Today's Toons 8/31/05

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[pookie18]

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[pookie18]

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[B.Bumbleberry]

Does pookie ever sleep? Thanks for posting these so faithfully. You do great work.

[pookie18]

Does pookie ever sleep? Thanks for posting these so faithfully. You do great work.

Usually ~7 hours.

Thanks.

Your faithful servant,

[NonLinear]

Thanks Pookie!!
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[reagan_fanatic]

Outstanding, Pookie! (But you already knew that!)

[bitt]

audio with Cindy's actual comments during her NPR interview:

http://www.dirkthompson.com/downloads/cindyrichard.mp3

not a joke...but it shows her total inability to discern friend (NPR) from foe....
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(from http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1473423/posts?page=290#290
'I enhanced the audio where she talks off phone to someone after Neil asks her about her first meeting with president bush and she feigns like she can't hear him.. She says, "this guys a dick"... You can listen to the original and the audio enhancement at www.dirkthompson.com)

http://www.dirkthompson.com/downloads/cindyrichard.mp3

[RebelBanker]

Thanks, Pookie! You always start my work day with a smile!

[alwaysconservative]

Thanks, Pookie! I liked the Martin Luther-Darwinism comparison one best!

[AppyPappy]

Are they still running Pat Robertson cartoons?

[alwaysconservative]

Yes (sigh). I would be thrilled if Stepanofolous' 1997 call to assassinate Saddam would just get ONE HALF of the coverage that Robertson's utterance did.

Rhetorical question: How come it's only outrageous when a Republican says it? Being a Democrat must mean never having to apologize for your excesses (and yes, I AM remembering Durbin's non-apology).

[Kate of Spice Island]

Thank you, thank you for the ping!

[Grampa Dave]

"Yes (sigh). I would be thrilled if Stepanofolous' 1997 call to assassinate Saddam would just get ONE HALF of the coverage that Robertson's utterance did."

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1472719/posts

Kill Saddam! U.S. journalists agree: If you can't beat him, assassinate him. (1997 of course)
Mother Jones.com ^ | 25 November 1997 | Eric Umansky


Posted on 08/29/2005 6:21:35 AM PDT by Grampa Dave


http://www.motherjones.com/commentary/columns/1997/11/kill_saddam.html

Kill Saddam! U.S. journalists agree: If you can't beat him, assassinate him. Eric Umansky November 25 , 1997

The latest saber-rattling with Iraq has an odd twist: As the United States government shows restraint and revives the lost art of diplomacy, this time it's the U.S. press that's howling for blood -- the blood of Saddam Hussein personally. The press, of course, has the distinct advantage that nobody really follows their policy suggestions anyway, so their advice doesn't have to be diplomatic, or even legal:

The law:

Prohibition on Assassination. No person employed by or acting on behalf of the United States Government shall engage in, or conspire to engage in, assassination. -- Executive Order 12333, issued Dec. 4, 1981, by President Ronald Reagan, continuing the policy of his predecessors Ford and Carter. Neither Bush nor Clinton has rescinded it.

The handy (and illegal) tips from the press:

"Conventional Wisdom," Newsweek, Nov. 17: "Take him down." (next to a photo of Hussein and a downward-plunging arrow)

Thomas Friedman, foreign affairs columnist, New York Times, Nov. 6: "Saddam Hussein is the reason God created cruise missiles. ...So if and when Saddam pushes beyond the brink, and we get that one good shot, let's make sure it's a head shot."

George Stephanopolous, former Clintonite and current ABC News analyst, on ABC'S "This Week," Nov. 9: "This is probably one of those rare cases where assassination is the more moral course...we should kill him."

Sam Donaldson, co-host of "This Week," Nov. 9: We should kill Saddam "under cover of law.... We can do business with his successor."

Bill Kristol, ABC News analyst, "This Week," Nov. 9: "It sounds good to me."

Cokie Roberts, co-host of "This Week," Nov. 9: "Well, now that we've come out for murder on this broadcast, let us move on to fast-track..."

Jonathan Alter, Newsweek, Nov. 17: "It won't be easy to take him out. ...But we need to try, because the only language Saddam has ever understood is force."

Newsweek, Dec. 1: "Why We Should Kill Saddam."

[pookie18]

Outstanding, Pookie! (But you already knew that!)

No, but it sure sounds good! Thanks.

[PjhCPA]

Where can I get a red state t-shirt? I love it.

[pookie18]

http://www.redstatestore.com/

[alwaysconservative]

Amazing, isn't it? Thanks for pulling that info together for us; it is MUCH appreciated.

[PjhCPA]

thanks pookie

[Grampa Dave]

If your local fish wrap is going nuts with Robertson's comments, send that collection of liberals saying to kill $addam. Then ask them what their position was then, and if they said anything about their blood thirsty peers then.