yeah i can so how that could happen On Dec 26, 5:14 pm, jgg1000a <[email protected]> wrote: > Mistype -- should be --- You are welcome Mike... > > On Dec 26, 2:30 pm, "mike [never forget] 532" > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > be careful JGG i think that might be against the board rules . you > > might want to check with WNCS to be sure . > > > On Dec 26, 1:52 pm, jgg1000a <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 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 > > ... > > 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
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