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Thanks for reading. And WTF are "nice bowns of pipe tobacco?" Seriously.
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by Brandon Friedman on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 03:33:32 PM PDT
It's "bowls".
I'd praise you for your research, Brandon, but some things are best left under rocks.
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by kfred on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 03:39:59 PM PDT
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After all, I'm a tobacco hawk - I have friends who smoke, but I'm to scared to do it myself.
"We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek." ~ Barack Obama
by Reality Bites Back on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 05:29:11 PM PDT
but you can rest assured there's no tobacco!
by 2ajpuu on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 09:41:14 PM PDT
Just...wow. Ben Johnson is not only a chickenhawk, he's a tool. A world class tool.
"It's better to vote for what you want, and not get it, than to vote for what you don't want, and get it." Eugene Debs, 1912.
by cybrestrike on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 03:41:09 PM PDT
You can fix things and build things with the right tools.
John McCain's Straight Talk Express runs on fossil fuels.
by Dump Terry McAuliffe on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 03:41:39 PM PDT
by Brandon Friedman on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 03:42:49 PM PDT
Just a big-hearted giver who wants to pat you on the head and rub your tummy. Toss you a Scooby Snack or two.
You just turn that frown upside down, Mister. I just know there's a GrillOut in your future.
"Oh, TV. Is there anything you can't do?" -- Homer Simpson
by Melody Townsel on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 06:21:56 PM PDT
whatsoever wrong with being gay unless you are a closeted self-loathing hypocritical chickenhawk conservative gay. In which case--sad and pathetic.
"An entire credulous nation believed in Santa Claus, but Santa Claus was really the gasman." Gunter Grass
by rrheard on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 06:35:00 PM PDT
and if I weren't happily partnered, I'd hit that. :-P Unfortunately, the conservative bit totally disqualifies him. What a moron - where was he with the "you have to respect soldiers" bit when his fellow morons were booing the brigadier general at the youTube GOP debate on Wednesday?
"No man should advocate a course in private that he's ashamed to admit in public." -George McGovern
by Arturo52 on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 07:09:08 PM PDT
Total closet GOP.
Wow this guy is either home schooled since birth or a reincarnation of a SS Youth.
by Heterodoxie on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 07:10:32 PM PDT
stuffing him into a closet and nailing the door shut.
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by alizard on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 07:13:53 PM PDT
"When reality bites, bite back!" ~ The Werewolf Prophet, resident loopy guru of Prophecy Street.
by The Werewolf Prophet on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 07:17:21 PM PDT
heterosexual male, when the time comes, let me know. I'll send a box of nails.
by alizard on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 08:35:55 PM PDT
American Fascism 101 A Must Read
by cognitive dissonance on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 09:57:04 PM PDT
This guy gives tools a bad name.
I can't believe the crap coming out of his mouth.
by cybrestrike on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 03:43:32 PM PDT
the arrogant smirk as he dishes it.
That's insincerity of Romneyesque proportions right there.
No laws but Liberty. No king but Conscience.
by oldjohnbrown on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 03:59:18 PM PDT
in school, that young punk is the child of privlege.
He really doesn't have a clue. He's straight out of Pleasantville, and AR nailed him.
If all do not join now to save the good old ship of the Union this voyage nobody will have a chance to pilot her on another voyage. Abraham Lincoln
by 4Freedom on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 05:05:03 PM PDT
crap a bad name. Even crap doesn't deserve that.
It's the constitution, stupid
by CTMET on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 04:23:05 PM PDT
... was something that served a useful function and probably even gave us pleasure.
Now, go spread some peace, love and understanding. Use force if necessary. - Phil N DeBlanc
by lineatus on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 04:38:24 PM PDT
crap will become a major biodiesel fuel source someday. What's coming out of this idiot's mouth is merely a flatulent contribution to global warming.
by alizard on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 07:09:28 PM PDT
How many surrealists does it take to change a light bulb? Two. one to hold the giraffe and one to fill the tub with fluorescent toys.
by Clive all hat no horse Rodeo on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 05:41:51 PM PDT
Look at the reasons why we were there to begin with. There isn’t a person in the world that on that September morning didn’t say there needs to be retribution for this. There’s no one in America that didn’t say something needs to happen about this."
I think it was Michael Ledeen who said, "Every ten years or so, we need to take a little pissant country and throw it against a wall, just to show we're serious." (Has that ever worked? It sure didn't help Him whose name is politically incorrect to mention when he threw Czechoslovakia against the wall in 1938.)
Ben Johnson seems to think that actually catching Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan would not have given the country the satisfaction of a totally needless war in Iraq, which had nothing to do with 9/11.
I'm not asking you to take the country back, I'm asking you to take it forward-Van Jones.
by Judge Moonbox on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 07:09:34 PM PDT
break the things you are trying to fix ...
by HiBob on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 05:13:32 PM PDT
think of a socket from cheap ass steel. Rounds off more bolt heads than it tightens or loosens.
A learning experience is one of those things that says, 'You know that thing you just did? Don't do that.' Douglas Adams
by dougymi on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 05:42:32 PM PDT
Asshat is another one that comes to mind. I'll think of more.
by Brandon Friedman on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 03:42:24 PM PDT
Watching that video I see signs of either instability of some kind of serious personality disorder. Not that I'm a doctor, just familiar enough to notice.
Your political compass Economic Left/Right: -6.50 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.67
by bythesea on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 05:04:03 PM PDT
There is nothing but cliches coming out of his mouth. The kid is just smart enough to program, and definitely not smart enough to analyze what he's been programmed with.
by 4Freedom on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 05:15:00 PM PDT
Unless he gets caught taking a wide stance on the issues, he's going to become a paid part of the wingnut propaganda welfare state Real Soon Now.
by alizard on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 07:12:05 PM PDT
Left is the new center.
by Exclamation Point Brian on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 05:09:23 PM PDT
fart in a hot skillet.
"...fighting the wildfires of my life with squirt guns."
by deMemedeMedia on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 06:10:35 PM PDT
On Being A John Edwards Democrat
by Redstateresident on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 05:44:55 PM PDT
"America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense, it is the other way around. Human rights invented America." -Jimmy Carter
by Bulldawg on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 06:16:09 PM PDT
by saildude on Sat Dec 01, 2007 at 04:10:25 AM PDT
This guy is such a douchebag. I bet if you ask him to enlist he will say he has other priorities or is fighting the war of ideas. Do the soldiers really want beef jerky as he says in the video? I would figure the soldiers would want armor, munitions, and real food. I think he is an ass and will never admit to ti. Once an ass, always an ass.
by El barragas on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 03:43:26 PM PDT
Douchebag! No, the troops don't want beef jerky. They want to come home. Or, if not an option, they want more armor. Or, like you said, real food. And better DVDs. But not beef jerky.
by Brandon Friedman on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 03:46:59 PM PDT
They're not so beefy jerkoffs, though.
by lineatus on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 04:40:22 PM PDT
it's sometimes the only meal they'd get otherwise.
Halliburton, or one of it's subsidiaries, sometimes feed troops only two, or one, meal a day, if said troops are in an "inconvenient" location.
Not even an MRE, but according to more than one relative who gets the letters, one cold hotdog and bun, as the only meal of the day. Or similar starvation meals, and lack of 'em.
That's right, Halliburton and their subsidiary Chickenhawk Republicans, are supporting the troops by starving them.
Of course, the troops want beef jerky, or any other protein source to replace the meals they're not getting.
While chicken hawk college Republicans get three meals and snacks from the cafeteria, and keggers on weekends.
by judybrowni on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 05:00:54 PM PDT
by 4Freedom on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 05:16:11 PM PDT
or other duty that takes them away from the mess hall, or where the mess hall is too far away to get to for regular meals, they have something in their pockets they can eat.
And I'm sure some soldiers love beef jerky or other familiar snacks because they're a reminder of home.
Go to anysoldier.com, and you can send soldiers what they want and need (sometimes it's other basics that you'd assume they'd be issued -- if you didn't know the Bush era screw-the-troops army -- like sheets, toothpaste, socks, etc.)
by judybrowni on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 05:23:31 PM PDT
Because they don't melt in the desert. I'm not joking.
by Bulldawg on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 06:31:03 PM PDT
We can do better than any damn chickenhawk.
Go to http://anysoldier.com/... where soldiers will tell you what their squad needs.
Mailing instructions are also available on the site (relatively inexpensive postage, because you'll be mailing to a U.S. APO address.)
USPS flat rate boxes go for around $8.80, and hold a lot.
But the soldiers are just as grateful for letters, cards, or drawings from children.
Mail by Dec 11, and you'll give some soldiers their only Christmas presents.
by judybrowni on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 06:43:17 PM PDT
some good directions:
http://ninepatch.dailykos.com/
If you want to pitch in and send a 'box', here's a way.
Don't worry if you can't make the Holiday Deadline, send later. I put the Beef Summer Sausage and Crackers on. It's heavier but it was my kid's favorite. They had 'share tables' and it was over-flowing at Christmas so if it gets there later it is okay.
Look around your home town. Marines Toys 4 Tots. Vets raising funds for 'needy' Vets. Fund raisers to bring Guard Units Home before they deploy or support families with a Soldier in acute care or long term rehab.
by deMemedeMedia on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 05:41:09 PM PDT
but in the meantime we can support them, both by working to stop the war and to send care packages. Ninepatch's directions are great and she posts daily.
Don't believe everything you think.
by EJP in Maine on Sat Dec 01, 2007 at 03:26:26 AM PDT
This is what happens when the military is privatized.
by El barragas on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 05:21:41 PM PDT
before the troops.
We're paying more, so they receive less: but plenty of padding for CEO bonuses.
by judybrowni on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 06:47:16 PM PDT
If they cannot because of a stubborn president, then they should be fully equipped and feed.
by El barragas on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 05:20:53 PM PDT
but coming home would be even better.
by adamantius on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 05:18:45 PM PDT
frames so they can put pictures of their girlfriends back home in them- while I'm makin love to mine". Ah the life, beef jerky and looking and pictures of loved ones.
Thou shalt not kill except for a long list of good reasons is like saying you should not covet your neighbor's wife unless she's hot.
by FudgeFighter on Sat Dec 01, 2007 at 02:35:52 AM PDT
the part about "sometimes we raise hundreds of dollars". I wonder what his family's annual legal fees for DUI bailouts alone amount to?
by adamantius on Sat Dec 01, 2007 at 06:28:21 AM PDT
I will never eat beef jerky again. (not that I ever ate a lot of it to begin with).
by oklacoma dem on Sat Dec 01, 2007 at 03:49:01 AM PDT
"God, I smoked that nasty stuff, smiled at the Senators daughter, went outside and puked my ass off! How in hell do real men actually smoke that stuff? Oh well, the Senators daughter smiled back, and I think we made a connection. Her Dad is worth a bazillion! Puking was worth it! I'll smoke a damned greased ferret if I can get into the Senator's in group. God, I pray I don't have to marry that homely thing, but if that is in your plan, I'll gladly do so for the prestige that comes with being her husband."
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by funluvn1 on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 03:50:29 PM PDT
The "Pipe" passage reminds me of
Patrick Bateman: I live in the American Gardens Building on W. 81st Street on the 11th floor. My name is Patrick Bateman. I'm 27 years old. I believe in taking care of myself and a balanced diet and rigorous exercise routine. In the morning if my face is a little puffy I'll put on an ice pack while doing stomach crunches. I can do 1000 now. After I remove the ice pack I use a deep pore cleanser lotion. In the shower I use a water activated gel cleanser, then a honey almond body scrub, and on the face an exfoliating gel scrub. Then I apply an herb-mint facial mask which I leave on for 10 minutes while I prepare the rest of my routine. I always use an after shave lotion with little or no alcohol, because alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older. Then moisturizer, then an anti-aging eye balm followed by a final moisturizing protective lotion.
Saying the Iraq "Surge" worked is like saying Thelma & Louise had a flying car.
by JML9999 on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 04:25:08 PM PDT
by Brandon Friedman on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 04:26:52 PM PDT
no wonder his face is "puffy" in the morning. Some kind of toxic reaction going on there.
by oklacoma dem on Sat Dec 01, 2007 at 03:53:07 AM PDT
Hay-Seed calls a Camel Cigarette.
"For the love of god learn to think on your own" Me
by givemhellHarryR on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 04:32:28 PM PDT
kid graduated from Prairie. Had a family of people going to UofI, ISU, Coe, Cornell, Kirkwood...and that Repup Bennie is a freakin' anomaly.
[We have better genetic engineering for the hay seeds]
by deMemedeMedia on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 05:48:14 PM PDT
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by slowheels on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 04:36:36 PM PDT
I can't tell you what THAT means... it's secret
by slowheels on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 04:38:16 PM PDT
This puerile little creep is best termed a "coward." Chickenhawk is unnecessarily metaphorical for such as him.
Nice work of public humiliation, though, Brandon. Rest assured you've given young Ben a wider audience here than he's ever likely to achieve on his own.
BTW, glad you're keeping the opporobrium on Matthew Continetti. Every time I see his eminently-slappable face on Hardball as the TiVo winds up for Olbermann, I want to throw something at the TV.
Hanoi didn't break John McCain, but Washington did.
by Dallasdoc on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 04:47:34 PM PDT
Until we break the corporate virtual monopoly on what we hear and see, we keep losing, don't matter what we do.
by Jim P on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 05:18:39 PM PDT
...whatever he's smoking isn't tobacco.
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by Archangel on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 05:07:11 PM PDT
that calms you down ;p
"I will sink federalism into an abyss from which there shall be no resurrection..." Thomas Jefferson
by tony the American Mutt on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 06:18:03 PM PDT
some deep bong hits.
by Bulldawg on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 06:34:59 PM PDT
is NOT a word. And I swear he was going to say FABULOUS when he was talking about the beef jerky.
Great idea for a series "Chickenhawk of the Day". I went over to VetVoice the other day, and it's a great site, Brandon. I'm sure it is going to grow, too.
John Kerry: "The rubber stamp Republicans have now become the Roadblock Republicans"
by beachmom on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 05:45:29 PM PDT
give a synopsis on the video. I don't have video capability.
by Mike S on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 06:21:32 PM PDT
... smirking frat boy makes a big show of doing nice things for the troops. Viewed by those of us here in the reality based community as an incredible tool.
That's all you need to know. (In short, GWB with better looks and just a tad more grey matter.)
"The force is really rather strong with you, Luke" - Eddie Izzard (I miss you, La 3/5/06)
by Bexley Lane on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 07:37:09 PM PDT
synopsis here. Wonkette describes it in the diary link above, too.
The guy is just totally patronizing and condescending.
by Brandon Friedman on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 08:13:08 PM PDT
It's always nice to look into the abyss and know that it truly is empty. I can't help but think of Flatland when I read/see this type of ignorance.
by Minc on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 06:23:22 PM PDT
And thank you for all of your hard work you've done as a Soldier and a Veteran.
Wek of Operation Yellow Elephant
by Wek on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 06:42:01 PM PDT
military issues for over a year, and for some reason, I didn't find out about you guys until the other day. I have no idea why. . .because your site is great. BTW, I went ahead and linked to you guys on VetVoice.
by Brandon Friedman on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 08:16:11 PM PDT
He is so happy to send our troops to fight an ill conceived war and then is proud of cookouts?
What a great idea, Chickenhawk of the day.
by EJP in Maine on Sat Dec 01, 2007 at 03:22:05 AM PDT
wide narrow
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