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and here's one with true minimalism ...

pretty catchy, huh ??

Well, it loads quickly...

you're gettin' pretty quick, lady J

tomkat ~~

I would still like a small waving American Flag considering the state the country is in at this time. Thanks for getting the header started and trying new ideas.

VERY nicely done! That was like changing a telly channel thanks much, JL

Here'a a thread you might want to bookmark for FR reference material.

thanks for the new thread....

Hi tomkit
I love your new banner
Love, Palo

Do you mean Servant and me or Mr. TonkinGulf? Assuming you mean Servant - I know he will read this.

I believe that the Pentagon ares treating terrorists as thought they are a bloated bureaucracy like they are. They want to go after the leaders and kill them – and voila, all will be over.

The politicians know better. They know that is not the case, they do need to kill a couple of terrorists, explain the whoever they kill is Mr. Big . Then using this as a cover – they can happily surrender to the terrorists and give them everything they want – from a position of strength, of course. Because they know that killing the leaders alone is not really productive except as a cover for surrender.

The only problem is the American people, they want a war, and after all they paid big bucks for all this hardware. So courtesy of the Networks you shall have your war. Sailors crouching on flight decks planes catapulting of the deck, Cruise missiles wobbling into the air, Aircraft carriers escorted by destroyers plowing through the stormy seas. Adobe huts in the cross hairs and poof, go to black. Be medalled generals play, over to you, with be medalled colonels who point at maps and can’t answer any questions. Media bimbos standing the flight deck with the hair blowing in the wind hoping they look like the norse godess in Ride of the Valkyries , breathless Dan making up new sayings just like Servant… need I go on, we all know the script.

That’s the bread and circuses.

Am I right?

New York Observer
This column ran on page 4 in the 4/2/01 edition of The New York Observer.

Arafat and the Clintons Go Shopping

It’s no longer any secret that Bill and Hillary Clinton, whatever ideals they may have held in their younger days, now feel entitled to any extra money, jewelry or furniture that comes their way, no matter how tainted the source. And they are quite willing to exchange favors in return: witness the pardoning of Marc Rich, whose ex-wife Denise knew how to come up with the big money at the right moment. Now it turns out that Yasir Arafat may be added to the disturbingly long list of those who realized that the Clintons are “rentable” politicians. Government documents filed in the Federal Register show that last year, the Palestinian leader and terrorism supporter gave President Clinton and his wife gifts valued at more than $12,000, including gold and diamond necklaces, bracelets and earrings worth $7,400.

One would like to assume that Mr. and Mrs. Clinton did not keep every piece of jewelry: Federal employees are forbidden to keep gifts worth more than $960. But given the fact that the former First Couple fled the White House with more than a few questionable items—which they were forced to return—would anyone be surprised if Mrs. Clinton was wearing some of Mr. Arafat’s baubles in the Senate? The Palestinian leader is apparently quite the shopper: He also gave jewelry worth $17,400 to Mr. Clinton’s Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright. Mr. Arafat’s Israeli counterparts chose not to deluge the First Family with trinkets: Last year, Israeli Knesset member (and now Prime Minister) Ariel Sharon gave the Clintons two antique maps worth a modest $500.

No one can know what influence, if any, Mr. Arafat’s gifts had on Mr. Clinton’s Middle East policy. But the pardons have shown that Mr. and Mrs. Clinton are chillingly good at rewarding those who reward them. The Clintons’ relationship with Mr. Arafat has always been cozy: He was a frequent White House guest, and his wife, Suha Arafat, received a hearty kiss and embrace from Mrs. Clinton moments after Mrs. Arafat finished a speech in which she accused the Israelis of gassing Palestinian children.

One has to hand it to the Clintons: They believe in equal-opportunity greed. They will take money and luxury goods from anyone, regardless of ideology and morality.

Hi ac guy
I have still not formed my own thoughts about this
which is why I told celtic gal all I am doing is praying
your post is beautifully written
filled with food for thought
and live passion
thank you for posting it
Love, Palo

hi tomkit
your banner popped up again after I posted to ac
I find it cheery and lively
as soon as I saw it I perked up
I think it's a good one
Love, Palo

There is not doubt Valerie that the Clintons can be bought and have been bought. Her antipathy to the Jewish state is well known. To get elected she made the right noises. I believe she could have been bought for a $1.98 by Arafat so if he gave her more he was robbed.

The $1.98 was their Arkansas price. It's gone way up with their access to nukes, etc.

They were bought, but much higher.

Still makes them scum, just high rent scum.

What secrets?

We just can't be discussing the priviledged military information that we all have. :-)

Oh! yeah, yeah, THOSE secrets. Don't post them here Loose Lips Slink Hips ifyaknowahatimean.

I just read that some reporter from Fox asked Slick if he felt responsible for this because of the way he cut our defense and intelligence budgets.

GIVE THIS REPORTER THE MEDAL OF HONOR!

The first hard question the man has ever had from the press corps. It finally happened.

I meant Servant, not Mr.TonkinGulf, but I did read what he had to say...

If we think just cutting off the head of the snake is going to settle all this...I don't think so. We have to go deeper than that, and I hope they do.

If you're also telling me I have to watch Ashley Bansfield with her hair blowing in the wind on the transports, etc. Kill me now. Or Dan Ratherswill, with cami's on ducking under rock formations, kill me again..

Will we also have to watch them rebuild with the money we'll give them, because we finally end up with a guilty concience for fighting a war they started. You know the doves are going to start in soon. We'll all have to spend our time praying for OUR souls because of the guilt trip that will be laid on us for wanting to fight back in the first place.