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NATIONAL KNEE DAY PROPOSED
Two years after the Great Outpouring of Sorriness, Salon’s Gary Kumbaya Kamiya wants Americans to get down on their knees:
Protest marches mean little now. Anger can be expressed on Nov. 7. But we need to express our shame.
I would like to propose a national day of apology. On this day, all Americans, those who supported the war and those who did not, will come together without rancor and apologize to the Iraqi people for what we have done. It will be a day without politics, without anger, maybe even without words. A day simply to say we’re sorry. And to say it, figuratively or literally, on our knees.
To the people of Iraq, from one American: Baqiya ib hayatkum. Akhir il ahzan.
Republican candidates in close races might consider quoting Kamiya in their speeches. He could be a last-minute October surprise.
(Via Jim Treacher)
I would like to propose a national day of apology. On this day, all Americans, those who supported the war and those who did not, will come together without rancor and apologize to the Iraqi people for what we have done. It will be a day without politics, without anger, maybe even without words. A day simply to say we’re sorry. And to say it, figuratively or literally, on our knees.
And after that, I can only hope and pray to Gaia that the Speaker Pelosi—and if not her, then President Rodham—will return Saddam Hussein to his rightful place on the throne.
It’s the least we can do to restore order, and woodchippers, to the suffering people of Iraq.
/Kamiya mode off
Posted by Ed Driscoll on 2006 10 31 at 03:04 AM • permalinkGary, you pussy ass little bitch. I can guarantee that on November 7th every Australian will be on their knees; either praying for their horse to win or completely drunk out of their mind.
Posted by Infidel Tiger on 2006 10 31 at 03:05 AM • permalinkTo the people of Iraq, from one American: Gary Kamiya is a wimp and a fool, and he does not speak for me. I say to the Iraqis,
fight for your freedom! We’ll be there. There is nothing to be ashamed of.To Gary Kamiya: Take your “shame”, fold it until it’s all corners, and then shove it up your sorry ass.
Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2006 10 31 at 03:22 AM • permalinkOh God. American readers might like to know Australia’s experiences with the Apology Industry.
For years and years, it was fashionable for everyone to ‘apologise’ to the Australian Aboriginies for the wrongs committed against them in the past. Churches, State and Local Government were the leaders. Chief target for the Apologists was, naturally John Howard who, it was demanded, should apologise on behalf of the nation. Symbols are so important!
Sensibly, Howard refused, knowing that the nation, especially its current peoples had nothing to apologise for (I for one had nothing to do with it and have nothing to apologise for), and certainly not “all Australians alive today”. Oh, the indignation, the insults, the pouring of scorn on Howard from the riteous. If only he would apologise, all would be made right!
Instead, Howard has been into practical measures to help the Aboriginal Australians - health, education etc.
Irrelevant! “We need an apology NOW”. “Say Sorry!”
Of course, if Howard did say “Sorry”, that would be pounced upon by every lawyer going as a tacit admission of culpability and the compensation law suits would be unending.
Howard still hasn’t said “Sorry” and, now years later, the shrill demands are finally fading (but not entirely absent) and Aboriginal Leaders are recognising the practical methods Howard has employed, rather than the symbolic.
Posted by Stop Continental Drift! on 2006 10 31 at 03:25 AM • permalinkImagine the words coming out of this
mansboysgirly mans mouth if he were actually anywhere near Iraq…Posted by The_Wizard_of_WOZ on 2006 10 31 at 03:30 AM • permalinkI love how it will be a day without politics, all the right need do is apologise for what they have done. the left can apologise for not stopping it. no politics there…
Posted by Harry Buttle on 2006 10 31 at 03:30 AM • permalinkAnd while on his knees he can kiss my ass. I just finished reading an email from my neighbor who is currently stationed in Iraq. Here is an excerpt:
“Last week I drove over to their {Iraqi Army} base and had an interesting experience. As I approached the front gate an Iraqi sentry came running up to my vehicle. As he got closer I noticed a big smile on his face. He came up to the window, saluted me, reached in and shook my hand and nearly crawled inside to try to kiss me. He proceeded to hold his hand over his heart as a gesture of thanks and did a series of bows. Then another man showed up doing the same. The affection shown was that of thanks for making their lives better. What construction work we gave them was not much to us, but to them it was huge. That kind of work really makes you feel good over here. Certainly a story that will not make the news back home.
Posted by lil varmint on 2006 10 31 at 03:32 AM • permalinkSCD, we have a similar industry up here, except that it includes slavery,
American IndiansNative Americans, even the colonization of North America by Northern Europeans (cue Aztlan). Among other parts of history.Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2006 10 31 at 03:38 AM • permalinkThe last yanks seen on their knees in Iraq were having a hard time apologising for anything as a bunch of cumming in their pants jihadis sawed off their heads.
Still im sure we could chip in for a ticket for him to try….
It disgusts me no end that these brain dead oxygen theives think its a “moraly superior” position to take that a mass muderer, controlling a police state shouldnt have been overthrown.lil varmint
They arent worthy to like the boots of a dixie basher serving in Iraq. Let him “apologise” to the Iraqi trooper in your story and see how far he gets.Posted by thefrollickingmole on 2006 10 31 at 03:44 AM • permalink#13, I think it would sort out a lot of this rubbish if we could just arrange a meeting between the lefty moonbats and the Iraqi Army.
Posted by The_Wizard_of_WOZ on 2006 10 31 at 03:55 AM • permalinkI’m sorry . . .
Sorry that we didn’t blow Saddam’s head off when he came out of his spider hole.
Sorry that Tony Blair is gone and that Salon is still in business.
Sorry that Jim Webb wrote all those dirty books and that Senator Allen used the N-word back when he was in high school.
Sorry that the Broncos lost.
Sorry that we didn’t just nuke Fallujah.
Sorry that we can’t tell the Saudis and Iranians to drink their light sweet crude.
Sorry I ever owned a Rambler.
But never, never will I be sorry for voting for George W. Bush and his party.
May Robert Fisk catch Gary Kamiya on his knees and lay a beat down on him, and not say he’s sorry.
Salon sniveler demands the US apologize to Iragis for “what we have done” while the Iraqis want US troops to stay.
Well now…
Posted by Spiny Norman on 2006 10 31 at 04:17 AM • permalinkI’m sorry there is such a creature as this worthless piece of flotsam calling himself an American. I’m sorry that this country has so lost its way that such a creature is possible.
I’m also sorry that they didn’t kill both Saddam and al Sadr when they had the chance. I’m sorry we haven’t fought in such a way that anyone who thought of shooting on an American in uniform would melt into a puddle of fear. I’m sorry we haven’t turned our guns on Iran and Syria. I’m sorry we haven’t made it clear to Saudi Arabia that they can expect the same if they don’t clean up their act and put an end to their support of terror. I’m sorry we didn’t tell Israel to unleash the hounds of hell on Hamas, and every other terror group surrounding them.
I’m sorry about a lot of things having to do with the war. The only people I’ll apologize to are the future Americans who will be handed a worse situation because we didn’t do the above.
But I won’t bend my knee to another human being, least of all a !#$%ing terrorist or the culture that spawned him.
Sorry for not finishing the job in 1991.
Posted by Villeurbanne on 2006 10 31 at 04:49 AM • permalinkThis is the spineless, jelly backed, yellow bellied, limp wristed, head tilting, knee bending, toe touching, despot loving, loser who will be fellating fellow apologists on November 7th. Only the desperate need apply.
Posted by Infidel Tiger on 2006 10 31 at 04:57 AM • permalinkInfidel Tiger
Hands unstained by labour, brain strained parking his car…Posted by thefrollickingmole on 2006 10 31 at 05:12 AM • permalinkDear Gary Kamiya,
Shut the f%$@ up, you don’t even deserve to speak for yourself as an American. If you’d care to take trip over to Iraq, I’d be happy to take you around so you can see for yourself the overwhelming positive changes that have occurred here in the last 3 years. See with your own eyes, THEN make the decision whether or not you’ll apologize. However, either way you decide, brace yourself for the ass whoopin of your life, because brother I am so wanting to give it to you. Think along the lines of having your tongue ripped out through your asshole.I agree with Gary, but only in part. We do need a “national day” for those that truly feel the deep down desire to apologize.
But instead of a “sorry” day, I propose a “chew a bullet” day.
Those that are so bent and so twisted and so lost to the mouth breeders and the snot gobblers should all gather in their respective communities and each chew a bullet.
If they honestly believe what this POS traitor* Gary von Slate says is true, then only blood can pay that debt and only the blood of the truly sorry.
*traitor - personal definition. Anyone how sympathises with the enemy, makes excuses for the enemy, attempts to weakening our resolve in fighting the enemy, aids the enemy and provides comfort either physically, morally, emotionally, psychologically, politically or philosophically. Also, in a more general sense, anyone who still believes that the current DNC leadership is not openly and aggressively willing and able to trade a US defeat for personal political gain.
Maybe what he’s saying is the left should be getting down on its knees and apologize to the right for being so wrong on the war. I will accept an apology of the right kind from this one. I’m sure my wife would understand.
Hmmmmm, maybe I can get an “apology” from her as well. And her sister. And my neighbor’s wife certainly can apologize. Line em up!
Posted by wronwright on 2006 10 31 at 06:13 AM • permalink#23, he looks like he should be playing Dungeons and Dragons in his parent’s basement!
Posted by Art Vandelay on 2006 10 31 at 06:29 AM • permalinkDear Iraqis: I’m sorry we’ve produced a batch of spineless jellywads like Gary Kamiya. Something must have gone wrong with the last batch… but at least we keep him busy “writing” for useless publications like Salon, so he really can’t harm anyone. (Which he could only do if he were let out in public and the resulting slime trail caused people to slip and fall.)
Posted by Andrea Harris, Administrator on 2006 10 31 at 06:46 AM • permalinkEven though I live in California, I’ll pump my fist in the air instead of kneeling after I vote. Sure, my Senate vote won’t make a damn bit of difference, but my Representatives in the House and the State Assembly will both still be Republicans. And Gary “I have at times, as the war has unfolded, secretly wished for things to go wrong” Kamiya can suck it.
I’m sorry…
That I didn’t think if oldfart’s name before he/she did.Posted by SwinishCapitalist on 2006 10 31 at 07:31 AM • permalinkAAAAH!
“didn’t think of oldfart’s name…”Forehead to brick wall. Fifty times.
Posted by SwinishCapitalist on 2006 10 31 at 07:33 AM • permalink#8 SCD
Remember wanker Peter Garrett and his Sorry shirts at the Olympics.
This is my take on his fashion sense. I wear this shirt with pride and get a lot of great looks.
#43 I think we all need a National Moral Vanity Day. Each year we can parade all our naive idealisms all together, hug a few terrorists and say how sorry we are that we provoked them, how sorry we are to be descended from the wicked pioneers who made Australia and the USA great modern places to live, plead for forgiveness from the animals we eat, and the trees we read….
While we’re at it, we’ll blame ourselves for Africa, for China, for Iran - well, for any bad place on the planetOh What A Beautiful DAY!!
We’ll feel so happy doing NOTHING at ALL to improve the world, or to fight real evils.
Just getting HIGH saying ‘SORRRY, SORRRY, SORRY!’ all that Happy DAY!
Kalloo, KallAH! I hope SOOME DAAAY you’ll join US, and the WOOORLD will be….O/T ABC’s Red Kezza O’brien FINALLLY WAS PUSHED into the cattle immobilizer and FORCED to confront the elephants in the living room..
But first he treated himself to 10 minutes trying to bring the Federal HoWARd Government down via the Cole enquiry and after he hit us with the STOLEN INDIGENOUS WAGES followed by CLIMATE CHANGE for desert.
Sedition.I particularly like the part about both pro- and anti-war folks coming together “without rancor.” Gee, Gary, when it comes to the war, I think it’s all your moonbat friends who can’t seem to control their rancor. I know plenty of war supporters who can dismiss the antics of the anti-war crowd, but your fellow lefties seem to have a hard time controlling their spittle when they’re forced to be civil to those of us who *gasp* voted for Bush.
And that’s why a demonstration like this would never happen. Your little “pro-peace” buddies just wouldn’t be able to leave their Palestinian headgear and “Bush = Hitler!” signs at home.
oldfart, I agree on all counts, and to add that I’m sorry Darrent Williams couldn’t face the media after getting 3rd degree burns all afternoon.
I’m sorry our European “allies” have forgotten what it’s like to be liberated from murederous despotism.
Posted by Some0Seppo on 2006 10 31 at 08:30 AM • permalink“But I won’t bend my knee to another human being, least of all a !#$%ing terrorist or the culture that spawned him.” - Salty Dog
Amen to that.
#23, Thats what we’re dealing with? He has the look of one who smokes pole…
#29, I agree 100% Wron, however I choose to reject the ‘apology’ from Mrs Wronwright for promotional reasons…
I am truely sorry we(the VRWC tm) didnt send the 250,000 soldiers the fucking generals said it would take to do the job right. Honestly, thats the only thing I’m sorry about.
“If your gonna do it; Do it right.” - Anyone with half a brain I’ve ever met.
Yeah I’m talking to you Donnie Rummie…
Posted by The_Wizard_of_WOZ on 2006 10 31 at 08:41 AM • permalinkRoss
If you can do that and visualise Gary Kumbaya Kamiya down there waiting to accept your “apology”.......Posted by thefrollickingmole on 2006 10 31 at 08:49 AM • permalink#1: Excellent suggestion, chrsbig99! What’s customary in situations like this; do we need to lower him at sundown?
Pusillanimity of this magnitude is almost awesome. Contrast Kamiya’s take with lil varmint’s story (#11) about an Iraqi who, to put it mildly, doesn’t seem to think an apology is in order. As far as I’m concerned, Blair’s Law is as rock-solid a fact as the Law of Gravity, and Kamiya is Proof Number One.
If we’re going to have a National Sorry Day, then I want an apology from Gary Kamiya and Co. for all the wailing, whining, doomsaying, outright lying, puppet-head-carrying, Mercedes-poster-waving, need I say backstabbing, drivel that has offended my eyes and ears since we removed murdering Baathist scum Saddam from power. That’s the “sorrying” I want to see! On their knees, standing on their heads, shouting between their legs, I don’t give a rat’s patoot, as long as they get it done, and with feeling!
SBS news tonight, rather smugly, talked of an “UNWELCOME MILESTONE” in Iraq for October. Over 100 American ... fatalities?, military deaths?, KIA?
No, the words they used were “A TALLY OF ONE HUNDRED AMERICAN ...”. Lots of dictionary definitions for tally but most centred around a “a reckoning or score”.
It’s only a word, but it can tell you a lot. You could never accuse these people of sitting on the fence, they’re on the other side.
Posted by Whale Spinor on 2006 10 31 at 09:38 AM • permalink“...apologize to the Iraqi people”
Sure…right after hell freezes over.
Posted by Dave Surls on 2006 10 31 at 09:40 AM • permalink#58, Well sure I may have been arrested once (or twice) when I was 14, but that was for being drunk in public, not for setting an innocent immigrant woman ablaze.
Surely there is a special level of hell for these arsewads…
Posted by The_Wizard_of_WOZ on 2006 10 31 at 09:59 AM • permalinkFor a limited time only, Prostrate Americans Compassionating Orgiastically is able to offer to YOU, Mr. and Mrs. Sorry American, the patented Paco Knee-Pad for National Apology Day! At $19.99 a pair, these durable knee-pads, made from sturdy reeds imported from Iraq’s marsh region prior to the ILLEGAL WAR NOW IN PROGRESS, will afford you hours of protection and comfort during your exercise in groveling dhimmitude. But wait! There’s more! Order now, and get a free tube of Pentitential Pucker Balm!!! When words alone aren’t enough, PPB can protect your lips from encounters with even the most calloused backsides!
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<Shaking head>
If I were to spend Christmas with John Kerry (forget Cambodia, the heat and humidity would piss me right off), I’d cut that spinless, translucent, long faced fuckers balls off.
That would give him something to biatch about…
Posted by The_Wizard_of_WOZ on 2006 10 31 at 11:11 AM • permalinkThe west is doomed. Our self confidence is gone. My granddaughters, not yet born (and not for a least 25 years or so) will be wearing burkas.
I believe that within 5 years, at least one of the great of Cathedrals of England will be turned into a mosque—in the name of tolerance and diversity. In my lifetime, I full expect to see many of the great Cathedreals of Europe turned into mosques.
And 1000 years from now, Chinese or Indian, or African historians (or historians from whatever culture emerges from the West’s ruins) will look at the fall of the West with the same wonder and disbelief that Renisance histories looked at the fall of Rome.
#67, And in 1000 years they shall also say:
“That wont happen to us…”
Posted by The_Wizard_of_WOZ on 2006 10 31 at 11:28 AM • permalink“A day without rancor” except all the icky people who disagree with Kamiya must surrender to his demands.
No.
Posted by Patrick Chester on 2006 10 31 at 11:35 AM • permalinkSorry Garwee, I am physically unable to comply. Cowboy up and deal with it.
#71, From the link: “A Retrosexual man understands sports. Not all sports but all essential sports. Who gives a shit about jai alai or women’s badminton or even the esoteric aspects of cricket and don’t get me started on that crap called rhythmic gymnastics. He can explain the strategies of the 2 minute drill, why pitch count should affect pitch location or why fuel stop timing can affect winning.”
Whilst fuel stop timing is primal to track position, I dont have a clue about a ‘2 minute drill’, unless its a tool I’m not familiar with, but God help you if you ever come down under and bad mouth the noble game of cricket.
For the
Seppo’suninitiated, Cricket is a most wonderful game where one can sit on the couch for five days straight watching tv and drinking beer.Baseball? PFFFFFFT!
Posted by The_Wizard_of_WOZ on 2006 10 31 at 12:53 PM • permalinkYou want an American apology to Iraq?
OK - here’s mine:
We’re sorry we got you out from under the thumb of a murderous dictator and his even worse sons and gave you a chance to have a normal country, which the terrorists and the
Democratsleftists (but I repeat myself) are doing their level best to f*ck up, just to prove the leftist contention that brown people can’t understand or appreciate democracy and really want dictators and thugs telling them what to do.How’s that, Gary?
Worthless wanker.
Posted by Barbara Skolaut on 2006 10 31 at 01:09 PM • permalink#31 CB -
Wronny, you silly fool. That’s Marieke Hardy, the granddaughter and successor to one of the biggest fuckbag commies in Australia’s history. Wouldn’t p*ss on her teeth if she was on fire.
Well CB, I talked to my friend Big Wron (ok, Little Wron) about this. He said he was a very forgiving type. As long as the female moonbat (FEMALE—he was very adamant about that) was sincere about her apology, enthusiastic, and well, takes her time apologizing, he is more than happy to accept her BJ, er, apology.
What can I say? I’m a forgiving type.
Posted by wronwright on 2006 10 31 at 03:44 PM • permalink#74: Pull!
Not for a .30-06, paco. Breathe, Relax, Aim, Slack, SQUEEZE!!!!
Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2006 10 31 at 04:02 PM • permalinkThanks for the pix, tiger. He’s everything I expected and more. I’d say the (considerable) time he’s spent on his knees has probably been the happiest time of his life.
I’m sorry I can’t participate in Gary’s self-pity party (‘cause that’s what it boils down to), but the only time I spend on my knees is cleaning out the tub or around the toilet so I couldn’t possibly lower myself to Gary’s level.
Like kisdm001 though, I’m sorry we didn’t follow through in ‘91 and off that miserable bastard and his evil spawn and liberate the Iraqi people then. And I’m sorry that people like Gary Kamiya have made our troops’ jobs even more difficult than they already were. And I’m sorry there are people in the world who choose to oppress rather than liberate. And I’m sorry for the 25% of my countrymen who do not support any war at any time. And I’m sorry that Gary Kamiya and his fellow travelers are such limp-wristed, pantywaisted schmucks.
Sensibly, Howard refused, knowing that the nation, especially its current peoples had nothing to apologise for (I for one had nothing to do with it and have nothing to apologise for), and certainly not “all Australians alive today”.
What a contrast to our former apologist-in-chief. The time he spent (figuratively) on his knees apologizing for America’s sins is undoubtedly what made him the most popular politician on the planet (well, most of the planet).
Posted by Kyda Sylvester on 2006 10 31 at 05:02 PM • permalinkPardon my ignorance, perhaps I misunderstand the intent of this Kamiya person, but the transliterated arabic above represents not an apology, nor even an expression of shame.
It is a traditional message of condolence such as one might utter to another on the loss of a loved one, or on the anniversary of the death of their cherished pet goat.
“Baqiya ib hayatkum…Akhir il ahzan” means “May this be the last of your sorrows”—no more, no less.
Cannot Salon afford to hire an arabic speaker to properly frame their craven and cowardly “apology”?
Posted by MentalFloss on 2006 10 31 at 05:08 PM • permalink#77 RJ: That was jest for them Annie Oakleys out thar who can hit anything on the wing with whatever they happen to be shootin’ with. Jest linin’ them folks up and pluggin’ ‘em don’t seem sportin’, somehow; s’like shootin’ a sittin’ bird. But launchin’ ‘em in the air and havin’ a crack at ‘em - whoooooeee! That’d be better than a tractor-pull!
‘Morning.
Just reading the comments - thanks Murph for clarifying that for Surl. I slept thru it!
What I meant was that it would take two letters to tell him what you think.
And then I gave you the letters.
(No way I get down on bended knee, even if I was wrong, I’d never get up!)#45 (great post)
and the trees we read
computers are made out of wood - who’d a thunk it?
The day has started off well for me. My shoes match - except one is black and the other is navy. Ah well, I have a pair the same at home. (I should open the curtains in the morning.)
#71 Trainer, where can I get one of those?
Posted by Nilknarf Arbed on 2006 10 31 at 07:58 PM • permalinkNational Knee Day? I got someplace I’ll put my knee.
Go ahead and kneel, schmuck, it just makes your chin easier to reach.
Posted by richard mcenroe on 2006 10 31 at 09:48 PM • permalink
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I dunno I think we should all give him a big swirlie and then draw him up a flag pole in his underwear.