority of the people, within the restrictions of the United States Constitution?
66 gafisher // May 29, 2007 at 12:20 pm
If this is accurate, it sounds like Stalin and Mao have a devoted pupil who might someday surpass them both.
67 Darthmeister // May 29, 2007 at 12:34 pm
I see Laughing@You resorts to comparing pedigrees, the great war hero that he envisions himself to be. Once again trying to shut people up by endlessly citing the accomplishments of better family members than he. I suppose those family members who honorably served this country and now are presently buried in national cemeteries didn’t get there PROTESTING wars in which America finds itself. I take it these honorable gentlemen fought wars and did not engage in endlessly protesting them and mocking their President as a chimp. That’s the difference between you and them, laughing gasbag/rf.
Having never previously taken opportunity to get into family history (as L@Y/rf has done multiple times here at Scrappleface), allow me to cite the honorable accomplishments of some of my family members: Three of my paternal uncles and two maternal uncles served in World War II in both the European and Pacific theaters … Navy, Army, and Army Air Force. Another uncle also served one tour of duty in Vietnam. All survived.
One great grandfather served in World War I as a doughboy, a great, great uncle served in the Spanish-American War. Both great, great, great grandfathers served in the Civil War with my maternal grandfather dying in service of the Confederacy in 1864 near Georgia and the other serving in the Union Army as a Captain and surviving.
My multiple-great grandmother Anne Steptoe of Virginia, a member of one of America’s founding families, was the daughter of James Steptoe and married Samuel Washington brother of George Washington. The Washington family needs no introduction but the Steptoe family produced more than several officers who served in the French-Indian War as well as the Revolutionary War.
I’m proud of my extended family’s prior service and sacrifice to make America the greatest country on the face of the earth. To my knowledge none protested any war in which America found itself embroiled. True patriots all who put aside their personal feelings and rose to defend the honor and posterity of this great nation.
68 da Bunny // May 29, 2007 at 12:52 pm
“It’s just a damnable shame that more Americans (and much of the rest of the world) do not appreciate what that sacrifice of blood has bought them…and much of the rest of the world.”
Comment by camojack — May 28, 2007 @ 11:45 pm
Well said, my friend.
69 conserve-a-tips // May 29, 2007 at 12:58 pm
Big whoop, L@Y. My family is Lexington stock and ignorant we are not. The southern drawl and vernacular is a source of pride, not ignorance. You must not really be a southerner, but rather a poser. Believe me, the NASCAR bunch doesn’t mind being called Rednecks. They look at that as a badge of honor and having grown up in the Appalachians, with a father who went into the mountains to teach in the poor communities on a voluteer basis, I know that we all view Hillbilly as a term of endearment and humor. Conservative Southerners can laugh at themselves and recognize ignorance on the part of Liberals. We aren’t looking to get offended like liberals are. That is why when people come to the South they comment on how friendly everyone is. We know how to live life without a stick up our butts. And btw, there are Northern Southerners too - and they are just as friendly.
70 da Bunny // May 29, 2007 at 1:00 pm
Hillary Marxist Clinton…true colors and all! Time for all the dhimmi-craps to ante up for the “common good” of their fellow layabouts…er, citizens, eh Comrade Clinton? You first, Queenie!!!
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070529/clinton_economy.html?.v=1
71 Darthmeister // May 29, 2007 at 1:15 pm
Well said, c.a.t. Liberal Dhimmies are always putting on pretentious airs. Bunch of self-aggrandizing whiners. I simply love it when these “enlightened progressives” come here and spew their stereotypical venom and hate. What world-class liars and hypocrites.
72 da Bunny // May 29, 2007 at 1:19 pm
I always find a perverse pleasure in observing the rank hypocrisy of socialists like Hitlary, the Breck Girl, J f’n K, algore, et al. Their wealth and vast holdings are never a part of their Robinhoodesque economic “plans” for the rest of us… Hillarycare, anyone? And as for the proud liberal who posts his bilge on here, he really needs to put his money where his mouth is. Why hasn’t he sold his house/car/etc., and doled that money out to someone who needs it more than he does? Or, better yet, why doesn’t he just go find a homeless person and GIVE the house to them? I mean, if one can’t be a true patriot by never having served, then one can’t be a true democrat/liberal/socialist by never having renounced their money and possessions for the “common good.”
73 Darthmeister // May 29, 2007 at 1:31 pm
Some more left-wing lies and anti-American/anti-Jewish hatred revealed here at digg.com.
Notice how the conservative posters attempt to correct the outright anti-semitic lies and misrepresentation of left-wing diggbats and only get mocked for daring to prove them world-class liars. Yeah, some conservatives mix it up too, but the vast majority of venom comes from the “enlightened progressive” camp. Sheesh, with all their practice you’d think these libtards would be better liars by now.
74 conserve-a-tips // May 29, 2007 at 1:35 pm
Well, I am sad to say it, but today, if Bush were running, I don’t think that I would be voting for him. I don’t understand what has happened to him, but I am starting to agree with Newt that he has become the Jimmy Carter of the Republicans. He had such promise, and then he went liberal on us. I don’t think he understands what an insult this is to tell us, his fellow conservatives, that we “don’t want to do what’s right for America” because we see the absolute insanity of the immigration bill. I wonder if it has ever occurred to him that the three men of the 6, caught for planning a major attack on military bases, would have become immediately legal under this legislation. It is a sad day, but it is as if Bush has a pact with Clinton to make sure Shrillery gets into office.
75 Hawkeye // May 29, 2007 at 1:50 pm
Most excellent post, Sir Scott.
76 conserve-a-tips // May 29, 2007 at 2:01 pm
BTW, guys, did anybody notice that the Laughingmeister said that he is writing a book and that Darthmeister is in it?
I am wondering if we’ll be laughing at the Laughingmachine when he gets sued for plagiarism or copyright infringement or slander. I look forward to the release of the book, because I will be watching to see if he uses any of our thoughts without recognition and permission of use with pay. I am rubbing my hands in anticipation for those who can’t see.
77 gafisher // May 29, 2007 at 2:18 pm
C-A-T Re #74: “I don’t understand what has happened to him …”
Some of it is simply that we projected our hopes and beliefs on someone who didn’t agree (which is not to say disagreed) with us on some points right from the start — no fault of his, really — but most of it, I think, is that we were slow to defend him when he needed it and quick to join the accusers when we disagreed.
Consider: if he really did change in response to the relentless outcry from left, is it not likely he would have stuck with conservatives if we’d been as strong in our defense as the naysayers were in their offense?
78 conserve-a-tips // May 29, 2007 at 2:44 pm
Gafisher, I’m not sure that I agree with that, simply because as I look back, I see where he has spent, governmentalized (how’d ya like that word?) and instituted some pretty liberal philosophies with only his stand on Iraq and abortion as his main conservative issues. When you don’t have a conservative leader in the White House, the wandering quasiconservatives in the legislature just do exactly that…wander…and so conservatism goes adrift thanks to the likes of McCain, Graham and Hagel. I will say that to me, Bush’s legacy will be John Roberts and Alito (sp?) in the SCOTUS and I guess that is enough to save face. But he can’t go around the country and preach National Security and the importance of that, and then tell us to open our borders and make illegals legal. It makes absolutely no sense.
79 Laughing@You // May 29, 2007 at 3:05 pm
“I simply love it when these “enlightened progressives†come here and spew their stereotypical venom and hate. What world-class liars and hypocrites.”
Great, I’ll stop by more often to point out your near total hypocrisy.
If you going to lead the parade to war, would you mind getting up in the front? Please stop shopping on that stolen credit card, and quit telling others who have picked up the tab how cheap they are. Henry you a tragic! Now, tell the nice lady Henry, be honest now, are Southern Folks as smart as Northern Folks?
80 conserve-a-tips // May 29, 2007 at 3:29 pm
L@Y, I don’t think that you read my post vewwy wewwl. Who said that Northern folks are smarter then Southern folks or visa versa? This hasn’t got a thing to do with North vs South, and everything to do with liberal vs. conservative. Note my last sentence: “There are Northern Southerners too, and they are just as nice.” I lived in Maine and Maryland too and I can tell you that it isn’t the location as much as the outlook on life that indicates the intelligence of the local yokel.
81 camojack // May 29, 2007 at 3:30 pm
Hillary Marxist Clinton…true colors and all! Time for all the dhimmi-craps to ante up for the “common good†of their fellow layabouts…er, citizens, eh Comrade Clinton? You first, Queenie!!!
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070529/clinton_economy.html?.v=1
Comment by da Bunny — May 29, 2007 @ 1:00 pm
True colors it is. And when did red start meaning Republican, anyhow? No need to answer; USA Today did that with their voting maps…
82 Laughing@You // May 29, 2007 at 3:38 pm
Twisted Tip,
Why is it, do you suppose, when Jay Leno says Kentucky everybody laughs? They’re not laughing with you girl; but you know that, don’t you.
“My family is Lexington stock …†Could you be a little more specific? I am confused, what with all the horse farms in Lexington. Although, you do seem to favor an Equine flank, somewhat.
The Steptoe connection is impressive, though I must confess that I never heard that name before (except for the British comedy Steptoe [Sanford] and Son. My own seventh GGF received a land grant Rappahannock County in 1636. Are you familiar with the “Statues at Large of Virginia� The author, a member of the House of Burgesses, was my kin. I am SAR, are you DAR?
Be nicer to me, and I’ll try to help you all I can, Lord help us we might be kin.
About that stick; I think you must have confused me with Henry.
83 Darthmeister // May 29, 2007 at 4:10 pm
You’re a pathetic person, L@Y/rf. Do you have any decency left in that darkened soul of yours? Your cognitive dissonance (I prove my love for America and my fellow man by hating America/Bush/Scrapplers/conservatives) has now overwhelmed any admirable sensibilities you may have once harbored. I pity gadflies like you so consumed by their own bile and venom.
84 Darthmeister // May 29, 2007 at 4:17 pm
Kinfolk ten times removed? May that never be proved in our lifetimes. Far better Hatfield and McCoys given the utter disrespect you’ve shown all of us here the last eighteen months or so. At least there would be a certain honesty in that arrangement instead of pretended family fealty.
85 Laughing@You // May 29, 2007 at 4:29 pm
Say, Darth,
Why don’t you sit down with young Dick, and tell him how you feel about this war, explain that somewhere there must be an end to the load you are heaping on those folks you “Support”. Maybe he could consider the National Guard that’s only one weekend a month, and a couple of weeks in the summer, is that too much to ask of a young heterosexual honor student?
Tell him that you know he’s a leader of men like his daddy, and that a delay in his education might be as costly to America as never having the benefit of Dick Cheney, or you. But, tell him his country needs him now to possibly die for the freedom of people who have legislation pending, demanding we end the occupation of their county.
A people, the majority of whom, think it’s alright to kill our soldiers. Don’t be confused now, I’m speaking of the Iraqi’s, not you Repugs. Then again …
86 Darthmeister // May 29, 2007 at 6:21 pm
There is no real war on terror. It’s all a Bu$Hitler/Cheney lie.
From the “chickenhawks” at milblog mudvillegazette.
More Pallywood trickery? Interesting analysis and comments concerning the more technical aspects of photoshopping for propaganda purposes that Palestinian “photojournalists” engage in.
87 JamesonLewis3rd // May 29, 2007 at 7:27 pm
I think I might have redneck tendencies. Does that count?
Is there a problem!?!
88 gafisher // May 29, 2007 at 8:18 pm
C-A-T Re: #78, I think the Mexican border issue was part of Pres. Bush’s plan from the start, with 9-11 and Iraq really distractions. Many of us voted for him thinking our issues were his issues, and in some cases, particularly the defense of the unborn, they were. In many areas, however, the President resolutely follows a course he laid out a long time ago, and that has included Mexico for years.
Leaders are like that. You vote for them because, at least on what you consider to be major issues, you agree with them, not because they will invariably agree with you. Politicians put their finger to the wind and follow. Leaders put their shoulder to the wheel and lead. There is reason to believe many people have decided they don’t want to follow Pres. Bush, but look back at the field of potential candidates he faced and tell me who would have done better — and under whom we would have done better — under the circumstances which prevailed up until, say, July of 2002.
89 conserve-a-tips // May 29, 2007 at 8:28 pm
James, I have a cream for that, if you want it to go away. Otherwise, you just live with it like the rest of us rednecks.
Heh, back on the subject of illegal immigration, I was doing my treadmill tonight and I had an
epiphone,not the guitarepiphany of sorts. I have been doing quite a bit of research on the Emerging Church movement - you know - the Seeker Friendly plan and all that it has done to destroy truth in the church and it was like a meteor hit me. I have been totally bumfuzzled with Bush’s take on this illegals issue and why he has been so hardheaded about it, even to the point of telling the rest of us that we don’t care about America. I have just been waiting for him to say, “If you can’t get on with the program, leave.” That is what our church told us. And then, it dawned on me that Rick Warren bragged that he has been “mentoring” the president and meeting with him. Chills went down my spine.The Seeker Friendly/Emerging Church movement has as its premise that numbers indicate success. It doesn’t matter that the numbers you draw in will dilute the truth in the church or that many don’t really have any interest in hearing about or assimilating the Christian Life, they are just there for the entertainment, fellowship and goodies. The ministers are all about changing the message to suit the public in order to entice them in so that they have bigger coffers and therefore, bigger buildings, another sign of success. It is a business model introduced to Warren by Peter Drucker, a secular economist. Warren will tell you that it is in the name of spreading the gospel to the lost, but in reality, very little spreading is going on save the putrid subversion of scripture. Church members who confront and point out the teaching errors and the acceptance of the unacceptable are called “selfish”, “uncaring”, “close minded” and “troublemakers”. It appears to me that Bush is applying the very same concept to this country. He says that he is spreading the gospel of Democracy and freedom and that we must open our country to all who are ’seeking’ that. The numbers will put more money into Social Security and income taxes, we are told. It doesn’t matter that many coming in, don’t want to assimilate and that it will water down the understanding of the Constitution on which this country was founded. It means more warm bodies for the work and the money. I feel sick because I feel that I am very correct on this. I have felt, from day one, that Rick Warren and his ilk are dangerous, dangerous apostates. I know what is happening to the churches. Can enough of us stand up and say, “No,” for our country?
90 Fred Sinclair // May 29, 2007 at 9:23 pm
From: heirborn_ranger@sbcglobal.net
Subject:
Date: May 29, 2007 8:10:10 PM GMT-04:00
Count the “Fs” in the following text.
FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE-
SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIF-
IC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE
EXPERIENCE OF YEARS….(see below)
Managed it? Look down only after you’ve counted them:O.K?
Do you think there are three?
How many? 3?
Wrong there are 6. That’s right six.
The brain cannot process the word “of”
Is that incredible or what? Count them again…
If you got six you’re a genius
Normal folks usually find 3, are you normal?
Heirborn Ranger
91 gafisher // May 29, 2007 at 9:24 pm
Camojack re #81: Those map colors — red and blue — are a quick means of identifying the color of the voters’ blood.
92 conserve-a-tips // May 29, 2007 at 9:29 pm
Gafisher, I wrote my post before I read yours. I think that we allowed ourselves to be suckered. As I said in my post, I really think that the President is listening to apostasy and incorporating it. If you research Warren’s P.E.A.C.E. plan, you will see what I mean. I may be naive, but I really think that Bush has either changed on some things, or really hid his agenda well. As far as who could have been better, I am one who believes that nothing happens by accident and have always felt that Bush was in office by a power greater then ourselves. Perhaps we are being taught to be more discerning this next go round or else, he was put there specifically for 9-11 because the alternatives would not have acted as decisively, in my opinion.
93 Laughing@You // May 29, 2007 at 9:44 pm
Without anticipation and almost with notice little rays of light began to appear through the dense gray fog, at last the smell of fresh air wafted into the flatulence filled bunker, and most of them were shocked to see the emperor did, after all, have no clothes. And the voice of the turtle was heard in the land.
94 Laughing@You // May 29, 2007 at 9:47 pm
without
95 conserve-a-tips // May 29, 2007 at 9:59 pm
L@Y, if you were conservative, you could talk, but you aren’t and so you can’t. You see, our gripe is that Bush is not conservative enough. You would have a crying fit if someone more conservative then Bush was in office, so no cigar bucko. We have no emperor, never have had an emperor and don’t plan on having one anytime soon.
96 Laughing@You // May 29, 2007 at 10:06 pm
Tipsy,
A flatulence filled bunker, nonetheless!
Breath fresh air and you can overcome your conservative intoxication.
97 Ms RightWing, Ink // May 29, 2007 at 10:18 pm
Did someone mention Aunt Sarah’s name?
98 conserve-a-tips // May 29, 2007 at 10:18 pm
I am truly curious L@Y…what do you think that liberalism is about? And what do you think that conservatism is about? I really want to know where you are coming from, and I don’t mean cheap shots…I mean true, intellectual policy.
99 Laughing@You // May 30, 2007 at 12:03 am
OK, Tips I’ll give it a shot, even though I know the way it will go here.
Well, as a former dues paying member of a county conservative organization, I believe I used to understand conservatism quite well.
I was once proud to be a Goldwater Conservative; but, you know I don’t think “Mr. Conservative†would want to be associated with most conservatives today. I heard his granddaughter say that on TV, too.
The political spectrum has many shades. You all here seem to think you can define a person’s politics like Adam named the critters. I don’t!
Even though many Democrats consider me conservative, you here call me a liberal. I don’t have a problem with that until you folks start telling me what I believe. One of your fine “ladies†seems to think being a Democrat, means I am a member, or at least a supporter of NAMBLA. What an awful thing to say!
Some would call me moderate.
Probably like most of you, I don’t like they way the new immigration plan is shaping up, but then I don’t see America as a “marketplaceâ€, it is my homeland, and it is not for sale!
I think Americans, and particularly you here have confused free enterprise with greed. I think your defense of business is often done at the expense of our people.
I want our people to regain the highest standard of living in the world, I don’t think work at the expense of all else is virtuous. I think we must have health insurance for all our people.
I believe in public education. But, I don’t see much benefit to anyone for perfunctory religious practice, of any kind in our schools or government buildings. I will defend your right to practice your faith, until it directly impedes my freedom.
I once explained at length my reasons for supporting a woman’s right to make decisions that affect her health without government interference. Further I believe cases like Terry Shivo’s do not require government interference.
I find the exhibition of erotic homosexuality (kissing) repulsive; but I believe queers have the same rights I have. Marriage is a religious rite, not a function of government. I would like to see government issue domestic partnership licenses, and churches consecrate them in marriage.
I believe am more knowledgeable than the public in general of the Holy Scriptures and I think many people hold too strongly matters that they have been dogmatically taught by people who didn’t have the knowledge, or good sense to know better. All truth has not been revealed to your local prophet, or the Holy See.
I believe America is in the grasp of religious wolves, and false Christs, I believe the Apostasy is upon us, but it is not the people conservatives point to who are anti-Christ, it is the self-righteous bumper sticker “Christians†who want to impose religious law on America, just like it is done in Iraq!
100 Laughing@You // May 30, 2007 at 12:09 am
Oh yeah, and I ALWAYS pack heat!
101 gafisher // May 30, 2007 at 5:35 am
Interesting to hear from someone who supports abortion on demand, euthenasia and homosexuality and thinks the problem with America is Christianity, and calls all that “Conservatism.”
But, sure enough, it turns out there are others with similar views!
102 Rock Slatestone // May 30, 2007 at 8:38 am
May God bless all men & women who have served our the US in the past, and those who are currently serving.
103 Darthmeister // May 30, 2007 at 10:19 am
The Katrina stories the liberal media ignored in order to grind it’s anti-Bush ax. As Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit noted, the overall performance and the hysteria of the liberal media probably cost lives in its journalistic recklessness to spin the unfolding Katrina story.
104 Darthmeister // May 30, 2007 at 10:23 am
L@Y’s media-driven ahistorical ignorance is revealed again: The myth of “Goldwater conservatism”.
105 Darthmeister // May 30, 2007 at 1:20 pm
The religion of peace and women’s rights strikes again.
106 Darthmeister // May 30, 2007 at 1:55 pm
Hitting the
Islamofascistnail on the head at LGF:A Muslim professor at Nova Scotia’s St. Francis Xavier University was criticized for attending Iran’s disgusting Holocaust denial “conference†in Tehran, featuring all the superstars of the international antisemitic blight.
In response, Professor Shiraz Dossa says the critics are “illiterate Islamophobes.â€
Because if you don’t hate Jews with a blind unreasoning passion, you must be Islamophobic. And if you criticize someone who does hate Jews, and doesn’t even try to hide it, you’re just like Joseph McCarthy.
107 Darthmeister // May 31, 2007 at 6:14 am
Its apropos to recycle this YouTube videoclip of Navy veteran Bob Parks speaking out against the anti-war sunshine patriots.
108 woulfghar // May 31, 2007 at 1:07 pm
It is a nice paragraph indeed, but I was wondering…what about all the blood that US troops have spilled all over the world while bringing “freedom” to other countries that for some reason always seem to have huge natural resources like let’s say…Oil, like the 650,000 iraqis whose lives have been taken so far during this war? And if the goverment is really bringing “Freedom and Democracy” to ONE country just because we are so good (by the way, we are the only “democratic” country in the world where a candidate has HALF A MILLION more votes than the other and loses anyway, you gotta love this “democracy”) what happens with many countries in Africa in civil wars right now and where genocides are being commited every day and people are dying by the tens of thousands? Why is our goverment, bringer of Freedom to the world, not doing anything about that? Not spending billions of dollars freeing them as well??? Oh, that’s right, they don’t have oil. Material for thinking I believe, although fanatics will never stop and think about stuff that are right in front of them, as long as we have our huge SUV’s, even bigger houses and mortgages, our American dream and our beloved president is taking care of the bad guys, because we can even torture them now; no wait…we can use current “interrogation” techniques, which is totally different. I love this country!
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