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Send George Your Shoes

Karen — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:07:37 +0000

The Rude Pundit has come up with an excellent idea in honour of Muntader al-Zaid, the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at George Bush.

Send George a pair of your shoes:

This morning, the Rude Pundit decided to honor the efforts of Muntader al-Zaidi, the Iraqi shoe-tosser, by taking out a raggedy old pair of sneakers, putting them in a Priority Mail shipping box, helpfully provided by the United States Post Office, and shipping them to President George W. Bush at the White House. He included a note that read, “This is a farewell kiss from the American people, you dog.”

Since throwing objects at the president is generally considered a crime, the Rude Pundit figures sending shoes to Bush is a small, good thing, a gesture of contempt that has context. Sweet Christ, at this point, there should be giant sacks of shoes heading to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC, 20500, like letters to Santa.

It’s still in the 30s here so I am not going outside unless I utterly have to, but tomorrow it’s supposed to be north of 60 & near 80 by the end of the week. I will be sending a pair of my shoes sometime between now and Friday. How about you?

ETA: If you have a lot of flip flops as I do, they are perfect for putting in the flat rate Priority envelopes which cost $4.80 to send. They have flat rate boxes ($9.80) in multiple sizes, the smallest of which just happens to be advertised by the USPS as being perfect for sending shoes.

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Shoez!

Karen — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:54:59 +0000

Here’s to you Mr. Shoe throwing Iraqi Journalist (via: Shakesville):

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We shall be greeted as liberators

Karen — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:48:00 +0000

Remember those words spoken by VP Dick Cheney? Keep them in mind as you watch the following video about the growing epidemic of Iraqi girls and women setting themselves on fire to avoid abuse.

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Christian Marines evangelizing Iraqi Muslims

Karen — Thu, 29 May 2008 18:28:19 +0000

As if the situation in Iraq wasn’t bad enough it appears that American marines are contributing to the problem by attempting to convert the Muslim residents of Fallujah to Christianity.

According to this report, unidentified Marines are said to have passed out evangelical coins at the gates of Fallujah while serving as guards.

One side of the coin asks “Where will you spend eternity?”. When you flip it over you’re told how “God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believes in him shall not perish, but have eternal life. John 3:16″.

This comes on the heals of another story about a sniper sing a Koran for target practice near Baghdad.

If this story turns out to be factual, I hope the marine(s) involved are severely punished because every time one of them does something like this they slander not just their fellow marines, but every American soldier in Iraq.

The fact of the matter is a lot of Muslims are convinced that America invaded Iraq for the purpose of converting them to Christianity. This kind of shit “proves” it and makes Muslims both fearful and/or suspicious of the American soldiers they encounter.

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Bush gives up golf for troops

Karen — Wed, 14 May 2008 14:15:16 +0000

It is said that whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness – great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy. Our esteemed president is not on the path to greatness however.

In fact, he’s well on his way to being considered one of the most self-centred, arrogant and shallow little fuckwits ever as evidenced in a recent interview wherein he tells the interviewer that he has given up golf in order to show his “solidarity” with the troops.

According to Bush, he made this decision in August of 2003 when he was interrupted while playing golf with the news of the Canal Hotel Bombing in which Brazilian diplomat Sergio Vieira de Mello died along with 21 people from his staff.

Of course, he didn’t actually give up golf until at least two months later as CBS apparently has documented proof that his last game was in October.

Left unmentioned is that 2003 is the year in which a lot of people noticed that Bush appeared to be spending more time vacationing than his predecessor Bill Clinton had. In fact, an article in the Washington Post on August 3, 2003, a little more than two weeks before the Canal Hotel bombing, reported that Bush had spent over five months at or en route to either Camp David or his ranch in Crawford.

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Ted Turner: Global Warming will lead to cannibalism

Karen — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 13:14:41 +0000

Here’s something to perk you up this morning. According to Ted Turner, 30 to 40 years from now most of humanity will be dead because the planet will be eight degrees hotter causing a near total crop failure. The survivors will be living in a failed state such as Sudan or Somalia and will have to draw sticks I suppose to see who gets to be dinner.

If steps aren’t taken to stem global warming, “We’ll be eight degrees hotter in 30 or 40 years and basically none of the crops will grow,” Turner said during a wide-ranging, hour-long interview with PBS’s Charlie Rose that aired Tuesday.

“Most of the people will have died and the rest of us will be cannibals,” said Turner, 69. “Civilization will have broken down. The few people left will be living in a failed state — like Somalia or Sudan — and living conditions will be intolerable.”

If that isn’t enough to tick people off (ask yourself this: when’s the last time you heard a white man talk about cannibalism becoming a part of survival for white people), his comments on the Iraqi resistance are sure to. In the same interview he stated that the Iraqi resistance members are ‘patriots’ who don’t like us because we invaded their country. He went on to say that we (American civilians) if they’d taken over Washington, DC.

I think that they’re patriots and that they don’t like us because we’ve invaded their country and occupied it. I think if the Iraqis were in Washington, D.C., we’d be doing the same thing: we’d be bombing them too. Nobody wants to be invaded.

I have to say I agree with that statement. I don’t know how it was in Iraq before our invasion, but America is stuffed to the gills with patriots/nationalists and I have no doubt that any invasive force would find out that there were far worse things than dying.

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Today’s Useless Study: Bush lied about Iraq

Karen — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 03:53:30 +0000

Two non-profit journalist organizations have concluded that Bush lied and that his lies “were part of an orchestrated campaign that effectively galvanized public opinion and, in the process, led the nation to war under decidedly false pretenses.”

Bush only stated that Iraq had “weapons of mass destruction”, was trying to obtain weapon’s grade plutonium from somewhere in Africa and that Saddam Hussein had connections to al-Quida.

Those were lies?! Really?!? Say it ain’t so!!!!!

Seriously, if anyone still needs to be told that Bush and company lied their way into being allowed to invade a sovereign country that was of no threat to the United States…

I’m just going to have to shoot myself or the cat.

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Today’s Useless Study: Bush lied about Iraq

Karen — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 03:53:30 +0000

Bush only stated that Iraq had “weapons of mass destruction”, was trying to obtain weapon’s grade plutonium from somewhere in Africa and that Saddam Hussein had connections to al-Quida.

Those were lies?! Really?!? Say it ain’t so!!!!!

Seriously, if anyone still needs to be told that Bush and company lied their way into being allowed to invade a sovereign country that was of no threat to the United States…

I’m just going to have to shoot myself or the cat.

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Today’s Useless Study: Bush lied about Iraq

Karen — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 03:53:30 +0000

Bush only stated that Iraq had “weapons of mass destruction”, was trying to obtain weapon’s grade plutonium from somewhere in Africa and that Saddam Hussein had connections to al-Quida.

Those were lies?! Really?!? Say it ain’t so!!!!!

Seriously, if anyone still needs to be told that Bush and company lied their way into being allowed to invade a sovereign country that was of no threat to the United States…

I’m just going to have to shoot myself or the cat.

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What if the French had moved in?

Karen — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:52:05 +0000

Just a quick hit to point out an excellent post by Alonzo Fyfe of Atheist Ethicist that puts what’s going on in Iraq into perspective:

It has been four years since the French had helped the Americans defeat King George III. Since then, living conditions in America have changed considerably.

For one thing, the French have taken the best parts of New York and Charleston harbors and turned them into French military ports for their ships.

They have also taken the best part of Philadelphia, the part that includes Independence Hall, and turned it into a walled up French compound called (for some strange reason) ?The Green Zone.? Within its walls, they have a construction project going on that makes Versailles look like a hunting lodge. It?s an area that includes Independence Hall and, in fact, the new American government is almost entirely housed within French fortifications. It?s for their protection ? from the ?Tories? (former King George sympathizers) who have threatened to disrupt the new government.

continue at Alonzo’s