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54 Fedayeen get creamed;
Democrat outpouring of anger over loss

by JohnHuang2

Oh, I can almost hear the angry screams from Democrat cloakrooms now: Can't these Fedayeen Saddamites do anything right?!?!?! First, these idiots lose both Gulf Wars wars (the Washington Post says losing the war was really Saddam's Master Plan all along, but Democrats, stunned by Saddam's crushing defeat, aren't sold on that), now this?!

U.S. troops, despite being terribly demoralized by Bush's policy of fighting terrorism (see Reuters), massively creamed at least 54 Iraqi Fedayeen Sunday, using tank and cannon fire, repulsing a series of coordinated ambushes in the northern city of Samarra, a hot-bed of anti-U.S. anger almost as fierce as in Hollywood or Boston. Media reports are a little confusing, though: First they reported this as a 'MASSACRE OF INNOCENT CIVILIANS BY BUSH!!'. These innocent civilians were so innocent they were wearing Saddam's Fedayeen militia uniforms (Halloween, maybe?) while innocently unleashing a barrage of automatic weapons fire, mortar shells and innocent rocket-propelled grenades. Later, the media -- fearing nobody'd believe these 'innocent civilians' were 'innocent', or that the whole thing could make Bush look good -- changed tactics, claiming there was no massacre at all, or that there was a massacre but that it was Massacre Lite, with only 6 Iraqis killed. Later the media changed tactics yet again, claiming that 'BUSH DELIBERATELY TARGETED 6 CIVILIANS, LEAVING BRAVE FEDAYEEN FIGHTERS UNSCATHED!!'. (Stay tuned for the next minor revision: BRAVE HILLARY LEADS U.S. TROOPS IN FIERCE BATTLE, SIMULTANEOUS AMBUSHES BY HALLIBURTON EXECUTIVES SUCCESSFULLY REPULSED!!').

Look, I'm not questioning Hillary!'s patriotism here. I understand that, with Democrats, patriotism is like going to church -- happens, by accident, once every lifetime.

Okay, that wasn't fair. Especially since Democrats have a 'Don't ask, don't tell' policy when it comes to patriotism. Don't ask questions about my patriotism, I won't tell or say anything patriotic. Just because Democrats don't act patriotic doesn't mean they're not patriotic. They just can't serve openly as patriots in the Democrat Party.

(To be fair, Democrats deny they hate America. They say they really love America -- really! Next thing they'll tell us is how much they love Fox News.)

The Sunday firefight came as a heavy blow to Democrats, already reeling from Bush's surprise Thanksgiving visit with U.S. troops in Baghdad. (The press, which accused Bush of being a coward on 9/11, accused Bush of risking his life for a photo-op). Till Sunday, the Democrat Party -- a French possession -- crowed that November had been the deadliest month in Iraq for Coalition troops. They said it was all Bush's fault for invading Iraq in the first place, then refusing to enact the Hillary! Plan (invade Iraq even more by sending more troops; U.S. forces there now are doing a crummy job, says Gen. Hillary!, so send more U.S. forces to help them not do such a crummy job; wait longer to handover power) or the Wesley Clark Plan (don't wait longer to handover power -- do it now, then blow up the Chinese embassy and claim that out-dated CIA maps made you do it) or the Dennis Kucinich Plan (find a wife, ship her to Iraq, have the stunning Helen Thomas look alike scare U.S. troops out) or the John F. Kerry Plan (whatever Dominque de Villepin-head says) or the John Edwards Plan (release Gitmo inmates, file lawsuits against the Patriot Act -- which Edwards voted for but says he didn't really mean it or didn't really read it -- address the needs of average, hard-working Fedayeen) or the Dick Gephardt Plan (universal health care for all Iraqis) or the Al Sharpton Plan (Sharpton's plan is stuffed in a garbage bag, smeared with dog feces, and 'I hate Jews as much as Saddam does!' scrawled on it) or the Carol Moseley Braun Plan (Iraq was a diversion from the War On Terror; Saddam had nothing to do with 9/11! We need to go after the Saudi royal family in North Korea!) or the Howard Dean Plan -- The prescription for dealing with all foreign enemies (take 2 tablets of appeasement and see me in the morning.) In Iraq, Dean's the favorite candidate of Fedayeen guys with grenade-launchers in their pick-up truck-bombs.

(On Hardball with Chris Matthews Monday night, Dean denied being the candidate of anger. His candidacy is based on hope, he says. The hope that people get angry enough to vote for Dean and vote Bush out).

Don't get me wrong. Howard Dean has a very compelling personal story to tell. He says he didn't serve in Vietnam because his back hurt, but that wouldn't keep a young Howard Dean, profile in courage, from serving his country, spending 80 days skiing heroically up and down Aspen Mountain, Colorado, immediately after getting deferment. Braving a bad back, he defended Western values along the slopes of Ajax Mountain, doing hazardous guard duty from a Hotel balcony, watching for enemies, with nothing more than a wood-burning fireplace, a stereo system, private bath, spacious living room, washer/dryer, a breakfast bar, private parking. Dean still relives those moments of heroism and hardship even today, 3 decades later. That grueling 80 mission was seared into his memory. What a remarkable, uplifting life story!

(By the way, in case you haven't heard, John F. Kerry, who served in Vietnam, also served in Vietnam).

Surging at 4 percent in New Hampshire, Wesley Clark says he has the best Iraq plan, by far. The Clark Plan would end suicide bombings in Iraq (would be nice if he'd share it with Israel, Turkey, etc.) Appearing on CNN's Late Edition Sunday, Clark said 2 years ago some top Pentagon guy told him of a 'grand strategy' in the Bush administration to go after states like Syria, Iran, Sudan, Lebanon. How silly of Bush -- as if terrorism were a global phenomenon. Al-Qaeda never spread beyond Afghanistan, say Democrats. Clark was so concerned the Pentagon guy was divulging top-secret information, he wrote everything he heard from the Pentagon guy in his book (which keeps the top-secret information top-secret since no one's reading Clark's book).

What he heard, Clark told Wolf Blitzer, who interviewed him, "was an insight ... into the kinds of policy discussions that were going on. And it was a chilling insight...I realized that this was an administration which was still focused on the idea of going after states, going after states instead of terrorists." (Again, how silly of Bush to bomb Serbia! As if the once ruling Taliban there had anything to do with bin Laden and terrorism; we know it was Slobodan Milosevic of Afghanistan who plotted 9/11...oh, wait). Clark added that Bush administration policy was to go "after states with conventional military power instead of using the combined agencies of the law enforcement and intelligence to go after terrorists." (Knock, knock. Cave door swings open. Mr. bin Laden, we have a search warrant.)

"General," said Blitzer, "you make it sound as if states don't finance, support, work with terrorist organizations."

It was then that brilliant Wesley Clark recalled a country called Iran, forcing him to backtrack. "But Osama bin Laden really is not a state-sponsored terrorist," observed the genius Clark. Bin laden, he added, "hasn't been sponsored by a state..." It was then that brilliant Wesley Clark recalled a country called Afghanistan, forcing him to backtrack again.

Afghanistan, the Taliban, al-Qaeda, Tora-Bora -- it all began to come back to him. Clark still can't remember getting canned, though. Other than that, a truly superb mind!

(Next you'll hear Clark say that since the 9/11 hijackers came from Saudi Arabia and Egypt, we need to attack North Korea. To be fair, Clark has a footing on foreign and defense matters, but his footing is stuck in a quagmire.)

Small wonder this guy's still in retirement.

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Meanwhile, recent months have proven the most costly for the Recession. Please don't tell me there's no Recession. Of course there isn't. If you're a right-wing Neanderthal. Which only shows how far out of touch we silly Neanderthals are with ... Dan Rather, who says there is Recession, albeit a sluggish, poorly performing Recession. Rather's credibility? Sluggish, poorly performing. Look, kidding aside, he may have lied about Bernard Goldberg and liberal bias, lied about John Ashcroft not flying commercial, lied about not doing election projections, lied about war and the whereabouts of Saddam Hussein, but these are isolated lies; Neanderthals should know Dan Rather would never lie all the time.

As I was saying, recent months have proven the most costly for the Recession, battered by a wave of reports signaling a growing anti-Recession insurgency. So sad. Armed with stockpiles of tax cuts and low interest rates, the insurgents have captured huge swaths of new territory, with millions of shopping guerrillas ringing up retail sales at Malls and shopping centers across America. More ominous for the Recession, even U.S. manufacturing, long a Recession stronghold, appears to have fallen into rebel hands (anti-Recession insurgents).A report on Monday showed the closely-watched ISM manufacturing index had soared to a stunning 62.8 percent in October, a level not seen in 20 years. Bush's tax cuts were likely the culprit. Indeed, whole sectors of the U.S. economy are now firmly under rebel control. So, so sad. With reports of surging retail sales, consumer confidence and industrial production, insurgents are having an easy go at recruitment, shown by falling unemployment. In October alone, 126,000 new rebel recruits were added to non-farm payroll, 285,000 from August through October. (Clintonistas crow about millions of jobs created under Clinton, and they have a point: Millions of jobs for special prosecutors and al-Qaeda. Next, they'll complain that Bush, who stole the Medicare issue from Democrats, stole this booming economy from Clinton). In recent months, anti-Recession insurgents have tightened their hold over retail, travel, restaurant, financial, construction, high tech and health care sectors.

Besieged by growing guerrilla attacks from shoppers and investors, the Recession is under fire like nothing seen since the days of the Gipper. (I wonder if Hillary! will do the right thing, visit with the Recession, buck up the Recession with cheery words like 'We have to exert all our efforts, but the outcome is not assured...' Heaven knows this Recession could use those words of encouragement!).

Democrats, shaken by growing evidence the economy is growing, wonder if politics is involved. They suspect the coordinated, well-organized wave of attacks on the embattled Recession had been in the works for some time. They wonder if the timing of these highly sophisticated ambushes might have been predetermined to coincide with Election Year 2004 -- to make Bush look good and hurt Dean. The timing stinks! Is the growing Economy growing only out of desire to be of service to Rove & Co.? Is the insurgent Recovery, involving millions of guerrilla shoppers and businesses empowered by tax cuts 'only for the wealthy', insurging to make Bush look good? Is this all part of some vast, White House kickback scheme involving millions of right-wing shoppers and businesses? (Attention right-wing shoppers and businesses; I'll give you a tax cut, you give a booming economy in time for my re-election). These are only a few of the Series -- very Series! -- Questions being raised. Suffice it is to say that America has the most hated Recovery in U.S. history. And the fact that Bush, suspected mastermind behind the stepped-up offensive against the Recession, stands to gain politically makes this Recovery all the more hated by the loving and caring Democrats.

That's all for now, folks.

My two cents..

"JohnHuang2"

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[Aquamarine]

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[Aeronaut]

Good morning Aqua.

[Molly Pitcher]

Hahahaha! Excellent comments and essay, John!

Morning Aqua, Billie, everyone.

Nan and ohio, I'd be open to a get-together sometime early in the new year....I Can't believe how fast the time has gone since our last meeting!!... but the events down around 270 make me a little nervous! Whatcha think???

[The Mayor]

Let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

A successful marriage requires falling in love many times—with the same person.

[JohnHuang2]

Awesome pictures, awesome layout, awesome job! Thanks, and G'morning to ya, my friend :-)

[JohnHuang2]

G'morning, bud

[JohnHuang2]

Thank you, my friend :-) And G'morning!

[JohnHuang2]

G'morning, Mayor

[Aquamarine]

Good Morning Aeronaut...and a Happy Belated Birthday to you!

[JohnHuang2]

"...and a Happy Belated Birthday to you!"

Yikes! Belated Happy Birthday to ya, Aeronaut!

[Aquamarine]

Good Morning Molly. Nice to see you here so early.
John always does a great job on his essay's and it's a pleasure formatting and illustrating his work. :)

[JohnHuang2]

Gotta run -- great layout job, Aqua. Have a nice day, y'all!

[JohnHuang2]

re: #12 -- thanks ;-)

[Aquamarine]

Thanks for bringing the coffee and enriching scripture by on your way out to work. Hope it's not as icy and cold up there today as it is down here. Brrrr

[Aeronaut]

"...and a Happy Belated Birthday to you!"

Thanks to both of you.

[Aquamarine]

Thanks John but I'm afraid I didn't do it justice this time. The posting forum wouldn't allow over 100 figures and spaces so I couldn't get the whole title in at the top.

It's good to see you around here this morning. :)

[Aquamarine]

OK, have a good one! Hope you can come by later. :)

[The Mayor]

Good Morning John !

Well done , well said. With all the stories out there last week about her henious, (hehe) your thoughts and statements put it all into the correct form.

We go to Church every week and are Patriotic everyday. It is our way of life.
Loving our Country is second nature. It's automatic, we will do what ever it takes to protect it from attack.
They will do everything they can to attack it and say they are protecting it.

What a backward way if life they live, how can they sleep?

Thanks John for your 2 cents. It's worth so much more.

[The Mayor]

You are very welcome.

It's 29 degrees, yes it's a bit chilly. No snow to speak of here but down south they have alot.
Lake effect snow hits them hard and in spurts.

[mountaineer]

Excellent essay, JH2 - thank you!

MP, we could again plan a gettogether in late Jan., keeping an eye on the weather and stray bullets (and everyone's schedule, of course).

[FreeTheHostages]

Great one, John! ROFL!!

[FreeTheHostages]

Sluggishly performing recession . . .

I understand that, with Democrats, patriotism is like going to church -- happens, by accident, once every lifetime.

This has so many gems . . .

[FreeTheHostages]

Just from the part of the title that was in the title, I could tell what was coming!! LOL, knowing John and all.

[Aquamarine]

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Below are names of some of our FReepers' loved ones who are serving our country. If you have someone you would like to add, please address a post to Billie; Mama_Bear; Dansangel; Dutchess; Aquamarine and we will add their name to this list. As we pray for them, we pray also for all our nation's leaders, and military personnel, and their families and friends. May God hold them close to His heart.

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We ask Lord, that You guide the leaders of our great country in their hour of decision. The burden that has been placed on their shoulders is overwhelming. We ask that with Your infinite wisdom You guide them gently to the right decisions.

Please give us the strength, Lord, to get through each difficult and devastating day that faces each of us and our country. Protect and guide our Military that are now being called to duty, strengthen them in their trials and temptations; give them courage to face the perils which beset them; and grant them a sense of your abiding presence wherever they may be; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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[Aquamarine]

That's the first time I've had a problem getting the title to fit. I tried removing a few of the dots but it had about 13 figures and spaces too many.

[Temple Owl]

Good morning Aqua, Billie, John and all.

[ohioWfan]

Agree. The weather in Columbus in late January is not typically a problem, and we could always cancel if it is.

As to the shooter......... I will NOT be terrorized. I got on a plane in late September of 2001, and I sure won't let one guy keep me from driving on I 270.

Name the time and place, and I'll be there!

[FreeTheHostages]

As it all concluded, it worked just fine!

[FreeTheHostages]

Today's Washington Post has a blistering expose on whether the turkey that President Bush held up for a pool photographer during this Thanksgiving trip to Baghdad was a meant-to-be-eaten turkey. Curiously, they concluded that although it was not, the turkey was not a White House prop but rather a trophy turky for the holiday chow line.

Thus, today's news was there was a possibility of embarassing the President, but it fell flat. How embarassing for the Post.

[FreeTheHostages]

Responding as part of "all," I send a good morning right back to you. I'm in a good mood. Soon we will celebrate Christ's birth!

[Aquamarine]

Good Morning Temple Owl! Hope it's not too cold in your area of the country today.

[Aquamarine]

Thanks. At least I did get the date right....almost missed that! There are so many details to look out for and I'm working at a disadvantage in the morning...not being a morning person.

[MeekOneGOP]

Mornin', everybody ! Happy Thursday !

Have a cup while you Freep !

[DollyCali]

You all take care of the bad guy/shooter & the weather in Ohio for me while I am in the great windy state of Oklahoma!!!

Visiting my brother/ family for a week.. and Yes ohioWf .. a January get together somewhere would be fun. We had talked about doing it closer geographically to FAWNN so she can participate.

In January I am taking a class on (I think) Tuesday evenings on advanced Bicycle mechanics. Other than that I am free & can will also see if I can notify/recruit the other Ohio/Pa freepers gals who might be free/interested in attending. Are we opening this to men also?

[dixie sass]

As ususal you two! Take a bow for wonderful read and a great a presentation!

[Lead Moderator]

Not too late. Send it to us and we'll add it.

[dixie sass]

Now that is good advice! Morning FreeTheHostages! Have you ever heard Mike Buble? What a voice and he's cute to top it off!

[Aquamarine]

Thank you. I just sent it to your FReepmail.

[Aquamarine]

Thanks Meekie! I see you have Carlsbad Caveman in a cave (link) today. Hehe!

[Aquamarine]

I used to live in Oklahoma...great people there.

Have a safe trip!

[Calpernia]

Good morning to the Finest! I've added my Hillary Clinton ping list today. Come on over and enjoy today's editorial presented by JohnHuang2 and Aquamarine.

[Calpernia]

Thanks for the coffee!

Hey Gail, I need a second cup. Don't make me ask the Neanderthal (he actually adds mud to it)!

[The Mayor]

I just sent out an e-mail to see if there is support for me to run for New York State Assembly.
Sam Hoyt is the sponsor of the smoking ban that is killing business, he represents the 144th district.
I can beat him.

[Calpernia]

When would the election be?

[Mia T]

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[The Mayor]

I think this coming one, It's a 2 year term.
I will find out for sure today.

[Calpernia]

When is 'this coming one' though? How much time do we have?

[Calpernia]

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