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I was banned for "backstabbing

2009-03-07T00:10:57.341+01:00

I was banned for "backstabbing"

Allahpundit, It’s

2009-03-06T06:26:00.756+01:00

Allahpundit, It’s great to see you interact with the HA community on this thread! On any thread for that matter. This is a nice twist. Keemo on March 6, 2009 at 12:07 AM

And all this time I thought that the privilege of gaining an audience with his exalted one required some sort of dowry or something.

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2009-03-06T06:03:59.284+01:00

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2009-03-06T05:55:50.318+01:00

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this thing workin?

2009-03-05T06:10:51.150+01:00

this thing workin?

oops... admins might want to

2009-03-05T06:00:12.459+01:00

oops... admins might want to check the spam/moderation queue. I think I might have embedded one link too many.

It is interesting what you poi

2009-03-05T05:55:27.436+01:00

It is interesting what you point out here wrath, in that perhaps CJ got his assertions mixed up. Maybe its willful revisionism. Who knows (or cares)? Another thing that I found interesting is the fact that, thru 480+ comments in that thread, no one mentioned the PUMAs (using the ctrl+F, anyway). If I recall, it was from the sites of the disgruntled Hillary supporters that much of the loudest, most unhinged stuff came. Hard to trace those footsteps to be sure, but I think we saw quite a bit of rather odd alliances emerge during the latter stages of the campaign, and what kept a lot of the "whitey" and "birth certificate" stuff going was that there were bloggers on both sides desperately hyping it, no matter who crazy it was on the surface. Enemy of my enemy, and all that, I guess. Anyway, I don't think that LGF or any other "sane" (ahem) sites were marginalized by association with the kooky crap to any significant extent. After all, the Rev. Wright and Ayers subjects got plenty of airtime from the regular media, and I think that in the end, America just gave Obama the benefit of the doubt. Overall, I don't believe that blogs played as big a role in the outcome as he'd like to think. And finally...If CJ wants to whine about being associated with the likes of Pammycakes (i.e. Malcolm X lovechild stories), well, he only has himself to blame. And lets not forget about Zombie, who was high-road enough to go on a crazy last-minute propaganda blitz herself. Intentionally kooky. Tarred? Gimme an f-in break.

Not really sure why he needs t

2009-03-01T23:26:57.878+01:00

Not really sure why he needs to give a speech. I'm sure ¾ of the audience listens to him for hours every day anyway.

I dunno about this post gang.

2009-03-01T19:19:19.473+01:00

I dunno about this post gang. If I were thinking about being a troll around here, I would think that seeing a post like this would encourage me. I mean, look at all the fuss over some adolescent insults. The shots were aimed at Rodan, but DJM is the one who winds up getting pissed off. I'm sure needledick is laughing his ass off. Or was this intended as bait?

Oh, I don't think gravatar sup

2009-02-27T23:09:11.367+01:00

Oh, I don't think gravatar supports animated gifs.

BuddyG-
We’ve bee

2009-02-27T23:07:26.378+01:00

BuddyG-

We’ve been there for six years now and have lost about the same number of people that we lost on D-day. So much for “all costs”.

I've never seen WWII and an unprovoked invasion of Iraq as comparable, but what cost would you determine to be too high? Just how many American lives was Saddam worth? How many hundreds of billions of dollars? If you think it was worth it, fine. Most people don't.

Oops...left my flag up there.

2009-02-27T21:48:28.819+01:00

Oops...left my flag up there. lol

Just out of curiosity, what di

2009-02-27T21:47:26.477+01:00

Just out of curiosity, what did Sura do to get the boot?

savage-
Chen, the

2009-02-27T21:37:48.863+01:00

savage-

Chen, the scumbag was asking for it. There has to be a certain level of decorum, that’s all.

FWIW. I developed an alternative measure, and on my blog I prefer to use the "ban stick" as a last resort. It has proven to be quite effective, actually. Nobody seems to like having a white flag by their posts. Plus, it saves quite a bit of time, as you don't really have to type some long-winded rebuttal to the provocateur. The Emblem speaks for itself: "You lose" Period. The End.

uh oh...I'd hate to see you gu

2009-02-27T21:23:19.921+01:00

uh oh...I'd hate to see you guys go to the dark side. Celebrating bannings is very LGFish, after all.

BuddyG-
ChenZhen,

2009-02-27T21:12:32.464+01:00

BuddyG-

ChenZhen, you would prefer if Saddam Hussein was still in power ?

Ya know, I've been blogging on this subject for years, so one might imagine that I've been asked this question more than once, and my answer has always been the same... I don't believe that Saddam should have been removed at all costs.

Obama has announce

2009-02-27T20:36:48.497+01:00

Obama has announced that the Iraqi insurgency has won. Beginning August 31, 2010, the American infidels will tuck tail and run.

That's just ridiculous. It's a disengagement that's long overdue. Think about it. By August 2010 we'd have been there well over seven years, and if we hadn't fixed what we set out to fix by then,well, I think its safe to say that it can't be fixed. Of course, we never should have gone in in the first place, but it is what it is.

Arwyn Kafir said...
2009-02-24T06:23:16.635+01:00
Arwyn Kafir said...
Chen, you think this woman would want her memorial to be 774?
I don't know. Then again, I don't presume to. But if I were to go out on that limb, one could just as easily question whether she'd want someone like Geller deciding what should mark her eternal resting place.

DJM-
archonix - C

2009-02-24T06:17:49.343+01:00

DJM-

archonix - Charles attempts to use quotations as a form of subtle, intellectual retort. Unfortunately, I don’t think he really understands the words or he’d see his own hypocrisy in them.

As a Brave Nomadic Warrior of the Political Web ™ , and as a student of the noble Flame War Arts, I might as well point out that that this particular variant/tactic is known as Pithy Phrase.

Yaza-
Chen Zen, t

2009-02-24T06:07:51.390+01:00

Yaza-

Chen Zen, there’s an invisible bear sitting in my living room. Just because there’s no evidence that he actually exists, doesn’t mean he’s not there.

We're not talking about an invisible bear. My point is, just because Pam didn't leave her URL on the headstone doesn't mean that its more about what this woman would want than what Pam wants.

DJM- The absense of evidence

2009-02-22T22:08:33.580+01:00

DJM- The absense of evidence of an agenda doesn't mean that no agenda exists. In life, I've got a hard time believing that Pamela would have given this gal the time of day. Having read enough of her site, its more likely that she'd have patted her down for a bomb belt. But now, in death, we see some supposed act of compassion? I'm sorry, but it looks like she's using this gal's death to move the ball in her self-described culture war, and attempting to make a statement.

I don't buy into CJ's argument

2009-02-22T21:20:25.783+01:00

I don't buy into CJ's argument. I mean, I don't think this would be the first time that someone unrelated to the deceased has raised money to memorialize them. But I do question the motives behind this.

LOL Love the Flame Warriors reference!

yea I'm sorry gang. I've been

2009-02-11T05:15:57.567+01:00

yea I'm sorry gang. I've been a bit preoccupied lately. Also, I've started up a page on facebook, with the hopes of doing a little networking. Also, in full disclosure, my girlfriend has moved back in with me, and its hard at times to find the time around here. rabbit-

chen is so 2008. anyone who is anybody is at Rutherford’s.

It does make me proud to have played a role in bringing other bloggers together, and my plan going in with the Alliance was to create something that was greater than the sum of its parts. I still get requests to join, and I facilitate it when appropriate, but if guys like rabbit or Tex or whoever want to roam around a bit, that's fine by me. In fact, it was kind of the intent all along.

rabbit- I'm not going to "giv

2009-02-02T00:19:36.328+01:00

rabbit- I'm not going to "give up" the Chamber, but I've always entertained the idea of having guest bloggers here. Heck, there are a half dozen or so people that have posting prividges here, but no has seen them in over a year. Just sign up for wordpress.com and I'll let you have some fun if you want.

Somehow I get the feeling that

2009-02-02T00:14:03.221+01:00

Somehow I get the feeling that, at this moment, Cypress Hill is trying to think of words that rhyme with "Phelps", and NORML is picking up the phone to hit the guy up for a spokesman gig.

The layout is kinda disappoint

2009-01-26T04:33:34.777+01:00

The layout is kinda disappointing, but I signed up anyway. I gotta wait 6 hours to post, apparently. My nic as it is everywhere. and look for the dreaded purple star.

No, I'm not a farker. Haven't

2009-01-26T01:28:41.456+01:00

No, I'm not a farker. Haven't really checked it out. But I'm still curious about the significance of what appears to be a photo collage with a male stripper holding a green football.

What is disturbing is that Jac

2009-01-26T01:12:26.705+01:00

What is disturbing is that Jackson seems to be insinuating that if you are anything but a Christian or Jew, you are somehow not an American. A pretty ignorant and completely unwarranted response, to say the least. The dude should really walk into a WalMart some time. Or the DMV in a major city. I'm sure he'd find it to be a little shocking at first, but it'd be therapeutic for him, I think. It's just no good for him to wait until he's got to see some doctor down the road who happens to be the best in his field and Hindu, after all.

I think you’ll dis

2009-01-26T00:02:21.443+01:00

I think you’ll discover over time that the ‘bottom shelf’ stuff gets kinda annoying the longer you stay with it.

I think a lot of it is how you're drinking it. It's gonna be tough for anyone to tell the difference in this situation. Lucky for us, that's usually how we take our booze. On the other hand, if you're one of these people who drinks wine or takes shots of tequila, well, I can see where you get your money's worth on the good stuff. Heck, I can drink just about any beer (save Milwaukee's Best; that stuff is just nasty), but I'll admit that for the most part, you get what you pay for. I guess what I'm trying to do here is share what's got to be a genuine value for parties on a budget; the Dr. High* is a tasty drink. (*hmm, I suppose I could coin that one) BTW- paleo, have I ever asked you what (or who) the heck that is in your avatar?

I wonder if it's a 6.6 diesel

2009-01-18T04:44:37.286+01:00

I wonder if it's a 6.6 diesel or a 8.1 gas? Classified?

I still wonder if the surge wo

2009-01-18T03:50:35.223+01:00

I still wonder if the surge would have ever happened if the GOP hadn't gotten spanked in '06.

Not quite Matrixesque, but yea

2008-12-15T01:47:59.352+01:00

Not quite Matrixesque, but yeah, he dodged the flying shoes quite well. LOL

It won’t be picked up by the m

2008-11-23T19:03:10.200+01:00

It won’t be picked up by the media because the concept itself is pretty stupid. I mean, did someone surrender or something? No. The disconnect here is that what we’ve been doing is nation-building, engaging in counterinsurgency operations, and generally cleaning up the giant mess we made, as opposed to something like charging up San Juan Hill. Sure, we’ve finally had some positive results in our mission, and that’s certainly good news. But to get all excited that there’s some sort of glorious “victory” here seems akin to patting yourself on the back for finishing a muscle car build that you dumped $100K into and cost you a marriage, even while wondering if the thing is actually going to drive down the road without falling apart. I’m sorry, but this blog-burst is a cop-out for the original war cheerleaders who still refuse to/cannot accept that it simply was not worth it.

I'm pretty confident, based on

2008-11-18T03:53:22.320+01:00

I'm pretty confident, based on what I saw when I was there. I know more than most, I would guess, and I hesitate to reveal any private discussions that I've had with several of those people, but I think the 50th time Sharm posted something like "YOU ROCK Charles!" for even the most benal things pretty much sealed the deal. Not that those others don't deserve to be on there, so don't get me wrong, but its Sharmuta all the way.

Sharmuta
Mr Sandm

2008-11-02T18:31:09.910+01:00

Sharmuta

Mr Sandman- any comment on the actual text of this document?

Ahh..so no rebuttal to what Sandman posted? Its understandable, he skewered Zombie pretty good (for the record, the link to Zombie's rather revealing comment is here.) But I'll take a stab for ya Sharm. As far as the actual text is concerned, pointing out the words "audacity" and "organizing" is just as flimsy and pathetic as pointing out two circular logos. So much for the "citizen journalist" cred. Hope it was worth it Zombie.

I don't suppose that it occurr

2008-11-02T04:17:51.967+01:00

I don't suppose that it occurred to you guys that the Obama campaign logo might have been created by people that had nothing to do with the Weather Underground.

Mike-
It would ap

2008-11-01T04:16:49.143+01:00

Mike-

It would appear to me that Chen buys the appeasement point of view that if we are just nicer to these terrorists they will not kill us. How many times has history shown that to be a tragic mistake which only results in increased violence, loss of human life and war?

Please, save the straw. I happen to think that there's a hundred yards between "send 'em to hell" and "appeasement", and I think its about time that everyone start recognizing that the correct answer lies somewhere in between, that's all.

Well Mike, bin Laden's video f

2008-10-31T03:59:59.921+01:00

Well Mike, bin Laden's video from 2004 was undoubtedly orchestrated to influence the election, so I think its important to differentiate between the official "statements" and the chatter. But just think about the logic of it for a second. Do you suppose that an internationally popular and transformational figure like Obama would help their cause or hurt it? I would think that it would serve to further illegitimize their efforts in the eyes of the world, making recruitment a lot more difficult and harder for them to demonize us. Also, they know that their only chance is to win by attrition, and in their eyes McCain probably represents their best odds of continuing what we're doing with prolonged foreign engagements and likelihood of being baited into them. Whatever shenanigans they have up their sleeve, I'm not sure the American people are going to fall for it this time around. In fact, the moment we allow a web video from al Qaeda to influence our vote is the moment they win. In that regard, its almost too bad we're even pointing fingers and debating it.

I dunno if I want to read thru

2008-10-24T02:38:26.321+02:00

I dunno if I want to read thru 7 pages of comments, but in case it hasn't been mentioned yet, the "B" could also be seen as scratched upside-down (as well as backwards). So, I suppose its possible that the alleged assailant could have been standing over her when he did it. I also asked myself, why not an "O"? This just seems too strange, and I'm kinda surprised this story is at the top of memeorandum, quite frankly. Then again, maybe I shouldn't be.

I swear this Bill Ayers is lik

2008-10-21T00:51:04.242+02:00

I swear this Bill Ayers is like the boogeyman. He's everywhere...hiding.

First, I did not d

2008-10-18T06:04:28.096+02:00

First, I did not direct the article to your attention. This may bruise your ever expanding ego, but the link was intended for Rabbit because I thought he might find it interesting. There was no other purpose.

Yea, OK. Semantics. You brought it to my attention by posting it on my blog. And I gave Zombie credit for putting all that together and relating it to the presidential campaign, but seriously, if he/she's going to pen a 6000+ word essay titled “The Left’s Big Blunder”, he/she might want to provide evidence of the aforementioned concerted effort ("stuffing"). Otherwise, the whole thing is just wild speculation. I know I'm not perfect. I've made plenty a flawed argument, I'm sure. But one of the reasons why I do it on this medium is so that my assertions can be challenged. Heck, one of the reasons why I created the WPPBA is to facilitate that. Why? Because it would make my next assertion that much more solid. I learn from the experience, you see, and it makes me more knowledgeable and informed. so thanks for doing your part.

Re: the title I believe you

2008-10-14T02:52:32.651+02:00

Re: the title I believe you meant "her", not "here".

As I stated in the "headlines"

2008-10-11T04:24:31.258+02:00

As I stated in the "headlines" thread on the subject, the Panel found that Palin violated the ethics law for the pressure to fire Wooten, not the actual firing of Monegan. Its an important and pretty clear-cut distinction, actually. Not a good thing for Palin, and you have to wonder if impeachment proceedings are upcoming. And as to "Team Maverick's" response:

Today’s report shows that the Governor acted within her proper and lawful authority in the reassignment of Walt Monegan. The report also illustrates what we’ve known all along: this was a partisan led inquiry run by Obama supporters and the Palins were completely justified in their concern...

Wasn't the investigation instigated by Republicans? In fact, wasn't the panel mostly comprised of them?

I got a screen grab off of mem

2008-10-11T03:56:22.015+02:00

I got a screen grab off of memeorandum, just for the heck of it. If you go there now, you will see the headline updated. But I say again, the headline was changed because it was inaccurate. The panel found that she did indeed violate the law.

Someone please say

2008-10-11T03:44:48.051+02:00

Someone please say you got a screen grab or something, wise_man on October 10, 2008 at 9:42 PM

No screen grab needed, its still on memeorandum. Anyway, they changed the headline because it was inaccurate. According to the panel, Palin violated the ethics law. In other words, she broke the law for the pressure, not the actual firing. Bad for Palin, as an impeachable offence, or it would appear.

They were playing this stuff a

2008-10-10T23:13:14.645+02:00

They were playing this stuff all afternoon yesterday on CNN. From the looks of it, people are really coming off the rails.

You betcha I was wondering how

2008-10-10T04:34:03.362+02:00

You betcha I was wondering how this portrayal was going to affect the election and also...

It was pretty telling that the

2008-09-29T05:39:32.972+02:00

It was pretty telling that the only criticism coming at Obama from places like Malkin and Fox & Friends was that bracelet scene. That’s all they got? He looked at his bracelet? Certainly evidence that Obama performed well.

"Sung songs about bombing Iran

2008-09-27T03:55:36.555+02:00

"Sung songs about bombing Iran" Awesome!