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Sunday, July 10, 2005
As many of you noticed, for the last couple weeks we been promoting an idea, that Gregor came up with called BANG YOUR POTS & PANS. In short all we ask is On July 15th, no matter where you be (e.g. 9pm Pacific, 10pm Mountain, 11pm Central, 12am Eastern) give a pal/family member/neighbor any old casserole and bang away for 15 minutes. We hope to repeat this every THIRD FRIDAY of the MONTH till our troops come home.
The whole idea and concept can be read in our header. So mark it on your calender gang 7/15, Bang yer pots and pans!
Posted at 7/10/2005 5:59:49 pm by SpannerJaxs
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OPERATION YELLOW ELEPHANT HAS A SITE
The great blog, Jesus' General, started Operation Yellow Elephant a couple of weeks ago.
OYE if you don't know is to get Young Republicans (and other Bush voters) to do their patriotic duty, join the military and fight in a war they wanted.
The Rat quickly and proudly joined the OYE effort. Well now due to all the hard work OYE has grown from a small idea to a movment!
A movement that now has its own blog:
Posted at 7/10/2005 5:43:18 pm by SpannerJaxs
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"It's almost as if the media is the terrorist"-Pimp Daddy Dot Com*, on the media's near orgasmic reaction to the terror attacks in London.
*PDDC is a the pseudonym of a cat I know.
Posted at 7/10/2005 5:05:19 pm by SpannerJaxs
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Friday, July 08, 2005
OPERATION YELLOW ELEPHANT PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
Posted at 7/8/2005 12:26:40 am by SpannerJaxs
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It's self explanitory
Posted at 7/8/2005 12:14:44 am by SpannerJaxs
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Thursday, July 07, 2005
The fear mongers are out again.
Boy oh boy. The fear mongers in the Bush cult and their apologist are out in force today!
You see them already out on the propaganda News Networks (CNN, MSNBC and those bastards on FAUX News) screaming about the hate we saw inflicted on the innocent people in London.
The scumbags are already playing right into Al Quedas hands by telling Americans they need to be scared. Where is the inspiration? Where is the leadership? Where are they telling us all we have to fear is fear itself???
No. They are out in front exploiting this as much as they can. Take this asshole Brian Kilmeade on FAUX, he was BRAGGING about:
I think that works to our advantage, in the Western world's advantage, for people to experience something like this together, just 500 miles from where the attacks have happened.
What sort of rat fucker thinks that way???
Then later on his partner had this to say:
VARNEY: It puts the Number 1 issue right back on the front burner right at the point where all these world leaders are meeting. It takes global warming off the front burner. It takes African aid off the front burner. It sticks terrorism and the fight on the war on terror, right up front all over again.
KILMEADE: Yeah. Yeah baby! TERROR IS BACK WITH A VENGANCE!! YEAH HAWW!!! Time for FAUX News to score rating off American fears! YES!!!
Take a look at this motherless bastard, Brit Hume:
I mean, my first thought when I heard -- just on a personal basis, when I heard there had been this attack and I saw the futures this morning, which were really in the tank, I thought, "Hmmm, time to buy."
WOW! People are dying and he's thinking about buying pork bellies.
FAUX isn't the only ones doing this. I heard some skag on WABC radio talking about Bush being a war time President once again.
Then on Primetime on ABC they had Chicken Hawk George Pataki trying to alleviate the fears of Americans by pumpin up Americans fears.
My boy who I work with, is about as apolitical as a human being can get. HE has no horse in any race. He votes but I defy you to tell me who he votes for. But my boy today came up to me and said this about the media "They are doing the work for the terrorist". In other words, they want America to be scared.
Posted at 7/7/2005 11:49:21 pm by SpannerJaxs
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WAR PIG GOVERNOR'S SON WANT TO FOLLOW IN DADDY FOOTSTEPS
The Governor of THE GREAT STATE OF NEW YORK, George Pataki's son, wants to follow in his daddy's footstep by punking out of serving our nation in combat.
Teddy Pataki was recently commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Marines. God Bless him. BUT Teddy is searching for a Law school deferment so he doesn't have to serve his nation, when it needs him the most...NOW:
I'm sure Teddy Pataki is a nice young man. And the fact that he signed up for the Marine Corps' officers training program while he was still an undergraduate at Yale suggests a willingness to serve his country.
But I would be really mad if 22-year-old Pataki, whose father is Gov. George Pataki, got to skate through the next three years of the Iraq conflict in law school.
The governor, who proudly announced last week that his son has been commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Marines, also noted that Teddy Pataki hopes to defer his military service for three years until he finishes law school.
Coming only days after 20-year-old Marine Cpl. Ramona Valdez of the Bronx was killed by a suicide bomber in Fallujah, to suggest that Lt. Pataki be allowed to pass the next three years studying torts and contracts seemed positively obscene.
It was another example of how politicians wage war but expect other people's children to fight them.
Sheryl we could not say it any better. There must be a price to pay when you help pimp a war. One of them should be if your child is in the military then he should serve his nation in combat. God Bless him and that he never suffer a scratch on his body, just like every other American serving in Iraq. However if he goes to Iraq what ever happens to him would be up to God.
But, if George Pataki has sleepless nights every single day his son is in Iraq. If the phone rings and it makes his heart skip. If watching the News about insurgency takes years off his life. Then so be it. He helped pimped this war. Maybe the experience will teach George to be a little less anxious when pimping a war other people's (Or his own) children have to fight.
But, The Boys at the Rat know that Teddy is a Governor's son. He's got as much of chance fighting in Iraq as the Bush twin's do.
"Some folks are born made to wave the flag,
Ooh, they're red, white and blue.
And when the band plays "Hail to the chief",
Ooh, they point the cannon at you, Lord,
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no senator's son, son.
It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, no,"- Creedance Clearwater Revival
Posted at 7/7/2005 12:24:06 am by SpannerJaxs
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Wednesday, July 06, 2005
Posted at 7/6/2005 7:35:12 am by SpannerJaxs
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Tuesday, July 05, 2005
Instead of a kind gesture or a warm handshake, Sheehan said she immediately got a taste of Bush arrogance when he entered the room and "in a condescending tone and with a disgusting loud Texas accent," said: "Who we’all honorin’ here today?"
"Honorin'"??? How about offerin' her som' Barbecue while yer at it. Dinkle berry her son DIED for your dumbass war! How about some decency???
"His mouth kept moving, but there was nothing in his eyes or anything else about him that showed me he really cared or had any real compassion at all. This is a human being totally disconnected from humanity and reality. His eyes were empty, hollow shells and he was acting like I should be proud to just be in his presence when it was my son who died for his illegal war! It was one of the most disgusting experiences I ever had and it took me almost a year to even talk about it," said Sheehan in a telephone conversation from Washington D.C. where she was attending a July 4th anti-war rally.
Sheehan said the June 2004 private meeting with the President went from bad to worse to a nightmare when Bush acted like he didn’t even want to know her name. She said Bush kept referring to her as ‘Ma’ or ‘Mom’ while he "put on a phony act," saying things like ‘Mom, I can’t even imagine losing a loved one, a mother or a father or a sister or a brother.’
"The whole meeting was simply bizarre and disgusting, designed to intimidate instead of providing compassion. He didn’t even know our names," said Sheehan. "Finally I got so upset I just looked him in the eye, saying ‘I think you can imagine losing someone. You have two daughters. Imagine losing them?’ After I said that he just looked at me, looked at me with no feeling or caring in his eyes at all."
Sheehan said what really upset her about the meeting is that Bush appeared to become annoyed and even angry at her daughter Carley, 25, who also attended the White House get-together.
"My daughter said to him directly ‘I wish I could bring my loved one back’ and he said something like ‘so do we.’ Later she told me that after he made his remark he gave her one of the filthiest looks she had ever had gotten in her life.
Lord help us. This person is the most powerful man on the planet...And whats sad most Americans like that.
Posted at 7/5/2005 10:21:15 pm by SpannerJaxs
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ALQUEDA AND THE AMERICAN TALIBAN: TWIN BROTHERS OF EVIL
This is a combination of two diaries that Kos did. ( one and two) Its brilliant and a perfect illustration between liberals and the Rethuglican Bush cult and many of their apologists:
Funny how the wingers try to claim American liberals are in league with crazy fundamentalist Muslims.
Reality is, we hate everything Islamic fundamentalism stands for. On the other hand, the Dobson's of the Republican Party -- you know, the people running the show -- have far more in common with the enemy than they'd ever like to admit.
Religion in government
Al Qaida/Taliban: One and the same
American Taliban: One and the same
Liberals: Separation of church and state
Schools
Al Qaida/Taliban: Religious indoctrination. Run by clergy.
American Taliban: School prayer. Religious indoctrination (creationism and "intelligent design"). Private religious school system.
Liberals: Leave religious teachings to parents and sunday school.
Women
Al Qaida/Taliban: No school, must cover entire body, no rights
American Taliban: Government control over reproductive freedoms, hostility to Title IX, hostility to working women
Liberals: Equality of the sexes
Religious freedom
Al Qaida/Taliban: 'Think like us, or we'll whiip you and/or chop off your head'
American Taliban: 'Think like us, or we'll condemn you to hell'
Liberals: To each her own
Homosexuality
Al Qaida/Taliban: Eradicate them from society
American Taliban: Eradicate them from society
Liberals: Equality under the law
You guys can take it from here.
Update (from the comments):
Torture
Al Qaida/Taliban: Torture them or chop off their heads
American Taliban: Torture them or homosexually rape them.
Liberals: No torture
Medicine and Science
Al Qaida/Taliban: Faith-based world view
American Taliban: Faith-based world view
Liberals: Reality-based community
Foreign Policy
Al Qaida/Taliban: World domination - do it our way or we attack
American Taliban: World domination - do it our way or we attack
Liberals: Peace and international cooperation
Executing Minors
Al Qaida/Taliban: Executing Minors OK
American Taliban: Executing Minors OK
Liberals: Find this to be a barbaric and embarrassing practice
Pop Culture
Al Qaida/Taliban: Hate it... kill it
American Taliban: Hate it... ban it
Liberals: Laugh at it... boycott it
Self-image
Al Qaida/Taliban: Belief in their own infallibility
American Taliban: Belief in their own infallibility
Liberals: Willingness to consider other viewpoints
God
Al Qaida/Taliban: God is on our side and will help us kill our enemies
American Taliban: God is on our side and will help us kill our enemies
Liberals: God may or may not exist and will not help us kill anyone
Stem Cell Research
Al Qaida/Taliban: No Stem cell research
American Taliban: No Stem cell research
Liberals: Stem cell research
Leaders
Al Qaida/Taliban: God choose Osama Bin Laden to defeat the Great Satan
American Taliban: God choose George W. Bush to lead us
Liberals: God didn't choose anyone
Use of Force
Al Qaida/Taliban: As a means of propagating a world view
American Taliban: As a means of propagating a world view
Liberals: As a last resort
Bush's War in Iraq
Al Qaida/Taliban: Love it!
American Taliban: Love it!
Liberals: It's a disaster
Press
Al Qaida/Taliban: Control of the Press
American Taliban: Manipulation of the Press
Liberals: Freedom of the Press
Free Speech
Al Qaida/Taliban: Anyone who disagrees with us is an infidel and must be silenced
American Taliban: Anyone who disagrees with us is a traitor and must be silenced
Liberals: Anyone who disagrees with us is in for a spirited discussion
Individuals
Al Qaida/Taliban: Conform or else
American Taliban: Conform or else
Liberals: Embrace diversity
Cooperation
Al Qaida/Taliban: You're either with us or against us
American Taliban: You're either with us or against us
Liberals: We're all in this together
Tolerance
Al Qaida/Taliban: Death to the infidels
American Taliban: Kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity
Liberals: Live and let live
Conscience
Al Qaida/Taliban: Obedience to authority
American Taliban: Obedience to authority
Liberals: Critical reflection
Origins
Al Qaida/Taliban: Universe and man created 6,000 years ago by God
American Taliban: Universe and man created 6,000 years ago by God
Liberals: The Universe began as we know it at least 14 billion years ago, maybe more
Leaders
Al Qaida/Taliban: Subservient to will of its leaders
American Taliban: Subservient to will of its leaders
Liberals: Will served by Representative government
Fear
Al Qaida/Taliban: Life is scary and uncertain, seek refuge in moral absolutes and scorn those that threaten those absolutes
American Taliban: Life is scary and uncertain, seek refuge in moral absolutes and scorn those that threaten those absolutes
Liberals: Life is scary and uncertain, seek refuge in accepting that respect for our fellow man and the individual choices he/she makes is eminently moral
Women
Al Qaida/Taliban: A woman's place is in the home
American Taliban: A woman's place is in the home
Liberals: A woman's place is wherever she wants it to be
Marriage
Al Qaida/Taliban: Marriage is only between a man and a woman
American Taliban: Marriage is only between a man and a woman
Liberals: Marriage is between any two people who love each other
We could keep this up all day, I suspect. Remember, the point isn't that the American Taliban is just like Al Qaida (though given the chance...), the point is that there's no reason that liberals would ever "root" for Al Qaida or the Taliban or any of the crazies in the Islamic fundamentalist world.
The reasons we hate the American Taliban are the same reasons we hate fundamentalists of all stripes -- they seek to impose their own moral code on the rest of society, and do so with the zeal and moral absolutism possible only from those who believe they are doing "God's work".
Posted at 7/5/2005 10:10:33 pm by SpannerJaxs
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