Report: “Taliban Zarqawi” killed in fighting in southern Afghanistan; Update: NYT, BBC reporters view body; Update: NATO confirms; Update: Video of body added
posted at 12:48 am on May 13, 2007 by Allahpundit
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No confirmation yet from NATO but an Afghan official claims to have seen the body. Another official (or the same one?) tells Reuters it’s in Kandahar, presumably in the government’s possession. AFP quotes an Interior Ministry official as saying his brother’s been killed, too.
Update: Feeling optimistic…
NATO’s International Security Assistance Force did not confirm the death but hinted that it was true. “You might want to keep pursuing it. It certainly is an issue that we’re tracking,” said spokesman Maj. John Thomas.
Update: Fortuitous timing by Strategy Page with this piece, which suggests Dadullah might still have been holed up in that village where he was surrounded by Afghan troops on April 23. I don’t buy it. Why would they have waited three weeks to move in?
NATO needs some good PR right now. Cross your fingers.
Update: The AP’s got a second source now, but this one’s not from NATO either: “A second intelligence service official said Dadullah was killed near the Sangin and Nahri Sarraj districts of Helmand province, which have seen heavy fighting involving British and Afghan troops and U.S. Special Forces.”
Update: The Beeb says Afghan media has seen the proof: “His body was later taken to the city of Kandahar and shown to reporters.”
Update: Here he is in a snippet from his last known interview, taunting the west with nonsense about the boogeyman:
Update: The Afghan interior ministry and the governor of Helmand provine say it’s true. Only waiting for NATO now.
Update: The Beeb says it can confirm. “Soldiers later took the body to the city of Kandahar, where it was seen by a BBC reporter.”
Update: Looks like it’s for real. Score!
Afghan government officials showed the body of Mullah Dadullah, the top operational commander for the Taliban insurgency, to reporters here Sunday morning, saying he had been killed in a joint operation of Afghan and coalition forces.
Mr. Dadullah, an amputee, was recognizable in part from his missing leg and white beard.
White beard?
Update: The “white beard” reference was obviously a miscommunication. Yahoo has a raft of photos of the body up now and his beard is, as it’s always been, black.
Sure looks like it’s him.
Update: The Taliban is either in denial or busy trying to build a myth, but the official word from NATO has finally come.
Qari Yousef Ahmadi, a purported Taliban spokesman, denied that the Taliban commander had been killed.
”Mullah Dadullah is alive,” Ahmadi told AP by satellite phone. He did not give further details.
NATO’s International Security Assistance Force confirmed the death, saying that after Dadullah left his ‘’sanctuary” in the south, he was killed in a U.S.-led coalition operation supported by NATO and Afghan troops…
A tribal leader from the Nad Ali district of Helmand province said ground forces and helicopters surrounded a home in Dadullah’s home village of Kakeban, killing the Taliban leader and seven militants. A Helmand government official, meanwhile, said Dadullah was killed while traveling in his vehicle in southern Helmand.
Update: The Taliban is promising a “fresh voice recording” of Dadullah to prove that he’s alive. This was a guy known for his videos, mind you, so the fact that they’re promising audio only is telling. The governor of Kandahar says there’s no doubt it’s him because the tip they got was based on “exact information.”
Update: Looks like the Taliban has already given up the ghost — the BBC says they’ve confirmed Dadullah’s death too after initial denials.
Update: Meanwhile, the Taliban continues to run rampant across the border in western Pakistan, forcing the U.S. to take desperate measures like this.
Update: Here’s why they call him the Taliban Zarqawi:
He is also thought to be responsible for ordering numerous assassinations of clerics, government officials and health and education workers, kidnappings and beheadings, including of foreigners, and for many of the suicide bombings that have killed or wounded hundreds of Afghans and dozens of foreigners in the last year and a half.
A longtime mujahed and senior commander of the Taliban, Mullah Dadullah fought on the frontlines as the Taliban seized control of much of the country in the 1990s. He has been accused by human rights groups of massacring civilians during a campaign in the mid-nineties in the central Afghanistan province of Bamiyan, peopled mostly by Shiite muslims who were resisting the Taliban advance.
Update (Ian): Video of body:
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and the hits keep coming
Hope we got him!
Defector01 on May 13, 2007 at 12:51 AM
Slow down folks, Keith Olbermann just IMed me and said he’s a nobody. And Al Sharpton hit me on the 2way saying “Where’s Bin Laden! George Bush promised to get Bin Laden!”.
RightWinged on May 13, 2007 at 12:56 AM
Good! There’s some justice for the vicitms of his serial killing spree.
csdeven on May 13, 2007 at 1:05 AM
If it’s true, the democrat party will turn into a bad thing.
SouthernGent on May 13, 2007 at 1:24 AM
Do we get to keep killing terrorists like him when General Pelosi pulls us out of Iraq? She didn’t mention a withdrawl timetable for Afganistan? Will the jihad move there with renewed fervor if we leave Iraq? If so, what then? Maybe we should invade Kazakhstan. You don’t hear about any fighting there.
Buck Turgidson on May 13, 2007 at 1:31 AM
What do you mean exactly? (honestly asking, just not sure what you’re saying)
RightWinged on May 13, 2007 at 1:33 AM
The taliban is denying it … of course.
Why do these idiots even get to express their opinion? They’re our enemy! Who the hell is interviewing them?
“Herr Hitler, Allied Forces just landed at Normany, what do you plan to do about it?”
“Zis ez just a diversion, now off to the gas chambers with you for asking me that question.”
Tony737 on May 13, 2007 at 1:54 AM
Picking off one ant at a time and failing to pour boiling water on the nests is irrational.
They can outbreed this kind of fighting forever.
profitsbeard on May 13, 2007 at 1:56 AM
Off Topic: I’m watching a show on MSNBC about transgenders and this guy who dresses like a girl says “When a guy is interested in me, I tell him that I’m a guy and he does a complete 360 and loses interest.”
Hey, Ms. Einstein, a 360 would put him right back where he started!
Reminds me of some stupid protestor in the Miami riots who, when asked is she condoned the violence, replied “Let me tell you what I condone! I condone the violence that American companies are doing to the rainforest! THAT’S what I condone!” The reporter said “Uh, don’t you mean *condemn*?”
(Click)
“Hello?”
Tony737 on May 13, 2007 at 2:08 AM
Lol (and I mean that, I laughed outloud.) I was all set to first (jokingly) ask for your banning after the first line that said you were watching MSNBC. Then I was going to mock you for pwning some guy who screwed up the old 180/360 thing. But you won me with that bit about condoned/codemned. Oh man, I love that sh**. A friend of mine from high school and I actually keep a list of obnoxious words, misused/pronounced words, and obnoxious phrases.
RightWinged on May 13, 2007 at 2:16 AM
I hope we get a treasure trove of inteligence at the highest level of the Taliban. These guys are glorified gangsters.
sonnyspats1 on May 13, 2007 at 2:22 AM
Mullah mullah Dadullah, bananadana fo fullah.
I hope they show his body like Uday and Qusay.
RW, yeah, I was just flippin’ through the channels, I don’t actually stop and watch MSNBC unless it’s that Catch a Predator show. “Uh, I’ve never done this before, um, I was just gonna talk to her, I swear!”
Tony737 on May 13, 2007 at 2:22 AM
Next in the line up, Zawahiri. I give him a week (if only that if it happens I’ll be able to day, “I told ya”)
- The Cat
MirCat on May 13, 2007 at 2:26 AM
RW, one time I had to explain to some airport security screeners the difference between prohibited and permitted!
Hey, what does pwned mean? I guess I’m not up to date on all the internet abbreviations.
Tony737 on May 13, 2007 at 2:39 AM
I totally agree. This sterile war we are executing is harming us in the long run….pretty much been that way since the end of WWII (other than the Regan/Bush years).
On another note…I just started watching 24 here recently and liked it. OMG WHAT HAVE I BEEN MISSING! I rented the 1st season and could not get away from the TV today (actually yesterday)! The yardwork will have to wait till…umm…well today! lol
lsutiger on May 13, 2007 at 2:48 AM
Isutiger, The first 4 seasons were great, but the show lost me in Season 5. Tried to start watching again this year, but it just didn’t hold my interest. That’s not to say that I don’t enjoy seeing terrorists tortured, but I couldn’t stand Season 6 Jack. Give me Season 2 Jack with a hacksaw and a bowling ball bag any day, or even Season 4 Jack with a chair and a lamp wire.
Shivv on May 13, 2007 at 2:52 AM
Back in the day people would say thing’s like “Who’s your daddy.” Well if you were the daddy, say from like smackin’ ‘em down or nailing them with a BFG, you owned them. Then someone made a typo. The ‘p’ is rather close to the ‘o’ after all.
- The Cat
P.S. I shall not go into what a BFG is.
MirCat on May 13, 2007 at 2:52 AM
RightWinged-remember when Zarqawi was killed and we spent the next several days hearing about allegations that American soldiers had dumped him off the ambulance gurney and kicked him? Or that his 2 year old was supposedly killed, and it was NOT IN OUR NAME!
I’m guessing that’s the kind of thing Southern Gent is talking about.
MayBee on May 13, 2007 at 2:52 AM
Lol (again really) @ the prohibited/permitted situation. pwn3d is computer dork speak for “owned”… I RARELY use it, and when I do it’s generally in a mocking way… Which (now with that context) if you go back and read my initial reply to you, you’ll see that’s what I was doing in reference to 180/360. I was (jokingly) teasing you, like sarcastically saying “yeah, you really stuck it to that dope!”, and then admitting that you won me back with the condone/condemn line, which again was hilarious. I live raw footage of protesters because there’s a lot of idiocy like that. Some things you don’t learn in… your parents basement at michaelmoore.com
RightWinged on May 13, 2007 at 2:55 AM
I suppose that could be. My first reaction is to say, “isn’t the Democratic Party already a bad thing” (because in my opinion, I seriously think they are evil and willing to help the enemy because it helps them politically). But I wonder if Gent means they’ll have egg on their face as we get yet another big “get”… which I disagree with, because the media won’t make it so. The media is far more powerful than anything in this country, and they’re invested in defeat and Bush smearing no matter what happens.
RightWinged on May 13, 2007 at 3:00 AM
Ok, thanks RW and Cat, everytime is pwned I think it’s just a typo.
The permitted/prohibited thing is funny … but not really, when ya think “These people are working the security checkpoint at an airport and don’t know the difference between permitted and prohibited!” There was a photocopy list of pictures, one for each. Permitted: Tweezers, nail clippers, empty lighters. Prohibited: Scissors, knives, guns, handgrenades. Pretty scarey thought.
Tony737 on May 13, 2007 at 3:11 AM
Funny, RightWinged. When I read his comment I thought it said “the democrat party will turn *it* into a bad thing”.
My explanation of what he meant was really good, except that it wasn’t based on what he said. So….please dont’ condone me.
MayBee on May 13, 2007 at 3:18 AM
On the subject of language idiocy…I was working for an aerospace company many years ago, and we had a meeting with guys from another company to strategize a proposal. One of the “geniuses” in the conference room was speaking, and meant to use the word “specifically”, but it came out “passifikly”, as if he was just guessing at what the word was. The next person speaking must have picked up on this, as he tried to work the word into his response, but his attempt was “impassifikly”. The next guy gave it a go with “pafficikly”. At that point, I realized I was working with a bunch of morons, and changed careers within a few months. Impassifically, it was three months.
stonemeister on May 13, 2007 at 3:39 AM
Jazeera has the story. The Taliban promises to have a new video of him soon. (Could have been pre recorred.)
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/805FCFA7-D970-4234-8A97-A196A86B1926.htm
William Amos on May 13, 2007 at 3:46 AM
Good point, that is scary.
Never! I condemn you on your efforts!
Man, that one irritated me since elementary school. What, do these people think that what they’re talking about relates to an ocean? It’s almost as bad as “Valentime’s Day”
Another one for everyone to try on: “Could care less”. That one is actually so broadly used it’s hard to get anyone to agree with me about how annoying it is, but it is to me. If you “could” care less, that means you care some. “Couldn’t care less” is pacifically what you’re supposed to say! And atlantically for that matter!
RightWinged on May 13, 2007 at 3:56 AM
Btw, good point… It was probably just a typo on Gent’s part that I should have recognized instead of reading it literally and getting confused the way I was. It’s likely he meant what you thought.
RightWinged on May 13, 2007 at 3:57 AM
AFP has a picture up of the dead body
http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070513/capt.sge.cui47.130507073211.photo00.photo.default-512×366.jpg
William Amos on May 13, 2007 at 4:00 AM
and another
http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070513/capt.knd10205130719.afghanistan_commander_killed_knd102.jpg
William Amos on May 13, 2007 at 4:00 AM
It certainly looks like him
William Amos on May 13, 2007 at 4:03 AM
Al Jazeera is confirming him dead now
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/805FCFA7-D970-4234-8A97-A196A86B1926.htm
William Amos on May 13, 2007 at 4:11 AM
Al Jazeera Arabic is now saying the Taliban are admiting he is dead. It seems to be a fact now.
William Amos on May 13, 2007 at 4:14 AM
Sorry for the repears but Im catching news as I can. The AL Jazeera Pakistani cheif Ahmed Zaidan is calling the death of Dadullah a “Murder in the night by NATO Troops”
He is also saying on Al Jazeera Arabic that the its common for feild commanders to die and this wont have any effect on Taliban Operations
William Amos on May 13, 2007 at 4:17 AM
Yahoo has video of the body (Video below Picture of him)
They have him in pretty PINK sheets! LOL
ordi on May 13, 2007 at 6:09 AM
Confirmation, it’s a SCORE!
Zorro on May 13, 2007 at 6:35 AM
Taking the garbage out one bag at a time. Bin Laden will be one of the garbage bags soon enough. Wow…the Dummiecrats are not going to be happy about this news since they continue to cheer on the terrorists.
lynnv on May 13, 2007 at 8:07 AM
Look closely at the video. They ain’t using the shoe polish on their sandals, that’s for sure. Musta run out of Kiwi during the siege.
RightWinged, I submit “irregardless” for your consideration.
Kid from Brooklyn on May 13, 2007 at 8:14 AM
were any civilians killed?
tomas on May 13, 2007 at 8:22 AM
But how can this be? I thought we’d taken our eye off the ball by invading in Iraq? And it’s May 13th so surely that dreaded Spring Offensive by the Taliban is going to happen any day now.
Any day now . . .
Dudley Smith on May 13, 2007 at 8:38 AM
I guess the NY Times cannot tell whether something is black or white. I am not surprised.
Stankleberry on May 13, 2007 at 8:48 AM
The NYT story that initially stated a white beard has been corrected without any explanation.
lawhawk on May 13, 2007 at 9:34 AM
Excellent! When I went to bed last night (this morning) it was still a *divvenit maybe*. I love waking up to good news! Cue the music! “Hey! We’re gonna get you too, another one bites the dust!”
I passifically love it when kill jihadis. My most hated poor grammer is the dreaded double negative. “I don’t got no money.” It’s like nails a freakin’ chalkboard. SCREEEEEEETCH! And when it comes to typing: there, their and they’re. “They’re taking their kids there.”
Hey Stone, that was a bunch rocket scientists you were workin’ with! hahahaha
Tony737 on May 13, 2007 at 9:39 AM
UGH! What can be worse than a typo when complaining about bad grammer? “…when we kill …”
Thanks for the dead jihadi updates William!
Mullah Dadullah Fofullah is right now trying to explain his actions to Jesus: “But, but, the infidels were in my country … and and… the girls were starting to go to school … and and … the women were going outside without male escort … and and …”
Tony737 on May 13, 2007 at 9:50 AM
Hey RW, how ’bout this one?:
“I brought it at the store and I brung it with me.”
Aaaaahhhhh! My ears! My ears!
Tony737 on May 13, 2007 at 9:52 AM
The first story the New York Times wrote was Bush Killed Santa.. But when they learned Santa doesn’t smell like Camels and has all his limbs. They did some further checking….The second Story spiked was Bush has ordered the termination of all handicapped men with white beards.. They did some further checking and they came up with the first story that they had to correct later.
The New York Times all the news that’s fit to paper train your dog on!!
Fandango on May 13, 2007 at 9:59 AM
“irregardless” and “Valentime’s Day”
UGHHHHHH! My head’s gonna explode!
Got another one: “I should of done it sooner.”
Off (Off) Topic: Pray for our three missing Soldiers in Iraq!
Tony737 on May 13, 2007 at 10:10 AM
It’s hard out there for a Taliban.
BJ* on May 13, 2007 at 10:17 AM
Awesome!
WisCon on May 13, 2007 at 10:20 AM
The dhimmi-crats will be spinning this as “Creating more terrorists”. The logic escapes me. By killing the enemy we are creating the enemy? I bet the recruiting vids from AQ show more scenes of congressional (D) spokesman surrendering than they will of high ranking taliban guys getting whacked.
conservativecaveman on May 13, 2007 at 10:24 AM
Here’s another one: I lived in a hick area for awhile (long story) and was constantly barraged with “brung”, “suit” (for “suite”), “thunk”, etc. I came up with this: Anyone who says they thunk…didn’t.
Here’s my peeve: its and it’s. Drives me nuts.
ITS = belonging to “it”
IT’S = contraction of “it is”.
Got it?
stonemeister on May 13, 2007 at 10:31 AM
Who will attend the funeral? Pelosi or Reid?
roninacreage on May 13, 2007 at 10:43 AM
Yes, exactly! And how did they get the intelligence to find out where he is? WIRE TAPPING!?!??!
SouthernGent on May 13, 2007 at 10:45 AM
AP
Your headline threw me off a bit “Zarqawi” but I now see we are speaking of Mullah Dadullah. This would be a good Thing.
anyway
Happy Mothers Day to all you Mothers
abinitioadinfinitum on May 13, 2007 at 11:11 AM
Here’s a good one: apostrophes after an “s” that demotes a plural.
Example: Sign all form’s before submission.
Kid from Brooklyn on May 13, 2007 at 11:12 AM
Rest in Hell Mullah!!
Viper1 on May 13, 2007 at 11:13 AM
Pelosi will claim her visit was the catalyst that set this into motion, nayyyy the Dimms will say nothing, NOTHING!
abinitioadinfinitum on May 13, 2007 at 11:15 AM
They just showed his dead ass … or face, same thing … on Fox News. Now he’s in hell with allah and his 72 pigman virgins. Happy Motherf@cker’s Day mullah Dadadadullah.
Tony737 on May 13, 2007 at 11:18 AM
Got another one: “She’s all growed up.”
Tony737 on May 13, 2007 at 11:20 AM
*Senator Reid, Al Qaeda’s employee of the month for April, expressed shock and remorse at the senseless killing.*
You know, for having already lost the war, things are going pretty well… as wars go.
Mojave Mark on May 13, 2007 at 11:21 AM
Heh Heh. He blowed up good. He blowed up REAL good.
ronsfi on May 13, 2007 at 11:21 AM
Yall be liven in Nawlins Tooo?
abinitioadinfinitum on May 13, 2007 at 11:23 AM
Now airdrop him on the nearest Madrassa with a happy face stapled to his forehead. Pig.
OT: that photo of the Turks rally on FOX is great. Drop that on the Madrassa too.
Limerick on May 13, 2007 at 11:23 AM
In hell they ARE the virgins.
ronsfi on May 13, 2007 at 11:23 AM
Good news!
I suspect the Dems will:
(A) Marginalize his importance.
(B) Criticize the manner in which he was slain (what, no trial???? No LAWyer???)
(C) Criticize the manner in which his corpse was displayed to the media.
(D) Jump on this opportunity to bring up Bin Laden.
Now, let’s be nice to the Taliban and send them the corpse. Let their leaders gather at the cemetery, like they did last time when our spy satellite spotted them, but THIS TIME lift the restriction against bombing a (un)holy site.
“I say we dust off and nuke the site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.”
Dave Shay on May 13, 2007 at 11:29 AM
NATO 3:16 says we just killed your ass!
fusionaddict on May 13, 2007 at 11:31 AM
I beleive that quote comes from the book of 1Demolitions.
Mojave Mark on May 13, 2007 at 11:40 AM
stonemeister, I’m glad you brought that up. Here are mine:
to and too.
their, they’re and there
“ax” instead of “ask”
SuperManGreenLantern on May 13, 2007 at 11:47 AM
And what, praytell, do Barry Darsow & Bill Eadie have to do with this?
fusionaddict on May 13, 2007 at 11:54 AM
I used “irreagrdless” until just a few months ago. I have noticed people interchaning “their”, “there”, “they’re”, and “thier” all the time. But I have a rule to never criticize people for their spelling or grammerical mistakes. And most people here are that way too. Now you go to huffpo or other moonbat sites and they pride themselves in pointing out those type of errors. It’s a matter of class.
csdeven on May 13, 2007 at 12:06 PM
I humbly submit:
“For all intents and purposes”
vs
“For all in tense and purposes”
I shan’t say which is the correct one. (Been waiting for an opportunity to use that one again since the Silky Pony blogger thread!)
Dave Shay on May 13, 2007 at 12:50 PM
My wife took a chunk of frozen meat out of the freezer and set it on the counter. Later, I saw it there and asked “why is this meat here?” She said she wanted to UNTHAW it.
So I put it back in the freezer.
Needless to say (another of my favorites, as it always precedes saying anyways), wifey was not amused and I ended up paying for dinner
Now as for the Taliban, it seems that 2, 3, 4, are gone.
1 man alone, or perhaps sharing a cave with OBL.
OneEyedJack on May 13, 2007 at 12:52 PM
Great quote, I just saw Aliens again last night, for all in tents and porpoises.
If I hear “having said that” one more time, I’m going to plotz!
stonemeister on May 13, 2007 at 1:20 PM
Okay, so this guy was dead, and the enemy wanted to deny it, so first they said no, you’re wrong, he’s alive. Realizing that wouldn’t cut it, they announced he’d be releasing an audio recording, implying they they can pull off such things, even for dead guys, like they keep a tape library. This all sounds so familiar, somehow.
On an unrelated topic, did you notice Mr. Dead Terrorist’s shifty eye motions when he was formulating his Bin Laden answer for the BBC guy? It almost looked like he wanted to demonstrate his technique for lying.
Splunge on May 13, 2007 at 1:31 PM
More fingernails on the blackboard …
less versus fewer: “There were less people at the meeting than expected.” Should be fewer, not less. Always makes me think of the same number of people but all of them about 3/4 in size, maybe only present from the knees up.
IrishEyes on May 13, 2007 at 1:35 PM
Congratulations to Dadullah on becoming the only good kind of tango. This is good news for all patriotic Americans and anyone else that doesn’t support terrorism. I wonder if they’ve set up a website yet where Democrats can send memorials and condolences?
Heh. You should click on the link in my name.
ReubenJCogburn on May 13, 2007 at 1:36 PM
Jack – “So I put it back in the freezer.” HAHAHAHAAAAaaaaa!!!
Smartass! I love it!
Tony737 on May 13, 2007 at 1:38 PM
The worst one yet: WAS and WERE. “We was gonna go but didn’t.”
Another Off Topic: Riots in Pakistan! Mushy orders his troops to shoot rioters. Will islamofascism take over Pakistan and it’s (just kidding, Stone) its nukes?
Tony737 on May 13, 2007 at 1:47 PM
Mullah Dadullah meets Allah “we ran out of all virgin’s before you arrived”
Just for you Kid :)
Entelechy on May 13, 2007 at 1:51 PM
Yeah. He’s rooting for the other side. The putz. Doesn’t he know he’s an infidel? He’ll get the closest shave of his life if is as patriotic with his new masters as he is with the country of his current “allegiance.”
smellthecoffee on May 13, 2007 at 2:24 PM
Oh man, look what I did with this whole grammar pet peeve thing.
I have to say though, while all of what I’ve read I agree with, I categorize some differently. Many of those you guys submitted are hick/redneck stuff… The others can be used by otherwise normal people, but something that just stuck with them through their lives and no one ever corrected them.
I’ve got a GREAT example for you guys.
EXPECIALLY!
Expecially is right up there with pacifically on my annoyance barometer.
And whoever was talking about “it’s” and “its” and “their/there/they’re”, I have to admit to being guilty of those quit a bit when I’m writing lengthy ranting comments. I type really fast and sometimes I get ahead of myself and miss little things like that, more so with the it’s/its thing though, which is really easy because the “’s” rule is so ingrained in me that it just happens sometimes.
Anyway
Haha, do you watch King of Queens? I recently caught a hilarious episode where Doug and Carrie were fighting (as usual). This time Carrie caught him sneaking around behind her back trying to act like she doesn’t control his life (cologne he wears, etc.) just to impress his friends by acting like he was “his own man”. In the fight he is yelling about how she controls everything and says “First you wouldn’t let me use the phrase: ‘for all intensive purposes’”. Carrie says “first of all, that’s because it’s for all “intents” and purposes moron”! Not as funny when I type it, but if you know the show you can picture this scene, it was hilarious.
RightWinged on May 13, 2007 at 3:32 PM
RW & all, you’re banned for thread ‘highjacking’:)
p.s. RW, I’m pretty sure you’re “quite” a bit guilty :)
p.p.s. Mullah Dadullah is still with Allah.
Entelechy on May 13, 2007 at 4:11 PM
What I Like…Dead terrorists. Especially ones wearing black turbans.
What I don’t like…hearing the use of the nonexistent word orientated.
You hear it used all the time. The sun dial should be oriented toward the sun.
Since it’s mothers’ day, here’s my mom’s pet peeve. Something is either unique, or it isn’t. Not very unique, or kind of unique. Just unique, or not unique. (My English prof dad drilled us kids.) Thank God for spellcheck though, tough crowd.
Buck Turgidson on May 13, 2007 at 4:16 PM
OK, I couldn’t resist. I was in a staff meeting a few years ago. Our imperial, pompous, nazi Director was leading things, and during that 1-hour-long snoozefest, he managed to use “vis-a-vis” 24 times! And not once did he use it properly!
I haven’t used “vis-a-vis” 24 times in my life!
stonemeister on May 13, 2007 at 4:18 PM
Well since the Dems have effectively cut off the money to buy bulletts we need to make the few remaining ones we got count. Gee I wonder if we could have sent a little more support out with the patrol that got ambushed in Iraq if commanders weren’t worried about conserving resources.
Thanks Dems, I said from the first day I heard about their little political games with the funding that I would hang every death of an American service member around their neck and I am.
Feel good Nancy, Murhta, Reid. You are directly responsible for those deaths in Iraq.
LakeRuins on May 13, 2007 at 4:21 PM
How right you are, Lake. And that was their plan, but they’ll just blame Bush/Cheney anyway.
stonemeister on May 13, 2007 at 4:23 PM
Oops! At least that was just a typo, I obviously didn’t mean to insert the word “quit”.
RightWinged on May 13, 2007 at 4:42 PM
Mullah Dadullah…anybody else think that sounds like some character from Hanna-Barbera’s WACKY RACES?
fusionaddict on May 13, 2007 at 4:59 PM
Mullah. Dadullah. and all of his friends say, so long, so long, so long. It’s been great! Every fun filled minute. There’s a show next week and we’ll all be in it. To make a long story short…so long, so long, so long.
( To the tune of Magilla Gorilla.)
Buck Turgidson on May 13, 2007 at 5:57 PM
this is related to the Kidnappings of the soldiers I’m sure. NO one will give a rats ass about this guy.
tomas on May 13, 2007 at 7:42 PM
SCORE!
Now I understand, AP, why you can’t stray too far from your computer on a holiday weekend.
CliffHanger on May 13, 2007 at 9:24 PM
Kick ass!!
Eat sand mofo.
omnipotent on May 13, 2007 at 10:06 PM
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