June 23, 2004
Is NOTHING sacred to these lowlifes?
My God,
just how low can these predators sink?
When the body of Kim Sun-il was found 35 km west of Baghdad toward Falluja at 5:20 p.m. (10:22 p.m. Korean time) on June 22, it was discovered that a booby trap had been installed in his body.“A booby trap was placed in Kim’s body,” reported CNN, quoting Pentagon sources. A booby trap is an explosive device, which is designed to blow up on contact. It appears that Iraqi insurgents were hoping to kill coalition forces or rescuers recovering Kim’s body. Outrage at the brutality of a terrorist organization that abducted Kim exploded after people learned that Kim’s body had been booby-trapped.
I'm completely speechless. When you think they have committed the most heinous attrocity one can commit to a single human being, they sink even lower. And all in the name of their "god."
UPDATE: The video of Kim's beheading has started circulating:
http://www.hostinganime.com/iraqnews2/ - As with the two prior cases (Berg & Johnson), the video is beyond brutal to watch; WATCH AT YOUR OWN RISK.
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Truly truly evil.
Like someone said on FR, I hope the Koreans send in 10,000 troops (or more) because of this beheading.
Abu Graib, my ass.
Posted by: farsider at June 23, 2004 06:48 AM (Pj20R)
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There are some people in this world who do not believe that the U.S. will do anything due to our "pulling our punches" thus far. The time has come for this country to abandon all restraint and take a cue from the Afghan Military, who cut off the heads of some Taliban soldiers for cutting off the hands of an Afghan soldier. The longer we continue to sit on our hands and take the "high road", the longer this mess will go on. I may not be in your camp on all political issues, but this goes beyond that.
Posted by: CoachVelt at June 23, 2004 11:08 AM (PcgQk)
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i didnt see the video cos i couldnt understand the jibberish. plus... after seeing the nick berg one... i dont think i wanna see it.
ally -x-
Posted by: ally at June 23, 2004 01:08 PM (S1nA7)
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willycrash
We are not purposly targeting children or any other innocents with the expressed intent to cause terror.
War is hell, shit happens.
Our enemy on the other hand is trying to make a spectacle of thier own brutallity to try and terrorize us.
If your morally equivelent ass can't fathom the difference, you sir are the "stupid sociopathic moron."
Posted by: sefton at June 24, 2004 12:08 PM (LHZKx)
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moderator-
censorship sucks.
Posted by: sefton at June 24, 2004 12:12 PM (LHZKx)
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Sefton --
Perhaps, but when I get spammed, I take action. He wants to spam so damn bad, he can get his own blog. He ain't using mine for it.
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Censorship, in this case, only sucks because I can't see what sefton was responding to.
So it's a mild irritant, unlike what I presume was a major irritant that got removed.
Posted by: Patton at June 26, 2004 10:38 AM (cLlFA)
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"Religion of peace," my ass...
A Swedish site glorifying Al Qaeda
includes a post with a link to a video of Muslim kids reenacting the decapitation murder of Nick Berg.
From a discussion thread titled Al Qaeda for Kids, posted with a comment in Swedish (“Salam aliykom. Look how cute!”), here’s a death cult video that breaks new ground in loathsomeness, as
smiling, laughing Muslim children reenact the savage beheading of Nick Berg.
Muslim kids play “Holy Warrior.”
And in order to play-act the decapitation of Nick Berg, these children must have studied the actual video.
Things like this make it awful damn hard to be mindful that "most Muslims aren't like this."
If they weren't then why don't we hear CAIR and other Muslim groups denouncing crap like this?
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Yes, Virginia, there IS a "Liberal Media"
(Help Damon find an "in-print" home; call or write your local newspaper and ask them to carry Day By Day today!)
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June 22, 2004
Gypsy Jackson doesn't want to dump felons from voter rolls
Jesse Jackson
accused FL Governor Jeb Bush of conductiong "disenfranchisement schemes" by asking local officials to remove felons from voter rolls.
"This is a typical South (tactic), denying the right to vote based on race and class," Jackson told those at a rally in Miami. "You see classical voter disenfranchisement. These schemes to deny or suppress voters are not new schemes."
In most municipalities, convicted felons are not permitted to vote legally.
Jackson, in an appearance in Miami this week, said that his Rainbow-PUSH Coalition would conduct voter registration drives and turnout drives across the state in retaliation to Bush's "tactics."
Bush responded angrily, callng Jackson "past his prime."
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"In Florida, your civil rights, including your right to vote, are suspended when you are convicted of a felony. You may have your civil rights restored by obtaining a full pardon, conditional pardon, or restoration of civil rights from the Governor of Florida."
No room for misunderstandings there. I adore gov't websites when they give easy to read explanations. Each state makes up its' own rules regarding the issue of convicted felons' voting rights.
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/restorevote/restorevote.htm
I was surprised to learn that here in Illinois the only restriction for convicted felons is they may not vote while incarcerated. wheee.
Posted by: Deb at June 22, 2004 08:53 PM (f6cjG)
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Illinois' rule is the way it should be. Certainly folks in prison shouldn't be allowed to vote. However, I don't see why those who've paid their debt to society should be denied the franchise (I'd even go for "they get to vote again after 1 year out of prison" compromise). As a moderate-conservative, even I question whether the increasingly popular tactic is being deployed to suppress black votes.
Posted by: molotov at June 23, 2004 06:13 AM (h3FX8)
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Personally -- and speaking as someone whose brother lost his right to vote after a minor conviction in California -- I don't have a problem with the way Florida does it, and do in fact prefer it to the way Illinois does it.
The problem with automatically restoring the vote to all ex-felons is that I really don't want murderers and rapists and child molesters having a say in the making of the laws, whether by electing lawmakers or by contributing to campaigns, or by voting on initiatives or referenda.
I wouldn't mind a middle ground, though, where people with minor convictions like my brother's could have the right restored administratively simply by applying and having an instant background check such as is used for buying guns under the revised Brady law. But the worst offenders should have to go through the whole gauntlet of applying to the Governor or the Board of Pardons.
Just my opinion.
Posted by: McGehee at June 23, 2004 06:49 AM (BCOpM)
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instant background check
To clarify, this would become available after a year, say, and if there are no entries after release then a "restoration of voting rights" notation would go into the record. This could be expanded to two years and then three, as the seriousness of the crime increases, but would not extend to any violent crime.
Maybe I need to post about this on my own blog...
Posted by: McGehee at June 23, 2004 06:52 AM (BCOpM)
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Apparently all the felons are now working for Americans Coming Together in an attempt to register new voters.
Posted by: J_Crater at June 23, 2004 07:28 PM (uQU0D)
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I think that not letting felons vote is similar to taxation without representation and that is not a good thing seeing as how a large percentage of the population is considered felons as well as taxpayers. So if I perceive things correctly we will take their money but we won't listen to them sounds pretty unfair to me.
But that's just one man's opinion
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South Korean Hostage Kim Sun-il Beheaded
Korean hostage Kim Sun-il has been decapitated by terrorists holding him in Iraq.
Kim Sun-il had been held hostage by suspected Al Qaeda-linked abductors, who originally said they'd kill him Tuesday but then extended that deadline during negotiations, according to Ahmed al-Ghreiri, an employee with the NKTS security firm that is acting as an intermediary.But his captors apparently changed their mind and executed Kim anyway, Al-Jazeera reported.
Those gutless bastards. Damn.
Kim's body has been found by US forces west of Baghdad.
Al Jazeera reportedly has a video tape of the murder, which they have not broadcast yet.
The pan-Arab station said it had received a videotape showing that Kim Sun-il had been executed. Al-Jazeera, which had not broadcast the tape, said the execution was carried out by the al-Qaida-linked group Monotheism and Jihad.
My prayers go out to Kim's family in this terrible time.
5P ET Update: Based on the initial web releases of videos of the Nick Berg and Paul Johnson beheadings, any video of Kim Sun-il's decapitation -- if it is leaked to the web -- most likely will show up at either Northeast Intellegence Network, Consumption Junction (NSFW), or Ogrish (NSFW).
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Well, if ever anyone thought one could talk sense into these folks, one has but to look at this. Not even going to try debating philosophy with them, thats for sure, and I don't know what the heck do philosophers talk about.
Posted by: Lola at June 22, 2004 08:18 AM (V1eTE)
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Mike,
Don't forget that Monotheism and Jihad is the group led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the man who brought you such beheadings as Nick Berg
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Posted by: ally at June 22, 2004 10:01 AM (S1nA7)
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Quotation marks around "Monotheism and Jihad" might be a good idea to make it clear this is a professed name, not a conjunction of two religious concepts...
Posted by: McGehee at June 23, 2004 06:43 AM (BCOpM)
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The score is 3-0, three heads to none. Its time to fight violence with violence. Its the only way to get this enemies attention.
Posted by: skeeter at June 23, 2004 04:41 PM (Rkyv3)
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"Its time to fight violence with violence"
Don't be foolish. History has shown time and time again that fighting violence with violence doesn't work.
Posted by: Dionyseus at June 25, 2004 06:32 PM (35Qoy)
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Kim Sun-il was a Christian murdered by Islamic extremists .Do we not have Christian extremists to take revenge. Is the Christian God a wimp? Is it time for a new Crusade?
John
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Posted by: rob at July 12, 2004 01:48 PM (eS2Vt)
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Hey man,
This is crazy man.All I am saying is that,Let's add more armies in Iraq for now,And return home all civilian workers untill we wipe out all these senseless terrorists.
Posted by: stan at September 22, 2004 01:50 PM (N80MM)
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Afghan solution to terrorist actions: Quid Pro Quo.
From
Reuters (via OTB):
Afghan soldiers beheaded four Taliban fighters after guerrillas cut off the heads of an Afghan interpreter for U.S.-led forces and an Afghan soldier, a government commander said on Tuesday.The interpreter and the soldier were beheaded after becoming separated from a patrol of Afghan and U.S.-led foreign troops in the Arghandab district of the southern province of Zabul on Monday night, Namatullah Tokhi, commander of the government’s 27th division in the province, told Reuters. He said government troops later captured and killed four Taliban guerrillas in the same way. “They cut off their heads with a knife, so when our forces arrested four Taliban, we cut off their heads too.”
Perhaps the folks in the Pentagon need to take some notes.
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Do they really need to take notes?
The goal here is to stop our people from being beheaded. Does beheading the opposition lead to safety for American civilians abroad? Or does it just lead to more beheadings?
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Posted by: pennywit at June 22, 2004 11:03 AM (oUcJZ)
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Penny, your statement suggests that decapitations will not continue so long as we never drop to that level. Consider an alternative: if we do not send any sort of message in response to enemy violence, will our enemies not think us weak? Everything I've seen from Afghan culture suggests that that's precisely how they'd interpret it. In other words, by not retaliating in kind, you might actually encourage decapitation, as the enemy will believe they can get away with it with impunity.
Posted by: Beck at June 22, 2004 11:18 AM (fllfQ)
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I say...........An eye for an eye. But I would be much more harsh on the punishment and torture for them.
Posted by: Kelly Edwards at June 22, 2004 12:52 PM (7/dY9)
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I don't think we need to do beheadings. I think we need to do some selective daisy cuttings and MOABings. Declare certain parts of Iraq "Resumption of Combat" zones, and start demonstrating that Iraq ain't Somalia and Dubya ain't Bubba.
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Sheriff expands jail video probe
Beleagured Fulton County Sheriff Jackie Barrett is on the hot seat once again, this time over a music video produced at the Fulton County Jail last week.
A music video for rap artist "T.I." (23 year-old Cobb County work-release inmate Clifford Harris) was produced in the maximum security wing of the downtown Atlanta facility, and during the time that the video was being produced, ostensibly without Barrett's knowledge, a prisoner who was being booked in slipped OUT of the jail.
Clifford Harris, who goes by the stage name "T.I.", is part of a work release program in Cobb County, officials confirmed Friday. He is assigned to work at AtlantaÂ’s LaFace Records from 11 p.m. until 6 a.m. daily and the rest of time, he is in custody. He was convicted on drug charges and a probation violation.Cobb CountyÂ’s sheriff gave him special permission to go the Fulton County Jail from 6 p.m. Thursday until 6 a.m. to tape the video. Fulton County Sheriff Jackie Barrett said she was unaware of the filming.
Barrett said that the video production had nothing to do with the escape of 23-year-old Cara Williams. Williams, who was taken to the jail wearing hospital scrubs, ducked down a staff corridor while she and eight other women were being walked to the intake room Thursday night.
"What we know right now about the escape is really more a factor of not having enough staff to watch the number of inmates. We had 125 inmates in the back (being booked) last night," Sheriff Barrett said, adding that four staffers were doing the booking when normally eight are on duty.
Got all of that straight? Well I'm glad someone does.
Barrett is looking at firing a number of employees, starting with Lt. Dwayne Turner, who arranged for the artist's use of the jail, and Chief Deputy Caudell Jones, who is the uncle of the artist.
Five other deputies face dismissal for allowing Clifford Harris, also known as rapper "T.I.," to make the video, which also featured eight prisoners and a few guards.Lt. Dwayne Turner acknowledged arranging the 23-year-old hip-hop star's use of the maximum-security wing of the jail. But Turner insisted that he had permission from Jones to shoot a documentary.
"He said, 'OK, go ahead,' " Turner said Monday. "He actually cut me off before I could give him all the details."
Jones has said Turner told him he wanted to bring a wayward nephew into the jail for some "scared straight" counseling similar to what the Sheriff's Office does for television judge Glenda Hatchett. The jail occasionally allows Hatchett's TV crew to fly juvenile delinquents to Atlanta to talk with inmates about staying out of trouble.
Barrett is in hot water with members of the Fulton County Commission over other escapes from the Fulton County Jail, as well as for mishandling of department funds. An ongoing investigation into the funding issue is ongoing.
Many people, both supporters and detractors of Barrett alike, are calling for her resignation. She has been in office since 1994.
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Ah, yes, Sheriff Barrett clamping down on incompetence at the Fulton County Jail. I'm still kind of amused that they're still claiming T.I. was shooting documentary, since I think he's said it was to be a promo video that would air before a concert he was playing.
Still, from what I've read, it seems T.I. did everything by the book. Got permission from Cobb County, ran it be the Fulton Co. Sheriff's Dept., signed in at the jail, and everything. Apparently you can get more respect for rules and procedure from the convicted drug offender than from the Sheriff's Department.
BTW, I found out about your blog via Karol/Spot On. I too live in Mableton, and it's nice to see another local blogger.
Posted by: Gib at June 22, 2004 08:02 AM (PsC2M)
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i think that they should leave Clifford harris alone and just keep in good terms and support him
but they as in Cobb county are so good people to let him go
T.I love you good luck!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: shantell at August 10, 2004 06:01 PM (N1nc7)
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I feel the only reason there making a big issue out this video taping is because T.I. has money and they don't like the fact, that he has made a mistake in his younger years and he is trying to change for the better. TI don't let these things going on in your life right know get to you stay focus.
Posted by: latrina austin at August 12, 2004 09:53 AM (QXuw7)
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Yea, what's up it's yo boy from Bainbridge Georgia and I want to say no matter what happen's I'm still on your side.
Posted by: markies at August 12, 2004 03:58 PM (571/j)
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I THINK THAT THEY NEED TO LET T.I BE ATLEAST HE WAS SHOOTIN THE VIDEO FOR A GOOD CAUSE, BUT I THINK THEY SHOULD NOT BE SO CONCERNED ABOUT THIS VIDEO BUT THE MORE SERIOUS ISSUES, BUT TIP I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU THAT YOU ARE THE FUTURE MAN AND NON OTHER HAS THE SKILLZ YOU HAVE AND I KNOW YOU WILL PROVED THAT TO US WITH THE CD THAT'LL BE OUT IN DECEMBER, I LOVE YOU AND B E Z
Posted by: TisCaliDymePiece at August 26, 2004 07:51 PM (s6c4t)
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TIP is the King of Da South. That means that he's reppin me and my people. Ya'll need to leave that man alone and let him do his thing. We got much love for you in Greenwood,SC. I'm a huge fan. Keep ya head up and keep bringin that fire pimpin'.
Posted by: Tra' at September 09, 2004 06:19 AM (bP9HO)
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what up T.I.P. no matter what happends and who is out there hatin stay up and keep makin that tight muzik that you make you are tha king of da souf!! stay up baby!! yall need to leave him alone and worry about the more serious crimes like who killed tupac and biggie instead of harrassing my favorite rappa!! stay strong baby!!i luv ya!!
Posted by: lindsay goodwin at September 27, 2004 01:49 PM (Ict4k)
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I enjoy the entertainment that you has brought to the television and the music you have brought to my hears. As a fan, I am not mad at you at all. I believe that things happen for a reason. I truly believe that this shit will be thrown out. I hope it will so you can move on with your life and continue to make all that hot shit we as fans want to hear.
P.S. You will forever be "King of Da South".
Posted by: Shaqueela at October 19, 2004 09:34 PM (FwSYx)
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Mr. Harris,
i just want to say how much i respect you and your music. your lyrics inspire me to be a better person- A.H.
Posted by: - at October 22, 2004 06:32 PM (bjONL)
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T.I. I love and respect what you do. I want you to be easy and don't even sweat of them haters, show them who really the king, "flip" your shit. I love you baby fo real I do. You need to come to the bay area CALIFORNIA, because i know all these tight bay rappas respect what you doing, now you got to come show the people what you about. Keep your head up and keep doing that tight shit you be doing, shit even just looking fly all the time. Man I can keep going but you probably not gonna come across this anyway so peace.
Posted by: Alex M at November 16, 2004 09:42 AM (zILVH)
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ALL I KNOW IS THAT T.I. IS THE HOTTEST GUY IVE EVER SEEN AND I THINK THEY SHOULD LET HIM OUT!!! HE DOSNT DESERVE THAT!!!
I LOVE YOU T.I!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JEANETTE R. LOVES U 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: courtney at November 29, 2004 05:39 PM (ywZa8)
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I am an ex reoccuring "regular" inmate at Fulton motel,lol!!!!.I think its unfair to blame Jackie Barret everytime the damn jail gets over-crowded,its bull shit,& I oughtta know ,I did 15 months in that place!She tried everything with in her power when I was doing a three year sentence to cut down on overpopulation which results in poor living conditions etc..The PROBLEM trully lies with the law makers,the POLITICIANS in the "fine" state of GA>!and it makes me SICK they keep letting JACKIE pick up their slack.I've met herwhen I was an inmate,& she's really a very professional,nice lady...(& I normally hate cops!LOL!)
Posted by: Sarah Church at December 03, 2004 04:43 PM (0xBEp)
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HEY I THOUGHT JAIL WAS FOR PRISONERS THERE SHOULDNT BE ANYTHING GOING ON EXCEPT SERVING YOUR TIME IF YOU ARE ARRESTED FOR A CRIME. PEOPLE SHOULD REMEMBER ONCE YOU DO WRONG THEN DO THE TIME AND NO SPECIAL ANYTHING GOING ON. GET HER ASS OUT OF THERE.
Posted by: MISSJJ at December 09, 2004 05:10 PM (oOe8t)
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hey TI makes great music and i hope to hear more from him soon here in England. kiss kiss
hope u get out soon TIP.
Posted by: Suezette at January 23, 2005 09:09 AM (kt+mm)
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Well T.I. is a man wit respect. Yea he was convicted on drug charges. So what? You will pay a price. And T.I. has paid his. I LoVe U so much. You are the finest man N da WorLD!!!!! Show all those othA Rappers, who's the real king! Love u Always. YOuR my future HusbanD!!!!! ~Lol~ Forever will U b "King of the South" ~RepreStiN wheRe u From~
Posted by: Christy at January 27, 2005 07:51 PM (r2Otp)
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hey T.I. u r sooooooooooo sexiiiii. juss keep your head and never give up hope. when u goin come to cally???
u will always be da "king Of da south"
much luv and respect ur #1 fan
Posted by: crazyponnu at January 28, 2005 05:29 PM (ywZa8)
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BITCHES GET OFF THE T.I.P. OF HIS DICK........... AND IM HAPPY CUZ MY BABY HAS A LOT OF GROUPIES PLUS IM HAPPY THAT UR OUT OF JAIL SO THAT MEAN THAT ME AN T.I. CAN SPEND MORE TIME 2GATHEA OOOOH CLIFFORD I LLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVVEEEEEE U WITH ALL MY HEART SIKE I DONT WANT 2 SOVND EXTRA CRAZY OR LIKE IM AN GROUPIE CUZ THATS IMPOSIBLE 4 ME 2 B A GROUPIE CUZ THATS MY MMMAAAAANNN..... THANK U VERY MUCH AN HAVE A NICE DAY. OH 4 THE PEOPLE THAT DONT NO WHO I AM MY NAME IZ DEIDRA HARRIS.
Posted by: DEIDRA at February 21, 2005 03:54 PM (LvtF0)
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To me, I'm a big fan of T.I. but that doesnt matter! All I'm saying is that they should give him a BREAK! A big one. Just because he was acussed for doing something, to me, your "so called" evidence doesnt make any sense. People are jealous of him because he can get what he wants cause hes got whatever it takes. Its just sad to see that people are jealous of him...He looks like he's a changed man and wont look back again at his mistakes in his early years... peace out!
Posted by: Lora at February 23, 2005 12:15 AM (vBM55)
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T.I. a.ka clifford i wouldnt worry about that they never want to see us young people get our life straight and the always think they know us its only one person who knows us and thats the man above keep doing what ur doing u do inspire me to keep my head up and dont let people judge me because they dont know me love T.I. kepp ur head up and stay strong.
Posted by: Hope at March 02, 2005 08:57 AM (X90Nh)
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I feel like if he is changing his life for the better by doing something constructive with his talents they could at least let him attempt that. He has gotten in trouble in the past but he is following their rules so give the man a break. Good luck in the future with your situation,T.I. I love all your music.
Posted by: Tasha at March 23, 2005 02:26 PM (Lkll8)
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June 21, 2004
And now, it's "Saddam's Torture Videos"!
While we keep hearing about how awful Abu Ghraib has been because of the American soldiers who got out of hand there, we really need to keep the stories in context (which is something the left doesn't want you to do).
Saddam Hussain had people tortured at that prison for the heck of it. Not only that, he had some of the sessions videotaped. And thanks to the wonder of the internet (and some directions pointed by Jim Taranto), you, too, can see for yourself the horror of "Saddam's Torture Videos."
The American Enterprise Institute presented the videos in public at the beginning of the month in Washington, and while I think the videos are not suitable for anyone to see (let alone the weak of constitution), you can certainly look for yourself.
The videos include depictions of decapitation, amputation of fingers one-by-one, tongues hacked out with razor blades, all to the tune of Saddam's henchmen wailing his praises.
You can download Saddam's attrocities from the American Enterprise Institute. Don't say I didn't warn you!
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But it's just ONE video! We have DOZENS of pictures of PFC England posing with Iraqis in homoerotic pyramids!
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Posted by: Marble at June 21, 2004 04:18 PM (VxPRK)
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Marble, actually, there's lots more videos available out there. Why, several months ago I heard of such videos being sold on the streets in Iraq. Pentagon has a good number of these torture videos (made by Iraqis) that were confiscated but never been released. Plus, there's the documentary from one of the cable channels, A&E, I think, or was it History? about SH - some of the footages include clips where people are shown being thrown off the roof, executed at point blank by SH himself, etc. If that's not torture, I don't know what it is. Be my guest, go ahead and bury your head in the sand.
Or, you can call or email Fox Channel, and ask them to rerun the Hannity & Colmes show that aired last night, where they showed a bit of the tape that was shown at AEI. And watch the sadistic officer beat that prisoner on his lower back so hard that you can watch the skin turning purple while the other soldier hold's the prisoner's hands around the pole to keep him from falling down. And guess what? All three of them were Iraqis.
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Easy Lola, did you see the {end LLL} tag? I think Marble was being sarcastic.....
Posted by: Tman at June 22, 2004 08:12 AM (Fho+X)
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Hmm . . . didn't know what {end LLL} meant - have never seen this before.
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CT Gov. Rowland to resign tonight
According to a
Hartford Courant report, Connecticut Governor John G. Rowland will announce his resignation from office during a televised speech tonight at 6P ET, amid a growing federal corruption investigation and a growing movement to impeach him.
Lt. Governor Jodi Rell will take the reins of the state's highest office on July 1.
Evidence presented during the past two weeks in televised hearings had established what newspapers had reported: Rowland had accepted a variety of favors from state contractors and close aides in violation of state ethics laws.
In the case of businessman Robert V. Matthews, Rowland had accepted a total of more than $50,000 in inflated rental payments and an above-market purchase price on the governor's Washington condominium.
At the time, Matthews was seeking state economic aid for several ventures.
47 year-old Rowland is a third-term Republican. He is not expected to vacate the governor's mansion immediately, but plans are being coordinated with Rell.
There is no word on how Rowland's resignation will affect the ongoing grand jury investigation into his actions.
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June 20, 2004
AQ to S. Korea: Get out of Iraq or we'll behead hostage
Here we go again, dammit! The so-called brave cowards of Al Qaeda have
threatened to decapitate yet another hostage.
This time, the victim is from South Korea. 33 year-old Kim Sun-il works for a trading company, doing business in Iraq. It is no known when or how he was abducted.
Al Jazeera television broadcast a tape from the terrorists today, which showed Sun-il kneeling in front of three masked and armed thugs.
The tape insists that Sun-il will be beheaded at sundown on Monday if South Korea has not announced an immediate withdrawl of their forces from Iraq. South Korea presently has 600 troops on the ground in Iraq and plans to send another 3,000 as part of the Western Coalition.
South Korea does not plan to change their troop plans.
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But don't forget, Michael, that we're just as bad because we, uh, made naked pyramids and put bags over prisoners' heads. (/sarcasm)
Posted by: Karol at June 20, 2004 08:22 PM (AGo3+)
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a guy who has done well for himself... kim sun-il. with decent qualifications and going to university. making something of his life. what have al qaeda done to make something of their lives? NOTHING! AL QUAEDA ARE NOTHING BUT SCUM. BRUTAL MURDERERS. fools.
i guess... its either one guy dead or many guys dead.
ally -x-
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"Criminals are a cowardly and superstitious lot..."
The Dark Knight is coming. And it looks like they got it right...
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Yes!! Sounds perfect, and I have thought for a long tuime they needed to go with the "Batman: Year One" launching point for a series reboot. It's obviously a departure from the actual Year One comic issues, but still sounds more than viable.
Do it right and the character will have no trouble finding an audience again.
Posted by: Jay Solo at June 20, 2004 01:20 PM (hua9p)
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Like Robin Hood, Tarzan, Superman, and a host of others, the legend is again reborn. I hope it is a good telling of the tail. (I always liked Batman more then that fellow with the S...at least in the comics.)
Posted by: Guy S. at June 20, 2004 06:22 PM (f6cjG)
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Everything I've read about this movie makes it sound right. Bale looks great in the suit, they swear it's going to be more "Dark Knight", and less "SOCK! BAMMO!", and they have Ra's Al Ghul as one of the bad guys.
Opening weekend. Right there.
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June 19, 2004
NYT Book Review on Bubba's book: "Sloppy; Dull."
In tomorrow's edition, the
New York Times Book Review excoriated Bill Clinton's My Life, which is being released this weekend to much pomp and circumstance.
The book, which weighs in at more than 950 pages, is sloppy, self-indulgent and often eye-crossingly dull — the sound of one man prattling away, not for the reader, but for himself and some distant recording angel of history.In many ways, the book is a mirror of Mr. Clinton's presidency: lack of discipline leading to squandered opportunities; high expectations, undermined by self-indulgence and scattered concentration.
While Dan Rather, who interviewed Mr. Clinton for "60 Minutes," has already compared the book to the memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant, arguably the most richly satisfying autobiography by an American president, "My Life" has little of that classic's unsparing candor or historical perspective. Instead, it devolves into a hodgepodge of jottings: part policy primer, part 12-step confessional, part stump speech and part presidential archive, all, it seems, hurriedly written and even more hurriedly edited.
"My Life" reads like a messy pastiche of everything that Mr. Clinton ever remembered and wanted to set down in print; he even describes the time he got up at 4 a.m. to watch the inaugural ceremonies for Nigeria's new president on TV. There are endless litanies of meals eaten, speeches delivered, voters greeted and turkeys pardoned. There are some fascinating sections about Mr. Clinton's efforts to negotiate a Middle East peace agreement (at one point, he suggests that Yasir Arafat seemed confused, not fully in command of the facts and possibly no longer at the top of his game), but there are also tedious descriptions of long-ago political debates in Arkansas over utility regulation and car license fees .
Part of the problem, of course, is that Mr. Clinton is concerned, here, with cementing — or establishing — his legacy, while at the same time boosting (or at least not undermining) the political career of his wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton. He does a persuasive job of explicating his more successful initiatives like welfare reform and deficit reduction, but the failure of his health care initiative, overseen by Mrs. Clinton, is quickly glossed over, as is the subsequent focus of his administration on such small-bore initiatives as school uniforms and teenage smoking.
Bubba seems to have forgotten rule number one: tell an engaging story.
Of course, his friends on the Democratic side of the aisle will quickly gloss over this oh, so important review from the Nation's leading book review publication, and focus on the televised ass-kissing from Oprah Winfrey this coming Tuesday, and the softball interview by Dan Rather on tomorrow night's 60 Minutes.
Sorry, Bubba. Sounds like your wife even writes better than you do.
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I haven't read the Clintons' books, but I did read Grant's, and Dan Rather must be on drugs to compare them! Grant's book is truly extraordinary.
Posted by: Fausta at June 20, 2004 04:32 AM (WhoVr)
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Sloppy and dull sums up the Clintons. However the devil is in the details and the sloppy part of the Clinton years is that he purposefully or not, allowed the Islamofascists to grow and thrive, and the dull part was taking taxpayers for ride, spending our money on wild sprees of nation hopping taking as many as 1,800 people with him while expounding far and wide all the while on the evil that is the United States to adoring multitudes.
Funny thing is he's still doing it, but is anybody buying it anymore?
Can it be that even the smallest pea brain on the left has finally figured out that the Clinton's are totally self-absorbed and care for nothing other than their own bottom line.
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June 18, 2004
AQ beheads hostage Paul Johnson in Saudi Arabia
Word just in from Fox News & the BBC.
Arabic television network al-Arabiya said Paul Johnson had been executed, while an Islamist website showed photographs of the apparent beheading.
Those bastards!
That "Instant Win" button I talked about yesterday is looking more and more appealing...
UPDATE 2:50P ET: One link to the terrorists' statement regarding Johnson, along with the pictures is at
http://www.hostinganime.com/neda3/sout/.
Traffic there, from what I understand, has been very heavy. I'm sure that site'll disappear by the end of dinner tonight.
According to Reuters, the body of Paul Johnson has been recoverd in the Saudi capitol of Riyadh; Al Qaeda is claiming responsibility for Johnson's murder.
These are links to the photos of the decapitation from multiple sources. THE IMAGES ARE VERY GRAPHIC AND DISTURBING. THIS IS YOUR ONLY WARNING.
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Rumor has it that the new head of Iraqi Security plans to retaliate with "an eye for an eye." So even though this was Saudi Arabian, we can at least hope for some hearty enemy decapitations should this ever happen again in Iraq.
I heard the news about Paul Johnson when I was driving home from a lunch date with my husband, and I got so mad I punched the damn steering wheel. These people need to be nuked off the face of the planet.
Posted by: Julie Anne Fidler at June 18, 2004 09:45 AM (b/7hi)
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There are no words to say for the abuse we must deal with. Now Mr. Johnson is with god and he will not feel pain. He wife must be brave and not give up faith. God Bless the Johnson children for being so strong. And there prayers were herd by god, and is free thanks to prayer.
As for the others , they should all be punished for what they have done. The devil we soon take them all.
Posted by: mdl at June 18, 2004 07:31 PM (jga2D)
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i feel that we should just do what we did to the japanesse and just drop a conventional bomb that the us has and end that part of terror i think they would stop after all they would not be anyone left just tell all the good people to leave or died with the terriorst if we dont take care of the problem there it will end up at our door steps i know because of 9-11 the gov. knew it then and they know it now just get rid of them all
Posted by: jesse at June 19, 2004 07:39 AM (PcgQk)
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Why is it that we cannot view photos of the saudi asshole, but we get to view all we want of Paul Johnson?
Posted by: mike606 at June 19, 2004 03:19 PM (hEhFO)
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i feel very, very sorry for mr.johnson's death, but i hope his death tells bush that it is him who causes this tragedy. he always claims to beat down the terriorists but i doubt his heroism makes him a bit out of mind. he is too boastful to ignore his comrades' lives. he always claims to bring peace to the world but it is him who intensifies the clash. can't he say something else other than 'never give up'? retaliation can't solve problems. it deepens hatred. personally, i do not take sides with anybody. frankly, al-qaeda's beheading is really a very cruel act, and they should not even post the photos on the website. it pains johnson's family a lot.
if the 'war' goes on, i believe the earth will someday come to the end, not because of the exhaustion of natural resources but it is war who destroys the world.
Posted by: sad guy at June 20, 2004 05:27 AM (iWRNy)
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Like all Israeli Jews I was shocked by the news of mr. Johnson's beheading by the hand of Moslem terrorists.
My heart goes out to the family and friends, and especially to mr. Johnson's wife who must remain strong for the rest of the family.
I no longer feel any surprise at the depths to which certain people will sink in their hatred.
God bless us all.
Mike Ben-Ami
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Posted by: Mike Ben-Ami at June 20, 2004 07:58 AM (nCLMI)
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Sad Guy, you're full of used food.
President Bush did not kidnap Mr. Johnson. President Bush did not decapitate Mr. Johnson. President Bush did not fly airplanes into skyscrapers. President Bush did not subjugate women. President Bush did not imprison children because of the political views of their parents. President Bush did not feed people into shredders, only to relish in their dying screams. President Bush did not gas his own people.
For you to blame him for Mr. Johnson's death is to ignore the terrorists. For you to blame President Bush is to give credence to the people who felt it right to murder more than 3000 people on 9/11, and those that seek the destruction of America and the American way of life.
Is
that what you want?
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President Bush is not to blame for any of these barbaric actions. Why do we blame him???? Are you not happy that the President has GUTS AND BALLS of a MAN???
What do you want? Do you want those barbarians and stupid ignorant animals to rule your country??
Think. Think again.
Posted by: rosie at June 20, 2004 12:24 PM (bxYRY)
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Please make and distribute flyers to all and every Arab Islamic peoples so they can smartly understand that killing innocent peoples and doing terrorist acts ARE NOT respectful HOLY MARTYR actions, instead by doing so they just for sure guarantee themshelves a terrible place after death living IN HELL together with the devil forever and ever eternally without any chance for remorse, forgiveness or mercy from THE ONE AND ONLY ALMIGHTY GOD IN HEAVEN.
PLEASE UNDERSTAND THIS THE TRUTH!!!!
REPENT AND DO THE RIGHT GOOD THINGS FOR YOUR OWN DESTINY!
AMEN
Posted by: James God Servant at June 20, 2004 07:57 PM (jHjlD)
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Humans are horrible: they rape, they kill, they invade other countrys, they relentlesly abuse prisoners, they behead others, etc.
Yet, they are beautiful: they create art (poetry, music, plays, fine art), they play games, they are romantic, they make love, etc.
But whether a person is the worst, despicable, greedy person.
Or a beautiful, artistic, romantic person.
Does not matter at all.
If the human race were to all of a sudden become extinct, it would not matter in the least. In fact, it would be better for the earth. All the things that humans have destroyed would grow back, all of the waste we have left on this world, would decompose.
The extinction of the human race would not change the cosmos in the least.
I am sick and tired of hearing about god, the devil, and religion in general. All religion is is a fairy tale!!!!! A fairy tale made up by past generations to either find a meaning in they're life, control entire populations, or ease pain, etc. Yet people today are still too ignorant to see a difference, try to change it, or even question the the fairy tales that were taught to them when they were children.
Even though there is a separation of chruch and state, the catholic church is still trying to but in and make a legal disrimination of gays.
In my opinion religion is fake. There is no god, there is no satan, and whether you are the worst person in the world or the best person in the world, you still end up a rotting corpse lying in a hole.
Posted by: rean at June 21, 2004 06:49 AM (jIrEJ)
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I THINK THEY NEED TO SEND ALL THE FOREIGNERS BACK WERE THEY COME FROM. AND I ALSO AGREE WITH SOMEONE ELSE ABOUT WE NEED TO NUKE ALL THOSE S.O.B. OVER THERE FOR DOING THAT TO THIS INNOCENT GUY. THAT IS SO SAD!!!!!!!!!!! THIS WORLD IS ABOUT TO END. GOD BLESS US ALL!!
Posted by: ann at June 21, 2004 06:57 PM (PcgQk)
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al qaeda are nothing but brutal murderers. they say they "executed" paul johnson... that could not be worded more wrong. they "BRUTALLY MURDERED" paul johnson. al qaeda have no idea about the value of human life and they all need to be beheaded. allah akhbar? haha... allah fuckbar.
ally -x-
Posted by: ally at June 22, 2004 06:09 AM (S1nA7)
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THE DECAPITATIONS ARE BARBARIC, INHUMANLY CRUEL AND DEPRAVED.
MORE GENERALLY : THE VERY FACT THAT YOU PEOPLE HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO THAN INDULGE YOUR GHOULISH FASCINATION WITH THIS GORY HORRENDOUSNESS REFLECTS BADLY ON YOU AND SPEAKS VOLUMES. THE IMPRESSION MUCH OF THE REST OF THE WORLD HAS OF NORTH AMERICA IS OF AN IMMATURE, CORRUPT, EFFETE, (BUY A DICTIONARY INSTEAD OF HAMBURGERS)OVERFED POPULATION OF OBESE MICHELIN MEN. TAKE A GOOD HARD LOOK AT YOUR POPULAR 'CELEBRITY' CULTURE, TYPIFIED BY ITS ROCK MUSIC CULTS AND THE SEAMIER FILMS (MOVIES) THIS IS THE CULTURE WHICH HAS THOUSANDS OF FANS TURN OUT IN SUPPORT OF A HORRIFICALLY (YET VOLUNTARILY)DEFACED DEVIANT PEDERAST SINGER WHOM THE LEGAL SYSTEM VIRTUALLY PARDON. SO-CALLED 'GAY' SAME GENDER MARRIAGES ARE APPLAUDED. YOU TRUMPET YOUR CONTRIBUTION OF FREEDOMS TO THE WORLD AND LOUDLY DECLARE THAT IT IS MORE OR LESS MANIFEST DESTINY THAT THE U.S.A. SETS THE AGENDA FOR THE REST OF THE WORLD, AS THE LAST AND ONLY 'SUPERPOWER' ! DO YOU REALISE THE TRAIL OF BLOOD AND DESTRUCTION THAT THE PENTAGON LEFT AROUND S.E. ASIA AND LATIN AMERICA , EITHER DIRECTLY OR BY PROXY ,THROUGH ARMING, TRAINING AND SUPPORTING CORRUPT 'CLIENT'REGIMES? EVER HEAR OF THE MILITARY COLLEGE OF THE AMERICAS DOWN IN GOOD OLE NIGGER LYNCHING DIXIE, WHERE LATIN AMERICAN OFFICERS ARE TRAINED IN TERROR, 'PSYCHOPS', AGAINST THEIR OWN PEASANT POPULATIONS? SWITCH OFF THE JUNK T.V./MUSIC AND START READING , RESEARCHING , STUPID WHITE MEN !! EVER READ MICHAEL MOORE ? YOU GET OFF ON GUNG HO CHEAP SHALLOW PATRIOTISM . KNOW HOW MANY VIETNAMESE DIED 1963 - 1975 ? 2,000,000 ! KOREANS, 1950 - 1953? DO YOU THINK THEY WERE KILLED BY MARTIANS ? WHO WAS GUILTY OF USING THEIR OWN ARMED FORCES AS GUINEAPIGS FOR EXPERIMENTS WITH L.S.D. ? WHO TESTED ATOMIC TEST BLAST FALLOUT ON THEIR OWN CITIZEN SOLDIERS IN THE 1950 s ? THE U.S. GOVERNMENT - PENTAGON, THAT'S WHO! WHERE IS THE PIONEERING, IDEALS OF THE U.S A.THAT SURVIVED WELL INTO THE LAST CENTURY ? YOU'RE LIKE THE LATE ROMAN EMPIRE, IN A STATE OF DECLINE. YOUR ARMY GOT ITS ASS WHIPPED IN FALUJA AND NAJARA AND IN A REVENGE TANTRUM THE U.S ARMY BLITZED THE PLACE AND KILLED 700 CIVILIANS : SOME PROFESSIONAL ARMY, FOR ALL ITS TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWHOW !!
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Al-qaida and the Iraqi insurgents are hitting us where it hurts the most and where they know they have a chance to change the political agenda. Our weakness is the way we fight. We are too concern about our enemy's wellfare and this gets aplified by the media's biased reports that only focus on the wrong doings of our soldiers.
We (soldiers) have a job to do in Iraq, and no matter how many poor souls may perish by the hand of our enemy, we will finish our mission.
Posted by: A Soldier at June 22, 2004 11:41 PM (nPJE9)
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hey im new to this comment suff anyhow im a 16 year old kid from Australia and i have recently heard about paul johnson's horrific murder and i would like to express my sadness for his family and people who knew him but we should never give up cuz aamerica is gonna find those Bastards who did that to paul and i hope they do worse to them.
Posted by: Anthony at June 24, 2004 07:09 AM (zAfBm)
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Better check the beading video of the koreon, if you listen real carefully you can hear them saying White Power,now since when do they say that.I think more is going on over there than we relize.
Posted by: Red at June 24, 2004 11:37 AM (M02K5)
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Fuck the terrorists...I would love to get my hands on them and get midevil on there sick asses. Being a women, I would fuck them up so bad it would be the most gruesome, painful thing known to man.
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Pay no attention to the all the people finding jobs...
That loud banging noise you're hearing right now is me smacking my head repeatedly against the wall.
Read this, and you, too can join me in smacking your head...
The economic expansion has not been equal. Minorities lag behind whites in employment and earnings more than two years after the 2001 recession officially ended.African-Americans in particular have taken a big hit: suffering higher and longer unemployment than whites and dropping out of the labor force more rapidly. Black teen unemployment rose to 32.5% in May. Even in such areas as Washington, D.C., where unemployment is low and construction is surging, willing workers far exceed steady jobs.
Just damn.
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Teen unemployment? They're actually quoting teen unemployment?
Damnit King, you owe me a new bias detector. My old one just exploded from overload.
Posted by: Beck at June 18, 2004 06:44 AM (fllfQ)
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Gotta disagree with you here, Mike. There are people finding jobs, but they aren't black people. Our unemployment rate went UP last month. That rate has gotta come down if President Bush has a shot at getting 15%+ of the black vote and put a dagger into liberalism.
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Esther: The Artist Formerly Known as Madonna
Madonna, in an interview with ABC News to be aired on tonight's
20/20, says
she's taking a new name: Esther.
The new name is tied to her increasing religious belief in the Kabbalah, a Jewish mystic sect.
She says that the change in her name is in no way a slam against her mother, whom she was named after at birth.
"I wanted to attach myself to another name," she said according to excerpts from the interview released by ABC on Thursday. "This is in no way a negation of who my mother is. ... I wanted to attach myself to the energy of a different name."
Message to Maddie: "It's been done already. It didn't work for Prince, I don't think it'll work for you either. But thanks for playing."
The interview with ABC's Cynthia McFadden airs on tonight's 20/20 at 10P ET/PT.
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...so I'm busy typing out my comment to the post above, and slowly, I become aware that my subconscious is trying to get my attention. I'd already heard about the whole Madonna-Esther thing, and seeing Madonna's picture earlier I quickly dismissed it, already guessing what you were going to say. But my subconscious would not be subdued. Gradually, my conscious mind caught on.
"Hey, that other picture, the one that looks like a man in drag... that's... who is that... wait, I know... Sanford and Sons... her name was--"
And then I choked on my coffee.
Posted by: Beck at June 18, 2004 06:49 AM (fllfQ)
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Madonna delves one step deeper into her all-out confusion. That girl is on my everlasting nerve. How are you from California and have an accent? Give me a break.
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Oh no you didn't put those two pictures side-by side! LOL!
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You know you've made it when an Warhol-ish homage is done for you
The artsy types
have glommed onto Abu Ghraib as post-modern art.
Of all the images to have come out of Iraq's notorious Abu Ghraib Prison over these past few weeks, the one that has apparently captured the imagination of the masses is the picture of the shrouded figure standing on a box, wired to God-knows-what.
The picture has shown up across the globe, from a gallery in San Francisco (where the curator was punched solidly in the face by someone who objected, as evidenced by her black eye), to the New York subway Warholesque poster pictured here.
Why this image above all the rest? It is far from the most violent, but easily the most graphic. You need less than a second's glance to know exactly what it is. The triangle of the hood silhouettes sharply against the hot pink or chartreuse background of a fake iPod ad. Andy Warhol himself could not have done better. It holds its own on murals meant to be read from far away. It plays well against the Statue of Liberty. It suggests Christ on the cross. And, best yet, the hooded figure in the photograph is on a pedestal. It is already an icon.
As a symbolic shape, the hood is almost as strong as a cross. The difference is that the hood has generally been the sign of the persecutor, not of the victim. It is the uniform of the executioner, the sheet of the Klansman, the mask of Death. Until now.
Anyone want to take bets on how soon the image will show up on t-shirts as the newest fashion icon across America?
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Someone should probably alert Steve Jobs to this phenomenon of appropriating their advertising ideas ... it just wouldn't do to associate the glorious iPod with this . . .
Posted by: Lola at June 18, 2004 09:03 AM (V1eTE)
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This is why americans are becoming increasingly hated in the world are becoming targets in a turkey shoot. Their cold and callous attitudes pertaining to the suffering of others only makes beheadings of Americans a more frequent occurance.
Posted by: scott at June 18, 2004 03:04 PM (AaBEz)
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With all due respect, Scott, that's bullshit.
If you're telling me the rest of the world is so damn shallow that stuff like this causes them to behead Americans for the hell of it, you're full of used food.
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I love when Chris nails it on the head!
Good one, Chris!
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9/11 Commission wrings hands 'cause Bush didn't react for "minutes" on 9/11
Shortly after 9AM on September 11, 2001,
while millions of us were watching disaster unfolding before our eyes, George W. Bush was in a classroom full of second graders in Sarasota, FL.
White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card bent down and whispered in the President's ear.
In a moment captured on video and replayed, White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card whispered in Bush's ear, saying, "A second plane hit the second tower. America is under attack." Bush's face froze, his lips tight.
Bush told the 9/11 Investigative Commission that his first instinct was to project calm. He felt the Nation shouldn't see him in an excited fashion in a moment of crisis. Not only that, but his first instinct was also not to alarm the children around him.
Information was very fluid in those first minutes, and decisions were being made on a split-second basis.
I can't fault President Bush for waiting a few moments, not only to avoid alarming those closest to him -- the children -- but also to say the most reassuring thing he could under the circumstances. To ensure that he and his team were on top of the crisis and that decisions were being made that could safeguard as many American lives as possible.
Say what you will about the President; but you cannot fault him for taking time to be deliberate throughout the 9/11 crisis period.
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I can only imagine what people would be saying if he'd looked shocked, jumped right up and rushed from the room: "He panicked!" "It scared the @#$!! out of him!" "He frightened those poor confused children when what they needed was to know their President had things under control!"
DIYDo, DIYDon't
Posted by: McGehee at June 18, 2004 02:49 AM (BCOpM)
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It wouldn't have mattered if the man pulled out a Time Machine and singlehandedly stopped each plane, someone would whine that he had no right to mess with the Space-Time continuum.
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It's true. He could have jumped up in a Superman cape and singlehandedly intercepted those planes before they hit, and people would still criticize him.
As for myself, I've long held that image in my head as a point of reassurance. He was disciplined enough hold it together and remain calm for the sake of children, and then stand up and promise that he would do everything he could to protect America.
Who knows what he showed Laura in privacy? Who knows what tears he's shed in his darker moments? The point is that he has the self-control and discipline to remain calm in the face of crisis. That's not to say that he's perfect, but discernment is a tremendous skill for a leader to have.
Posted by: Linda at June 22, 2004 12:38 PM (EQSNS)
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I am truly amazed by the comments posted on this site about this incident. The leader of the most powerful nation on earth sat there reading nursery rhymes to kids FOR NEARLY TEN MINUTES whilst America was under attack. What excuse is there for that, other than the fact that he knew of the attack beforehand.
I cannot believe that in the days after the attack, only three planes were allowed to fly in US airspace and they were planes filled with Bin Ladens family - there has been no explanation for this!!
I truly believe that this attack was instigated by the American government to gain public backing to go to war in the middle east. It is clear that a missle hit the Pentagon. A 767 plane does not leave a hole only 16 foot wide, and where did the plane, wings, engines, passengers, luggage etc go? There is no footage showing any remains on the grounds at the Pentagon.
I also believe that the second plane that hit the WTC was in fact a US military plane. Many observers to this incident report that the plane had no windows and couldn't possibly be a passenger plane.
I would strongly suggest that ALL american citizens watch the 'IN PLANE SITE' DVD. It is a real eye opener!! I just cannot believe that the american public have faith in this man!! Peace - Out!!!
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The 'Instant Win' button
Bill Hobbs has
an open letter to Al Qaeda on his site that warns them about tempting fate. They can still be obliterated with a single button.
We didn't have to invade and liberate Iraq and try to help it become a democracy. We could have pushed a few buttons and made Kabul and Baghdad disappear. We didn't because we're the opposite of your dysfunctional, godless, immoral, backwards, oppressive, failure of a society. We pulled our punches. We sent in the reconstruction crews right behind the armor and the infantry.We didn't have to. We had - and still have - another option. One that would absolutely guarantee the end of the Islamofacist terror threat.
I bet that, if you blow up an American shopping mall and kill a bunch of innocent American kids and parents while they munch some Chik Fil A, or stand in line at Build-a-Bear or try on clothes at The Gap, a whole lot more Americans are going to reach the tipping point. The one where we say enough is enough, push the Instant Win button.
Don't test our patience.
"...and like that....they were gone..."
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What a arrogant and bullshit statement. This America has a legacy of genocide and Secret deals with terrorist to kill Americas percieved enemies. Your chickens are coming home to roost to quote a phrase. Stay the fuck out of other peoples countries trying to set up puppet governments and exploiting and stealing their natural resources. The world is tired of this shit and I guess they are'nt gonna take it anymore.
Posted by: scott at June 18, 2004 03:09 PM (AaBEz)
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Scott, the "point" you made is total bullshit...
Its not about taking their resources, its about killing them before they kill us. They will never stop until, they see every american die. They will kill, shoot, bomb, and stab every single person in America and overseas, if they were able to... In this world, its kill or be killed.
Posted by: Alex at June 20, 2004 08:47 AM (87AuB)
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Where were you ten years ago today?
I was riveted -- as was most of the nation --
to a surreal scene playing out on NBC.
A split screen showed Game Five of the NBA Finals from Madison Square Garden between the New York Knicks and Houston Rockets on one side of the screen. On the other? A white Ford Bronco on the other side of the continent, making it's way along the freeways of Los Angeles. Inside, OJ Simpson, then the prime suspect in the murder of his wife, Nicole just a few days before in the Brentwood section of LA. Simpson had a gun to his head, and his best friend, Al Cowlings in the other seat trying to talk to him.
OJ wanted to go...somewhere. Ultimately though, he wanted to go home.
OJ Simpson had been a hero to a generation of America, including me. Former football star, movie star, commercial pitchman and sports commentator. The very idea that he could have brutally butchered his estranged wife and her friend was completely foreign to me, as it was to much of the nation.
All we knew was that the scene of a slow-speed chase along the freeways of Southern California was bizarre enough, but for that to sit alongside the basketball game on the opposite side of the screen was one of the most surreal moments of television that had happened before or since.
This was before MSNBC and Fox News Channel even existed. Few people had any idea what CourtTV was, let alone what channel it was on, and CNBC was an obscure business channel. Which left us with images on CNN, ESPN and the bizarre split-screen on NBC.
Of course, now we know where things went from there: the arrest and booking, the assembling of the "dream team" for the "trial of the century." Wall-to-wall coverage of a type that hadn't been seen since Watergate, and wouldn't be seen again until 9/11. And finally the acquittal.
OJ lives in relative obscurity today near Miami -- raising his kids, and trying to stay out of the limelight, lest a skeptical America asks him how his "search for the 'real killers' is going."
At least until his recent interviews with Fox News' Greta Van Susteren and NBC's Katie Couric.
The story of OJ Simpson is the ultimate "hero-turned-heel" story. And one that, at least I hope, we don't have to see relived again any time soon.
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After OJ it became just a little harder to tout my USC alumni status.
Posted by: Rusty Shackleford at June 17, 2004 09:11 AM (JQjhA)
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You can't imagine how absolutely horrified we Rockets fans were in Houston at the time. As I remember through a drunken, gauzy veil, the game coverage wasn't even a split-screen... the game was temporarily obliterated for a crucial stretch of the 3rd or 4th quarter, and we had to rip the host's clock radio out of the wall and tune it in to the game to get any coverage.
Posted by: norbizness at June 17, 2004 10:46 AM (EneHm)
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