Dear UnAnnointed: You, too, are a Liberal Loon.
On Dec 26, 9:29 am, THE ANNOINTED ONE <[email protected]> wrote: > I did not realize that the invasion of Iraq had anything to do with > the UN. > > On Dec 26, 8:12 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Mike: > > > Oh. > > > Then, here is why we went into Iraq: > > > The IRAQ invasion was L-E-G-AL and J-U-S-T-I-F-I-E-D. > > > Did you ever wonder why Saddam was a allowed to remain as president of > > Iraq after he got clobbered by the U.S. in the 1991 Gulf War? > > > Think he may have agreed to some surrender terms to allow him to stay > > in power? > > > Think he ever fulfilled those surrender terms?? > > > Read UN Resolution # 687. Saddam was given 15 days-- from April 3 > > until April 18, 1991 to fulfill the terms of his surrender. > > > By April of 2003 - 4,390 days AFTER his deadline, he still had not met > > the terms of his surrender. > > > Ever wonder why U.S. planes were over-flying Iraq all the years > > between 1991 and 2003, putting our pilots in danger? > > > P.S.: Read UN Resolution # 687 of April 3, 1991 THEN Read UN > > Resolution 1440 of the Fall of 2002 - which state that Saddam still > > had not fulfilled Resolution #687. > > > Do think you would be legally allowed to remain living in your house > > for 12 years (4,390 days) without ever making a mortgage payment - if > > you owed a mortgage??? > > > On Dec 26, 8:53 am, "mike [never forget] 532" > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > i didn't say anything about needing it i said bush invaded to gain > > > control of the Iraqi oil fields ! > > > > On Dec 26, 8:49 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Mikey: > > > > > We don't need Iraqi oil. > > > > > Drill off our continental shelf. The fish don't mind and we own it. > > > > > Drill in ANWR. The caribou love it and we own it. > > > > > Why in the heck woul;d we want to go to Iraq for oil??? and we don't > > > > own it and they are a bunch of nuts. > > > > > On Dec 26, 8:32 am, "mike [never forget] 532" > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > lew as hard as it is for you to understand it was bush who ordered the > > > > > troops to Iraq in order to take control of the oil fields . Not > > > > > Obama ! > > > > > > On Dec 26, 8:20 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Obama didn't bother them anyone on the battlefield . > > > > > > > He only went a couple of times and voted against the military every > > > > > > chance he got. > > > > > > Obama voted for "U.S. Death," and "Humiliating" U.S. losses. > > > > > > > On Dec 26, 8:01 am, margareth <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I wonder how much of the war effort is required for the frequent > > > > > > > trips > > > > > > > made to the front lines by senior politicians. I also wonder if > > > > > > > all > > > > > > > the NCOs, and Privates get to have any free time, or do they > > > > > > > pull so > > > > > > > much guard duty that they are exhausted. > > > > > > > > On Dec 26, 7:49 am, NavyBrat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Yeah...pretty cool. Too bad he got knocked arround for a it > > > > > > > > bit. I'm > > > > > > > > sure he thought it was well worth the insult tho. > > > > > > > > > On Dec 26, 5:44 am, "mike [never forget] 532" > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > i love the fact that the people of the world see the man who > > > > > > > > > paid bush > > > > > > > > > the highest insult one person can give another as a world > > > > > > > > > hero . > > > > > > > > > > On Dec 26, 7:24 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > By P.J. Gladnick (Bio | Archive) > > > > > > > > > > December 25, 2008 - 18:25 ET > > > > > > > > > > mewsbusters.com > > > > > > > > > > > Employees of McClatchy publishing in Iraq were in an > > > > > > > > > > unusually good > > > > > > > > > > mood recently. The occasion was the aftermath of the Iraqi > > > > > > > > > > journalist > > > > > > > > > > who tossed his shoes at President Bush at a press > > > > > > > > > > conference in > > > > > > > > > > Baghdad as you can see in these quotes from Inside Iraq, a > > > > > > > > > > blog for > > > > > > > > > > McClatchy journalists working in that country. The first > > > > > > > > > > quote was > > > > > > > > > > from McClatchy employee, "Laith," who was talking about his > > > > > > > > > > colleagues > > > > > > > > > > and the rest of the quotes were from commentors who may or > > > > > > > > > > may not be > > > > > > > > > > employed by McClatchy: > > > > > > > > > > > Some of the guys were happy and they were talking about the > > > > > > > > > > bravery of > > > > > > > > > > the journalist who threw his shoes at the American > > > > > > > > > > president. When I > > > > > > > > > > tried to explain my opinion, I was trying to tell the guys > > > > > > > > > > that I > > > > > > > > > > don't agree with the way the journalist behaved, but I was > > > > > > > > > > attacked by > > > > > > > > > > them. One of them said "come on Laith, Bush destroyed > > > > > > > > > > Iraq". Another > > > > > > > > > > said "he deserves more" while a third one said "he is an > > > > > > > > > > occupier." I > > > > > > > > > > tried to tell to tell they guys that this is an inslut for > > > > > > > > > > Maliki. > > > > > > > > > > > The "Shoe heard round the world" was an important symbolic > > > > > > > > > > event. I > > > > > > > > > > felt his action was appropriate and restrained considering > > > > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > > circumstances. > > > > > > > > > > > I applauded this act. I don't care that it is rude. Why are > > > > > > > > > > we > > > > > > > > > > concerned about etiquette when a country was destroyed? Did > > > > > > > > > > Bush ever > > > > > > > > > > apologize to the Iraqis for the hundreds of thousands of > > > > > > > > > > dead? Bush is > > > > > > > > > > an occupier, a clown pretending to be a hero, so enclosed > > > > > > > > > > in his own > > > > > > > > > > little self-certain world he probably was surprised an > > > > > > > > > > Iraqi could be > > > > > > > > > > that angry. I am not surprised. I am only surprised such a > > > > > > > > > > thing did > > > > > > > > > > not happen earlier. > > > > > > > > > > > Yes, yes, my little McClatchy journalists. Better get all > > > > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > > enjoyment you can out of the shoe tossing incident because > > > > > > > > > > soon there > > > > > > > > > > will be another tossing event that you will not appreciate > > > > > > > > > > quite so > > > > > > > > > > much: namely being tossed out of your jobs. While you are > > > > > > > > > > busy > > > > > > > > > > cheering on the shoe tosser, perhaps you might not have > > > > > > > > > > noticed that > > > > > > > > > > the McClatchy stock price has plunged about 99% to a mere > > > > > > > > > > 75 cents > > > > > > > > > > per share from where it was in 2005 at almost $80 per share > > > > > > > > > > when your > > > > > > > > > > CEO, Gary Pruitt (photo), began going on a spending spree > > > > > > > > > > buying up > > > > > > > > > > newspapers when it was already clear to almost any sane > > > > > > > > > > person that > > > > > > > > > > print media was in a permanent downswing due to the > > > > > > > > > > internet. Pruitt's > > > > > > > > > > purchase of newspapers around the country goes down in the > > > > > > > > > > history of > > > > > > > > > > stupid business decisions with Quaker Oats' purchase of > > > > > > > > > > Snapple and > > > > > > > > > > Schlitz beer's decision to cut costs by changing its > > > > > > > > > > fermentation > > > > > > > > > > process (along with its taste). > > > > > > > > > > > The result is that McClatchy is in the process of > > > > > > > > > > attempting to get > > > > > > > > > > rid of many of its newspapers at much less than Pruitt paid > > > > > > > > > > for them > > > > > > > > > > including the Miami Herald which still has no buyers > > > > > > > > > > interested in > > > > > > > > > > purchasing that losing enterprise. In fact, Pruitt's Folly > > > > > > > > > > has gotten > > > > > > > > > > so bad that in his own words he is having trouble finding a > > > > > > > > > > buyer just > > > > > > > > > > for the Herald parking lot: > > > > > > > > > > > We’re selling 10 acres of land, a parking lot adjacent to > > > > > > > > > > The Miami > > > > > > > > > > Herald building for a price of $190 million. We have a good > > > > > > > > > > dialogue > > > > > > > > > > with the sellers and we’re hopeful that that deal closes. > > > > > > > > > > It’s a real > > > > > > > > > > estate contract which means we can’t guarantee that that > > > > > > > > > > deal will > > > > > > > > > > close. We’re hopeful that it will and 100% of the proceeds, > > > > > > > > > > which > > > > > > > > > > after tax would be about $115 million, will be used to pay > > > > > > > > > > down debt. > > > > > > > > > > > Gary Pruitt isn't alone in his total cluelessness. As we > > > > > > > > > > have seen in > > > > > > > > > > these pages, Arthur "Pinch" Sulzberger, publisher of the > > > > > > > > > > New York > > > > > > > > > > Times, is every bit as capable of making incredibly stupid > > > > > > > > > > business > > > > > > > > > > decisions as Pruitt. However, at least Pinch has the > > > > > > > > > > excuse of being > > > > > > > > > > born with the correct family name and living through birth > > > > > > > > > > for being > > > > > > > > > > given a task he can't handle. What's your excuse, Gary? > > > > > > > > > > > The most astonishing thing about Gary Pruitt is that he is > > > > > > > > > > still CEO > > > > > > > > > > of McClatchy. What more bad news do the stockholders need > > > > > > > > > > to fire > > > > > > > > > > him? For every thousand dollars of stock purchased in > > > > > > > > > > 2005, they are > > > > > > > > > > now left with a mere ten bucks of value...and perhaps even > > > > > > > > > > less in the > > > > > > > > > > very near future. And yet Pruitt remains at the helm. > > > > > > > > > > Another > > > > > > > > > > mysterious thing about Pruitt is why he has not quit > > > > > > > > > > McClatchy. > > > > > > > > > > Perhaps the salary, bonuses for underachievement, and the > > > > > > > > > > fringe > > > > > > > > > > benefits such as being able to charge off expensive hotel > > > > > > > > > > stays and > > > > > > > > > > dining on Kobe beef is much too alluring and overwhelms any > > > > > > > > > > shame > > > > > > > > > > Pruitt might feel by continuing to lead a publishing > > > > > > > > > > company he has > > > > > > > > > > run into the ground. > > > > > > > > > > > Since this is Christmas Day, here is my fantasy speech that > > > > > > > > > > Gary > > > > > > > > > > Pruitt should deliver if he ever feels the slightest bit of > > > > > > > > > > remorse > > > > > > > > > > for tossing McClatchy into the ash heap: > > > > > > > > > > > "Hi. I'm Gary Pruitt, CEO of McClatchy. Today I want to > > > > > > > > > > give you a > > > > > > > > > > frank talk about our company without any unrealistic > > > > > > > > > > Baghdad Bob type > > > > > > > > > > happy talk. The bottom line is that I have run our company > > > > > > > > > > into the > > > > > > > > > > ground over the last three years as a result of incredibly > > > > > > > > > > dumb > > > > > > > > > > business decisions. I began buying up newspapers in 2005 > > > > > > > > > > when it was > > > > > > > > > > already obvious even to an infant that > > ... > > read more »- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. 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