tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post1827244567044332195..comments2024-03-28T18:57:10.683-05:00Comments on Althouse: Jeb Bush on George Bush's successes: "Well, the successes clearly are protecting the homeland. We were under attack..."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-76151639405140326382015-06-02T10:44:11.850-05:002015-06-02T10:44:11.850-05:00I know who I am. I'm just not particularly int...I know who I am. I'm just not particularly interested in who my long-dead ancestors were.Robert Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06951286299515983901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-89142087154944727812015-06-02T09:36:20.844-05:002015-06-02T09:36:20.844-05:00let me get this straight. You have the temerity to...let me get this straight. You have the temerity to dictate (or wish to) how the world should be run but in essence you don't even know who you are? How does this make sense to you?Bad Lieutenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18091901464339059169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-25237399575695441612015-06-02T09:03:11.183-05:002015-06-02T09:03:11.183-05:00"But talk about incurious!"
Yeah, I'...<i>"But talk about incurious!"</i><br /><br />Yeah, I've never cared overmuch about my ancestry, either. (Unlike my father, who spent much time researching his family tree...none of which I ever bothered to look at.) I don't have the vanity to care much about who my ancestors were, or to look into redheads in history.Robert Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06951286299515983901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-29027465100249447742015-06-02T07:04:14.747-05:002015-06-02T07:04:14.747-05:00Yeah I like redheaded pussy too, the finest of the...Yeah I like redheaded pussy too, the finest of the flavors. (Would you happen to have daughters?) The insanity part however has no such compensation in the copper-topped male. <br /><br />But talk about incurious! I think you should stop opining here with your crackpot views and go research gingerism for a while. Get in touch with your, ahem, roots.Bad Lieutenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18091901464339059169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-56564145536899464712015-06-01T21:25:36.543-05:002015-06-01T21:25:36.543-05:00"You mean to say you've really never hear...<i>"You mean to say you've really never heard of redheads being sought after, since medieval and probably prehistoric times, as torture victims and human sacrifices?"</i><br /><br />No...this is news to me. I've always assumed that, to the extent people noticed my red hair at all, they were envious, as red hair is that beauty rare, the shining glory of hair color, next to which blonde and brunette hair is drab and common. I've never bothered to look into attitudes toward red hair in history.Robert Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06951286299515983901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-5578754937537473162015-06-01T19:02:06.858-05:002015-06-01T19:02:06.858-05:00http://www.themythsandhistoryofredhair.co.uk/thean...http://www.themythsandhistoryofredhair.co.uk/theancientworld.html <br /><br />http://facts.randomhistory.com/redhead-facts.htmlBad Lieutenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18091901464339059169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-61494450504445153532015-06-01T18:54:31.143-05:002015-06-01T18:54:31.143-05:00Why do you think you're so rare?Why do you think you're so rare?Bad Lieutenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18091901464339059169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-16125291436265790802015-06-01T18:53:49.777-05:002015-06-01T18:53:49.777-05:00Geez, Cooky, Google it. I'm so tired of tellin...Geez, Cooky, Google it. I'm so tired of telling you things that everybody else knows, when you spend the rest of your time being of superior knowledge to all us troglodytes. You mean to say you've really never heard of redheads being sought after, since medieval and probably prehistoric times, as torture victims and human sacrifices?Bad Lieutenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18091901464339059169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-75587445891039173842015-06-01T17:11:21.618-05:002015-06-01T17:11:21.618-05:00I am a redhead, as I have mentioned here before, b...I am a redhead, as I have mentioned here before, but I have no clue what you're referring to in your comment about <i>"y'all...getting burned alive."</i>Robert Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06951286299515983901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-18450679645228215252015-06-01T16:24:39.644-05:002015-06-01T16:24:39.644-05:00Oh, that got your attention did it? I thought you ...Oh, that got your attention did it? I thought you were a redhead. Surely I don't have to tell *you*...Bad Lieutenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18091901464339059169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-65484062374716649742015-06-01T15:14:44.862-05:002015-06-01T15:14:44.862-05:00"Maybe that's why y'all keep getting ...<i>"Maybe that's why y'all keep getting burned alive."</i><br /><br /><i><b>????????</b></i>Robert Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06951286299515983901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1087528441317105832015-06-01T13:10:04.614-05:002015-06-01T13:10:04.614-05:00I like Virgil and Bay Area Guy described Shieffer ...I like Virgil and Bay Area Guy described Shieffer best.<br /><br />I also agree with ARM, "Worst job in the world - having to describe the 'successes' of George W. Bush" and I'm not a liberal or Democrat either. I like George W. Bush. I can describe his character in glowing terms and it would take more paper than actually listing his successes.<br /><br />Then the comments started going downhill until we reached Robert Cook's Nazi comparison. Oh, well.<br /><br />So, the standard MO is to focus on asking Jeb about George W. rather than treating him as a stand alone candidate. Excellent strategy to make sure he isn't elected. Will Hillary be accorded the same treatment? Will she even be asked about her numerous successes as Sec State? (less paper than GWB's list)lgvhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18001474064691931617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-51783130101430300332015-06-01T13:04:30.258-05:002015-06-01T13:04:30.258-05:00No, in fact, Cook, it is possible to think of thin...No, in fact, Cook, it is possible to think of things that you then don't say. They don't teach this in ginger school? Maybe that's why y'all keep getting burned alive.Bad Lieutenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18091901464339059169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-79778662711156671212015-06-01T11:52:02.417-05:002015-06-01T11:52:02.417-05:00Unknown:
When the comparisons are apt, one would ...Unknown:<br /><br />When the comparisons are apt, one would be remiss not to make them.Robert Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06951286299515983901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-78547414619053947342015-06-01T10:01:24.003-05:002015-06-01T10:01:24.003-05:00Robert you asshole, I suppose the Russian Rodina, ...Robert you asshole, I suppose the Russian Rodina, or Motherland, escapes your gimlet eye? The German anyway is Heimat-Homeland.<br /><br />Frankly I agree it is distasteful but could you possibly, just by accident, let go an occasional opportunity to compare the United States to history's worst tyrannies?Bad Lieutenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18091901464339059169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-13839391100332435172015-06-01T07:21:30.285-05:002015-06-01T07:21:30.285-05:00"Of all the after effects of 9/11, I think de...<i>"Of all the after effects of 9/11, I think describing our country as "the homeland" might be the most annoying."</i><br /><br />It's more than annoying, it is disturbing in its similarity to "the Fatherland." But it wouldn't be so disturbing if it did not reveal a truth about us: we have become as mystical, worshipful, sentimental, and deluded about ourselves and our nation as the Nazis were about themselves and their nation.Robert Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06951286299515983901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-54408727066422498002015-06-01T07:02:40.533-05:002015-06-01T07:02:40.533-05:00Sorry for my tone I have problems controlling my e...Sorry for my tone I have problems controlling my emotions.<br /><br />My logic is simple, hopefully not wrong.<br /><br />Bush's job was to keep us safe. He didn't.<br /><br />There are reasons he wasn't able to keep us safe, I understand that, but those reasons don't excuse the failures and the deaths. Nothing excuses the deaths. They are unacceptable, meaning I don't accept Jeb or anyone saying "he kept us safe" or "what could he have done" or "what would you do."<br /><br />That said, I did vote both times for W. because he was the least-worst option. I believe he kept us safer than Kerry would have for instance.<br />Guildofcannonballshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352588747567045751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-35172787046136718502015-06-01T07:01:28.601-05:002015-06-01T07:01:28.601-05:00Æthelflæd said...
Of all the after effects of 9/11... Æthelflæd said...<br />Of all the after effects of 9/11, I think describing our country as "the homeland" might be the most annoying.<br /><br />Agree.Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00938263272237104128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-72773055710554149682015-06-01T06:54:26.485-05:002015-06-01T06:54:26.485-05:00"What, exactly, could he have done?"
He..."What, exactly, could he have done?"<br /><br />He could have stopped the attack. You agree that would have been possible, right? Are you asking me to know every detail the president knew on September 10th, 2001, and then name the names I would have had waiting on the airports to kill the 19 or 20 hijackers? Why put the onus on me, I didn't run and wasn't elected to the *^%%&%$ office. I don't fly in Airforce One or meet the world's rich and powerful or have my meals prepared by my private chef's either. You see, I was not POTUS and therefore it is not my responsibility to be Commander in Chief.<br /><br />Excusing failures is partially how nearly 3000 Americans ended up dead. You can accept as inevitable these failures, even with 20/20 hindsight, but I don't.<br /><br /><br />Guildofcannonballshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352588747567045751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-21318544175126130312015-06-01T06:45:44.139-05:002015-06-01T06:45:44.139-05:00The fact is Clinton is almost certainly more to bl...The fact is Clinton is almost certainly more to blame for 9/11 than Bush, but when Bush toady's run around bellowing how safe Bush kept us it is too Orwellian to let slide.<br /><br />Ask yourself how many dead Americans it would have taken on 9/11 for you to think to yourself "hey, Bush didn't keep us safe on 9/11." And ask how long before it was Bush's responsibility and not Clinton's. Would September of 2002 been enough time for George to get acclimated and then actually, in reality not rhetoric, kept us safe? 2003?<br /><br />Second term?Guildofcannonballshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352588747567045751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-41672659131024673132015-06-01T06:44:03.390-05:002015-06-01T06:44:03.390-05:00Bush American Dynasty = BAD.
You can buy the righ...<b>Bush American Dynasty = BAD.<br /><br />You can buy the rights to this bumper sticker for $2.4 million dollars American.</b><br /><br />Given the ALTERNATIVES at the time, who was better than Bush?<br /><br />McCain? Nope.<br />Gore? Hell no.<br />Kerry? Hell fucking no.<br /><br />You can only elect the person running. <br /><br />Was Bush great? No. Was he better than the alternatives? Easily yes.damikeschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133230009952160269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-23057566713529471972015-06-01T06:42:30.717-05:002015-06-01T06:42:30.717-05:00The 9/11 bloodbath was Bush's mulligan.
I'...<b>The 9/11 bloodbath was Bush's mulligan.</b><br /><br />I'll ask what I've asked Progs for over a decade now.<br /><br />What, exactly, could he have done?<br /><br />The intel was that AQ wanted to attack the US, planned to use planes, and was scoping out federal buildings in NYC.<br /><br />Go ahead and develop a way to stop it (and note no federal buildings in NYC were touched).<br /><br />Throw in that the measures that might be needed to stop it were protested heavily after 9/11, so they were not plausible ideas before.damikeschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133230009952160269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-58089672670971288692015-06-01T06:40:45.231-05:002015-06-01T06:40:45.231-05:00Bush American Dynasty = BAD.
You can buy the righ...Bush American Dynasty = BAD.<br /><br />You can buy the rights to this bumper sticker for $2.4 million dollars American.Guildofcannonballshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352588747567045751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-91032915992062278312015-06-01T06:37:43.006-05:002015-06-01T06:37:43.006-05:00Bush has seemingly mastered an art of the opposite...Bush has seemingly mastered an art of the opposite of noblesse oblige. Bush has unprivileged people go out of their way to defend and prop up this would be Bush American dynasty while Bush gives Teddy everything he wants as far as our schools and immigration (though immigration didn't pass congress Bush still fought for Teddy's will to be enforced).<br /><br />It is remarkable, and shows humans in general long for a king to rule them. Americans used to be exceptional.Guildofcannonballshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352588747567045751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-73888974580434887432015-06-01T06:33:16.737-05:002015-06-01T06:33:16.737-05:00"I'm sorry that few can see their way to ..."I'm sorry that few can see their way to a supportive defense of GWB. He deserves one."<br /><br />I'm sorry Bush was unable or unwilling to defend himself.<br /><br />I'm sorry Bush was afraid of Ted Cruz's intelligence.<br /><br />I'm sorry Bush thinks almost 3000 dead Americans is "keeping us safe." Seriously, why start keeping track on 9/12? Because nobody could have know that 9/11 was coming? If true, that doesn't change the fact we weren't safe. Bush didn't keep us safe, and that is partially why almost 3000 Americans were killed. If Bush had indeed "kept us safe" (like Obama has using your own "logic" you pieces of low-grade moron) almost 3000 more Americans would be alive.Guildofcannonballshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352588747567045751noreply@blogger.com