David, Is That You? [Who's Holding that Sign?]

Thanks...

This guy is a drag-queen....no doubt.

Shouldn't that be journalism = e coli?

What a self-congratulatory, ignorant drama queen.

"missile tests by North Korea, in violation of diplomatic demands."

Must have left the rest of the video clip on the cutting room floor; original was:

"missile tests by North Korea, in violation of diplomatic demands, using state-of-the-art guidance technology given by Clinton and his buddies at Loral"

The photo of the placard is just begging to be photo-shopped. Come on, FReeper techies, let's see what you can do!

That is Bill Clinton in the middle of the signs isn't it???

"The president's foreign policy was designed to make the the Middle East safer. It's not."
"Crisis after crisis has undermined the Bush doctrine." "A foreign policy that has yet to produce the promised results."

Let's be fair. These are all true.

But it represents the failure of the Democrats policies, not a Conservative or a "hawkish" foreign policy.

For it is very clear that Bush was really just following his predecessors path of appeasement, "land for peace" that the Democrats had pushed for during the Clinton administration. This was "Bipartisan" foreign policy. And as we know, "Bipartisan" means that Republicans "Buying Into" Democrat Partisan Policy. Foggy Bottom was on auto-pilot and the Administration went "bipartisanly" along for "peace in the middle east."

It is time for Bush to openly disavow the failed policies ...of the DemocRATs.

He should openly say...

"We tried it your way, Israel was all the way out, and now we see Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon all attacking Israel still. The Democrat policies I inherited failed because they were based on totally false understandings of the world and of Iran/Syria and the Jihadists in Islam. They were never about homelands for the Palestinians or justice or anything. It was simply hatred for those they so cavalierly condemn as Infidels...kicking them out of territories once conquered by Islam. They think they have a right to wage war incessantly to "recover them" and destroy the "infidels."
From henceforth, Israel will be allowed a totally free hand, this fever must be allowed to run its course, and if they need to nuke Syria and Iran, so be it."

We could wish for this kind of fresh diplomatic talk, but we won't see it. This fever must be allowed to burn hotter still, or it will continue to fester. I appreciated this article, posted by B4Ranch without attribution:

A Difficult Lesson
I once witnessed a bar fight in downtown Olongapo (Philippines) that still haunts my dreams. The fight was between a big oafish Marine and a rather soft-spoken, medium sized latino sailor from my ship.
All evening the Marine had been trying to pick a fight with one of us and had finally set his sights on this diminutive shipmate of mine... figuring him for a safe target. When my friend refused to be goaded into a fight the Marine sucker punched him from behind on the side of the head so hard that blood instantly started to pour from this poor man's mutilated ear.
Everyone present was horrified and was prepared to absolutely murder this Marine, but my shipmate quickly turned on him and began to single-handedly back him towards a corner with a series of stinging jabs and upper cuts that gave more than a hint to a youth spent boxing in a small gym in the Bronx.
Each punch opened a cut on the Marine's startled face and by the time he had been backed completely into the corner he was blubbering for someone to stop the fight. He invoked his split lips and chipped teeth as reasons to stop the fight. He begged us to stop the fight because he could barely see through the river of blood that was pouring out of his split and swollen brows. Nobody moved. Not one person.
The only sound in the bar was the sickening staccato sound of this sailor's lightning fast fists making contact with new areas of the Marine's head. The only sound I have heard since that was remotely similar was from the first Rocky film when Sylvester Stallone was punching sides of beef in the meat locker.
Finally the Marine's pleading turned to screams.... a high, almost womanly shriek. And still the punches continued relentlessly. Several people in the bar took a few tentative steps as though they wanted to try to break it up at that point, but hands reached out from the crowd and held them tight. I'm not ashamed to say that mine were two of the hands that held someone back.
You see, in between each blow the sailor had begun chanting a soft cadence: "Say [punch] you [punch] give [punch] up [punch]... say [punch] you [punch]were [punch] wrong [punch]". He had been repeating it to the Marine almost from the start but we only became aware of it when the typical barroom cheers had died down and we began to be sickened by the sight and sound of the carnage.
This Marine stood there shrieking in the corner of the bar trying futilely to block the carefully timed punches that were cutting his head to tatters... right down to the skull in places. But he refused to say that he gave up... or that he was wrong.
Even in the delirium of his beating he believed in his heart that someone would stop the fight before he had to admit defeat. I'm sure this strategy had served him well in the past and had allowed him to continue on his career as a barroom bully.
Finally, in a wail of agony the Marine shrieked "I give up", and we gently backed the sailor away from him. I'm sure you can guess why I have shared this story today.
I'm not particularly proud to have been witness to such a bloody spectacle, and the sound of that Marine's woman-like shrieks will haunt me to my grave. But I learned something that evening that Israel had better learn for itself if it is to finally be rid of at least one of its tormentors.
This is one time an Arab aggressor must be allowed to be beaten so badly that every civilized nation will stand in horror, wanting desperately to step in and stop the carnage... but knowing that the fight will only truly be over when one side gives up and finally admits defeat.
Just as every person who had ever rescued that bully from admitting defeat helped create the cowardly brute I saw that evening in the bar, every well-intentioned power that has ever stepped in and negotiated a ceasefire for an Arab aggressor has helped create the monsters we see around us today.
President Lahoud of Lebanon, a big Hezbollah supporter and a close ally of Syria, has been shrieking non-stop to the UN Security Council for the past two days to get them to force Israel into a cease fire.
Clearly he has been reading his autographed copy of 'Military Success for Dummies Arab Despots' by the late Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt. Ever since Nasser accidentally discovered the trick in '56, every subsequent Arab leader has stuck to his tried and true formula for military success:
1. Instigate a war.
2. Once the war is well underway and you are in the process of having your ass handed to you... get a few world powers to force your western opponent into a cease fire.
3. Whatever you do, don't surrender or submit to any terms dictated by your enemy. That would ruin everything! All you have to do is wait it out and eventually the world will become sickened at what is being done to your soldiers and civilian population... and will force a truce. 4. Once a truce has been called you can resume your intransigence (which probably caused the conflict in the first place), and even declare victory as your opponent leaves the field of battle.
This tactic has never failed. Not once. In fact it worked so will for the Egyptians in 1973, that to this day they celebrate the Yom Kippur War - a crushing defeat at the hands of Israel - as a military victory! No kidding... it's a national holiday over there!
President Lahoud has already begun to shriek like a school girl to the UN Security Council to "Stop the violence and arrange a cease-fire, and then after that we'll be ready to discuss all matters."
Uh huh. Forgive me if I find that a tad hard to swallow. He allowed Hezbollah to take over his country. He allowed the regular Lebanese army to provide radar targeting data for the Hezbollah missile that struck the Israeli destroyer. He has turned a blind eye while Iranian and Syrian weapons, advisers and money have poured into his country.
And now that his country is in ruins he wants to call it a draw. As much as it may sicken the world to stand by and watch it happen, strong hands need to hold back the weak-hearted and let the fight continue until one side finally admits unambiguous defeat.

You know, when I first posted this, I didn't notice anyone there. Upon further inspection there does seem to be a guy there. It could be either the older and greyer Clinton, or perhaps Gregory with his summer highlights in.

You didn't notice because he was hiding! I thought the picture was priceless.

Same thing I thought!

Bubba!!!

LMAO!

"Pull!"

Hi kiddo.....I love that pic....

In light of your comment I requested the admin mod to change the parenthetical to avoid any misunderstanding.

David looks like he had some surgery on his eyes....or maybe permanent eyeliner...he looked weirder than usual yesterday.

The creep holding the pink sign looks like a real flamer, and is probably "buddy-buddy" with David Gregory...if you know what I mean. Looks like they may share the same hairdresser too!

What is the today show?

I've never heard of it.