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Mr. Rogers Leaves Our Neighborhood 2/27/03
"John loves America. We love America,'' his father, Frank Lindh, said after the hearing.
He said his son was innocent of the charges.
''It's been two years since I last saw my son. It was wonderful to see him this morning. My love for him is unconditional and absolute,'' said his mother, Marilyn Walker. ''I am grateful that he has been brought home to his family, me, his home and his country.''
Associated Press-NY-01-24-02 0958EST
and now Rx from Dr."Ram Ron":
Ok, his folks think he's innocent. He claimed that he knew about the 9/11 incident, he CHOSE not to leave the Taliban. He knew of other terrorist plots and trained to utilize his skills within such...HE CHOSE to do that as well...so...what will this country CHOOSE for his punishment? Ask me...I have some wonderful ideas and it involves a pay per view event (probably the largest ever to date) with serious wagering. It would also star live poisonous snakes and other creatures of slow painful death and a guest procotologist.
Potential sponsorship could be by: the Veterans of Foriegn Wars, The American Legion, McDonalds and Wal Mart. I can't even understand how some people want to be American only when it is convenient...
In a 2002 interview, General Norman Schwarzkopf was asked if he thought there was room for forgiveness toward the people who have harbored and abetted the terrorists who perpetrated the 9/11 attacks on America. His answer was classic Schwarzkopf:
He said,"I believe that forgiving them is God's function. Our job is simply to arrange the meeting."
Scott Hamilton, commenting on the possible bias of the French judge towards Russian athletes during the pairs competition at the 2002 Olympics: PARAPHRASED:
"When you train to win and compete you follow the rules of the competition.
When you lose, you lose in competition by the very same rules you train by."(Mr. Hamilton obviously has NEVER been a member of colorguard, marching band or drum corps, especially a Senior Drum corps.)
The Bugs Bunny Option
This one's named for the great American who, when attacked, routinely remarks, "Of course you realize this means war."
This would be a limited war, aimed not at "rooting out terrorism" but at treating those terrorists who are affiliated with foreign governments the same as those who are independent agents. As with Bronsonism and Kojakism, it limits its fire to the conspirators and their henchmen, leaving civilians spared. If you're looking to bomb cities or occupy Afghanistan, you'll have to go well beyond Bugs.
These last three responses share a problem. If the Gandhi option addresses the question of security while leaving justice undone, the others aim for justice but leave us insecure. Arrest or kill Osama bin Laden, and his lieutenants will take over his war. Capture them, and other branches of his very loose network will step into the breach. Bring down a government, and heaven knows what might take its place.
And that brings us to the biggest decision. Do we defend ourselves against this attack, whatever that entails, and then withdraw from the Middle East, fusing a rigorous and vigorous self-defense with non-intervention in other nations' affairs? Or do we dig in for a long fight against the social landscape of the Mideast? Do we, in the words of The New York Times' Thomas Friedman, fight "a long, long war" against "all the super-empowered angry men and women out there"?
The Caesar Option:
If you prefer this alternative--if you favor a long war against a ubiquitous enemy--then be aware of the likely consequences:
The war will not merely be long. It will be perpetual. We will not be fighting an army, after all, but a tactic--terrorism--that can be adopted by small cells anywhere in the world. More: We will be fighting a mindset, one which will probably be inflamed still further by the battle against it. We will never know when the war is over, or when we're finally safe. Innocent civilians will die--not just abroad, but here (as if we needed to be reminded) in America.
The U.S. will become a garrison state. When you're fighting a perpetual war against an enemy that operates without borders, citizens will become suspects. Privacy, due process, freedom of association, and freedom of movement will be curtailed. Given politicians' predilections, the same fate will likely befall free speech and the right to bear arms.
Whatever authoritarian measures afflict us domestically will be meted out several times over to states abroad, since that will be where most of the actual terrorists live. Dictatorship, of course, is nothing new in the Middle East. But now the governments will be answering to the United States, which can scarcely trust the Taliban to do its terrorist-hunting for it. America will have to act forthrightly as an empire.
In short, the Caesar option will probably fail to bring us security or justice. The only way around this would be not just to dominate the potential terrorists of the Middle East, but to wipe them out. Incredibly, there are those who are proposing just this.
How about taking a moment and helping the lives of those who can't always fend for themselves, which is totally the opposite of terrorists and their supporters.
Dr. A Asks then...
So now that the Iraqi Regime has been basically routed and destroyed, how long will it be before Russia, France
and Germany ask to set up businesses with corporate offices in Baghadad?
Pittsburgh's Favorite 'Neighbor' Passes Away
Fred Rogers Dies At 74
POSTED: 8:36 a.m. EST February 27, 2003
UPDATED: 5:23 p.m. EST February 27, 2003
PITTSBURGH -- Many of you invited him into your living room every day. Mister Rogers' show was produced here locally at WQED, but it aired around the nation.
Remembering Mister Rogers
Millions of children considered him their neighbor. Thursday morning, the man behind "Mister Rogers Neighborhood" has passed away.
Fred Rogers died around 2 a.m. Thursday at his home here in Pittsburgh after a bout with stomach cancer.
He had been diagnosed sometime after the holiday season. He was 74.
He was born in 1928 in Latrobe, Westmoreland County.
In 1963, Rogers was ordained as a Presbyterian minister.
In 1968 the first "Mister Rogers" show aired on PBS. The final show aired in Aug. 2001.
And in July of last year, Rogers was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
President Bush awarded the medal for Rogers' lifetime of service to children and families.
The passing of Rogers is touching the lives of so many people across our state and the nation.
Gov. Ed Rendell released this statement:
"Today, our state has lost a great role model and our country has lost one of history's greatest teachers. We should be mindful, though, that during his 74 year life, Mister Rogers helped instill values in America's children that will affect our nation for decades to come."
Pittsburgh Mayor Tom Murphy also had a statement on the passing of Rogers:
"Today is a sad day for all of us, as our country lost a national treasure and Pittsburgh lost a close friend and neighbor."
Fred Rogers is survived by a wife, two sons, and two grandsons.
If you'd like to send cards or flowers to the Rogers family, send them to:
Family Communications, Inc.
4802 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Everybody around the city of Pittsburgh is talking about Mister Rogers and his legacy. Here is what some area residents had to say about his passing:
Wayne Dickerson, North Hills: "What I remember most about him is the train and him singing."
Sal Haberberger, Jeannette: "I guess those shoes, the sneakers. In fact, I bought a couple pair of them in college."
Barbara Pace, Pittsburgh: "His love, his compassion, his genuineness."
Chris Corbinsvac, Hampton: "His calmness, his gentleness. He was great for kids."
Paul Lance, Pittsburgh: "Anywhere you'd go in the country, they would always think of Mister Rogers as a piece of Pittsburgh. It gave me a bit of pride."
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Review the historical reaction from France to ANYTHING involving conflict and some American quotes appropriate to the events..
The French {Lack of } Connections
Going to war without the French is like going to Thanksgiving dinner without your mother-in-law."
"Going to war without the French is like...well...World War II."
The Complete Military History of France:
- Gallic Wars - Lost. In a war whose ending foreshadows the next 2000 years of French history, France is conquered by of all things, an Italian.
- Hundred Years War - Mostly lost, saved at last moment by schizophrenic teenaged girl, who inadvertently creates The First Rule of French Warfare;
"France's armies are victorious only when not led by a Frenchman."
- Italian Wars - Lost. France becomes the first and only country to ever lose two wars when fighting Italians.
- Wars of Religion - France goes 0-5-4 against the Huguenots
- Thirty Years War - France is technically not a participant, but manages to get invaded anyway. Claims a tie on the basis that eventually the other participants started ignoring her.
- War of Devolution - Tied. Frenchmen take to wearing red flowerpots as chapeaux.
- The Dutch War - Tied
- War of the Augsburg League/King William's War/French and Indian War - Lost, but claimed as a tie. Three ties in a row induces deluded Frogophiles the world over to label the period as the height of French military power.
- War of the Spanish Succession - Lost. The War also gave the French their first taste of a Marlborough, which they have loved ever since.
- American Revolution - In a move that will become quite familiar to future Americans, France claims a win even though the English colonists saw farmore action. This is later known as "de Gaulle Syndrome", and leads to the Second Rule of French Warfare; "France only wins when America does most of the fighting."
- French Revolution - Won, primarily due the fact that the opponent was alsoFrench.
- The Napoleonic Wars - Lost. Temporary victories (remember the First Rule!) due to leadership of a Corsican, who ended up being no match for a British footwear designer.
- The Franco-Prussian War - Lost. Germany plays the role of drunk Fratboy to France's ugly girl home alone on a Saturday night.
- World War I - Tied and on the way to losing, France is saved by the UnitedStates. Thousands of French women find out what it's like to not only sleep with a winner, butone who doesn't call her "Fraulein." Sadly, widespread use of condoms by American forces forestalls any improvement in the French bloodline.
- World War II - Lost. Conquered French liberated by the United States and Britain just as they finish learning the Horst Wessel Song.
- War in Indochina - Lost. French forces plead sickness, take to bed with the Dien Bien Flu
- Algerian Rebellion - Lost. Loss marks the first defeat of a western army by a Non-Turkic Muslim force since the Crusades, and produces the First Ruleof Muslim Warfare; "We can always beat the French." This rule is identical to the First Rules of the Italians, Russians, Germans, English, Dutch, Spanish, Vietnamese andEsquimaux.
- War on Terrorism - France, keeping in mind its recent history, surrenders to Germans and Muslims just to be safe. Attempts to surrender to Vietnamese ambassador, fail after he takes refuge in a McDonald's.
The question for any country silly enough to count on the French should not be "Can we count on the French?" but rather "How long until France collapses?"
THE ULTIMATE PERSONAL AMERICAN PERCEPTIONS
Neither winter nor summer nor morals. Apart from these drawbacks it is a fine country. France has usually been governed by prostitutes."
--Mark Twain
"I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French one behind me."
General George S. Patton
"Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your accordion."
--Norman Schwartzkopf
"As far as I'm concerned, war always means failure"
--Jacques Chirac, President of France
"The only time France wants us to go to war is when the German Army is sitting in Paris sipping coffee."
--Regis Philbin
"The French are a smallish, monkey-looking bunch and not dressed any better, on average, than the citizens of Baltimore. True, you can sit outside in Paris and drink little cups of coffee, but why this is more stylish than sitting inside and drinking large glasses of whiskey I don't know."
--P.J O'Rourke (1989)
"You know, the French remind me a little bit of an aging actress of the 1940s who was still trying to dine out on her looks but doesn't have the
face for it."
--John McCain, U.S. Senator from Arizona
"You know why the French don't want to bomb Saddam Hussein? Because he hates America, he loves mistresses and wears a beret. He is French, people."
--Conan O'Brien
"I don't know why people are surprised that France won't help us get Saddam out of Iraq. After all, France wouldn't help us get the Germans out of France!"
--Jay Leno
"The last time the French asked for 'more proof' it came marching into Paris under a German flag."
--David Letterman
"We can stand here like the French, or we can do something about it."
--Marge Simpson
CONCLUSION:
Next time there's a war in Europe, the loser has to keep France.
Dr. A Wants to know:
where were all the environmentalists/liberals/wackos etc
when Saddam had lit oil trenches around Baghdad? I mean really!! Doesn't he deserve to be picketed too? (I think France is looking for wildlife inspectors...) maybe everyone was at a PITA rally against KFC??
The Supreme Court has ruled that "virtual" child porn is protected by the First Amendment because it's not "real." But technology has progressed so that computer generated "art" is indistinguishable from real photography.
Dr. A Asks then LOGICALLY...
So... are "virtual bullets and virtual deaths" indistigishable from the real murder that should be thought of these perps and sick twisted bastards?
The best trio in comedy ever,
Russia France and Germany have nothing on these guys
Keeping Up with the War on Terror
- aka: Payback is a Bitch, especially when you're not looking
Here we see Oday and his brother holding onto their special pogo stick that is adorned with phallic toys that really know how to "spring into action". Odai's obsession with sex is evident everywhere. There are paintings of naked women (no mention of penises although they are hidden with the WMD's) and bundles of Internet printouts of what appeared to be prostitutes, complete with handwritten ratings of each. One black book lists hundreds of women's names and phone numbers. There are also UNICEF boxes, with kids' school supplies meant for the children of Iraq.There are multiple pictures of Odai's days as head of Iraq's Olympic Committee, where he earned a vicious reputation as someone who would jail athletes who failed to perform to his standards. And the guns. Lots of guns. The house is filled with boxes of handguns and piles of ammunition, plus grenade launchers, shotguns, and automatic weapons from various countries — a gold-plated PPK, revolvers, rifles never opened, carbines — the best of everything. That's not to mention the underground parking garage, and the holding pen behind that house that kept two cheetahs, five lion cubs and a young bear. Three German shepherds who guarded the compound have been adopted by U.S. soldiers, who feed them military rations. For the wilder animals, soldiers have been throwing in sheep from a nearby pen. A feeding on Sunday "looked like something from the National Geographic Channel," said one American soldier.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
the photo at the right was found in the white Bronco that Saddam used to drive before his going out of business jihad sale was cancelled by Coalition troops.
Could Beverly Hills or golf courses across the US be next on Coalition Raid lists?
Welcome to the Waiting Room wait here with me for logic to occur, if you want
Proof that Saddams son's were really running an illegal gay sex slave operation out of one of the palaces in Tik Rit that is now called "Big freakin smoking hole in the ground"
There are the basic standards that a book must meet: characters must be real and believable, the plot flow must be smooth, the language must be mature and rich, and the story must simply be well-written overall. This web site is none of these qualities, so suck it up and just read.
Remember...
Some people are working backstage, some are playing in the orchestra, some are onstage singing, some are in the audience as critics, and some are there to applaud. Know who and where you are. And.. don't try to tell me where or who I am. I've been on the tour, got the t shirt and the tan lines to prove it.
Axis of Evil?
I have love in me the likes of which you can scarcely imagine.
I have rage you would not believe.
If I cannot satisfy one, I may indulge the other.
Never underestimate a Dominant .
A possible self diagnosis of my own personality:
The Washington Post's Style Invitational also asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. Here are this year's winners:
1. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.
2. Foreploy (v): Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.
3. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.
4. Giraffiti (n): Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
5. Sarchasm (n): The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.
6. Inoculatte (v): To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
7. Hipatitis (n): Terminal coolness.
8. Osteopornosis (n): A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
9. Karmageddon (n): It's like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a serious bummer.
10. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.
11. Glibido (v): All talk and no action.
12. Dopeler effect (n): The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
13. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.
14. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
15. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a grub in the fruit you're eating.
...........and the pick of the literature:
16. Ignoranus (n): A person who's both stupid and an asshole
No no! The inifidel pig Americans are no where near the city of Baghdad as our brave men fight for God and and our ...what's that?! ....uh?? emmm......well Good bye everybody, and remember death to America! (we miss Baghdad Bob don't we? Wait maybe he works for the NY Times now?)
9-11, somehow it's easy for some people to forget, hope you remember if or when tragic events and terrorism comes to your home. Bet you'll suddenly be very patriotic.
A global perspective of illogical interests
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The FCC's 1st obvious attempt of censorship (or was it a great PR stunt?
Paralysis through analysis
when the body tells the brain, "go to hell I can't even function at the moment, please leave a message at the tone..."
"you can't teach people to give a damn, but you can laugh when you see them suddenly want to, but it's always too late. Schaudenfraude...is the fuel for the ones who have patience in justice." rra
A real man who touched so many children
positively
in tribute
LOGIC OCCURS FOR SOME WHEN ALL
EMOTIONAL OPTIONS ARE ELIMINATED
(OR USED UP) rra
So if you really took the time to actually check this out, you will note that no where do I show my credentials, well, at least not yet. I had to do this website started in 2001 because I didn't know how long I'd be around, and well...since I continue to outlive my life expectancy I figured I'd go for the doctorate and that's what I have been wrking for for years now...you'll be the first to know when I get the sheep skin, sans sheep. Return to top
