first!!

I had "je ne sais quoi?" once. Took me a month and some really strong medicated ointment to get rid of it. Whew!

Hahahahahahahahahaha!
I was first! I was first! I was first!
But for the first time ever, I have nothing to say.
I see new people posting here. I shouldn't have to explain this, and it shouldn't even matter, but I am a man.

Texan to John Kerry (who served in Vietnam, by the way): "Smile when you say that, Frenchy!"

Oh wait. Now I see what this post is about. Well Mr Scott "no nothing" Ott, I think George Bush will run again. But he will lose in '04 to the next Democrat President of America, Bill Terwilliger, who will soon launch his campaign in fool force.
Choice, a level playing field, gun control, and Slave Reparations will soon be Americas priority above killing Arab babies. Our Campaign slogan is in honor of those who died in 911 and represents our battle against the terrorist Bushy bin Laden and his group "Al-qapublicans" who have hijacked America's future for oil.
"Lets Roll!"

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I spelled "no nothing" but I meant "know nothing." Honestly, sometimes I'm such a stoop. And I'm sorry Mr Ott but I was speaking in anger. You don't know nothing.

You gotta respect an angry man named Bambi Stokes-Hymington.

I know I do.

Well, you would, being a peasant...

'ey, Bambi! You wouldn't happen to own and SUV, would you?

PCT

Can we get teh Chriac Dude? Or maybe the chick Domonique De LaPenil? They are true leaders in the world today. OH OH OH I Know. There is a certain Palestian Leader that just habded over teh Government to a Prime Minister! How about him? Maybe he can take time off from his Homocide Bomber design shop and run for office? I hear he has experience in elections!

Bambi---this is NOT the first time you've had nothing to say....In every post you make you have NOTHING to say. ( I was tempted to parody a song by the Police with that line but won't)

you posted:
"Bill Terwilliger, who will soon launch his campaign in fool force.*

****I"d say that's a heck of a "Freudian"...
"FOOL force" it is!! HA

...and what about killing AMERICAN babies? Mr. Turdwiggler says thats OK, right?

Brazen and unsurprisingly ARROGANT of you to insult the blogmaster Scott Ott and then come here and drabble on this site!

You go ahead and keep trying to convince your deluded self about being a "man". Male does NOT =Man!

Are you just a cyber hemorrhoid? Surf the net and find places to plant yourself and irritate people. Turdwiggler and hemorrhoid do seem "closely related"

You can't spell and when you try you don't really have anything worthwhile to say so WHY bother?...( emphasis on the word "BOTHER")

Its DISGUSTING & DESPICABLE that you say the campaign "Let's Roll" is in HONOR of the heroes of 9/11. Its like spitting on their graves. It's called EXPLOITING...

Scott may feel a need to edit this one out...but my fur is standing up, ears back and I'm one furious feline!

*********************
Dennis the Peasant...if I perceived satire: HIGH FIVE to you (:~})

Bambi---you can just "talk to the hand"!

Hey Cyber Sarge---

You got a muzzle, loader and some Preparation H? Would you please set your "sites" on Bambi? ( not the dear deer--- rather the one who keeps trying to convince himself by way of this blog that he's a Man(iac)

I realize the "ammo" is unconventional but it may be the only one effective enough for what we're dealing with.

I would just like to state for the record that I am NOT a man...

CASSANDRA---but John Kerry is AND he's a Vietnam Veteran---in case you were not aware of that.

Bambi--on the other hand is NEITHER,

Perhaps the "Bambi" sobriquet was inspired by the Man in Black's "Boy Named Sue,"
Oh well, that trick couldn't work twice.

Some people are a little upset that I was first huh? If any of you were from Boston or Hartford you would know the Stokes and Hymington families. And you would then think "trust fund" when you see the name Stokes-Hymington. But as rich as I am:
No, I don't need an SUV to feel like a man. My life partner makes me feel like a man.
I don't need a tax cut. An extra 200k this year is no big whup to me. I would rather that money went to the less fortunate. And if I feel that way about 200k, surely you people can part with 200"D". Get it?
And don't think for a minute I'm impressed that you all condemn me and my spelling. If I can just get one vote here come November I will be successful.
Bill Terwilliger, champion of the downtrodden "regular guy" chose this slogan himself: "Let's Roll!" It's not copyrighted.
Also if you click my name you will learn something new. Every time I post.

So,
Bambi is rich, smart, lucky in love, self-confident, much better informed than we are, and a generous, open-handed man willing to share his wisdom with all, however little they deserve it.
Gosh, what a wonderful fellow....

Uh Oh! Cognitive Dissonance Attack! Perplexity building, Confusion rising, Mental Image of lonely loser living out life in dissembling threads of webblog swamping central cortex... Must stop reading Bambi posts, Must gain perspective... Whew! Attack subsiding, perplexity dispersing, confusion diffusing, judgment remaining - Bambi credibility, toasted.

First there was a man named Bambi Stokes-Hymington posting here. Now there is a man named BAmbi Stokes-Hymington doing the same. I mean, I know they spell their names different, but still, what are the odds?

Bambi-Pambi--

If we click on your name will you disappear?

Life Partner makes you feel like a man?

A REAL man--a "healthy" man is a man is a man all on his own. The same goes for a REAL woman.....

And if your life partner is the gender suspected...do you ever tell said partner: "let me be frank with you". Then who's what?

Bamboozled: no ones upset you're first. Your perceived arrogance, talking smack about the editor and blog master, intent to do nothing more than annoy, and lack of contributing any honest, intelligent, worthwhile dialogue is why people are upset with you and why we would like to be able to click on your name and make you go "poof".

I dont believe anyone wishes you ill...but TRUTH and freedom is a good wish for you!

Furthermore, trust fund baby bambi: are you waiting for a tax refund to help the less fortunate?...or do you do so as a lifestyle...giving out of all your supposed wealth?

copyright infringement ISN"T even remotely the issue about Turdwiggler's campaign slogan. Its the fact that it's a "bastardizing"...a term used by heroes that stoodup against a pack of murdermongers and in doing so saved untold lives because of their heroism.

******NOTE TO EDITOR**** "bastardizing"is NOT a swear word. (not that I'm questioning the Honorable Ott's intelligence)--but the definition from the American heritage dictionary is:

1.To lower in quality or character; debase.

Fitting in this case is it not, Sir Ott?

'twold make sense, neh? (Note to Editor:The small cursing I am about to do just has to do with the term "bastardizing," and is not meant to degrade anyone) Since a "bastard" was one born to a mother who was not married, and it was a term used to degrade people who were in the said position, it would make sense that bastardizing would be degrading someone.

Bamboozled, you moron, I wasn't saying you needed an SUV to feel like a man! No, no, you have your "partner" to do that. That and your stupid, pigheaded arrogence... I was saying that, since you dumbbutt dim-ocrats worry so much about oil, you might have an SUV because of their wonderful gas mileage...

Idiot... (Note to Editor: That was meant to degrade someone. ;-) )

Why do you incipient red-necks constantly attack Bambi S-H? Its just some trying and occasionally succeeding in bringing a little humor to your empty lives. And rather than treat it as a satire you all choose to participate in your neandethal ritual of proving that you and you alone are real men. You are morons and little boys.

FRENCHMAN---and the pot called the kettle black!!

How much satire and humor was included in your last "attack"????

Hope you're hungry...you have MANY words you've posted that you'll be eating here. A whole lot of W's, M's & D's incuded.. Enjoy the ambience. Enjoy the service...Enjoy the meal.

Beat your chest louder Mr. Maitre' D. Maybe you will get a date tonight.

*** no worries French Fry...got a gorgeous one...Permanently...and of the OPPOSITE gender.

Please spare your chicken chest...and spare us your cheese, too.

Let me save you time with your next post:

YOU AMERICANS ARE ALL A BUNCH OF LIARS

YOU'RE LIARS

WHERE ARE THE WMD'S

WHERE ARE THE WMD'S

LIARS, ALL LIARS...!

wwwaaaaaaaaahahhhhhh

Is Bambi Frenchman's life partner?

A little confused here, but they seem to belong.

Frenchman:
Perhaps it is we who are trying to bring a little humor & satire to your empty life & Bambi's as well. Perhaps you are the moron and little boy who cannot see the hilarious farce!

John S--- about your post to French boy---

you took the words right out of my post.

I might believe that Mr. Jagcap if you stopped grunting long enough and actually said something that was intelligent and humorous, something seriously lacking here in the last several months.

Frenchman you wouldn't know humor if it bit you or your pink poodle in the butt.

Why is it you've been coming for several months and haven't yet learned how to lighten up OR avoid being verbally bombarded with the FACTS?

When you resort to childish name calling (as you consistently do) it confirms you have been defeated and your argument shot down in defeat.

JAGCAP:
You asked about making a website clickable.
If no one else has told you yet, put the link in the URL spot below the email address, and tell people to click your name!

I assumed this was a politcial blog but I see its a cover for a Gay love connection

to
Maitre D' of ScrappleFace Diner
Frenchman

what are you gonna do about it

ohh little girl-ee french-ee...America are liars ...ooohhh go tell your mommys ...

WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT IT ..
NOT A FREAKING THING ..

hey france

have fun paying $30.00 for a gallon of gas this year

haaaaaa we got you oil ha ha ha ha

we took your Iraqi oil yeah thats right france its all for America ha ha ha

we are liars
HAAAAAAAAA CHUMPS

KNOCK KNOCK
WHO'S THERE?
NO
NO WHO
NO IRAQI OIL FOR FRANCE ...HHAAAAAAAAAA

What do you call a GAS STATION in FRANCE?

a bicycle shop haaaaaaaaa

no iraqi oil for you france
america are big liars ooohhh tell your mom-ee

***JP

Calm down there, sir/maam

If you read the post TO Frenchman BY me you'll find its directed at French Fry in a chiding manner. I was saving him posting time--knowing already what lonely pink parrot poodle would say. I'm NOT on his shaky ground side.

Maitre D' of Scrapple Face Diner
my bad ..please excuse
scrapple road rage ..

In Other News:
Wall Street -
Nike Shoe Sales sky rocket in France

Frenchman,
You are a glutton for punishment. Why do you even bother? I think it is because you are jealous of our freedom of speech, not to mention the fact that you are incredibly lonely and lacking in conversation in french blogs, so you come here to get some intellectual stimulation from the sparkling wit, and, dare I say it? Joie de vivre we non lovers of ChIraq have.

I also think you are french Canadian, which would explain your Cretin like responses.

I haven't researched the Mad Mr. Stokes-Hymington.
I think he likes to get our dander up which is why I usually ignore him.

As was mentioned a long time ago to the Froggy, none of us go to the french sites to bash france; we do it here. You complain about the lack of
politeness here...well, when you stop calling names we might actually dignify you with an answer.

frenchman { no way a man } posted

"your neandethal ritual of proving that you and you alone are real men"

** - ** - ** - ** - **

and you are french haaaaaa

hey how are those Gas prices in france haaaaa

we are liars ha ha yeah but my car has gas and its only $1.00 a gallon

yes thats right Iraqi oil for America
and NONE FOR YOU FRANCE

Hows that Devillipen doing these days hey need a ride haaaaaaaaaaaa walk chumps

My sister Bambi Stokes,
only says shes a man when her gay friend Bill Terwilliger is around ..

she likes him
but he likes " boys "
my sister Bambi Stokes is still a bed wetter..

she also has all these wierd friends our dad says they are communist and terrorist and a threat to American way of life, so they are not allowed in the house any more

to
frenchman

I am going to the gas station now..and I am going to fill my new car up with Iraqi oil ...

yes and the money I spend on gas today will go to the Iraqi people now

and you what frenchman your country cant rip off the money or the people of Iraq anymore

its over and you all got caught the whole world knows what you did France Russia and Germany and Saddam ripping off all the money from the people of Iraq with your phony united nations oil for food program scam

Whats a matter Frenchman got nothing to say now do yah
Any of your left wing friends wanna " peace " of this blog
Yeah see yah in 18 months Dem " Mo " crates
Get used to it democrates
FOUR MORE YEARS
FOUR MORE YEARS

Oh Look Everyone Its AL SHARPTON
The Democratic Presidential Front Runner

I have 3 things to say:
1. I don't have a twin sister. I'm an "only"
2. I forgot two. Moving on.
3. I'm not posting here any more. I'm posting about Bin Laden and Bushy now.
4. Thank you.

To all the pundits who think John Kerry's combat experience while serving the country in Vietnam will innoculate him from his pandering, schitzophrenic and incoherent foreign policy views, I have two words in rebuttal:

George McGovern.

McGovern was a World War II combat veteran, who ran numerous bombing missions at considerable risk to his own life. And when he ran for President in 1972 his combat experience didn't do him a bit of good, given that he carried only Massachusetts in the electoral college (and you know what they say about those who don't remember the past).

Granted, McGovern didn't begin and end every sentence he utterred with a reference to his combat experience ("Well, speaking as a combat veteran who served his country in war, I think another round of tax cuts is a bad idea"). But then again, McGovern didn't have Kerry's "gift" for blatant double talk. McGovern may have been naive in his opposition to war and understanding of foreign policy, but he was at least consistent, unlike Kerry ("Mr. President, do not rush into this unnecessary, unilateral and illegal war -- which, um, I voted to give you the authority to wage").

********jp** who posted:

Maitre D' of Scrapple Face Diner
my bad ..please excuse
scrapple road rage ..
______________________________

All's forgiven! Group huuuggg (:~})

I will have to warn you that next time I may have to write ya up, though.

Hey now, Bamboozled Evil Twin Sister, what do you have against commies?! You American liars, all of you! Curse you all!

Now that the stupi... I mean, liberal, is all out of my body...

Bamboozled was beaten, and is now running with his/her/both tail between it's legs. See ya' in another post!

Bambi, #2 was MoveOn, not moving on. Get with the program, you silly twit!

Its become apparent that none of you appreciate my superior intellect. I will not stay where I am not welcome. I am going to find a blog where the other contributors accept my arguments without question and acknowledge my intelligence regularly.

Please believe.

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

We don't appreciate his "superior intellect." How terrible of us... wait... Frenchy... What intellect?

Is he finally leaving us, and taking his...
"Where are the WMD?!"
" American Liars!"
and...
"French are just superior!"
with him? We can only hope... and pray...

*****me thinks someone hijacked Frenchmans name and is messing with us! Surely, its not really him saying that. He's not THAT much of a goofball is he?

*****We dont hate you Frenchman----we are trying to HELP you. We're attempting to untie you from the railroad tracks the Libertwits have strapped you down on. That train is barreling down on you!.

We're candle lighters for your darkness.

PLEASE DON"T BELIEVE---LibberHoles!

RUNNING AWAY FRENCHMAN ...
HOW TYPICALLY FRENCH OF YOU

YES MY EVIL AND DIABOLICAL PLAN OF TOTAL SCRAPPLEFACE CONSERVATIVE WORLD DOMINATION HAS SUCCEEDED

HA ..HA..HAAAAAA

INDEED IT WAS I JP IN COGNITIO

no oil for france
walk much
jack attack
Bambis evil twin

yes yes ha ha haaaaaa
and they could not take what they dished out wussy run now run

frenchman and bambi

oh we dont mean it..
come on its all good fun
its only politics ..
here I am buying drinks for everyone

besides you frenchman and you bambi are good at what you do
p*ssing us off..you kind of are winning the game if you think about it

----jp--you said: "besides you frenchman and you bambi are good at what you do

p*ssing us off.."

..and "off" is better than "on".

Chaos often breeds life when order breeds habit.

general eclectic

dont knock it till you try it.

george bush

the reason that 99% of the world cant stop laughing at us.

seeing as we liberated iraq from the great satan i cant understand why 2million iraqis are marching on bagdad protesting us.
seeing as we beat al-queda there must be someone else responsible for the atrocities in saudi,casablanca and their sister acts in jerusalem,kashmir and chechnya.

all the war heros in the bush cabinet have some explaining to do.

Since they run on character, its hard to find a candidate with the kind of character to defeat the Dems.
At least it's hard to find one now that Spuds McKenzy retired.

DENNIS MILLER THREATS TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY IF KERRY WINS

Comedian and conservative Dennis Miller who's not a Vietnam veteran stated today that he will leave America if John Kerry, a Vietnam veteran, wins the 2004 election.

"I don't want to be here when Kerry's elected that's for sure. But I will vote for him but only on the understanding that he will not win", quipped Miller mocking Senator Kerry's position on the Gulf War.

"The biggest reason I won't stay is all those liberal derelicts who left the country when George Bush was elected will be coming back", stated Miller referring to people such as director Robert Altman, actor Alec Baldwin (who once played a Vietnam veteran), Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder, former White House press secretary Pierre Salinger who all left the country shortly after George Bush was sworn in as president.

"Frankly I couldn't stand being at another cocktail party with Alec Baldwin when he reenacts his Saturday Night Live Schweaty Balls skit for the thousandth time ... I mean if was funny the first few times he did it, but get some new material will ya guy!"

Wade (although "golden showers" make be more accurate, if a bit risque, given that you are pis*ing me off a tad)

seeing as we liberated iraq from the great satan i cant understand why 2million iraqis are marching on bagdad protesting us.

***Uhh...maybe because they CAN protest for the first time??? Maybe because, as several Iraqi's have pointed out, the main cause of their discontent is that, in our naive desire to give them some voice in their own future, we didn't occupy them more aggressively and now the more lawless elements are causing trouble?

seeing as we beat al-queda there must be someone else responsible for the atrocities in saudi,casablanca and their sister acts in jerusalem,kashmir and chechnya.

***Last time I checked, Bush has never claimed that we have beaten Al-Quaeda - he keeps saying they are still out there and are still a threat. And he also keeps saying they are not the only game in town and the war on terrorism is not over. Gee whiz - why can't the US police the entire fricking world and keep everyone 100% safe? Oh - I forgot - because the UN doesn't want us to and the libs say that would be empire building...

Maybe the rest of the world might want to (gasp) assume a little responsibility and take some security precautions to protect themselves. Doh! - forgot again - the US is supposed to do that for them without entering their countries, causing them any inconvencience, or interfering with their freedom in any way. Much more efficient - this way they have plenty of free time to take potshots at us.

I feel so stupid - I need to stay out of WalMart or migrate to one of those smarter nations...

I was wrong about Eric Clapton - Frodo is God.

Cassandra .. you make me blush!

8-}

cassie
you wouldve thought that with all the cheerleading going on in this country that we actually accomplished something in the bagdad theater.
the campaing in afganistan was needed,not needed as badly as a campaing in pakistan or saudi but needed nonetheless.
so continue worshipping the brave man at 1600 penn ave,i'm going to wal-mart to buy an asbestos suit cause i have to take the bus to work.

Wade:

Give it time. Don't you think it's a bit inconsistent to think 12 years was too short a time to allow Saddam to comply with the cease fire conditions (a simple matter of either turning over weapons or showing that they had been destroyed) but somehow expect a war to be waged and won, Saddam's entire regime to be caught, and a new government set up in a little over 2 months?

cassie
i never really gave hussein any thought since march of 91.
we beat his but in 100hrs and had him under a microscope ever since.
he was once an ally of ours and he hasnt been linked to 1 act of terror against americans.
(you cant count the casualties of the war as an act of terror considering its us on iraqi soil and not vice-versa).
now if i had the job of securing israels borders then yes,i would have worried about hussein and if i were in the business of eliminating the worlds most brutal dictators i may have gone to bagdad but not before several other despots got eliminated before hand,including our friends in saudi and our dear ally musharaf in pakistan.
ONLY 2 COUNTRIES RECOGNIZED THE TALIBAN GOVT ON 9-11-01
saudi arabia and pakistan
who coincidence has it,are our leading allies on the war on terror.

Well Wade, you have a point -- I am quite worried about Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan has worried me for a lot longer. However, the governments in both of those countries are making some effort to cooperate with us (even if those efforts aren't all we might wish for). Musharrif is between a rock and a hard place, and yet he has given us what support he can.

They are better than the extremist nuts who are trying to remove them from power. Current events may prove that to be the case in Iraq, too, but I don't think anyone could argue that Hussein was making even a token attempt to work with us - he was openly encouraging Al-Quaeda to attack us and covertly meeting with them and offering them support.

cassie
this is what ive been thinking.
1 was out of the service when the shah got dumped back in the winter of 79 and the ayatollahs who took power in iran are from the same tribe as the people we just liberated in iraq.
what this country doesnt need is another iran controlling vast oil reserves.
iran was the major player in the terrorist game back in the 80s,especially in lebanon and financed it all thru oil.the future of that country is probably civil war with the kurds & shias vs. the sunni tribe.
this is a tuff call,the sunnis are hussein loyalists,the shiites are loyal to the mullahs and the kurds are hated by everyone.
what side do we take with the knowledge that turkey wants the kurds to go away?

golden showers
posted

"the reason that 99% of the world cant stop laughing at us."

**********************
RESTATEMENT:

" golden showers is the reason that 100% of the world cant stop laughing at golden showers."

golden sh...posted:

" seeing as we liberated iraq from the great satan i cant understand why 2 million iraqis are marching on bagdad protesting us."
________________

allow me to help you understand

how about ..
THEY ARE SADDAM LOYALIST'S ..
gee yah think that maybe some of them liked Saddam ..like The Saddam Feedayen maybe one or two Republican gaurd..

got it now

ps
golden shower...dude get a new SN

The United Nations in 2002 estimates,
population of Iraq 37 million,

let see
2 million
from
37 million
that leaves 35 million
so ..1/2% of 1% is around 2 million

golden use the bathroom..and stop with the
al-jazerra hype ;-D

Cassandra posted;

"I am quite worried about Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan has worried me for a lot longer. "

why worry now..;-D
GW got it down..
GW is for real
and its about friggin time some one finally put his foot down..instead of playing word freaking games like the euro idots and the left
all we got from them are paper sheilds i.e UN Resolutions no sorry kids
I want my M1 Abrams Tank and The USMC
thank you
Cassie dont worry yourself ..
GW will be around for
FOUR MORE YEARS - as for the terrorist say goodnight boys..GW is an extreme player they dont stand a chance

JP seems to have a lot of enthusiasm for killing people. I wonder if he's had the first-hand experience like the manly John Kerry. Just remember that DUBYA DESERTED HIS NON-COMBATANT POST WITH THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD. ALL HAIL THE DESERTER IN CHIEF!!!

Starchild: check your facts - he didn't desert. The Boston Globe story was examined by several major papers (including the "extreme right-wing rag New York Times"). All concluded the charges were "without foundation".

From an article by Tom Bevan:

"The story of George Bush's "missing year" in the Texas Air National Guard was first reported by the Boston Globe in May. The Globe claimed that Bush, after receiving a transfer to a unit in Alabama in the spring of 1972, failed to report for duty until the end of April 1973. At the time, the Governor issued a quick rebuttal, defending his record and citing his honorable discharge from the Guard as proof that he "did the duty necessary."

The issue disappeared from view until late September when it resurfaced in the form of a column (written by a farmer from Clinton, Iowa) on the liberal web site Tompaine.com. Two weeks later Gore advisor Paul Begala floated the rumor to a national audience on NBC's Meet the Press. "He never showed up for an entire year," Begala said. "Bush tells us to our face heíll restore honor and integrity to that Oval Office when I believe heís not telling the truth that he never, in fact, reported to the National Guard in Alabama."

On October 31, the Boston Globe printed a "REPRISE" of its original report under the title, "QUESTIONS" remain on Bush's service as guard pilot." Enter Bob Kerrey". After reading the article, Kerrey called the Boston Globe and gave an unsolicited interview attacking Bush's record, going so far as to claim Bush had gone "AWOL." The Globe quoted Kerrey as saying that Bush had a "moral obligation of his own to search his conscience and answer questions" about his service record.

Three days later, on Friday, November 3, Kerrey organized a press conference with fellow Medal of Honor winner Senator Daniel Inouye and called for Bush to make all of his military records public, again insinuating some sort of dereliction of duty. Nevermind that Kerrey's demand, issued as it was on the Friday before Election Day, couldn't possibly be completed in time to make the print deadline for the Monday papers. Even the New York Times reported after the press conference that its own review of Bush's record showed him serving during the time in question and that Kerrey's charges against Bush were "UNFOUNDED."

On Sunday, November 5, Kerrey appeared on Meet the Press where Tim Russert questioned him on whether his recent comments about Governor Bush were "way out of bounds." Kerrey responded, "They're not way out of bounds. Certainly, if "STUTTERS" I mean, if I'd gone over the line and implied that he didn't serve honorably, "I APOLOGIZE"(HMMM). "HE DID SERVE HONORABLY". But I don't think he understands that when you come forward and represent your military service, you've got to represent it right, and he didn't."
(Can we say contradiction in one statement?)

(Here comes the juicy part boys & girls)

And now it turns out that Mr. Kerrey's own service record has been misrepresented. At worst, Kerrey committed acts that some would say qualify him as a war criminal. At best, he knowingly accepted a Bronze Star under dubious pretenses and failed for thirty-two years - including a race for Governor, two races for Senator, and a run for the Presidency - to correct the record.

To be sure, serving in the Texas Air National Guard is not the equivalent of losing a leg in Vietnam. Still, Senator Kerrey, knowing the truth of his own service record and knowing (as he must have) that the press had been sitting on the story for more than a year, showed a disturbing willingness to use an unsubstantiated rumor as a vehicle to leverage his patriotism against another man's for partisan political advantage. "
**************
Gee - let's contrast that with President Clinton, who took advantage of a military scholarship to pay for his college, but when the time came to serve, wrote a letter to his commanding officer saying that he couldn't in good conscience fulfill the obligations of his scholarship (which by the way, had already been paid out) because he "loathed the military". According to the rules then (and now) in force, he should have paid back the scholarship since it was obtained on fraudulent grounds and he did not complete the service term he agreed to when he accepted the funds.

Which man commands the respect of the military? (Hint: it is not Bill Clinton)

Meme,

2 million out of 37 million is 5.4%.

Also, any reports of 2 million angry Iraquis marching on Baghdad should be taken as seriously as the claims for attendence at the "Million-Man March."
Jesse and company claimed over a million.
Overhead imagery and grid-counting put it at just over 300,000.
But that was just the white man keeping the brothers down.
Any accurate reporting of the number would just be "Republican spin" to prop up the fictitious victory.

Gee do you think that the guy who ran his campaign on giving the military raises is more popular?

Clintons 1st act as commander in chief was the ""dont ask dont tell"" policy which almost got him killed in february 93.

That being said
Dont think there isnt alot of resentment in todays military towards the current war hero occupying the white house.

Truth be told they wouldve prefered a stand up guy like John McCain,who was rotting in the Hanoi hilton,while lil George was defending Houston from the Vietcong invaders.

Random guy are you a screaming bigot or what.

Jesse Jackson does suck but your comments are so obviously tainted I wonder what your real feelings are.
The Irish jokes arent funny either for the record

Bigot? No. I just despise Jesse Jackson.

Re: Irish joke.
I think it was funny, and since a large majority of my ancestors were from Ireland, I'm simply poking fun of my own heritage.
If you still find it offensive, tough.

Wade:

There are things about John McCain that I admire, but I think he would have made a lousy President. Ditto Kerry (and Kerrey for that matter). Service alone does not a great President make - it is a non-issue.

And I haven't seen this resentment against Bush, at least in the Marines (don't know about the other services). Although perhaps it exists and I just haven't encountered it.

Most military people don't expect their President to have served in the military, nor do they think it should be a prerequisite for being Commander in Chief. The military is supposed to be under civilian control.

All they want is someone who respects them and who commands their respect. And someone who sends them in with a clear mission and doesn't shilly-shally around, waste their time, and get people killed needlessly (Somalia). Everyone I have talked to thinks Bush satisfies both conditions. Clinton didn't, and Gore wouldn't have, either.

For the most part, the people who are hung up on Bush's service record seem to be people who never served (which seems a bit hypocritical) and people who have little or no experience with the military. I've not heard a single criticism of Bush since he took office - during Clinton's administration it was so bad that we were repeatedly told to shut up or we would face prosecution. How's that for free speech? (And yes, I know that military people don't have as much freedom of speech or political protest as the civilians they protect, but it still galls me).

I want Gore to run on the Republican ticket.
Then the democrats might have an even chance of winning.

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What was this blog about again?

Whoaaaa!! look everybody, padre sarducci is last for once, not me.

Double Whoaaaa!! like how'd I get to be last?

Cassandra,
People in the Army during the Clintoon Reign Of Error were so wrapped around the axle due to Clinton's Command Climate.

You could not speak against that foul man for fear of being shot for treason, or brought up on charges of treason, the penalty for which we know is capital punishment.

I personally know of one young man who was in ROTC and was booted out when they were having a b***h session after an FTX. His CO (whom we had known from another assignmnet)dragged him out in the hall and not only chewed him out for his free speech, but made an example of him and got him booted from ROTC because he made some rather pointed observations about Clintoon & Co. based on what they were watching on the news.

And the fallout continues from the hypocrisy of his way of life. Clintoon had eight years to bugger up the military, and Bush is getting only four years to undo the damage that he has done to this nation and to the military.

As far as there not being a record of Bush's military service, I can believe it, and I can also believe that he did serve. Here is why: For SIX MONTHS after dh was in the P.R. of California' National Guard, he didn't get paid. They had no pay record, but he still had to do the duty. They didn't get his pay straightened out until after he had been in for seven months and had already done his annual training.

That was in 1989.

He did get his back pay.

Random guy
In my opinion black people who refer to themselves as niggers are just that.
Italians who drive cars that have bumperstickers such as ""mafia staff car you toucha my car i breaka u face"" are moronic greaseballs and Irish people who have such witty bumperstickers like""God created whiskey so the irish wouldnt rule the world"" should also be pistol whipped in front of their children.

If the playing field was even then I wouldnt care but in the age of St Johns Redman having to change their school name to redstorm so as not to offend the 3native americans who live in new york or the flags of georgia and s carolina being changed so as not to affront the blacks...
why is it in the middle of the boston garden theres a dwarf leprechaun with his fists raised?

is this racism?
What if we changed the name of the ny knicks to the ny spades and put a crack pipe on their uniform??
Why not change the name of the Miami Heat to the Miami Hebes and have a man with tiny hands a big nose and glasses counting money on their uni's??
perhaps we can change the name of the san francisco giants to maybe the san francisco sodomites,uni's could have 2guys walking hand and hand thru chinatown or perhaps engaged in a 69...

None of this affronts me or my family personally but what does bother me is the way its so very easy to crap on the micks and guineas but if you dare mention the blacks or the jews or the latins in the same way then its not politically correct.

Sean:

what does bother me is the way its so very easy to crap on the micks and guineas but if you dare mention the blacks or the jews or the latins in the same way then its not politically correct.

It's OK because some people have better things to worry about than some racial/ethnic/gender-based "nickname". :) You're right - the double standard is annoying, but as I told my kids when someone was acting like a jerk:

"Would you ever act that way? Look at it this way - being that type of person is its own punishment - worse than anything you can ever do to them."

The women's movement has been up in arms for years about so-called "disparaging" terms like "honey, dear, sweetie, babe". As though being called "babe" is the worst thing that could happen to a person. My philosophy at work has been "call me whatever you want - just do what I tell you to when I tell you to do it, and we'll get along fine". I've never met anyone this didn't work with.

Words matter, but actions matter more. Usually when people figure out you can't be baited, they shape up pretty quickly. I guess I prefer to let silliness like that wash right over me (and I realize that you do, too). I'm just glad my "self-esteem" isn't so fragile that I'm bothered by silly epithets that in most cases aren't even malicious.

Cassie
you make wonderful sense.
My aunt is 58 years old,single and a life long school teacher who got her masters at the sorbonne in paris.
I have a friend who teaches with her and he called her something like hon or honey or something to that effect,they teach 2doors down from each other and she hasnt spoken to him since 1992.

My favorite reaction to the whole "nicknames" brouhaha, and the political correctness that is floating around, is the Northern Colorado University "Fighting Whites."
I know it is just an intramural team, but I like their style (and sales of their merchandise are through the roof).

Random guy
isnt northern colorado/wyoming/idaho perimerter the home of aryan nation?

Hey Bambi!! Were you lucky enough to have a Viking breach your Hymington

I'm not the first, but I'm here now!