tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77513062024-03-06T21:44:41.338-08:00Meet the Stress<b>Wanted: Sacred Cows for Arena Butchery/Entertainment</b><br>
(Kitty Repellent Not Provided)Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637422973456554812noreply@blogger.comBlogger101125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7751306.post-85952856101412686112009-04-24T16:38:00.000-07:002009-04-24T16:56:08.583-07:00I'm not dead<span style="font-family: times new roman;">Just out of the industry. Quickie: Congratulations to Rush Limbaugh - "Operation Chaos" = Mission Accomplished.<br /></span><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbkb4PGXsPMX6M_InyGayYtTCpWMl1i-bVHD_1BahcI-2MNjJMWlY3uQbA21DpDPmQBn6akvybvwvmGykdghabXNdSoxQOMaKvrvJg-zy1gs6r_jc2WCGJmEyGa2dmqPVlcgmZ/s1600-h/Pumpkin+of+Hope3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 161px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbkb4PGXsPMX6M_InyGayYtTCpWMl1i-bVHD_1BahcI-2MNjJMWlY3uQbA21DpDPmQBn6akvybvwvmGykdghabXNdSoxQOMaKvrvJg-zy1gs6r_jc2WCGJmEyGa2dmqPVlcgmZ/s200/Pumpkin+of+Hope3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328408141093884386" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlu32Jc75jatn9u4eR6EB4WokP54qmyDv63GxNqx0UszTAegmhBtATKpp_CZWR9KJnD9krN1q9ZEOSc4jXbjp1IcpfCPtLlF-7mDc2N5kwjkfe6hY4RaF8BRJNG9IsrcwfwPtn/s1600-h/P1000593.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlu32Jc75jatn9u4eR6EB4WokP54qmyDv63GxNqx0UszTAegmhBtATKpp_CZWR9KJnD9krN1q9ZEOSc4jXbjp1IcpfCPtLlF-7mDc2N5kwjkfe6hY4RaF8BRJNG9IsrcwfwPtn/s200/P1000593.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328409142246495282" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4PgbvJmmuUX8AWv4CtjNqnUIvgX4C0ImtL5gFIpjvWVy-IytEvebRnUVAjhMIZyuGBgXimcBpKc_amupfw88ZEM27qm8oj-mDwWTv6r9m7jU_XSnK8x06ULU7BxpT6Oel9l_o/s1600-h/P1000638+%282%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 110px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4PgbvJmmuUX8AWv4CtjNqnUIvgX4C0ImtL5gFIpjvWVy-IytEvebRnUVAjhMIZyuGBgXimcBpKc_amupfw88ZEM27qm8oj-mDwWTv6r9m7jU_XSnK8x06ULU7BxpT6Oel9l_o/s200/P1000638+%282%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328410261094668290" border="0" /></a>Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637422973456554812noreply@blogger.com272tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7751306.post-85426053553646856542008-07-24T17:46:00.000-07:002008-07-24T17:53:14.428-07:00O'Reilly hijacks Snow's casket, fails<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style="">Bill O'Reilly Column. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style=""> <o:p></o:p>Heading: O'Reilly uses Snow casket as political bludgeon, fails<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style=""> <o:p></o:p>(Proudly reprinted without permission)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style=""> <o:p></o:p>The giant Falafeloofa is at it again. This time, Bill O'Reilly (strike) conjures up a psuedo-issue (strike) practices business-as-usual by accusing the AP of "politicizing" Tony Snow's death. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style="">Translation: Bill O'Reilly stretches hen's teeth (* and ignores Fox coverage) in order to create a non-issue. In the process, Bill O'Reilly effectively politicizes Snow's death himself. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style=""> <o:p></o:p>First off, let's be clear: Tony Snow politicized HIS OWN funeral. Evidence: Tony Snow went directly from being a Bush Sr. Press agent, straight into Fox News "anchor", then straight back to Bush Jr. press agent. Again, this is not just my opinion about Tony Snow - these are the facts, and they are undisputed. In other words, there is absolutely no way to eulogize Tony Snow without confronting his blatant, sycophantic, executive branch apologetics. Nixon could never be eulogized without "Watergate", and Reagan without "Iran-Contra". Doubtless that Carter and Clinton will never escape "Hostages" or "Lewinsky". Accordingly, Tony Snow's eulogy will necessarily include "Bush administration media stooge". <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style=""> <o:p></o:p>And let me be extremely Seinfeldian about all of this: </span><b><i><span style="">Not that there's anything wrong with that!</span></i></b><span style=""> The role of the press is to be a necessary check against the government - especially a run-amuck executive striving for excessive unitary power. There is no way that Tony Snow in any way fit this essential mold. Disagree at your own Orwellian peril. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style=""> <o:p></o:p>* Secondly - as I dissect below - Bill O'Reilly quotes and criticizes the "anti-Bush" AP coverage of Tony Snow's obituary, without even mentioning his own network's cut-and-paste job of the AP coverage! Compare and contrast (and laugh): <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style=""> <o:p></o:p>AP Obituary:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><i><span style="">"Critics suggested Snow was turning the traditionally informational daily briefing into a personality-driven media event short on facts and long on confrontation."</span></i><span style=""> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style=""> <o:p></o:p>Fox News Obituary:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><i><span style="">"Critics suggested Snow was turning the traditionally informational daily briefing into a personality-driven media event short on facts and long on confrontation."</span></i><span style=""> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><i><span style="">(The Associated Press contributed to this report.)</span></i><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style=""> <o:p></o:p>Below is a point-by-point dissection of Bill O'Reilly's recent brain goober. I include the Fox News cut-and-paste job because it really bares repeating:<o:p></o:p><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style="">----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; font-style: italic;"><span style="">The recent death of Tony Snow brought sadness to millions of Americans who admired the man's public service and optimism about his country. But not everybody felt the need to honor Mr. Snow. Just hours after he died from cancer, the Associated Press released an obituary that has shocked some people and badly damaged the AP's image, at least in the conservative community.<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; font-style: italic;"><span style="">AP reporter Douglass Daniel began the article by listing some of Tony's accomplishments, but then suddenly veered into ideological territory, writing: "With a quick-from-the-lip repartee, broadcaster's good looks and a relentlessly bright outlook-if not always a command of the facts-he became a popular figure around the country to the delight of his White House bosses...<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; font-style: italic;"><span style="">"Critics suggested that Snow was turning the traditionally informational daily briefing into a personality-driven media event short on facts and long on confrontation."<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; font-style: italic;"><span style=""><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(Note: Here's some famous Tony Snow Press briefings - count the facts, subtract the confrontations)</span><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; font-style: italic;"><span style="">Now, remember, that was written just hours after the man passed away at age 53. To accuse Mr. Snow of factual inaccuracies without citing evidence is itself irresponsible,<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; font-style: italic;"><span style=""><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(Doing Bill's homework for him: See best of Tony Snow Youtube BS)</span><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; font-style: italic;"><span style="">...but to do it in an obit is outrageously inappropriate and an insult to the Snow family. If the Associated Press wants to do an opinion piece about Tony Snow's public service, fine. But at least wait until after the funeral.<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; font-style: italic;"><span style="">The AP's treatment of Tony was in marked contrast to its sendoff for the late Tim Russert. That obituary was a glowing tribute to the man, as it should have been. Russert had a lot in common with Snow. They both worked for political guys; Russert's boss was the late Democratic Senator Daniel Patrick Moynahan, and they both hosted Sunday morning network news programs. But while Russert was suitably honored by the AP, Snow came in for some snarky jibes.<o:p></o:p></span><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; font-style: italic;"><span style=""><o:p></o:p><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">First off, classic Bill O'Reilly horseshit. Fact-Check: Even in Russert's obituary on MSNBC (his home network), they DID explicitly mention his past political involvement:</span></span><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; font-style: italic;"><span style=""><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25145431/" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153); text-decoration: none;">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25145431/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; font-style: italic;"><span style=""> <o:p></o:p></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">"After graduating from law school, Russert went into politics as a staff operative. In 1976, he worked on the Senate campaign of Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D-N.Y., and in 1982, he worked on Mario Cuomo’s campaign for governor of <st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on">New York</st1:place></st1:state>."</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> <o:p></o:p></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Secondly, Fuck you Bill O'Reilly. Russert in the same league as Snow? If you can make this comparison without it turning to ash in your mouth, then you should be nowhere near a media outlet. </span><span style=""><br /><br />Of course, this is all about ideology. The Associated Press has no use for President Bush and, increasingly, that opinion has creeped into its hard news coverage. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Translation: <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region> largely has no use for President Bush, the press is finally noticing this. Oh, and Bill O'Reilly saying "creep into its hard news coverage" just makes me laugh. </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">But not nearly as hard as when I read this:</span><span style=""> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; font-style: italic;"><span style=""><o:p></o:p>And this is a serious situation. The AP is <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region>'s primary news service; its dispatches go out to thousands of media organizations all over the world, many of which simply print whatever the AP sends them.<o:p></o:p><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; font-style: italic;"><span style=""><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Oh, no shit? Bill O'Reilly should really bring this up at the next Fox News board meeting.</span> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; font-style: italic;"><span style=""><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,381250,00.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153); text-decoration: none;">From Snow's obituary on Fox News:</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; font-style: italic;"><span style=""> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">"Critics suggested Snow was turning the traditionally informational daily briefing into a personality-driven media event short on facts and long on confrontation."</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(The Associated Press contributed to this report.)</span><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; font-style: italic;"><span style="">...And, increasingly, the AP is sending them opinion, not fact. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">And thank you Fox News and Bill O'Reilly for demonstrating the difference</span><span style=""><br /><br />The head of the Associated Press, Tom Curley, told my producers he "stands by the obituary," so we invited him on the Factor to defend it. Immediately, Curley turned standing into running away. He refused to come on the program or issue a further statement.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><o:p></o:p></span><i style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="">Again with O'Reilly's "Take my Falafel" challenge. We'll take him seriously when he answers David Brock's challenge (que: endless cricket chirps)</span></i><span style=""><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I think Curley's treatment of Tony Snow should be included in his own obituary. And furthermore, the Associated Press may now be dead as an objective news organization.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">How ironic that one obit could so quickly lead to another.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt;">-----------------------------------------------------------------<br /><span style=""><span style="font-style: italic;"></span> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style=""> <o:p></o:p>In conclusion, your's truly is now outlining Bill O'Reilly's obituary. <o:p></o:p><br />It will necessarily include the following (in this order):<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style=""> <o:p></o:p>I.) Wealthy upbringing, later changed to the read: "Mean streets of <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Levittown</st1:city>, <st1:state st="on">NY</st1:state></st1:place>"<o:p></o:p><br />II.) Registered Republican<o:p></o:p><br />III.) Inside Edition (post-tenure Polk award winning!)<o:p></o:p><br />IV.) Copyright: "Fucking thing SUCKS!"<o:p></o:p><br />V.) Copyright: "Shut-up!"<o:p></o:p><br />VI.) Gives Falafel and Loofa new meaning<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style=""> <o:p></o:p>End Scene. <o:p></o:p></span></p>Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637422973456554812noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7751306.post-25887635412064774372008-07-02T16:21:00.000-07:002008-07-02T17:31:31.784-07:00No Satire: "We Distort, You Comply"<a href="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j182/swiftian/foxnews1.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j182/swiftian/foxnews1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Fox News must be trying to fulfill every negative stereotype. Years ago, I distinctly remember enjoying this satirical jpeg and motto. But after Fox's latest "stunt", the satire is lost.<br /><br />It really doesn't get any better/worse than this. The <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/28/arts/television/28rati.html?_r=1&oref=slogin/">ever-eroding</a> <strike>GOP Propaganda machine</strike> Faux Noise Network has hit a new low.<br /><br />Problem: New York Times reporter Jacques Steinberg writes a fact-based article about FNC ratings slump, and how rival networks are catching up.<br /><br />Solution: First and foremost, ignore all facts - facts have a notoriously liberal bias. Instead, attack the messenger. Hmmmmmm, no personal scandals, no evil-talking pastors, no bad outfits... damn.<br /><br />Gotta go with Plan-"<strong>Zyklon-B</strong>"*: Attack messenger like <strong>Nazi</strong> 5-year olds.<br /><br />FNC's morning craptacular photoshops Steinberg & NYT editor's photos (notice the nose extensions), turning them into vile mutants.<br /><br /><img src="http://mediamatters.org/static/images/item/fox-20080702-steinberg.jpg" /><br /><img src="http://mediamatters.org/static/images/item/fox-20080702-redicliffe.jpg" /><br /><br />I would say Quasimoto, but they went with Totalmoto.<br /><br /><strong>No</strong>, this isn't an onion headline.<br />And check date: <strong>No</strong>, not April 1st.<br /><br />Here's the raw footage:<br /><embed src="http://mediamatters.org/static/flash/mmfaplayer.swf" width="320" height="335" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="config=http://mediamatters.org/tools/flash/config?id=462373"></embed><br /><br /><b>*</b> As mentioned, in doing this FNC officially joins the splendid historical tradition of depicting the opposition as untrustworthy, monstrous, sinister and demonic:<br /><br /><img src="http://www.ushmm.org/lcmedia/photo/lc/image/alpha/poster24.jpg" /><br /><img src="http://knowthyneighbor.blogs.com/home/images/derjude.jpeg" /><img src="http://nhs.needham.k12.ma.us/cur/wwII/05/p7-05/brooke-ark-p7-4-05/images/nazi_propaganda_eternal_jew.jpg" /><img src="http://www.flholocaustmuseum.org/history_wing/assets/room1/17407_th.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><em>Lest we forget.</em><br /></span></strong>Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637422973456554812noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7751306.post-11568745518321524682008-06-26T14:53:00.000-07:002008-06-26T15:11:30.549-07:00How to get away with saying "WHITE POWER!"Use <a href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1013043mackris1.html">Bill O'Reilly </a>code, and say it like this:<br /><em>(From his latest column)</em><br /><br /><br /><blockquote>"Yet, according to Gallup tracking polls this week, Obama and McCain are tied.As<br />Obama supporter <strong><em>P. Diddy might say: What's up with<br />that</em></strong>?<br /><br />Despite his charisma, his appeal to young Americans<br />and the support of a frenzied liberal media, millions of working class<br />Americans, <strong><em>primarily white</em></strong>, remain a bit skeptical of<br />the young Senator from Illinois. That's what's up, my man." </blockquote><p>*Wink Wink, Sieg Heil*</p><p>Note: I would leave a link to <a href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1013043mackris1.html">Bill O'Reilly's </a>column, but I would rather encourage traffic in this direction:<br /><a href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1013043mackris1.html">Bill O'Reilly</a> <a href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1013043mackris1.html">Bill O'Reilly</a> <a href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1013043mackris1.html">Bill O'Reilly</a> <a href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1013043mackris1.html">Bill O'Reilly</a> <a href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1013043mackris1.html">Bill O'Reilly</a> <a href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1013043mackris1.html">Bill O'Reilly</a><br /><a href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1013043mackris1.html">Bill O'Reilly</a> <a href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1013043mackris1.html">Bill O'Reilly</a> <a href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1013043mackris1.html">Bill O'Reilly</a> <a href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1013043mackris1.html">Bill O'Reilly Bill O'Reilly Bill O'Reilly</a><br /><a href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1013043mackris1.html">Bill O'Reilly</a> <a href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1013043mackris1.html">Bill O'Reilly</a> <a href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1013043mackris1.html">Bill O'Reilly</a> <a href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1013043mackris1.html">Bill O'Reilly</a> <a href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1013043mackris1.html">Bill O'Reilly</a> <a href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1013043mackris1.html">Bill O'Reilly</a><br /><a href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1013043mackris1.html">Bill O'Reilly</a> <a href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1013043mackris1.html">Bill O'Reilly<br /></a><br />*Wink Wink, ka-boom*<br /><br />Note 2: The editorial board here at <a href="http://www.meetthestress.blogspot.com/">Meet The Stress</a> has been in the midst of wedding plans - August 22nd, to be exact. Thus, the extended Black Sabbatical. It's called priorities, folks.<br /><br /></p><blockquote><p></p></blockquote>Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637422973456554812noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7751306.post-35853149883319215672008-03-04T18:54:00.000-08:002008-03-04T19:48:58.563-08:00Meet the Stress vs. BigotmaxOrbusmax - <a href="http://meetthestress.blogspot.com/2007/01/classic-conservative-circle-jerk-busted.html">indicted NW cesspool of circle-jerked conservative "info"</a> - has turned it's cards & shown it's true colors. A recent headline reads the following:<br /><br /><b><span style=";font-family:Courier New,Courier,mono;font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/?pageId=57941">RELIGION OF PEACE: Man decapitates nephew in Saudi supermarket...</a><br /><br /></span></b>...but after a click, you'll be sent to the following article in ArabNews:<br /><a href="http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1&section=0&article=107428&d=3&m=3&y=2008">http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1&section=0&article=107428&d=3&m=3&y=2008</a><br /><br />Give it a read and pay close attention the vital role of Islam in this gruesome act. Finished?<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-style: italic;">"</span>A police officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Arab News, “The murderer was in a dispute with the boy’s mother and her husband. He chopped off the boy’s head in front of the mother to get back at her.”</blockquote></span><br />So according to an officer on the scene not only makes clear that this was a domestic dispute. He also called the name "murderer" the culprit. No mention of Islam as a motive. Not even an <a href="http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?pagename=IslamOnline-English-Ask_Scholar/FatwaE/FatwaE&cid=1119503543392">"honor killing"</a> - common to Arabic culture, but an act not permitted under Islamic law. <br /><br />In fact, there is not one mention to Islam at all in this entire article.<br /><br />So why the big anti-Islam slam on the headline. What gives? Meet the Stress knew you would ask the same:<br /><br /><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10;" ></span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10;" ></span></span></b></p></blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10;" >From:</span></span></b><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><span style=";font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10;" > mercifuln8@yahoo.com<br /><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, March 04, 2008 9:50 AM<br /><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1204687382_0">ORBUSMAX@ORBUSMAX.COM</span><br /><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> "Religion of Peace" headline</span><span style="font-size:12;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:12;">Dear Orbusmax editorial board,</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:12;"> You have the following link on your webpage:</span></span></p> </div> <div> </div><div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:12;">"<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/?pageId=57941"><strong><b><span style="font-family:Courier New;"><span style=";font-family:";" >RELIGION OF PEACE: Man decapitates nephew in Saudi supermarket...</span></span></b></strong></a>"<br /><br />But when I clicked on it and read the story, Islam was not mentioned as the cause of the incident. Here's a police officer's account:</span></span></p> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:12;"> </span></span><em><i><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:12;">"A police officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Arab News, “The murderer was in a dispute with the boy’s mother and her husband. He chopped off the boy’s head in front of the mother to get back at her.”</span></span></i></em><strong><b><span style="font-family:Courier New;"><span style=";font-family:";" > </span></span></b></strong><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:12;"></span></span></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:12;">In fact, Islam is not mentioned <strong><b><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">AT ALL</span></b></strong> in this piece. Is there a reason you linked to this story with such a disingenious and misleading headline?<br /><br />For someone who decries "liberal" journalistic standards, this seems slightly hypocritical</span></span></p></div></blockquote><blockquote></blockquote><blockquote><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:12;"></span></span></p></div></blockquote><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:12;"></span></span></p></div></blockquote><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:12;"><br /></span></span></p><table class="messageheader" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody> </tbody></table> <form name="frmAddAddrs" action="http://address.mail.yahoo.com/yab/us?v=YM&.rand=95185&A=m&simp=1" method="post"> <input name="fn" value="The" type="hidden"> <input name="ln" value="Orb" type="hidden"> <input name="e" value="orbusmax@orbusmax.com" type="hidden"> <input name=".done" value="http://us.f906.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter?MsgId=3883_2866364_165802_1953_2478_0_79273_8383_439956743&order=down&inc=&sort=date&view=a&head=b&box=Inbox&YY=74491" type="hidden"> </form> <!-- type = text --> <script type="text/javascript" defer="defer"> YAHOO.Shortcuts.hasSensitiveText = true; YAHOO.Shortcuts.sensitivityType = ["sensitive_news_terms", "controversial_ok"]; YAHOO.Shortcuts.doUlt = false; YAHOO.Shortcuts.location = "us"; YAHOO.Shortcuts.lang = "us"; YAHOO.Shortcuts.document_id = 0; YAHOO.Shortcuts.document_type = ""; YAHOO.Shortcuts.document_title = ""; YAHOO.Shortcuts.document_publish_date = ""; YAHOO.Shortcuts.document_author = ""; YAHOO.Shortcuts.document_url = ""; YAHOO.Shortcuts.document_tags = ""; YAHOO.Shortcuts.annotationSet = { "lw_1204687382_0": { "text": "ORBUSMAX@ORBUSMAX.COM", "extended": 0, "startchar": 1932, "endchar": 1952, "start": 1932, "end": 1952, "extendedFrom": "", "predictedCategory": "", "predictionProbability": "0", "weight": 1, "type": ["shortcuts:/us/instance/identifier/email_address"], "category": ["IDENTIFIER"], "context": "gerards [mailto:mercifuln8@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 9:50 AM To: ORBUSMAX@ORBUSMAX.COM Subject: \x22Religion of Peace\x22 headline Orbusmax editorial board, You have" }, "lw_1204687382_1": { "text": "Yahoo! 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I am sure you have made a few here and there.</span></span></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:navy;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;color:navy;" ></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Note: Despite this quasi-retraction, Orbusmax has yet to remove the deceptive bigoted headline</p><p class="MsoNormal">But the not-so certain Meet the Stress editorial board probed further:</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10;" ></span></span></b></p><blockquote><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10;" >From:</span></span></b><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><span style=";font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10;" > mercifuln8@yahoo.com<br /><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, March 04, 2008 1:00 PM<br /><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> The Orb<br /><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> RE: "Religion of Peace" headline</span><span style="font-size:12;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:12;">Thanks for the response. </span></span></p> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:12;">Just curious. Is there a specific reason why you linked this story as "Religion of Peace"?<br /><br />Seriously, we had houses burning in Woodinville this week. I can google a thousand-and-one atrocities occuring all over the US (esp <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1204687773_0">Florida</span> ). All this despite our country supposedly being founded on "Christian principles". <br /><br />Any correlation/causation there? </span></span></p> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:12;">Would you ever run a story about a baby found in a dumpster or ____________ (insert US atrocity here), but preface it with the title: "Moral Christian Nation Alert"?<br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:12;">Just checking.<br />N</span></span></p></div></blockquote><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:12;"></span></span></p> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div></div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div><blockquote></blockquote>Orbi cries uncle and taps out:<br /><br /><blockquote><table class="messageheader" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: left;" class="label" nowrap="nowrap">From:</td><td style="text-align: left;">"<orbusmax@orbusmax.com><a href="http://us.f906.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter?MsgId=3083_2877566_166261_1950_3695_0_79279_15525_2771205533&Idx=1&YY=96392&y5beta=yes&y5beta=yes&inc=25&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b&box=Inbox#" onclick="'document.getElementById(" display="block"><br /></a></orbusmax@orbusmax.com></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align: left;" class="label" nowrap="nowrap">To:</td><td style="text-align: left;"> <mercifuln8@yahoo.com></mercifuln8@yahoo.com><br /></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align: left;" class="label" nowrap="nowrap">Subject:</td><td style="text-align: left;"> RE: "Religion of Peace" headline</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align: left;" class="label" nowrap="nowrap">Date:</td><td style="text-align: left;"> Tue, 4 Mar 2008 14:32:02 -0800</td></tr> </tbody></table> <form name="frmAddAddrs" action="http://address.mail.yahoo.com/yab/us?v=YM&.rand=643&A=m&simp=1" method="post"> <input name="fn" value="The" type="hidden"> <input name="ln" value="Orb" type="hidden"> <input name="e" value="orbusmax@orbusmax.com" type="hidden"> <input name=".done" value="http://us.f906.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter?MsgId=3083_2877566_166261_1950_3695_0_79279_15525_2771205533&order=down&inc=&sort=date&view=a&head=b&box=Inbox&YY=25629" type="hidden"> </form> <!-- type = text --> <script type="text/javascript" defer="defer"> YAHOO.Shortcuts.hasSensitiveText = true; YAHOO.Shortcuts.sensitivityType = ["sensitive_news_terms", "controversial_ok"]; YAHOO.Shortcuts.doUlt = false; YAHOO.Shortcuts.location = "us"; YAHOO.Shortcuts.lang = "us"; YAHOO.Shortcuts.document_id = 0; YAHOO.Shortcuts.document_type = ""; YAHOO.Shortcuts.document_title = ""; YAHOO.Shortcuts.document_publish_date = ""; YAHOO.Shortcuts.document_author = ""; YAHOO.Shortcuts.document_url = ""; YAHOO.Shortcuts.document_tags = ""; YAHOO.Shortcuts.annotationSet = { "lw_1204687773_0": { "text": "Florida", "extended": 0, "startchar": 3170, "endchar": 3176, "start": 3170, "end": 3176, "extendedFrom": "", "predictedCategory": "PLACE", "predictionProbability": "0.912447", "weight": 0.887205, "type": ["shortcuts:/us/instance/place/destination", "shortcuts:/us/instance/place/us/state"], "category": ["PLACE"], "context": "google a thousand-and-one atrocities occuring all over the US (esp Florida ). 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There's McBane & MittMormon<br />tussling for Giuliani's scraps, and then </span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">*Bang*</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"> from out of nowhere, the<br />Jim "Jones" Nabors' Theocracy Express receives God's breath!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"> </span><br /></span><br /><img src="http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y208/mercifuln8/mike_huckabee.jpg" /><img src="http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y208/mercifuln8/jim-nabors-then.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">(Note to Huckabee: Next time try Chuthulu's breath - stinky, but longer lasting)<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">But alas, this is not about the GOP multi-bus clusterfuck, this is about Fred.<br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">We're gathered here today to mourn the demise of what could have been, but<br />never was. As an ode to Fred's final green line code-out, I would ask that the </span></span></span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/browse"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><br />FreeRepublic</span></span></a><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/browse"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"> ultra-hetero Men's Choir </span></span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">now come forward and lament this loss -<br />their sackcloth and ashes still freshly filthy; their throats sore from wailing and<br />teeth gnashed into meth stubs.</span></span><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">Without further adeu, </span></span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">"The Freeper's Requiem"</span></span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"> Op.8 in B-whiner,<br />Directed by Nathaniel Gerardsky:</span></span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong>Introitus - Accentato:</strong><br /><br /><em><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Double damn.</span></em><br /></span></span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts?page=3#3"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">3</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> posted on 01/22/2008 11:36:35 AM PST by </span><a title="Since 2000-11-28" href="http://www.freerepublic.com/%7Etexasnative2000/"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">TexasNative2000</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><br />[ </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/reply?c=3"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Post Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/private?c=3"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Private Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts#2"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">To 2</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/replies?c=3"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">View Replies</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> ]<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><em>NO!!!!!</em></span><br /></span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts?page=4#4"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">4</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> posted on 01/22/2008 11:36:44 AM PST by </span><a title="Since 2001-09-08" href="http://www.freerepublic.com/%7Eclintonsarewhitetras/"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Clintons Are White Trash</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><br />[ </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/reply?c=4"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Post Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/private?c=4"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Private Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts#2"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">To 2</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/replies?c=4"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">View Replies</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> ]<br /><br /><em><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Triple damn</span></em><br /></span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts?page=6#6"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">6</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> posted on 01/22/2008 11:37:24 AM PST by </span><a title="Since 2000-11-25" href="http://www.freerepublic.com/%7Ethepythoniccow/"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">ThePythonicCow</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><br />[ </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/reply?c=6"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Post Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/private?c=6"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Private Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts#3"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">To 3</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/replies?c=6"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">View Replies</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> ]<br /><br /><em><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Just damn</span></em><br /></span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts?page=2#2"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">2</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> posted on 01/22/2008 11:35:48 AM PST by </span><a title="Since 2002-05-07" href="http://www.freerepublic.com/%7Esofaman/"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">sofaman</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><br />[ </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/reply?c=2"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Post Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/private?c=2"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Private Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts#1"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">To 1</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/replies?c=2"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">View Replies</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> ]<br /><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>Kyrie eleison - Allegro:</strong><br /><strong></strong><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">First Hunter, now Thompson.<br />I’ve got no one left to vote for.</span></em><br /></span></span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts?page=11#11"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">11</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> posted on 01/22/2008 11:39:16 AM PST by </span><a title="Since 2002-06-19" href="http://www.freerepublic.com/%7Eitsourtimenow/"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">ItsOurTimeNow</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><br />[ </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/reply?c=11"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Post Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/private?c=11"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Private Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts#1"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">To 1</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/replies?c=11"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">View Replies</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> ]<br /><br /></span><em><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Now the big question - who will he endorse??<br /></span></em><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts?page=20#20"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">20</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> posted on 01/22/2008 11:40:05 AM PST by </span><a title="Since 2004-08-17" href="http://www.freerepublic.com/%7Eabathar/"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Abathar</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><br />[ </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/reply?c=20"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Post Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/private?c=20"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Private Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts#1"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">To 1</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/replies?c=20"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">View Replies</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> ]<br /><br /><br /><strong>Rex tremendae - Affettuosamente:</strong><br /><br /><em><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">This Sucks. I will have to root for Romney. The Republican party is split<br />and the RATS are running 3 nightmares for this country. We are playing<br />right into the Clinton plan.</span></em><br /></span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts?page=14#14"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">14</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> posted on 01/22/2008 11:39:39 AM PST by </span><a title="Since 2001-07-05" href="http://www.freerepublic.com/%7Emespikelibs/"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">MeSpikeLibs</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><br />[ </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/reply?c=14"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Post Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/private?c=14"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Private Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts#1"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">To 1</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/replies?c=14"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">View Replies</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> ]<br /><br /></span><em><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><<<soloist:></soloist:></span></span><a title="Since 2004-01-25" href="http://www.freerepublic.com/%7Erockinqsranch/"><em><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">rockinqsranch</span></em></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> on Triangle<em>>>></em><br /></span></em><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">This will finish off the Republican Party of yore. We now have two officially<br />Leftist Parties as Conservatism is now either redefined, or is brushed off into<br />oblivion with the Green Party, The Libertarian Party, The Constitution Party,<br />and the like. THAT is what the importance of Duncan Hunter and Fred<br />Thompson as candidates was all about.</span></em><br /><em></em><br /><em><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">The Left has won a battle that will leave America Vulnerable for a long time,<br />or until that day the American electorate finally awakens to the fact they are<br />losing everything at the hands of the Democrat/Liberal/Socialists.</span></em><br /></span></span><em><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><br /><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">I pray for a rapid awakening. Before the Left can totally destroy the basis of that<br />which is America, and we all are beholden to the same benefactors as the Leftists<br />have sold their souls, consequently ours as well.</span></span></em><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts?page=17#17"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">17</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> posted on 01/22/2008 11:39:44 AM PST by </span><a title="Since 2004-01-25" href="http://www.freerepublic.com/%7Erockinqsranch/"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">rockinqsranch</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><br />[ </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/reply?c=17"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Post Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/private?c=17"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Private Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts#1"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">To 1</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/replies?c=17"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">View Replies</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> ]<br /><br /></span><em><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">This country has no conservative candidate and my vote is now a stay home.<br />This country is doomed.<br /></span></em><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts?page=23#23"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">23</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> posted on 01/22/2008 11:40:23 AM PST by </span><a title="Since 2007-03-13" href="http://www.freerepublic.com/%7Eresoluteconservative/"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Resolute Conservative</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><br />[ </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/reply?c=23"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Post Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/private?c=23"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Private Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts#1"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">To 1</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/replies?c=23"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">View Replies</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> ]<br /><br /><strong>***BRAVA! (applause)***</strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>Recordare - Agitato:</strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><em><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Double damn. </span></em><br /><em><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">If I wasn’t at work, I’d be crying right now. Just sitting here fighting<br />back the tears.</span></em><br /></span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts?page=21#21"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">21</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> posted on 01/22/2008 11:40:16 AM PST by </span><a title="Since 2003-11-14" href="http://www.freerepublic.com/%7Enograyzone/"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">NoGrayZone</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><br />[ </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/reply?c=21"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Post Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/private?c=21"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Private Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts#1"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">To 1</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/replies?c=21"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">View Replies</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> ]<br /><br /><soloist: title="Since 2000-07-10" href="http://www.freerepublic.com/%7Etli/"><em><<soloist:></soloist:></em></soloist:></span></span><a title="Since 2000-07-10" href="http://www.freerepublic.com/%7Etli/"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><em>TLI</em></span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><em> on glockenspiel>><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">It’s clear that the liberal commie media is in full control. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">They ran off Tancredo, Hunter, now Thompson. They certainly can not be<br />having actual conservative Republicans running for President. That is<br />reserved for RINO’s and CCID’s (Communist Calling Itself Democrat). </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Well “republicans” you had your chance, and ya’ll f****d it off. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Final advice? </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Get rifles and ammo while you can cause after getting the illegal aliens<br />amnestied they will be finding ways to disarm everyone no matter what<br />the Supreme Court decides. </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Good Luck.</span><br /></em></span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts?page=26#26"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">26</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> posted on 01/22/2008 11:41:51 AM PST by </span><a title="Since 2000-07-10" href="http://www.freerepublic.com/%7Etli/"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">TLI</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><br />[ </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/reply?c=26"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Post Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/private?c=26"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Private Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts#1"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">To 1</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/replies?c=26"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">View Replies</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> ]<br /><br /><em>(Yikes)<br /><br /></em></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><em>Damn! Looks like I’m gonna need a new tagline.<br /></em></span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts?page=29#29"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">29</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> posted on 01/22/2008 11:42:11 AM PST by </span><a title="Since 2001-03-01" href="http://www.freerepublic.com/%7Ecuzitainttheirmoney/"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">cuz_it_aint_their_money</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><br />(<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Fred Thompson & Duncan Hunter in '08</span>)<br />[ </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/reply?c=29"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Post Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/private?c=29"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Private Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts#1"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">To 1</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/replies?c=29"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">View Replies</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> ]<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">I don’t take orders from the MSM.<br /><strong>HUNTER/THOMPSON 2008!</strong></span><br /></em></span></span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts?page=30#30"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">30</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> posted on 01/22/2008 11:42:15 AM PST by </span><a title="Since 2003-03-18" href="http://www.freerepublic.com/%7Eishabibble/"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">ishabibble</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><br />[ </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/reply?c=30"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Post Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/private?c=30"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Private Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts#14"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">To 14</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/replies?c=30"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">View Replies</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> ]<br /><br /><strong></strong><br /><em><strong>Lacrimosa - Appassionato:</strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Not sure whats next....all the other candidates suck.</span><br /></em></span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts?page=41#41"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">41</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> posted on 01/22/2008 11:43:54 AM PST by </span><a title="Since 2004-12-10" href="http://www.freerepublic.com/%7Eservantboy777/"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">servantboy777</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><br />[ </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/reply?c=41"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Post Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/private?c=41"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Private Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts#19"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">To 19</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/replies?c=41"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">View Replies</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> ]<br /><br /><em><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">We’re done. Conservatives are now without a candidate—and possibly a country.</span><br /></em></span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts?page=53#53"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">53</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> posted on 01/22/2008 11:45:56 AM PST by </span><a title="Since 2002-12-08" href="http://www.freerepublic.com/%7Egopraider/"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">GOP_Raider</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><br />[ </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/reply?c=53"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Post Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/private?c=53"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Private Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts?page=1#1"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">To 1</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/replies?c=53"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">View Replies</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> ]<br /><br /><em><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">No need to vote in the primary Feb 5 as I could care less which RINO moron wins. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Depending on the nominee I might cast a vote AGAINST Hitlery or<br />Osama in November, but I am free of the campaign now. <strong>No canvassing, no calls,<br />no donations, no help what-so-ever</strong>. The dumbarse Moderate RINO's want a<br />wishy-washy candidate, they can help him. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">What is left of the Republican party better get on thier knees now<br />and start praying that there is not a conservative choice on a third party ticket. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><strong>Bye Bye Republican party</strong>, don't let the door hit ya in your brains on the way out.</span><br /></em></span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts?page=54#54"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">54</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> posted on 01/22/2008 11:46:01 AM PST by </span><a title="Since 1998-11-12" href="http://www.freerepublic.com/%7Ecommish/"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">commish</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><br />[ </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/reply?c=54"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Post Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/private?c=54"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Private Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts?page=1#1"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">To 1</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/replies?c=54"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">View Replies</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><br /><br /><soloist: title="Since 2000-08-19" href="http://www.freerepublic.com/%7Ebryan24/"><em><<soloist: title="Since 2000-08-19" href="http://www.freerepublic.com/%7Ebryan24/">Bryan24 on Harpsichord><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Well, all the conservatives are out of the Presidential race.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Romney is not conservative, he is a moderate that knows how<br />to schmooze with the liberals. That is the ONLY way could get<br />elected in Massachusetts.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Giuliani is a social LIBERAL. Fiscally conservative? Probably.<br />Probably middle of the road on Foreign Policy, too. Skeletons abound<br />in his past. But he is a gun control advocate and an abortion supporter.<br />Those last two disqualify him from my support under any circumstances.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Huckabee is Jimmy Carter redux. Out of his depth, TOTALLY.<br />He will be a social conservative, a big-government liberal and a<br />disaster on Foreign Affairs.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">McCain will be annointed as the next Ronald Reagan by the media.<br />In truth, he is a snake who will make any deal to make himself look better.<br />He is a conservative on defense, but has sold out to big business on immigration.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">This is the worst presidential election for Conservatives that I have ever<br />participated in</span>.<br /></soloist:></em></soloist:></span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts?page=79#79"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">79</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> posted on 01/22/2008 11:50:39 AM PST by </span><a title="Since 2000-08-19" href="http://www.freerepublic.com/%7Ebryan24/"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Bryan24</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><br />[ </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/reply?c=79"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Post Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/private?c=79"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Private Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts?page=1#1"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">To 1</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/replies?c=79"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">View Replies</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> ]<br /><strong></strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><em><strong>Sanctus - Allegretto:</strong><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">F#$% !!!!!!!</span><br /></em></span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts?page=81#81"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">81</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> posted on 01/22/2008 11:51:17 AM PST by </span><a title="Since 2000-10-03" href="http://www.freerepublic.com/%7Ecenturion2000/"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Centurion2000</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><br />[ </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/reply?c=81"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Post Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/private?c=81"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Private Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts?page=1#1"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">To 1</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/replies?c=81"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">View Replies</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> ]<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><em>A sad day for conservatism.<br /></em></span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts?page=83#83"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">83</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> posted on 01/22/2008 11:51:53 AM PST by </span><a title="Since 2000-11-07" href="http://www.freerepublic.com/%7Erintense/"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">rintense</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><br />[ </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/reply?c=83"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Post Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/private?c=83"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Private Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts?page=15#15"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">To 15</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/replies?c=83"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">View Replies</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> ]<br /><br /><em><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">The problem is, there is no one else that’s acceptable. No one.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">I’d so hoped to not have to hold my nose to vote. I am faced the first<br />time in my voting life with the possibility of actually staying home.<br />I’ve never done that before, don’t usually believe in it.</span><br /><br /></em></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><em>The Fix is apparently in anyway, my small vote is obviously<br />meaningless against the faux-conservatives that rule the party<br />and what passes for conservative news commentary in this country<br />these days.<br /></em></span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts?page=84#84"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">84</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> posted on 01/22/2008 11:51:55 AM PST by </span><a title="Since 2003-01-20" href="http://www.freerepublic.com/%7Eprairiebreeze/"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">prairiebreeze</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><br />[ </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/reply?c=84"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Post Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/private?c=84"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Private Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts?page=43#43"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">To 43</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/replies?c=84"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">View Replies</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> ]<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">There is no class in sitting home and allowing good Conservatives<br />in both Houses of Congress to be slaughtered by a Democrat President.<br />That is not only classless... IT'S TREASON!<br />Good day!</span><br /></em></span></span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts?page=193#193"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">193</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> posted on 01/22/2008 12:57:37 PM PST by </span><a title="Since 2006-04-02" href="http://www.freerepublic.com/%7Eavacado/"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">avacado</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><br />[ </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/reply?c=193"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Post Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/private?c=193"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Private Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts?page=61#61"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">To 61</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/replies?c=193"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">View Replies</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> ]<br /><br /><em><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Psa 146:3-5 </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">"Do not trust in princes, In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation.<br />His spirit departs, he returns to the earth; In that very day his thoughts<br />perish. How blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,<br />Whose hope is in the LORD his God."</span><br /></em></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><br /><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><em>Now I really need to keep repeating this.</em></span></span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><em><br /></em></span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts?page=89#89"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">89</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> posted on 01/22/2008 11:53:12 AM PST by </span><a title="Since 2006-10-24" href="http://www.freerepublic.com/%7Esquidpup/"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Squidpup</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><br />[ </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/reply?c=89"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Post Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/private?c=89"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Private Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts?page=1#1"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">To 1</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/replies?c=89"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">View Replies</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> ]<br /><em>(Wow, scripture during a Requiem? Who knew!)<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">The lions have left the room now the jackals will devour the corpse<br />of any hope for a conservative! Welcome to the republicrat party!</span><br /></em></span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts?page=91#91"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">91</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> posted on 01/22/2008 11:53:49 AM PST by </span><a title="Since 2003-02-14" href="http://www.freerepublic.com/%7Ehuntsvilletxveteran/"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">HuntsvilleTxVeteran</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><br />[ </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/reply?c=91"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Post Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/private?c=91"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Private Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts?page=1#1"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">To 1</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/replies?c=91"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">View Replies</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> ]<br /><br /><em><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">:::sniff:::</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">“;^(</span><br /></em></span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts?page=99#99"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">99</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> posted on 01/22/2008 11:55:43 AM PST by </span><a title="Since 2003-04-05" href="http://www.freerepublic.com/%7Eb9/"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">b9</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><br />[ </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/reply?c=99"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Post Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/private?c=99"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Private Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts?page=1#1"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">To 1</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/replies?c=99"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">View Replies</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> ]<br /><br /><br /><em><strong>Agnus Dei - Arpeggio:</strong><br /><br /></em></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">With the socialists in control of Congress and a MYTH or McInsane<br />in the WH there is no doubt that any judge confirmed will be another<br />Breyer at best. The day is lost, Romney and McCain laugh at conservatives.</span><br /></em></span></span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts?page=187#187"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">187</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> posted on 01/22/2008 12:53:15 PM PST by </span><a title="Since 2000-03-18" href="http://www.freerepublic.com/%7Erome2000/"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Rome2000</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> (Peace is not an option)<br />[ </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/reply?c=187"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Post Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/private?c=187"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Private Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts?page=172#176"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">To 176</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/replies?c=187"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">View Replies</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> ]<em><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Sure we survived Carter and Clinton but not when we were I a war<br />for our very lives. </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Perhaps you, like the liberals believe this is a<br />bumper sticker war. </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">You further assume there will be something left<br />after they are through with the nation in 8 years.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Tell me, where do you get your meds, I could use some of your happy pills.</span><br /></em></span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts?page=177#177"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">177</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> posted on 01/22/2008 12:44:13 PM PST by </span><a title="Since 2007-11-03" href="http://www.freerepublic.com/%7Earoundabout/"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">aroundabout</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><br />[ </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/reply?c=177"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Post Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/private?c=177"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Private Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts?page=147#147"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">To 147</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/replies?c=177"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">View Replies</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> ]<br /><br /><em><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Thanks for all your work and pings. I will miss you guys.I doubt if<br />I will be partaking in this election. I have to rethink it all.Thanks again.</span><br /></em></span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts?page=119#119"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">119</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> posted on 01/22/2008 12:06:25 PM PST by </span><a title="Since 2002-10-15" href="http://www.freerepublic.com/%7Ebonneblue/"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">BonneBlue</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><br />[ </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/reply?c=119"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Post Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/private?c=119"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Private Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts?page=15#15"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">To 15</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/replies?c=119"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">View Replies</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> ]<em><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">My condolences to all of the freepers who passionately supported<br />Fred Thompson.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Hopefully, he won’t bring humiliation to your support by endorsing McCain.</span><br /></em></span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts?page=121#121"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">121</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> posted on 01/22/2008 12:07:31 PM PST by </span><a title="Since 1998-06-05" href="http://www.freerepublic.com/%7Enephi/"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Nephi</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><br />[ </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/reply?c=121"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Post Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/private?c=121"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Private Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts?page=1#1"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">To 1</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/replies?c=121"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">View Replies</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> ]<br /><br /><em><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Crap.</span><br /></em></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">I just got my Fred08 yard sign and bumper stickers yesterday via Fedex.<br />I didn’t even open the box because of my sense of impending doom.<br />Argh..... Romney anyone? I need to remember all of the reasons I said<br />I would never vote for Mitt <strong>but maybe I will remain ignorant like many others</strong>...</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">again, Crap.</span><br /></em></span></span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts?page=125#125"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">125</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> posted on 01/22/2008 12:12:56 PM PST by </span><a title="Since 2001-10-01" href="http://www.freerepublic.com/%7Ekennesaw/"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Kennesaw</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><br />[ </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/reply?c=125"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Post Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/private?c=125"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Private Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts?page=2#2"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">To 2</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/replies?c=125"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">View Replies</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> ]<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">I’m out too. It was Fred or no-one.<br />I can’t even think right now of supporting any of these RINO’s.<br />I’m gonna need a break from all this for a bit.</span><br /></em></span></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><em>Pray for our country...we’re gonna need it.<br /></em></span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts?page=126#126"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">126</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> posted on 01/22/2008 12:14:04 PM PST by </span><a title="Since 2004-08-13" href="http://www.freerepublic.com/%7Esillsfan/"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">sillsfan</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><br />[ </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/reply?c=126"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Post Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/private?c=126"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Private Reply</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/posts?q=1&;page=101#118"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">To 118</span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957768/replies?c=126"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">View Replies</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> ]<br /><br /><strong>Finale - fortissimo:</strong><br />AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH<br />MEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHN!</span></span></p></td></tr></tbody><tbody></tbody></table><br /></span><br /><blockquote><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></blockquote>Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637422973456554812noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7751306.post-5162839715752602502007-08-29T18:43:00.000-07:002007-08-30T17:36:18.634-07:00Chehalis' Banshee: Alfred Hamilton Lives!The last time I fell under the spell of Chehalis WA, I had a lot less on my mind (See: <a href="http://meetthestress.blogspot.com/2007/01/belated-passage-alfred-hamilton-1920.html">Alfred Hamilton, Part I</a>). Even then, the draw was fairly non-destinct. Yet despite all else (you know), I found myself again pulling off at <a href="http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?address=1360%20Rush%20Rd&city=Chehalis&state=WA&amp;zipcode=98532%2d8728&country=US&title=%3cb%20class%3d%22fn%20org%22%3e1360%20Rush%20Rd%3c%2fb%3e%3cbr%20%2f%3e%20%3cspan%20style%3d%22display%3ainline%3bmargin%2dbottom%3a0px%3b%22%20class%3d%22locality%22%3eChehalis%3c%2fspan%3e%2c%20%3cspan%20style%3d%22display%3ainline%3bmargin%2dbottom%3a0px%3b%22%20class%3d%22region%22%3eWA%3c%2fspan%3e%20%3cspan%20style%3d%22display%3ainline%3bmargin%2dbottom%3a0px%3b%22%20class%3d%22postal%2dcode%22%3e98532%2d8728%3c%2fspan%3e%2c%20%20%3cspan%20style%3d%22display%3ainline%3bmargin%2dbottom%3a0px%3b%22%20class%3d%22country%2dname%22%3eUS%3c%2fspan%3e%3c%2fspan%3e&cid=lfmaplink2&name=&dtype=s">Exit 72 Rush Road</a> to document & archive NW history's favorite microcosm.<br /><br />The weekend began in a typical PDX state of semi-conciousness. In recovery from this state, I headed North for a family reunion - a first for this set of cousins. Following my mapquest, I found myself at a familiar, yet never traveled, exit: "Dyke Access Road". Meeeeelions double entendres flashed through my mind ("Guess what I went up", etc etc). Quite a remote location, yet filled with hog-feeding fun: The tradition on this side is to make an army's serving of food to be eaten by 15 people. Long story even longer, I spend the rest of Saturday & Sunday being the personal jungle gym for all my cousins' kids (a blast), and then engaged fam in an all-night duel of guitar hero.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the tsunami back home broke.<br /><br />I-5 North. Passing through rural WA nothingness. Why do I find this area so familiar. Oh right, that's why: <p></p><p><br /><img src="http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y208/mercifuln8/Hamiltonsign.jpg" /><br /></p><p>Breaks lock up and I pull over. I won't lie, I may have sacrificed life and limb for Al. Next time I'll be sure to keep in the right lane sooner - no promises. </p><p>And always doubling our pleasure, Alfred hits again.<br /><img src="http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y208/mercifuln8/Hamiltonsign2.jpg" /></p><p>Now I'm pretty sure that the Alfred clan ran out of S's. But the remote possibility that the Hamilton kidz had since gained an affinity for gangsta rap made me laugh to myself - alone in the tall grass under Al's billboard. </p><p>Fellow archivers of NW microcosm: The Hamilton billboard changes monthly - possibly more frequently. When travelling down the I-5 coridoor, take a planned rest-stop at <a href="http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?address=1360%20Rush%20Rd&city=Chehalis&state=WA&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;zipcode=98532%2d8728&country=US&title=%3cb%20class%3d%22fn%20org%22%3e1360%20Rush%20Rd%3c%2fb%3e%3cbr%20%2f%3e%20%3cspan%20style%3d%22display%3ainline%3bmargin%2dbottom%3a0px%3b%22%20class%3d%22locality%22%3eChehalis%3c%2fspan%3e%2c%20%3cspan%20style%3d%22display%3ainline%3bmargin%2dbottom%3a0px%3b%22%20class%3d%22region%22%3eWA%3c%2fspan%3e%20%3cspan%20style%3d%22display%3ainline%3bmargin%2dbottom%3a0px%3b%22%20class%3d%22postal%2dcode%22%3e98532%2d8728%3c%2fspan%3e%2c%20%20%3cspan%20style%3d%22display%3ainline%3bmargin%2dbottom%3a0px%3b%22%20class%3d%22country%2dname%22%3eUS%3c%2fspan%3e%3c%2fspan%3e&cid=lfmaplink2&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;name=&dtype=s">1360 Rush Rd. Chehalis, WA 98532-8728</a>, and snap off a few non-lethal rounds.</p>Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637422973456554812noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7751306.post-44574617071268328612007-08-24T16:01:00.000-07:002007-08-24T16:17:10.772-07:00Let's all just chill out...And enjoy some soothing music...<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Iggy and the Stooges - Search and Destroy</span><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TKYALsp-sIg"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TKYALsp-sIg" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Graves at Sea - Pariah</span><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OX_4ZnMXmhk"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OX_4ZnMXmhk" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Finntroll - Trollhamaren</span><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uFQet75TXMg"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uFQet75TXMg" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br />And just in time for the weekend,<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">The Pogues - Streams of Whiskey</span><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TaHMG_SvUkw"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TaHMG_SvUkw" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br />See? Doesn't that feel better?<br /><br />Live wrong and prosperNatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637422973456554812noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7751306.post-5505807368240182152007-06-25T17:36:00.000-07:002007-06-25T18:04:14.851-07:00Bill O'Reilly's first "Correction"<p>(Yeah, I know. We'll just call this a brief hiatus from a Black Sabbatical)<br /><br />Color me amazed. After thousands of unsourced, unwarranted, and unapologetic brain burps *, <a href="http://www.billoreilly.com/site">Herr Falafeloofa </a>- the grand duke of avoiding culpability (lil' Bush being crowned king), tried to sneak the following in on the tail-end of his <a href="http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/oreilly062507.php3">latest column</a>:<br /><br /><em>"I would like to correct the record. A few weeks ago I wrote that reporter Andrew Buncombe of the Independent neglected to tell his readers that Roger Ailes of Fox News was joking in a remark where the names Obama and Osama were used. In fact, Mr. Buncombe did mention the joke. My apologies to him"</em><br /><em></em><br />* Here's a fine collection - by no-means unabridged - of Bill O'Reilly brain-burps:<br /></p><p><a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200706220001">"News" Stories more important than Iraq - according to Herr Falafeloofa</a></p><p><br /><a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200706080005">Kansas Murder suspect a "White-bread Guy" (as opposed to Bill's fantasy suspect, of course)</a></p><p><a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200704240003">Bill's vile propaganda outfit "study"</a></p><p>(includes Bill's completely colorful, yet unsourced, and unsubstantiated hard-on chart)<br /><img src="http://mediamatters.org/static/images/item/oreilly-20070423-chart.jpg" /> </p><p>And let us never forget his greatest folly ever, "The Paris Business Review" incident</p><p>Roll film:<br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RbX-2X7_h-M" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p>Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637422973456554812noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7751306.post-17717068907231849102007-06-25T16:50:00.001-07:002007-06-25T17:03:41.524-07:00There... Happy?For those that are immune to the obvious* <a href="http://meetthestress.blogspot.com/">Meet the Stress, inc. </a>will be continuing our Black Sabbatical into the next few months.<br /><br />No worries, still have volumes of topics & info to sculpt and distribute to Cthulhu's apostles - just not the time nor the tech. Will be up-and-running ASAFP.<br /><br />* <a href="http://blatherwatch.blogs.com/talk_radio/2007/06/oddems_the_osci.html#comment-72596754">You know who you are fuckface</a>Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637422973456554812noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7751306.post-6689117938286232862007-03-02T15:49:00.001-08:002007-03-02T15:49:30.711-08:00A Chat with Mr. Bryan Styble<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y208/mercifuln8/styblehead.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y208/mercifuln8/styblehead.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Note: Meet the Stress, inc. has been on Black Sabbatical for the past few weeks. The following is from the not-so-deep archives of my email. Chronologically, it takes place after Styblehead's so-called resurrection, but</span><a href="http://blatherwatch.blogs.com/talk_radio/2007/02/kiro_talk_host_.html"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> before his recent "Black History Month" racist tirade</span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">:</span><br /></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">When KIRO brought back Bryan Styble (known to all his faithful fans as "Styblehead") to host a few inclement weather broadcasts, KIRO listeners from all over instantly felt their ears bleed - a common Pavlovian response to the name Styble. After my bleeding ceased, I promptly jumped on the opportunity to </span><a href="http://blatherwatch.blogs.com/talk_radio/2006/11/styblehead_vs_t.html"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">besmirch Styble's well-known lily-white honor</span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> - fulfilling my solemn oath as Cthulu's character assassin.<br /><p>After several cranky Styble broadcasts about how he was never fired by KIRO - only "rescheduled", I decided to kick it up a notch (BAM!) and write my buddy Bryan the following fence-mending email:</span></p></span><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:0;"><span style="font-size:0;"></span></span><blockquote><table class="messageheader" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"><tbody><tr><td class="label">Date:</td><td>Fri, 15 Dec 2006 01:26:20 -0800 (PST)</td></tr><tr><td class="label">From:</td><td>industrialist4life@yahoo.com<a onclick="'document.getElementById(" href="http://us.f580.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter?MsgId=4780_65930_1424_636_997_0_15_3275_1047382577&Idx=4&YY=15682&y5beta=yes&y5beta=yes&inc=25&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b&box=Sent#" display="block"><br /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="label">Subject:</td><td>weather</td></tr><tr><td class="label">To:</td><td>radioactiveseattle@hotmail.com</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><br />Welcome back Bryan,</span><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><br />Looking forward to another night of thrills spills and doctor bills. </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><br /><br />Can you please respond to the following claim: Back in October when your show was "cancelled", you claimed that your show had been simply "rescheduled". </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><br /><br />Here is the dictionary definition:</span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><br /><br />Reschedule</span><i style="FONT-STYLE: italic">: assign a new time and place for an event;</i><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"> </span><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">("time" being the operative word here)</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><br /><br />The only way that your show fits the "rescheduled' (rather than "cancelled") definition is if Tom Clandening and KIRO were able to </span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">predict the weather</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"> 2 months in advance. Thus being able to </span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">reschedule </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">your show for the exact time/date of the next snow/wind storm. </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><br /><br />Please clear this up, as it seems to you've been lying to your </span><a style="FONT-STYLE: italic" href="http://blatherwatch.blogs.com/talk_radio/2006/08/bryan_styble_th.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">0.08 rated</a><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"> audience.<br /></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Have a good show, and good luck with everything Styblehead Boast-to-Boast.<br /><br /></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Love, Mercifurious</span></blockquote><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">To which I quickly received the following horrifically obscene response:</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" ></span><blockquote><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><br /></span><table class="messageheader" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"><tbody><tr><td class="label">From:</td><td>"Bryan Styble" <radioactiveseattle@hotmail.com><a onclick="'document.getElementById(" href="http://us.f580.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter?MsgId=509_67565_3527_1752_878_0_16_1652_398436361&Idx=4&YY=99633&y5beta=yes&y5beta=yes&inc=25&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b&box=Inbox#" display="block"><br /></a></RADIOACTIVESEATTLE@HOTMAIL.COM></td></tr><tr><td class="label">To:</td><td>industrialist4life@yahoo.com</td></tr><tr><td class="label">Subject:</td><td>RE: weather</td></tr><tr><td class="label">Date:</td><td>Sun, 17 Dec 2006 04:12:00 -0800</td></tr></tbody></table><tt><tt><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><br /></span>YOU are the definition of coward and asshole!</tt></tt></blockquote><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">This was shocking to me - and must also be for the other 10 listeners involved in the ongoing persistent ocular blood-loss class-action against Styble. Shocking because Styble has always strictly and annoyingly adhered to a "scatological free" broadcast. Nary a crap makes it over the airwaves at KIRO during Styble's mic time. Always ironic too because of Styblehead's adherence to giving the CRAPPIEST broadcast ever.<br /><br />SO, what else could I do? As designated class-action lawsuit foreman (and out of my afore-mentioned blood-oath to Cthulu), I had to reply back to Bryan: </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><br /><br /></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"></span><blockquote><table class="messageheader" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"><tbody><tr><td class="label">Date:</td><td>Tue, 19 Dec 2006 04:13:24 -0800 (PST)</td></tr><tr><td class="label">From:</td><td><industrialist4life@yahoo.com><a onclick="'document.getElementById(" href="http://us.f580.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter?MsgId=404_70197_1772_715_1773_0_17_5900_1926077982&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;Idx=3&YY=73168&y5beta=yes&y5beta=yes&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;inc=25&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;view=a&head=b&box=Sent#" display="block"><br /></a></INDUSTRIALIST4LIFE@YAHOO.COM></td></tr><tr><td class="label">Subject:</td><td>RE: weather</td></tr><tr><td class="label">To:</td><td>"Bryan Styble" <radioactiveseattle@hotmail.com><br /></RADIOACTIVESEATTLE@HOTMAIL.COM></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Dear Bryan, </span><br /><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Awwwww... your sweet words are like honey in my ear. If only you could be this entertaining ON the air. Funny how you get so incensed about everyone using the word "Crap", but then you send me a completely profane ad hominem attack. </span><br /><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Oh, and I heard your request this morning about the listening audience calling "Stephanie" at KIRO </span><b style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><span id="lw_1172811026_0" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,102,204) 1px dashed"><span onmouseup="SetCallButtonPressed(this, 0,0)" class="skype_tb_injection" onmousedown="SetCallButtonPressed(this, 1,0)" id="__skype_highlight_id" onmouseover="SetCallButton(this, 1,0);skype_active=CheckCallButton(this);" onmouseout="SetCallButton(this, 0,0);HideSkypeMenu();" fn_index="0" info="Call +12067266902;0;+12067266902;0;" context="(206) 726-6902" rtl="false"><span class="skype_tb_injection_left" id="__skype_highlight_id_left" onmouseover="SetCallButtonPart(this, 1);" title="Change country code ..." onclick="javascript:if(1){doRunCMD(event, 'chdial','0');}else{doRunCMD(event, 'call','+12067266902');}event.preventBubble();return false;" onmouseout="SetCallButtonPart(this, 0);"><span class="skype_tb_injection_left_img" id="__skype_highlight_id_left_adge" style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(chrome://skype_ff_toolbar_win/content/cb_normal_l.gif)"><img class="skype_tb_img_adge" style="WIDTH: 7px; HEIGHT: 11px" height="11" src="chrome://skype_ff_toolbar_win/content/cb_transparent_l.gif" /></span></span><span class="skype_tb_injection_right" id="__skype_highlight_id_right" onmouseover="SetCallButtonPart(this, 1)" title="Call this phone number in United States of America with Skype: +12067266902" onclick="javascript:doRunCMD(event, 'call','+12067266902');event.preventBubble();return false;" onmouseout="SetCallButtonPart(this, 0)"><span class="skype_tb_innerText" id="__skype_highlight_id_innerText">(206) 726-6902 </span></span></span></span></b><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">(ie, the number you gave out on the air). Will do. And thankyou for the Styble heads-up (pun intended) </span><br /><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Sincerely, </span><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">~N</span><br /><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">PS, Ad Hominems aside - care to comment on your definition for "reschedule"?</span></p></blockquote><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">The email exchange(s) following this reply could be the strangest (& most amusing) that I have ever had with anyone - including</span><a href="http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;friendID=4836067&blogID=10454213&Mytoken=86792230-D8CE-4979-AA45E374D62BFB2E5668920"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> trolls I've met on 3rd Ave</span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">. For the purpose of creating an unbiased unspoiled impression, I will paste the remainder of the Bryan Styble email exchanges without further opining, editing, or blathering. Yes, Cthulu will just have to sit in his jar for a while.<br /><br />Warning: the following Styble emails are long, didactic, and possibly crappier than his broacasts. Read at your own risk: </span><br /><br /><blockquote><table class="messageheader" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"><tbody><tr><td class="label"><span style="font-size:100%;">From:</span></td><td><span style="font-size:100%;">"Bryan Styble" <radioactiveseattle@hotmail.com><a onclick="'document.getElementById(" href="http://us.f580.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter?MsgId=5289_72687_3896_1801_2818_0_18_5843_3843033184&Idx=3&YY=69481&y5beta=yes&y5beta=yes&inc=25&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b&box=Inbox#" display="block"><br /></a></RADIOACTIVESEATTLE@HOTMAIL.COM></span></td></tr><tr><td class="label"><span style="font-size:100%;">To:</span></td><td><span style="font-size:100%;">industrialist4life@yahoo.com</span></td></tr><tr><td class="label"><span style="font-size:100%;">Subject:</span></td><td><span style="font-size:100%;">Someone is impersonating Bryan Styble in cyberspace</span></td></tr><tr><td class="label"><span style="font-size:100%;">Date:</span></td><td><span style="font-size:100%;">Tue, 19 Dec 2006 04:45:17 -0800</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><pre style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">December 18, 2006<br /><br />Mr. or Ms. "Industrialist4life"<br />Somewhere in anonymous cyberspace, USA<br /><br />Dear Sir or Madam (whoever you are):<br /><br />I have absolutely no idea who wrote to you that "coward and<br />*******! " text quoted below, but it was NOT me. I repeat, I did not write that<br />to you, or to anyone else, either recently, or at anytime in the past.<br />Those were not my words, nor will they ever be.<br /><br />Obviously, someone else was impersonating me, although I don't<br />know cyber techniques nearly well enough to know how someone can do that<br />convincingly. But someone obviously has.<br /><br />That's because I have never in my life typed that word, in<br />e-mail or on a typewriter. That word is not in my lexicon. WhoEVER wrote that<br />scatological nastiness to you, it was not Bryan Styble. It was someone<br />pretending to be Bryan Styble.<br /><br />Perhaps is was the same person (or persons, perhaps; I have no<br />idea if there is just one or many such various individuals) who have been<br />spuriously posting in my name on the Internet on that mean-spirited website known<br />as "BlatherWatch".<br /><br />Whereas I DID (back in the Summer of 2005) make a couple of<br />postings on BlatherWatch, (each clearly posted UNDER MY OWN NAME, signing each<br />of them "BRYAN STYBLE/Seattle"), I have not since then posted ANYTHING on<br />BlatherWatch, under my name or under ANY other anonymous name.<br /><br />In fact, I have no idea how I would GO ABOUT POSTING<br />ANONYMOUSLY, were I inclined to do that, which I am not. I have NEVER posted<br />ANYTHING in ANY sector of the Internet anonymously; I find the habit virtually<br />everyone (but me) has of doing that sort of thing downright STALINIST. Every<br />posting I originate is signed by me, along with the city from which I've<br />posted.<br />In fact, you've been most scurrilous towards me and my<br />broadcasts, "Nate" (if indeed you are the "Nate" who has campaigned repeatedly<br />against me on the Internet, as I suspect you are, but don't know), so much so<br />that I wouldn't be surprised if you, Mr. "Nate" aka "Multifurious", phonied up<br />that supposed e-mail under my name YOURself in an effort to discredit me, or<br />perhaps merely get me just as annoyed as you've tried on the air to do<br />at least once.<br /><br />But assuming you're sincere in having received that spurious<br />e-mail, I again reiterate that I didn't write it, and never WOULD write<br />such a nasty set of text...even to someone who has been as nasty to me on<br />the air and in cyberspace as this "Nate" fellow has been to me in the past.<br /><br />As for the "rescheduling" business, I was merely restating what<br />had been stated to me. If you choose not to believe that, feel free to be<br />cynical. In fact, feel free to call me naive, but I didn't lie about<br />that much less imagine having heard that, any more than I typed that ugly<br />sentence falsely attributed to me.<br /><br />Sincerely,<br />BRYAN STYBLE/Seattle</span></span></pre></blockquote><pre><span style="font-size:130%;"><tt style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><tt></tt></tt><a onclick="return false;" tabindex="7" href="javascript:void(0)"><span style="font-size:0;"></span></a></span></pre><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Reply from your's truly :</span><br /><br /><table class="messageheader" style="FONT-STYLE: italic" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"><tbody></tbody></table><br /><blockquote><table class="messageheader" style="FONT-STYLE: italic" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"><tbody><tr><td class="label">Date:</td><td>Tue, 19 Dec 2006 22:45:39 -0800 (PST)</td></tr><tr><td class="label">From:</td><td><industrialist4life@yahoo.com><a onclick="'document.getElementById(" href="http://us.f580.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter?MsgId=7139_77308_2107_762_4470_0_19_15671_3716277926&Idx=2&YY=34983&y5beta=yes&y5beta=yes&inc=25&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b&box=Sent#" display="block"><br /></a></INDUSTRIALIST4LIFE@YAHOO.COM></td></tr><tr><td class="label">Subject:</td><td>Re: Someone is impersonating Bryan Styble in cyberspace</td></tr><tr><td class="label">To:</td><td>"Bryan Styble" <radioactiveseattle@hotmail.com></RADIOACTIVESEATTLE@HOTMAIL.COM></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Bryan, </span><br /><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Unfortunately for you, the email with the "scatological nastiness" originated from YOUR email address, and none-other:</span><br /><br /><span id="lw_1172813690_0" style="BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,102,204) 1px dashed; FONT-STYLE: italic; moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial">radioactiveseattle@hotmail.com</span><br /><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The exact same address that I sent the original email to. The exact same address that you sent the last email from. You can scroll down and see for yourself. I also have the exact email record in my inbox. </span><br /><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Nonetheless, I'll include your latest antithesis in my upcoming blog - to be fair. I'm sure your defense against using bad language will be as compelling as Mike Webb's upstanding insurance records. </span><br /><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Have a great show tonight. And we'll see you again when KIRO "reschedules" you 2 months in advance for the next storm. </span><br /><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">~Nate in </span><span id="lw_1172813690_1" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,102,204) 1px dashed; FONT-STYLE: italic">Seattle</span><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">AKA Mercifurious</span><br /><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">PS, Alternative Ockham's Razor theory: Perhaps you have an angry, profane and uncontrollable alter-ego that sent that email. </span></blockquote><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Styble fires back with a truly vivid history of our long-standing radioactive affair:<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"></span><blockquote><table class="messageheader" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"><tbody><tr><td class="label">From:</td><td>"Bryan Styble" <radioactiveseattle@hotmail.com><span style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><br /></span><a onclick="'document.getElementById(" href="http://us.f580.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter?MsgId=3989_87283_4307_1794_4398_0_21_9483_3091149973&Idx=2&YY=43615&y5beta=yes&y5beta=yes&inc=25&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b&box=Inbox#" display="block"></a></RADIOACTIVESEATTLE@HOTMAIL.COM></td></tr><tr><td class="label">To:</td><td>industrialist4life@yahoo.com</td></tr><tr><td class="label">Subject:</td><td>Styble has never typed those words to you or anyone</td></tr><tr><td class="label">Date:</td><td>Wed, 20 Dec 2006 05:22:48 -0800</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><pre style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><tt><tt>December 20, 2006<br /><br /><br />Dear Mr. "Nate" (or whatever alias you're using today):<br /><br />What "fight" are you talking about?!? I happen to RESPECT and (as much<br />as I know him, which isn't much) personally LIKE Mr. Goldstein. I have no<br />idea what he thinks of me, but I was happy to have him share that hour with<br />me.<br /><br />But while I don't know what he thinks of me, I know what you<br />(evidently) think of me. Which is fine--you're entitled to detest my broadcast work, but why<br />that equates to character assassination on your part I've no idea.<br /><br />Hold me in whatever contempt you wish, but that doesn't entitle you to<br />misquote me from my broadcasts (which you've REPEATEDLY done; for<br />instance, I never beseeched my audience to call Stephanie--that was in direct<br />response to a caller who wanted a specific name to contact). But you shall<br />continue to misquote me in an effort to embarrassment professional anyway, I'm<br />sure, based on your determined efforts thus far.<br /><br />Your inexplicable campaign against me also doesn't entitle you to quote<br />and duplicate a sentence that I NEVER WROTE AND NEVER WOULD WRITE. I have<br />no idea where you got it--again, I'm not convinced you're not so<br />determined to ruin my career that you'd be underhanded enough to fake it yourSELF,<br />but I'll take you at your word that you didn't.<br /><br />But you should take me at MY word that I didn't write or type those<br />words. I don't use that word verbally or in text, with you or anyone else.<br />Someone was impersonating me. For all I know, someone at my home sent it from<br />my e-mail account. But I didn't. And won't. I'm just not that way. I<br />don't use scatological language, I don't like it, and I don't force it on<br />other people, unlike you.<br /><br />So quit claiming that I do.<br /><br />What on earth compells you regarding this, or that silly Hedy Lamarr<br />business (I NEVER claimed I wrote anything but the WFLD obituary for<br />her; there were proably 2000 if not 4000 separate TV, radio and print obits<br />written for her) I wrote one, and only one of what surely were many<br />many various ones upon her demise, and the fact that you can't understand<br />that suggests you don't understand media one whit...which is rather<br />surprising, since I thought you were sharp the one time I remember talking to you<br />on-air...which of course you used as an opportunity to try to foist<br />some scatological language of your OWN on my audience, which I why I cut<br />short the call.<br /><br />All of the above was written on the presumption that you've been<br />dealing with me in good faith, when your behavior on-air and in your hostile<br />e-mails of course indicates otherwise.</tt></tt><tt><tt><br /><br />Sincerely,</tt></tt></pre><pre style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><tt><tt>BRYAN STYBLE/Seattle</tt></tt></pre></blockquote><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">So there you go, fellow eye-bleeders. And to think this guy had a 0.08-rated show. How dare anyone turn the radio off when their ears bleed - of all the nerve!<br /><br />Other than that quip, the floor is yours.<br />As radio folk incessantly say when they call-in:<br /><br />"I'll take your comments off the air"</span><br /><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"></span></span>Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637422973456554812noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7751306.post-61810772671953506502007-02-02T01:52:00.001-08:002007-02-02T01:54:43.852-08:00Lite-Brites = Bomb-ScareSo we've been hearing all week about these "devices" planted by evil Adult Swim agents - many being mistaken as "bombs". Seriously, do these look like bombs to you?<br /><br /><msprm name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Iv9s_fz0K2I"><msprm name="wmode" value="transparent"><object enablejsurl="false" enablehref="false" saveembedtags="true" allowscriptaccess="never" allownetworking="internal" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/Iv9s_fz0K2I" height="350" width="425"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Iv9s_fz0K2I"> <param name="allownetworking" value="internal"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never"> <param name="enableJSURL" value="false"> <param name="enableHREF" value="false"> <param name="saveEmbedTags" value="true"> </object><br /><br />If this looks like a bomb to you:<br /><br />A.) You might also believe that 24 is real (dude, it's fucking KIEFER!)<br />B.) You're too young to remember Lite-Brite.<br />C.) You need to read <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Fear-Bruce-Schneier/dp/0387026207">"Beyond Fear"</a>, and start worrying about drowning in your own bath-tub before terrorism.<br /><br />So, once more. This is a bomb:<br /><img src="http://jeffrey-feldman.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/01time_bomb.jpg" /><br /><br />This is a Lite-Brite:<br /><msprm name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Huat89z2WrA"><msprm name="wmode" value="transparent"><object enablejsurl="false" enablehref="false" saveembedtags="true" allowscriptaccess="never" allownetworking="internal" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/Huat89z2WrA" height="350" width="425"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Huat89z2WrA"> <param name="allownetworking" value="internal"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never"> <param name="enableJSURL" value="false"> <param name="enableHREF" value="false"> <param name="saveEmbedTags" value="true"> </object><br /><br />If the FBI, CIA, or Boston Authorities can't figure out the difference between the two, then I guess we really should be worried. In this case, these evil Cartoon Network minions committed the most unforgivable of crimes: <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><br />They made the government look bad.</span>Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637422973456554812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7751306.post-10241234431813466272007-01-26T01:00:00.000-08:002007-01-26T13:22:17.545-08:00Van Halen with DLR: Yes, it might just happen<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.guitarplayer.ru/vanhalen/img/van_halen_04.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.guitarplayer.ru/vanhalen/img/van_halen_04.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />The staff here at <a href="http://meetthestress.blogspot.com/">Meet the Stress, inc.</a> are all confirmed sieg heilers, heel-clickers, and goose-steppers for Van Halen. And by Van Halen, we are referring to the classic line-up of Eddie Van Halen, Brother Alex, Michael Anthony, and most important - Diamond David Lee Fucking Roth (ie, God).<br /><br />According to this unassailable logic, Van Halen officially reached oblivion and room temperature on April 1, 1985 when Roth was booted and replaced with the devil - Sammy Hagar (aka "Bette Midler drag act", "Squinty McZubaz", "Fatty Pajamaman"). Sure, there had always been some infighting between DL-fing-R and the Halen bros. But this raises a much greater question: Why argue with God? (aka DLR)<br /><br />Of course, any and all future variations on this Roth-less theme - up to and including the terrible flirtation with Gary Cherone - should also be viewed as non-canonical, blasphemous, heretical, and contrary to all natural law.<br /><br />On this note, I'm proud to announce a possible long-awaited resurrection:<br /><a href="http://billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003537232">Billboard: "Van Halen Reuniting with Roth for Tour"</a><br /><br />Now some cautionary notes. I covered my bases in the title: "Yes, it <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">just might</span> happen". Several big variables and obstacles to overcome:<br /><br />A.) First and foremost, David Lee Roth and his overwhelming ego. Of course, when you're God, this goes with the territory. When DLR told Moses "Tell them 'I am' has sent you" the connotation here is that nothing exists without the supreme will of DLR, right? The VH bros just gotta deal.<br /><br />B.) Michael Anthony DOA. On September 8th 2006, Eddie VH announced that Anthony was out, and that his 15 year old son Wolfgang was VH's new bassist. We all love Mike and his Jack Bass, but really - crucial VH member, or expendable? You know the answer. But it's gottta be pretty insulting to be replaced with a 15 yo punk.<br /><br />C.) Three on one. Lil' Wolfie is going to be the VH bros' sock puppet. So that's Alex, Eddie, and Wolfie vs. God. This certainly could be a recipe for disaster.<br /><br />D.) This is really 15 years too late. As much as we appreciate God and all his wisdom, DLR has always been pretty pretty thin on-top - and getting thinner.<br /><img src="http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlLA/david_lee_roth.gif" /><br />...and Eddie's new corpse look doesn't sweeten the offer:<br /><img src="http://amadeo.blog.com/repository/272965/654230.p.jpg" /><br /><br />But to this I say we've seen worse - and it wasn't that bad. We saw DLR solo at Bumbershoot 2004 and he fucking ruled. We saw an overweight VH cover-band last week in Portland, and they fucking ruled. If they can all get-it-together, and if DLR can be magnanimous and benevolent with his ego (big if), it just might work.<br /><br />There is always hope. There is some glue left to keep them together. This time, we must look-to and trust-in Benjamin Franklin & his clone army for some much-needed hope glue:<br /><img src="http://www.shapepostcards.com/images/Postcard_photos/Cash/hundred_dollar_bills.jpg" /><br /><br />There are only a few shows that I've ever paid over $50 to see. Iron Maiden with Rob Halford (worth every penny). Slayer, Black Sabbath, Priest, and Iron Maiden (easily every penny). This show I am willing to spend anything. I'd say one Benji is my limit, but I'd be lying.<br /><br />In leu of this exciting news, I've planted the Van Halen torch (upper-right) - claiming this blogland for VH. But more importantly - when all the variables, obstacles, and egos are tossed-aside, our friends at <a href="http://www.rotharmy.com/">RothArmy.com</a> will ignite their VH torch - and every other torch linked to it.<br /><br />So there it is: Save-up your shekels, & pray daily to DLR that Benjamin Franklin's clone-army hope-glue brings it all home.Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637422973456554812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7751306.post-54640689552175257712007-01-24T02:32:00.000-08:002007-01-24T07:22:26.191-08:00Conservative Information Black-Hole (Busted!)<span style="font-style: italic;">Alternative title: "Why conservatives reside in terminal idiocy" </span><br /><br />In a <a href="http://meetthestress.blogspot.com/2006/12/nates-picks-for-2006.html" target="_self">previous entry</a> I decried conservative websites for dubious citation jobs. In particular I targeted Orbusmax - a local conservative news-service (of sorts):<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"Because he's always using other right-wingnuts as sources, Orbusmax is a prime offender for being right-wing recycle-bin/ echo-chamber."<br /><br /></span>Here's a prime example. Orbusmax' bold headline right now reads:<br /><a href="http://www.orbusmax.com/" target="_self">"Report: Gulf States Prepared to Back US Military Strike on Iran"</a><br /><br />Clicking on the link<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> does not </span></span>bring you to a<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"></span>credible source: For example,<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> no report from Gulf State ambassador(s); no minutes from a Gulf State coalition meeting; no Gulf State leader(s) statements, letters, documents, etc</span>. No, clicking on this only sends us to orbusmax' favorite go-to <span style="font-weight: bold;">conservative weblog </span><a href="http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/" target="_self">Little Green Footballs</a>, who gives us this entry:<br /><a href="http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=24113&only&rss" target="_self">"Report: Gulf States Prepared to Back US Military Strike on Iran"</a><br /><br />Information, sources, and citations become even more chimerical from here. Little Green Footballs gives us a segment of a <span style="font-style: italic;">"...paper, written by GRC program director, Dr. Christian Koch,</span>" but gives us no link to that paper. This segment also fails to present any actual credible Gulf State sources (listed above).<br /><br />Again, there is still no link to this phantom "paper" or any report, but LGFootballs does give us this:<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />A new paper issued by an influential Dubai think tank suggests that Gulf states may be prepared to </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.itshinesforall.com/2007/01/report_gulf_sta.html" title="It Shines For All: Report: Gulf States Prepared to Back U.S. Military Strike on Iran Archives" target="_blank">back a US military strike on Iran</a><br /><br />This hyperlink sends us to - wait for it - <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">yet another weblog</span>. This Alice rabbit-hole is run by the ultra-conservative NY daily, <a href="http://www.itshinesforall.com/" target="_self">The Daily Sun.</a> And it get's better (or worse). The article posted on this blog is again titled:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.itshinesforall.com/2007/01/report_gulf_sta.html" target="_self">"Report: Gulf States Prepared to back US Military Strikes on Iran"</a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">(still waiting for the actual link to an actual report)</span><br /><br />This weblog article - posted by online editor Daniel Freedman - seems to be the final resting place for this weblog circle-jerk. But like all the others, Freedman again makes reference to "...paper, written by GRC program director, Dr. Christian Koch," but again fails to provide any verifiable links to that paper. Freedman's article includes the same segment as LGFootballs. But again, no citation, no report, no link.<br /><br />Freedman makes reference to a speech given by Bush's <a href="http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/6198.htm" target="_self">Under Seceretary of State Nicholas Burns</a> to the GRC where Burns said:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;" id="article" class="article_small">"The Middle East isn't a region to be dominated by Iran. The Gulf isn't a body of water to be controlled by Iran. That's why we've seen the United States station two carrier battle groups in the region,"<br /><br /></span><span id="article" class="article_small">But there is no reference here to any Gulf States backing this US move. Again, no credible sources - </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">no report from Gulf State ambassador(s); no minutes for a Gulf State coalition meeting; no Gulf State leader(s) statements, letters, documents, etc - </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">are given to verify this claim.<br /><br />Taken together: A supposed online news-service cites a conservative blog that cites another conservative blog that cites NOTHING.<br /><br />Unfortunatly, many people reading an alarmist & determinitive headline about Gulf States backing US military strikes on Iran will accept it at face-value. Many will show up to the water-cooler tomorrow with a "Guess what I heard?". Many others will lovingly send mass emails to friends/family with the headline, linking back our friend </span><a href="http://orbusmax.com/" target="_self">Orbusmax</a>.<br /><br />All this undoubtedly improves the advertising revenue for Orbusmax & his circle-jerk blog friends. But we live in country where the <a href="http://www.gwu.edu/%7Ensarchiv/news/20060411/" target="_self">president is actively suppressing</a> information and then <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/10/washington/10leak.html?ex=1302321600&en=a822dffc46e8662d&ei=5090" target="_self">actively declassifying only parts of documents that support his schemes</a>.<br /><br />In this context, the propegation of pseudo-information is a detriment to our democratic survival as a country, and the Soviet-caliber propagandists using this tactic should be cast into the same asheap of history.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.grc.ae/" target="_self"></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span><span style="font-style: italic;" id="article" class="article_small"></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><span><tt><b><span><a href="http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=24113&only&rss"><span style="font-size:7;"><tt><b><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></b></tt></span></a></span></b></tt></span><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /><a href="http://www.grc.ae/" target="_self"></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span><span style="font-style: italic;" id="article" class="article_small"></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><span><tt><b><span><a href="http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=24113&only&rss"><span style="font-size:7;"><tt><b><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></b></tt></span></a></span></b></tt></span><span style="font-style: italic;"></span>Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637422973456554812noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7751306.post-11682268943798548952007-01-19T13:20:00.000-08:002007-01-19T13:37:47.210-08:00Belated Passage: Alfred Hamilton 1920-2004Last weekend's Portland road-trip tribulation presented a few new stories for the ages: A new nickname; A profane jager-induced rage at a Van Halen cover-band playing Haggar; A "No-athon"; Chasing Mariah around with a DLR residue-laced hand.<br /><br />But one segment stuck-out in my mind from the return trip. I've made note of this road-side display on several previous I-5 trips, but like many items in my life, that note had been repeatedly filed deep into my ADD-adled archives. This time I kept thinking about it afterwards - clearly a lifetime of exposure to this I-5 landmark had pushed aside all other higher brain functions.<br /><img src="http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y208/mercifuln8/Al%20Hamilton%20Billboard/davincicode.jpg" /><br /><br />For I-5 travelling Warsh-ingtonians, the Uncle Sam billboard between Chehalis & Centralia has become both an unsightly attraction & the purest form of 1st Amendment use. I'm normally hit with a combo-punch of both descriptions - inducing a nervous chuckle.<br /><br />Again, this exposure pushed me deep into thought about the who's, what's, & why's behind Chehalis' beloved/hated Uncle Sam. The initial searches for all things Uncle Sam were incredibly fruitless - "Washington" and "Uncle Sam" led google into empty pastures. But after several deep caches, I finally found a name and obituary:<br /><br /><a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/199341_obithamilton12.html">Alfred Hamilton, 1920-2004: </a><br /><a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/199341_obithamilton12.html">He Put Conservative Views on Billboard</a><br /><img src="http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y208/mercifuln8/Al%20Hamilton%20Billboard/hamiltonbillboard73.jpg" /><br />Photo: Hamilton and Billboard - 1972<br />(Note: Answers that spawn more questions - Who the hell is Bill Caruth?)<br /><br />As you can see, Hamilton's death hit the AP and was quickly carried nationwide:<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">New York Times:</span> <a href="http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20F10F8385A0C7B8EDDA80994DC404482">"Highway's Message Board Now Without a Messenger"</a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">San Fran Chronicle:</span> <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/11/28/MNG2DA2N011.DTL">"Washington State Loses a Unique Free-speech Icon"</a><br /><br />And what a surprise! Our dear wingnuts at the Freerepublic also picked it up:<br /><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1295673/posts">"Owner of I-5's 'Uncle Sam' Billboard Dies at 84"</a><br />(w/ 50+ fun posts of Freeper commentary)<br /><br />The best resource as always is the one closest to ground zero. I went through the <a href="http://www.chronline.com/">Chehalis Chronicle</a> archives & found (and paid for) a total gem of an obituary. From this, I've been able to piece-together a biographical sketch of sorts for this free-speech anti-hero:<br /><br /><i>Born: March 31, 1920, in Chehalis to parents Frank and Edith Hamilton.</i><br /><i><br />Attended the one-room Valley School and later studied at what is now Washington State University - never graduating. </i><br /><i><br />From daughter Sherryl Zurek: </i><br /><i>"If he graduated, he would have been drafted. He quit early so he could get a deferment, and he farmed instead of going into the service."</i><br /><i><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(Wow, a draft-dodger - and dodged WWII no less!) </span></i><br /><i><br />Married Ruth Knoles in 1942.</i><i>He raised sheep, then started raising turkeys, producing as many as 20,000 to 30,000 a year on the land just north of Midway Meats and west of Interstate 5</i><i>. Hamilton became interested in real estate, building and leasing the Ribeye restaurant and McDonald's on the land left him by his father </i><br /><i><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(Turner, Tyler, Anna & I used to swear by the Ribeye's "Irish Nacho" goodness)</span></i><br /><i><br />He originally built the sign in 1971 at the instigation of his wife, who found that the state was spending more money on welfare than on schools.</i><br /><i><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(See? That damned Eve made me do it) </span></i><br /><i><br />In 1971, then-state Attorney General Slade Gorton filed a lawsuit against Hamilton for his billboard under the Scenic Vista Act. </i><br /><i><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(An interesting 1st Amendment case - you can read the lawsuit resolution in it's entirety here): </span></i><br /><i><a href="http://www.mrsc.org/mc/appellate/archive/024wnapp/024wnapp0927.htm">STATE v. HAMILTON 1979</a></i><br /><i><br />Tom Bradshaw, pastor of Chehalis First Christian Church, gives us this Al Hamilton profile:</i><br /><i>"He stood about 6-3 or 6-4, and weighed 200 pounds or so. He gave you the feeling he was the kind of man you wouldn't want to mess with."</i><br /><i><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(Amen, brother)<br /><br /></span></i>I also managed to hunt down a few select photos of Uncle Al's sayings. Most NW excursionists are familiar with the subject matter: an endless tirade against all things Liberal, Commie, Red, Pinko & Blue - and every hue in-between. Again, either making us giggle or stressing our over-caffienated AVM's (usually both).<br /><br />Tyler and the other Evergreen State College Alumni reminded me of this Al Hamilton gold - Later used by Evergreen as an actual postcard sold in their gift-shop. I still think they should make a T-shirt of this one - I'd wear it:<br /><img src="http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y208/mercifuln8/Al%20Hamilton%20Billboard/evergreenhomos.jpg" /><br /><br />Here's one that found Herr Hamilton at odds with the Bush admin. A tirade here against all those who oppose America-as-birth-right:<br /><img src="http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y208/mercifuln8/Al%20Hamilton%20Billboard/immigrants.jpg" /><br /><br />The close 2004 gubernatorial election between Gregoire/Rossi made us all pretty tense. Apparently, Al was so tense he skipped the ladder:<br /><img src="http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y208/mercifuln8/Al%20Hamilton%20Billboard/WACHEbillboard_wendigo187.jpg" /><br /><br />And of course the Iraq War would weigh heavily on the mind of a WWII draft-dodger - evoking this grevience against all us quagmire/civil-war protesters. We also see what might be our final view of Chehalis' favorite bristled curmudgeon.<br /><img src="http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y208/mercifuln8/Al%20Hamilton%20Billboard/hamiltonbillboard02.jpg" /><br />(Unintentional comedy: I would stay seated and support the UW in Pullman's Martin stadium - let alone the gates of hell.)<br /><br />From the various articles, several other Al-isms were recorded - all in caps of course. Tongue-depresser handy? Good, your going to need it:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">"BOOTH GARDNER: </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A MAN WHO THINKS TWICE BEFORE HE SAYS NOTHING."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">"PACKWOOD RETIRES </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">AFTER TWENTY-SEX YEARS IN SENATE" </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">"GOVERNORS LIKE LOWRY DON'T GROW ON TREES. </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">THEY SWING FROM THEM."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">"DOES LOCKE SUPPORT ALL DRUNK DRIVERS?" </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(editor's note: WHAT?) </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">"AIDS TURNS FRUITS INTO VEGETABLES." </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(Yikes)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">"THERE ARE NO BILLBOARDS IN RUSSIA, CUBA, OR COMMUNIST CHINA."</span><br /><br />But with all the blathering bravado, Al's friend and turkey business partner George Duby gives us this all-important crux:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"Even though we disagreed on many things, I think it made our friendship stronger."</span><br /><br />And quoting Ralph Waldo Emerson, Duby adds:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"It is always better to be a thorn in the side of your friend than an echo."</span> (Don't I know!)<br /><br />And fear not, road-side attractioneer: Al's death in 2004 - apparently of Alzheimers & Cancer - did not silence Uncle Sam. The Hamilton fam is stepping-in and accepting the curmudgeon torch. Testimonial: new anti-immigrant script up last weekend (all caps) for your drive-by viewing pleasure.<br /><br />Here's the near-to-exact map-quest:<br /><a href="http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?address=1360%20Rush%20Rd&city=Chehalis&state=WA&amp;amp;zipcode=98532%2d8728&country=US&title=%3cb%20class%3d%22fn%20org%22%3e1360%20Rush%20Rd%3c%2fb%3e%3cbr%20%2f%3e%20%3cspan%20style%3d%22display%3ainline%3bmargin%2dbottom%3a0px%3b%22%20class%3d%22locality%22%3eChehalis%3c%2fspan%3e%2c%20%3cspan%20style%3d%22display%3ainline%3bmargin%2dbottom%3a0px%3b%22%20class%3d%22region%22%3eWA%3c%2fspan%3e%20%3cspan%20style%3d%22display%3ainline%3bmargin%2dbottom%3a0px%3b%22%20class%3d%22postal%2dcode%22%3e98532%2d8728%3c%2fspan%3e%2c%20%20%3cspan%20style%3d%22display%3ainline%3bmargin%2dbottom%3a0px%3b%22%20class%3d%22country%2dname%22%3eUS%3c%2fspan%3e%3c%2fspan%3e&cid=lfmaplink2&name=&dtype=s">1360 Rush Rd. Chehalis, WA 98532-8728</a><br /><br />If you can, please don't just pass it by. Pull over, take a photo, and then post it here - a living shrine to Washington's favorite free-speech rebel.<br /><br />Afterwards, drop by the Ribeye for some Irish Nachos. Leave a tater-skin behind for Al.<br /><br />"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."<br />~Voltaire<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bibliography:</span><br />Lawton, Mark. "'Uncle Sam' Billboard Owner Dies."<br />Chehalis Chronicle 10 Nov. 2004, local ed.Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637422973456554812noreply@blogger.com149tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7751306.post-1166810808971638282006-12-22T09:58:00.000-08:002006-12-27T06:03:05.840-08:00Nate's Picks for 2006I don't do requests, but I made an acception for one <a href="http://www.myspace.com/bella_dulcet" target="_self">Bella Dulcet</a> - our AZ blue-hearted sister (how does she do it?).<br /><br />The Request: <span style="font-style: italic;">Nate's favorite & most-read political websites. </span><br /><br />I gave-up the usual suspects:<br /><br /><a style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" href="http://mediamatters.org/" target="_self">Media Matters</a><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> </span><br />Known for catching Rightwingnuts in the media on video with their pants down. Founded by David Brock - ex-GOP hitman. <a href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1013043mackris16.html" target="_self">Herr Falafeloofa</a> hates them - nuff said. <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span><a style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" href="http://blatherwatch.blogs.com/" target="_self">Blatherwatch</a><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span> A locally run muckraker - similar to Media Matters. Anytime a spider farts in NW radioland, Founder/Host Michael Hood hears it. Great for unmasking the soviet-esque secrecy of corporate radio. <a href="http://www.myspace.com/bryanstyble" target="_self">Styblehead</a> hates them - nuff said .<span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span>...But then she stopped me<span style="font-style: italic;">:<br /><br />"No Nate, I mean the conservative wacko sites"<br /><br />"SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"<br /></span>I said, with Sesame Street drug-dealer enthusiasm. <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><img src="http://images.wikia.com/muppet/images/thumb/c/c1/Buyano.jpg/300px-Buyano.jpg" /><br /></span>I look around each shoulder and then yank her into a back alley,<br />opening my trench coat (salacious, no?)<span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />"conservative wacko sites?", </span>she whispers. <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />"Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight"<br /><br /></span>See, much like Lefty the Salesman trying to sell Ernie a "Q" for a nickel, my growing collection of wack-job conservative websites is a dark art - a secret rite, if you will. I could tell you, but <span style="font-style: italic;">the knowledge alone </span>just might kill you...<span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span>...But what the hell, it's the fucking holidays, right? I wanna see some death!<br />Without further ado:<br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nate's favorite Right-wing resources:</span><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">Moving from the surface towards the earth's core...</span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /><br /></span><a style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.drudgereport.com/" target="_self">Drudgereport.com</a><br />An "Enquirer for wingnuts" of sorts (Actually, I'm pretty sure the Enquirer is more accurate). Quite a suck-sess story: Founder Matt Drudge was a Deli manager in DC, and had an ear for gossip. Running an email news service from his CPU, he was the first to uncover, break, and run-with the Lewinsky scandal. Pretty much the Godfather of modern pajama-journalism - left or right.<br /><br />Unfortunatly, Drudge's scoop on Lewinsky was one of his last & only Bulls-eyes. For the most part, he now relies on shotgun/grenade journalism - printing anything anyone spits his way (against liberals/progressives), and every once in a while, he'll be right. Other than that, you'll also find celeb scandals 'o plenty here.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> Note: Drudge loves to delete his archives when he's proven wrong/libelous. </span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span><a style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" href="http://www.orbusmax.com/" target="_self">Orbusmax.com</a><br />A local drudgereport with less celeb scandal poop. Orbus takes most of his national headlines (right column) from <a href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/" target="_self">WorldNetDaily,</a>(see below) Newsmax, & MichelleMalkin. Because he's always using other right-wing-nuts as sources, Orbusmax is one of the worst offenders for right-wing recycle bin-echo chambers. Ironically, many SeaWA talk-show hosts take there talking-points straight from Orbusmax.<br />(listen to KIRO's <a href="http://www.kiro710.com/showdj.asp?DJID=31737" target="_self">Frank Shiers</a> while reading Orbusmax.)<br /><br />OH! and Orbusmax is famous for using this headline Mad Lib tactic:<br />____________________________________________<span style="font-weight: bold;">UNHINGED</span>!<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">(anytime a progressive decides to speak their mind)<br /><br /></span>Before I die, I want Orbusmax to say "Merciful Nate - UNHINGED". Which brings us to...<br /><br /><a style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/" target="_self">WorldNetDaily.com</a><br />I find it endlessly amusing that Orbusmax picks through haystacks for unhinged liberal pins, when EVERY door in WorldNetDaily has been ripped out & stored back in Uncle Cletus' shed. Fundy Ayatollahs UNHINGED. Actually, WND is a very useful and inspiring site - great for many of my favorite blog-games:<br /><br /><div style="margin-left: 40px;">* Compare/contrast <a href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/" target="_self">WorldNetDaily</a> headline with <a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/" target="_self">TheOnion</a> or <a href="http://www.landoverbaptist.org/" target="_self">LandoverBaptist</a> headline. One's an Ayatollah Fundy site. Two are parodies. Spot the difference.<br /><br /></div> <div style="margin-left: 40px;">* <a href="http://meetthestress.blogspot.com/2006/01/conservative-cannibalism.html" target="_self">Right Wing Cannibalism:</a> WorldNetDaily is so far right, sometimes they fall off the edge and try to pull the rest into the pool with em. Great for finding posts on Bush/Immigration back-biting, GOP sex scandals, & even Fundy vs. Fundy!<br /><br /></div> OH! And where the hell else are you gonna read <a href="http://wnd.com/news/archives.asp?AUTHOR_ID=274" target="_self">Chuck-fucking-Norris' latest collumn</a>? Huh? HUH? Yeah, thats what I fuckin thought.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> Note: the following advert GIF is currently up and flashing on WorldNetDaily: </span><br /><img src="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/adbanners/ad.SWND.book.120406.Shooting_Back.125x200.gif" /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">(yipes)<br /><br />And now folks - The very deepest of pits (Thats right, WorldNetDaily was only a Sub-basement), I give you:<br /><br /></span><a style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/browse?ao=1" target="_self">FreeRepublic.com</a><br />Don't let their low-tech advert-lite environment fool you! FreeRepublic is the largest online posting arena for fun-loving, Red-state, Bush-lovin, Sheep-minded, Fundy Ayatollahs (nicknamed "Freepers"). Picture in your mind Tim Eyman & Pat Robertson. Now mix together & arm heavily. Now multiply several thousand times. Yeah, yikes.<br /><br />Even better than WorldNetDaily for blog-games. My favorite?<br /><br /><div style="margin-left: 40px;">* <a href="http://meetthestress.blogspot.com/2006/08/warrantless-wire-tap-decision-with.html" target="_self">Song of the Freepers</a>: Pluck a story from the news that you know wingnuts will hate, then plunk it into FP's search engine up top. A larger collection of unhinged wing-nuts you will never find. Harborzoo Med Center on a Friday night has nothing on this. Seriously, this could be the greatest political blog generator ever.<br /><br />* <a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1734374/posts" target="_self">Tears of the Freepers</a>: When the Dems started to sweep congress this year, my first thought was: <span style="font-style: italic;">"Hmmmm, I wonder what the Freepers are doing"</span>. The link above gives you the greatest sequence of internet posts ever: From excited, to anxious, to pissed, to threatening(!), to crying in their oats. For progressive inner-schadenfreude vampires everywhere. Feast on their tears!<br /><br /></div> And even better: Every single unhinged wingnut comes complete with their very-own myspace-esque profile. Here's just a sample <a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/%7Ekronos77/" target="_self">"Kronos77"</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Warning: </span> Before contacting and/or playing happy-joy-joy myspace-friends with freepers, remember that most of them are more than likely <span style="font-style: italic;">impotent-positive</span> (m), <span style="font-style: italic;">libido-negative</span> (f), and <span style="font-style: italic;">well-armed</span> (both)<br /><br />So there you go, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/bella_dulcet" target="_self">Bella Dulcet</a> et al - Nate's picks for 2006.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"It'll cost ya just a Nickel"</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">"A NICKEL!!"</span><br /><img src="http://images.wikia.com/muppet/images/a/a4/Schlehmil-001.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">"SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"<br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">whispers: "A Nickel"</span><br /><br />"RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT"Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637422973456554812noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7751306.post-1165929348660965492006-12-12T05:14:00.000-08:002006-12-27T06:03:26.249-08:00September 11th RememberedSeptember 11th marks a dark day for democracy<br /><br />A day when a democratic country was attacked.<br /><br />Attacked by a conspiracy of internal tyrannical thugs - allied with the devious plot of a foreign government.<br /><br />This attack resulted in the <a href="http://www.usip.org/library/tc/doc/reports/chile/chile_1993_toc.html" target="_self">death of nearly 3,000 people</a>,<br />with the injury & "disappearances" of thousands more.<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilean_coup_of_1973" target="_self">September 11, 1973</a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> That country</span>: Chile<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> The tyrannical thugs</span>: Augusto Pinochet's coup d'état<b> </b> of the democratically elected Allende government<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> The foreign government</span>: The US under Nixon/Kissinger.<br /><br />With the natural death of the thug Augusto Pinochet on December 10, 2006 (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Rights_Day" target="_self">Human Rights day</a> - ironically), may we now learn from history instead of repeating it again: No natural death for tyrants.<br /><br /><i><b>Sic semper tyrannis</b></i><br /><img src="http://www.londonclasswar.org/images/mussolini.jpg" />Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637422973456554812noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7751306.post-1165566057159873832006-12-08T00:19:00.000-08:002006-12-27T04:35:03.317-08:00F. Winston Gerards - In Memoriam<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://myspace-349.vo.llnwd.net/00886/94/33/886803349_m.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">F.Winston Gerards</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">1993-2006</span><br /></div><br />This Monday, the Gerards family lost our beloved Himalayen feline to the wild Acacian woods.<br /><br />When Karleen and Don took that European trip around the summer of 1993, they had no idea what the kids would get up to: A grand party that would run off the rails, and a tiny grey bundle of fluff - replacement for the recently departed "Ezekiel".<br /><br />His name was originally "Fizgig" - after his uncanny resemblence to Jim Hensen's rolling ball of fuzz in the Dark Crystal. We picked him from a litter of his brethren in Duvall. In mind's eye, I see your mother: A completely concaved face. Your father must have somehow filled-in that DNA face-crater.<br /><br />When Mom and Dad came home - their anger over the party aftermath was quickly assuaged by the new arrival. From their Euro-travels, they decided on the name "Winston", after the pudgy faced UK PM.<br /><br />Other than Fizgig & Winston, he had many other nom de guerres - from many other friends:<br />"Winstoner"<br />"Stoner"<br />"Goofball"<br />"Doofus"<br />"Biscuit boy" & "Mr. Biscuits"<br />"Talkin' boy" (after Bessie died)<br />"Bud"<br />"Kiddo"<br /><br />I can still see Winston brutally attacking his older brother Bones after we applied the Kitty gas mask (inhaling bottle of catnip pellets) . Bones never could figure out what triggered such brutality.<br /><br />I last saw you 2 weeks ago when the folks left Thanksgiving weekend. Even gave you a bath to clean up that scabby chin - always allergic to everything. A serene moment: Winston wrapped in 3 towels, pretty pissed-off after being hoodwinked into the bath, but now relaxing and taking-in a Chapelle episode.<br /><br />So many other memories that come to mind. Over this next week, as the stories slowly roll back in to my conscience, I'll add them here. For those of you that remember & loved Winston, please leave them here too.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Our Immortal sovereign,</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Grand sculpter of stardust clay,</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">We give you our grey kid Winston</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Keep him healthy & happy<br />in your eternal Guf</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Love you bud,<br />~N<br /></div>Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637422973456554812noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7751306.post-1165418629377078932006-12-06T07:22:00.000-08:002006-12-27T04:35:37.743-08:00Blatherwatch, Part IV: "Political Rubbers vs. RoadsA more general topic this time - and personal. Open thread, so please feel free to drop comments at blatherwatch<br /><br /><a href="http://blatherwatch.blogs.com/talk_radio/2006/12/open_thread_pol.html">Open Thread: Political Rubbers vs. Roads</a><br /><p>Exerpt:<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-style: italic;">Where do your politics begin and your relationship(s) end? </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">(Where does "culture" stop & and " a war" start?) </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Is politics a day-to-day full-contact sport,<br />or just a Star Wars vs. Star Trek fan-rivalry with different costumes?</span></p> <p><span style="font-style: italic;">Do you personally draw a line in the sand? </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">If so, where is that line? (issues vs. friends, dating, relationships, or marriages) </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">If someone crosses that line, what are the consequences? </span></p>Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637422973456554812noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7751306.post-1164964282186347232006-12-01T01:10:00.000-08:002006-12-27T04:39:17.520-08:00Blatherwatch, Part IIIBetter than Godfather III, I promise:<br /><br /><a href="http://blatherwatch.blogs.com/talk_radio/2006/11/styblehead_vs_t.html">Styblehead's Last Stand</a><br /><br />An obscure radio reference here. A late night ex KIRO host named Bryan Styble managed to secure a "one night only" spot last night/morning to cover the snowstorm. Night of horrors.<br /><br />Long story short: You were all lucky to be sleeping that night. I suffered through KIRO's late-night blasphemies on your behalf.<br /><br />Note: At one point, Styble barfed the following:<br /><br /><i>"I think Van Halen was a much better band with Sammy Haggar than with David Lee Roth"</i><br /><br />Yeah, it was pretty bad.Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637422973456554812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7751306.post-1164964223395009062006-12-01T01:09:00.000-08:002006-12-27T06:03:56.726-08:00Blatherwatch, Part II<a href="http://blatherwatch.blogs.com/talk_radio/2006/11/glenn_beck_mad_.html" target="_self">"Glenn Beck Mad Libs"</a><br /><br />For those of you who don't know, Glenn Beck hosts a terrible show on Headline News (!!!). Beck is also an Everett native - not that there's anything wrong with that. hahahahah<br /><br />EnjoyNatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637422973456554812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7751306.post-1164964157816940262006-12-01T00:58:00.000-08:002006-12-27T04:41:37.072-08:00Blatherwatch, Part II am currently guest-posting for the NW radio-centered site:<br /><a href="http://blatherwatch.blogs.com/" target="_self">blatherwatch</a>, while author/founder is vacating.<br /><br />First post is now up:<br /><a href="http://blatherwatch.blogs.com/talk_radio/2006/11/truckertalk_fle.html">"Trucker Talk Fleec-o-matic? 10-4!"</a><br /><br />I feel like Navin R. Johnson<br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">"Page 73 - Johnson, Navin R.! I'm somebody now! Millions of people look at this book everyday! This is the kind of spontaneous publicity - your name in print - that makes people. I'm in print! Things are going to start happening to me now. "<br /><br /></span>For those just joining us, 710KIRO's late-night line-up has been a long sad story of good folks not getting there just-deserts, bad-radio poo sinking to the bottom, and then eventually everything flushed down the toilet & replaced with a big syndicated radio-bot (ie "Trucker Talk").<br /><br />I know, not the greatest post (no significant research), but was tuning into some late-night KIRO radio & got a writing itch. Strange inspiration, but we've been deputized to cover blather.Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637422973456554812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7751306.post-1163591009929453422006-11-15T03:41:00.000-08:002006-12-27T04:38:54.301-08:002004 Political Autopsy revisited<span style="font-style: italic;">Admit one: The Way-back Machine. </span><br /><br />Well, not that far back. No one wants to see Nate's Vision Street regalia circa 1988. Let's just pull the flux-capacitated DeLorean off at the following exit-ramp:<br /><a href="http://meetthestress.blogspot.com/2006/11/2004-political-autopsy-revisited.html"><br /></a><a href="http://meetthestress.blogspot.com/2006/11/2004-political-autopsy-revisited.html" target="_self">November 4th, 2004 - "Victory with Strings<span style="font-style: italic;">"</span></a><br /><br />Possibly due to "Values voters", Bush has just won his second term over John Kerry. The GOP now has control of 2/3 branches of government - with future conservative court appointments completing the monopoly.<span style="font-style: italic;"><br />(*see footnotes)<br /></span><br />Facing this cadaver, I decided to sift through the entrails and do some political autopsy. Using the theory of the <a href="http://www.blaserco.com/blogs/images/bellCurve.gif" target="_self">political bell-curve</a>, one could conclude that George W Bush's victory was a poison pill - that it would create a split within his own party. By energizing the US Ayatollahs (who vote in big numbers), Bush might secure a victory over "the middle" (who don't vote as often), but this victory would come at a consequence: the alienation of economic conservatives (Guliani/Schwarzeneggers, George Wills, Milton Friedmans, etc) who represent a far larger piece of GOP pie.<br /><br />In other words, here's why the GOP lost so big this year: Economic conservatives got jealous about Bush's Ayatollah footsy and either:<br />A.) Stayed home<br />B.) Voted democratic<br /><br />But here's the punchline. All across the AM dial, wingnut blatherers are building a very odd heavy wax from their tears. The overwhelming content of this wax proclaims that tthe GOP took this "Thumpin" because the candidates "weren't conservative enough". Now economically, they might be right - A bigger group of Gubment-cheese porky-pigs I have never seen (see: <a href="http://www.outsidethetent.com/wp/archives/category/homeland-security/" target="_self">"Old McDonald's Petting Zoo" recieving Homeland Security cash</a>)<br /><br />But Social conservatives? I sure hope they go on thinking this.<br />Rick Santorum - arch-conservative & <a href="http://meetthestress.blogspot.com/2006/10/senator-santorum-r-pa-compares-america.html" target="_self">terrible analogist</a> - ran a far-right socially-conservative agenda<span style="font-style: italic;"> and</span> was fairly free of Abramoff scandal scum. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Despite </span>this, Santorum got his fundy-butt kicked in PA: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2006/pages/results/states/PA/S/01/index.html" target="_self">Losing to Robert Casey, Jr by 18%</a>. Note: When an incumbant in any state loses by that much, you call that a "grand thumpin".<br /><br />Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it? I can't be the only one who loves watching another all-out charge against the Maschinengewehr 08<br /><img src="http://www.wpk.p.lodz.pl/%7Ebolas/main/uzbrojenie/wehr/waffen/maxim.jpg" /><br />Sometimes the truth hurts, but sometimes it feels real good.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">* Footnotes:<br /><br />Irony of all iron-knees, even after the 2004 conservative monopoly on everything, </span></span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1013043mackris1.html" target="_self">Herr Falafeloofa</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> (<span style="font-weight: bold;">Bill O'Reilly</span>) invented yet another moral-majority martyr complex (ie pulled it out his ass), for yet another of his high-larious "War on Christmas" bits.<br /><br />Note: </span>And <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.newshounds.us/2006/11/13/oreilly_waging_yet_another_war_paging_dr_frasier_crane.php" target="_self">He's doing it again.</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> Thanks to all you godless fags, we may not even have a Christmas this year.<br /></span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Note 2: And here I was thinking it was proper to pospone all mythological holy wars until after Thanksgiving. Sheesh</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"></span>Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637422973456554812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7751306.post-1163070960105148342006-11-09T03:13:00.000-08:002006-12-27T04:42:09.317-08:00People to Bush: "No, We're the Decider!"Since I first became politically aware/active, I would from time to time talk with folks who believed their vote counted for nothing. And I totally empathize - for a significant period of time, I felt the same. I still voted, but I never believed it really mattered.<br /><br />The events this week will serve as a history lesson plan & template to squash the futile belief that your vote doesn't matter. The events this week were a clear message to our leaders: You do not rule us - we are <span style="font-weight: bold;">YOUR</span> employers. We can, will, do, & did say <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">"You're FIRED"</span>.<br /><br />Don't believe me? Just take a look at this sequence of the events this week:<br /> <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">November 2, 2006</span><br /><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2621650&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312" target="_self">"Bush Says Rumsfeld Should Stay in Office Until the End of His Presidency"</a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">November 7th, 2006</span><br /><a href="http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=politicsNews&storyID=2006-11-08T155304Z_01_N03126368_RTRUKOC_0_US-USA-ELECTIONS.xml&WTmodLoc=PolNewsHome_C2_politicsNews-1" target="_self">Democrats sweep House, Senate hangs in balance</a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">November 8th, 2006</span><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/08/us/politics/09BUSHCND.html?hp&ex=1163048400&en=90b2a0d9c77157ea&ei=5094&partner=homepage" target="_self">Rumsfeld Resigns as Defense Secretary</a><br /><br />Message <span style="font-weight: bold;">H</span>eard<br />Message <span style="font-weight: bold;">U</span>nderstood<br />Message<span style="font-weight: bold;"> A</span>cknowledged<br /> <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">HOOOOOAH!</span><br /><br />Think about it. This is a major foreign policy shift, during a war (albeit undeclared), in a government sector that is notoriously numb to public pressure (The Pentagon) - the equivalant of a tit mouse pushing an elephant. All precipitated by the events of November 7th, 2006 - the tit-mouse that roared.<br /><br />Behold: the raw power of voting. <br />Now get out there and do it again.Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637422973456554812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7751306.post-1161356035170065892006-10-20T07:49:00.000-07:002006-12-27T04:47:59.691-08:00Senator Santorum (R-PA) compares America to "The Land of Sorrow"<span style="font-style: italic;"></span>Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA), decided to exhibit a <span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><a href="http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/111-10172006-728120.html" target="_self">fine case of hoof/mouth disease:</a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> "</span><i><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">As the hobbits are going up Mount Doom, the Eye of Mordor is being drawn somewhere else,"</span> Santorum said, describing the tool the evil Lord Sauron used in search of the magical ring that would consolidate his power over Middle-earth.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">"It's being drawn to Iraq and it's not being drawn to the U.S."</span> Santorum continued. <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">"You know what? I want to keep it on Iraq. I don't want the Eye to come back here to the United States"<br /><br /></span></i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">For proper analysis of Santorum's hoof/mouth, it's obvious that several things must be promptly shunted off the table.<br /><br />First off, Time and Space go bye-bye due to the fact that Bush's <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Real </span>Iraq Adventure-turned-quagmire started in 2003, whereas Tolkien wrote his <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Fantasy</span> books in 1954,<br /><br />Secondly, we also have to say <span style="font-style: italic;">adios</span> to JRR Tolkien's thoughts on his own work:</span><i><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><br /></span></i><i>"As for any inner meaning or 'message', it has in the intention of the author none. It is neither allegorical nor topical."<br /></i><span style="font-weight: bold;">~JRR Tolkien, Forward, Lord of the Rings</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span>But okay, Santorum has decided to live in his own fantasyland. You know, the same fantasyland that argues "<span style="font-style: italic;">Staying the course</span>" will lead to <span style="font-style: italic;">"victory"</span>, without defining either "<span style="font-style: italic;">the course</span>" or "<span style="font-style: italic;">victory".</span> For the sake of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Il%C3%BAvatar" target="_self">Illuvatar</a>-knows-what, let's just set aside time/space and Tolkien's post-humous "fuck you", and endulge Herr Santorum with his analogy.<br /><br />The first part seems pretty straight forward:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> The Army at the gates of Mordor as a distraction for the Eye of Sauron<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />-is to-</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"></span><span style="font-style: italic;">US military in Iraq as a distraction to "terrorism"</span><br /></div><br />Seems fairly straight forward. But distracting The Eye of Sauron (terrorism) from what? As you can see, from this point on Santorum's comparison falls apart exponentially... or maybe not? Taking the comparison to it's proper fruition:<br /><br />The Eye of Sauron (Terrorism) is being distracted by the army marching toward at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morannon" target="_self">The Black Gate</a> (Iraq). Because of this distraction, the Eye of Sauron (Terrorism) is focused away from <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">MORDOR </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">(America) </span>.<br />DOH!!! (or hmmmmmmmm....).<br /><br />Perhaps we <span style="font-style: italic;">should</span> just set-aside Time/Space or Tolkien's grave-rolling and post-humous fuck you's & just take Santorum at his word. C'mon ABCNews, grow some minerals and run with this headline: <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:100%;">"Senator Santorum Compares America to Mordor"</span><br /></span></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordor#Naming" target="_self">(ie, The Black Land/Land of Sorrow)</a><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;" >Alright don't then, you cowards - but I will.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Note:</span> A few other blogerrific individuals have been hard at work mining this story...<br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.allyngibson.net/?p=878" target="_self">Blogger Allyn</a><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.allyngibson.net/?p=878" target="_self"></a><span style="font-style: italic;"> properly connects Santorum's logic - noting the the army in LOTR was being sent on a complete suicide mission. Santorum forgets of course that the US(Mordor) owns no magic rings.(???) </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">On a lighter note, </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://tehipitetom.blogspot.com/2006/10/mouth-of-sauron-r-pa.html" target="_self">photo funster Kvatch</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> has fun with Santorum (ie, The Mouth of Sauron).</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Note 2: </span> For shits-n-giggles, do a google search of </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=santorum&btnG=Google+Search" target="_self">"Santorum"</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> and hit </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.spreadingsantorum.com/" target="_self">"I'm feeling lucky"</a><span style="font-style: italic;">. You google-bombing pranksters/geniuses, you! </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637422973456554812noreply@blogger.com4