Your are welcome Kike On Dec 26, 12:48 pm, Mark <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks LEW > > On 12/26/08, jgg1000a <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > No it was NOT... > > > On Dec 26, 9:58 am, Mark <[email protected]> wrote: > > > You fail to address the point once again Lew. > > > > Was the unilateral US action in concert with the UN or not ?? > > > > It is a simple question. > > > > On another level I ask; How can I be a liberal loon or qualify for a > > > US political title when I do not live there ?? > > > > On 12/26/08, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > 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. 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