Wet behind the ears 43, wasn’t bright enough to take his olde man’s advice and steer clear of that well known quagmire.

Instead he stuck his foot in a mud puddle that has practically destroyed our country both economically and militarily in the last seven years.

Sorry I couldn’t get back to you sooner; my satellite has been up and down.

Cheers!

J_Gocht on September 2, 2008 at 9:57 AM

Which country are you from? Living in the US, I don’t see a country on the verge of economic or political destruction. Compare our current situation with the late ’70s, the Crash of ’87, the burst of the dot-com bubble, none of which “nearly destroyed our country” economically…I don’t think we’re doing all that badly on that front. Militarily, Iraq may be a resource drain, but it was never going to “nearly destroy” our military. Hell, you’ll know our military’s in trouble when it calls over the 100,000 or so troops hanging around Europe (between Germany and Eastern Europe) and the 40,000 or so troops in Japan. No, Iraq has not been smooth sailing by any means. But to say it nearly destroyed our country on two fronts? Bull.

“…Sovereign nation? You mean a nation wich invaded another sovereign nation in ‘90 to control it’s resources to pay off it’s war debt and buy new weapons…. celtnik on September 1, 2008 at 8:53 PM

Yeah celtnik, that’s the one.

Olde man 41 and General Powell had the good sense not to carry their little donnybrook into the religious, ethnic, tribal mess that constitutes the sovereign country of Iraq.

Wet behind the ears 43, wasn’t bright enough to take his olde man’s advice and steer clear of that well known quagmire.

Instead he stuck his foot in a mud puddle that has practically destroyed our country both economically and militarily in the last seven years.

Sorry I couldn’t get back to you sooner; my satellite has been up and down.

Cheers!

celtnik on September 1, 2008 at 8:53 PM

Great post.

Here are some of the benefits that are showing in Iraq since we liberated it:

Mike Stokely Foundation makes changes in Yusifiyah
[Greyhawk]
http://www.mudvillegazette.com/archives/029882.html

By Staff Sgt. Tony M. Lindback, 3rd BCT, 101st Abn. Div. (AASLT)
PATROL BASE YUSIFIYAH, Iraq – Students and teachers had looks of joy – and bewilderment – as Soldiers handed out school supplies and toys at the Mullah Fayad School in Yusifiyah, Iraq, March 27.

Apparently the people that defend Saddam and his genocidal
reign would rather these children be raped,murdered,or killed with sarin/mustard gas like Sadddam did instead of having a chance to get an education and live in a free society,like America has provided.

Here is another great example of the Freedom that the American Soldier has brought to Iraq:

The Liberation of Karmah, Part I
http://www.michaeltotten.com/archives/2008/03/the-liberation.php

KARMAH, IRAQ – Just beyond the outskirts of Fallujah lies the terror-wracked city of Karmah. While you may not have heard of this small city of 35,000 people, American soldiers and Marines who served in Anbar Province know it as a terrifying place of oppression, death, and destruction. “It was much worse than Fallujah” said more than a dozen Marines who were themselves based in Fallujah.
“Karmah was so important to the insurgency because we’ve got Baghdad right there,” Lieutenant Andrew Macak told me. “This is part of the periphery of Baghdad. At the same time, it is part of the periphery of Fallujah.”

Nobody has done more for the spread of Freedom throughout
the world than America and our men and women in uniform.

I loved the “First dude” comment.

There is something about this classy and extraordinary women that inspires me.

yeah, he’s a loon, those dictator apologists do get my blood a boilin’.

Anyway, this is one of the penalties of the Information Age – a governor gets picked (okay, announced) on a Friday as the VP pick, and within a couple of days, people are panicking because they don’t know EVERYTHING about her foreign policy positions.

Dude, give it a week. E-mail them the question or something. Breathe, deep breaths!

Sovereign nation? You mean a nation wich invaded another sovereign nation in ’90 to control

it’s resources to pay off it’s war debt and buy new weapons. A sovereign nation ruled by a

one party system whose members are a religous sect that only comprise 20% of the population.

A nation who gave sactuary to Abu Nidal, Abu Abbas as well as a top ranking Al Queda

lieutenant. A “sovereign” nation which had 16 U.N. sanctions levied against which they all

subsuquently violated; as opposed to the real sovereign nation you have today, a

representative democracy with a constitutional form of government. Given a choice between

the two versions of a sovereign Iraq, I will choose the latter, you seem to foolishly prefer

the former.

Futhermore, France and Russia were the biggest importers and re-sellers of Iraqi oil. That’s

why they actively obstructed the war. The longer the Saddam remained in power, the more

money France, Russia and the U.N. make. Don’t forget Hussein managed to smuggle about $3

billion in oil each year , and has even worked a finger into the oil-for-food pie,

orchestrating kickbacks from intermediaries and collecting further billions for his palaces

and weapons programs.

All of that is now gone. The don’t have to worry about depeding on other a corrupt

organization like the U.N. to give them medial supplies which Saddam stole and sold, they

handle the prodution and importation themselves. The Iraqis now have control over their own

oil production and exportation. We haven’t taken a drop, that was never the intent.

By the way,defense spending is one of the things government is constitutionaly required to

spend money on and it’s ony 4% if GDP, 1.5 percentage points of GDP below the 45-year

historical average and well below Cold War and Vietnam War levels.
http://www.heritage.org/research/features/BudgetChartBook/fed-rev-spend-2008-boc-S7-Despite-

War-Costs-Defense.html

A trillion dollars is nothing compared to what we dole out on unconsitutional entitlement

programs like welfare, medicaid, medicare and the ponzi scheme called social security. These

three entitlement programs account for 42% of total spending.
http://www.heritage.org/research/features/BudgetChartBook/fed-rev-spend-2008-boc-S8-Mandator

y-Spending-Has-Increased.html

Her husband (The First Dude)

That phrase – “The First Dude” – from Dowd’s catty smear job on Palin really makes me cringe. Here’s hoping if theres every a woman president the press will have the wherewithal to call her husband The First Gentleman. Also, heres hoping hes as classy as Denis Thatcher was.

Her husband (The First Dude) helps repair the governor executive Mansion with his own hands. Luckily for him, the VP house at the naval observatory is a fixer upper.

A blue star service flag and the star of David, great visual.

Man, Barry-I lived in Anchorage for 3 years-I love her voice and that accent!

Agreed.

Man, this woman has American appeal.

Did you see that pic of her on Yahoo News in a leather jacket standing in front of a cool car (I don’t know anything about cars but it looked good)?

She reminds me of the song “American Girl” by Tom Petty.

She is a really great woman. Its a pity she isn’t top of the ticket.

the other flag on the window, sideways,

Blue Star Mothers of America – Mothers of Soldiers

Other pin looks like an eskimo.

Well, coming from the party of “Israel will just have to learn to live with Iranian Nukes,”

But thats both parties.

“…I recall you as someone who vehemently opposed the liberation of Iraq. Basilsbest on September 1, 2008 at 5:26 PM

You mean that sovereign Middle Eastern nation that we invaded with “shock and awe” in a vain attempt to control its natural resources, primarily crude oil…?

It’s all water under the bridge now, Basil; the Iraqi’s have now let the primary development contracts to the Chinese.

How about them apples…?

Damn I hate when that happens; after all the expenditure of the blood, sweat and tears by our dear brave troopers and nearly a trillion dollars out of our economy that is collapsing all around us because of that darn, despicable Iraqi war…!

Don’t you feel the same too, Basil…?

Would have gotten back to you sooner but, my satellite was down…

barry norris on September 1, 2008 at 4:12 PM

Man, Barry-I lived in Anchorage for 3 years-I love her voice and that accent!

My concern is that the #2 position won’t be satisfying enough for her.

Terrie on September 1, 2008 at 5:11 PM

Funny but I kind of worry just the opposite. She and her family seem to be really, absolutely, truly Alaska to the core. She’s entering the prime of her life and so is her husband. Do they really want to spend the next 12/16 years a continent away in a place that must seem absolutely foreign to them?

I hope so, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they don’t.

funky chicken on September 1, 2008 at 5:30 PM

Probably means concerned she won’t find it satisfying in terms of ability to do things.

Yesterday, I noted that Sarah Palin was a Pat Buchanan supporter in 1999.  I suggested that the Obama campaign begin running ads in South Florida to point out to people who could be my grandparents that someone potentially very close to the presidency…

Proof that Gov. Palin was the absolute, spot on, right pick for the ticket.

All of this noise from the left, all the attacks, all the squealing like stuck pigs…………. is the smell of fear!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA……….

Loxodonta on September 1, 2008 at 5:30 PM

Me too, Loxodonata!

I’m a Upper from up nort and I luv it too, Eeh!